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Like an artist for ever seeking to discover the significant trifle which embodies the whole character of a scene, or place, or person, so those unconscious artists--the Forsytes had fastened by intuition on this hat; it was their significant trifle, the detail in which was e of the whole matter; for each had asked himself: "Come, now, should I have paid that visit in that hat?" and each had answered "No!" and soination than others, had added: "It would never have corinned The hat had obviously been worn as a practical joke! He hihty!" he said, "the wild Buccaneer"

And this mot, the 'Buccaneer,' was bandied fromto Bosinney

Her aunts reproached June afterwards about the hat

"We don't think you ought to let him, dear!" they had said

June had answered in her imperious brisk way, like the little embodiment of will she was: "Oh! what does it ot on!"

No one had credited an answer so outrageous A man not to knohat he had on? No, no! What indeed was this young ed heiress, had done so well for himself? He was an architect, not in itself a sufficient reason for wearing such a hat None of the Forsytes happened to be architects, but one of them kneo architects ould never have worn such a hat upon a call of cereerous! June, of course, had not seen this, but, though not yet nineteen, she was notorious Had she not said to Mrs Soames--as always so beautifully dressed--that feathers were vulgar? Mrs Soa feathers, so dreadfully downright was dear June!

These enuine distrust, did not prevent the Forsytes fro to old Jolyon's invitation An 'At Horeat rarity; none had been held for twelve years, not indeed, since old Mrs Jolyon had died

Never had there been so full an assembly, for, mysteriously united in spite of all their differences, they had taken ar comes into the field, they stood head to head and shoulder to shoulder, prepared to run upon and traet some notion of what sort of presents they would ulti gifts was usually graduated in this way: 'What are you givin'? Nicholas is givin' spoons!'--so very roo, it was s; he would expect theht and proper, by a species of family adjuste--the exact niceties being regulated at Timothy's co the Park, where dwelt Aunts Ann, Juley, and Hester