Books Left: 99
Okay, so due to a combination of laziness and getting back into crocheting, I haven't had much to post about this week. I'll start reading again now that I finished my shrug and shawl.
About halfway through the first semester of his senior year, George gets a telegram from his mother saying that his father has died. Apparently I should have been worried when he was sick. The next spring, at George's graduation, Lucy and Eugene Morgan are there because Eugene "happened to be in the area". Over the next few chapters it comes to light that the town is talking about Isabel, George's mother. They think that she is not grieving enough over George's father (Wilbur! His name is Wilbur!), and that she'll be engaged to Eugene at any time.
Now, Lucy finally admits that she doesn't want to be engaged to George because he doesn't want to "do" anything with his life. He doesn't want to work. He just wants to live off his grandfather's money, but there's already been some hinting that the fortune is dwindling. I for one cannot understand someone, male or female, who doesn't want to be able to take care of themselves. I realize that at the time this book is set, in the late 1800s, that it was unheard of for a woman to work, but shouldn't George want to work so he and Lucy can be comfortable into their old age? I just don't understand why he'd want to rely on his grandfather's money, rather than provide for himself.
I'll step off my soapbox now. So that's about all that's happened recently. George is mad at a neighbor lady, who is a good friend of his Aunt Fanny, for spreading the rumors about his mother. George doesn't like Eugene Morgan, and thinks that his mother should basically mourn Wilbur for the rest of her life. The selfish git.
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