Chapter 36

She said, “Nothing in particular.” She began to eat obediently. He thought, “All her reactions are completely automatic, as if she were punch drunk, or sleep walking. Well, that’s as good a way to take it, as any other. Perhaps it’s low to persuade her to marry me, while she would say yes to anything, just to be polite.” She thought, “But Alan did not ask me to go to the boat, and if he had wanted me there, he would have asked me.” Stephen said, “I shall celebrate being engaged by not getting tight tonight.” She sa…