[4]WhenaForsytewasengaged, married, orborn, theForsyteswerepresent; whenaForsytedied—butnoForsytehadasyetdied; theydidnotdie; deathbeingcontrarytotheirprinciples, theytookprecautionsagainstit, theinstinctiveprecautionsofhighlyvitalizedpersonswhoresentencroachmentsontheirproperty.
[5]AbouttheForsytesminglingthatdaywiththecrowdofotherguests, therewasamorethanordinarilygroomedlook, analert, inquisitiveassurance, abrilliantrespectability, ; theywereontheirguard.
[6]ThesubconsciousoffensivenessoftheirattitudehasconstitutedoldJolyon’s “home”thepsychologicalmomentofthefamilyhistory, madeitthepreludeoftheirdrama.
[7]TheForsyteswereresentfulofsomething, notindividually, butasafamily; thisresentmentexpresseditselfinanaddedperfectionofraiment, anexuberanceoffamilycordiality, anexaggerationoffamilyimportance, and——soindispensableinbringingoutthefundamentalqualityofanysociety, group, orindividual—waswhattheForsytesscented; , asafamily, theyappearedtohaveaninstinctofbeingincontact, withsomestrangeandunsafething.
