[10]Inthecentreoftheroom, underthechandelier, asbecameahost, stoodtheheadofthefamily, , withhisfine, whitehair, hisdome-likeforehead, hislittle, darkgreyeyes, andanimmensewhitemoustache, whichdroopedandspreadbelowthelevelofhisstrongjaw, hehadapatriarchallook, andinspiteofleancheeksandhollowsathistemples, , andhisshrewd, , .
[11]Betweenhimandthefourotherbrotherswhowerepresent, James, Swithin, Nicholas, andRoger, therewasmuchdifference, , eachofthesefourbrotherswasverydifferentfromtheother, yetthey, too, werealike.
[12]Throughthevaryingfeaturesandexpressionofthosefivefacescouldbemarkedacertainsteadfastnessofchin, underlyingsurfacedistinctions, markingaracialstamp, tooprehistorictotrace, tooremoteandpermanenttodiscuss—theveryhall-markandguaranteeofthefamilyfortunes.
AfterYouRead
KnowledgeFocus
: Discussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.
1)WhatisyourimpressionoftheForsytes’ Family?
2)Whateventledtothefamilyreunioninthispart? Whatarethefamilymembers’ attitudestowardstheeventandwhydoyouthinkso?
3)Whodidtheauthordescribeas “thefavoredpersons”?
4)Whatisyourunderstandingofthesentence “nobranchofwhichhadalikingfortheother, betweennothreemembersofwhomexistedanythingworthyofthenameofsympathy”?
5)WhatkindofpersonisoldJolyonForsyte?
6)Ofallthecharactersdepictedinthepart, whichoneisthemostimpressivetoyou? Why?
7)Couldyouworkoutamapoffamilytreewithyourpartneraccordingtothecharacterrelationshipsrevealedinthispart?
