How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
But Italy worked some marvel in her. It gave her light, and – which he held more precious – it gave her shadow. Soon he detected in her a wonderful reticence. She was like a woman of Leonardo da Vinci's, whom we love not so much for herself as for the things that she will not tell us. The things are assuredly not of this life; no woman of Leonardo's could have anything so vulgar as a "story." She did develop most wonderfully day by day (8.22).
Cecil sees a change in Lucy, but can’t identify it. Being Cecil, he attributes it to Italy itself. However, we know that Lucy has changed because of her experiences, and her budding understanding of herself. After seeing a murder and being kissed passionately, how could a girl possibly stay the same?
Quote #5
“There was simply the sense that she had found wings, and meant to use them. I can show you a beautiful picture in my Italian diary: Miss Honeychurch as a kite, Miss Bartlett holding the string. Picture number two: the string breaks" (8.36).
Mr. Beebe, whose observations are again right on the money, also sees that Lucy has changed in Italy, though he, unlike Cecil, understands that it’s her personal development that makes her seem different, not just her travels on the Continent. He wonders what will happen if Lucy is allowed to transcend the limitations of social do’s and don’ts – to what heights could she soar if nobody held her back?
Quote #6
Nor did he realize a more important point—that if she was too great for this society, she was too great for all society, and had reached the stage where personal intercourse would alone satisfy her. A rebel she was, but not of the kind he understood—a rebel who desired, not a wider dwelling-room, but equality beside the man she loved (10.3).
Cecil’s limited understanding rears its annoying head once again. He sees that Lucy no longer fits in the society she grew up in, but can’t see that this doesn’t just mean she’s ready to move up in the world. Lucy, in fact, has escaped the normal boundaries of polite society and has become her own person; she needs to find someone who will appreciate her and respect this new independent woman.