Foursyte Saga - The Man of Property
Meaning that he admires her.
Soames walks in and interrupts them, unknowing, with talk about the accounts of the house, which
seem over budget. Irene sharply rebukes him for talking business in her drawing room, and Soames
apologizes. She tells him to go off and change. He does so. Irene and Bosinney are alone again.
June arrives for dinner, and creeps up on them unseen. She overhears some conversation that makes
her suspicious. Her unchaperoned evening at the theater with Bosinney is ruined by her jealousy
and his complete distraction.
Irene goes on a drive with Uncle Swithin, old "four-in-hand" Forsyte. They drive to see the house,
which Swithin approves of. Bosinney settles him in a chair with a bottle of champagne. Swithin
naps. Bosinney and Irene go on a walk in the trees below the house, where they embrace. They are
lovers. On the drive back home, Swithin nearly gets into an accident with another carriage. His
horses bolt