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Silverstein, who now lives in Mather House, describes his environs as "a little concretish, but pleasant...
...Prince of Wales often bears the brunt of his father's bluntness. It can hardly be pleasant to be called a "fat turd," and the Prince plots revenge. Unfortunately, he really is somewhat of a fat turd, powdered and bewigged. He allies himself with the Whig faction of government, but is really more interested in legitimating his secret marriage than in taking a political stance...
...first impression of him was of a very highly intelligent, sort of elegantly reserved, pleasant and good person," Andrews said. "He never was trying to call attention to himself or to dramatize his roles...
George slides very far. Too solid in the end to set Katy up as a guru-she has in mind usurping his pleasant apartment-he offers her a Christmas trip to Rome instead. In the end, of course, he loses the girl, but Brookner's triumph lies in the story's resolution. Torturing his sensibilities, wasting his money, disparaging his friends, Katy nonetheless succeeds in bringing animation back to her prey. As she re-enters the void from which she came, George starts a new life...
...course's first year, it was "much, much too hard," Layzer says. "The course has gotten more pleasant to take, but not watered down. The material has been better adapted to the way a human mind works...