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Virginia Woolf: The Voyage Out11. Chapter XI (continued)"I don't lose things," said Hewet. "I mislay them. That was the reason why Hirst refused to share a cabin with me on the voyage out." "You came out together?" Helen enquired. "I propose that each member of this party now gives a short biographical sketch of himself or herself," said Hirst, sitting upright. "Miss Vinrace, you come first; begin." Rachel stated that she was twenty-four years of age, the daughter of a ship-owner, that she had never been properly educated; played the piano, had no brothers or sisters, and lived at Richmond with aunts, her mother being dead. "Next," said Hirst, having taken in these facts; he pointed at Hewet. "I am the son of an English gentleman. I am twenty-seven," Hewet began. "My father was a fox-hunting squire. He died when I was ten in the hunting field. I can remember his body coming home, on a shutter I suppose, just as I was going down to tea, and noticing that there was jam for tea, and wondering whether I should be allowed--" "Yes; but keep to the facts," Hirst put in. "I was educated at Winchester and Cambridge, which I had to leave after a time. I have done a good many things since--" "Profession?" "None--at least--" "Tastes?" "Literary. I'm writing a novel." "Brothers and sisters?" "Three sisters, no brother, and a mother." "Is that all we're to hear about you?" said Helen. She stated that she was very old--forty last October, and her father had been a solicitor in the city who had gone bankrupt, for which reason she had never had much education--they lived in one place after another-- but an elder brother used to lend her books. This is page 144 of 389. [Mark this Page] Mark any page to add this title to Your Bookshelf. (0 / 10 books on shelf) Buy a copy of The Voyage Out at Amazon.com
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