How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"I like it now, when, lurching slightly, but only from his momentum, Dr Crane mounts the pulpit and reads the lesson from a Bible spread on the back of the brass eagle. I rejoice; my heart expands in his bulk, in his authority… There is no crudity here, no sudden kisses." (2b.10)
As you can see here, Louis much prefers the authority of Dr. Crane and his crucifix to the "crudity" of sudden and unwelcomed emotional outbursts such as Jinny's unexpected kiss.
Quote #2
"The brute menaces my liberty," said Neville, "when he prays. Unwarmed by imagination, his words fall cold on my head like paving-stones, while the gilt cross heaves on his waistcoat. The words of authority are corrupted by those who speak them." (2b.11)
While Louis waxes poetic about Crane, Neville is not a fan, as he views Crane as pompous and annoying. Different strokes for different folks?
Quote #3
"There he sits, upright among the smaller fry. He breathes through his straight nose rather heavily. His blue and oddly inexpressive eyes are fixed with pagan indifference upon the pillar opposite. He would make an admirable churchwarden. He should have a birch and beat little boys for misdemeanours." (2b.12)
Neville becomes the king of weird compliments here, lovingly reflecting on Percival's attractiveness while simultaneously envisioning him beating little boys and painting him as aloof and remote. Um, with friends like that…