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The formality of the position of the house upon its hill provides a kind of structure of its own. The same house on low land would not suffice, you see. It is the entire picture that is important. There are good paintings to be found from the house, in terms of landscapes, and natural walks. You would end up, I imagine, tearing down a wall.

Those people enjoy the reassurance that others give that reinforces the way of life that they have chosen. The houses themselves have a quality, a life, that is picked up by potential buyers. Certain houses repel you and Ruburt. They will however positively attract others, so the qualities in the houses that appeal to you are precisely those qualities that have turned others off, and prevented their sale. Quite simply, Ruburt finds carpeting sinful if it is expensive, unless it is in the living room, where he might accept it. It speaks of too much luxury.

The Ambrose affair represents your ideas about money and the upper classes. The conflict between Easton and Ambrose is primarily of a social nature. Donna and Easton both feel in an inferior position in that regard. They have their backs up. The mores are entirely different. To some extent the conflicting ideas represent some of your own—hence your being in the middle.