How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"I was reading about your uncle only recently, Miss Callaghan. There was a piece about him in the local paper. He was presenting some water-colours to our Gallery here. I don't know what we should do without someone like him to keep things going." (4.122)
Hoping to interrupt a fight brewing between Jim and Bertrand, Margaret steps in and tells Christine about what a great man her rich uncle Julius is for supporting the local arts scene. Hey, it pays to be rich, because people are always kowtowing to you and your relatives.
Quote #5
"It's a good job there are some people still about who can afford to be [generous] in that way." (4.125)
Even though she just complimented Mr. Gore-Urquhart for being a great supporter of the arts, Margaret adds a bit of nuance when she says that the man's generous because he can afford to be. In other words, Margaret's implying that if everyone had as much money as Gore-Urquhart, they might be just as generous. We're never really told where old G-U got his money.
Quote #6
"If one man's got ten buns and another's got two, and a bun has got to be given up by one of them, then surely you take it from the man with the ten buns." (4.129)
In a rare political discussion, Jim shows that he supports taxing the rich to help the poor. Bertrand and Christine are having none of it, so Jim decides to use a simple example to talk about how it makes perfect sense to take a little bit from the people who have everything and giving it to the people who have nothing. Hmm—arguments about the redistribution of wealth? Some things never change.