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Indeed I'm not (shocked) exclaimed Lucy. We are Radicals, too, out and out. My father always voted for Mr. Gladstone, until he was so dreadful about Ireland. I see, I see. And now you have gone over to the enemy. Oh please! If my father was alive, I am sure he would vote Radical again now that Ireland is all right. And as it is, the glass over our front door was broken last election, and (my brother) Freddy is sure it was the Tories; but mother says nonsense, a tramp. Shameful! A manufacturing district I suppose? No in the Surrey hills. About five miles from Dorking, looking over the Weald. Miss Lavish seemed interested and slackened her trot. What a delightful part; I know it so well. It is full of the very nicest people. Do you know Sir Harry Otway a Radical if ever there was? Very well indeed. And old Mrs. Butterworth the philanthropist? Why, she rents a field of us! How Funny! Miss Lavish looked at the narrow ribbon of sky and murmured: Oh you have property in Surrey? Hardly any said Lucy, fearful of being thought a snob. Only thirty acres just the garden, all downhill, and some fields. 1) Lucy wasn't shocked because _____________________________. She explained that if her father were alive he would vote Radical again. Lucy told Miss Lavish that they lived in the Surrey hills, and Miss Lavish told her she knew the part well. When she asked if Lucy knew __________________________, Lucy said that she rented a field of theirs but, fearful of being thought a snob, added that they only owned thirty acres.

Answer 1

Lucy wasn't shocked because she was proud of her family's Radical beliefs and felt strongly about their political alignment. She explained that if her father were alive he would vote Radical again. Lucy told Miss Lavish that they lived in the Surrey hills, and Miss Lavish told her she knew the part well. When she asked if Lucy knew **Sir Harry Otway, a well-known Radical**, Lucy said that she rented a field of theirs but, fearful of being thought a snob, added that they only owned thirty acres.