The Foundations

" ...]there's going to be a bloody revolution? JAMES. Shocked] I shouldn't use that word, at your age. L. ANNE. Why not? Daddy used it this morning to Mother. Imitating] "The country's in an awful state, darling; there's going to be a bloody revolution, and we shall all be blown sky-high." Do you like Daddy? JAMES. Taken aback] Like Lord William? What do you think? We chaps would ha' done anything for him out there in the war. L. ANNE. He never says that he always says he'd have done anything for you JAMES. Well--that's the same thing. L. ANNE. It isn't--it's the opposite. What is class hatred, James? JAMES. Wisely] Ah A lot o' people thought when the war was over there'd be no more o' that. He sniggers] Used to amuse me to read in the papers about the wonderful unity that was comin'. I could ha' told 'em different. ...]."