'Odious Little Man'

Sign up now to receive another chapter of "The The Lighthouse" in your inbox each Tuesday. Here is chapter two, yes only two paragraphs.

By Virginia Woolf

"No going to the Lighthouse, James," he said, as trying in deference to Mrs. Ramsay to soften his voice into some semblance of geniality at least.

Odious little man, thought Mrs. Ramsay, why go on saying that?

---

This is a public domain text available in full here.

Please subscribe now so you can enjoy chapter three in your inbox next week.