aworldofgoldfish:Maurice (1987) | Rupert Graves as Alec ScudderThe girls were damned ugly, which t

aworldofgoldfish:Maurice (1987) | Rupert Graves as Alec Scudder The girls were damned ugly, which the man wasn’t: somehow this made it worse, and he stared at the trio, feeling cruel and re­spectable; the girls broke away giggling, the man returned the stare furtively and then thought it safer to touch his cap; he had spoilt that little game. But they would meet again when he had passed, and all over the world girls would meet men, to kiss them and be kissed; might it not be better to alter his tempera­ment and toe the line? He would decide after his visit—for against hope he was still hoping for something from Clive. - Maurice E.M. Forster, ch. 34 In Maurice, Forster writes ‘damned ugly’ only twice: here, and then again in Ch 37 when the Reverend Borenius slags off Alec: ‘If the parson hadn’t looked so damned ugly he wouldn’t have bothered, but he couldn’t stand that squinny face sneering at youth.’ Both times, ‘damned ugly’ is Maurice’s subjective feeling. The phrase arises only when he desires Alec but doesn’t realise, or when he feels an urge to defend Alec. I love the way Forster expresses Maurice’s growing but subliminal/disavowed attraction in double negatives. The girls were damned ugly, which the man wasn’t.(My deleted scenes cap by @expo63) -- source link

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