....shit! That is what George Minafer is. I am sorry to say it, but alas it is the truth.
"George, white-gloved, with a gardenia in his buttonhole, stood with his mother and the Major, embowered in the big red and gold drawing room downstairs to 'receive' the guests; and, standing thus together, the trio offered a picturesque example of good looks persistent through the generations. The Major, his daughter, and his grandson were of a type all Amberson: tall, straight, and regular, with dark eyes, short noses, good chins; and the grandfather's expression, no less than the grandson's, was one of faintly amused condescension. There was a diffference, however. The grandson's unlined young face had nothing to offer except this condescension; the grandfather's had other things to say. It was a handsome, worldly old face, conscious of its importance, but persuasive rather than arrogant, and not without tokens of suffering withstood. The Major's short white hair was parted in the middle, like his grandson's, and in all he stood briskly equipped to the fashion as exquisite young George."--The Magnificent Ambersons, Booth Tarkington.
I fear young George will get his "comeuppance" before the end of the story (and I might not be too sad, either). Certainly many people of the town hope so! Despite young George being so entirely annoying, I am enjoying this book! So, will Lucy fall for him? She seems on to his game, but I bet she buckles in the end. Isn't that always the case. Who knows, maybe George will win me over in the end!