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Mr. Westmacott is Mr. Metcalfe’s neighbor and the initial owner of the field that becomes the Metcalfe-Peabury Hall. He doesn’t appear in the story except for when Mr. Metcalfe fondly watches him call his cows, but the other characters discuss his conduct. Lady Peabury in particular criticizes his decision to sell his field without consulting his wealthy neighbors.
Mr. Westmacott Quotes in An Englishman’s Home
The An Englishman’s Home quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Westmacott or refer to Mr. Westmacott. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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For Metcalfe was but lately initiated into the cult of the countryside, and any features of it still claimed his devotion—its agricultural processes, its social structure, its vocabulary, its recreations; the aspect of it, glittering now under the cool May sunshine, fruit trees in flower, chestnut in full leaf, the ash budding; the sound and smell of it—Mr. Westmacott calling his cows at dawn, the scent of wet earth and Boggett splashing clumsily among the wall-flowers; the heart of it—or what Mr. Metcalfe took to be its heart—pulsing all round him; his own heart beating time, for was he not part of it, a true countryman, a landowner?
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In the doomed field Mr. Westmacott, almost for the last time, was calling his cattle; next week building was to begin and they must seek other pastures. So, in a manner of speaking, must Mr. Metcalfe.
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