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Cyril is the colonel’s grandson and Constantia and Josephine’s nephew. Polite but somewhat awkward, Cyril works in London and rarely visits his aunts: it is implied that he declined to attend his grandfather’s funeral (“What a blow his sweet, sympathetic little note had been!”). During one visit to Constantia and Josephine, depicted in a flashback, Cyril feels uncomfortable around his relatives and attempts to make a quick exit (likely lying about his business plans in order to leave his aunts). It is revealed that he knows very little about his father, Benny, and that they have not seen each other in a long time. He also has a prickly encounter with his senile, nearly deaf grandfather—which seems to be the reason that he did not attend the funeral. Cyril is the product of his family’s dysfunction, and he appears eager to avoid his family members at all costs. He is also the recipient of his grandfather’s timepiece.
Cyril Pinner Quotes in The Daughters of the Late Colonel
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The Daughters of the Late Colonel
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“Is your dear father still so fond of meringues?” asked Auntie Con gently. She winced faintly as she broke through the shell of hers.
“Well, I don’t quite know, Auntie Con,” said Cyril breezily.
At that they both looked up.
“Don’t know?” almost snapped Josephine. “Don’t know a thing like that about your own father, Cyril?”
“Surely,” said Auntie Con softly.
Cyril tried to laugh it off. “Oh, well,” he said, “it’s such a long time since—” He faltered. He stopped. Their faces were too much for him.
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“I say, Auntie Con, isn’t your clock a bit slow? I’ve got to meet a man at—at Paddington just after five. I’m afraid I shan’t be able to stay very long with grandfather.”
“Oh, he won’t expect you to stay very long!” said Aunt Josephine.
Constantia was still gazing at the clock. She couldn’t make up her mind if it was fast or slow. It was one or the other, she felt almost certain of that. At any rate, it had been.
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Cyril Pinner Quotes in The Daughters of the Late Colonel
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“Is your dear father still so fond of meringues?” asked Auntie Con gently. She winced faintly as she broke through the shell of hers.
“Well, I don’t quite know, Auntie Con,” said Cyril breezily.
At that they both looked up.
“Don’t know?” almost snapped Josephine. “Don’t know a thing like that about your own father, Cyril?”
“Surely,” said Auntie Con softly.
Cyril tried to laugh it off. “Oh, well,” he said, “it’s such a long time since—” He faltered. He stopped. Their faces were too much for him.
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“I say, Auntie Con, isn’t your clock a bit slow? I’ve got to meet a man at—at Paddington just after five. I’m afraid I shan’t be able to stay very long with grandfather.”
“Oh, he won’t expect you to stay very long!” said Aunt Josephine.
Constantia was still gazing at the clock. She couldn’t make up her mind if it was fast or slow. It was one or the other, she felt almost certain of that. At any rate, it had been.
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