Mr. Borenius is the rector at Penge. He attempts to ensure Alec Scudder will be confirmed and insists that single men be married. On the day that Alec is set to depart for Argentina, he shows up at the port hoping to catch Alec and Maurice and expose them for being gay, representing the deep homophobia of the established religious order.
Mr. Borenius Quotes in Maurice
The Maurice quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Borenius or refer to Mr. Borenius. 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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Chapter 45
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He faced Mr Borenius, who had lost all grasp of events. Alec had completely routed him. Mr Borenius assumed that love between two men must be ignoble, and so could not interpret what had happened. He became an ordinary person at once, his irony vanished.
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Mr. Borenius Quotes in Maurice
The Maurice quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Borenius or refer to Mr. Borenius. 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:
).
Chapter 45
Quotes
He faced Mr Borenius, who had lost all grasp of events. Alec had completely routed him. Mr Borenius assumed that love between two men must be ignoble, and so could not interpret what had happened. He became an ordinary person at once, his irony vanished.
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