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Richard Pratt
In “Taste,” Mike Schofield is a wealthy, status-conscious stockbroker who enjoys hosting dinner parties to showcase his fine wine collection. He takes particular pride in impressing Richard Pratt, a renowned gourmet, and engages in a recurring bet with him to validate his own refined taste. Though Mike is typically self-assured, his enthusiasm often blinds him to the risks of his wagers. For instance, he eventually agrees to bet his daughter Louise’s hand in marriage, convinced there is no way he can lose. His desperation to win overrides his better judgment, and he pressures Louise into going along with the bet despite her objections. In the end, when the maid reveals that Pratt has cheated, Mike’s wife must intervene to prevent an outburst.
Mike Schofield Quotes in The Great Automatic Grammatizator
The The Great Automatic Grammatizator quotes below are all either spoken by Mike Schofield or refer to Mike Schofield. 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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12. Taste
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In his heart he knew that he was not really much more than a bookmaker [...] and he knew that his friends knew it, too. So he was seeking now to become a man of culture, to cultivate a literary and aesthetic taste, to collect paintings, music, books, and all the rest of it.
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‘Why the study?’
‘Acquiring room temperature, of course. It’s been there twenty-four hours.’
‘But why the study?’
‘It’s the best place in the house. Richard helped me choose it last time he was here.’
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Mike Schofield Quotes in The Great Automatic Grammatizator
The The Great Automatic Grammatizator quotes below are all either spoken by Mike Schofield or refer to Mike Schofield. 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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12. Taste
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In his heart he knew that he was not really much more than a bookmaker [...] and he knew that his friends knew it, too. So he was seeking now to become a man of culture, to cultivate a literary and aesthetic taste, to collect paintings, music, books, and all the rest of it.
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‘Why the study?’
‘Acquiring room temperature, of course. It’s been there twenty-four hours.’
‘But why the study?’
‘It’s the best place in the house. Richard helped me choose it last time he was here.’
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