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It is fate, but call it Italy if it pleases you, Vicar.
— A Room with a View • 1908
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker insists on fate as the explanation while allowing the Vicar to use the name Italy. That concession changes the label without changing the speaker’s conviction. The sentence places an everyday place name beside a much larger claim about what determines events.
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