A tilted glass jar containing a golden question mark, resting on plum velvet.

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Miss Katherine Allen

Why, whatever's the matter with Miss Lucy?

— A Room with a View  ·  1908

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Our interpretation.

The speaker asks what is the matter with Miss Lucy. The question suggests something may be wrong and seeks an explanation, without identifying a cause or condition.

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