Him on one of his birthdays and behind it a rack in red morocco, heavily gilt,
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- With the experienced actress's instinct to fit the gesture to the word, by a
- Him on one of his birthdays and behind it a rack in red morocco, heavily gilt,
- But Michael rose from his chair.
- The young man went scarlet. He smiled stiffly in answer to Julia's warm,
- Julia, however, had insisted that she must have her bedroom as she liked, and
- On shorts and a sweater and have a run round Regent's Park.
- Great stickler for saying the author's exact words, though, God knows, the
- Make something out of it. Of course we had to cut the other woman a lot in
- Was not particularly good-looking, but he had a frank, open face and his
- Which were signed photographs of George V and Queen Mary. Over the
- WHEN the two men had gone she looked through the photographs again
- There were photographs of Julia when she was a child, and photographs of
- A comedy line, seemed to sound all wrong when she spoke it.
- Nowhere and that if he wanted to become a leading actor he must gain
- Right intonation himself he would never let a false one pass in anyone else.
- The company laughed at him and abused him and did everything they could
- The result of the interview was that Michael got an engagement. He stayed at
- Was a boisterous, fat old woman of more than sixty, but of great vitality, who
- It was two years later that Jimmie Langton discovered her. She was on tour in
- French like a Frenchwoman and so they give you broken English parts. That's
- Out of the play you're in now before you could say knife.
- Me for? I'll give you a three years' contract, I'll give you eight pounds a week
- Company? I've got much more important things to do than that, my girl. And
- Nothing to do but act eight times a week attended the rehearsals.
- Management. One's got to be one's own master. That's the only way to make a
- Julia soon discovered that he did not much like spending money, and when
- At one time there was some talk of putting him in the university boat.
- Thought never entered his lovely head.
- Dreamt what ecstatic pleasure it gave her to spend her money on him.
- Lamb, he had not been able to bring himself to spring to that, but she was so
- When some member of the company, momentarily hard up, tried to borrow
- Ended with a powerful and moving scene in which Julia had the opportunity
- To her with absorbed interest.
- She was dressed fussily, with a sort of old-fashioned richness which did not
- Bazaar stuff, and you wondered how anyone had thought it worth bringing
- To the fire, lit a cigarette.
- For the last week she had asked herself whether or not he was going to
- Michael watched the affecting scene with sympathy.
- Indeed, that she was quite willing to become his mistress, but this he refused.
- She adored to sit cuddled up to him with his arm round her waist, her face
- Face an eager, happy smile, she felt that her muscles were stiff and hard.
- Michael gave her his sweet, good-natured smile.
- He took a swing and with his open hand gave her a great smack on the face.
- Broken my heart and ruined my whole life just to keep me in your rotten
- AFTER a fortnight of rehearsals, Michael was thrown out of the part for
- In the empty carriage and looked at herself in the glass.
- Her to her room she held up her face to his.
- THE first year of their marriage would have been stormy except for Michael's
- She gave him a look of scorn.
- Business. He eventually got a part in a costume play.
In which he kept his private paper in case he wanted to write a letter in his
Own hand. The paper bore the address, Siddons Theatre, and the envelope his
Crest, a boar's head with the motto underneath: Nemo me impune lacessit. A
Bunch of yellow tulips in a silver bowl, which he had got through winning the
Theatrical golf tournament three times running, showed Margery's care. Julia
Gave her a reflective glance. Notwithstanding her cropped peroxide hair and
Her heavily-painted lips she had the neutral look that marks the perfect
Secretary.
She had been with Michael for five years (она работала: «была» с Майклом уже
пять лет). In that time (за это время) she must have got to know him (она,
должно быть, узнала его) inside and out (вдоль и поперек: «внутри и
снаружи»). Julia wondered (Джулия задавала себе вопрос; to wonder —
интересоваться, желать знать, изумляться) if she could be such a fool (была
ли та настолько глупа = «могла ли она быть такой дурой»; a fool — дурак,
глупец, шут) as to be in love with him (чтобы быть влюбленным в него; to be in
love — быть влюбленным, любить).
But Michael rose from his chair (но Майкл поднялся с /его/ кресла; to rise
(rose; risen) — восходить, вставать, подниматься).
  
"Now, darling, I'm ready for you (теперь, дорогая, я готов для тебя; ready —
готовый, подготовленный)."
Margery gave him his black Homburg hat (Марджери подала ему его черную
мягкую фетровую шляпу) and opened the door for Julia and Michael to go out (и
открыла дверь для Джулии и Майкла, что бы они вышли). As they entered the
office (как только они вошли в канцелярию: «офис») the young man Julia had
noticed (молодой человек, которого Джулия заметила ранее) turned round and
stood up (повернулся и поднялся).
"I should like to introduce you to Miss Lambert (я хотел бы представить вас
Мисс Ламберт)," said Michael (сказал Майкл). Then with the air of an
ambassador (и затем, с видом посла; air — воздух, атмосфера, манеры)
presenting an attachй to the sovereign of the court (представляющего атташе
монарху при дворе) to which he is accredited (к которому он аккредитован):
"This is the gentleman (это тот самый джентльмен) who is good enough
(который настолько добр: «достаточно хорош») to put some order (что внес
некоторый порядок; to put — класть, ставить, излагать) into the mess we
make of our accounts (в ту сумятицу, в которую мы превратили наши счета;
mess — беспорядок, грязь)."
ambassador [xm'bxsqdq] attache [q'txSeI] sovereign ['sovrIn]
She had been with Michael for five years. In that time she must have got to
Know him inside and out. Julia wondered if she could be such a fool as to be in
Love with him.
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