Michael watched the affecting scene with sympathy.
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- 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.
- Meanwhile Julia had been playing a succession of important parts and was
- She was pregnant at the time. Michael had judged it imprudent to have a
- Been so badly wounded that they had got their discharge.
- Little sick. She could not respond to his ardour, she was eager that he should
- Table by her side. She looked at him while he read the paper. Was it possible
- He specialized in men about town, gentlemanly gamblers, guardsmen and
- It was a warm beautiful night. Michael had bought options, though it wrung
- Light dawned on him, and he was so surprised that he slowed down. Was it
- Care of yourself. It's a chance in a thousand, and I think it would be madness
- Julia spent a happy morning in bed reading the Sunday papers. She read first
- Kneeling by her side put his arms round her.
- Was happier than he had ever been before. It was a damned satisfactory
"What d'you say to a bottle of pop to celebrate?" he said. "It looks to me as
though mother and Julia were thoroughly upset."
"The ladies, God bless ‘em," said the Colonel when glasses were filled.
JULIA now was looking at the photograph of herself (теперь Джулия смотрела
на свою фотографию: «фотографию себя») in her wedding-dress (в свадебном
платье).
"Christ (Боже; Christ — Христос), what a sight I looked (каким же пугалом я
выглядела; sight — зрение, вид, смехотворное или неприятное зрелище, to be
/to look/ a perfect sight — иметь ужасный вид)."
They decided to keep their engagement to themselves (они решили сохранить
свою помолвку в тайне; to keep smth. to oneself — не делиться, умолчать о
чем-либо), and Julia told no one about it (и Джулия никому не сказала о ней)
but Jimmie Langton (кроме как Джимми Лэнгтону), two or three girls in the
company (двум или трем девушкам из труппы) and her dresser (и своей
костюмерше). She vowed them to secrecy (она взяла с них слово хранить
тайну; to vow — давать обет, клятву, торжественно обещать, secrecy —
секретность, тайна, конфиденциальность) and could not understand (и не
могла понять) how within forty-eight hours (как в течение сорока восьми
часов) everyone in the theatre seemed to know (каждый в театре, казалось, знал)
all about it (все об этом). Julia was divinely happy (Джулия была божественно
счастлива; divinely — божественно, подобно богу). She loved Michael more
passionately than ever (она любила Майкла еще более страстно, чем когда-
либо; passion — страсть, пыл, страстное увлечение, любовь, гнев) and would
gladly have married him there and then (и с радостью бы вышла за него за муж
немедленно: «там и тогда»; there and then — тут же, на месте, немедленно),
but his good sense prevailed (но его здравый смысл восторжествовал; to prevail
— одержать победу, добиться своего, превалировать).
Christ [kraIst] vow [vaV] prevail [prI'veIl]
JULIA now was looking at the photograph of herself in her wedding-dress.
"Christ, what a sight I looked."
They decided to keep their engagement to themselves, and Julia told no one
About it but Jimmie Langton, two or three girls in the company and her
Dresser. She vowed them to secrecy and could not understand how within
Forty-eight hours everyone in the theatre seemed to know all about it. Julia
Was divinely happy. She loved Michael more passionately than ever and would
Gladly have married him there and then, but his good sense prevailed.
They were at present (они в настоящее время были) no more than (не более
чем) a couple of provincial actors (парой провинциальных актеров), and to start
their conquest of London (и начало покорения Лондона; conquest —
завоевание, покорение) as a married couple (/в качестве/ женатой пары) would
jeopardize their chances (могло бы помешать их шансам /на успех/; to
jeopardize — подвергать опасности, рисковать). Julia showed him as clearly
as she knew how (Джулия показала ему настолько ясно, насколько могла:
«знала как»), and this was very clearly indeed (и на самом деле /показала/
действительно ясно), that she was quite willing to become his mistress (что она
вполне готова стать его любовницей; to be quite willing to do smth. — быть
согласным, готовым, иметь желание сделать что-либо), but this he refused
(но он отказался /от этого/). He was too honourable (он был слишком
благородным) to take advantage of her (чтобы воспользоваться ей; to take
advantage of smb. — перехитрить/обмануть/ кого-либо, эксплуатировать,
использовать кого-либо в своих интересах: «взять преимущество»).
conquest ['kONkwest] jeopardize ['dZepqdaIz] mistress ['mIstrIs]
They were at present no more than a couple of provincial actors, and to start
Their conquest of London as a married couple would jeopardize their chances.
Julia showed him as clearly as she knew how, and this was very clearly
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