Was not particularly good-looking, but he had a frank, open face and his
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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.
Shyness was attractive. He had curly light brown hair, but it was plastered
Down and Julia thought how much better he would look if, instead of trying to
Smooth out the wave with brilliantine, he made the most of it. He had a fresh
Colour, a good skin and small well-shaped teeth. She noticed with approval
That his clothes fitted and that he wore them well. He looked nice and clean.
"I suppose (я полагаю) you've never had anything to do with the theatre from the
inside before (вы никогда раньше не сталкивались с театром изнутри: «вы
никогда не имели отношения к театру с внутренней стороны»)?" she said.
"Never (никогда). That's why (именно поэтому) I was so crazy to get this job (я
так безумно хотел получить эту работу). You can't think how it thrills me (вы
не представляете, насколько она возбуждает/чарует меня; to thrill —
вызывать трепет, дрожь, пронзать)."
Michael and Julia smiled on him kindly (Майкл и Джулия
добродушно/благосклонно улыбнулись ему). His admiration (его восхищение)
made them feel (заставляло их чувствовать себя) a little larger than life-size
(очень важными персонами: «немного больше натуральной величины»; size
 
— величина, размер).
"I never allow outsiders (я никогда не позволяю посторонним; outsider — не
принадлежащий к данному учреждению, аутсайдер) to come to rehearsals
(присутствовать: «приходить» на репетициях), but as you're our accountant (но
так как вы наш бухгалтер) you almost belong to the theatre (вы почти что часть
театра: «почти что принадлежите театру»), and I wouldn't mind (и я бы не
возражал) making an exception in your favour (сделать исключение в вашу
пользу; to except — исключать) if it would amuse you to come (если это
развлечет вас /прийти/)."
"That would be terribly kind of you (это будет ужасно мило с вашей стороны).
I've never been to a rehearsal in my life (я никогда в жизни не был на
репетиции). Are you going to act in the next play (вы будете играть в
следующей постановке)?"
inside [In'saId] crazy ['kreIzI] job [dZOb] exception [Ik'sepS(q)n]
"I suppose you've never had anything to do with the theatre from the inside
before?" she said.
"Never. That's why I was so crazy to get this job. You can't think how it
thrills me."
Michael and Julia smiled on him kindly. His admiration made them feel a
Little larger than life-size.
"I never allow outsiders to come to rehearsals, but as you're our accountant
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