Me for? I'll give you a three years' contract, I'll give you eight pounds a week
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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.
and you'll have to work like a horse."
"Eight pounds a week's absurd (восемь фунтов в неделю — это абсурд). I
couldn't possibly take that (я никак не могу согласиться на это: «взять это»)."
"Oh yes, you could (о, да, ты можешь). It's all you're worth (это все, что ты
стоишь) and it's all you're going to get (и это все, что ты получишь)."
Julia had been on the stage for three years (Джулия /к тому моменту уже/ была
на сцене три года) and had learnt a good deal (и многому научилась; deal —
разг. большое количество, масса, куча, ворох). Besides, Jane Taitbout, no strict
moralist (кроме того, Жанна Тэбу, /сама/ не строгих моральных правил; strict
— строгий, точный, требовательный; moralist — моралист,
добродетельный человек), had given her a lot of useful information
 
(предоставила: «дала» ей много полезной информации).
"And are you under the impression (не полагаете ли вы; to be under the
impression — полагать, думать, быть под впечатлением) by any chance
(случайно), that for that (что за это) I'm going to let you sleep with me (я
позволю: «собираюсь позволить» вам спать со мной) as well (с таким же
успехом/также)?"
absurd [qb'sq:d] moralist ['mOrqlIst] useful ['ju:sf(q)l]
"Eight pounds a week's absurd. I couldn't possibly take that."
"Oh yes, you could. It's all you're worth and it's all you're going to get."
Julia had been on the stage for three years and had learnt a good deal.
Besides, Jane Taitbout, no strict moralist, had given her a lot of useful
Information.
"And are you under the impression by any chance, that for that I'm going to
let you sleep with me as well?"
"My God (Бог мой), do you think (неужели ты думаешь), I've got time (что у
меня есть время) to go to bed with the members of my company (отправляться в
постель с членами моей труппы)? I've got much more important things to do (у
меня есть куча куда более важных дел, /которые надо/ сделать) than that, my
girl (чем это, моя девочка). And you'll find (и ты обнаружишь) that after you've
rehearsed for four hours (что после /того, как/ ты репетировала четыре часа)
and played a part at night to my satisfaction (и сыграла /свою/ роль вечером:
«ночью» к моему удовлетворению), besides a couple of matinees (и это
вдобавок к парочке дневных спектаклей; couple — пара, парные предметы),
you won't have much time (у тебя не останется много времени) or much
inclination (или много желания; inclination — наклонение, наклон, склонность,
предрасположенность) to make love to anybody (заниматься с кем-нибудь
любовью). When you go to bed (когда ты отправишься в постель) all you'll
want to do (все, что ты захочешь сделать) is to sleep (так это поспать)."
But Jimmie Langton was wrong there (но Джимми Лэнгтон ошибся: «был
неправ в этом»; wrong — неправильный, неверный, ошибочный).
couple ['kAp(q)l] matinee ['mxtIneI] inclination ["InklI'neIS(q)n]
"My God, do you think I've got time to go to bed with the members of my
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