For the last week she had asked herself whether or not he was going to
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- 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.
- 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.
Propose to her, and now that he had at last done so, she was strangely
Confused.
"Michael!"
"Not immediately, I don't mean. But when we've got our feet on the ladder. I
Know that you can act me off the stage, but we get on together like a house on
Fire, and when we do go into management I think we'd make a pretty good
Team. And you know I do like you most awfully. I mean, I've never met
anyone who's a patch on you."
("The blasted fool (чертов дурак), why does he talk all that rot (почему он
говорит всю эту ерунду: «вздор, чушь»)? Doesn't he know (неужели он не
знает) I'm crazy to marry him (что я безумно хочу за него замуж; crazy —
 
сумасшедший, безумный)? Why doesn't he kiss me, kiss me, kiss me (почему же
он не целует меня, не целует меня, не целует меня)? I wonder (интересно) if I
dare tell him (посмею ли я сказать ему) I'm absolutely sick with love for him (я
совершенно извожусь: «больна» от любви к нему; to be sick with —
изводиться, терзаться от кого-либо чувства. ")
"Michael, you're so handsome (Майкл, ты такой красивый). No one could refuse
to marry you (никто не сможет отказать тебе и не выйти за тебя; to refuse —
отказывать, отвергать)!"
"Darling (дорогая)!"
("I'd better get up (я лучше встану). He wouldn't know how to sit down (он не
будет знать, как присесть = не догадается присесть). God (Боже), that scene
(та самая сцена) that Jimmie made him do over and over again (которую
Джимми заставлял его проходить снова и снова)!")
She got on her feet (она встала /на ноги/) and put up her face to his (и подняла
свое лицо к его). He took her in his arms (он обнял ее: «взял ее в свои руки»)
and kissed her lips (и поцеловал ее в губы).
"I must tell mother (я должен сказать маме)."
He broke away from her (он вырвался из ее объятий: «от нее»; to break away —
отрывать, разрывать, поспешно уйти) and went to the door (и пошел к
двери).
"Mother, mother (мама, мама)!"
wonder ['wAndq] darling ['dQ:lIN] scene [si:n]
("The blasted fool, why does he talk all that rot? Doesn't he know I'm crazy to
Marry him? Why doesn't he kiss me, kiss me, kiss me? I wonder if I dare tell
him I'm absolutely sick with love for him.")
"Michael, you're so handsome. No one could refuse to marry you!"
"Darling!"
("I'd better get up. He wouldn't know how to sit down. God, that scene that
Jimmie made him do over and over again!")
She got on her feet and put up her face to his. He took her in his arms and
Kissed her lips.
"I must tell mother."
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