Her as a young girl, photographs of her in her first parts, photographs of her
As a young married woman, with Michael, and then with Roger, her son, as a
Baby. There was one photograph of the three of them, Michael very manly
And incredibly handsome, herself all tenderness looking down at Roger with
Maternal feeling, and Roger a little boy with a curly head, which had been an
Enormous success.
All the illustrated papers ( ; paper ,
, ) had given it a full page ( :
) and they had used it on the programmes ( // :
). Reduced to picture-postcard size
( ; to reduce ,
, , ) it had sold in the provinces for years (
; to sell (sold) , ). It
was such a bore ( : ; bore , , ) that
Roger when he got to Eton ( , ) refused to
be photographed with her any more (
//; to refuse , ). It seemed so funny of him
( /, ) not to want to be in the papers (
: ).
illustrated ['IlqstreItId] reduced [rI'dju:st] province ['prOvIns]
All the illustrated papers had given it a full page and they had used it on the
Programmes. Reduced to picture-postcard size it had sold in the provinces for
Years. It was such a bore that Roger when he got to Eton refused to be
Photographed with her any more. It seemed so funny of him not to want to be
In the papers.
"People will think ( , ) you're deformed or something (
- ; to deform , ,
)," she told him ( ). "And it's not as if it weren't
good form ( ; good form
, ). You should just go to a first night (
; first night ) and see
the society people ( ) how they mob the
photographers ( ; to mob ,
), cabinet ministers (, ) and judges (
) and everyone ( : ). They may pretend (
) they don't like it ( ), but just see them posing
( , ) when they think ( // ,
) the camera-man's got his eye on them (// :
)."
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But he was obstinate ( : ; obstinate
, , ).
deformed [dI'fO:md] society [sq'saIqtI] eye [aI] obstinate ['ObstInIt]
"People will think you're deformed or something," she told him. "And it's not
as if it weren't good form. You should just go to a first night and see the
Society people how they mob the photographers, cabinet ministers and judges
and everyone. They may pretend they don't like it, but just see them posing
when they think the camera-man's got his eye on them."
But he was obstinate.
Julia came across a photograph of herself as Beatrice (
). It was the only Shakespearean part (
// ) she had ever played (
). She knew ( ) that she didn't look well in costume (
// : ); she
could never understand why ( : , ),
because no one could wear modern clothes (:
) as well as she could ( ,
). She had her clothes made in Paris (
), both for the stage ( ; both , , )
and for private life ( ), and the dressmakers said (
; dress , , maker , ,
) that no one brought them more orders (
: ). She had a lovely figure (
), everyone admitted that ( );
she was fairly tall for a woman ( ), and
she had long legs ( ).
costume ['kOstjVm] dress-maker ['dres"meIkq] fairly ['feqlI]
