"If I play my cards well I can get some old woman to back me and go into
management. One's got to be one's own master. That's the only way to make a
packet."
Julia soon discovered ( ) that he did not much like
spending money ( - ; to spend
, , ), and when they ate a meal together (
: ; meal ,
), or on a Sunday ( ) went for a small excursion
( ; excursion ,
), she took care ( /
, /) to pay her share of the expenses ( ).
She did not mind this ( ; to mind
, - ). She liked him for counting the pennies
( , // ; penny . pence;
. pennies , , ), and, inclined to be
extravagant herself (, ; extravagant
, , ) and always a week or two
behind with her rent ( //
), she admired him ( ) because he hated to
be in debt (, - : ;
debt , , ) and even with the small
salary he was getting ( : ,
) managed to save up a little every week ( :
; to save up , ,
). He was anxious ( ) to have enough put by
( //: ) so that when
he went to London (/ /, ) he need
not accept the first part ( :
) that was offered him ( ), but
could afford to wait ( ) till he got one (
, //) that gave him a real chance (
; chance ,
, ). His father had little more than his pension to live
on ( , ; little more
than , , ) and it had been a sacrifice to
send him to Cambridge (
// ; sacrifice , ). His father
( ), not liking the idea of his going on the stage (//
: ), had insisted on this ( ).
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excursion [Ik'skq:S(q)n] extravagant [Ik'strxvqgqnt] pension ['penS(q)n]
