Women wrote to him he read out to Julia with a chuckle, and when they sent
Him flowers he immediately gave them to her.
"What blasted fools they are," he said. "What the devil do they think they're
going to get out of it?"
"I shouldn't have thought it very hard to guess that," said Julia dryly.
Although she knew he took these attentions so lightly she could not help
Feeling angry and jealous.
"I should be a damned fool if I got myself mixed up with some woman in
Middlepool. After all, they're mostly flappers. Before I knew where I was I'd
Have some irate father coming along and saying, now you must marry the
girl."
She tried to find out ( ) whether he had had any
adventures ( ) while he was playing with Benson's
company ( ). She gathered (
; to gather , , ) that one or
two of the girls ( : ) had been rather
inclined to make nuisances of themselves ( ; to make
a nuisance of oneself , , -:
, , ), but he thought ( ) it was
a terrible mistake ( ) to get mixed up with any of
the actresses ( ) a chap was playing with (
; chap , , ). It was bound to lead to trouble
( ; it is bound to ,
-; bound , ,
).
"And you know ( ) how people gossip in a company ( :
; gossip , ). Everyone would
know everything ( ) in twenty-four hours (
: ). And when you start a thing like that (
) you don't know what you're letting yourself in for
( , ; to let oneself in for ,
, - ). I wasn't risking
anything ( )."
adventure [qd'ventSq] nuisance ['nju:s(q)ns] gossip ['gOsIp]
She tried to find out whether he had had any adventures while he was playing
with Benson's company. She gathered that one or two of the girls had been
Rather inclined to make nuisances of themselves, but he thought it was a
Terrible mistake to get mixed up with any of the actresses a chap was playing
