marriage he had made, and when he looked at other people's marriages he
couldn't help seeing he was one of the lucky ones. Julia was a damned good
Sort and clever, as clever as a bagful of monkeys; you could talk to her about
Anything in the world. The best companion a chap ever had, my boy. He
didn't mind saying this, he'd rather spend a day alone with her than play a
Round of golf. Julia was surprised to discover in herself a strange feeling of
Pity for him because she no longer loved him.
She was a kindly woman ( ), and she realized that it
would be a bitter blow to his pride ( , :
) if he ever had an
inkling ( / / ) how little he meant to her
( ). She continued to flatter him (
: ). She noticed ( ) that
for long now ( , ) he had come to listen
complacently ( ; to come to do smth.
-, -) to her praise of his exquisite nose
and beautiful eyes ( ). She got
a little private amusement ( // )
by seeing how much he could swallow ( ,
//; to swallow , ,
, ). She laid it on with a trowel ( ; to lay it
on with a trowel , , , trowel
, ). But now she looked more often (
) at his straight thin-lipped mouth ( , :
). It grew meaner as he grew older (
: , ), and by the time he was an old man
( , : ) it
would be no more ( : ) than a cold hard line
( ). His thrift ( ), which in the early
days had seemed an amusing ( :
), rather touching trait ( ), now
revolted her ( ).
pride [praId] complacently [kqm'pleIs(q)ntlI] swallow ['swOlqV]
trowel ['traVql]
She was a kindly woman, and she realized that it would be a bitter blow to his
Pride if he ever had an inkling how little he meant to her. She continued to
Flatter him. She noticed that for long now he had come to listen complacently
