"Well, Miss Phillips, fat coming off nicely?"
"Oh, Mr. Gosselyn, there's not an ounce of fat on Miss Lambert. I think it's
wonderful the way she keeps her figure."
"Pity I can't have you to massage me, Miss Phillips. You might be able to do
something about mine."
"How you talk, Mr. Gosselyn. Why, you've got the figure of a boy of twenty. I
dont' know how you do it, upon my word I don't."
"Plain living and high thinking, Miss Phillips."
Julia was paying no attention to what they said (
, ) but Miss Phillips's reply reached her (
: ).
"Of course there's nothing like massage (, :
), I always say that ( ), but you've got
to be careful of your diet ( :
). That there's no doubt about at all (
, //)."
"Diet ()!" she thought ( ). "When I'm sixty (
) I shall let myself go ( ; to let oneself go
, , ). I shall eat all
the bread and butter I like ( / / //
). I'll have hot rolls for breakfast ( //
), I'll have potatoes for lunch ( ) and
potatoes for dinner ( ). And beer ( ). God, how I like
beer (, ). Pea soup ( ) and tomato soup (
); treacle pudding ( ) and cherry tart (
). Cream (), cream, cream. And so help me God (,
), I'll never eat spinach again ( ) as long as I live
( )."
diet ['daIqt] pea soup ["pi:'su:p] pudding ['pVdIN] spinach ['spInIdZ]
Julia was paying no attention to what they said but Miss Phillips's reply
Reached her.
"Of course there's nothing like massage, I always say that, but you've got to
be careful of your diet. That there's no doubt about at all."
"Diet!" she thought. "When I'm sixty I shall let myself go. I shall eat all the
bread and butter I like. I'll have hot rolls for breakfast, I'll have potatoes for
Lunch and potatoes for dinner. And beer. God, how I like beer. Pea soup and
Tomato soup; treacle pudding and cherry tart. Cream, cream, cream. And so
help me God, I'll never eat spinach again as long as I live."
When the massage was finished ( ) Evie brought her a
cup of tea ( ), a slice of ham ( ) from
which the fat had been cut ( ), and some dry toast (
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|
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). Julia got up, dressed ( ,
), and went down with Michael to the theatre (
). She liked to be there ( : ) an hour before
the curtain rang up ( ; to ring (rang, rung) the curtain
up ). Michael went on to dine at his club
( , , ). Evie had preceded her
in a cab ( / / ; to precede
, , ) and when she got into her
dressing-room ( ) everything was ready
for her ( ). She undressed once more (
/ /) and put on a dressing-gown ( ). As she sat
down at her dressing-table ( /
/) to make up ( : ) she noticed some fresh
flowers in a vase ( ).
curtain ['kq:tn] precede [prI'si:d] vase [vQ:z]
When the massage was finished Evie brought her a cup of tea, a slice of ham
