And went down with Michael to the theatre. She liked to be there an hour
Before the curtain rang up. Michael went on to dine at his club. Evie had
Preceded her in a cab 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.
"Hulloa, who sent them (, )? Mrs. de Vries ( )?"
Dolly always sent her a huge basket (
//) on her first nights ( // ), and on the hundredth
night ( : ), and the two hundredth if there was one
( , ), and in between ( ),
whenever she ordered flowers for her own house (
), had some sent to Julia (
).
"No, miss (, )."
"Lord Charles ( )?"
Lord Charles Tamerley was the oldest and the most constant of Julia's admirers
( :
// ), and when he passed a florist's (
; florist ) he was
very apt to drop in and order some roses for her ( / /
; to be apt to do smth. ,
-, to drop in , , ).
"Here's the card ( )," said Evie ( ).
Julia looked at it ( //). Mr. Thomas Fennell
( ). Tavistock Square (-). "What a place to
live ( / /). Who the hell d'you suppose he is, Evie (,
, , )?"
hulloa [hA'lqV] huge [hju:dZ] hundredth ['hAndrqdT]
"Hulloa, who sent them? Mrs. de Vries?"
Dolly always sent her a huge basket on her first nights, and on the hundredth
Night, and the two hundredth if there was one, and in between, whenever she
Ordered flowers for her own house, had some sent to Julia.
"No, miss."
"Lord Charles?"
Lord Charles Tamerley was the oldest and the most constant of Julia's
admirers, and when he passed a florist's he was very apt to drop in and order
Some roses for her.
"Here's the card," said Evie.
Julia looked at it. Mr. Thomas Fennell. Tavistock Square. "What a place to
live. Who the hell d'you suppose he is, Evie?"
"Some feller knocked all of a heap by your fatal beauty (
: ; to knock all of a heap
|
|
|
, ), I expect ( )."
"They must have cost all of a pound ( ).
Tavistock Square doesn't look very prosperous to me ( -
//). For all you know (
; for all I know , ) he may have gone
without his dinner for a week ( )
to buy them (/ / )."
"I don't think ( )."
Julia plastered her face with grease paint ( ; grease
, ; paint , ).
"You're so damned unromantic, Evie ( , ).
Just because I'm not a chorus girl ( - , -
; chorus , ) you can't understand (
: ) why anyone should send me flowers ( -
). And God knows ( ), I've got better legs than
most of them ( , )."
"You and your legs ( : )," said Evie.
feller ['felq] square [skweq] prosperous ['prOsp(q)rqs]
"Some feller knocked all of a heap by your fatal beauty, I expect."
"They must have cost all of a pound. Tavistock Square doesn't look very
