Even Michael ( ), fondly thinking she got her clothes for nothing
( , :
, ) did not know how much she really spent on them ( ,
). Morally she had the
best of both worlds ( ,
// ). Everyone knew ( ) that her marriage with Michael
was exemplary ( / / ;
exemplar , ). She was a pattern of conjugal
fidelity ( ; pattern
, , ). At the same time ( ) many people
in that particular set ( // ; set
, , . , ) were convinced that she was Charles
Tamerley's mistress ( ,
). It was an affair ( / /) that was supposed to
have been going on so long (, ,
) that it had acquired respectability (
), and tolerant hostesses ( :
) when they were asked to the same house for a week-end (
-) gave them adjoining rooms
( ; adjoining ).
exemplary [Ig'zemplqrI] conjugal ['kOndZVg(q)l] fidelity [fI'delItI]
respectability [rI"spektq'bIlItI] tolerant ['tOl(q)rqnt] adjoining [q'dZOInIN]
Even Michael, fondly thinking she got her clothes for nothing, did not know
How much she really spent on them. Morally she had the best of both worlds.
Everyone knew that her marriage with Michael was exemplary. She was a
Pattern of conjugal fidelity. At the same time many people in that particular
set were convinced that she was Charles Tamerley's mistress. It was an affair
That was supposed to have been going on so long that it had acquired
Respectability, and tolerant hostesses when they were asked to the same house
For a week-end gave them adjoining rooms.
This belief had been started by Lady Charles (
/ / ; belief , , ), from whom
Charles Tamerley had been long separated (
: ), and in
point of fact (, ) there was not a word of truth in it (
). The only foundation for it was (
// ) that Charles had been madly in love
with her for twenty years ( / /
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), and it was certainly on Julia's account (, -
/ /) that the Tamerleys ( ), who had
never got on very well ( ), agreed to separate
( ). It was indeed Lady Charles (
) who had first brought Julia and Charles together (
: : ).
They happened, all three, to be lunching at Dolly de Vries's ( ,
, , ) when Julia, a young actress (
, // ), had made her first great success in London
( ).
belief [bI'li:f] separate ['sepqreIt] foundation [faVn'deIS(q)n]
This belief had been started by Lady Charles, from whom Charles Tamerley
Had been long separated, and in point of fact there was not a word of truth in
It. The only foundation for it was that Charles had been madly in love with
her for twenty years, and it was certainly on Julia's account that the
