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.
It was a large party ( ) and she was being made much of
( ; to make much of smth., of smb.
-, -). Lady Charles, a woman
of over thirty then ( , ), who
had the reputation of being a beauty ( ),
though except for her eyes she had not a good feature (,
/ / , :
//), but by a sort of brazen audacity (
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) managed to produce an effective appearance (//
: 頠 ),
leant across the table with a gracious smile (
/ /).
"Oh, Miss Lambert (, ), I think I used to know your father in Jersey
( , ). He was a doctor, wasn't he (
, )? He used to come to our house quite often (, ,
)."
reputation ["repjV'teIS(q)n] brazen ['breIz(q)n] audacity [O:'dxsItI]
appearance [q'pI(q)rqns] gracious ['greISqs]
It was a large party and she was being made much of Lady Charles, a woman
Of over thirty then, who had the reputation of being a beauty, though except
For her eyes she had not a good feature, but by a sort of brazen audacity
Managed to produce an effective appearance, leant across the table with a
Gracious smile.
"Oh, Miss Lambert, I think I used to know your father in Jersey. He was a
doctor, wasn't he? He used to come to our house quite often."
Julia felt a slight sickness in the pit of her stomach ( ,
; pit , , . . pit of her stomach
); she remembered now ( ) who Lady
Charles was before she married ( ,
), and she saw the trap that was being set for her ( ,
; to set a trap , ). She gave a
rippling laugh ( : ).
"Not at all ( )," she answered ( ). "He was a vet (
). He used to go to your house ( ) to deliver the
bitches ( ; to deliver . ,
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, ). The house was full of them (
|
|
|
)."
Lady Charles for a moment did not quite know what to say (-
, : ).
"My mother was very fond of dogs ( ; to be fond of
smb., smth. , )," she answered ( ).
stomach ['stAmqk] laugh [lQ:f] deliver [dI'lIvq]
