"I won't ask him if you don't want him. I merely thought it would be a treat
for him. He admires you tremendously. He's been to see the play three times.
He's crazy to be introduced to you." Michael touched a button and in a
Moment his secretary came in.
"Here are the letters, Margery. What appointments have I got for this
afternoon?"
Julia with half an ear ( -; ear , ) listened to the list
Margery read out ( , ) and,
though she knew the room so well (, :
), idly looked about her ( ). It was a
very proper room ( ; proper ,
) for the manager of a first-class theatre (
; first-class . , ). The
walls had been panelled ( ; to panel
, ) (at cost price (
)) by a good decorator ( ) and on them hung
engravings of theatrical pictures (
: ; picture , , ) by
Zoffany and de Wilde (// ;
, (1733-1810), - ,
,
1762 .). The armchairs were large and comfortable (
). Michael sat in a heavily carved Chippendale chair
( , ;
heavily , , , , , to carve
, , Chippendale XVIII ), a
reproduction but made by a well-known firm (,
), and his Chippendale table ( ),
with heavy ball and claw feet ( ,
= ), was
immensely solid ( ; solid , ,
). On it stood in a massive silver frame ( ,
; frame , , ) a photograph of herself
( ) and to balance it a photograph of Roger, their son (
, , ; to balance ,
, ).
idly ['aIdlI] engraving [In'greIvIN] Chippendale ['tSIpqndeIl]
Julia with half an ear listened to the list Margery read out and, though she
