To please him. He aroused a protective instinct in them, so that one and all
they felt that they couldn't let him down. Though they said he drove them like
slaves, and they never had a moment to themselves, flesh and blood couldn't
Stand it, it gave them a sort of horrible satisfaction to comply with his
outrageous demands. When he wrung an old trooper's hand, who was getting
seven pounds a week, and said, by God, laddie, you're stupendous, the old
Trooper felt like Charles Kean.
It happened ( // ) that when Michael kept the appointment he had
asked for ( , ; to keep an
appointment , ()
), Jimmie Langton was in need of a leading juvenile (
/ / -//; juvenile
, , ). He had guessed (
) why Michael wanted to see him (
), and had gone the night before ( ) to see him
play (, ). Michael was playing Mercutio (
// ) and he had not thought him very good ( //
, :
), but when he came into the office ( / / )
he was staggered by his beauty ( ). In a brown coat
( ) and grey flannel trousers (
), even without make-up ( ; make-up ,
, , ), he was so handsome ( )
it took your breath away ( ; to take smb.s breath away
, -). He had an easy manner (
) and he talked like a gentleman (
). While Michael explained the purpose of his visit (
) Jimmie Langton observed him shrewdly (
). If he could act at all (
- ), with those looks ( ; looks
, ) that young man ought to go far (
: ; ought
: , ).
juvenile ['dZu:vqnaIl] beauty ['bju:tI] trousers ['traVzqz] shrewdly ['Sru:dlI]
It happened that when Michael kept the appointment he had asked for,
Jimmie Langton was in need of a leading juvenile. He had guessed why
Michael wanted to see him, and had gone the night before to see him play.
Michael was playing Mercutio and he had not thought him very good, but
When he came into the office he was staggered by his beauty. In a brown coat
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And grey flannel trousers, even without make-up, he was so handsome it took
Your breath away. He had an easy manner and he talked like a gentleman.
While Michael explained the purpose of his visit Jimmie Langton observed
Him shrewdly. If he could act at all, with those looks that young man ought to
Go far.
"I saw your Mercutio last night ( / / :
)," he said ( ). "What d'you think of it
yourself ( // )?"
"Rotten (, ; rotten , ,
)."
"So do I ( //). How old are you ( )?"
"Twenty-five ( )."
"I suppose you've been told you're good-looking ( , ,
; good-looking ,
)?"
"That's why I went on the stage ( :
). Otherwise ( ) I'd have gone into
the army ( ) like my father ( )."
"By gum ( ), if I had your looks ( :
) what an actor I'd have been (
)."
The result of the interview was ( :
) that Michael got an engagement (//
). He stayed at Middlepool for two years (
). He soon grew popular ( ,
) with the company ( ). He was good-humoured (
) and kindly ( ); he would take any amount of trouble (
; to take trouble , ,
, amount , , ) to do anyone a service
( : , ; to do smb. a service
). His beauty created a sensation in Middlepool (
: ; sensation ,
, ) and the girls used to hang about the stage door (
// ; to hang about ,
, ) to see him go out ( ,
/ /).
otherwise ['ADqwaIz] popular ['pOpjVlq] sensation [sen'seIS(q)n]
"I saw your Mercutio last night," he said. "What d'you think of it yourself?"
"Rotten."
"So do I. How old are you?"
"Twenty-five."
"I suppose you've been told you're good-looking?"
"That's why I went on the stage. Otherwise I'd have gone into the army like
my father."
"By gum, if I had your looks what an actor I'd have been."
