"I suppose () it's beastly of me ( ;
beastly )," she thought ( ), "but thank God (, ),
thank God ( ; to thank )."
When he announced the date of his sailing ( :
) she could not contain her joy (
). She got Jimmie so to arrange his programme (
/ / ) that she
might go and meet him at Liverpool (
).
"If the boat comes in late ( : ; to come
in , ) I shall probably stay the night (, ,
)," she told Jimmie ( ).
He smiled ironically ( ).
"I suppose ( ) you think ( = ) that in the
excitement of homecoming (
; homecoming = come home ,
) you may work the trick ( :
)."
"What a beastly little man you are ( - :
)."
"Come off it, dear ( , ; come off it . .
! !). My advice to you is ( :), get him a
bit tight ( ; to get tight , ; tight
, ) and then lock yourself in a room with him (
; to lock ) and tell him you won't let him out
( , ; to let out , )
till he's made a dishonest woman of you ( , ;
to make an honest woman of smb. ,
; dishonest , , )."
sailing ['seIlIN] ironically [aI'rOnIk(q)lI] homecoming ['hqVm"kAmIN]
"I suppose it's beastly of me," she thought, "but thank God, thank God."
When he announced the date of his sailing she could not contain her joy. She
Got Jimmie so to arrange his programme that she might go and meet him at
Liverpool.
"If the boat comes in late I shall probably stay the night," she told Jimmie.
He smiled ironically.
"I suppose you think that in the excitement of homecoming you may work the
trick."
"What a beastly little man you are."
"Come off it, dear. My advice to you is, get him a bit tight and then lock
yourself in a room with him and tell him you won't let him out till he's made a
dishonest woman of you."
But when she was starting (, ) he came to
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the station with her ( ). As she was getting into the
carriage ( ) he took her hand ( ) and
patted it ( ).
"Feeling nervous (: ), dear ()?"
"Oh, Jimmie dear (, , ), wild with happiness (
; wild , , ) and sick with
anxiety ( ; to be sick with ,
, anxiety , , )."
"Well, good luck to you (, ). And don't forget ( ) you're
much too good for him ( :
). You're young ( ) and pretty ( ) and you're the greatest
actress in England ( )."
When the train steamed out ( / /; to steam out
, ( ), a steam // ).
Jimmie went to the station bar ( ) and had a
whisky and soda ( ).
"Lord, what fools these mortals be (, , ; mortal
, . )," he sighed ( ). But Julia stood up in the
empty carriage (// / / : )
and looked at herself in the glass ( ; glass
, ).
carriage ['kxrIdZ] nervous ['nq:vqs] anxiety [xN'zaIqtI] mortal [mO:tl]
