That three months had made so much difference in him, or was it merely that
For years she had still seen him with the eyes that had seen him when he came
On the stage to rehearse at Middlepool in the glorious beauty of his youth and
she had been stricken as with a mortal sickness? He was wonderfully
Handsome still, after all he was only thirty-six, but he was not a boy any more;
With his close-cropped hair and weather-beaten skin, little lines beginning to
Mark the smoothness of his forehead and to show under his eyes, he was
Definitely a man.
He had lost his coltish grace ( :
; colt ) and his movements were set (
; set , , ). Each
difference was very small ( ), but taken
altogether (, ) they amounted ( ;
amount , ; to amount /-./;
/-. /; /-. /), in her
shrewd, calculating eyes ( , :
), to all the difference in the world ( ). He was a
middle-aged man ( ; middle , age
).
They still lived in the small flat ( )
that they had taken ( ) when first they came to London (
). Though Julia had been for some time
( ) earning a good income
( ; income , , ) it had
not seemed worthwhile to move (, ;
worthwhile , ) while Michael was on active
service ( :
), but now that a baby was coming ( ,
) the flat was obviously too small (
). Julia had found a house in Regent's Park (
) that she liked very much ( ). She
wanted to be settled down ( / /) in good time
() for her confinement ( // ; confinement
, , . ).
coltish ['kqVltIS] calculating ['kxlkjVleItIN] confinement [kqn'faInmqnt]
He had lost his coltish grace and his movements were set. Each difference was
Very small, but taken altogether they amounted, in her shrewd, calculating
