Lady Charles was before she married, and she saw the trap that was being set
For her. 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. 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," she answered.
Julia was glad that Michael was not there ( ,
: ). Poor lamb ( ), he would have been
terribly mortified ( ). He always referred to her father as
Dr. Lambert ( ; to refer
to , , ), pronouncing it as though it were a
French name ( // , ), and
when soon after the war he died ( , , ) and her
mother went to live with her widowed sister at St. Malo (
, -) he began to speak
of her as Madame de Lambert (
).
lamb [lxm] pronounce [prq'naVns] widowed ['wIdqVd]
Julia was glad that Michael was not there. Poor lamb, he would have been
Terribly mortified. He always referred to her father as Dr. Lambert,
Pronouncing it as though it were a French name, and when soon after the war
He died and her mother went to live with her widowed sister at St. Malo he
Began to speak of her as Madame de Lambert.
At the beginning of her career ( ) Julia had been
somewhat sensitive on the point ( :
//), but when once she was established
as a great actress ( ) she
changed her mind ( ). She was inclined,
especially among the great ( , ; the
great . ), to insist on the fact that her father had
been a vet ( , ). She could
not quite have explained why ( ), but she
felt ( // ) that by so doing ( ) she put them in
their place ( ; to put smb. in his place -
).
career [kq'rIq] sensitive ['sensItIv] especially [I'speS(q)lI]
At the beginning of her career Julia had been somewhat sensitive on the point,
But when once she was established as a great actress she changed her mind.
