having had exactly the bedroom that pleased her in the old house in Regent's
Park which they had occupied since the end of the war she brought it over
Bodily. The bed and the dressing-table were upholstered in pink silk, the
Chaise-longue and the armchair in Nattier blue; over the bed there were fat
Little gilt cherubs who dangled a lamp with a pink shade, and fat little gilt
Cherubs swarmed all round the mirror on the dressing-table. On satinwood
Tables were signed photographs, richly framed, of actors and actresses and
Members of the royal family. The decorator had raised his supercilious
Eyebrows, but it was the only room in the house in which Julia felt completely
At home. She wrote her letters at a satinwood desk, seated on a gilt Hamlet
Stool.
Luncheon was announced ( ; to announce ,
, ) and they went downstairs (
: ).
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"I hope you'll have enough to eat ( , :
)," said Julia ( ). "Michael and I have very
small appetites ( : )."
In point of fact ( ) there was grilled sole ( //
; to grill ), grilled cutlets and spinach
( ), and stewed fruit ( ; to stew
, ). It was a meal designed to satisfy legitimate hunger (
: ), but
not to produce fat ( : ;
fat , , , ). The cook (), warned by Margery
that there was a guest to luncheon ( ,
; to warn , ) had hurriedly made
some fried potatoes ( ; to fry
). They looked crisp and smelt appetizing (:
; to smell , ,
). Only the young man took them ( :
). Julia gave them a wistful look (
//; wistful , ) before she shook her
head in refusal ( , / /: 頠
; to shook , , , ). Michael stared
at them gravely ( : ; to stare
, ) for a moment ( - ) as
though he could not quite tell what they were (
, : ), and then with a little
|
|
|
start ( , ; start , ; ,
), breaking out of a brown study ( ),
said No thank you (: , ).
appetite ['xpItaIt] spinach ['spIn IdZ, -ItS| ] legitimate [lI'dZItImIt]
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