"You won't forget my photograph?"
"I think there are some in Michael's den. Come along and we'll choose one."
She took him into a fair-sized room ( :
; size ) behind the dining-room (//
). Though it was supposed to be Michael's private sitting-room (
, )
"a fellow wants a room ( ) where he can get away by
himself ( ) and smoke his pipe (
)" it was chiefly used as a cloak-room (, ,
; cloak , , ) when they
had guests ( ). There was a noble mahogany desk (
: ) on which were signed
photographs of George V and Queen Mary (
V ). Over the chimney-
piece ( ) was an old copy of Lawrence's portrait of Kemble
as Hamlet (
). On a small table ( ) was a pile of typescript plays
(: ).
The room was surrounded by bookshelves (
: ) under which were
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cupboards ( ), and from one of
these ( ) Julia took a bundle of her latest photographs (
: ; late (late, the
latest) , , ). She handed one to the young man
( ; to hand ).
"This one is not so bad ( )."
"It's lovely ( )."
"Then it can't be as like me as I thought ( ,
, :
, )."
"But it is ( ). It's exactly like you (
)."
private ['praIvIt] chiefly ['tSi:flI] mahogany [mq'hOgqnI]
chimneypiece ['tSImnIpi:s] typescript ['taIp"skrIpt]
She took him into a fair-sized room behind the dining-room. Though it was
supposed to be Michael's private sitting-room "a fellow wants a room
where he can get away by himself and smoke his pipe" it was chiefly used
As a cloak-room when they had guests. There was a noble mahogany desk on