Loved food more than anything else in the world. She had a great, ringing
laugh, like a man's, and she talked in a deep, loud voice. It was she who gave
Julia her first lessons.
She taught her all the arts ( :
) that she had herself learnt at the Conservatoire (
: ) and she talked to her of
Reichenberg ( ) who had played ingenues
till she was seventy ( ), of Sarah
Bernhardt and her golden voice ( ), of
Mounet-Sully and his majesty ( - ), and of
Coquelin the greatest actor of them all ( ,
). She recited to her the great tirades of Corneille and Racine (
; to recite
, ) as she had learnt to say them at the
Franaise ( ) and taught
her to say them in the same way ( ; in the
same way , ). It was charming to hear Julia
( , ) in her childish voice (
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) recite those languorous ( ), passionate
speeches of Phedre ( ), emphasizing the beat of the
Alexandrines ( ) and mouthing her words
( // ) in that manner ( ) which is
so artificial ( ; artificial ,
, ) and yet so wonderfully dramatic (
).
ingenue ['xnZeInju:] majesty ['mxdZIstI] tirade [t(a)I'reId]
languorous ['lxNgqrqs]
She taught her all the arts that she had herself learnt at the Conservatoire and
She talked to her of Reichenberg who had played ingenues till she was seventy,
Of Sarah Bernhardt and her golden voice, of Mounet-Sully and his majesty,
And of Coquelin the greatest actor of them all. She recited to her the great
Tirades of Corneille and Racine as she had learnt to say them at the Fran oise
And taught her to say them in the same way. It was charming to hear Julia in
Her childish voice recite those languorous, passionate speeches of Phedre,
Emphasizing the beat of the Alexandrines and mouthing her words in that
