They ate a meal together, or on a Sunday went for a small excursion, she took
Care to pay her share of the expenses. She did not mind this. She liked him for
Counting the pennies, and, inclined to be extravagant herself and always a
Week or two behind with her rent, she admired him because he hated to be in
Debt and even with the small salary he was getting managed to save up a little
Every week. He was anxious to have enough put by so that when he went to
London he need not accept the first part that was offered him, but could
Afford to wait till he got one that gave him a real chance. His father had little
More than his pension to live on, and it had been a sacrifice to send him to
Cambridge. His father, not liking the idea of his going on the stage, had
Insisted on this.
"If you want to be an actor ( ) I suppose (
) I can't stop you ( )," he said, "but damn it all
( ), I insist ( ) on your being educated like a
gentleman ( , , )."
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It gave Julia a good deal of satisfaction ( ;
to give satisfaction ) to discover that Michael's father
was a colonel (, // ), it impressed
her to hear ( , ) him speak of an
ancestor ( ) who had gambled away his fortune (
; to gamble ,
; fortune , , ; , )
at White's during the Regency ( ; White's
, 1736; Regency ,
, 1811 1820 .), and she liked the
signet ring ( ) Michael wore (
) with the boar's head on it ( / /) and the motto (
): Nemo me impune lacessit (/./
).
"I believe you're prouder of your family ( : ,
) than of looking like a Greek god ( , :
, )," she told him fondly (
, ).
"Anyone can be good-looking ( )," he
answered, with his sweet smile ( ), "but
not everyone can belong to a decent family (
; to belong , ,
). To tell you the truth ( // ) I'm glad my
governor's a gentleman ( , : ,
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|
)."
educate ['edjVkeIt] ancestor ['xnsqstq, 'xnsestq] regency ['ri:dZ(q)nsI]
"If you want to be an actor I suppose I can't stop you," he said, "but damn it
all, I insist on your being educated like a gentleman."
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It gave Julia a good deal of satisfaction to discover that Michael's father was a
