Which he had been engaged, and for three or four weeks was left to kick his
Heels about till something else could be found for him. He opened in due
Course in a play that ran less than a month in New York. It was sent on the
Road; but languished and was withdrawn. After another wait he was given a
Part in a costume play where his good looks shone to such advantage that his
Indifferent acting was little noticed, and in this he finished the season. There
Was no talk of renewing his contract. Indeed the manager who had engaged
Him was caustic in his comments.
"Gee ( ), I'd give something ( , ) to get even
(/ / ; to get even with smb ; even ,
, , ) with that fellow Langton (
: ), the son of a bitch ( )," he said.
"He knew ( ) what he was doing all right ( ,
//) when he landed me with that stick (
: ; to be landed with smth. -
, ; to land ,
; stick , , . , , )." Julia wrote
to Michael constantly ( : ), pages
and pages of love and gossip ( // ),
while he answered once a week ( ), four pages
exactly ( ) in a neat, precise hand (,
). He always ended up ( //) by sending her
his best love (, ; to send one's love to smb.
- ) and signing himself hers very
affectionately ( // ; affectionately yours
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), but the rest of his letter (
// ) was more informative ( )
than passionate ( ). Yet she awaited its coming (
// ) in an agony of impatience (
; (im)patience (), ()) and read it over and
over again ( ; over and over again ,
, ). Though he wrote cheerfully ( ),
saying little about the theatre ( : ) except that the
parts they gave him were rotten ( , ,
, ) and the plays in which he was expected to act ( ,
) beneath contempt (// ; to be
beneath contempt , :
), news travels in the theatrical world (
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; to travel , , ), and
Julia knew ( ) that he had not made good ( ; to
make good , ).
bitch [bItS] precise [prI'saIs] agony ['xgqnI] beneath [bI'ni:T]
"Gee, I'd give something to get even with that fellow Langton, the son of a
bitch," he said. "He knew what he was doing all right when he landed me with
that stick." Julia wrote to Michael constantly, pages and pages of love and
Gossip, while he answered once a week, four pages exactly in a neat, precise
Hand. He always ended up by sending her his best love and signing himself
Hers very affectionately, but the rest of his letter was more informative than
Passionate. Yet she awaited its coming in an agony of impatience and read it
Over and over again. Though he wrote cheerfully, saying little about the
Theatre except that the parts they gave him were rotten and the plays in which
He was expected to act beneath contempt, news travels in the theatrical world,
