"D'you want me to say good night to you in the passage? I'll just come in for a
minute."
"Better not, darling," she said with quiet dignity.
She felt like a high-born damsel ( :
), with all the traditions of a great and ancient family (
) to keep up (/ /
; to keep up , ,
); her purity ( ; purity , )
was a pearl of great price ( :
); she also felt ( ) that she was making a
wonderfully good impression (
/ /): of course he was a great gentleman (
, ), and "damn it all" (, ) it
behoved her to be a great lady ( ; to behove
/ ./ , ). She was so pleased with her
performance ( ) that when she had
got into her room ( ) and somewhat noisily
locked the door ( - ; noise
, , , ), she paraded up and down ( /
/ ; up and down , ,
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) bowing right and left graciously (
; to bow , ) to her obsequious retainers (
). She stretched out ( ) her lily white
hand ( ; lily white , , ,
) for the trembling old steward ( ) to kiss
( ) (as a baby ( ) he had often dandled her
on his knee ( ; to dandle a child on one's knee
), and when he pressed it with his pallid lips (
: , -
) she felt something fall upon it ( , -
//). A tear ().
damsel ['dxmz(q)l] ancient ['eInS(q)nt] pearl [pq:l] behove [bI'hqVv]
obsequious [qb'si:kwIqs]
She felt like a high-born damsel, with all the traditions of a great and ancient
Family to keep up; her purity was a pearl of great price; she also felt that she
was making a wonderfully good impression: of course he was a great
gentleman, and "damn it all" it behoved her to be a great lady. She was so
Pleased with her performance that when she had got into her room and
Somewhat noisily locked the door, she paraded up and down bowing right and
Left graciously to her obsequious retainers. She stretched out her lily white
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Hand for the trembling old steward to kiss (as a baby he had often dandled
Her on his knee), and when he pressed it with his pallid lips she felt something
Fall upon it. A tear.
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THE first year of their marriage ( ) would
have been stormy (렠 ; stormy , ,
) except for Michael's placidity (
). It needed the excitement of getting a part (
) or a first night ( // ), the gaiety of a party
( ) where he had drunk several glasses of champagne (
: ), to turn his practical
mind to thoughts of love ( , ,
; to turn one's mind to smth.
-, practical mind ). No flattery ( ), no
allurements ( ), could tempt him (// )
when he had an engagement next day (
) for which he had to keep his brain clear (
: )
or a round of golf ( ; round , , ,
. , , ) for which he needed a steady eye (
; steady ; ,
). Julia made him frantic scenes (
).
placidity [plq'sIdItI] allurement [q'l(j)Vqmqnt] frantic ['frxntIk]
THE first year of their marriage would have been stormy except for Michael's
