Face; there were two bare patches under the corners of his mouth.
It gave him a curious look ( : ). With
his black hair ( ), drooping eyelids (
) and rather long nose ( ), he reminded her of
someone she had seen ( -, ).
Suddenly she remembered ( ), and it was such a surprise
( ) that she blurted out ( ):
"D'you know ( ), I couldn't think who you reminded me of (
: ). You're strangely like
Titian's portrait of Francis I in the Louvre (
, )."
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"With his little pig's eyes ( - )?"
"No, not them, yours are large (, : , ), I
think it's the beard chiefly ( , - , :
)."
She glanced at the skin under his eyes ( //
); it was faintly violet and unwrinkled (
: ). Notwithstanding the ageing beard (
// ; to age , , ) he was
quite a young man ( ); he could not have
been more than thirty ( ). She wondered if he
was a Spanish Grandee ( , :
).
blurt [blq:t] violet ['vaIqlIt] unwrinkled [An'rINk(q)lt]
It gave him a curious look. With his black hair, drooping eyelids and rather
Long nose, he reminded her of someone she had seen. Suddenly she
remembered, and it was such a surprise that she blurted out:
"D'you know, I couldn't think who you reminded me of. You're strangely like
Titian's portrait of Francis I in the Louvre."
"With his little pig's eyes?"
"No, not them, yours are large, I think it's the beard chiefly."
She glanced at the skin under his eyes; it was faintly violet and unwrinkled.
Notwithstanding the ageing beard he was quite a young man; he could not
Have been more than thirty. She wondered if he was a Spanish Grandee.
He was not very well dressed ( ), but then foreigners
often weren't (, , / /:
/ /), his clothes might have cost a lot (
) even if they were badly cut (
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), and his tie, though rather loud, she recognized as a Charvet (
, , ,
|
|
|
; loud , ). When they came to the coffee (ࠠ
: ) he asked her whether he might offer her a
liqueur ( , ).
"That's very kind of you ( ). Perhaps it'll make
me sleep better ( :
)."
He offered her a cigarette ( ). His cigarette-case was
silver ( : ), that put her off a little
( ; to put off . , ), but
when he closed it she saw ( , ) that in the
corner was a small crown in gold ( ).
He must be a count or something (, , -
). It was rather chic ( ; chic ,
), having a silver cigarette-case with a gold crown on it (
).
foreigner ['fOrInq] liqueur [lI'kjVq] chic [Si(:)k]
He was not very well dressed, but then foreigners often weren't, his clothes
