
- •Immensely solid. On it stood in a massive silver frame a photograph of herself
- •In which he kept his private paper in case he wanted to write a letter in his
- •In point of fact there was grilled sole, grilled cutlets and spinach, and stewed
- •Italian chairs, and the young man in the middle on a chair that was not at all
- •Very different play we produced from the one the author submitted to us."
- •Very well play young lovers, and authors don't seem to write the parts they
- •In the same cupboard.
- •Very beginning pasted in a series of large books.
- •In the papers.
- •It was a pity she had never had a chance of playing Rosalind, she would have
- •Verse. Her voice, her rather low rich voice, with that effective hoarseness,
- •Very different matter when he rehearsed his cast; then he would suffer
- •It happened that when Michael kept the appointment he had asked for,
- •In love with her. Feel as if your bones were melting inside you and if an
- •It was two years later that Jimmie Langton discovered her. She was on tour in
- •In my life."
- •Information.
- •It was a well-known fact that it was one of the best houses of its period, one
- •Insisted on this.
- •It gave Julia a good deal of satisfaction to discover that Michael's father was a
- •In Benson's company, and golf when he got the chance, and that sort of thing
- •I wrote poetry."
- •Views on marriage.
- •Inspiration.
- •It was getting on for Easter, and Jimmie Langton always closed his theatre
- •Ingenuous girl who had lived a quiet country life.
- •In a moment the Colonel and Mrs. Gosselyn came in. They bore a look of
- •Indeed, that she was quite willing to become his mistress, but this he refused.
- •It was quite clear that he had accepted with alacrity. The thought of refusing
- •I'd go and live at home so as not to spend any money."
- •Very clever little trick.
- •Indifferent acting was little noticed, and in this he finished the season. There
- •Into the carriage he took her hand and patted it.
- •In the empty carriage and looked at herself in the glass.
- •It took Julia a second or two to understand what he meant.
- •It infuriated her that when she worked herself up into a passion of tears he
- •Italian organ-grinder."
- •Illustrated papers.
- •It was just before the end of the war that she fell out of love with him.
- •Very small, but taken altogether they amounted, in her shrewd, calculating
- •It were rather a joke, or a declaration as though he were laughing at himself,
- •In a manner that the audience found engaging. He never attempted to play
- •Inherited nearly four thousand pounds, and this with his own savings and
- •It was a warm beautiful night. Michael had bought options, though it wrung
- •It was disconcerting the way Julia knew what he was thinking. You couldn't
- •Vernon. And we can get him. I'll play George."
- •Ingenuity in disguising old sets so that they looked new, and by ringing the
- •Very profitable discoveries.
- •Interested in management.
- •Intolerable. He could describe nothing without circumstantial detail. Nor was
- •Into it.
- •It made Julia a little sad to think how much she had loved him. Because her
- •In a vase.
- •11 Глава:
- •It. The only foundation for it was that Charles had been madly in love with
- •It was a large party and she was being made much of Lady Charles, a woman
- •Very good-looking but of distinguished appearance. He looked very well-bred,
- •Vitality which were outside his experience. He went to see her act several times
- •In love with Michael. When Charles realized that he loved her his manner
- •It's only common sense that we shouldn't see one another any more."
- •Into the bathroom to wash her face and eyes. She felt wonderfully exhilarated.
- •Idea of appearing as intervener. For two or three weeks she was very jittery.
- •It was a little more difficult when Charles, with his fine sensitiveness, saw that
- •In some hole in Italy!"
- •It had been long agreed, with all the delicacy that might be expected from his
- •It was nice of him to have suggested that. He might so easily have mentioned
- •In her life. She was so taken aback that she never thought of doing anything.
- •Incident would have no sequel.
- •I'm forty and I don't care who knows it."
- •Into her dressing-room.
- •12 Глава:
- •Inquiry the whole story and gave him her opinion of the travel agency, the
- •It gave him a curious look. With his black hair, drooping eyelids and rather
- •In a quarter of an hour with a conductor and told her that he had got her a
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Very well play young lovers, and authors don't seem to write the parts they
used to write when I was a young fellow. What the French call a raisonneur.
You know the sort of thing I mean, a duke, or a cabinet minister, or an
eminent K.C. who says clever, witty things and turns people round his little
finger. I don't know what's happened to authors. They don't seem able to
write good lines any more. Bricks without straw; that's what we actors are
expected to make nowadays. And are they grateful to us? The authors, I
mean. You'd be surprised if I told you the terms some of them have the nerve
to ask."
"The fact remains (/но/ факт остается /фактом/), we can't do without them (мы не
можем жить: «обходиться» без них)," smiled Julia (сказала с улыбкой:
«улыбнулась» Джулия). "If the play's wrong (если пьеса нехороша) no acting in
the world will save it (никакая игра в мире не спасет ее)."
"That's because (это потому, что) the public isn't really interested in the theatre
(публика на самом деле не очень заинтересована в театре; public — народ,
публика, общественность). In the great days of the English stage (в золотые:
«великие» дни английской сцены) people didn't go to see the plays (люди не
шли /в театр/, чтобы посмотреть пьесу), they went to see the players (они шли,
чтобы посмотреть на актеров). It didn't matter what Kemble and Mrs. Siddons
acted (и не имело значения, кого: «что» играли Кембл и миссис Сиддонс). The
public went to see them (публика шла на них /посмотреть/). And even now (и
даже сейчас), though I don't deny (хотя я и не отрицаю) that if the play's wrong
(что если пьеса плоха) you're dished (ты погорел; to dish — подавать на
блюде, преподносить; разг. надуть, одурачить, губить), I do contend (я все
равно настаиваю; to contend — бороться, сражаться; утверждать,
заявлять) that if the play's right (что если пьеса хорошая), it's the actors the
public go to see (то публика идет смотреть на актеров), not the play (а не на
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пьесу)."
"I don't think anyone can deny that (я не думаю, что кто-нибудь будет: «может»
это отрицать)," said Julia.
"All an actress like Julia wants is a vehicle (все что актрисе, подобной Джулии
нужно, так это средство для выражения ее способностей; a vehicle —
средство передвижения; театр. — форма воплощения, средство для
проявления способностей). Give her that (дайте ей это средство: «то») and
she'll do the rest (и она сделает все остальное /сама/)."
Julia gave the young man a delightful, but slightly deprecating smile (Джулия
улыбнулась молодому человеку очаровательной, но слегка умаляющей =
полупрезрительной улыбкой; to deprecate — осуждать; умалять).
public ['pAblIk] contend [kqn'tend] vehicle ['vi:Ik(q)l]
"The fact remains, we can't do without them," smiled Julia. "If the play's
wrong no acting in the world will save it."
"That's because the public isn't really interested in the theatre. In the great
days of the English stage people didn't go to see the plays, they went to see the
players. It didn't matter what Kemble and Mrs. Siddons acted. The public
went to see them. And even now, though I don't deny that if the play's wrong
you're dished, I do contend that if the play's right, it's the actors the public go
to see, not the play."
"I don't think anyone can deny that," said Julia.
"All an actress like Julia wants is a vehicle. Give her that and she'll do the
rest."
Julia gave the young man a delightful, but slightly deprecating smile.
"You mustn't take my husband too seriously (вы не должны воспринимать моего
мужа слишком серьезно). I'm afraid we must admit (я боюсь, мы должны
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признать; to admit — допускать, впускать) that he's partial (что он
пристрастен) where I'm concerned (когда дело касается меня)."
"Unless this young man is a much bigger fool than I think him (если только этот
молодой человек не гораздо больший дурак, чем я о нем думаю) he must
know (он должен знать) that there's nothing in the way of acting (что нет ничего
в сфере актерского искусства; way — дорога, путь, манера поведения, сфера
деятельности) that you can't do (что неподвластно тебе: «что ты не можешь
сделать»)."
"Oh, that's only an idea (о, это всего лишь идея) that people have got (которая
пришла людям в голову: «которую люди имеют») because I take care never to
do anything but what I can do (потому что я всегда осторожна, и не делаю
ничего, кроме того, что я могу сделать; to care — беспокоиться,
заботиться)."
Presently Michael looked at his watch (в этот самый момент Майкл взглянул на
часы).
"I think when you've finished your coffee, young man (я думаю, что когда вы
допьете: «закончите» свой кофе, молодой человек), we ought to be going (мы
должны будем идти)."
The boy gulped down what was left in his cup (юноша большим глотком допил
то, что оставалось в /его/ чашке) and Julia rose from the table (и Джулия
поднялась из-за стола; to rise (rose; risen) — вставать, подниматься).
"You won't forget my photograph (вы не забудете о фотографии для меня: «о
моей фотографии»)?"
"I think there are some in Michael's den (я думаю, что есть немного
/фотографий/ в рабочем кабинете Майкла; den — логово, берлога, притон;
разг. — кабинет). Come along (пойдемте /вместе/) and we'll choose one (и /мы/
выберем одну)."
seriously ['sI(q)rIqslI] partial ['pQ:S(q)l] because [bI'kOz; bIkqz] ought [O:t]
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"You mustn't take my husband too seriously. I'm afraid we must admit that
he's partial where I'm concerned."
"Unless this young man is a much bigger fool than I think him he must know
that there's nothing in the way of acting that you can't do."
"Oh, that's only an idea that people have got because I take care never to do
anything but what I can do."
Presently Michael looked at his watch.
"I think when you've finished your coffee, young man, we ought to be going."
The boy gulped down what was left in his cup and Julia rose from the table.
"You won't forget my photograph?"
"I think there are some in Michael's den. Come along and we'll choose one."
She took him into a fair-sized room (она провела: «взяла» его в довольно
большую комнату; size — размер) behind the dining-room (/расположенную/ за
столовой). Though it was supposed to be Michael's private sitting-room (хотя она
предназначалась для того, чтобы быть частной гостиной комнатой Майкла)
— "a fellow wants a room (мужчине нужна комната) where he can get away by
himself (где он может уединиться) and smoke his pipe (и выкурить свою
трубку)" — it was chiefly used as a cloak-room (она, главным образом,
использовалась как гардеробная; cloak — накидка, пальто, плащ) when they
had guests (когда они принимали гостей). There was a noble mahogany desk (в
ней: «там» стоял благородный стол из красного дерева) on which were signed
photographs of George V and Queen Mary (на котором располагались
подписанные фотографии Георга V и Королевы Мэри). Over the chimney-
piece (над каминной полкой) was an old copy of Lawrence's portrait of Kemble
as Hamlet (была старая копия портрета Кембла в роли Гамлета работы
Лоренса). On a small table (на маленьком столике) was a pile of typescript plays
(лежала: «была» куча отпечатанных на машинке пьес).
The room was surrounded by bookshelves (по периметру комнаты висели полки
с книгами: «комната была окружена книжными полками») under which were
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cupboards (под которыми располагались стенные шкафы), and from one of
these (и из одного из них) Julia took a bundle of her latest photographs (Джулия
взяла пачку: «связку» самых последних своих фотографий; late (late, the
latest) — поздний, позднее, самый поздний). She handed one to the young man
(она вручила одну из них молодому человеку; to hand — вручать).
"This one is not so bad (эта не совсем плоха)."
"It's lovely (она прекрасна) ."
"Then it can't be as like me as I thought (в таком случае, я на ней не настолько
похожа на себя, как я думала: «она не может быть настолько похожей на
меня, как я думала»)."
"But it is (но она очень похожа). It's exactly like you (это совершенно точно
вы)."
private ['praIvIt] chiefly ['tSi:flI] mahogany [mq'hOgqnI]
chimneypiece ['tSImnIpi:s] typescript ['taIp"skrIpt]
She took him into a fair-sized room behind the dining-room. Though it was
supposed to be Michael's private sitting-room — "a fellow wants a room
where he can get away by himself and smoke his pipe" — it was chiefly used
as a cloak-room when they had guests. There was a noble mahogany desk on
which were signed photographs of George V and Queen Mary. Over the
chimney-piece was an old copy of Lawrence's portrait of Kemble as Hamlet.
On a small table was a pile of typescript plays.
The room was surrounded by bookshelves under which were cupboards, and
from one of these Julia took a bundle of her latest photographs. She handed
one to the young man.
"This one is not so bad."
"It's lovely."
"Then it can't be as like me as I thought."
"But it is. It's exactly like you."
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She gave him another sort of smile, just a trifle roguish (она улыбнулась ему по-
другому, слегка лукавой улыбкой; trifle — немного, слегка, чуть-чуть, a trifle
— пустяк, мелочь, безделица) she lowered her eyelids for a second (она на
секунду прикрыла: «опустила» веки) and then raising them (и затем взмахнув
ими: «поняв их») gazed at him for a little (смотрела на него в упор несколько
секунд; to gaze — пристально глядеть, глазеть, уставиться) with that soft
expression (с тем мягким выражением) that people described as her velvet look
(который /люди/ описывали как ее бархатный взгляд). She had no object in
doing this (она не преследовала никакой цели, смотря так: «делая это»; object
— предмет, объект, конечная цель, намерение). She did it, if not mechanically
(она смотрела так, если и не машинально), from an instinctive desire to please
(/то/ с инстинктивным желанием нравиться). The boy was so young, so shy
(юноша был так молод, так застенчив), he looked as if he had such a nice nature
(он, казалось, был такой добродушный: «он выглядел, как если бы у него был
такой хороший характер»), and she would never see him again (и она больше
никогда не увидит его снова), she wanted him to have his money's worth (она
так хотела, чтобы он получил что-то действительно ценное: «достойное его
затрат»; money's-worth — что-то имеющее реальную ценность); she wanted
him to look back on this (она хотела, чтобы он вспоминал эту встречу: «это»)
as one of the great moments of his life (как один из величайших моментов в
своей жизни). She glanced at the photograph again (она снова взглянула на
фотографию). She liked to think she looked like that (ей нравилось думать, что
она /действительно/ выглядела так). The photographer had so posed her
(фотограф расположил ее в такой позе; to pose — ставить в определенную
позу; позировать, рисоваться), with her help (с ее помощью), as to show her at
her best (что она представала в лучшем свете: «чтобы показать ее с лучшей
стороны»). Her nose was slightly thick (ее нос был слегка толстоват; slightly —
слегка, едва, чуть-чуть), but he had managed (но ему удалось) by his lighting (с
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его тонким: «изящным»), not a wrinkle (ни единая морщинка) marred the
smoothness of her skin (не портила гладкость ее кожи; to mar — повреждать,
искажать), and there was a melting look in her fine eyes (и /был/
нежный/мягкий взгляд в ее прекрасных глазах; to melt — таять; плавиться).
trifle ['traIf(q)l] roguish ['rqVgIS] object ['ObdZ ekt, -Ikt| ]
mechanically [mI'kxnIk(q)lI] desire [dI'zaIq] lighting ['laItIN]
She gave him another sort of smile, just a trifle roguish; she lowered her
eyelids for a second and then raising them gazed at him for a little with that
soft expression that people described as her velvet look. She had no object in
doing this. She did it, if not mechanically, from an instinctive desire to please.
The boy was so young, so shy, he looked as if he had such a nice nature, and
she would never see him again, she wanted him to have his money's worth;
she wanted him to look back on this as one of the great moments of his life.
She glanced at the photograph again. She liked to think she looked like that.
The photographer had so posed her, with her help, as to show her at her best.
Her nose was slightly thick, but he had managed by his lighting to make it
look very delicate, not a wrinkle marred the smoothness of her skin, and there
was a melting look in her fine eyes.
"All right (хорошо). You shall have this one (вы получите эту). You know I'm
not a beautiful woman (вы знаете, что я не красивая женщина), I'm not even a
very pretty one (я даже не хорошенькая); Coquelin always used to say (Коклен
всегда говорил) I had the beautй du diable (фр. = devilish beauty; что у меня
дьявольская красота). You understand French, don't you (вы понимаете по-
французски, не так ли)."
"Enough for that (достаточно, чтобы понять это)."
"I'll sign it for you (я подпишу ее для вас)."
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She sat at the desk (она села к столу) and with her bold, flowing hand wrote (и
своим четким, беглым почерком): Yours sincerely, Julia Lambert (искренне
Ваша, Джулия Лэмберт).
beautiful ['bju:tIf(q)l] pretty ['prItI] sincerely [sIn'sIqlI]
"All right. You shall have this one. You know I'm not a beautiful woman, I'm
not even a very pretty one; Coquelin always used to say I had the beautй du
diable. You understand French, don't you?"
"Enough for that."
"I'll sign it for you."
She sat at the desk and with her bold, flowing hand wrote: Yours sincerely,
Julia Lambert.
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WHEN the two men had gone (когда мужчины: «двое мужчин» ушли) she
looked through the photographs again (она снова просмотрела фотографии; to
look smth. through — просмотреть что-либо до конца) before putting them
back (до того, как положила их обратно).
"Not bad for a woman of forty-six (не плохо для женщины сорока шести /лет/),"
she smiled (улыбнулась она). "They are like me (/конечно/ они похожи на
меня; like — подобный, похожий), there's no denying that (невозможно
отрицать этого; to deny — отрицать, не признавать, отпираться)." She
looked round the room (она оглядела комнату) for a mirror (/в поиске/ зеркала),
but there wasn't one (но /в комнате/ не было ни одного /зеркала/). "These
damned decorators (эти проклятые декораторы). Poor Michael (бедный Майкл),
no wonder (не удивительно) he never uses this room (/что/ он никогда не
пользуется этой комнатой). Of course (конечно) I never have photographed well
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(я никогда не выходила хорошо на фотографиях; to photograph well — быть
фотогеничным)."
She had an impulse (она испытала желание; impulse — удар, побудительная
причина, порыв) to look at some of her old photographs (посмотреть на
некоторые свои старые фотографии). Michael was a tidy (Майкл был
аккуратным), business-like man (практичным /человеком/; business-like —
деловой, деловитый, пунктуальный), and her photographs were kept (и ее
фотографии хранились: «держались») in large cardboard cases (в больших
картонных коробках), dated and chronologically arranged (/все/ датированные и
расположенные в хронологическом порядке; to date — датировать,
проставлять дату, to arrange — приводить в порядок, систематизировать).
His were in other cardboard cases (его /фотографии/ хранились в других
картонных коробках) in the same cupboard (в том же стенном шкафу).
deny [dI'naI] mirror ['mIrq] chronologically ["krOnq'lOdZIkqlI]
WHEN the two men had gone she looked through the photographs again
before putting them back.
"Not bad for a woman of forty-six," she smiled. "They are like me, there's no
denying that." She looked round the room for a mirror, but there wasn't one.
"These damned decorators. Poor Michael, no wonder he never uses this room.
Of course I never have photographed well."
She had an impulse to look at some of her old photographs. Michael was a
tidy, business-like man, and her photographs were kept in large cardboard
cases, dated and chronologically arranged. His were in other cardboard cases