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that was supposed to have been going on so long that it had acquired

respectability, and tolerant hostesses when they were asked to the same house

for a week-end gave them adjoining rooms.

This belief had been started by Lady Charles (это убеждение начала

/поддерживать сама/ Леди Чарльз; belief — вера, доверие, мнение), from whom

Charles Tamerley had been long separated (с которой Чарльз Тэмерли долгое

время жил отдельно: «с которой Чарльз Тэмерли давно разошелся»), and in

point of fact (и, по правде говоря) there was not a word of truth in it (в этом не

было и слова правды). The only foundation for it was (единственным

основанием для этого /убеждения/ было то) that Charles had been madly in love

with her for twenty years (что Чарльз был безумно влюблен в нее /вот уже/

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двадцать лет), and it was certainly on Julia's account (и, несомненно из-за

Джулии /случилось так/) that the Tamerleys (что супруги Тэмерли), who had

never got on very well (которые никогда особо не ладили), agreed to separate

(согласились разъехаться). It was indeed Lady Charles (на самом деле именно

Леди Чарльз была той) who had first brought Julia and Charles together (кто

изначально: «впервые» познакомила: «свела вместе» Джулию и Чарльза).

They happened, all three, to be lunching at Dolly de Vries's (случилось так, что

они, все трое, обедали у Долли де Фриз) when Julia, a young actress (когда

Джулия, /тогда/ молодая актриса), had made her first great success in London

(добилась своего первого успеха в Лондоне).

belief [bI'li:f] separate ['sepqreIt] foundation [faVn'deIS(q)n]

This belief had been started by Lady Charles, from whom Charles Tamerley

had been long separated, and in point of fact there was not a word of truth in

it. The only foundation for it was that Charles had been madly in love with

her for twenty years, and it was certainly on Julia's account that the

Tamerleys, who had never got on very well, agreed to separate. It was indeed

Lady Charles who had first brought Julia and Charles together. They

happened, all three, to be lunching at Dolly de Vries's when Julia, a young

actress, had made her first great success in London.

It was a large party (это был большой прием) and she was being made much of

(и ей уделяли много внимания; to make much of smth., of smb. — высоко

ценить кого-либо, быть высокого мнения о ком-либо). Lady Charles, a woman

of over thirty then (леди Чарльз, в то время женщина чуть за тридцать), who

had the reputation of being a beauty (у которой была репутация красавицы),

though except for her eyes she had not a good feature (хотя, за исключением

/разве что ее/ глаз, у нее не было не одной красивой: «хорошей» черты

/лица/), but by a sort of brazen audacity (только благодаря некой наглой

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дерзости) managed to produce an effective appearance (/ей/ удавалось

производить эффектное впечатление: «создавать эффектный внешний вид»),

leant across the table with a gracious smile (перегнулась через стол с любезной

улыбкой /на лице/).

"Oh, Miss Lambert (о, мисс Лэмберт), I think I used to know your father in Jersey

(я думаю, что знавала вашего отца на Джерси). He was a doctor, wasn't he (он

был врачом, не так ли)? He used to come to our house quite often (он, бывало,

приходил к нам в дом очень часто)."

reputation ["repjV'teIS(q)n] brazen ['breIz(q)n] audacity [O:'dxsItI]

appearance [q'pI(q)rqns] gracious ['greISqs]

It was a large party and she was being made much of Lady Charles, a woman

of over thirty then, who had the reputation of being a beauty, though except

for her eyes she had not a good feature, but by a sort of brazen audacity

managed to produce an effective appearance, leant across the table with a