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Илья Франк
"I won't ask him if you don't want him. I merely thought it would be a treat
for him. He admires you tremendously. He's been to see the play three times.
He's crazy to be introduced to you." Michael touched a button and in a
moment his secretary came in.
"Here are the letters, Margery. What appointments have I got for this
afternoon?"
Julia with half an ear (Джулия в пол-уха;
Margery read out (слушала список, который Марджери зачитывала вслух) and,
though she knew the room so well (и, хотя она и знала комнату очень: «так»
хорошо), idly looked about her (лениво оглядывалась по сторонам). It was a
very proper room (это была очень подходящая комната;
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первоклассного театра;
walls had been panelled (стены были обшиты панелями;
себестоимости)) by a good decorator (хорошим декоратором) and on them hung
engravings of theatrical pictures (и на них висели гравюры на театральные
темы: «театральных картин»;
Zoffany and de Wilde (/выполненные/ Зоффани и де Уайльдом;
большими и удобными). Michael sat in a heavily carved Chippendale chair
(Майкл сидел в кресле стиля чиппендейл, богато украшенном резьбой;
reproduction but made by a well-known firm (репродукция, но выполненная
хорошо известной фирмой), and his Chippendale table (и его стол чиппендейл),
with heavy ball and claw feet (с ножками в форме когтистых лап,
опирающихся на шар = «с тяжелыми ножками с шаром и когтем»), was
immensely solid (был необычайно солидным;
серебряной раме;
(фотография ее самой) and to balance it a photograph of Roger, their son (и для
баланса, фотография Роджера, их сына;
idly ['aIdlI] engraving [In'greIvIN] Chippendale ['tSIpqndeIl]
Julia with half an ear listened to the list Margery read out and, though she
knew the room so well, idly looked about her. It was a very proper room for
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the manager of a first-class theatre. The walls had been panelled (at cost
price) by a good decorator and on them hung engravings of theatrical pictures
by Zoffany and de Wilde. The armchairs were large and comfortable. Michael
sat in a heavily carved Chippendale chair, a reproduction but made by a well-
known firm, and his Chippendale table, with heavy ball and claw feet, was