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

 

 

 

 

 

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