Being Julia
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which young chap?
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that American. good-looking fellow.
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remember?
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no.
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he wants to learn the business.
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Tom Fennel is his name.
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American, you must remember.
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vaguely.
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well, he's frightfully good at his job.
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he's a wizard with money.
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lots of American ideas for avoiding tax.
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what about him?
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well, I thought we might invite him down
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for a couple of weeks to
spend his holiday with us.

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why would we want to do that?
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he'll be company for Roger.
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he's only a bit older.
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Roger will like him, I'm sure of it.
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shall I ask him?
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hmm.
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ah!
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remind me to keep exercising.
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so, will you come and stay?
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Michael says the house is
frightfully comfortable.

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probably not.
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I'm going abroad for a couple of months.
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what fun.
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well, you'll be busy, won't you?
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looking for a new play, reading scripts.
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so, what do you think?
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he hasn't done justice to your eyes.
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as a matter of fact,
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there is a play that interests me.
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it's about an older woman
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who has an affair with a younger man.
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oh, a farce.
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why do you say that?
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well, because everyone
laughs at the older woman.

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no, not in this play. it's all serious.
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the act 1 curtain's good.
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it comes as a shock to her.
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what does?
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that she's fallen in love with the boy.
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and it happens just when everything
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seemed to her so dull and unpromising,
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as if her life was over.
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she finds the affair exhilarating.
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and everyone keeps telling her
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she looks 10 years younger.
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I trust she doesn't confess to the boy
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that she loves him. that's always fatal.
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does it sound like something for me?
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oh, don't be ridiculous, Julia.
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no, your public would
never stand for it.

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if such a woman asked me,

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