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He
took
it
as
a
natural
homage
,
but
did
not
allow
it
to
turn
his
head
.
He
was
eager
to
get
on
and
seemed
determined
not
to
let
any
entanglement
interfere
with
his
career
.
It
was
his
beauty
that
saved
him
,
for
Jimmie
Langton
quickly
came
to
the
conclusion
that
,
notwithstanding
his
perseverance
and
desire
to
excel
,
he
would
never
be
more
than
a
competent
actor
.
His
voice
was
a
trifle
thin
and
in
moments
of
vehemence
was
apt
to
go
shrill
.
It
gave
then
more
the
effect
of
hysteria
than
of
passion
.
But
his
gravest
fault
as
a
juvenile
lead
was
that
he
could
not
make
love
.
He
was
easy
enough
in
ordinary
dialogue
and
could
say
his
lines
with
point
,
but
when
it
came
to
making
protestations
of
passion
something
seemed
to
hold
him
back
.
He
felt
embarrassed
and
looked
it
.
"
Damn
you
,
don
’
t
hold
that
girl
as
if
she
was
a
sack
of
potatoes
,
"
Jimmie
Langton
shouted
at
him
.
"
You
kiss
her
as
if
you
were
afraid
you
were
standing
in
a
draught
.
You
’
re
in
love
with
that
girl
.
You
must
feel
that
you
’
re
in
love
with
her
.
Feel
as
if
your
bones
were
melting
inside
you
and
if
an
earthquake
were
going
to
swallow
you
up
next
minute
,
to
hell
with
the
earthquake
.
"
But
it
was
no
good
.
Notwithstanding
his
beauty
,
his
grace
and
his
ease
of
manner
,
Michael
remained
a
cold
lover
.
This
did
not
prevent
Julia
from
falling
madly
in
love
with
him
.
For
it
was
when
he
joined
Langton
’
s
repertory
company
that
they
met
.
Her
own
career
had
been
singularly
lacking
in
hardship
.
She
was
born
in
Jersey
,
where
her
father
,
a
native
of
that
island
,
practised
as
a
veterinary
surgeon
.
Her
mother
’
s
sister
was
married
to
a
Frenchman
,
a
coal
merchant
,
who
lived
at
St
.
Malo
,
and
Julia
had
been
sent
to
live
with
her
while
she
attended
classes
at
the
local
lycee
.
She
learnt
to
speak
French
like
a
Frenchwoman
.
She
was
a
born
actress
and
it
was
an
understood
thing
for
as
long
as
she
could
remember
that
she
was
to
go
on
the
stage
.
Her
aunt
,
Madame
Falloux
,
was
"
en
relations
"
with
an
old
actress
who
had
been
a
societaire
of
the
Comedie
Francaise
and
who
had
retired
to
St
.
Malo
to
live
on
the
small
pension
that
one
of
her
lovers
had
settled
on
her
when
after
many
years
of
faithful
concubinage
they
had
parted
.
When
Julia
was
a
child
of
twelve
this
actress
was
a
boisterous
,
fat
old
woman
of
more
than
sixty
,
but
of
great
vitality
,
who
loved
food
more
than
anything
else
in
the
world
.
She
had
a
great
,
ringing
laugh
,
like
a
man
’
s
,
and
she
talked
in
a
deep
,
loud
voice
,
t
was
she
who
gave
Julia
her
first
lessons
.
She
taught
her
all
the
arts
that
she
had
herself
learnt
at
the
Conservatoire
and
she
talked
to
her
of
Reichenberg
who
had
played
ingenues
till
she
was
seventy
,
of
Sarah
Bernhardt
and
her
golden
voice
,
of
Mounet
-
Sully
and
his
majesty
,
and
of
Coquelin
the
greatest
actor
of
them
all
.
She
recited
to
her
the
great
tirades
of
Corneille
and
Racine
as
she
had
learnt
to
say
them
at
the
Francaise
and
taught
her
to
say
them
in
the
same
way
.
It
was
charming
to
hear
Julia
in
her
childish
voicerecite
those
languorous
,
passionate
speeches
of
Phedre
,
emphasizing
the
beat
of
the
Alexandrines
and
mouthing
her
words
in
that
manner
which
is
so
artificial
and
yet
so
wonderfully
dramatic
.
Jane
Taitbout
must
always
have
been
a
very
stagy
actress
,
but
she
taught
Julia
to
articulate
with
extreme
distinctness
,
she
taught
her
how
to
walk
and
how
to
hold
herself
,
she
taught
her
not
to
be
afraid
of
her
own
voice
,
and
she
made
deliberate
that
wonderful
sense
of
timing
which
Julia
had
by
instinct
and
which
afterwards
was
one
of
her
greatest
gifts
.
"
Never
pause
unless
you
have
a
reason
for
it
,
"
she
thundered
,
banging
with
her
clenched
fist
on
the
table
at
which
she
sat
,
"
but
when
you
pause
,
pause
as
long
as
you
can
.
"
When
Julia
was
sixteen
and
went
to
the
Royal
Academy
of
Dramatic
Art
in
Gower
Street
she
knew
already
much
that
they
could
teach
her
there
.
She
had
to
get
rid
of
a
certain
number
of
tricks
that
were
out
of
date
and
she
had
to
acquire
a
more
conversational
style
.
But
she
won
every
prize
that
was
open
to
her
,
and
when
she
was
finished
with
the
school
her
good
French
got
her
almost
immediately
a
small
part
in
London
as
a
French
maid
.
It
looked
for
a
while
as
though
her
knowledge
of
French
would
specialize
her
in
parts
needing
a
foreign
accent
,
for
after
this
she
was
engaged
to
play
an
Austrian
waitress
.
It
was
two
years
later
that
Jimmie
Langton
discovered
her
.
She
was
on
tour
in
a
melodrama
that
had
been
successful
in
London
;
in
the
part
of
an
Italian
adventuress
,
whose
machinations
were
eventually
exposed
,
she
was
trying
somewhat
inadequately
to
represent
a
woman
of
forty
.
Since
the
heroine
,
a
blonde
person
of
mature
years
,
was
playing
a
young
girl
,
the
performance
lacked
verisimilitude
.
Jimmie
was
taking
a
short
holiday
which
he
spent
in
going
every
night
to
the
theatre
in
one
town
after
another
.
At
the
end
of
the
piece
he
went
round
to
see
Julia
.
He
was
well
enough
known
in
the
theatrical
world
for
her
to
be
flattered
by
the
compliments
he
paid
her
,
and
when
he
asked
her
to
lunch
with
him
next
day
she
accepted
.
They
had
no
sooner
sat
down
to
table
than
he
went
straight
to
the
point
.
"
I
never
slept
a
wink
all
night
for
thinking
of
you
,
"
he
said
.
