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Julia
had
been
on
the
stage
for
three
years
and
had
learnt
a
good
deal
.
Besides
,
Jane
Taitbout
,
no
strict
moralist
,
had
given
her
a
lot
of
useful
information
.
"
And
are
you
under
the
impression
by
any
chance
,
that
for
that
I
’
m
going
to
let
you
sleep
with
me
as
well
?
"
"
My
God
,
do
you
think
I
’
ve
got
time
to
go
to
bed
with
the
members
of
my
company
?
I
’
ve
got
much
more
important
things
to
do
than
that
,
my
girl
.
And
you
’
ll
find
that
after
you
’
ve
rehearsed
for
four
hours
and
played
a
part
at
night
to
my
satisfaction
,
besides
a
couple
of
matinees
,
you
won
’
t
have
much
time
or
much
inclination
to
make
love
to
anybody
.
When
you
go
to
bed
all
you
’
ll
want
to
do
is
to
sleep
.
"
But
Jimmie
Langton
was
wrong
there
.
Julia
,
taken
by
his
enthusiasm
and
his
fantastic
exuberance
,
accepted
his
offer
.
He
started
her
in
modest
parts
which
under
his
direction
she
played
as
she
had
never
played
before
.
He
interested
the
critics
in
her
,
he
flattered
them
by
letting
them
think
that
they
had
discovered
a
remarkable
actress
,
and
allowed
the
suggestion
to
come
from
them
that
he
should
let
the
public
see
her
as
Magda
.
She
was
a
great
hit
and
then
in
quick
succession
he
made
her
play
Nora
in
The
Doll
’
s
House
,
Ann
in
Man
and
Superman
,
and
Hedda
Gabler
.
Middle
-
pool
was
delighted
to
discover
that
it
had
in
its
midst
an
actress
who
it
could
boast
was
better
than
any
star
in
London
,
and
crowded
to
see
her
in
plays
that
before
it
had
gone
to
only
from
local
patriotism
.
The
London
paragraphers
*
mentioned
her
now
and
then
,
and
a
number
of
enthusiastic
patrons
of
the
drama
made
the
journey
to
Middlepool
to
see
her
.
They
went
back
full
of
praise
,
and
two
or
three
London
managers
sent
representatives
to
report
on
her
.
They
were
doubtful
.
She
was
all
very
well
in
Shaw
and
Ibsen
,
but
what
would
she
do
in
an
ordinary
play
?
The
managers
had
had
bitter
experien
-
ces
.
On
the
strength
of
an
outstanding
performance
in
one
of
these
queer
plays
they
had
engaged
an
actor
,
only
to
discover
that
in
any
other
sort
of
play
he
was
no
better
than
anybody
else
.
When
Michael
joined
the
company
Julia
had
been
playing
in
Middlepool
for
a
year
.
Jimmie
started
him
with
Marchbanks
in
Candida
.
It
was
the
happy
choice
one
would
have
expected
him
to
make
,
for
in
that
part
his
great
beauty
was
an
asset
and
his
lack
of
warmth
no
disadvantage
.
Julia
reached
over
to
take
out
the
first
of
the
cardboard
cases
in
which
Michael
’
s
photographs
were
kept
.
She
was
sitting
comfortably
on
the
floor
.
She
turned
the
early
photographs
over
quickly
,
looking
for
that
which
he
had
taken
when
first
he
came
to
Middlepool
;
but
when
she
came
upon
it
,
it
gave
her
a
pang
.
For
a
moment
she
felt
inclined
to
cry
.
It
had
been
just
like
him
then
.
Candida
was
being
played
by
an
older
woman
,
a
sound
actress
who
was
cast
generally
for
mothers
,
maiden
aunts
or
character
parts
,
and
Julia
with
nothing
to
do
but
act
eight
times
a
week
attended
the
rehearsals
.
She
fell
in
love
with
Michael
at
first
sight
.
She
had
never
seen
a
more
beautiful
young
man
,
and
she
pursued
him
relentlessly
.
In
due
course
Jimmie
put
on
Ghosts
,
braving
the
censure
of
respectable
Middlepool
,
and
Michael
played
the
boy
and
she
played
Regina
.
They
heard
one
another
their
parts
and
after
rehearsals
lunched
,
very
modestly
,
together
so
that
they
might
talk
of
them
.
Soon
they
were
inseparable
.
Julia
had
little
reserve
;
she
flattered
Michael
outrageously
.
He
was
not
vain
of
his
good
looks
,
he
knew
he
was
handsome
and
accepted
compliments
,
not
exactly
with
indifference
,
but
as
he
might
have
accepted
a
compliment
on
a
fine
old
house
that
had
been
in
his
family
for
generations
.
It
was
a
well
-
known
fact
that
it
was
one
of
the
best
houses
of
its
period
,
one
was
proud
of
it
and
took
care
of
it
,
but
it
was
just
there
,
as
natural
to
possess
as
the
air
one
breathed
.
He
was
shrewd
and
ambitious
.
He
knew
that
his
beauty
was
at
present
his
chief
asset
,
but
he
knew
it
could
not
last
for
ever
and
was
determined
to
become
a
good
actor
so
that
he
should
have
something
besides
his
looks
to
depend
on
.
He
meant
to
learn
all
he
could
from
Jimmie
Langton
and
then
go
to
London
.
"
If
I
play
my
cards
well
I
can
get
some
old
woman
to
back
me
and
go
into
management
.
One
’
s
got
to
be
one
’
s
own
master
.
That
’
s
the
only
way
to
make
a
packet
.
"
