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"
No
,
I
haven
’
t
.
He
’
s
away
on
his
holiday
.
"
"
Oh
,
yes
.
He
’
s
a
nice
little
thing
,
isn
’
t
he
?
"
"
Sweet
.
"
The
two
women
smiled
into
one
another
’
s
eyes
.
Julia
watched
her
when
she
read
her
part
and
listened
to
her
intonations
.
She
smiled
grimly
.
It
was
exactly
what
she
had
expected
.
Avice
was
one
of
those
actresses
who
were
quite
sure
of
themselves
from
the
first
rehearsal
.
She
didn
’
t
know
what
was
coming
to
her
.
Tom
meant
nothing
to
Julia
any
more
,
but
she
had
a
score
to
settle
with
Avice
and
she
wasn
’
t
going
to
forget
it
.
The
slut
!
The
play
was
a
modern
version
of
The
Second
Mrs
.
Tanqueray
,
but
with
the
change
of
manners
of
this
generation
it
had
been
treated
from
the
standpoint
of
comedy
.
Some
of
the
old
characters
were
introduced
,
and
Aubrey
Tanqueray
,
now
a
very
old
man
,
appeared
in
the
second
act
.
After
Paula
’
s
death
he
had
married
for
the
third
time
.
Mrs
.
Cortelyon
had
undertaken
to
compensate
him
for
his
unfortunate
experience
with
his
second
wife
,
and
she
was
now
a
cantankerous
*
and
insolent
old
lady
.
Ellean
,
his
daughter
,
and
Hugh
Ardale
had
agreed
to
let
bygones
be
bygones
,
for
Paula
’
s
tragic
death
had
seemed
to
wipe
out
the
recollection
of
his
lapse
into
extra
-
conjugal
relations
;
and
they
had
married
.
He
was
now
a
retired
brigadier
-
general
who
played
golf
and
deplored
the
decline
of
the
British
Empire
-
"
Gad
,
sir
,
I
’
d
stand
those
damned
socialists
against
a
wall
and
shoot
’
em
if
I
had
my
way
"
,
whereas
Ellean
,
by
this
time
an
elderly
woman
,
after
a
prudish
youth
had
become
gay
,
modern
and
plain
-
spoken
.
The
character
that
Michael
played
was
called
Robert
Humphreys
,
and
like
the
Aubrey
of
Pinero
’
s
play
he
was
a
widower
with
an
only
daughter
;
he
had
been
a
consul
in
China
for
many
years
,
and
having
come
into
money
had
retired
and
was
settling
on
the
estate
,
near
where
the
Tanquerays
still
lived
,
which
a
cousin
had
left
him
.
His
daughter
,
Honor
(
this
was
the
part
for
which
Avice
Crichton
had
been
engaged
)
,
was
studying
medicine
with
the
intention
of
practising
in
India
.
Alone
in
London
,
and
friendless
after
so
many
years
abroad
,
he
had
picked
up
a
well
-
known
woman
of
the
town
called
Mrs
.
Marten
.
Mrs
.
Marten
belonged
to
the
same
class
as
Paula
,
but
she
was
less
exclusive
;
she
"
did
"
the
summer
and
the
winter
season
at
Cannes
and
in
the
intervals
lived
in
a
flat
in
Albemarle
Street
where
she
entertained
the
officers
of
His
Majesty
’
s
brigade
.
She
played
a
good
game
of
bridge
and
an
even
better
game
of
golf
.
The
part
well
suited
Julia
.
The
author
followed
the
lines
of
the
old
play
closely
.
Honor
announced
to
her
father
that
she
was
abandoning
her
medical
studies
and
until
her
marriage
wished
to
live
with
him
,
for
she
had
just
become
engaged
to
Ellean
’
s
son
,
a
young
guardsman
.
Somewhat
disconcerted
,
Robert
Humphreys
broke
to
her
his
intention
of
marrying
Mrs
.
Marten
.
Honor
took
the
information
with
composure
.
"
Of
course
you
know
she
’
s
a
tart
,
don
’
t
you
?
"
she
said
coolly
.
He
,
much
embarrassed
,
spoke
of
the
unhappy
life
she
had
led
and
how
he
wanted
to
make
up
to
her
for
all
she
had
suffered
.
