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Julia
now
was
looking
at
the
photograph
of
herself
in
her
wedding
-
dress
.
"
Christ
,
what
a
sight
I
looked
.
"
They
decided
to
keep
their
engagement
to
themselves
,
and
Julia
told
no
one
about
it
but
Jimmie
Langton
,
two
or
three
girls
in
the
company
and
her
dresser
.
She
vowed
them
to
secrecy
and
could
not
understand
how
within
forty
-
eight
hours
everyone
in
the
theatre
seemed
to
know
all
about
it
.
Julia
was
divinely
happy
.
She
loved
Michael
more
passionately
than
ever
and
would
gladly
have
married
him
there
and
then
,
but
his
good
sense
prevailed
.
They
were
at
present
no
more
than
a
couple
of
provincial
actors
,
and
to
start
their
conquest
of
London
as
a
married
couple
would
jeopardize
their
chances
.
Julia
showed
him
as
clearly
as
she
knew
how
,
and
this
was
very
clearly
indeed
,
that
she
was
quite
willing
to
become
his
mistress
,
but
this
he
refused
.
He
was
too
honourable
to
take
advantage
of
her
.
"
I
could
not
love
thee
,
dear
,
so
much
,
loved
I
not
honour
more
,
"
he
quoted
.
He
felt
sure
that
when
they
were
married
they
would
bitterly
regret
it
if
they
had
lived
together
before
as
man
and
wife
.
Julia
was
proud
of
his
principles
.
He
was
a
kind
and
affectionate
lover
,
but
in
a
very
short
while
seemed
to
take
her
a
trifle
for
granted
;
by
his
manner
,
friendly
but
casual
,
you
might
have
thought
they
had
been
married
for
years
.
But
he
showed
great
good
nature
in
allowing
Julia
to
make
love
to
him
.
She
adored
to
sit
cuddled
up
to
him
with
his
arm
round
her
waist
,
her
face
against
his
,
and
it
was
heaven
when
she
could
press
her
eager
mouth
against
his
rather
thin
lips
.
Though
when
they
sat
side
by
side
like
that
he
preferred
to
talk
of
the
parts
they
were
studying
or
make
plans
for
the
future
,
he
made
her
very
happy
.
She
never
tired
of
praising
his
beauty
.
It
was
heavenly
,
when
she
told
him
how
exquisite
his
nose
was
and
how
lovely
his
russet
,
curly
hair
,
to
feel
his
hold
on
her
tighten
a
little
and
to
see
the
tenderness
in
his
eyes
.
"
Darling
,
you
’
ll
make
me
as
vain
as
a
peacock
.
"
"
It
would
be
so
silly
to
pretend
you
weren
’
t
divinely
handsome
.
"
Julia
thought
he
was
,
and
she
said
it
because
she
liked
saying
it
,
but
she
said
it
also
because
she
knew
he
liked
to
hear
it
.
He
had
affection
and
admiration
for
her
,
he
felt
at
ease
with
her
,
and
he
had
confidence
in
her
,
but
she
was
well
aware
that
he
was
not
in
love
with
her
.
She
consoled
herself
by
thinking
that
he
loved
her
as
much
as
he
was
capable
of
loving
,
and
she
thought
that
when
they
were
married
,
when
they
slept
together
,
her
own
passion
would
excite
an
equal
passion
in
him
.
Meanwhile
she
exercised
all
her
tact
and
all
her
self
-
control
.
She
knew
she
could
not
afford
to
bore
him
.
She
knew
she
must
never
let
him
feel
that
she
was
a
burden
or
a
responsibility
.
He
might
desert
her
for
a
game
of
golf
,
or
to
lunch
with
a
casual
acquaintance
,
she
never
let
him
see
for
a
moment
that
she
was
hurt
.
And
with
an
inkling
that
her
success
as
an
actress
strengthened
his
feeling
for
her
she
worked
like
a
dog
to
play
well
.
When
they
had
been
engaged
for
rather
more
than
a
year
an
American
manager
,
looking
for
talent
and
having
heard
of
Jimmie
Langton
’
s
repertory
company
,
came
to
Middlepool
and
was
greatly
taken
by
Michael
.
He
sent
him
round
a
note
asking
him
to
come
to
his
hotel
on
the
following
afternoon
.
Michael
,
breathless
with
excitement
,
showed
it
to
Julia
;
it
could
only
mean
that
he
was
going
to
offer
him
a
part
.
Her
heart
sank
,
but
she
pretended
that
she
was
as
excited
as
he
,
and
went
with
him
next
day
to
the
hotel
.
She
was
to
wait
in
the
lobby
while
Michael
saw
the
great
man
.
