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They
were
both
acting
when
the
war
broke
out
.
To
Julia
’
s
pride
and
anguish
Michael
enlisted
at
once
,
but
with
the
help
of
his
father
,
one
of
whose
old
brother
officers
was
an
important
personage
at
the
War
Office
,
he
very
soon
got
a
commission
.
When
he
went
out
to
France
Julia
bitterly
regretted
the
reproaches
she
had
so
often
heaped
upon
him
,
and
made
up
her
mind
that
if
he
were
killed
she
would
commit
suicide
.
She
wanted
to
become
a
nurse
so
that
she
could
go
out
to
France
too
and
at
least
be
on
the
same
soil
as
he
,
but
he
made
her
understand
that
patriotism
demanded
that
she
should
go
on
acting
,
and
she
could
not
resist
what
might
very
well
be
his
dying
request
.
Michael
thoroughly
enjoyed
the
war
.
He
was
popular
in
the
regimental
mess
,
and
the
officers
of
the
old
army
accepted
him
almost
at
once
,
even
though
he
was
an
actor
,
as
one
of
themselves
.
It
was
as
though
the
family
of
soldiers
from
which
he
was
born
had
set
a
seal
on
him
so
that
he
fell
instinctively
into
the
manner
and
way
of
thinking
of
the
professional
soldier
.
He
had
tact
and
a
pleasant
manner
,
and
he
knew
how
to
pull
strings
adroitly
;
it
was
inevitable
that
he
should
get
on
the
staff
of
some
general
.
He
showed
himself
possessed
of
considerable
organizing
capacity
and
the
last
three
years
of
the
war
he
passed
at
G
.
H
.
Q
.
*
He
ended
it
as
a
major
,
with
the
Military
Cross
and
the
Legion
of
Honour
.
Meanwhile
Julia
had
been
playing
a
succession
of
important
parts
and
was
recognized
as
the
best
of
the
younger
actresses
.
Throughout
the
war
the
theatre
was
very
prosperous
,
and
she
profited
by
being
seen
in
plays
that
had
long
runs
.
Salaries
went
up
,
and
with
Michael
to
advise
her
she
was
able
to
extort
eighty
pounds
a
week
from
reluctant
managers
.
Michael
came
over
to
England
on
his
leaves
and
Julia
was
divinely
happy
.
Though
he
was
in
no
more
danger
than
if
he
had
been
sheep
-
farming
in
New
Zealand
,
she
acted
as
though
the
brief
periods
he
spent
with
her
were
the
last
days
the
doomed
man
would
ever
enjoy
on
earth
.
She
treated
him
as
though
he
had
just
come
from
the
horror
of
the
trenches
and
was
tender
,
considerate
,
and
unexacting
.
It
was
just
before
the
end
of
the
war
that
she
fell
out
of
love
with
him
.
She
was
pregnant
at
the
time
.
Michael
had
judged
it
imprudent
to
have
a
baby
just
then
,
but
she
was
nearly
thirty
and
thought
that
if
they
were
going
to
have
one
at
all
they
ought
to
delay
no
longer
;
she
was
so
well
established
on
the
stage
that
she
could
afford
not
to
appear
for
a
few
months
,
and
with
the
possibility
that
Michael
might
be
killed
at
any
moment
-
it
was
true
he
said
he
was
as
safe
as
a
house
,
he
only
said
that
to
reassure
her
,
and
even
generals
were
killed
sometimes
-
if
she
was
to
go
on
living
she
must
have
a
child
by
him
.
The
baby
was
expected
at
the
end
of
the
year
.
She
looked
forward
to
Michael
’
s
next
leave
as
she
had
never
done
before
.
She
was
feeling
very
well
,
but
she
had
a
great
yearning
to
feel
his
arms
around
her
,
she
felt
a
little
lost
,
a
little
helpless
,
and
she
wanted
his
protective
strength
.
He
came
,
looking
wonderfully
handsome
in
his
well
-
cut
uniform
,
with
the
red
tabs
and
the
crown
on
his
shoulder
-
straps
.
He
had
filled
out
a
good
deal
as
the
result
of
the
hardships
of
G
.
H
.
Q
.
and
his
skin
was
tanned
.
With
his
close
-
cropped
hair
,
breezy
manner
and
military
carriage
he
looked
every
inch
a
soldier
.
He
was
in
great
spirits
,
not
only
because
he
was
home
for
a
few
days
,
but
because
the
end
of
the
war
was
in
sight
.
He
meant
to
get
out
of
the
army
as
quickly
as
possible
.
What
was
the
good
of
having
a
bit
of
influence
if
you
didn
’
t
use
it
?
So
many
young
men
had
left
the
stage
,
either
from
patriotism
or
because
life
was
made
intolerable
for
them
by
the
patriotic
who
stayed
at
home
,
and
finally
owing
to
conscription
,
that
leading
parts
had
been
in
the
hands
either
of
people
who
were
inapt
for
military
service
or
those
who
had
been
so
badly
wounded
that
they
had
got
their
discharge
.
There
was
a
wonderful
opening
,
and
Michael
saw
that
if
he
were
available
quickly
he
could
get
his
choice
of
parts
.
When
he
had
recalled
himself
to
the
recollection
of
the
public
they
could
look
about
for
a
theatre
,
and
with
the
reputation
Julia
had
now
acquired
it
would
be
safe
to
start
in
management
.
They
talked
late
into
the
night
and
then
they
went
to
bed
.
She
cuddled
up
to
him
voluptuously
and
he
put
his
arms
round
her
.
After
three
months
of
abstinence
he
was
amorous
.
"
You
’
re
the
most
wonderful
little
wife
,
"
he
whispered
.
He
pressed
his
mouth
to
hers
.
She
was
filled
on
a
sudden
with
a
faint
disgust
.
She
had
to
resist
an
inclination
to
push
him
away
.
Before
,
to
her
passionate
nostrils
his
body
,
his
young
beautiful
body
,
had
seemed
to
have
a
perfume
of
flowers
and
honey
,
and
this
had
been
one
of
the
things
that
had
most
enchained
her
to
him
,
but
now
in
some
strange
way
it
had
left
him
.
She
realized
that
he
no
longer
smelt
like
a
youth
,
he
smelt
like
a
man
.
She
felt
a
little
sick
.
She
could
not
respond
to
his
ardour
,
she
was
eager
that
he
should
get
his
desire
satisfied
quickly
,
turn
over
on
his
side
,
and
go
to
sleep
.
For
long
she
lay
awake
.
She
was
dismayed
.
Her
heart
sank
because
she
knew
she
had
lost
something
that
was
infinitely
precious
to
her
,
and
pitying
herself
she
was
inclined
to
cry
;
but
at
the
same
time
she
was
filled
with
a
sense
of
triumph
,
it
seemed
a
revenge
that
she
enjoyed
for
the
un
-
happiness
he
had
caused
her
;
she
was
free
of
the
bondage
in
which
her
senses
had
held
her
to
him
and
she
exulted
.
Now
she
could
deal
with
him
on
equal
terms
.
She
stretched
her
legs
out
in
bed
and
sighed
with
relief
.
