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Michael
got
himself
demobbed
the
moment
the
war
was
finished
and
stepped
straight
into
a
part
.
He
returned
to
the
stage
a
much
better
actor
than
he
left
it
.
The
breeziness
he
had
acquired
in
the
army
was
effective
.
He
was
a
well
set
-
up
,
normal
,
high
-
spirited
fellow
,
with
a
ready
smile
and
a
hearty
laugh
.
He
was
well
suited
to
drawing
-
room
comedy
.
His
light
voice
gave
a
peculiar
effect
to
a
flippant
line
,
and
though
he
never
managed
to
make
love
convincingly
he
could
carry
off
a
chaffing
love
scene
,
making
a
proposal
as
if
it
were
rather
a
joke
,
or
a
declaration
as
though
he
were
laughing
at
himself
,
in
a
manner
that
the
audience
found
engaging
.
He
never
attempted
to
play
anyone
but
himself
.
He
specialized
in
men
about
town
,
gentlemanly
gamblers
,
guardsmen
and
young
scamps
with
a
good
side
to
them
.
Managers
liked
him
.
He
worked
hard
and
was
amenable
to
direction
.
So
long
as
he
could
get
work
he
didn
’
t
mind
much
what
sort
of
part
it
was
.
He
stuck
out
for
the
salary
he
thought
he
was
worth
,
but
if
he
couldn
’
t
get
it
was
prepared
to
take
less
rather
than
be
idle
.
He
was
making
his
plans
carefully
.
During
the
winter
that
followed
the
end
of
the
war
there
was
an
epidemic
of
influenza
.
His
father
and
mother
died
.
He
inherited
nearly
four
thousand
pounds
,
and
this
with
his
own
savings
and
Julia
’
s
brought
up
their
joint
capital
to
seven
thousand
.
But
the
rent
of
theatres
had
gone
up
enormously
,
the
salaries
of
actors
and
the
wages
of
stagehands
had
increased
,
so
that
the
expense
of
running
a
theatre
was
very
much
greater
than
it
had
been
before
the
war
.
A
sum
that
would
then
have
been
amply
sufficient
to
start
management
on
was
now
inadequate
.
The
only
thing
was
to
find
some
rich
man
to
go
in
with
them
so
that
a
failure
or
two
to
begin
with
would
not
drive
them
from
the
field
.
It
was
said
that
you
could
always
find
a
mug
in
the
city
to
write
a
fat
cheque
for
the
production
of
a
play
,
but
when
you
came
down
to
business
you
discovered
that
the
main
condition
was
that
the
leading
part
should
be
played
by
some
pretty
lady
in
whom
he
was
interested
.
Years
before
,
Michael
and
Julia
had
often
joked
about
the
rich
old
woman
who
would
fall
in
love
with
him
and
set
him
up
in
management
.
He
had
long
since
learnt
that
no
rich
old
woman
was
to
be
found
to
set
up
in
management
a
young
actor
whose
wife
was
an
actress
to
whom
he
was
perfectly
faithful
.
In
the
end
the
money
was
found
by
a
rich
woman
,
and
not
an
old
one
either
,
but
who
was
interested
not
in
him
but
in
Julia
.
Mrs
.
de
Vries
was
a
widow
.
She
was
a
short
stout
woman
with
a
fine
Jewish
nose
and
fine
Jewish
eyes
,
a
great
deal
of
energy
,
a
manner
at
once
effusive
and
timid
,
and
a
somewhat
virile
air
.
She
had
a
passion
for
the
stage
.
When
Julia
and
Michael
had
decided
to
try
their
luck
in
London
Jimmie
Langton
,
to
whose
rescue
she
had
sometimes
come
when
it
looked
as
though
he
would
be
forced
to
close
his
repertory
theatre
,
had
written
to
her
asking
her
to
do
what
she
could
for
them
.
She
had
seen
Julia
act
in
Middlepool
.
She
gave
parties
so
that
the
young
actors
might
get
to
know
managers
,
and
asked
them
to
stay
at
her
grand
house
near
Guildford
,
where
they
enjoyed
a
luxury
they
had
never
dreamt
of
.
She
did
not
much
like
Michael
.
Julia
accepted
the
flowers
with
which
Dolly
de
Vries
filled
her
flat
and
her
dressing
-
room
,
she
was
properly
delighted
with
the
presents
she
gave
her
,
bags
,
vanity
cases
,
strings
of
beads
in
semiprecious
stones
,
brooches
;
but
appeared
to
be
unconscious
that
Dolly
’
s
generosity
was
due
to
anything
but
admiration
for
her
talent
.
When
Michael
went
away
to
the
war
Dolly
pressed
her
to
come
and
live
in
her
house
in
Montagu
Square
,
but
Julia
,
with
protestations
of
extravagant
gratitude
,
refused
in
such
a
way
that
Dolly
,
with
a
sigh
and
a
tear
,
could
only
admire
her
the
more
.
When
Roger
was
born
Julia
asked
her
to
be
his
godmother
.
For
some
time
Michael
had
been
turning
over
in
his
mind
the
possibility
that
Dolly
de
Vries
might
put
up
the
money
they
needed
,
but
he
was
shrewd
enough
to
know
that
while
she
might
do
it
for
Julia
she
would
not
do
it
for
him
.
Julia
refused
to
approach
her
.
"
She
’
s
already
been
so
kind
to
us
I
really
couldn
’
t
ask
her
,
and
it
would
be
so
humiliating
if
she
refused
.
"
"
It
’
s
a
good
gamble
,
and
even
if
she
lost
the
money
she
wouldn
’
t
feel
it
.
I
’
m
quite
sure
you
could
get
round
her
if
you
tried
.
"
Julia
was
pretty
sure
she
could
too
.
Michael
was
very
simple
-
minded
in
some
ways
;
she
did
not
feel
called
upon
to
point
out
to
him
the
obvious
facts
.
