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19. I never want anyone to put themselves out on my account:

I don't want to give trouble to people, inconvenience them

20. be as good as one's word: to keep one's promise

21. trousseau: the clothes, etc. of a bride

EXERCISES

1. Answer the following questions.

1. What puzzled the author about Louise? 2. What did the author believe to be her motive for keeping up their, acquaintance? 3. What was Louise like when the author first knew her? 4. What illness had she suffered as a child? 5. Why was it considered necessary that she should take the great­est care of herself? 6. Why did she nevertheless agree to marry Tom Maitland? 7. What was Tom Maitland like? 8. What kind of a wife did Louise make him? 9. How did it happen that Louise outlived her husband? 10. Why did Louise's friends redouble their attentions towards her? 11. How soon did she remarry? 12. What sort of man was George Hob-house, her second husband? 13. Why did he take to drinking?

14. How did it happen that she became twice a widow?

15. What was her life like during the war? 16. Where did she go to live after the war? 17. Who was taking care of Louise now? 18. Why did the author think that Louise was unfair to her daughter? 19. Why was Iris's marriage postponed? 20. What part did .the author play in bringing about the marriage between Iris and her young man? 21. What did Louise warn him about when giving her consent to the marriage? 22. What happened on Iris's wedding day?

2. Paraphrase or explain.

1. She was a mistress of cold praise. 2. I wondered wheth­er she fooled herself as thoroughly as she fooled the world or whether there was a spark of humour at the bottom of her heart. 3. He doted on Louise. 4. He gave up the games he was so good at ... because by a coincidence she had a heart attack whenever he proposed to leave her for a day. 5. He could not be such a brute as to cross her. 6. ... if she was called upon to do anything tiresome or inconvenient her heart went back on her and there she was at death's door. 7. Oh, with her heart it was out of the question. 8. It is possible that the-habit would have grown on. him ... 9. She had the time of

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her life. 10. I fully expected her to fly into a passion. 11. One can't pity anyone who amuses one as much as you amuse me.

8. Find in the text the English for

за чьей-либо спиной; сказать что-то нелестное о ком-либо; не оставлять в покое; разгадать под маской истинное лицо; рано или поздно; в глубине души; боготворить; не чаять души в ком-либо; по странному совпадению, сер­дечный припадок; слечь в постель; расхождение во мнениях;

поступить по-своему; жизнь висит на волоске; на пороге смерти; чувствовать недомогание; простудиться насмерть;

оставить в наследство солидное состояние; выдержать удар;

не давать и пальцем пошевелить; избавить от забот; об этом не может быть и речи; выйти в отставку; поддерживать себя крепкими напитками; входить в привычку; санаторий для выздоравливающих офицеров; наслаждаться жизнью:

страдальчески улыбнуться; приготовиться к худшему;

отложить на неопределенный срок; жертвовать собой; по­смотреть прямо в глаза; прийти в ярость; назначить день;

заказать пышное приданое; разослать приглашения