Julia was glad that Michael was not there. Poor lamb, he would have been

Terribly mortified. He always referred to her father as Dr. Lambert,

Pronouncing it as though it were a French name, and when soon after the war

He died and her mother went to live with her widowed sister at St. Malo he

Began to speak of her as Madame de Lambert.

At the beginning of her career (в самом начале своей карьеры) Julia had been

somewhat sensitive on the point (Джулия была немного чувствительна: «слегка

обижалась» в отношении этого /момента/), but when once she was established

as a great actress (но когда ее положение как великой актрисы укрепилось) she

changed her mind (она изменила свою точку зрения). She was inclined,

especially among the great (она имела склонность, особенно среди знати; the

great — собират. сильные мира сего), to insist on the fact that her father had

been a vet (настаивать на том факте, что ее отец был ветеринаром). She could

not quite have explained why (она не могла точно объяснить почему), but she

felt (но /она/ чувствовала) that by so doing (что поступая так) she put them in

their place (она ставила их на место; to put smb. in his place — осадить кого-

либо).

career [kq'rIq] sensitive ['sensItIv] especially [I'speS(q)lI]

At the beginning of her career Julia had been somewhat sensitive on the point,

But when once she was established as a great actress she changed her mind.

She was inclined, especially among the great, to insist on the fact that her

Father had been a vet. She could not quite have explained why, but she felt