Stretched herself out

"What's the idea?" said Evie.

"I feel good."

"Well, if I behaved like that people'd say I'd been drinkin'."

Miss Phillips began to massage her feet (мисс Филлипс начала массировать ее

ноги). She rubbed gently (она растирала мягко), to rest and not to tire her (чтобы

расслабить, но не утомить ее).

"When you came in just now (когда вы ворвались: «вошли» /в комнату/ только

что), like a whirlwind (как вихрь)," she said, "I thought you looked twenty years

younger (я подумала, что вы выглядите на двадцать лет моложе). Your eyes

were shining something wonderful (ваши глаза сияли как-то /особенно/

удивительно)."

"Oh, keep that for Mr. Gosselyn, Miss Phillips (о, оставьте это для мистера

Госселина, мисс Филлипс)." And then as an afterthought (и затем, как в

дополнение; afterthought — запоздалая мысль, объяснение; дополнение), "I

feel like a two-year-old (я чувствую себя, будто мне всего два года)."

And it was the same (так же было: «и было тоже самое») at the theatre later on

(и в театре, позже). Archie Dexter, who was her leading man (Арчи Декстер,

который был ее партнером: «играл ведущую мужскую роль»), came into her

dressing-room to speak about something (зашел в ее грим-уборную чтобы

поговорить о чем-то). She had just finished making-up (она только что

закончила накладывать грим). He was startled (он был поражен; to startle —

напугать, сильно удивить).

gently ['dZentlI] whirlwind ['wq:lwInd] afterthought ['Q:ftqTO:t] startle ['stQ:tl]

Miss Phillips began to massage her feet. She rubbed gently, to rest and not to

Tire her.

"When you came in just now, like a whirlwind," she said, "I thought you

looked twenty years younger. Your eyes were shining something wonderful."

"Oh, keep that for Mr. Gosselyn, Miss Phillips." And then as an afterthought,

"I feel like a two-year-old."

And it was the same at the theatre later on. Archie Dexter, who was her

Leading man, came into her dressing-room to speak about something. She had