8. Paraphrase:

2. I should be frightened out of my wits (64).

3. She was recovering her nerve (65).

4. Did he tell you that in so many words … (66)

5. But she kept her temper in check (68).

6. We shall be able to square your husband somehow (73).

7. … I should make a clean breast of it to Dorothy (76).

8. … she could persuade him to hold his tongue (76).

9. … when there’s been cholera and I haven’t turned a hair (80).

10. … I can’t make head or tail out of what you are saying (80).

11. … the best way to understand a man is to put yourself in his shoes (80).

12. … there is no reason to get the wind up about it (81).

13. … he could not make her out (83).

9. Comment or explain:

14. I shall immediately file my petition (64).

15. Townsend will marry you only if he is co-respondent (65).

16. They say there is no time like the present (69).

17. You didn’t commit yourself, did you (71).

18. … we can’t take it lying down (73).

19. I know that every man has his price (74).

20. If Walter has made up his mind to bring an action… (74)

21. … and it’s a damned soft job to be a Colonial Governor (77).

22. Women are always unfair and they generally manage to put a man in the wrong (83).

10. Questions and Topics for Discussion.

23. What news did Walter bring? What kind of place was Mei-tan-fu? What was Kitty’s first thought when she heard the news? What were the motives of Kitty’s refusal to accompany Walter?

24. Why did Walter bring the subject of Mei-tan-fu before mentioning their divorce? Why had Walter, as he said himself, married Kitty?

25. Speak of Kitty’s visit to Townsend’s office. Explain his reaction to her coming and for his inconsistent behaviour. What worried him in the situation? What steps was he prepared to take against Walter? Why didn’t Charlie want to divorce his wife? What proves that the mess Townsend got into was not the first in his life.

26. Discuss the drama Kitty had to live through within one day. What offended her most of all during the conversation with Townsend? What price did she have to pay for her illusions?

27. Do you think Walter had any right to expose his wife to such danger?

Part 4

Chapters XXVIII-XXXVIII (pp. 84 – 104)

1. Active Vocabulary.

• to be conscious of sth (86)

• to make a fool of oneself (86)

• to deserve (86)

• to sacrifice (88)

• Deputy Commissioner (90)

• a missionary (91)

• sober (91)

• a martyr (91)

• to inoculate (92)

• to take precautions (92)

• to be on leave (93)

• to boast (93)

• panic-stricken (97)

• funeral (97)

• a well-bread woman (100)

• to do a service (99)

• infatuation (101)

• be infatuated with sb

• complacency (101)

a) Reproduce the situation and the sentences with these words.

11. Paraphrase.

2. She had been taken anawares. (86)

3. … she allowed herself to give way. (86)

4. … it had a significance which she felt but could not put into words. (89)

5. … it became evident that he was far from sober. (93)

6. He is the sort that gets on. (93)

7. … when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills…

12. Comment or explain.

8. It was a trick which accorded very well with his sardonic humour. (87)

9. Many waters could not quench love. (88)

10. … if the city was not given over to riot and arson it was due to his determination. (97)

11. … her mother would make her see very plainly that having married her off, she counted on being rid of her. (98)

12. That is his stock in trade. (98)

13. He knows all the official ropes. (99)

14. She says she’d like to be able to make friends of the poor little things who fall to Charlie. (100)