Дафна Дю Морье – Rebecca / Ребекка. Книга для чтения на английском языке (страница 23)

‘I’d rather he looked colossal than half-starved[101] like that halfwit dog of yours’ said Maxim.

‘Not a very intelligent remark when Lion won two firsts at Cruft’s[102] last February,’ said Beatrice.

The atmosphere was becoming rather strained again, I could tell by the narrow lines of Maxim’s mouth, and I wondered if brothers and sisters always sparred like this, making it uncomfortable for those who listened. I wished that Frith would come in and announce lunch. Or would we be summoned by a booming gong? I did not know what happened at Manderley.

‘How far away from us are you?’ I asked, sitting down by Beatrice, ‘did you have to make a very early start[103]?’ ‘We’re fifty miles away, my dear, in the next county, the other side of Trowchester. The hunting is so much better with us. You must come over and stay, when Maxim can spare you. Giles will mount you.’

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