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“Sweet are the uses of advertisement.”
The Professional Shakespeare.
“I believe in the value of an ad.,” said Mrs. Gudrun one night at the Paris Grand Opera, the Sceptre Theatre, London, being temporarily closed pending1 a new production. “Sarah believes in it, too—and that’s another of the remarkable2 points of resemblance between us. And for the sake of a puff3, I’m willing to do all that a woman can.”
“Can’t do more,” said De Petoburgh, shaking his head owlishly. “Can’t possibly do more.”
“Shut up, De Peto. That woman’s ready to bite you for talking through her big aria,” commanded Mrs. Gudrun, with a slight glance of imperial indifference5 towards the infuriated prima donna. She dropped her opera-glasses into the orchestra with a crash, narrowly shaving the kettle-drums, and causing the cymbal-player to miss his cue, as she continued: “But, though I’m generally keen to see the pay-end of a big notion, this idea of Bobby Bolsover’s won’t do for macaroons. Not that I’m lacking in what the Americans call horse-grit—wasn’t I on De Brin’s automobile6 when he won the Paris-Rouen race with his Gohard Cup Defender7 in nineteen-three? That was one hairbreadth escape, from the revolver shot that started us—you remember Bobby put in ball cartridge8 by mistake—to the three flying kilometers at the finish, which we did on one wheel, as the brakes refused to act. And I’ve hung by one coupling over a raging 194American river in my own drawing-room Pullman saloon. But when it comes to dangling9 in a little basket that weighs next to nothing from a bag of gas that weighs nothing at all—I’m not taking any, and I don’t care who knows it. A captive balloon’s another thing. You’re cabled and sand-bagged and what not, and, unless you jump out, nothing can happen to you. But——Do see who’s knocking at the door!”
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prep.直到,等待…期间;adj.待定的;迫近的 | |
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adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的 | |
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adj.不利的;有害的;敌对的,不友好的 | |
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