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Somerset Maugham. The Luncheon. Ч.1

"ланч" - "luncheon"
"заметить" - "to catch sight of"
"представление" - "play"
"подзывать кивком головы" - "to beckon"
"антракт" - "interval"
"упоминать" - "to mention"
"узнавать" - "to recognize"
"обращаться" - "to address"
"радостный" - "bright"
"помнить" - "to remember"
"крошечный" - "tiny"
"жилище" - "apartment"
"квартал" - "quarter"
"зарабатывать" - "to earn"
"всего лишь" - "barely"
"вскоре" - "presently"
"получить" - "to receive"
"проезжать" - "to pass"
"поболтать" - "to have a chat"
"ограниченный" - "limited"
"следующий" - "following"
"ресторан" - "restaurant"
"сенатор" - "senator"
"далеко за пределами" - "far beyond"
"средства" - "means"
"льстить" - "to flatter"
"скромный" - "modest"
"справляться" - "to manage"

Somerset Maugham. The Luncheon

Part 1

I caught sight of her at the play and in answer to her beckoning I went over during the interval and sat down beside her. It was long since I had last seen her and if someone had not mentioned her name I do not think I would have recognized her. She addressed me brightly. ‘Well, it's many years since we first met. How time flies! We are not getting any younger. Do you remember the first time I saw you? You asked me to luncheon.’ Did I remember?

It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris. I had a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter and I was earning barely enough money to keep body and soul together. She had read a book of mine and had written to me about it. I answered, thanking her, and presently I received from her another letter saying that she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me; but her time was limited and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday. She asked me if I would give her a little luncheon at Foyot's. Foyot's is a restaurant at which the French senators eat and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there. But I was flattered and I was too young to say no to a woman. I had eighty francs (франк) to live on till the end of the month and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen. If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks I could manage well enough.
I answered that I would meet her at Foyot's on Thursday at half past twelve.