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words and the boy would have wealth, education and station.
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William M; Thackeray
Vanity Fair

Upper
Intermediate
Английский
клуб
Уильям М.
Теккерей
Ярмарка тщеславия
АДаптация текста, комментарий,
упражнения и словарь НМ. Кролик
Москва
АЙРИС ПРЕСС
2008
удк 811.111(075                                                                            Об
авторе
БЕК 81.2Ан„л-9З тзо   Классик английской
литературы Уильям Мейкпис Теккерей родился в Калькутте в Индии в 81 г.
Его отец был офицеСерия «Английский клуб» включает книги и учебные по- ром в
Ост-Индской компании. Обладая независимым характесобия, рассчитанные на пять
этапов изучения англий-       ром, Теккерей бросил Кэмбриджский университет, не
получив ского языка: Elementary (для начинающих), Pre-Inter-    диплома. Его
родственники хотели, чтобы он стал юристом,

mediate (для продолжающих первого
уровня), Inter- он стал интересоваться искусством и журналистикой. Он но
mediate (для продолжающих второго уровня), Upper женился на ирландской девушке
Изабелле, которая очароваlntermediate (для продолжающих третьего уровня) и
Advanced (для
совершенствующихся). ла его своим пением и которая стала прототипом Эмилии в
«Ярмарке тщеславия». В 1840-х гг. Теккерей начал приобретать Серийное
оформление А. М. Драгового известность как писатель. В своих произведениях он
разоблачал снобизм и тщеславие, а также другие пороки современного ему
общества, излагал свои взгляды на человеческую природу. Его книги полны
остроумия и юмора, сатиры и пафоса. Наиболее известные его романы: «Ярмарка
тщеславия», «История Генри Теккерей, У. М.     Эсмонда, Эсквайра»,
«Вирджинцы».
тзо Ярмарка тщеславия/ Уильям М. Теккерей; адаптация тек-
Уильям Теккерей умер внезапно в канун Рождества в ста, комментарий, упражнения
и словарь Н. И. Кролик. — М.: 1863 г.
Айрис-пресс, 2008. 80  — (Английский
клуб). — (Домашнее чтение) lSBN 978-5-8112-3147-8
В основу адаптации положен знаменитый
исторический роман классика английской литературы Уильяма Мейкписа Теккерея
«Ярмарка тщеславия». Действие романа происходит в период Наполеоновских войн с
Англией. Роман насыщен событиями, богат тонкими наблюдениями быта своего времени, ярко изображает
галерею людей из разных слоев английского общества, проникнут иронией и
сарказмом. В центре книги — судьба двух диаметрально противоположных женщин —
Эмилии Кроули и Ребекки Шарп. Последняя — беспринципная авантюристка — является
главной героиней романа и наиболее запоминаюшимся персонажем, созданным
Теккереем.
 Книга содержит комментарий,
упражнения для отработки и закрепления навыков речевой деятельности, словарь и
предназначена учащимся школ, гимназий, лицеев, а также широкому кругу лиц,
изучающих английский язык самостоятельно.

ББК 81.2Англ-9З удк 811.111(075)
 ООО «Издательство «АЙРИСпресс»,
оформление, адаптация текста, комментарий, упражнения
ISBN 978-5-8112-3147-8                                и
словарь, 2008

CHAPTER 1
While the 19th century was in its
teensi, on one sunny morning in June, a large coach pulled by two fat horses
drove up to Miss Pinkerton's academy for young ladies at Chiswick Hall.
"It's Mrs Sedley's coach, sister," said Miss Jemima
to Miss
Pinkerton.
"I believe, Miss Jemima, you have
made a copy of Miss Sedley's account. Address it to John Sedley Esquire2, and
put it in the envelope together with the letter which I have written to his lady."
At the end of the letter, praising to the skieë Amelia Sedley to her
parents, there was the following note:
"PS. — Miss Rebecca Sharp accompanies Miss
Sedley. Miss Sharp will stay only ten days in Russell Square because the
4
family, with whom she is engaged, need her services as soon
as possible.
"
Having completed the
letter, Miss Pinkerton proceeded to write her name in a copy of Johnson's
Dictionary, which she always presented to her pupils on their departure from
the Hall.
Miss Sedley and Miss Sharp had
their belongings arranged in the carriage by a black servant and as they were
ready to depart, Miss Jemima came running out to give Becky Sharp her copy of
the Dictionary.
" Becky Sharp, here's a book
for you. You mustn 't leave without it. God bless you!" But just as the
coach drove off, Miss Sharp threw the book back into the garden.
"Thank God I'm out of Chiswick, " she cried out.
"How could you do that, Becky!" exclaimed Miss
Sedley.
'I hate the whole house," said
Miss Rebecca Sharp. "I hope I shall never set eyes on it again. I wish it
were in the bottom of the Thames. I do. How I'd like to see Miss Pinkerton
floating in the
 "Oh, Rebecca, Rebecca, for shame,
" cried Amelia. "How can you dare have such wicked, revenging
thoughts!"

'Revenge may be a wicked feeling, but it's
natural. I'm no angel. " And to say the truth, she certainly was not.
 Miss Sharp's father was an artist and had given
lessons at Miss Pinkerton's school. He married a young French woman who was an
opera singer. She had received some education and her daughter, Rebecca, spoke
French very well. When Becky's mother died, Miss Pinkerton took Becky into her
academy and gave her free board and lodging4 and the chance to receive an
education. For this privilege Becky was to teach French to the children.

However, Rebecca Sharp was very unhappy
at Chiswick Hall. She hated Miss Pinkerton, and the silly chat of the girls
annoyed her. The gentle tender-hearted Amelia Sedley was the only person to
whom she could attach herself. Rebecca Sharp refused to perform any additional
duties that Miss Pinkerton wanted her to, so the school mistress was determined
to get rid of this rebel, and hearing that Sir Pitt Crawley's family needed a
governess, she recommended Miss
5
Sharp for the position. The school mistress decided that
this was the best solution. As Miss Sedley was about to
leave school, she invited Miss Sharp to pass a week with her at home, before
she entered upon her duties as a governess.
When they arrived in Russell Square,
Amelia showed Rebecca every room of the house and everything in
every one of her drawers. When Rebecca saw two magnificent Cashmere shawls,
which her brother Joseph Sedley had brought home to his sister from India, she
asked, "Is he very rich?"
"I believe he has a very large income," answered
Amelia.
"And is your sister-in-law a pretty woman?"
'Joseph is not married, " said Amelia
laughing.
The meaning of the above questions, as
translated in the heart of Miss Sharp, was the following: "If Mr Joseph
Sedley is rich and unmarried, why should I not marry him?" And she
determined to marry him.
Vocabulary
a coach — KapeTa lady — 3ò.
xeHa, cynpyra to be engaged — 3Ò. war-IMWdTbCH Ha pa60TY belongings —
Be111Vf, IIOXHTKM to bless — 6.narOCJIOBJIHTb wicked — nnoxoñ, 3.qoii
revenging — MCTMTE1bHb1iá chat
— 60JITOBH¶       to attach oneself — rrpHB¶3aTbcH a school mistress — JIHpeKTpvrca a rebel
— 6YHTOBUIHK, 6YHTapKa a sister-in-law — HeBeCTKa
Notes
While the
19th century was in its teens — Koraa XIX BeK 6b1J1 eue
}OHb1M
2
Esquire —
3CKBañP, rocr10AMH (6 Kaqecmee gozqugoeo oópauge}tug nutuemcn 8
aðpece nocne UMe,HU aðpecama) 6
3
 praising to the skies — npeB03Hocquee AO He6ec
4
board and lodging
— ',KMJ1be H 11MTaHHe, naHCHOH
Activities
I          Give
English equivalents to the following words and word-combina-
THHYTb, npeB03HOCHTb 40 He6ec, napMTb, YJIOXMTb
no,YMTKM, q HMKoraa ero 60J1bLUe He YBHXY, KaK Tbi CMee111b, naHCHOH (XMJ1be H
CTOJI), 60JITOBH¶, eAHHCTBeHHb1iá geJIOBeK, TIPHBfl3aTbCH K KOMY-HM6YAb,
Bb1110JIHHTb 06H3aHHOCTH, aupeKTPMca, OTAeJHTbcq 0T KOrO-HM6YAb, JIY-Imee
pemeHMe, ryrBepHaHTKa, BeJIHKoneT11--1an Ulœlb, 60J1b1110M AOXOA, HeBecTKa, TBepno
PeLLIHTb.
Il         Answer
the questions to the text.
I ) When did the action of the book take place?
2)
Where did the girls live?
3)
Did Miss Pinkerton praise Miss Sedley or complain about her in
her letter to Amelia's parents?
4)
Who accompanied Miss Sedley?
5)
Where was Rebecca Sedley to work?
6)
What did Rebecca do with Miss Pinkerton's present?
7)
Did she like the Academy?
8)
 did Miss Pinkerton recommend Miss Sharp to the
position of a governess?
9)
Where was Rebecca going to pass a week before beginning her work?

10)
did she determine to marry Mr Joseph Sedley?
CHAPTER 11
A very fat man dressed in buckskins and
boots, a red striped waistcoat and an apple green coat was reading the paper by
the fire,
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when the two girls entered. He jumped out of his arm-chair
and blushed excessively.
"It's only your sister,
Joseph," said Amelia, "and this is my friend, Miss Sharp. "
" He 's very handsome, "
whispered Rebecca to Amelia, rather loudly.
"Do you think so?" said Amelia. "I'll tell him."
"Darling, please don't!" said
Rebecca lowering her eyes, as timid as a fawnl
At this minute the father of the family walked in.
"This young lady
is your friend? Miss Sharp, I am very glad to see you. Come on,
Joseph, walk down the stairs with Miss Sharp. Dinner is ready.
Joseph Sedley was twelve years older
than his sister Amelia. He was in the East India Company2's Civil
Service and occupied a significant post. He did not live with his family while
being in London, but had lodgings of his own. He drove his horses in Hyde Park,
he dined at the fashionable restaurants, he often visited theatres, as the mode
was in those days, or appeared at the opera dressed in tights and cocked hat3.
The appearance of a lady frightened him beyond measure. He was as vain as a
girl, and perhaps his extreme shyness was one of the results of his extreme
vanity.
When the ladies had retired after
dinner, Mr Sedley Senior said to his son, "That girl is Interested in you.
"
"Oh, nonsense," said Jos but he was highly
flattered.
Poor Jos's panic lasted for two or
three days, during which he did not visit the house, nor during
that period did Miss Rebecca mention his name. She was all respectful gratitude
to Mrs Sedley and she politely laughed at Mr Sedley's jokes.
When Jos Sedley made his second
appearance, Amelia reminded him of his promise to take her to Vauxha114.
"The girls must each have a
gentleman, " said her father. "Jos will be so occupied with Miss Sham
there, that he is sure to lose Emmy5 in the crowd. Ask George Osborne if he'll
come.'
Osborne was old Sedley's godson, and had
been a member of the family all his life. By the time George arrived however, a
thunderstorm had come on, and the young people had to remain at home.
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 "Let us have some music,
Amelia," said George who felt an almost irresistible impulse to hold this
girl in his arms. They went off to the piano in the far corner of the
drawing-room, that left Mr Joseph Sedley tête-à-tête with
Rebecca at the table, where she was knitting a green silk purse.
"There
is no need to ask family secrets," said Miss Sharp.
"Their
relationship appears obvious. "
"I believe soon they will marry," said Joseph.
He found himself talking, without the
least timidity, to a person of the other sex. And as he talked on, he grew
quite brave, and even dared to ask Miss Rebecca for whom she was knitting the
green silk purse.
"For anyone who wants a
purse, " replied Miss Rebecca, looking at him in the most gentle, charming
way. She was determined never to go to the Crawley's.
Vocabulary
buckskins — LIITaHbI H3 oneHbeii a waistcoat — vain — TUIeCJ1aBHb1ii shyness —
p060CTb to flatter — JlbCTHTb a godson — KPeCTHVtK irresistible —
Herrpeoaonwvfblii to knit — BH3aTb a purse — KOU1eneK obvious —
OqeBHAHb11Yå
Notes
as timid as a fawn — p06Kaq KaK naHb
2
East India
company — OCT-HHACKUI K0MnaHHS1
3
dressed in tights
and cocked hat — HaPHXeHHbIü B 06JIeražouue naH-
TWIOHb1 H Tpeyr0JIKY
4
¼uxhall =
¼uxhall Gardens — BOKCXOJIJ1-rapaeH3; YBeceJIMTW1bHb1ii can B J10HAOHe;
cyuecTB0BaJ1 c 1661r no 1859r
5
he is sure to
lose Emmy — OH, HaBepH¶Ka, 110TepqeT 9MMM
9
Activities
I          Fill in the blanks with
the words and word-combinations from the box in the proper form.

timid
  gratitude to remain to flatter nonsense

irresistible to remind to knit vain obvious

l) Though the situation in the
occupied town was getting more and more dangerous, she didn't want to leave her
husband andwith
him.
2)
He was very respectful with useful people and always
3)
It s       that
the rebellion was or-
4)
me of that wicked man. I want to forget him.
5)
He felt an     desire to tell the girl of his love but he
was afraid that the girl would laugh at
6)
I seldom buy sweaters in shops: I like them myself using
fashionable journals. 7) It's He is an honest man and can't be a spy.
8)
A brave hussar and a playboy, he became in the presence of his
beloved woman.
9)
All his life he felt to his first teacher who taught him to love
classical literature.
10)    I don't
like this young man. I think he is and arrogant
(BblCOKOMePHb1M).
Il          Irgagine that
you are:
l) Rebecca Sharp. Explain why you
determined not to go to the Crawley's and how you tried to make everybody like
you.
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2) Mr Joseph Sedley. Speak about
yourself and your impression of Becky Sharp.
CHAPTER 111
It was the day ofthe Vauxhall party.
Lieutenant Osborne, upon arriving at Russell Square, said to Mrs Sedley,
"Ma'am, I hope you have room in your carriage. I've asked Dobbin of ours
to dine here, and go with us to Vauxhall." Dobbin and George had a lifetime
friendship that started when they were still in school. Then they served
together in the thést Indies and in Canada.
When Captain Dobbin
came to the Gardens, he saw there were only four places at the table and he
understood he had been forgotten. So he went off. Jos, who did not like his
presence, was delighted. He ate and drank the greater part of the punch on the
table. The consequence was his unusual animation.
"For Heaven's sakel Jos, stop
drinking," cried out Osborne. "Let's go." The women rose.
"Stop, my dearest darling," shouted Jos, now as brave as a lion, clasping Miss Rebecca
round the waist. Rebecca started, but she couldnot get away her hand. Jos
continued to drink, to embrace her and to sing.
At this moment Dobbin appeared.
"Where have you been?" asked
George. "Take charge of Jos.2 He has drunk too much. And I'll take the
ladies home." Captain Dobbin made Jos leave the gardens and put him in a
carriage that delivered him safely at his lodgings.
'"Joseph must propose
to-morrow," thought Rebecca. "He called me his soul's darling3 four
times. He squeezed my hand in Amelia's presence. He must propose
tomorrow." Amelia thought so, too. Oh, ignorant young creatures! How
little you know the ef-
fect of punch!
 The next morning found Sedley in such agony,
that the pen reftlses to describe. To make the things worse George arrived and
started to ask questions.
"How are you, Sedley?" he
asked. "Do you remember your wild conduct last night? And who's this
little school-girl? The family
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is low enough already without her. She is a governess. You
must let her know her place. "
Jos
said nothing and went away. That day he never came.
The next day, as the two young ladies sat
on the sofa a servant
came into the room with a note on his tray. Amelia trembled as she opened
it.
"Dear Amelia, I leave town to-däyfor Cheltenham.
Excuse me to Miss Sharpfor my conduct at Vauxhall and tell her toforget every
word I may have said. As soon as I have recovered, I shall go to Scotlandfor
some months,
Truly yours,
JOS SEDLEY.
"
It was the death sentence. All was over.
Amelia dropped the letter into her friend's lap and went upstairs to her room.
It became clear that Rebecca should depart. Amelia collected presents for her
and even made George Osborne buy the best hat and a woolen jacket that he could
get.
"That's George's present to you, Rebecca dear,
"said Amelia.
"What a taste he has! There's nobody like him."
"Nobody, " Rebecca answered.
"How thankful I am to him!" But in her heart she was thinking,
"It was George Osborne wh04 prevented my marriage. " Since now on
George was her enemy.
Finally came the parting with Amelia, and
Rebecca promised to love her friend ever, ever and ever.
Vocabulary
a room — Mecro animation —
*HBOœrb, BeCeJIOCTb to clasp — 06HHMaTb to start — B3AporHYTb to deliver — AOCTaBJIHTb to
propose — CAeJ1aTb npea.noxeHvre ignorant — HeB•eXeCTBeHHbIü conduct —
r10BeaeHMe low — 3ð. HH3KOe npoucxoxneHHe the lap — to prevent — 110Meu_raTb,
BOCr1Per1HTCTBOBaTb
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Notes
for Heaven's sake — pallid 60ra
2
Take charge of
Jos. — TIPHCMOTpvt 3a AX030M.

3
his soul's
darling — AY11.1eHbKa
4
It was George
Osborne who.. — HMeHHO Axopax Oc60PH
Activities
1      Say whether these statements are true or false.
Correct them if they         are false.
l) Dobbin was Amelia's friend.
2) There was enough room for Dobbin at the table 3) Jos
was disappointed that Dobbin had gone away.
4)
Jos drank too
much punch.
5)
After dinner he was shy and silent.
6)
Rebecca was sure that Jos would propose to her.
7)
Jos was not ashamed of his conduct.
8)
He went to Scotland and asked Rebecca to wait for him.
9)
 Amelia was glad that Rebecca was leaving.
10) Rebecca was very angry with George.
Il         Imagine
that one of you is Rebecca Sharp. Ask her questions.
CHAPTER IV
Among the most respected ofthe names in
the Court-Guidel there was that of Crawley, Sir Pitt
Baronet2, living in Great Gaunt Street in London in his estate Queen's Crawley
in Hampshire.
In his first marriage Sir Pitt had two
sons: Pitt and Rawdon Crawley. Many years later he married Rosa, by whom he had
two daughters.
Miss Rebecca Sharp was now engaged as
governess for these two girls.
Having passed through Gaunt Square, the carriage
stopped at a tall gloomy house. On entering the dining room Rebecca
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saw a man in a dirty old coat with a
shining bald head, a leering red face and a greening mouth. She asked,
"Where is Sir Pitt

"I'm Sir Pitt Crawley,"
said the man. "Someone go and get another chair from the kitchen and then
we'll have supper.
After supper Sir Pitt Crawley began to
smoke his pipe and talk of himself, sometimes in the vulgarest Hamshire accent,
sometimes adopting the tone of a man ofthe world3. And then instructing Miss
Sharp to be ready by five o'clock in the morning, he wished her good night.
At four o'clock, Rebecca was woken.
She took a back seat inside the carriage which was to carry her into the wide
world. As soon as she and Sir Pitt were seated, the coach was on its way to
Queen's
Crawley.
Having settled there, Miss Sharp wrote a
long letter to Amelia and related all that had happened since they were parted.
She described her sadness and the Crawley family, and wrote of Sir Pitt's
rudeness and meanness in detail. She signed "ever and ever your friend,
Rebecca."
Everything
considered, I think it is quite well for our dear Amelia Sedley that Miss Sharp
and she are parted. Rebecca is a funny and amusing creature. The descriptions
in her letter are very clever and witty and show a great knowledge of the
world. That she might, standing on her knees and praying, be thinking of
nothing better than Mrs Horrock's gown, has possibly shocked both of us, but
please remember that this story has "Vanity Fair" as a title, and
that Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of
falsenesses and pretensions.
Vocabulary
estate — fl0MecTbe gloomy — MPaHHb1Ï1 bald —
JibiCbIVÍ, nneLIIHBbrii leering — XVfTPbriÍ, wry,T0BaTb1iÍ to relate — pacCKa3b1BaTb, H3.naraTb
Ha 6YMare
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meanness —
cKY110CTb, MeJIOHHOCTb to  — MOJIHTbCfl a gown — manse, Hapgn falseness —            pretension — rlPeTeHUH03HOCTb
Notes
Court-Guide — rlPHABOPHb1ü KaneHAapb, B KOTOPOM
coaepxa-nucb HMeHa H upeca aPHCTOKPaTOB, rlPHCTameHHb1X KO ABopy
2 Baronet —
6apoHeT, HH3UIHM HacneACTBeHHb1ii THTyn; nepea HMe1--œM  6ap0Hen c•raBHTcq THTyn «c3p» a man
of the world — CETCKMiá qeJIOBeK
Activities
franslate into English using the words from the box.

to respect  to be engaged gloomy
estate rude

a gown to pray mean to relate a man of the world

I) floc-ne CBaab6b1 OHa 110KHHyna 60J1bUIOñ ropoa
H nocenmacb (settled) B noMecTbe MYXa.
2)
Bce XeHU.lHHb1 Ha
6any 6b1JIH B WIMHHb1X nnaTbAX C  HH3KHM aeKOAbTe (decollété).
3)
Ee Myx 6b1J1
rpy6b1M H 3J1b1M qeJIOBeKOM H yacT0 6m ee.
4)
BblYMHB
(þpaHLW3CKMM fl3b1K, OHa yexana B IlapHX M  HaHW1aCb Ha pa60TY B vaqecTBe r»epHaHTKM.
5)
— H3.moxwre Ha
6YMare Bce, LITO rlPOH30u_1J10 c BaMH Bqepa BeqepoM, — cKa3an nonuuehcvam.
6)
Ilocne Toro KaK
Mon J1106HMb1ÌÍ apTHCT cnenœl npeaJlOXeHHe 3ToM rnynoiä
H TUIeœqaBHOiÍ aKTpuce, q nepecm-na ero YBaxa•Tb.
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7)
IIYIIIKMH He
6b1J1 CBe-TCKHM qeJIOBeKOM, HO 6b1J1 BblHYXneH e3AMTb Ha 6aJ1b1 CO CBOeü
XeHOü.
8)
3aaHMe AKaneMHM
MHCC IIHHKepTOH 6b1JIO MPa'IHHM H HerlPHBeTJIHBb1M (cheerless).
9)
Man, Kaxablii
nel--lb MOJIHJ1aCb 3a cBoero Cb1Ha, KOTOBoeBaJ1 B qeqHe.
10)
He JI}06JIK)
MYXHHH. MHe HPaBHTCH nonyqaTb KpaCHBb1e rmapKH.
CHAPTER V
Now, being received as a member of the
Crawley family, it became naturally Rebecca's duty to make herself agreeable to
her benefactors. She wisely determined to make her position with the Crawley
family comfortable and secure.
Lady Crawley was so indolent that
Rebecca found it was not necessary to cultivate her. With her pupils it was
pretty simple. She did not fill their young brains with too much learning. With
Mr Pitt Crawley Miss Sharp was respectful and
obedient. She found many different ways of being useful to him. She became
interested in everything pertaining to his affairs and the estate and soon won
the Baronet's confidence.
His sons were never at home together.
Rawdon Crawley seldom came there except when his aunt — Miss Crawley — paid her
annual visit. The great quality of this old lady was that she possessed seventy
thousand
pounds that Rawdon hoped to inherit, as his aunt disliked her elder nephew
Pitt.

Besides those folks at the Halll, we
must introduce their relatives at the rectory2 — Bute Crawley and his wife.
Bute Crawley was a tall, jolly man far
more popular in his country than the Baronet, his brother. Mrs Crawley was a
smart little woman, who wrote her husband's sermons. She was a sensible and
economical wife to him. In spite of her care, however, he was always in debt.
His sister helped him now and then3, but
of course his great hope was in her death — when (as he would say4),
"Matilda must leave me half her money. " It cannot be supposed that
the arrival of
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such a personage as Rebecca at Queen 's Crawley could be
unnoticed by Mrs Bute. She was informed that the governess did Mr Crawley's
business and managed his accounts and was sure that no good could come from
this.
Miss Crawley had not long been settled at
the Hall, before Rebecca won her heart. She ordered that Rawdon Crawley should
lead her to dinner every day, and that Becky should follow with her cushion.
Rawdon Crawley also liked Miss Sharp
very much. The Captain met her while taking walks. He used to hang over her
piano while she played. The Captain copied her notes — the best that this
stupid dragoon5 could do. When Old Sir Pitt watched the pair from the window of
his study, he swore that if it wasn't for Miss Crawley6, he'd take Rawdon and
throw him out of the house.
"Rawdon is bad enough, " Mr Horrocks the butler
remarked,
"but I thiilk Miss Sharp's a match" for him. "
       And
so, in truth, she was — both for father and son.
Vocabulary
agreeable — rlPHHTHb1iá
benefactor — 6naroaeTeJ1b indolent — BWIb1ñ, neHMBb1ñ to
cultivate — 3ò. HCKaTb pacnonoxeHH¶ obedient — ITOCJIY111Hb1iÍ
pertaining — HMeK)u1Hiá OTHOU1eHHe, 0THOCH111HiiCH confidence — A0Bepne
jolly — BeCeJ1b1ñ, XM3HePaAOCTHb11ä a sermon — rip0110BeAb a
cushion — AHBaHHaH a butler — IIBopeLIKMii
Notes
— 3Ò. 3aMOK
2
rectory — nacTopcKHii AOM 17
3
now and then —
BpeMH 0T BPeMeHH
4
as he would say —
KaK OH  06b1KHOBeHHe rOBOPHTb (aaaeŒ,a would
03Haqaem noemopmougeecg ðeücmeue g npotu,10M)
5
a dragoon —
aparyH, BOHHCKOe 3BaHHe B KaBanepHH
6
if it wasn't for
Miss Crawley — ecmf 6b1 He MHCC Kpoynu
7
Miss Sharp is a
match for him — MHCC Illaprl noa CTaTb eMY'
Activities
I          Find in the
text antonyms to the following words and word-combina-
tions.
Disagreeable, insecure, difficult, disobedient, useless, to
de-

part, to lose, the younger son, often, quantity,
melancholic, insensible, prodigal (pacToqwreJ1bHb1M), birth, clever.
Il         Answer
the questions to the text.
I) Why did Rebecca determine to make
herself agreeable to her benefactors?
2)
Did she try to give her pupils as much knowledge as possible?
3)
How did Rebecca try to be useful to Sir Pitt?
4)
When was Rawdon Crawley usually at home? 5) Why did he show such
interest in his aunt?

6)
What kind of woman was Mrs Bute Crawley?
7)
Was Bute Crawley a rich man?
8)
Why did Mrs Bute Crawley dislike Rebecca?
9)
Who liked Rebecca Sharp in the Crawley family? 10) Wiat did the
butler say about Becky Sharp?
CHAPTER VI
must now take leave ofthese amiable people
to inquire what has become of Miss Amelia, who lived comfortably in her home of
Russell Square. Love had become her tutoress, and it was amazing what progress
our young lady made under that popular teacher! In
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the course ofa year this love to George Osborne turned a
good young girl into a good young woman — to be a good wife, when the happy
time should come. She thought about him the very first moment on waking, and
his was the very last name mentioned in her prayers. She never had seen a man
so beautiful or so clever: such a figure on horseback, such a dancer, such a
hero in general! Amelia spent her days writing letters to Mr Osborne that
filled sheets of large paper. Osborne's letters were short and soldier-like.
During George's short visit home his
father questioned him about his romance with Amelia.
 "Wy, sir, didn't you and Mr Sedley
order me to marry her?" said George.
"I don't deny it; but people's
positions alter, sir. George! I tell you I don't like Mr Sedley's affairs. He's
not been taking care of his account, I fear. Unless I see Amelia's ten thousand
pounds, you won't marry her. " And with these words Mr Osborne spread out
the evening paper and George knew from this signal that the conversation was ended.
About this time a
carriage drove up to a house in Park Lane. It was the equipage ofour friend
Miss Crawley returning from the Hampshire. When it stopped, Miss Crawley was
rapidly taken upstairs to her room and her doctor came, consulted, prescribed and
left. The cause which had led to Miss Crawley's departure from her brother's
house was a hot supper of lobsters that Miss Crawley had eaten too much. Miss
Sharp, whom Miss Crawley brought with herself, took care ofthe old lady with
such affection and patience, that Miss Crawley would take her medicines from no
other hand. Whenever Rebecca cameout from the sick room she always smiled and
looked as nice in her little dressing-gown and cap as she looked in her
beautiful evening dress. Captain Rawdon thought so too. He was madly in love
with her.
Some
short period after the above events, Lady Crawley died. Her heart was dead long
before her body. She had sold it to become
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Sir Pitt Crawley's wife. Mothers and daughters are making
the same bargain every day in Vanity Fair.
When Sir Pitt was in London on business,
he went to Park Lane to see Rebecca.
"I want you back at Queen's
Crawley, " said the Baronet. "I'm going back for the ñmeral.
Will you come back? I can't get onwithout you! The house all goes wrong, all my
accounts again got muddled up.
"Come — as what, sir?" Rebecca gasped out.
"Come back and be my wife,"
and the old man fell to his knees.
Rebecca wept some ofthe most genuine
tears that ever fell from her eyes. "Oh, sir Pitt! Oh, sir — I — I'm
married already. "

"Married?
You 're joking, " the Baronet cried out after the first explosion of rage
and wonder. "Who is it, then, you're married?"
 "Let me come back with you to the
country, sir!" begged Rebecca without answering his question. "Let me
watch over you as faithfully as ever! When I think of what you have just
offered me,
my heart fills with gratitude. I can't be your wife, sir;
let me be your daughter!"
"Then the fellow has left you,
hasn't he?" the Baronet said beginning to understand. "Never mind,
Becky, I'll take care of you. Come back, if you like. Come back as a governess.
"

Rebecca gave way to some very sincere and touching regrets that
such a good fortune was so near and she had to decline it. However she decided
not to permit herself useless sorrow for the irrevocable past. And she wisely
turned her whole attention towards the future, which was now far more important
to her.
Miss Crawley did not take the news of
Rawdon's marriage well. "Rawdon married! Rebecca — governess!" the
poor old lady screamed hysteric sentences. She had just been carried up to her
room when Sir Pitt arrived.
Having learned that Rebecca was married to his son, he broke
out into such furious language that it would be no good to repeat it here.
Vocabulary
amiable — apyxem06Hb1ii, a tutoress — wacTaBHHUa
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in general — B to deny — OTPHUaTb a lobster — 0Map a
dressing-gown — xaJIaT a bargain — cneJ[Ka to muddle up — 3anyraTb, npMBecTH B
6ecnopHA0K genuine — VICKpeHHHÌi regret — coxa-neHne to decline — OTKJIOHSITb,
OTBepraTb sorrow — rope, neqœlb irrevocable — HenonpaBHMb1iÍ
Activities
         Make up sentences with the following words.
A tutoress, a romance, to deny, to prescribe, a bargain,
the funeral, an explosion, to regret.
Il         Choose
the right item.
l) Amelia's tutoress was
a)
her mother.
b)
love.
c)
Rebecca.
2)
George Osborne's letters were
a)
long and tedious (CKYHHb1ñ).
b)
short and businesslike.
c)
filled with love.
3)
George's father didn't want his son to marry Amelia because
a)
her father was
not rich enough.
b)
he wanted him to marry Rebecca.
c)
he didn't like Amelia.
4)
Miss Crawley left her brother's house because
a)
she had quarrelled with him.
b)
she had fallen ill.
c)
she wanted to
visit her nephew.
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5)
Sir Pitt wanted Rebecca
a)
never to return
to Queen's Crawley.
b)
to become his mistress (JIK)60BHHUa).
c)
to marry him.
6)
Rebecca refused Sir Pitt because she
a)
didn't love him.

b)
she was already married.
c)
didn't want to get married at all.
7)
Rebecca
a)
thought not of the past but of the future.
b)
gave herself to
sorrow.
c)
fell seriously ill.
8)
When Sir Pitt heard of his son's marriage he
a)
was furious.
b)
was happy.
c)
left his house.
CHAPTER
When John Osborne found out about John
Sedley's bankruptcy, he had to break offthe match between Sedley's daughter
Amelia and his son. As it had gone very far and the poor girl was compromised,
it was necessary for him to show the strongest reasons for rupture and to prove
that John Sedley was a very bad man, indeed.
At the meeting of creditors he
behaved with such aggression and scorn towards Sedley, that almost broke the
heart ofthat ruined bankrupt man. When now John Sedley thought ofthe affair
between George and Amelia, it was with bitterness
almost as great as Mr Osborne himself had shown. He ordered his daughter to
return all the presents and letters George had given her.
Emily tried to obey. She drew
the letters out ofthe place where she kept them and read them over — as if she
did not know them by heart already — but she couldn't part with the letters.
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Three
days afterwards, Dobbin found Osborne in his room at the barracks. George told
him what had happened and Dobbin swore that Amelia was an angel and promised to
help her and George get married. And in fact he did.
The service was a very simple one; now
George and Amelia were husband and wife. They spent the first few days after
their marriage at Brighton.
Upon his return from the wedding, Dobbin
went to inform Mr Osborne of George's marriage and suggested that the quarrel
between father and son should be settled before the regiment left for the
Continent. "I think that considering the great risk that hangs over every
one of us," he said, "if there are any differences between you and
George, you should shake hands. If anything happens to him, I'm sure you would
never forgive yourself." And with these words Dobbin went away.

Osborne sank back in his chair and looked
wildly after him. Then he retired to his study.
The following day, Mr Osborne asked his
lawyer to write the following letter to George:
"SIR —
I am commissioned by Mr Osborne to inform you that in
consequence ofthe marriage which you have contracted, he stops to consider you
as a member ofhisfamily. This decision isfinal and irrevocable. lam instructed
that the sum of£2,000 be paid over to you or your agent by
Your obedient Servant,
 S. HIGGS." P.S. Mr Osborne wants me to say that he refuses to receive any mess'8es,
letters or communications from you on this or any other subject.
      George and Dobbin were together when
George received the letter.
"A pretty way you have managed the
affair, " George cried out looking angrily at Dobbin. "It was all you
doing. You were never easyl until you had got me married and ruined.
"There's no denying that2 your
position is a hard one and it is partly of my doing, " Dobbin replied.
"You must live on your pay until your father softens. "
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5) tried to settle the
  quarrel between John Osborne and
his son.
6)was commissioned to pay the sum of £2000.
7)
  accused Dobbin of ruining him.
8)
  Dobbin was going to mention in his will.

Do you suppose
that a man of my habits can live on his pay?" George shouted. "You
must be a fool to talk so, Dobbin.
How the devil am I to keep my
position in the world upon such pittance?"
"George, my boy," said Dobbin
good-heartedly, "you know, I've got a little, and I am not a marrying man,
so I shall not forget my godson in my will. "
And the dispute ended
because it was impossible to be angry with Dobbin for long.
Vocabulary
to compromise — KOMflPOMeTMPOBaTb a rupture — Pa3Pb1B
barracks — Ka3aPMbI a regiment — IIOJIK the Continent — KOHTMHeHT, EBpona no
apymo ceropoHY Jla-Mam_ua (0T
AHI'JIHH) to
commission — yr10JIHOMoqHBaTb, nopyqaTb in consequence — BCJ1eACTBHe pittance —
xanKHe rp0111H good-heartedly — a06p0AY111H0
Notes
you were never easy — Tbl He Mor ycr10K0HTbcH

2 There's no denying that —
HeJ1b3H OTPHUaTb, 'ITO
Activities
I           Say
who:
l) broke off the match between George
Osborne and Amelia Sedley.
2)
was a bankrupt.
3)
ordered Amelia to return George's letters.
4)
helped George and Amelia to get married.

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Il        Act out the last dialogue between George Osborne
and William Dobbin.
CHAPTER Vill
On leaving Brighton, our friend George
drove into a fine hotel in Cavendish Square, where a suite of splendid rooms
was ready to receive the young gentleman and his bride.
The next day, George had important
"business" to do. On his arrival he wrote to his father's solicitors,
requesting an interview for the following day. His losses at billiards and
cards had almost drained the young man's purse and he had no money other than
the two thousand pounds which were commissioned to be paid over to him.
He sent off Amelia in a carriage with her mamma with strict

orders and permission to the two ladies to purchase everything necessary
for the lady of Mr George Osborne, who was going on a foreign tour.
Meanwhile, he walked into the solicitor's
office and ordered somebody to inform Mr Higgs that Captain Osborne was waiting
for him.
Asked how he wished the money to be paid
the Captain answered, "Give me a cheque, sir." Having received the
money he paid Amelia's purchases with the splendour of a lord.
Amelia was less satisfied. Only nine
days had passed since she had left home and instead of making her feel happy,
this marriage made her feel apprehensive. Something brought doubt and sadness
rather than pleasure. Such was the lot of our poor little creature, a lost
wanderer in the struggling crowds of Vanity Fair.
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Vocabulary
a suite — HOMeP «JIK)KC» a solicitor — aABOKarr, COBeTb1 WIMeHTaM to drain —
onycTou_IaTb to purchase — 110KynaTb splendour — 6JECK, BeJIHKOJ1enne
apprehensive — HC11bITb1BaK)LUMñ npeaqyBCTBHe, TpeBory rather than — a
He; cKopee geM a lot — xpe6Hii a wanderer — CTPaHHMK, CTPaHHHUa
Activities
B 3T0ñ rnaBe MH BcTpeqaeMcq C
PIAOM CTIOB, KOTOPb1e Moryr 6b1Tb H CYIUeCTBMTeJ1bHb1M, rnar0J10M. HanpHMep,
mom KOMI--raTa H XHTb C KeM-TO B OAHOÏ KOMHaTe; doubt — COMHewe H
conteeamt„cg•, pass — npoxoðumb nponycx H AP. ABJ1eHHe nepexona CJ10Ba
OAH0iá yacTH pegu B apymo Ha3b1BaeTC¶ KOHBePCHeÜ. I-IT06b1
rrpaBHJ1bH0 nepeBecTH TaKoe CJIOBO HYXHO onpeaeJIHTb ero (þYHK11M}O B
npennoxeHMH, a 3aTeM HaMTM B cnoBape non OÕ03HaqeHMeM
COOTBeTCTBYOL11eiÍ gaCTM pew: n — CyueCTBHTeJIbHOe; v — rnaron; a/adj —
npmaraTeJ1bHoe.
I           HaüAHme B cJ10Bape
3HaqeHHH raar0J10B.• intervie»g match, purthase, CHAPTER IX tour, force, crowd,
face, head, eye, doctor.
Soon Ameliajoined the regiment in which
her husband was. Il Ask each other questions to the text. She was received with
acclamation. The regiment was to be transported in ships provided by his
Majesty's government. The gallant Jos had agreed to escort his sister and the
Major Dowd's wife to Ramsgate, from where they had a speedy passage to Ostend.
The regiment was transported in ferry-boats
to Bruges and Ghent in order to march to Brussels. Jos accompanied the ladies
enjoying the comfort they provided. His courage was infinite. "Boneyl
won't dare to attack us!" he cried. "My dear Amelia, don't be
frightened. There's no danger." Having frequently been in presence of the
ladies at Cheltenham and Bath, Jos had lost a great deal of his timidity.
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When our travellers arrived at Brussels,
they found themselves in one ofthe gayest capitals in Europe. Gambling,
dancing, delicious food and beautiful rides were there in abundance. This old
city with strange costumes and wonderful architecture delighted Arñelia.
One day, as some of our friends of the
regiment were strolling in the flower-market, an omcer of rank rode up to the market
and selected the finest bouquet which money could buy.
"Fine horse — who is it?" George asked.

 "It's General Tufto who commands the cavalry
division,' answered Major O'Dowd.
"General Tufto!" said George
with a laugh. "Then, my dear, the Crawleys must be here. "
At these words Amelia's
heart fell — she did not understand why.
George and Captain Dobbin often
accompanied the carriage in which Jos and his sister took daily excursions.
That day they went for a ride in the park. There they saw Rebecca by the side
of the gallant General Tufto. Rebecca did not go towards the carriage but as
soon as she saw Amelia she acknowledged her presence by a gracious smile and by
kissing her fingers in the direction of the carriage.
That night at the opera-house, Mrs O' Dowd saw the General and Rebecca in
an opposite box. Rebecca had a large bouquet of flowers.
"Those are the flowers he bought
in the flower market, " said Mrs O'Dowd.
At the end ofthe act, George came out
ofthe box for a moment and went to pay his respects to Rebecca. On seeing
George, Rebecca asked, "How is dearest Amelia? You must accompany me to
her box. "
Rebecca 's appearance struck Amelia with
terror and made her shrink back. Mrs Rawdon saluted Jos, admired MIS O' Dowd
'sjewelw, chatted and smiled and then returned to her own box.
The next day, Rawdon Crawley and his wife
visited Amelia and George at their quarters. Wien Rebecca invited them to
dinner, George accepted the invitation, even though his wife said she wasn't
feeling well. Emmy did not say much or bother him with herjealousy, but merely
came unhappy.
 At a ball which a noble Duchess gave
at Brussels on the 15th of June, George, after placing Amelia on a bench, left
her to her own thoughts. Her appearance was a complete failure.2 Mrs Rawdon
Crawley's, on the contrary, was brilliant. The men
surrounded her
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and at least fifteen ofthem asked her to dance with them.
But she said she was engaged and went to sit with her unhappy friend Amelia.
When George saw where Rebecca was, he
very soon found his way back to Amelia.
"Where have you been?" said
Becky reproachfully. "Here is Emmy crying her eyes out for you. Are you
going to invite me to dance?" And she left Amelia to dance with George.
Amelia could stand it no longer. "William, " she
said to Dob-
bin, "please, take me home."
Osborne meanwhile went off to a play
table and began to play cards. Dobbin found him there.
"The enemy has
passed the Sambre," William announced. "Go away. We are to march in
three hours.
Vocabulary
acclamation — LilYMHOe on06peHHe to
provide — npeAOCTaBJ1¶Tb a ferry-boat — rrapoM, napoMHb1ñ Ter1JIOXOA infinite —
6e3rpaHH11Hb1ii gambling — a3apTHbte HIVb1 in abundance — B H306WIHH an omcer
of rank — 0(þnuep to shrink back — 0Tnpm-1YTb noble —
THTY'J10BaHHb1Ü, 3HaTHb1ñ; 6narop0AHbIii brilliant — 3ò.
BEUfKOJ1e1THb1ii reproachfully — YKOPM3HeHHO to stand smth, smb — TeprœTb,
BblAePXaTb wro-JIH60, Koro-JIM60
Notes
 Boney — KpacaBHHK',
rrpeHe6peNITeJ1bHoe 06pa1ueHHe K Hanone0HY b0Hanapry
2 Her appearance was a complete failure. — OHa
Bblrjlqauejla yxacH0.
Activities
1       Complete the sentences.
I) The bravery of this young captain is
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2)
To get to the Continent from England one has to cross La society
a thousand times more pleasant than any place or company,
Manche (the English Channel) by which he had ever visited.
He decided to inform Rebecca of all their        finances in case
he did not return from the war.
3)
 Then, faithful to his plan of economy, he
dressed himself in his oldest uniform, held his wife in his arms for a minute
against his
4)strong-beating heart and left.
Rebecca waved good-bye and then resumed Rawdon's calculations. She was
satisfied to find that she was
5)rather well-to-do with six hundred pounds at the very
least. Besides the things her husband had left her behind, the general, her
slave and 6)    worshiper had made her many very handsome
presents in the form persons used to visit annual balls at the Court. of
Cashmere shawls, jewelry and watches.
 7) "Why
are you late? We've been waiting for you for an hour already, " the
hostess said And there is another of our acquaintances left behind: our 8)
"I'll go out, I can'tfriend Jos Sedley. Captain Dobbin woke him wishing to
shake hands tobacco smoke, " said the girl. with him before the departure
of the regiment.
9)
This man lost all his money inJos always had rather bad
opinion of the Captain and thought and got in great debts.  his courage
dubious. "What can I do for you, Dobbin?" he said in a

10)    Look at
Mary. She looks  sarcastic tone.

today. No wonder she
is surrounded by admirers. march in a quarter of an hour, Sedley, and
neither George nor I may ever come back, " the Captain replied. "You
are to stay here Il Imagine that you are: and watch over your sister.
Ifanything happens to George, remember, she has no one except you in the world.
And you must take her safely l) Jos Crawley. Speak about the situation in which
you had out of Brussels in case of a defeat. " to transport the ladies.
"A defeat! — it's impossible. Don't try to frighten me," our
2) Amelia Sedley.
Describe your meetings with Rebecca in hero cried from his bed. But in the end
he promised to take care of the park and in the theatre.   Amelia.
 3) Rebecca Sharp. Tell
your friends about the ball. The sun was just rising as the march began — the
band led the column, then came the Major in commandl and then George came
marching at the head ofhis company. He looked up, smiled at Amelia, and passed
on. And soon even the sound of the music died away.
CHAPTER X
The Departure Vocabulary farewell —
np01.uaHue
Knowing how
useless regrets are, Mrs Rebecca was determined to worship — 060XaTb to show no
feelings of sorrow concerning the parting other husband. faithful — BePHb1ii
Indeed, Captain Rawdon was much more affected by the farewell. to resume —
B0306HOBHTb He loved and worshiped his wife. In all his life he had never been
so well-to-do — 06ecneqeHHb1ii happy as during the last few months. He had
found his house and her dubious — COMHHTeJ1bHb1ii
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a defeat — nopaxeHHe a band —
opKec•rp
Notes
Major in command — Maiiop, KOMaHAY}0111Hii IIOJIKOM
                                      Activities
Say whether these statements are true or false. Correct them
if they are false.
I) Rebecca didn't hide her feeling of sorrow.
2)
Captain Rawdon didn't tell Rebecca of his finances.
3)
He was unhappy in his marriage.
4)
Rebecca found out that she was poor.
5)
Besides the things her husband had left her, she had nothing
else.
6)
Captain Dobbin asked Jos to take Amelia out of Brussels in
case of a defeat.
7)
Jos was sure of the defeat of the British army.
8)
He agreed to take care of his sister.
9)
The Major in
command led the column.
10)     George
made a long farewell with Amelia. CHAPTER Xl
Since all the superior officers had
been fulfilling their duty elsewhere, Jos Sedley was left in command of the
little colony at Brussels with sick Amelia, his Belgian servant and a maid.
Everyone believed that the Emperor would march into Brussels before three days
were over. He was told that the Duke of Wellingtonl had gone to reorganize his
troops which were utterly defeated the night before. Jos was going to find out
the truth of these reports, when suddenly Mrs •Rawdon Crawley entered the room.
She was dressed very nicely, as
usual. All Jos's blood tingled with delight, as he looked at her, and his heart
was inflamed again. "Mr Joseph, " Rebecca said, "I heard you
were going to join the army and leave us to our fate. I was so frightened that
I ran off immediately
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to beg you not to nee from us." These words
could be interpreted in such sense: "My dear sir, if a retreat be
necessary, you have a very comfortable carriage, in which I want to
have a seat. "
"My dear madam," Jos replied,
"don't worry. I only said I should like to go — what Briton2 would not?
But my duty keeps me here: I can't leave the poor creature in
the next room. "
 "Good noble
brother, " Rebecca said, putting her handkerchief to her eyes. "I
have done you injustice. You have got a heart. I thought you had not. And now I
must visit our dear Amelia. " And she moved on to her friend's room.
"Dearest Amelia," the
visitor said, putting forth her hand, "I could not rest until I knew how
you were. "
Amelia drew back her hand and trembled all over.
"Tell me, Rebecca, did I ever do to
you anything but Idndness?" asked she.
"Indeed, Amelia, no," the other said.
"She must have seen George giving me the letter at the ball," she
thought.
"Then why did you come between my love and me?" said the
poor girl. "Who sent you to take my darling's heart
from me? You did not succeed, but you tried. "
"She knows nothing, " Rebecca thought.
"And now, when he is gone, are you here to see how
unhappy

"He will come back, my dear, "
said Rebecca walking away. On her way, she met Mrs O'Dowd and asked her to
comfort Amelia. All of a sudden, they heard a dull distant sound.
"God defend us; it's cannon!" Mrs O'Dowd cried.
Obviously the regiment and the whole
British army had been destroyed. Wagons with the wounded came rolling into
town. With wild terror, Jos Sedley did not know where to look for safety.
He walked up to his friend. "
Rebecca, dear, do you know where I can find some horses?"
"I have two to sell, " the lady
said. And asked for an enormous amount of money. Jos had nothing to do but to
agree.
The sum he had to give her was so high,
that Rebecca calculated that with  plus her pension as a widow, should
Rawdon die, she would be independent of the world.
Soon the reports, coming in from the
front, became more favourable: at last came an official announcement of the
succes of the allies.
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On Sunday, while Mrs
O'Dowd was reading from the Dean's famous book ofsermons, the cannon ofWaterloo
began to roar. When Jos heard that sound, he decided to run
away at once. He tried to convince Amelia to go with him.
 "I will not go without my husband,
" Amelia said and turned away.
Jos's patience was exhausted.
"Good-bye, then, " he said, shaking his fist in rage and slamming the
door by which he left.
 All that day from morning until sunset
the cannon did not cease. It was dark when the cannonading stopped all of a
sudden. The English troops rushed from the post from which no enemy had been
able to move them and the French turned and fled.
Darkness came down on the field and city;
and Amelia was praying for George, who was lying dead, with a bullet through
his heart.
 Vocabulary
troops — BOMCKa to tingle — APOXaTb,
•rpeneraTb to nee (fled, fled) — c6eraTb, cnacaTbcq 6erCTBOM a retreat —
0TcTyrrneHMe to comfort — ycn0KaHBaTb, yreu_raTb a cannon — rlYLLIKa an ally — to be exhausted — HCTOU1aTbCH a fist
— KyaaK
rage — flPOCTb to        — rypeKpaTHTb(cq)
a bullet — rlYJIH
Notes
 Duke of Wlington (1769-1852) —
repuor Be.VIHHrr0HcKMii, aHEIHñCKHä rlOJIKOBOaeU H
110.1HTHHeCKHñ aeHTeT1b. 1106eAW1 HarroneoHa npH BaTepnoo.
2 Briton — 6PHTaHeU
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Activities
I          Match the words in the
left column with the words in the right column to make proper combinations.
1)
to fulfil  a) defeated
2)
to reorganize b) terror
3)
to find out     c) a fist
4)
to be utterly  d) sound
5)
to join   e) troops
6)
poor       f) safety
7)
a distant g) the truth
8)
to look for    h)
one's duty
9)
to shake        i)
creature
10)     wild       j)
the army
Il    Prove that these statements are
true by the sentences from the text.
l) Jos Crawley was in love with Rebecca.
2) Rebecca hoped to leave the town with the help of Jos.
3) Amelia no longer considered Rebecca her
friend.
4)
She didn't know that George had made love to Rebecca.
5)
The British army was at first defeated.
6)
Rebecca sold the horses to Jos at a high price.
7)
Amelia refused to leave the town without her husband.
8)
Jos Crawley's patience was exhausted.
9)
The battle of Waterloo was won by the British army. 10) In this
battle George Osborne was killed.
CHAPTER Ml
While the army is marching from Brussels,
there are a number of persons living peaceably in England who must come in for
their share of the chronicle.
During the time of these battles, Miss
Crawley was living at Brighton and the newspapers often wrote of Rawdon
Crawley's sUccess.
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A few weeks after the famous fight of
Waterloo, Miss Crawley received a letter from the Colonel, her nephew,
describing with good deal of humour the heroic deeds of the
Colonel. The spinster did not know that it was Rebecca, who dictated every word
of it to him, and told her maid Briggs to write back to the Colonel a
complimentary letter. Miss Crawley's reply greatly encouraged Rawdon and his
lady, who hoped for the big inheritance from their aunt.
Since Becky Sharp's departure, Sir Pitt
spent his days drinking rum with farmers. Mr Pitt Crawley's affection now was
placed on Lady Jane Sheepshanks. He related to Lady Jane's mother, Lady
Southdown, the great advantages which might occur from close relations between
her family and Miss Crawley. The strong-minded Lady Southdown quite agreed and
the next day the great Southdown carriage drove up to Miss Crawley's door and
the tall footman handed in her Ladyship's cards
As Miss Crawely got well, she got anxious to return to her
social
life. On the next day after receiving cards Pitt Crawley
was invited to visit his aunt. He came bringing with him Lady Southdown and her
daughter.
They talked about the weather, the war
and the downfall ofthe monster Bonaparte.
At the conclusion of their visit, Miss
Crawley expressed the hope that "Lady Southdown would send her Lady Jane
sometimes to come and console a poor sick lonely old woman." The promise
was given.
"Don't let Lady Southdown come
again, Pitt," said the old lady to her nephew. "She is stupid and
pompous. But bring that nice little Lady Jane as often as you please. "
And so, Lady Jane became a constant
visitor at Miss Crawley's house.
Meanwhile Becky and Rawdon were passing
the winter of 1815-1816 at Paris in great splendour and gaiety. Rebecca's
success
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in Paris was remarkable. All the French ladies thought her
charming. She spoke their language admirably. She adopted at once their grace
and their manners.
In the early spring of 1816,
Galignani's Journal published the following announcement: "On the 26th of
March the Lady ofCoIonel Crawley has had a son and heir."
This news caused a crisis in the affairs
of the Crawley family. The spinster was extremely angry and she sent
immediately for Pitt and for the Lady Southdown. She requested an immediate
celebration of their marriage. She announced that the majority of her property
would be given to her nephew Pitt and her dear niece Lady Jane.
When they were married, Pitt and his
wife came to live with Miss Crawley. Lady Southdown reigned over the whole
family and soon took from Miss Crawley all the power.
After the great fight ofWaterloo The
Gazette published the list ofthe wounded and killed. The news which
this famous paperbrought to the Osbornes gave them a dreadful shock: George was
dead%
John Osborne was true to his word: he had
sworn never to speak to his son's wife and never to recognize her.
Amelia, who had nearly lost her sanity
at the news of George's death, started to recover when little
Georgy was born. Dobbin remained close to her the whole time. It was he who
brought her back to England and to her mother's house.
William was the godfather of the child, and a good one at that. Butþe
could see very' clearly that there was no place for him in Amelia's heart.
One day William drove up to Fulham, where
Amelia lived, with his arms full of gifts for little Georgy. "I have come
to say good-bye, Amelia, " said he, gently taking her little hand.
          "Good-bye?"
she repeated. "Where are you going?"

'I am returning to the regiment. I shall be away a long
time. You will write me, won't you?"
"I'll write to you about Georgy,"
she said. "God bless you." And she kissed him.
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Vocabulary
a share — AOJIH, gaCTb a spinster —
cTapaq aeBa complimentary — 11PHBeTCTBeHHOe, 1103ApaBHTe11bHoe to encourage —
npn060apMTb a footman — JIHBpeÜHb1M naKeiá a card — 3ò.
BH3HTHafl KapToqva to console — yreuuaTb pompous — HarwueHHb1ii, BblCOKOnaPHb1ü
splendour — 6neCK, BWIHKOJ1envre an heir — HaCneAHHK sanity — paccyA0K
Activities
I           franslate
into English using the words from the box.

share spinster to encourage inheritance

splendour

property heir announcement majority

l) He roB0PHTe BameMY Cb1HY, '-ITO OH Ha 3K 3aMeHax. TIOCTapaÈÍTecb "PH060APHTb ero.
2)
BOJ1bUMHCTBO
yqeHHKOB Bb16paJIH  Tew coqu-

1--reHHH.
3)
B 3TOM
(bMÄbMe JlaBpoBa urpaeT CTapyo aeBY, KOTOPaH BnepBb1e B XM3HM
BJTK)6HJTaCb.
4)
TYPHCTbI He
AOJIXHb1 3aXOAMTb B 3TOT napK. 3T0 qacT1--1M C06CTBeHHOCTb.
5)
nocne CMepTM
rmcaTeJTH ero HaeaeaHHKH HagaJIH 60Pb 6y 3a ero HaCJueACTBO.
6)
Mbl 6bVIH
nopaxeHb1 Be.1HKOJIenueM ABOpua.
7)
OHa OHeHb XOTena
BHecTH (to give) CBO}O AOJ"O B d)0HA «FPHHIIHC» ("Greenpeace").
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8)
Bbl
cilbltua.llþl 06bHBJ1eHHe no panuo? A3ponopT B0306HOBHJI pa60TY.
Il         Imagine that
one of you is:

I) Sir Pitt Crawley. Ask him about his marriage.
2)
Miss Crawley. Ask her about her heirs.
3)
Major Dobbin. Ask him questions about his parting with Amelia.
CHAPTER Mll
We must stop and make some inquiries
regarding our old friends. How is Mrs Amelia? What has become of Major Dobbin?
Is there any news regarding Jos? The facts concerning the latter are briefly
these: our fat friend Joseph Sedley returned to India not long after his escape
from Brussels. His London agents had orders to pay one hundred and twenty
pounds yearly to his parents. It was the chief support of the old couple, as Mr
Sedley's affairs had not been successful at all.
Between Mrs Sedley and her daughter was a
secret jealousy about Georgy. Amelia was extremely possessive of her son and
didn 't even want her mother to touch him.
'livice or three times a year, according
to her promise Amelia wrote letters to Major Dobbin. The letters were all about
little Georgy. Whenever Amelia wrote, 'Mlliam would answer, but not until then.
And how he treasured these letters!
 The boy grew up delicate, sensitive,
imperious towards the gentle mother, whom he loved with passionate affection.
He also ruled all the other members of the little world round him.
Sometimes, no doubt, by Dobbin's desire,
his siste1S would take Amelia and the boy for a ride in the family carriage.
One day they came over to Amelia with the news that, they were sure, would
delight her.
They had good reasonl to think that dear William was about to
be married — to a relation of a friend of Amelia — to Miss Glorvina O'Dowd.
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Amelia said, "Oh!" She was
very, very happy indeed, but her eyes were moist and she scarcely said a word
during the whole drive.
The elder son of the old Baronet, Pitt
Crawley, may be said to have reigned in Queen's Crawley2. His whole family was
transported to Queen's Crawley, Lady Southdown included. The old Pitt Crawley
had had a serious illness and did not recover the use of his intellect and his
speech completely.
Early one morning, his nurse Hester
knocked on the study door where the younger Pitt Crawley was. "If you
please, Sir Pitt," she said, "Sir Pitt died this morning, Sir
Pitt."
 What was it that made Pitt's face turn
red? Was it because he was Sir Pitt at last, with a seat in parliament, and
perhaps future honours in prospect?
He sent a letter to his brother Rawdon
Crawley in London inviting him and Mrs Rawdon to the funeral.
The Colonel brought the letter to Rebecca when she was
combing her yellow hair. She took up the letter and having read it, jumped up
from the chair, crying: "Hurray!" and waving the note round her head.
           "Hurray?'
said Rawdon. " Do you want to go?"
"Of course, I want to go. Lady Jane
will present me at court next year. Your brother will give you a seat in
Parliament and you will become a West Indian Governor or something of the kind.

So Colonel Crawley and his wife arrived
by the coach to Quee,n 's Crawley. Becky took Rawdon's arm as they walked into
the room, where Sir Pitt and his wife were ready to receive them. Pitt shook
his brother's hand and saluted Rebecca with a low bow. Lady Jane took both
hands of her sister-in-law and kissed her affectionately. Then she helped
Rebecca to take off her black clock and hat and conducted her to the apartments
prepared for her. Rebecca said she was anxious to go to the nursery and see the
children. So the two ladies looked very kindly at each other, and went to that
room hand-in-hand.
Becky admired Matilda, who was not quite
four years old, and the boy, a little fellow of two years. Having easily won
Lady Jane's
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goodwill, Becky decided to win the sympathy of the august
Lady Southdown by asking her Ladyship's medical advice.
Sir Pitt, who remembered the
testimonies of respect, which Rebecca had paid personally to him in the early
days, was well disposed towards her, too.
And so, during her stay at Queen's
Crawley Rebecca made as many friends as she possibly could. Lady Jane and her
husband said they would look forward to meeting again in London. Rebecca was
very happy to leave.
Vocabulary
escape — 6ercTB0, n06er possessive —
C06CTBeHHwqeCKHii, WBCTBO C06CTBeHHHKa to treasure — AOPOXHTb delicate — xpymariâ,
60ne3HeHHb1ii imperious — BJIaCTHb1h moist — nnaXHb1iá to reign —
rypaBHTb funeral — noxop0Hb1 to present — rupeacTaBJIHTb (KOMy-JIH60) goodwill
— pacnonoxeHvre, CHMnaTHH august — BenweCTBeHHb1ii a testimony — 3HaK BHHMaHHH
Notes
They had good reason — Y HHX 6bVIM BCe OCHOBaHHH
2 may be said to have reigned in
Queen's Crawley — MOXHO CKa3aTb, uaPHJICH B KoponeecK0M Kpoyau
Activities
I          Give the English
equivalents to the following words and word-combination.
HaBOAHTb
cnpaBKH, 110CJIeAHHVf H3 Ha3BaHHb1X, n06er, OC-
HOBHaH aena, PeBHOCTb, AOPOXHTb, qy'BCTBeH-
Hblii, BJ1aCTHb1ii, no XenaHHH), nporYJIKa (2 eapuawna),
BOCCTaHOBHTb HHTeJ1-qeKT, noqecTM, B
nepcneKTHBe, npea42
CTOHTb KO ABopy, HH3KMii HOKJIOH, neTcKaq (KOMHaTa),
3aBOeBaTb Hbe-JIH60 pacnonoxeHHe, 6bITb pacnonoxeHHb1M K KOMy-JIH60, c
HeTepneHHeM x,aaTb.
11      Speak about:
l) little Georgy.
2)
Amelia's reaction to the news of Dobbin's future marriage.
3)
Sir Pitt's reaction to his father's death. 4) Rebecca's visit to
Royal Crawley.
CHAPTER XIV
The astonished reader must be called upon
to transport himself to the military station in the Madras division of our
Indian empire where our old friends of the regiment are quartered under the
command ofthe brave Colonel, Sir Michael O'Dowd.
Peggy O'Dowd is the same as ever. kind in
every act and a tyrant over her husband Michael. Among other points she had
made up her mindl that Glorvina, sir Michael 's sister, should marry our old
friend Dobbin. But the truth is that our honest friend had only one idea of a
woman in his head: a gentle little woman with large eyes and brown hair; a soft
young mother nursing an infant. Amelia wrote him a letter from England,
congratulating him on his approaching wedding.
"I hope, "
Amelia wrote, "that the young lady to whom I hear you are going to be
united, will in every respect prove worthy of one who is himself all kindness
and goodness... Yet I am sure the widow and the child, whom you have always
protected and loved, will always have a corner in your heart.
"O, Amelia, Amelia, " he
thought, "you, to whom I have been faithful — you reward me after years of
devotion by giving me your blessing upon my marriage with this flaunting Irish
girl!"
Sick and sorry felt poor William, more
than ever unhappy and lonely. He lay all that night sleepless and yearning to
go home.
Two or three days after the arrival of
this letter, the Major received another letter from his sister. In the
postscriptum he came
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upon the following paragraph: "I drove yesterday to see
your old acquaintance, Mrs Osborne. The widow is consoled and is about to marry
a reverend gentleman Mr Binny. A poor match. But she is getting old, and I saw
a great deal ofgrey in her hair. She was in ven good spirits. With that your affectionate sister,
Ann Dobbin.
In less than an hour after receiving
this letter the Major came rushing towards the windows of the Colonel's
bedroom.
"O'Dowd! Colonel!" shouted Dobbin.
"What is it, Dob, my boy?"
asked the Colonel, expecting there was a fire.
"I — I must have a leave of
absence2. I must go to England on the most urgent private affairs. I want to be
off now to-night," Dobbin continued.
And the Colonel got up and came out to talk to him.
Vocabulary
to reward — B03HarpaxaaTb devotion —
npeaaHHœTb naunting — pa3B¶3HbIii to yearn — CVfJ1bHO XenaTb to come upon smth —
HaTKHYTbCH Ha wo-JIH60 poor — moxoii, nnoxa¶ a match — napntw, genOBeK"
unu BeLUb, nogxoamuaq 11011 napy
Notes
to make up one's mind — pemuTb, B6MTb ce6e B roJ10BY
2 a leave of absence — OTIIYCK, YBOJ1bHVfTeJ1bHaq
Activities 1        Answer the
questions to the text.
I) Where was the regiment quartered?
2) What did Peggy O'Dowd make up her mind to do? 3)
Did Dobbin want to marry Glorvina?
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4)
Did Amelia believe that Dobbin was going to get married?
Was she glad to hear that?
5)
What did his sister write to him about Amelia?
6)
What did Dobbin do when he received his sister's letter?

7)
Dobbin wanted to see Amelia immediately, didn't he? 8) Do you think
the Colonel let him go to England?
Il Speak about Dobbin's feelings and
actions after receiving the letters from Amelia and his sister.
CHAPTER W
A day or two before Christmas, Becky,
her husband and her son, prepared to pass the holidays at Queen 's Crawley.
Becky would have left the little boy behind but for Lady Jane's special
invitations to the child.
Upon their arrival, the hostess conducted
her guests to the apartments blazing with cheerful fires.
M•then the dinner bell rang, the family assembled at.dinner
table, at which Rawdon Junior was placed by his aunt. Sir
Pitt was uncommonly attentive to his sister-in-law.
Little Rawdon exhibited a fine appetite
and showed a gentleman-like behaviour.
"l like eating here," he said to his aunt.
"WIY?" asked the kind Lady Jane.
'I eat in the kitchen when I am at
home," replied Rawdon Junior. But Becky was so engaged with the Baronet at
the other end of the table that she did not hear the remark of her son.
Before this merry Christmas was over, the
Baronet had given his brother Rawdon another check for a sum of a hundred
pounds. He knew very well that he had appropriated the money which ought to
have been given to his younger brother. And he had some secret pangs of remorse
which told him that he must perform some act of justice or, let us say,
compensation towards these relatives.
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Lady Jane's sweetness and kindness
annoyed Rebecca so much, that she could hardly hide her feelings. Her presence,
too, made Lady Jane uncomfortable, as her husband talked constantly with Becky.
 On the occasion of
the Speaker's dinnerl , Sir Pitt took the opportunity ofappearing before his
sister-in-law in his uniform. Becky complimented him upon his dress, and
admired him almost as much as his wife and children.
When he was gone , Mrs Becky made
a caricature ofhis figure. At that moment, one of Rebecca's new faithful
admirers came to pay her a visit. His name was Lord Steyne. She at once showed
him her drawing; his lordship took the sketch and was delighted with the resemblance.
He had done Sir Pitt Crawley the honour to meet him at Mrs Becky's house and
was most friendly with the new Baronet and Parliament member. Pitt was struck
by the respect with which the great Peer treated his sister-in-law.
In the midst2 of these intrigues and
parties, Rawdon felt more isolated every day. He and Rawdon, the younger, would
often walk to Pitt's house and sit with lady Jane and the children while Sir
Pitt visited Rebecca on his way to the House3, or on his return from it.
Little Rawdon was a beautiful lad with
blue eyes and wavy hair, attaching himself to all who were good to him and
especially to his father. The beautiful vision of his mother had faded away.
During almost two years she had hardly spoken to the child. She disliked him.
He bored her.
Poor Lady Jane realized that Rebecca had
captivated her husband and, although she and Mrs Rawdon my-deared and my-loved
each other4 every time they met, hated Rebecca.
Vocabulary
but for — ecJTH 6bI He to blaze —
CBePKaTb to appropriate — 11PHCBaHBaTb remorse — yrpb13eHH51 COBecTH sweetness —
MHIXOCTb, rlPHBeTJIHBOCTb an admirer — IIOVUIOHHHK
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a sketch — Ha6pœ0K resemblance —
CXOACTBO peer — n3P, nopa to treat smb — 06pa1.uaTbcq c KeM-JIH60 a lad —
Ma-Tlbt1HK, napeHb a vision — 06pa3 to captivate — nneHATb
Notes
on the
occasion of the Speaker's dinner — no cnymo 06eaa B HeCTb
cnHKepa
2
In the midst —
CpeAH
3
House — 3ð.
napnaMeHT
4
they my-deared
and my-loved each other — OH Ha3b1BWIM upyr apyra
•noporaq» H «aymeHbKa»
Activities
I           Find in the text the
synonyms to the following words and word-combinations.
To spend the holidays, to lead, a flat, to
gather, unusually, to  demonstrate, to answer, to be busy,
relations, permanently, a chance, to visit, a drawing, to be amazed, in the
middle, a boy, image.
Il                 who:
l) invited Becky and her family to Queen's Crawley.
2)
showed a gentleman-like behaviour.
3)
gave Randon a
check for a hundred pounds.
4)
appropriated the money of Rawdon.
5)
made a caricature
of Sir Pitt.
 6) treated Rebecca with
great respect.
7)
felt very lonely.
8)
visited Rebecca on the way to the Houses of Parliament.
9)
bored Rebecca.
10)
my deared and my-loved each other.

CHAPTER WI
Our friend Amelia was meanwhile passing
Christmas in a manner by no way too cheerful. Out of the hundred pounds a year,
the widow Osborne usually gave nearly three-fourths to her father and mother.
William Dobbins' sisters repeated their requests to Amelia to allow Georgy to
visit them. Amelia could not refuse such chances for the boy, but she was
always uneasy during the child's absence. Upon his return she used to ask him
if he had seen there any old gentleman. At last he said, "There was an old
gentleman, with thick eyebrows. He looked at me very much. " Then Amelia
understood that the boy had seen his grandfather.
A few days later, Amelia received a
proposal: Mr Osborne formally offered to take the boy, and make him an heir of
his fortune.
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He also promised to make Mrs George Osborne an allowance.
But the child was to live only with his grandfather.
 Amelia was never so angry in her life.
"Just to think that I will take money to part from my child! I will not
answer this letter. "
Her intentions were sincere but the
bills of the household had to be paid. Jos's money had not arrived from India.
Amelia and her parents fell deeper and deeper into financial trouble.
 Despite these problems, Amelia wanted her
son to have a happy Christmas so she bought seven books that he desired.
She was going to her room when, in the
passage she and her mother met.
"What are those?" Mrs Sedley asked.
"Some books for Georgy, "
Amelia replied. "I promised them to him for Christmas. "
 "Books!" cried the elderly
lady. "thé have no money to pay our debts and you buy books! Oh
Amelia! you break my heart. Georgy can be rich only if..."
Amelia saw it all now. She was
sacrificing the boy to her selfishness. All she need to do was to say some
words and the boy would have wealth, education and station. Oh, what a trial it
was for her tender and wounded heart!
Vocabulary
an allowance — neHe>KHOe noc06ue
sincere — HCKpeHHMiÍ elderly — noxnnaq a debt•— nonr selfishness —
3FOH3M station — 3ð. 06meCTBeHHoe INOJIOXeHV1e
Activities
MHorue aHrJIHñCKVfe CJIOBa HMeK)T He OAHO, a
HeCKOJ1bKO 3HaqeHMii. Tawe HBJ1eHMe Ha3b1BaeTCH nonuceMHeìi, Wild
MI-IOT03HaHHOCTbI-O. HarrpHMep, Bœrpegamueecq B 3T0ñ rnaBe
cJ10B0fortune MOXeT nepeB0AHTbcq KaK cqacmbe, yðaqa;
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cyðbõa; õoeamcmeo, cocmogHue. A CJIOBO
allowance nepeB0- CHAPTER WII AHTCH Kavvpa3peueHue,• CKUÒKa; Jibeoma;
noc06ue.
     LIT06b1
npaBHJ1bHO nepeBecTH Tawre CJIOBa, HY>KHO HaüTH Well, there came a
happy day for Mrs Rawdon Crawley
         B
cJ10Bape TO 3HaqeHHe, KOTopoe COOTBeTCTByeT aaHHOMY when she was admitted into
the paradise: she was presented to the
               KOHTeKCTY.                                                                                Court
I
Sit Pitt and his lady drove up to the
house in Curzon Street. I nepoeawre co CJ10BapeM cneayon1He npea.noxeHHq: Sir
Pitt went into the house and soon came out again, leading a lady l) a term
with a hat with grand feathers, covered in a white shawl and holding
                a)
WII have three exams in this term.  up a train of magnificent brocade. And the
diamonds — "Where did

b)    To
translate special texts one must know the terms of   you get the
diamonds, Becky?" asked her husband.
                     the given field of knowledge.       "Why, you
silly man, " she said. "I hired them at Mr Polonius's,

c)     The
businessmen discussed the terms of a long-term in Coventry Street. " The
diamonds never went back, however, but agreement.were put into a little
box in an old desk where Becky kept a number of useful things about
which her husband knew nothing.
2)
to change
a)
Where can I change some dollars? b) He'd changed so
much that I could hardly recognize
A
few days after the famous presentation at the Court Lord c) She went home to
change for the theatre.    Steyne's carriage drove up to Mr Rawdon Crawley's
door. Becky
                    d)
There is no direct bus to the station, so I'll have to     came down to him
immediately.
change. "WI," said the old
gentleman, "you are becoming a lady of high society. But you won't last
for long; you have got no money. "
3)
to run     Her relative Briggs looked up from
the table at which she was a) He runs two hours running in the morning.       seated
in the other room and gave a deep sigh.
b)
Dr Brown ran his clinic together with his companion.
"If you don't send away that sheep-dog," said Lord Steyne
c)
This play has
been running for two years already.      looking at Briggs, "I will have
her poisoned. "
d)
The text runs as follows... "I can't send her away, "
Becky said after a pause in a very sad voice. "I have ruined her. Last
year when we were reduced to our last
Il Put the sentences in the right
order. guinea' she gave us everything. She shall
never leave me until I can pay her all." Her eyes filled with tears as she
spoke, and she turned
           l)
Amelia received a proposal from Mr Osborne in which he                                               away
her head.
                 offered to take the boy and make him his
heir.   "How much do you owe her?"
asked the Peer.

2) Amelia bought her son some books for
Christmas.       And Becky told him double the
amount which she had bor3) Amelia sacrificed herself and agreed to part with
her     rowed from Miss Briggs. That night Rebecca received a check for the son. amount
she had told Steyne.
4)
Mrs Sedley was angry with her daughter.            Leaving the
bank the next day, she stopped to buy a hand-
5)
During one of his visits to Dorinn's sisters Georgy metsome black
silk gown for Briggs, who was delighted to have it. Then his grandfather. she
went upstairs to the desk which Amelia Sedley had given her
6)
Amelia refused to give her son to Mr Osborne
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years ago and which contained a number of useful and valuable things. In
this private museum she put the money which a cashier had given her.
Vocabulary
a feather — nepo a train — brocade — napqa to hire — 6paTb
HanpoKaT a sheep-dog — OBqapKa to poison — OTPaBHTb to owe — 6b1Tb AOJIXHb1M to
borrow — OAUIXHBaTb y KOrO-JIH60
Notes
she was presented to the Court — OHa
6bIJ1a npeJvraBJ1eHa KO ABopy
Activities
I           Choose
the right item.
l) Mrs Rawdon Crawley

a)
divorced her husband.
b) was admitted to the high society.
c) left England.
3)
Rebecca
a)
hired the diamonds.
b)
bought the diamonds.
c)
stole the diamonds.
4)
Lord Steyne wanted Rebecca

a)
to poison Briggs.
b)
to send away
Briggs.
c)
to borrow money from Briggs.
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a)
kept the money, Lord Steyne had given her, to herself.
b)
gave all the money to Briggs.
c)
put the money to
a bank for Briggs's name.
5) Briggs

a)   was
angry with Rebecca.
b)   was
grateful to Rebecca for the dress.
c)
left Rebecca's
house.
Il          Speak
about the episode with Briggs.
CHAPTER xvlll
The Muse who inspires the author ofthis
Comic History, must now descend on the roof of John Sedley's house and describe
the events taking place there.
Amelia thinks and thinks of a way to
find some means of increasing the small income, on which the family has to
live. A thought comes over her which makes her blush: the curate could marry
her and give her a home with the boy.
But the memory of George makes her decide
against such a sacrifice. She writes a letter to her brother imploring him not
to cease his support to their parents. But when the money did not come (as it
turned out later not for her brother's fault) she realized that the child had
to go.
Soon Miss Osborne in Russell Square
received a letter from Amelia who told her the reasons which had made her
change her mind respecting the boy. She wrote that no matter how great her
sufferings would be at the parting with him, she would stand them for the boy's
sakel. She knew that those to whom he was going would do all in their power to
make him happy.
"What! Mrs Pride has come down, has she?" old
Osborne said when Miss Osborne read him the letter. "Get the boy's room
ready and send that woman some money.

4) Rebecca

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      Indeed I have no heart2, to describe George's last days at home.
At last the day of his departure came.
The carriage drove up; George was in his new suit. He didn't care for the
change. He was anxious for it. The child goes away smiling as the mother breaks
her heart. Indeed, it is pitiful how common is the unrequited love of women for
children in Vanity Fair.
Vocabulary
a muse — MY3a to inspire — BAOXHOBJTflTb a curate — BHKapHii,
MnaA111Hiá CBBIUeHHMK to implore — YMOJIHTb to cease — npeKpa1_uaTb,
rlPHOCTaHaBJIHBaTb to come down — 3ð. H3MeHHTb CBOK) 1103H1.UffO K
JlY'HLueMY unrequited — 6e30TBeTHaq, Hepa3aeJ1eHHaq
Notes
 for the boy's sake — paAH MW1bHHKa
2 I have no heart — y MeHH He XBaTaeT ayxa
Activities
Say whether these statements are true or false. Correct them if they are false.
l) Amelia wanted to marry a curate because she liked him.
2)
She didn't marry him because she couldn't forget her husband.
3)
Joseph Sedley
didn't cease to support his parents.
4)
Amelia agreed to part with her son because she didn't  have
enough money to bring him up.
5)
She was afraid that Georgy's relatives wouldn't take a good care
of him.
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6)
Mr Osborne was glad that his daughter-in-law had  changed
her mind respecting the boy.
7) He didn't give her money after she had
agreed to send him the boy.
8) Georgy cried when he was leaving home
because he  didn't want to go away.
9)
Amelia broke her heart parting with her son.
10)
Unrequited love
of mothers for children is quite uncommon in Vanity Fair.
CHAPTER XIX
After Becky's appearance at Lord Steyne's
private parties she was officially accepted in society. Some of the very
tallest doors were speedily opened to her — doors so great and tall, that the
reader and writer may hope in vain to enter at them. She became a constant
guest of the French Embassy where no party was considered to be complete
without the presence of the charming Madame Rawdon Crawley. His Excellencyl
Prince of Peterwaradin declared in public that a lady, who could talk anddance
like Mrs Rawdon, was fit to be an ambassadress at any court in Europe.
This shows the reader that by not
spending much money and by scarcely paying anybody people can manage to make a
great show with very little means.
Rawdon Crawley was afraid of these
triumphs. They seemed to separate his wife further than ever from him. Yhen the
hour of departure from the Prince's house came, Rawdon put his wife in a
carriage. Mr "½nham a friend of his, had proposed to walk him home.
After a short while, a person came up to the men and touching Rawdon on the
shoulder said, "Excuse me, Colonel. I wish to speak to you. " Rawdon
knew at once that he had fallen in the hands of the bailiffs.
"It's you, Moss," said the
Colonel, who recognized his interlocutor. "How much is it?"
"One hundred and sixty-six, "
whispered Mr Moss.
"Lend me the money,  for God's
sake," implored poor Rawdon. But his friend said "no" and walked
away. Crawley was taken away in a cab.
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Lord Steyne was extremely
kind towards the Crawley family. He extended his good will to little Rawdon
and provided the money to send the boy to a good school.
Having settled little Rawdon, Lord
Steyne decided that the family's expenses might be diminished by the departure
of Miss Briggs and that Becky was clever enough to take the management of her
own house. We read in the previous chapter that the benevolent nobleman had
given his protégée money to pay off her debt to Briggs, who
however, still remained at the Crawley's house. Therefore, my lord came to the
painful conclusion that Mrs Crawley used her money some other way. He was
determined to find out the truth and one day when Mrs Crawley had gone out to
drive, dropped in upon the Curzon Street house, asked Briggs for a cup of
coffee and in five minutes found out that Mrs Rawdon had given her nothing
except a black silk gown, for which miss Briggs was very grateful.
"What a little devil she is!"
thought Lord Steyne. His lordship's admiration for Becky rose immeasurably at
this proof of her cleverness. He laughed to himself at this artless story. Lord
asked Rebecca about it on the very first occasion when he met her alone. Becky
was only a little confused and in an instant made up a story which she
presented to her patron.
"Ah, my Lord, " she said,
"it was my husband who took all the money. He told me he had paid Miss
Briggs and I did not dare to doubt him. " And she burst into tears.
In the meantime, Rawdon found himselfa
prisoner away from home.
Vocabulary
in vain — TilleTHO, HanpacH0 fit — 3ð.
aoc•roiiHb1ii a bailiff — cyae6Hb1ü npHcTaB interlocutor — c06eceAHHK to
extend — pacnpocTpaH¶Tb benevolent — 6JuarOCKJIOHHb1ü
protégée (d)P.) — npoTexe; 3ð. MOJIOXaq XeHLUMHa, Haxoamuaqcq
non
YbHM-TO 110KPOBHTeJ1bCTBOM
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my lord — MHJIOPA to doubt —
COMHeBaTbC¶
Notes
His Excellency — Ero TIPeBOCXOAHTeJ1bCTBO
Activities
I franslate the words in brackets
using the words and word-combinations in the box to make sentences complete.

in
vain to come to the conclusion to be fit immeasurably interlocutor proof to
extend toburst into tears protégée on the occasion

1)
The fields ( npocTHpaJIHcb) far beyond the horizon.
2)
A criminalist tried to find (AOKa3aTeJ1bCTBO) of the fault of the
suspect (110A03peBaeMbIñ).
3)
(110 cayqmo) of the 10th anniversary of establishing the
relations between Russia and Somalia there was a great reception in the
Somalian embassy.
4)
I learned that my (C06ee•eAHHK) was a famous author of detective
novels.
5)
A little boy (pacnnaKa.ncg), when his balloon flew away in the
sky.
6)
I don't doubt that she is a (npoTexe) of the chief producer. She
has made a very prompt career.
7)
The opportunities for entertainment in Moscow (HeH3MePHMO) higher
than in small towns.
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8)
Amelia (TUIeTHO) waited for the money from her brotherin-law.
9)
The commission (npmn.ma K BblBOm that the bargain was illegal.
10)
I'm sure that this group (AOCTOÜHa) to present Russia at the
Eurovision.
Il     Imagine
that you are:

1) Rebecca. Speak about your success in the society. 2) Rawdon Crawley. Speak
about your arrest.
CHAPTER XX
Rawdon was driven to Mr Moss's
mansion and immediately takeno his room.
Upon awaking the next morning, Rawdon
wrote the following note:
"DEAR BECKY
"Last night I was arrested by Moss. He
wants a hundred-andseventy pounds. We must have the sum to-night.
Yours
"P.S.
Hurry and come.
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Three hours, he calculated, would be the
time required, before Becky should arrive and open his prison doors. But the
day passed away and no one arrived. Towards the evening, this note arrived:
"MON PA WRE CHER PETITI
"I instantly went out to find someone who would lend me the money
but Ifound nobody. I drove home andfound Steyne there and I beured him to give
me two hundredpounds. He went away andpromised he would send it to me in the
morning when I will bring it to my poor old monster with a kissfrom his
affectionate
BECKY. " "P.S. I am writing
in bed. Oh, I have such a headache and such a heartache!"
Rawdon read this letter and all his
suspicions returned. She did not want even go out and sell her trinkets to free
him. He wrote a short letter to his sister-in-law, explaining his situation and
begging his dear brother and sister to come to him and release him from prison. Lady Jane arrived
promptly at the prison, the bills of Mr Moss were settled and Jane carried away
Rawdon home from the bailiff's house.
It was nine o'clock when Rawdon arrived
home to find Steyne hanging over the sofa on which Rebecca sat. Becky screamed
as she caught sight of Rawdon's angry face. "I am innocent, Rawdon. Say I
am innocent," she applied to Lord Steyne.
"You innocent!" Steyne screamed
out. "Every trinket you nave on your body is paid for by me! Make way,
sir, and let me pass, " and Lord Steyne seized up his hat and with flame
in his eyes marched upon Rawdon.
But Rawdon struck the Peer twice over
the face and seized Rebecca by her arm. "Come upstairs," he ordered
his wife. "Show me what he has given you. "
"No, he has given me nothing!" cried Becky.
But Rawdon, not
believing her, forced her to go upstairs with him where he found the old desk
in which Rebecca kept the love-let60
ters, trinkets and bank-notes. One was quite a fresh one
for a thousand pounds that Lord Steyne had just given her.
"Did he give you this?" Rawdon asked.
"Yes, " Rebecca had to answer.
"I'll send it to him
to-day," Rawdon said, "and I will pay Briggs and some ofthé
debts. You might have spared me2 a hundred pounds, Becky out of all of this.
"
"I am innocent," repeated Becky.
And he left her without another word.
Vocabulary
a mansion — OC06HflK a trinket — 6e3Aenyurva to release —
OCB060X,aaTb to settle — 3ð. onnaqHBaTb innocent — HeBMHHb1h, HeBHHOBHb1M
to seize — CXBaTHTb
Notes
Mon pauvre cher petit (Øp.) — MOM
6eAHb1iá MUIb11L1
2 You might have spared
me — Tbl Morna 6b1 He noxaneTb    MeHH

Activities
I       Put the sentences in the
right order.
1)
Rebecca wrote a note to her husband.
2)
Colonel Rawdon was driven to Mr Moss's mansion.
3) Rawdon arrived home
and found Lord Steyne with his wife.
4)
Rawdon wrote a letter to Lady Jane explaining the situation.
5)
Rawdon struck the peer over the face.
6)
Rawdon asked Rebecca to find a hundred-and-seventy pounds.
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7)
Lady Jane settled Rawdon's bills and carried him away.
8)
Rebecca wanted to convince her husband that she was innocent.
9)
Rawdon hoped that Rebecca would free him.
10)     Rawdon
forced Rebecca to go upstairs and show him her secret box.
Il          Describe
the scene in Crawley's house.
CHAPTER XXI
Georgy Osborne was now established
in his grandfather's mansion in Russell Square. His good looks and
gentleman-like manners won the grandfather's heart for him. Mr Osborne was as
proud of him as he had been ofhis son George. The
old man looked very high for little George's future prospects. He will make a
gentleman ofthe little lad, was Mr Osborne's constant saying regarding his
grandson. He saw him a Parliament man — a Baronet, perhaps.
 When they met at dinner the grandfather
used to ask the boy what he had been reading during the day, and was greatly
interested at the report Georgy gave of his studies, pretending to understand.
The old man made a hundred mistakes and showed his ignorance many times. It did
not increase the respect which the child had for his senior, and he began to
command him and to look down upon him. His previous education at his mother's
home, limited as it had been, had made a much better gentleman of Georgy than
any plans of his grandfather could make him.
One day as Georgy with other
pupils were sitting in the study at the Reverend house , a carriage drove up to
the door and two gentlemen stepped out. A young boy came into the study and
said, "Two gentlemen want to see the young
Mister Osborne." Georgy went into the reception-room and saw two
strangers. One was fat with moustache, and the other was thin and tall.
"Can you guess who we are, George?" said the tall man.
The boy's eyes brightened. "I don't know the other,
" he said,
"but I think you must be Major Dobbin. "
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Indeed it was our old friend. His voice
trembled as he greeted the boy.
"Did
your mother talk with you about me?" he asked.
"Yes,"
Georgy answered. "Hundreds and hundreds of times. "
Perhaps the reader has guessed who the
fat gentleman was. It was our old acquaintance Jos Sedley. He had passed ten
years in India. Now he was coming home with a considerable sum of money and
with a good pension.
Major Dobbin and Jos had travelled home
together. Magor came on board very sick and nothing could cheer him. Many nights
they would sit on the deck talking about home. In these conversations it was
amazing how the Major would manage to bring the talk round to the subject of
Amelia. During one conversation Dobbin said he thought he was dying; he had
left a little something to his grandson in his will and he hoped Mrs Osborne
would remember him kindly and be happy in the marriage she was about to make.
"Marriage?" Jos was surprised.
He said he had heard from herl but she made no mention of marriage. And, by the
way, she wrote, that Major Dobbin was going to be
married and hoped that he would be happy.
At these words Major Dobbin's gaiety and
strength returned to him and were such as to astonish all his
fellow-passengers. God knows how his heart beat as Southhampton came in sight.
Vocabulary
to establish — YCTpaMBaTb, 110CeJIHTb
to pretend — 11PHTBOPHTbCq moustache — YCb1 to cheer — pa3BeceJMTb, rupH060apMTb
Notes
he had heard from her— OH TIO.TIYMWI OT Hee 11HCbMO
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Activities
TaKHe CJIOBa, Bœrpeqamuuecq B 3TOVf rnaBe, KaKprospect
— nepcnecmuea, pretend —
Hb1MH APY3bHMH nepeB0A"HKa» , TaK KaK OHM He
06JIerqaK)T nepeB0A, a 3aTPY'AHH10T ero. [IPH ryepeB0Ae TaKHX CJIOB HY'XHO
TIOJTb30BaTbCS1 CJ10BapeM H Bb16HPaTb TO 3HaqeHHe, KOTOPOe
HOAXOAHT K aaHHOMY KOHTeKCTY.
I          Translate
the sentences using the dictionary.
l) Look at the figure on page 5.
2)
An old gypsy was telling a fortune by the lines on the palm.
3)
The child was very delicate and required great care.
4)
"I sympathize with your grief (rope) and want to do my best
to help you, " said her friend.
5)
The boy is quite young but very intelligent.
6)
This woman has beautiful hair and fine complexion.
7)
He works as a compositor in a publishing house.
8)
I don't know the actual reasons of his refusal.
9)
Two decades have passed since we finished school.
Il         Choose
the right item.
l) Georgy Osborne lived now

 a) with his mother.
b)     with
his grandfather.
c)      at
a boarding-school.
2)
Mr Osborne
a)
was proud of his grandson.
b)
disliked him.
c)
was Indifferent to him.
3)
Georgy

a)
commanded his grandfather.
b)
was afraid of his grandfather.
c)
admired him.
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4)
One day
a)
Amelia came to visit her son.
b)
Major Dobbin and Jos Sedley came to see Georgy.
c)
two strangers came to see Mr Osborne.
5)
Dobbin

a)
had forgotten Amelia.
b)
thought that Amelia was going to get married.
c)
didn't want to speak about Amelia.
6)
Georgy was
a)
Dobbin's nephew.
b)
Joseph's
grandson.
c)
Dobbin's godson.
Ill      Play out the dialogue between Dobbin and Jos (see
the last part of the chapter).
CHAPTER XXII
Every minute of his last meeting with
Amelia was present in the Major's mind as he walked towards her house. He could
hear the beating of his own heart. Dobbin knocked on the door.
 "Does Mrs Osborne live here?"
he asked. The maid, Mrs Clapp, informed him that Amelia was out in the garden
with her father and showed him the way.
Old Sedley was sitting on a bench talking with his
daughter.
"News! News!" cried Mrs Clapp. "He's come! Look
there." Amelia looked and saw Dobbin's thin figure walking across the grass.
She blushed and came running towards him, her hands stretching before her. He
took the two little hands and was speechless for a moment.
"I have another arrival to
announce," he said, after a long pause.
"Mrs Dobbin?" Amelia asked, making a movement back.
"No, " he said, letting her
hands go. "Who told you those lies? I'm talking about your brother Jos! He
came in the same ship with me and has come home to make you happy!'

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and four days
later the old man died.
When the will was opened, it was
found that halfthe property was left to George and an amount of five hundred
pounds was left to Amelia "who was to resume the guardianship of the boy.
"
Amelia was grateful for the
fortune left to her by her father-inlaw. But when she heard that Georgy was
returned to her and learned what role William Dobbin had played in it and how
he supported her in her poverty. she fell on her knees and prayed for his kind
heart.

   Amelia was very happy, smiling and
  active all that evening. Dobbin's eyes followed her as they sat in the
  twilight. How many

Notes

times had he longed for
  that moment, and thought of her gentle and

the
  reconciliation was never destined to take place — npMMqpeHHK) He

happy — as he saw her now.
When Mr Sedley fell asleep in his chair, Amelia had the opportunity to
  talk to Dobbin in private exclusively about himself and

cyxaeH0 6WIO COBeP111HTbcq

Georgy. Soon after that day the old man
  died. Life and disappoint-

Activities

ment and vanity sank away from under him.

I

Find in the
  text the antonyms to the following words and word-combinations.
To be absent, backwards, to be in,
  talkative (pa3r0BOP¼HBb1iÍ) ,

The Major's position as Georgy's godfather,
  made some meet-

 departure, different, the truth, in the daytime, to wake
  up, in

ings between Mr Osborne and himself
  inevitable. More than once,

public, joys, to quarrel, to cease,
  ungrateful, wealth, wicked

he asked the Major about Mrs George
  Osborne. The Major told him ofAmelia's sufferings. "You don't know what
  she endured, sir," said

(MOM).

honest Dobbin. "I hope you will be
  reconciled to her. Ifshe took your

Il

Make up sentences with the words from the vocabulary and give them

son away from you, she gave hers to you.
  "
This reconciliation was never, however, destined to take
  placel
One day, a servant found Mr Osborne lying
  on the floor of his room,

to each other in Russian, then translate them into English.

Vocabulary
twilight — cytMepKH to long for smth
— CTpaCTHO XeJ1aTb qero-JIH60 in private — HaeAHHe inevitable -— HeH36eXHbIh to
endure — BblHOCHTb, TepneTb to reconcile — rlPHMHPHTbCH property —
C06CTBeHHOCTb poverty — 6eAHOCTb, HMIUeTa
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CHAPTER XX111
A few weeks passed and Amelia, Georgy,
Jos and William Dobbin decided to take a summer tour. It was at the little
comfortable town of Pumpernickel. They had arrived with the carriage at the
best hotel of the town.
The next day there was a piano
concert in the Court theatre. There were many Englishmen in the house.
Tapeworm, Chargé d 'Affairesl , recognized Dobbin, came
over from his box and publicly shook hands with his friend.

"This lady is Mrs George Osborne," said the Major,
"and this is her brother, Mr Sedley, a distinguished officer of the Bengal
Civil Service: permit me to introduce him to Your Lordship2. "
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My lord nearly sent Jos off his legs
with the most fascinating smile. "Are you going to stop in
Pumpernickel?" he said. "It is a dull place but we have some nice
people here, and we will try and make it quite agreeable to you. "
Such polite behaviour
of Lord Tapeworm did not fail to have3 a favourable effect upon Jos Sedley.
Next morning at breakfast, he declared that Pumpernickel was the pleasantest of
all the places he had visited on their tour and that he decided to spend the
autumn there.
Public balls were
given at the Town Ha114 and there was a room for the game of roulette. Jos
entered the room and came up to a playtable; he was no gambler, however he
wanted a little excitement. He had some napoleons in his pocket of his
waistcoat. He put down one over the shoulder of a little gambler in front of
him. She moved to make room5 for him by her side. She had fair hair, a long dress
with a low decollété and a black mask on.
" Sit here and give me good
luck, " she said in a foreign accent. He sat down. "You do not play
to win," said the stranger. "Neither do I. I play to forget, but I
cannot. I cannot forget old times. But you have not changed. "
"Good God, who are you?" Jos asked.
"Can 't you guess, Joseph
Sedley?" said the little woman taking off her mask. "You have
forgotten me. '
"Good heavens! Mrs Crawley!" cried out Jos.
"l am staying at the Elephant,"
Becky said. "Come and visit me. " And Rebecca got up from the
play-table and left.
Vocabulary
distinguished — AOCTOVIHb1VI
fascinating — 06BOPOXMTeAbHb1ii favourable — 6J1aronpHHTHb1ii a napoleon —
Hanone0Huop•, (þpaHLIY3cvvaq 30J10Taq MOHe•ra B 20 d)paHKOB
Notes
chargé d'araires —
110BepeHHb1Vå B ne,'lax
2
Your Lordship —
Bama CBeTJIOCTb
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3
did not fail to
have — ovva3aJI
4
Town Hall — pawma
5
to make room —
OCB060AHTb MeCTO
Activities
I          Answer
the questions to the text.

I) S¼ere did Amelia and the company go for a summer tour?
2)
Whom did Dobbin introduce Amelia and Jos to?
3)
Lord Taper-worm was very polite to Jos, wasn't he?
4)
Where were the public balls given?
5)
Was Jos a gambler?
6)
How did the woman in front of Jos look?
7)
Wiat did she want
Joseph to do?
8)
Who was that woman?
9)
Do you think she was sincere? 10) Where did she stay?
Il          Imagine that you are Jos
Crawley. Tell us about the incident in the game-room.
CHAPTER XXIV
The day after the meeting at the
play-table, Jos decided to go tothe Elephanthotel. After asking Rebecca's room
number, he began to climb the stairs; her room was on the last floor. When Jos
arrived, the door of room 92 opened, and Becky's little head peeped out.

'"It's you," she said coming
out. "How I've been waiting for you!" And she led Jos into her room.
"What a comfort it is to see the
frank honest face of an old friend. I would have recognized you anywhere,"
she continued. "A woman never forgets some things. And you were the first
man I ever ... I ever saw.'
Rebecca complained to Joseph of her
life and of the people who had made her suffer. She told him what a true wife
and the fondest mother she was and he believed her.
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They had a long and friendly talk, in the
course ofwhich, Jos Sedley learned that Becky's heart was beating quicker at
his presence and that she had never stopped to think about him from the very
first day she had seen him.
Jos went away, convinced that she was
the most virtuous and one ofthe most fascinating women, and thinking ofall the
ways he could help her. She ought to return to society ofwhich she was an
ornament.
When Major Dobbin heard from Jos of his
sentimental adventure he commented, "That little devil brings trouble
wherever she goes. "
Jos couldn't convince him that Mrs Becky
was a most injured and virtuous female. But he managed to convince Amelia, who
had a soft heart, that Rebecca was very unhappy, poor and unprotected. And
the kind woman rushed to help her friend.
     The two women talked for hours.
ThenAmelia finally returned home.
"WI?" asked her brother.
"The poor dear creature, how she
has suffered!" Emmy said. "She may have Payne's room and Payne can go
up-stairs." Payne was her English maid.
"You mean to say that you are going
to have that woman in this house?" cried Major Dobbin. "Don't forget,
she was not always your friend, " he reminded.
The allusion was too much for Emmy who
angrily said, "For shame, Major Dobbin! You insulted my husband's memory,
and I will never forgive you. Never!"
"It's not these words that distutb
you," said the Major. "That is only the pretext because I have loved
you for fifteen years and you have always ignored me. I am leaving. Good-bye,
Amelia. I have spent enough of my life in this play. "
Amelia stood scared and silent as
William left. He had placed himself at her feet so long that she accustomed to
trample upon him. She did not want to marry him but she wanted to keep him.
This is a common case in love in Vanity Fair.
Vocabulary
to peep out — BblCOBbIBaTbCH frank —
OTKPb1Tb1ii, ucKpeHHHii 71
fond — Hex--lblñ,
nr06fl1_uwiá injured — paHeHb1ìi•, 3ð.
06HXeHHaq,nocrrpaaaBu_fflfl a female — *CHUIHHa; caMKa an allusion — HaMeK a
pretext —- npewuor to scare — nyraTb to trample — TorrraTb
Activities
I     Fill in the blanks
with the words and word-combinations from the box.

to convince virtuous
  comfort         female

to suffer injured fond to remind fascinating a pretext

 l) Rebecca   Joseph
of their meetings.
2)
His wife is a woman. I alwavs admire her.
3)
True love always makes people but it makes them happy, too.
4)
Nothing
could her that her son had committed a crime.
5)
She wanted to divorce her husband for a long time and his
departure was just
6)
7)
Amelia was a ficed herself for her son.
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8)
The future writer was brought up by a poorly educated but a kind
and woman.

9)
After the train crash there were many passengers.

10)
She is sick and lonely and her granddaughter is her only in
life.
Il         Ask
each other questions about the chapter.
CHAPTER XXV
Rebecca found herself
suddenly and unexpectedly in comfor-table surroundings. In the course of a
week, Jos was her slave and frantic admirer.
As for Emmy, Becky talked to her
perpetually about Major Dobbin. Emmy was very unhappy after William had left
her. She grew pale and ill. William had written to her once or twice since his
departure, but in a manner so cold, that the poor woman felt that she had lost
her power over him.
At last Amelia took a great resolution —
she wrote a letter to Dobbin.
The same afternoon, Becky came to Amelia for a cup of tea.
'I want to talk," she said. "You
must have a husband, you fool. "
"1 tried," said Amelia, "but I can't forget George,"
"Can't forget him!" cried out
Becky. "That selfish humbug! He never loved you. He used to sneer about
you to me. He made love to me the week after he married you. "
"It's a lie!" cried out Amelia.
"Look here, you fool,"
Becky said. "Read this. You know his handwriting. He wanted me to run away
with him — gave it to me under your nose the day before he was shot. And served
him right I !
Emmy did not hear her; she was looking at
the letter. "There is nothing to keep me now, " she thought.
"»,éll, let us get pen and ink and write
to Dobbin this minute, " Becky said.
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"I wrote to him this morning," Emmy said blushing. Becky screamed
with laughter.
Two mornings after this little scene,
Amelia took a walk with Georgy on the quay.
"Look, mother, there's the smoke of
a steamer," said Georgy. The ship came nearer and nearer. As they went to
meet her2 at the quay, Emmy's knees trembled so, that she scarcely could run.
She wanted to kneel down and say her prayers of thanks.
Georgy had a
telescope and looked at the vessel. "There's a man in a cloak with a —
Hooray! — It's Dob!" and he flung his arms round his mother.
What took place then was briefly this:
Amelia with her two little hands stretched out went up to him, and in the next
minute she had disappeared under the folds of his cloak. She was saying
something like — Forgive me — dear William — kiss, kiss and so forth.
"It was high time-3 you sent for me, dear Amelia, " he said.
"Don't ever go again, William.'
"No, never," he
answered and pressed her once more to his heart.
When Colonel Dobbin left the service
after his marriage, he rented a pretty little country place not far from
Queen's Crawley. Lady Jane and Dobbin became great friends. Mrs Rawdon
Crawley's name was never mentioned by either family. Mr Joseph Sedley seemed to
be entirely her slave. Dobbin never saw his fat friend again. Three months
afterwards Joseph Sedley died. It was found that all his property had been lost
in speculations. His Excellency Colonel Rawdon Crawley died of yellow fever at
Coventry Island six weeks before the death of his brother Sir Pitt. The estate
passed to his son Georgy who refused to see his mother. His mother, Rebecca,
seems to be very wealthy. Emmy, her children and Colonel Dobbin found
themselves suddenly before her at a Fancy Fair; she said nothing but lowered
her eyes, as they quickly started away from her.
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Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum!4 which of us is
happy in this world? Wiich of us has what we desire? or having it is satisfied?
— Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is over.
Vocabulary
frantic — BOCTOPXeHHb1V1 perpetually — nocTOHHHO a humbug —
06MaH111HK a quay — [IPHCTaHb a fold — CK-naAKa a Fancy Fair — MacKapaa a
puppet — KYK-na, MaPHOHeTKa
Notes
 served him right — rroneJ10M eMY!
2
to meet her — e
aH¿quÙCKOM H3b1Ke c.aogo ship (KOPa6J1b) aenaemcH
cyugecmeume'1bHb1M .yceHCKoeo poòa
3
It was high time
— AaBHO nopa 6bVIO
4
¼nitas
sanitatum (mm.) — cyeTa cyeT
Activities
Match the words from the left column with the words
from the right column to make proper combinations.
franticright to lowerarms to growa box yellowadmirer
comfortable eyes to servepale to flungpower to
findsurroundings to shut uponeself to lose       fever
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Revision exercises
1        Say which of the statements are true or false.
Correct them ifthey are false.
l) The story is set in the USA in the 19th century.
2)
George Osborne was killed at the Waterloo.
3)
Rebecca Sharp wants only to get married and have many children.
4)
Amelia is very vain, she is a social climber.
5)
Rawdon Crawley marries Rebecca because his father forced him to
marry her.
6)
William Dobbin has a bad influence on little Georgy.
 7) Lord Steyne gives Rebecca money and
position.
8) Amelia suffered very much but
finally she finds her happiness.
Il     Speak about one of the
characters of the book.
Contents
06 amope..                                                                                .
3
Chapter I .         4 Activities ....
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Chapter
Chapter 111 ..... Activities
Chapter IV. .....
Activities
Chapter V
Activities ..... Chapter VI —
Chapter VII .
Activities
ChapterV111.....
Chapter IX....
Activities ..... .... .....
Chapter X
Activities
Chapter XI....33
 Activities ...........                                                   .36
Chapter XII.                                                                               ...36
......39
Chapter XIII
Activities —
ChapterXIV.......
Activities
Chapter XV......
Activities ..... .....
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