【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E02 - 11

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V – Valentine Wannop

W – Mrs. Wannop

W: I wanted to write about the Women's Bill, but the editor said, "Oh dear Mrs Wannop, our readers already know that the Lords¹ are going to chuck it back. What they have no grasp of is the Balkan crisis²."

V: Where did you get all this from?

W: Christopher Tietjens.

V: Oh, you spoke³ to Mr Tietjens? Is he an expert on the Balkan situation? I suppose he is.

W: Because his father boodled me into this job in the first place having shares in the paper, it would reflect very badly on him if I were to make a bish of this article. Not to mention losing five guineas a week. Oh, bother it! I meant to say that Serbia has no more right to demand access to the sea than Berkshire. Christopher, of course.

V: Well, it's men waving their spears⁴. As if war were only about maps. Now, time's up. I'm expected with Mrs Duchemin. So it's in the box!