The Line of Least Resistance — VOA Learning English
Topics: класика
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Our story today is called "The Line of Least Resistance.” It was written by Edith Wharton. Here is Larry West with the story.
Mister Mindon returned home for lunch. His wife Millicent was not at home. The servants did not know where she was.
Mister Mindon sat alone at the table in the garden. He ate a small piece of meat and drank some mineral water. Mister Mindon always ate simple meals, because he had problems with his stomach. Why then did he keep a cook among his servants? Because his wife Millicent liked to invite her friends to big dinners and serve them rare and expensive food and wine.
Mister Mindon did not enjoy his wife's parties. Millicent complained that he did not know how to…
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