No Rules (10) Revised
The sun rises as usual, even though I feel empty… Who knocks? Could it be…? The knocking persists. Anya must be back! I walk to the door slowly, calming myself down/as I calm myself down and open it. Mr. Hennessy… That's a great disappointment.He asks me in excitement, “Joe, is it true? Did you really get the Princess story?” Even though I deny it strongly, he goes on to ask question after question. Then, Irving bursts in carrying a large envelope /with a large envelope and say, “Joe.! Man, wait till you see these!” Oh, no! Irving! Why do you come up now of all of times? Don’t go up to Mr. Hennessy! I have no choice. I throw my drink all over Irving and say to him, “You’d better come in here, in the bathroom and dry your pants off.” Protesting, he asks me, ”Did you tell him about Smitty?” Oh, hell! “Keep quiet till Mr. Hennessy and I are finished talking.” I say to Mr. Hennessy, “Yesterday at noon, I thought I had a lead, but I was wrong! That’s all there is to it! There is no story.” Mr. Hennessy finally leaves.Irving asks me, “Have we had a better offer?” I don’t know how to explain the situation to him, but barely say/manage to say, “.Well, in regard to the story that goes with these; there is no story.” He seems to have understood me. He pauses for a moment and says, “The pictures came out pretty well.” He proudly spreads them on my bed. My eyes are glued to them. Great, Irving! We starts thinking about what captions to use: “Her First Cigarette,” “The Mouth of Truth,” “Barber cuts in,” “The Wall Where Wishes Come True,” “Police Inspects Princess” and “Crowned Head.” After that, I notice/realize/get aware of my real feelings toward her… My enthusiasm disappears. He says to me, “She’s fair game. Joe. It’s always open season on princesses,” as he shakes my shoulders, he goes on to say, “You must be out of your mind!” No wonder he thinks so. “Yeah, I know but, er, look I can’t prevent you from selling the pictures if you want. You’ll get a good price for them.” He seems disgusted and gathers his masterpieces up and goes out the door. Irving, I’m so sorry, I do admire your great skills as a photographer, but I can’t stop loving her… I can’t betray her-Today’s Study from Chuck-san’s comments-# “deny” is a transitive verb# I must be careful in using a Japanese-English Dictionary, especially if there are no example sentences. The word “now” refers to a point in time, so I need to use “of all times.” If I refer to a person, I need to say “of all people/of all men/of all men as in “Why did you marry Mary of all women?” “Why did Americans elect such a dangerous man as president of all men?” and “Why did such a demagogue of all people get elected to be prime minister? If you refer to a place, you should use “of all places” as in “Why did you to such a rip-off bar of all places?”# be finished …ing” is used interchangeably with “have finished …ing.# Don’t mix these collocations up: I admire your talent as a photographer/I admire you for your talent as a photographer/I admire your talent for photography. # Note the nuance between the word “talent” and the word “skills.”