Julia’s+friends+and+the+circle+of+her+acquaintance.

Julia was a rather popular person in the society, but notwithstanding her popularity the circle of her acquaintance was rather narrow. We can’t say that Evie was Julia’s close friend, but living in the world of acting full of flattering and hypocrisy Julia needed a person with whom she could be perfectly frankly. She was not afraid to be vulgar with her. Even the language of Julia was another when she was talking to her maid. In the company of she could show her real nature. Julia knew that Evie wouldn’t lie to her and that she had always told what she thought. “ "You're so damned unromantic, Evie. Just because I'm not a chorus girl you can't understand why anyone should send me flowers. And God knows, I've got better legs than most of them." "You and your legs," said Evie.” (ch.10). But though Evie was always ready to tell Julia all the truth she never tried to teach or judge her. She had seen all the love affair of Julia and Tom but never said a word to Julia about it. She just did her job well and loved Julia in her own way: “You can say what you like, Mr. Gosselyn, but no one's going to maid Miss Lambert as long as I've got me health and strength”. (ch. 10). In the company of Charles Julia felt herself a real woman, his love flattered her. For him she was almost a Goddess. After several years of communication he became rather close to Julia. With him she sought to be neither gay nor brilliant, she was tender and wistful. He was always ready to give her his helping hand. Julia could ask him for an advice but he never imposed his opinion to her and that was for what Julia loved him. **//__ Mrs. de Vries __//** was a widow, brie was a short stout woman with a fine Jewish nose and fine Jewish eyes, a great deal of energy, a manner at once effusive and timid, and a somewhat virile air. She had a passion for the stage and she had a passion for Julia and admired her. Julia accepted the flowers with which Dolly de Vries filled her flat and her dressing-room, she was properly delighted with the presents she gave her, bags, vanity cases, brooches; but Dolly’s generosity was due to anything but admiration for her talent. When Julia fall in love with Tom Fennel people began gossiped. When this gossip reached the ears of Dolly de Vries she wanted to tell Julia about them. But even after all these years she was a little frightened of Julia. Her attempt to make the situation clear led Dolly to Julia’s distrust. We can’t say that Dolly was a really close friend for Julia, she liked her in her own way but she couldn’t trust her. She tried to hide some facts from her and never took her advice seriously. She needed her money and her connections.  And even after her triumph on the last night when Dolly gave “a heavenly party” for her Julia didn’t come there.  Notwithstanding being a popular actress rounded by a great number of people Julia lived her life along and so she celebrated her victory, seating unknown and unnoticed in the quiet corner of the restaurant. Julia herself was her closest friend…
 * Julia’s friends and the circle of her acquaintance. **
 * //__Evie__//** was Julia’s dresser and maid. She had come to her first at Middlepool. She was a cockney, a thin, raddled, angular woman, with red hair which was always untidy and looked as if it much needed washing, two of her front teeth were missing but, notwithstanding Julia's offer to provide her with new ones she would not have them replaced.
 * //__ Charles Tamerley __//** was Julia’s close friend. In contradistinction to Evie he was a person from a high society. He looked very well-bred, which indeed he was, and he had exquisite manners. He was an amateur of the arts. He was madly in love with Julia, but for her he was a source of spiritual development. He went to see her act several times and compared her performance with his recollections of the great foreign actresses. He took her to the National Gallery, and the Tate, and the British Museum, and she really enjoyed it almost as much as she said. He liked to impart information and she was glad to receive it.