she chooses her wardrobe? Would Mrs. Miller describe her metamorphosis
from 'sex bomb' into 'intellectual'? Does Mrs., Miller still have serious thoughts about The Brothers Kara- mazov? Meanwhile Mrs. Miller came in not quite but very nearly unnoticed with Sir Laurence Olivier and took her seat on the platform. Without so much as a wiggle she made a most favourable impression; she is extraordinarily pretty but her air is quiet and well bred, and (although she doesn't look exactly like the girl next door) she certainly isn't the kind of young woman people would whistle after in the street. The flashiness is all for the posed pictures. So much for the build- up. But as I listened to the desultory question-and-answer that comes and goes on such occasions, I noticed that Sir Laurence didn't have to help her a bit (except perhaps when ,she asked him what 'emolument' meant and she can't be blamed for not knowing that pompous word) and decided that she was in fact as intelligent as she was pleasant as she was pretty. She mildly stroked her nylon shin as someone asked the umpteenth ques- tion: 'How would you define the American way of life?' She looked up, leant forward and said : 'Urn. Well. How would you define the English way of life?' A great success, this Mrs. Miller, and I'm sorry for all those readers of The Times who haven't been allowed to learn of her arrival on these shores.
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