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She took a taxi to Tavistock Square. She was pleased with herself. She was
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She took a taxi to Tavistock Square. She was pleased with herself. She was
doing a good action. It would be wonderful for him in after years to be able to
tell his wife and children that Julia Lambert had been to tea with him when
he was just a little insignificant clerk in an accountant's office. And she had
been so simple and so natural. No one to hear her prattling away would have
guessed that she was the greatest actress in England. And if they didn't believe
him he'd have her photograph to prove it, signed yours sincerely. He'd laugh
and say that of course if he hadn't been such a kid he'd never have had the
cheek to ask her.
When she arrived at the house (когда она подъехала к дому) and had paid off the
taxi (и расплатилась за такси) she suddenly remembered (она внезапно
вспомнила) that she did not know his name (что она не знает его имени) and
when the maid answered the door (и когда служанка ответит /на звонок/ в
дверь) would not know whom to ask for (не будет знать, кого спросить). But on
looking for the bell (но, в поисках звонка) she noticed that there were eight of
them, four rows of two (она увидела, что их было /не один, а/ целых восемь,
расположенных в четыре ряда, по два звонка в каждом), and by the side of
each (и со стороны от каждого звонка) was a card or a name written in ink on a
piece of paper (была /или/ карточка, или имя, написанное чернилами на
клочке бумаги). It was an old house (это был старый дом) that had been divided
up into flats (который был разделен на квартиры). She began looking, rather
hopelessly, at the names (она начала смотреть, довольно беспомощно, на
имена) wondering whether one of them would recall something (надеясь, что
одно из имен напомнит ей что-нибудь: «раздумывая, не припомнится ли /ей/
одно из имен»), when the door opened (когда дверь открылась) and he stood
before her (и он предстал перед ней).
piece [pi: s] paper ['peIpq] whether ['weDq]
When she arrived at the house and had paid off the taxi she suddenly
remembered that she did not know his name and when the maid answered the
door would not know whom to ask for. But on looking for the bell she noticed
that there were eight of them, four rows of two, and by the side of each was a
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card or a name written in ink on a piece of paper. It was an old house that had
been divided up into flats. She began looking, rather hopelessly, at the names
wondering whether one of them would recall something, when the door
opened and he stood before her.
" I saw you drive up (я видел, как вы подъехали) and I ran down (и побежал
вниз). I'm afraid I'm on the third floor (боюсь, что я живу на третьем этаже). I
hope you don't mind (надеюсь, вы не против). " " Of course not (конечно нет). "
She climbed the uncarpeted stairs (она поднималась по ступенькам,
непокрытым ковром; carpet — ковер, покрытие). She was a trifle out of breath
(она слегка запыхалась) when she came to the third landing (когда /она/
поднялась на третью /лестничную/ площадку). He had skipped up eagerly (он
бежал легко и с нетерпением), like a young goat (как молодой козлик), she
thought (как она думала), and she had not liked to suggest (и ей не хотелось
сказать ему: «предложить») that she would prefer to go more leisurely (что она
предпочла бы подниматься более спокойно; leisurely — досужий, медленный,
неторопливый). The room into which he led her (комната, в которую он ее
провел) was fairly large (была достаточно большой), but dingily furnished (но
плохо обставленной; dingy — тусклый, грязный, поношенный). On the table
was a plate of cakes (на столе стояла тарелка с пирожными) and two cups, a
sugar basin and a milk-jug (и две чашки, сахарница, и молочник; basin —
миска, таз; jug — кувшин). The crockery was of the cheapest sort (фаянсовая
посуда была самой дешевой).
climb [klaIm] uncarpeted [An'kQ: pItId] leisurely ['leZqlI]
" I saw you drive up and I ran down. I'm afraid I'm on the third floor. I hope
you don't mind. "
" Of course not. "
She climbed the uncarpeted stairs. She was a trifle out of breath when she
came to the third landing. He had skipped up eagerly, like a young goat, she
thought, and she had not liked to suggest that she would prefer to go more
leisurely. The room into which he led her was fairly large, but dingily
furnished. On the table was a plate of cakes and two cups, a sugar basin and a
milk-jug. The crockery was of the cheapest sort.
" Take a pew (садитесь; take a pew — разг. садитесь, pew — разг. стул,
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сиденье, место), " he said. " The water's just on the boil (вода уже закипает). I'll
only be a minute (я вернусь через минутку). I've got a gas-ring in the bathroom
(у меня газовая горелка в ванной; ring — кольцо, обруч, обод). "
He left her and she looked about (он оставил ее /одну/, и она огляделась
вокруг). " Poor lamb, he must be as poor as a church mouse (бедный ягненок, он,
должно быть, беден как церковная мышь). " The room reminded her very much
(комната напомнила ей так сильно) of some of the lodgings she had lived in
(некоторые из тех съемных комнат, в которых она жила) when she was first on
the stage (когда она только поступила в театр: «была впервые на сцене»). She
noticed the pathetic attempts he had made (она заметила те жалкие попытки,
которые он предпринял) to conceal the fact (чтобы скрыть тот факт) that it was
a bedroom as well as a sitting-room (что это была также и спальная комната, и
гостиная). The divan against the wall (тахта у стены) was evidently his bed at
night (была очевидно и его постелью ночью). The years slipped away from her
in fancy (годы улетучились /от нее/ как по волшебству: «в воображении,
фантазии»; to slip away — ускользать, уноситься, улететь о времени) and she
felt strangely young again (и она почувствовала себя снова
удивительно/странно молодой).
pew [pju: ] lodging ['lOdZIN] pathetic [pq'TetIk] fancy ['fxnsI]
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