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"I say, mum, there's a whole crowd going on to Maidenhead to dine and dance, and

they want Tom and me to go too. You don't mind, do you?"

The blood rushed to her cheeks. She could not help answering rather sharply.

"How are you to get back?"

"Oh, that'll be all right. We'll get someone to drop us."

She looked at him helplessly. She could not think what to say.

"It's going to be a tremendous lark. Tom's crazy to go."

Her heart sank (ее сердце упало). It was with the greatest difficulty (с

величайшим трудом) that she managed not to make a scene (ей удалось

справиться и не устроить сцену). But she controlled herself (но она сдержалась;

to control — управлять, руководить, контролировать ).

"All right, darling (хорошо, дорогой). But don't be too late (но не

задерживайтесь слишком поздно). Remember that Tom's got to rise with the lark

(помни, что Тому надо вставать чуть свет; to rise with the lark — вставать с

петухами; lark — жаворонок )."

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Tom had come up and heard the last words (тем временем подошел Том и

услышал /ее/ последние слова).

"You're sure you don't mind (вы на самом деле не против)?" he asked (спросил

он).

"Of course not (конечно нет). I hope you'll have a grand time (надеюсь, что вы

хорошо проведете время: «у вас будет великолепное время»)."

She smiled brightly at him (и она весело ему улыбнулась), but her eyes were

steely with hatred (но ее глаза были холодными и полны ненависти; steely —

стальной, суровый; steel — сталь ).

control [kqn'trqVl] darling ['dQ:lIN] brightly ['braItlI]

Her heart sank. It was with the greatest difficulty that she managed not to make a

scene. But she controlled herself.

"All right, darling. But don't be too late. Remember that Tom's got to rise with the

lark."

Tom had come up and heard the last words.

"You're sure you don't mind?" he asked.

"Of course not. I hope you'll have a grand time."

She smiled brightly at him, but her eyes were steely with hatred.

"I'm just as glad those two kids have gone off (а я очень рад, что эти двое

мальчишек: «малышей» уехали)," said Michael when they got into the launch

(сказал Майкл, когда они сели в моторную лодку). "We haven't had an evening

to ourselves for ever so long (у нас не было вечера только для нас двоих уже

так долго)."

She clenched her hands (она крепко жала руки) in order to prevent herself from

telling him (чтобы сдержаться и не сказать ему) to hold his silly tongue (чтобы

он попридержал свой глупый язык). She was in a black rage (она была в

сильнейшей: «черной» ярости). This was the last straw (это было последней

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каплей; straw — солома, пустяк ). Tom had neglected her for a fortnight (Том не

обращал на нее никакого внимания все две недели; to neglect —

пренебрегать, не заботиться ), he had not even treated her with civility (он

даже не обращался с ней с /подобающей/ любезностью), and she had been

angelic (а она — она была сама кротость; angelic — ангельский, добрый ).

There wasn't a woman in the world (во всем мире не было женщины) who would

have shown such patience (которая проявила бы такое терпение). Any other

woman would have told him (любая другая /женщина/ сказала бы ему) that if he

couldn't behave with common decency (что если он не может вести себя,

соблюдая правила приличия; common decency — правила хорошего тона ) he'd

better get out (ему лучше убираться вон). Selfish, stupid and common

(эгоистичный, глупый, вульгарный /мальчишка/), that's what he was (вот кто

он такой). She almost wished he wasn't going tomorrow (ей почти хотелось,

чтобы он не уезжал завтра) so that she could have the pleasure (для того, чтобы

она имела удовольствие) of turning him out bag and baggage (чтобы

вышвырнуть его со всеми пожитками; bag — мешок, сумка; baggage —

багаж ).

clench [klentS] prevent [prI'vent] civility [sI'vIlItI]

"I'm just as glad those two kids have gone off," said Michael when they got into

the launch. "We haven't had an evening to ourselves for ever so long."

She clenched her hands in order to prevent herself from telling him to hold his silly

tongue. She was in a black rage. This was the last straw. Tom had neglected her for

a fortnight, he had not even treated her with civility, and she had been angelic.

There wasn't a woman in the world who would have shown such patience. Any

other woman would have told him that if he couldn't behave with common decency

he'd better get out. Selfish, stupid and common, that's what he was. She almost

wished he wasn't going tomorrow so that she could have the pleasure of turning

him out bag and baggage.

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And to dare to treat her like that (и посметь так с ней обращаться), a twopenny-

halfpenny little man in the city (ничтожный человечишка, делец; a city man —

финансист, коммерсант ); poets, cabinet ministers, peers of the realm (поэты,

кабинетные министры и пэры Англии; realm — королевство, государство )

would be only too glad to break the most important engagements (будут

чрезвычайно рады отменить наиважнейшие встречи) to have the chance of

dining with her (чтобы только иметь возможность отобедать с ней), and he

threw her over (и он отбросил ее) to go and dance with a pack of peroxide

blondes (чтобы поехать потанцевать с кучкой крашеных /пергидролем/

блондинок) who couldn't act for nuts (которые совсем не умеют играть ; for nuts

— нисколько, nut — орех ). That showed what a fool he was (это показывало,

какой он был дурак). You would have thought he'd have some gratitude (можно

было надеяться: «подумать», что он будет /ей/ благодарен; gratitude —

благодарность ). Why, the very clothes he had on (ба, да та самая одежда,

которая была на нем) she'd paid for (она за нее платила). That cigarette-case he

was so proud of (тот портсигар, которым он так гордился), hadn't she given him

that (разве не она подарила его ему)? And the ring he wore (и кольцо, которое

он носил). My God, she'd get even with him (но, мой Бог, она поквитается с

ним; to get even with smb. — свести с кем-либо счеты ).

twopenny-halfpenny ["tAp(q)nI'heIp(q)nI] engagement [In'geIdZmqnt]

peroxide [pq'rOksaId]

And to dare to treat her like that, a twopenny halfpenny little man in the city; poets,

cabinet ministers, peers of the realm would be only too glad to break the most

important engagements to have the chance of dining with her, and he threw her

over to go and dance with a pack of peroxide blondes who couldn't act for nuts.

That showed what a fool he was. You would have thought he'd have some

gratitude. Why, the very clothes he had on she'd paid for. That cigarette-case he

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was so proud of, hadn't she given him that? And the ring he wore. My God, she'd

get even with him.

Yes, and she knew how she could do it (да, и она знала /даже/, как она сделает

это). She knew where he was most sensitive (она знала, в чем он был наиболее

уязвим; sensitive — чувствительный, впечатлительный, обидчивый ) and how

she could most cruelly wound him (и как она может побольнее уколоть его;

cruelly — жестоко, безжалостно, to wound — ранить, причинить боль ). That

would get him on the raw (это заденет его за живое; raw — ссадина, больное

место; нечто сырое ). She felt a faint sensation of relief (она почувствовала

слабое /чувство/ облегчения) as she turned the scheme over in her mind (пока

она продумывала: «проворачивала» план /возмездия/ в голове). She was

impatient to carry out her part of it at once (ей не терпелось выполнить свою

часть этого плана немедленно), and they had no sooner got home (и как только

они добрались до дома) than she went up to her room (как она отправилась

наверх, в свою комнату). She got four single pounds out of her bag (она достала

из своей сумки четыре /банкноты/ по фунту) and a ten-shilling note (и

банкноту в десять шиллингов). She wrote a brief letter (она написала короткое

письмо).

impatient [Im'peIS(q)nt] scheme [ski:m] cruelly ['kru:qlI]

Yes, and she knew how she could do it. She knew where he was most sensitive and

how she could most cruelly wound him. That would get him on the raw. She felt a

faint sensation of relief as she turned the scheme over in her mind. She was

impatient to carry out her part of it at once, and they had no sooner got home than

she went up to her room. She got four single pounds out of her bag and a ten-