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had played herself some years before (которую она сама играла несколько лет

назад). She had never lost the thrill it gave her (она «никогда» так и не смогла

избавиться от чувства нервного возбуждения; thrill — нервная дрожь,

трепет ) when she first went on the stage (с того момента: «когда» она впервые

пришла в театр: «на сцену») to sit in the darkened playhouse (/от возможности/

сидеть в затемненном театре), under dust-sheets (/все сиденья/ накрыты

чехлами; dust (пыль) + sheet (простыня) ), and see the characters grow in the

actors' hands (и видеть, как характеры героев вырастают в руках актеров).

Merely to be inside a theatre rested her (просто находиться внутри театра —

/уже это само/ успокаивало ее); nowhere was she so happy (нигде /больше/ она

не была так счастлива).

revival [rI'vaIv(q)l] playhouse ['pleIhaVs] character ['kxrIktq]

AFTER Julia had made up her mind to that she was glad. The prospect of getting

away from the misery that tormented her at once made it easier to bear. The notices

were put up; Michael collected his cast for the revival and started rehearsals. It

amused Julia to sit idly in a stall and watch the actress who had been engaged

rehearse the part which she had played herself some years before. She had never

lost the thrill it gave her when she first went on the stage to sit in the darkened

playhouse, under dust-sheets, and see the characters grow in the actors' hands.

Merely to be inside a theatre rested her; nowhere was she so happy.

Watching the rehearsals she was able to relax (пока она наблюдала за

репетициями, у нее появилась возможность отдохнуть: «она смогла

отдохнуть») so that when at night she had her own performance to give she felt

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fresh (и, таким образом, когда вечером у нее был собственный спектакль: «ей

надо было играть самой», она почувствовала себя посвежевшей). She realized

that all Michael had said was true (она осознала, что все, что сказал Майкл,

было правдой). She took hold of herself (она взяла себя в руки). Thrusting her

private emotion into the background (отбросив свои личные эмоции на

задворки; to thrust — толкать, совать, наносить удар; background — задний

план, незаметное положение ) and thus getting the character under control (и,

таким образом, получив контроль над образом героини), she managed once

more to play with her accustomed virtuosity (она смогла снова: «еще раз» играть

с ее привычной виртуозностью). Her acting ceased to be a means by which she

gave release to her feelings (ее игра перестала быть средством, с помощью

которого она давала выход своим чувствам) and was again the manifestation of

her creative instinct (и снова стала проявлением: «манифестацией» ее

творческого инстинкта). She got a quiet exhilaration out of thus recovering

mastery over her medium (она получила успокаивающее приятное

возбуждение он такого возвращения /ее/ господства над творческим

материалом; to recover — получить обратно, вновь обрести ). It gave her a

sense of power and of liberation (это придало ей чувство могущества: «силы» и

освобождения).

relax [rI'lxks] virtuosity ["vq:tSV'OsItI] manifestation ["mxnIfe'steIS(q)n]

Watching the rehearsals she was able to relax so that when at night she had her

own performance to give she felt fresh. She realized that all Michael had said was

true. She took hold of herself. Thrusting her private emotion into the background

and thus getting the character under control, she managed once more to play with

her accustomed virtuosity. Her acting ceased to be a means by which she gave

release to her feelings and was again the manifestation of her creative instinct. She

got a quiet exhilaration out of thus recovering mastery over her medium. It gave

her a sense of power and of liberation.

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But the triumphant effort she made took it out of her (но это победоносное

усилие утомило ее; to take it out of smb. — лишить кого-либо сил ), and when

she was not in the theatre (и, когда она не была в театре) she felt listless and

discouraged (она чувствовала себя апатичной и унылой). She lost her exuberant

vitality (она утратила всю свою бьющую через край жизненную энергию). A

new humility overcame her (новое /для нее/ чувство смирения охватило ее).

She had a feeling that her day was done (у нее было такое чувство, что ее

счастливая пора закончилась: «дни прошли»). She sighed as she told herself

that nobody wanted her any more (она вздохнула, когда сказала сама себе, что

никому она больше не нужна: «никто не хочет ее больше»). Michael suggested

that she should go to Vienna to be near Roger (Майкл предложил, что ей следует

поехать в Вену, чтобы быть поближе к Роджеру), and she would have liked

that, but she shook her head (и ей бы тоже этого хотелось, но она покачала

головой).

"I should only cramp his style (я буду только мешаться ему; to cramp smb.'s

style — помешать кому-либо развернуться )."

triumphant [traI'Amf(q)nt] exuberant [Ig'zju:b(q)rqnt] cramp [krxmp]

But the triumphant effort she made took it out of her, and when she was not in the

theatre she felt listless and discouraged. She lost her exuberant vitality. A new

humility overcame her. She had a feeling that her day was done. She sighed as she

told herself that nobody wanted her any more. Michael suggested that she should

go to Vienna to be near Roger, and she would have liked that, but she shook her

head.

"I should only cramp his style."

She was afraid he would find her a bore (она боялась, что он сочтет ее занудой).

He was enjoying himself and she would only be in the way (он хорошо проводил

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время, и она только будет мешаться под ногами: «стоять на пути»). She could

not bear the thought (ей была невыносима мысль: «она не могла выносить

мысль») that he would find it an irksome duty (что он посчитает своим

утомительным долгом) to take her here and there and occasionally have luncheon

or dinner with her (брать ее в то или иное место: «туда и сюда», и время от

времени завтракать или обедать с ней). It was only natural that he should have

more fun with the friends of his own age that he had made (было совершенно

естественно, что он получит больше радости /от общения/ с друзьями его

собственного возраста, которых он завел). She decided to go and stay with her

mother (она решила поехать и пожить у своей матери). Mrs. Lambert —

Madame de Lambert, as Michael insisted on calling her (к миссис Лэмберт —

/или/ мадам де Лэмбер, как Майкл настойчиво называл ее; to insist —

настойчиво утверждать, настаивать ) — had lived for many years now with

her sister, Madame Falloux, at St. Malo (/которая/ жила уже долгие годы

/теперь/ со своей сестрой, мадам Фаллу, в Сен-Мало). She spent a few days

every year in London with Julia (она проводила несколько дней в году:

«каждый год» в Лондоне, с Джулией), but this year had not been well enough to

come (но в этом году она чувствовала себя не достаточно хорошо, чтобы

приехать).

irksome ['q:ks(q)m] occasionally [q'keIZ(q)nqlI] insist [In'sIst]

She was afraid he would find her a bore. He was enjoying himself and she would

only be in the way. She could not bear the thought that he would find it an irksome

duty to take her here and there and occasionally have luncheon or dinner with her.

It was only natural that he should have more fun with the friends of his own age

that he had made. She decided to go and stay with her mother. Mrs. Lambert —

Madame de Lambert, as Michael insisted on calling her — had lived for many

years now with her sister, Madame Falloux, at St. Malo. She spent a few days

every year in London with Julia, but this year had not been well enough to come.

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She was an old lady, well over seventy (она была пожилой дамой, хорошо за

семьдесят), and Julia knew that it would be a great joy for her to have her

daughter on a long visit (и Джулия знала, что для нее будет большой радостью

— принимать свою дочь с длительным визитом). Who cared about an English

actress in Vienna (кто будет интересоваться английской актрисой в Вене)? She

wouldn't be anyone there (там она будет никем: «она не будет кем-то там»). In

St.Malo she would be something of a figure (в Сен-Мало она будет важной

персоной; something — зд. «шишка»; figure — зд. фигура, персона, личность ),

and it would be fun for the two old women to be able to show her off to their