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The dozens we must have exchanged from our schooldays onwards.

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"Well, this is a secret, mind. Promise not to tell."

"Promise."

 

"I'm married (я женат; to be married to smb. — быть женатым/замужем,

marriage — брак)."

"Married, George! (Женат, Джордж!) Oh who to?" (На ком?; who — кто)

"Matilda (На Матильде)."

"How dreadful!" (Какой ужас; dreadful — ужасный) I spoke before I could think

(сказала я, не успев подумать: «до того, как я смогла подумать») but he agreed

with me (но он согласился со мной; to agree — соглашаться).

"Yes, it's awful (да, это ужасно), but what could I do (но что я мог поделать)?"

"You might have asked my advice (ты мог бы спросить моего совета; advice

— совет)," I said pompously (сказала я напыщенно; pompously — помпезный).


 

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dreadful ['dredf(q)l] awful ['O:f(q)l] pompously ['pOmpqslI]

 

"I'm married."

"Married, George! Oh who to?"

"Matilda."

"How dreadful!" I spoke before I could think, but he agreed with me.

"Yes, it's awful, but what could I do?"

"You might have asked my advice," I said pompously.

 

"I'm two years older than you are (я на два года старше, чем ты). I don't ask

advice from you (я не спрашиваю у тебя совета), Needle, little beast (Игла, ты,

маленькая упрямица, малышка; beast — зверь, животное)."

"Don't ask for sympathy then (тогда не проси: «не спрашивай» сострадания;

sympathy — симпатия, сочувствие)."

"A nice friend you are (ну и хороший же ты друг)," he said, "I must say after all

these years (должен сказать после всех этих лет)."

"Poor George!" I said (бедный Джордж, — сказала я).

"There are three white men to one white woman in this country (здесь три белых

мужчины приходятся на одну белую женщину в этой стране)," said George.

"An isolated planter (далеко живущий плантатор; isolated — изолированный)

doesn’t see a white woman (не видит белую женщину) and if he sees one (а если

и видит) she doesn’t see him (она не замечает: «не видит» его). What could I

do (что я мог поделать)? I needed the woman (мне нужна была женщина)."

 

advice [qd'vaIs] sympathy ['sImpqTI] isolated ['aIsqleItId]

 

"I'm two years older than you are. I don't ask advice from you, Needle, little

beast."

"Don't ask for sympathy then."

"A nice friend you are," he said, "I must say after all these years."


 

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"Poor George!" I said,

"There are three white men to one white woman in this country," said

George. "An isolated planter doesn't see a white woman and if he sees one she

doesn't see him. What could I do? I needed the woman."

 

I was nearly sick (мне было очень противно: «меня почти тошнило»; sick —

больной, чувствующий тошноту). One, because of my Scottish upbringing (во-

первых, из-за моего шотландского воспитания; Scottish — шотландский; to

bring up = upbringing = воспитание). Two, because of my horror (во-вторых,

из-за моего ужаса) of corny-phrases like (от банальных фраз типа; corny —

хлебный; старомодный, избитый) "I needed the woman (мне нужна

женщина)." which George repeated twice again (которую Джордж повторил еще

раза два; twice — дважды).

"And Matilda got tough (И Матильда заупрямилась; tough — жесткий,

крепкий)," said George, "after you and Skinny came to visit us (после того, как ты

и Скинни приезжали в гости: «посетить нас»). She had some friends at the

Mission (у нее были друзья в Миссии), and she packed up (она уложила свои

вещи) and went to them (и ушла к ним; to go-went-gone)."

"You should have let her go (ты должен был позволить ей уйти; let —

позволять, разрешать)," I said.

"I went after her (я отправился за ней)," George said. "She insisted on being

married (она настаивала на женитьбе; to insist — настаивать), so I married

her (и я женился на ней)."

 

corny ['kO:nI] twice [twaIs] tough [tAf]

 


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