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It was not for me to speak to Kathleen, but I had a sudden inspiration which caused me to say quietly.

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"Hallo, George."

The giant of a man turned round to face the direction of my voice. There were so many people — but at length he saw me.

"Hallo, George." I said again.

Kathleen had started to haggle with the stall-owner, in her old way, over the price of the jade ring. George continued to stare at me, his big mouth slightly parted so that I could see a wide slit of red lips and white teeth between the fair grassy growths of beard and moustache.

 

"My God!" he said (Боже мой! — сказал он).

"What's the matter?" said Kathleen (что случилось? — сказала Кэтлин; a matter — вопрос, дело).

"Hallo, George!" I said again, quite loud this time, and cheerfully (привет, Джордж, — сказала я снова, достаточно громко в этот раз и бодро).

"Look!" said George (смотри, — сказал Джордж). "Look who's there, over beside the fruit stall (смотри, кто там, около палатки с фруктами)."

Kathleen looked but didn't see (Кэтлин посмотрела, но /ничего/ не увидела).

"Who is it?" she said impatiently (кто это? — сказала она нетерпеливо; (im)patiently — (не)терпеливо),

"It's Needle," he said. "She said 'Hallo, George'." (Это Игла, он сказал. Она сказала: Привет, Джордж»).

"Needle" said Kathleen («Игла», сказала Кэтлин). "Who do you mean? (кого ты имеешь в виду?; to mean — иметь в виду) You don't mean our old friend Needle who…" (Ты же не имеешь в виду нашу старую подругу Иглу, которая…»)

"Yes. There she is. My God!" (Да. Она там. Боже мой!)

He looked very ill (он выглядел очень больным; to look ill — иметь больной вид). Although when I had said "Hallo, George" I had spoken friendly enough (хотя, когда я сказала «Привет, Джордж» я говорила достаточно дружелюбно).

 

cheerfully ['CIqf(q)lI] impatient [Im'peIS(q)nt] although [O:l'DqV]

 

"My God!" he said.

"What's the matter?" said Kathleen.

"Hallo, George!" I said again, quite loud this time, and cheerfully.

"Look!" said George. "Look who's there, over beside the fruit stall."

Kathleen looked but didn't see.

"Who is it?" she said impatiently,

"It's Needle," he said. "She said ‘Hallo, George’."

"Needle" said Kathleen. "Who do you mean? You don't mean our old friend Needle who..."

"Yes. There she is. My God!"

He looked very ill, although when I had said "Hallo, George" I had spoken friendly enough.

 

"I don't see anyone faintly resembling poor Needle." (Я не вижу никого, /хотя бы/ слегка напоминающего бедную Иглу; anyone — в отрицательных предложениях — никто; resemble — походить, иметь сходство; poor — бедный) said Kathleen looking at him (сказала Кэтлин, глядя на него). She was worried. (она была обеспокоена; to worry — беспокоиться, волноваться).

George pointed straight at me (Джордж указал прямо на меня). "Look there. I tell you that is Needle." (Посмотри туда. Я говорю тебе, это Игла).

"You're ill, George (ты болен, Джордж). Heavens, you must be seeing things (Боже! Ты должно быть галлюцинируешь: «видишь вещи»; havens — мн.ч. — небеса). Come on home. (Пойдем домой). Needle isn't there. You know as well as I do. Needle is dead." (Иглы там нет. Ты знаешь /это/ так же хорошо, как и я /знаю/. Игла умерла).

 

resemble [rI'zemb(q)l] straight [streIt] dead [ded]

 

"I don't see anyone faintly resembling poor Needle." said Kathleen looking at him. She was worried.

George pointed straight at me. "Look there. I tell you that is Needle."

"You're ill, George. Heavens, you must be seeing things. Come on home. Needle isn't there. You know as well as I do, Needle is dead."

 

I must explain (я должна объяснить) that I departed this life nearly five years ago (что покинула эту жизнь почти пять лет назад; to depart — отбывать, уходить; life — жизнь). But I did not altogether depart this world (но я не совсем покинула этот мир; altogether — совсем; world — мир). There were those odd things still to be done (остались те разрозненные дела, которые все еще должны быть доделаны) which one's executors can never do properly (и которые /чей-то/ душеприказчик никогда не может сделать как надо). Papers to be looked over (документы, которые должны быть просмотрены); even after the executors have torn them up (даже после того, как душеприказчики разорвали их). Lots of business (куча дел; lots of — много) except, of course, on Sundays and Holidays of Obligation (кроме, конечно, воскресений и церковных праздников; holidays of Obligation — праздники римско-католической церкви), plenty to take an interest in for the time being (много всего, чем можно интересоваться в текущий момент; plenty — множество; to take an interest in smth — интересоваться чем-либо). I take my recreation on Saturday mornings (я отдыхаю по субботним утрам; recreation — отдых, восстановление). If it is a wet Saturday (если это дождливая: «мокрая» суббота) I wander up and down (я слоняюсь взад и вперед: «вверх и вниз») the substantial lanes of Woolworth's (по солидным торговым рядам: «переулкам» универмага Вулворт) as I did when I was young and visible (как я делала, когда я была молодой и видимой). There is a pleasurable spread of objects (здесь представлен приятный огромный выбор товаров; pleasurable — доставляющий удовольствие; spread — протяженность) on the counters (на прилавках) which I now perceive (которые я теперь воспринимаю) and exploit with a certain detachment (и использую с определенной беспристрастностью; to exploit — эксплуатировать, использовать в действии), since it suits (так как это соответствует; to suit — удовлетворять требованиям) with my condition of life (моим условиями жизни).

 

depart [di:'pQ:t] executor [Ig'zekjVtq] recreation ["ri:krI'eIS(q)n]

substantial [sqb'stxnS(q)l] pleasurable ['pleZ(q)rqb(q)l] spread [spred]

 

I must explain that I departed this life nearly five years ago. But I did not altogether depart this world. There were those odd things still to be done which one's executors can never do properly. Papers to be looked over; even after the executors have torn them up. Lots of business except, of course. on Sundays and Holidays of Obligation, plenty to take an interest in for the time being. I take my recreation on Saturday mornings. If it is a wet Saturday I wander up and down the substantial lanes of Woolworth's as I did when I was young and visible. There is a pleasurable spread of objects on the counters which I now perceive and exploit with a certain detachment, since it suits with my condition of life.

 

Creams (кремы), toothpastes (зубная паста: tooth (зуб) + paste (паста)), combs (расчески), and hankies (и носовые платки), cotton gloves (хлопчатобумажные перчатки), flimsy flowering scarves (тончайшие цветочные шарфы), writing-paper (писчая бумага), and crayons (и цветные карандаши), ice-cream cones (сливочные рожки мороженое) and orangeade (и оранжад — напиток), screwdrivers (отвертки: screw (винт) + driver (отвертка)), boxes of tacks (коробочки с кнопками), tins of paint (жестяные коробочки с краской), of glue (с клеем), of marmalade (с джемом); I always liked them (мне они всегда нравились) but far more now that I have no need of any (но гораздо больше сейчас, когда у меня нет нужды в них; far — далеко, намного; a need — надобность, нужда).

 

comb [kqVm] orangeade ["OrIn'GeId] marmalade ['mQ:mqleId]

 

Creams, toothpastes, combs, and hankies, cotton gloves, flimsy flowering scarves, writing-paper, and crayons, ice-cream cones and orangeade, screwdrivers, boxes of tacks, tins of paint, of glue, of marmalade; I always liked them but far more now that I have no need of any.

 

When Saturdays are fine (когда суббота «прекрасная» = когда погода хорошая) I go instead to the Portobello Road (я иду /вместо Вулворта/ на улицу Портобелло Роуд) where formerly I would jaunt with Kathleen (где раньше я прогуливалась с Кэтлин) in our grown-up days (когда мы уже выросли: «в наши взрослые дни»). The barrow-loads do not change much (товары остались прежними: «груз на ручных тележках не сильно изменился»), of apples (яблоки) and rayon vests (и нижние рубашки из искусственного шелка) in common blues and low-taste mauve (вульгарного синего и грубого вкуса розовато-лилового цветов), of silver plates (серебряные тарелки), trays (подносы), and teapots (чайники для заварки) long since changed hands (давно сменившие хозяев: «руки») from the bygone citizens to dealers (с давно ушедших граждан на перекупщиков), from shops to the new flats and breakable homes (из магазинов в новые квартиры и хрупкие дома; to break — ломать), and then over to the barrow-stalls and the dealers again (и затем на тележки-ларьки и к перекупщикам снова): Georgian spoons (мн.ч: георгианские ложки; Georgian — относящийся к периоду правления одного из английских королей Георгов), rings (кольца), ear-rings (серьги: ear (ухо) + ring (кольцо) of turquoise (из бирюзы) and opal set (и опаловый комплект) in the butterfly pattern (с рисунком бабочек) of true-lovers' knot (из двойного узла восьмеркой — символ любви и преданности), patch-boxes (коробочки для мушек) with miniature paintings of ladies on ivory (с миниатюрными изображениями дам на слоновой кости), snuff-boxes of silver (табакерки из серебра) with Scotch pebbles inset (с вставками из шотландской гальки — окатанные обломки агата, карнеола и др. разновидностей халцедона).

 

jaunt [GO:nt] mauve [mqVv] bygone ['baIgOn] turquoise ['tE:|kwOIz, -kwQ:z]

miniature ['mInI(q)Cq]

 

When Saturdays are fine I go instead to the Portobello Road where formerly I would jaunt with Kathleen in our grown-up days. The barrow-loads do not change much, of apples and rayon vests in common blues and low-taste mauve, of silver plate, trays, and teapots long since changed hands from the bygone citizens to dealers, from shops to the new flats and breakable homes, and then over to the bar-row-stalls and the dealers again: Georgian spoons, rings, ear-rings of turquoise and opal set in the butterfly pattern of true-lovers' knot, patch-boxes with miniature paintings of ladies on ivory, snuff-boxes of silver with Scotch pebbles inset.

 

Sometimes as occasion arises on a Saturday morning (иногда, когда появляется возможность в субботнее утро), my friend Kathleen (моя подруга Кэтлин), who is a Catholic (которая католичка), has a Mass said for my soul (заказывает обедню за упокой моей души), and then I am in attendance as it were at the church (и тогда я присутствую, так как она происходит в церкви). But most Saturdays (но большинство суббот) I take my delight (я нахожу удовольствие) among the solemn crowds (среди серьезных толп) with their aimless purposes (с их «бесцельными целями»), their eternal life not far away (их вечная жизнь не так уж далеко), who push past (которая бьется за) the counters and stalls (прилавками и палатками), who handle (торгуется), buy (покупает), steal (крадет), touch (касается), desire (желает), and ogle the merchandise (нежно поглядывает на товары). I hear the tinkling tills (я слышу звон денежных ящиков), I hear the jangle of loose change (я слышу дребезжание мелких денег) and tongues (и языков) and children wanting to hold and have (и детей, жаждущих подержать и заиметь).

 

occasion [q'keIZ(q)n] attendance [q'tendqns] solemn ['sOlqm] tongue [tAN]

 

Sometimes as occasion arises on a Saturday morning, my friend Kathleen, who is a Catholic, has a Mass said for my soul, and then I am in attendance as it were at the church. But most Saturdays I take my delight among the solemn crowds with their aimless purposes, their enternal life not far away, who push past the counters and stalls, who handle, buy, steal, touch, desire, and ogle the merchandise. I hear the tinkling tills, I hear the jangle of loose change and tongues and children wanting to hold and have.

 

That is how (вот так) I came to be (я оказалась) in the Portobello Road (на Портобелло Роуд) that Saturday morning when I saw George and Kathleen (тем субботним утром, когда я увидела Джорджа и Кэтлин). I would not have spoken (я бы не заговорила) had I not been inspired to it (если бы я не была вдохновлена сделать это). Indeed (в самом деле) it's one of the things (это одна из вещей) I can't do now (которые я не могу делать сейчас) — to speak out (высказываться), unless inspired (до тех пор, пока на тебя не сошло вдохновение). And, most extraordinary (и, что еще более удивительно), on that morning as I spoke (в то утро, что я говорила), a degree of visibility set in (некая степень видимости также присутствовала). I suppose (я полагаю) from poor George's point of view (с точки зрения бедного Джорджа; from one’s point of view) it was like seeing a ghost (это было, как увидеть приведение) when he saw me (когда он увидел меня) standing by the fruit barrow (стоящую у тележки с фруктами) repeating in so friendly a manner (повторяющей, в такой дружеской манере), "Hallo, George!" (Привет, Джордж!).

 

inspired [In'spaIqd] extraordinary [Ik'strO:d(q)n(q)rI] visibility ["vIzq'bIlItI]

ghost [gqVst]

 

That is how I came to be in the Portobello Road that Saturday morning when I saw George and Kathleen. I would not have spoken had I not been inspired to it. Indeed it's one of the things I can't do now — to speak out, unless inspired. And, most extraordinary, on that morning as I spoke, a degree of visibility set in. I suppose from poor George's point of view it was like seeing a ghost when he saw me standing by the fruit barrow repeating in so friendly a manner, "Hallo, George!"

We were bound for the south (мы направлялись на юг; to be bound for some place (to bind — вязать); south — юг). When our education (когда наше образование), what we could get of it from the north (все, что мы могли получить от него на севере; north — север), was thought to be finished (как полагали, было закончено: «было подумано быть оконченным»), one by one (один за другим) we were sent or sent for to London (мы были отправлены или приглашены в Лондон; to send (sent, sent) — отправить, to send for — пригласить, послать за кем-либо). John Skinner whom we called Skinny (Джон Скиннер, которого мы звали Скинни; Skinny — тощий, кожа да кости: skin — кожа) went to study more archaeology (уехал изучать археологию дальше: «больше археологии»), George to join his uncle's tobacco farm (Джордж /уехал/, чтобы присоединиться к своему дяде на табачной плантации: «ферме»), Kathleen to stay with her rich connexions (Кэтлин /уехала/, чтобы погостить у богатых родственников; to stay with smb; connexions — связи, знакомства) and to potter intermittently (и периодически бездельничать; to potter — заниматься ерундой; intermittently — периодически; прерываясь) in the Mayfair hat-shop (в шляпном магазине, расположенном в районе Мэйфэр; hat (шляпа) + shop (магазин); Mayfair — фешенебельный район Лондона) which one of them owned (которым владел один из них (т.е. родственников)). A little later (немного позже) I also went to London to see life (я тоже отправилась в Лондон посмотреть жизнь), for it was my ambition to write about life (так как моей мечтой было писать о жизни; ambition — честолюбие, стремление), which first I had to see (которую /жизнь/ я сперва должна была увидеть).

 

archaeology ["Q:kI'OlqGI] tobacco [tq'bxkqV] connexion [kq'nekS(q)n]

intermittently ["Intq'mIt(q)ntlI]

 

We were bound for the south. When our education, what we could get of it from the north, was thought to be finished, one by one we were sent or sent for to London. John Skinner whom we called Skinny went to study more archaeology, George to join his uncle's tobacco farm, Kathleen to stay with her rich connexions and to potter intermittently in the Mayfair hat-shop which one of them owned. A little later I also went to London to see life, for it was my ambition to write about life, which first I had to see.

 

"We four must stick together," (мы четверо должны держаться вместе; stick together) George said very often (Джордж говорил очень часто) in that yearning way of his (в своей жалобной манере; to yearn — томиться, тосковать (for, after — по ком-л., чем-л.)). He was always desperately afraid of neglect (он всегда отчаянно боялся быть покинутым друзьями: «забвения»). We four looked likely to shift off (мы четверо кажется, были готовы разъехаться: «выглядели вероятно переместиться») in different directions (в разных направлениях) and George did not trust the other three of us (и Джордж не доверял нам троим: «другим трем нам») not to forget all about him (что мы его не забудем: «не забыть все о нем»). More and more (еще и еще = все больше и больше) as the time came for him (как подходило время ему) to depart for his uncle's tobacco farm in Africa (отправляться на табачную плантацию своего дяди в Африке) he said (он говорил),

"We four must keep in touch (мы четверо должны поддерживать связь друг с другом; a touch — прикосновение, касание)."

 

yearning ['jq:nIN] desperately ['desp(q)rItlI] touch [tAC]

 

"We four must stick together," George said very often in that yearning way of his. He was always desperately afraid of neglect. We four looked likely to shift off in different directions and George did not trust the other three of us not to forget all about him. More and more as the time came for him to depart for his uncle's tobacco farm in Africa he said,

"We four must keep in touch."

 

And before he left (и до того, как он уехал) he told each of us anxiously (он сказал каждому из нас с волнением),

"I'll write regularly (я буду писать регулярно), once a month (раз в месяц). We must keep together (мы должны держаться вместе) for the sake of the old times (во имя прошлого: «старых времен»)." He had three prints taken from the negative (он сделал три отпечатка с негатива) of that photo on the haystack (той фотографии на стоге сена), wrote on the back of them (написал на обороте каждой из них), "George took this (Джордж сделал эту фотографию: «Джордж взял это») the day that Needle found the needle (в день, когда Игла нашла иголку)" and gave us a copy each (и дал нам каждому по копии). I think we all wished (я думаю, что мы все хотели) he could become a bit more callous (чтобы он мог стать немного более черствым).

 

anxiously ['xNkSqslI] wish [wIS] callous ['kxlqs]

 


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