“Upstairs was a refreshment department (наверху была закусочная; refreshment — подкрепление; закускиинапитки), and there I got cold meat (там я нашел холодное мясо). There was coffee still in the urn (в кофейнике все еще оставался кофе; urn — урна; электрическийчайникиликофейник), and I lit the gas and warmed it up again (я зажег газ и снова подогрел его), and altogether I did not do badly (в общем, я недурно устроился). Afterwards, prowling through the place in search of blankets (позже, бродя по магазину в поисках шерстяных одеял) — I had to put up at last with a heap of down quilts (в конце концов мне пришлось довольствоваться кучей пуховых одеял; to put up with — миритьсяс, терпеть) — I came upon a grocery section with a lot of chocolate and candied fruits (я натолкнулся на отдел бакалейных товаров, где было много шоколада и цукатов), more than was good for me indeed (больше, чем мне было полезно = я ими объелся) — and some white burgundy (и бургундское /вино/). And near that was a toy department, and I had a brilliant idea (рядом располагался отдел игрушек, и у меня возникла блестящая мысль).
trousers [`trauzqz], prowling [`praulIN], chocolate [`COklIt], burgundy [`bq:gqndI]
“My first visit was to the place where I had seen stockings and gloves for sale. It was dark, and I had the devil of a hunt after matches, which I found at last in the drawer of the little cash desk. Then I had to get a candle. I had to tear down wrappings and ransack a number of boxes and drawers, but at last I managed to turn out what I sought; the box label called them lambswool pants, and lambswool vests. Then socks, a thick comforter, and then I went to the clothing place and got trousers, a lounge jacket, an overcoat and a slouch hat — a clerical sort of hat with the brim turned down. I began to feel a human being again, and my next thought was food.
“Upstairs was a refreshment department, and there I got cold meat. There was coffee still in the urn, and I lit the gas and warmed it up again, and altogether I did not do badly. Afterwards, prowling through the place in search of blankets — I had to put up at last with a heap of down quilts — I came upon a grocery section with a lot of chocolate and candied fruits, more than was good for me indeed — and some white burgundy. And near that was a toy department, and I had a brilliant idea.
“I found some artificial noses (я нашел искусственные носы) — dummy noses, you know, and I thought of dark spectacles (знаете, такие бутафорные, и подумал о темных очках; dummy — поддельный, фальшивый, макетный). But Omniums had no optical department (в этом универсальном магазине не было отдела оптики). My nose had been a difficulty indeed (мой нос действительно был трудностью = нос был очень важен) — I had thought of paint (я думал о гриме; paint— краска; грим, макияж). But the discovery set my mind running on wigs and masks and the like (но эта находка /носа/ заставила меня подумать о париках, масках и тому подобном). Finally I went to sleep in a heap of down quilts, very warm and comfortable (наконец я заснул на куче пуховых одеял, очень теплых и удобных).
“My last thoughts before sleeping were the most agreeable I had had since the change (мои последние мысли перед сном были очень приятными = засыпая, явпервыечувствовалсебятакхорошостехпор, какпретерпелэтуперемену/сталневидимым/). I was in a state of physical serenity (я находился в состоянии физической безмятежности; serenity— ясность /воздуха, неба/; спокойствие /в природе/; безмятежность, спокойствие /о душевном состоянии/), and that was reflected in my mind (и это отражалось в моем разуме =в моих мыслях). I thought that I should be able to slip out unobserved in the morning with my clothes upon me (я полагал, что утром смогу выскользнуть незамеченным, одевшись), muffling my face with a white wrapper I had taken (закутав лицо белым шарфом, который я взял /в отделе платья/), purchase, with the money I had taken, spectacles and so forth (куплю — на украденные деньги — очки и тому подобное), and so complete my disguise (и таким образом завершу свой костюм; disguise— маскировка, одежда для маскировки; измененная внешность).
serenity [sI`renItI], purchase [`pq:CIs], disguise [dIs`gaIz]
“I found some artificial noses — dummy noses, you know, and I thought of dark spectacles. But Omniums had no optical department. My nose had been a difficulty indeed — I had thought of paint. But the discovery set my mind running on wigs and masks and the like. Finally I went to sleep in a heap of down quilts, very warm and comfortable.
“My last thoughts before sleeping were the most agreeable I had had since the change. I was in a state of physical serenity, and that was reflected in my mind. I thought that I should be able to slip out unobserved in the morning with my clothes upon me, muffling my face with a white wrapper I had taken, purchase, with the money I had taken, spectacles and so forth, and so complete my disguise.
“I lapsed into disorderly dreams of all the fantastic things (я погрузился в беспокойные, запутанные сны =мнеснилисьвперемешкувсеудивительные, фантастическиепроисшествия; to lapse — опускаться; впадать/вкакое-либосостояние/; order — порядок) that had happened during the last few days (которые случились за последние несколько дней). I saw the ugly little Jew of a landlord vociferating in his rooms (я видел уродливого низкого еврея-домовладельца, кричащего что-то в своих комнатах); I saw his two sons marvelling (его двух изумляющихся сыновей), and the wrinkled old woman’s gnarled face as she asked for her cat (видел сморщенное загрубевшее лицо старухи, спрашивающей о своей кошке; gnarled — сучковатый; грубый, корявый). I experienced again the strange sensation of seeing the cloth disappear (я снова испытал странное ощущение при виде того, как исчезает кусок ткани), and so I came round to the windy hillside and the sniffing old clergyman mumbling (и так я вернулся к ветреному склону холма и вновь увидел простуженного старого священника, бормочущего) ‘Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust,’ at my father’s open grave («земля к земле, прах к праху» над открытой могилой моего отца; ash — пепел, прах; dust — пыль; бренныеостанки; прах, тлен).
“‘You also (ты тоже),’ said a voice, and suddenly I was being forced towards the grave (сказал чей-то голос, и вдруг меня потащили к могиле). I struggled, shouted, appealed to the mourners (я отбивался, кричал, умолял присутствующих /о помощи/; to appeal — взывать, умолять; to mourn — скорбеть, оплакивать), but they continued stonily following the service (но они продолжали неподвижно следовать за службой = слушатьотпевание; stonily — скаменнымвыражением, холодно); the old clergyman, too, never faltered droning and sniffing through the ritual (старый священник тоже без запинки монотонно читал /молитвы/ и шмыгал носом, проводя ритуал). I realised I was invisible and inaudible (я сознавал, что я невидим и неслышен), that overwhelming forces had their grip on me (что непреодолимые силы крепко схватили меня). I struggled in vain, I was forced over the brink (я тщетно отбивался, меня бросили через край /могилы/), the coffin rang hollow as I fell upon it (гроб глухо зазвучал, когда я упал на него), and the gravel came flying after me in spadefuls (и полными лопатами земля полетела вслед за мной = менястализасыпатьземлей; gravel — гравий, галечник; spadeful — полнаялопата/чего-либо/). Nobody heeded me, nobody was aware of me (никто не обращал на меня внимания, никто не знал о моем существовании). I made convulsive struggles and awoke (я стал судорожно барахтаться: «делал судорожные усилия» и проснулся; toawake).
vociferating [vq`sIfq"reItIN], clergyman [`klq:GImqn], mourner [`mLnq], inaudible [In`Ldqbl]
“I lapsed into disorderly dreams of all the fantastic things that had happened during the last few days. I saw the ugly little Jew of a landlord vociferating in his rooms; I saw his two sons marvelling, and the wrinkled old woman’s gnarled face as she asked for her cat. I experienced again the strange sensation of seeing the cloth disappear, and so I came round to the windy hillside and the sniffing old clergyman mumbling ‘Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust,’ at my father’s open grave.
“‘You also,’ said a voice, and suddenly I was being forced towards the grave. I struggled, shouted, appealed to the mourners, but they continued stonily following the service; the old clergyman, too, never faltered droning and sniffing through the ritual. I realised I was invisible and inaudible, that overwhelming forces had their grip on me. I struggled in vain, I was forced over the brink, the coffin rang hollow as I fell upon it, and the gravel came flying after me in spadefuls. Nobody heeded me, nobody was aware of me. I made convulsive struggles and awoke.
