compare [kqm'pεq] thrill [TrIl] creeping ['kri: pIN] crooked ['krVkId]
He pulled a sheet of blotting paper towards him. He dipped his pen in the ink and started writing on the bottom of the sheet of paper before him, comparing it from time to time with the one he had taken out of the safe. I was not surprised, but I was thrilled, when the door behind him slowly opened. It was like seeing the film of the book. Dorothy advanced on her creeping feet, and he did not hear, but formed the words he was writing, on and on. The rain pelted down regardless. She was looking crookedly, through her green glasses with her one eye, over his shoulder at the paper.
"What are you doing (что ты делаешь)?" she said.
He jumped up (он подскочил; tojump — прыгать, скакать, вскакивать) and pulled the blotting paper over his work (и положил: «натянул» лист промокательной бумаги на свою работу). Her one eye through her green glasses glinted upon him (ее один глаз из-за зеленых очков сверкнул на него), though I did not actually see it do so (хотя я и не видела на самом деле этого: «как он сделал это»), but saw only the dark green glass focused with a squint on to his face (но видела только, как темное зеленое стекло уставилось: «сфокусировалось» искоса на его лицо; tofocus — фокусировать, сосредотачиватьвнимание, squint — косоглазие, взглянутьсукрадкой, искоса).
"I'm making up the accounts (я свожу счета; accounts — расчеты, отчетность, сводка)," he said, standing with his back to the desk (он сказал, стоя спиной к столу), concealing the papers (скрывая документы). I saw his hand reach back and tremble among them (я видела, как он протянул руку назад, она дрожала над бумагами: «среди них»; toreach— протягивать, вытягивать, доставать, брать).
jumped [GAmpt] glint [glInt] squint [skwInt]
"What are you doing?" she said.
He jumped up and pulled the blotting paper over his work. Her one eye through her green glasses glinted upon him, though I did not actually see it do so, but saw only the dark green glass focused with a squint on to his face.
"I'm making up the accounts," he said, standing with his back to the desk, concealing the papers. I saw his hand reach back and tremble among them.
I shivered in my soaking wet clothes (я дрожала в /набухшей/ мокрой одежде; to shiver — дрожать, вздрагивать, трепетать, wet — мокрый, влажный, сырой). Dorothy looked with her eye at the window (Дороти взглянула единственным глазом в окно). I slid sideways to avoid her (я осторожно подвинулась, чтобы избежать ее /взгляда/; to avoid — избегать, сторониться) and ran all the way home (и бежала всю дорогу домой).
Next morning I said (на следующее утро я сказала), "I've tried to read with these glasses (я попыталась читать в этих очках). It's all a blur (все размыто; blur— пятно; потемнение, помутнение). I suppose I'll have to take them back (я полагаю, мне следует отнести их обратно)?"
"Didn't you notice anything wrong when you tried (неужели ты не заметила, что что-то не так, когда ты примеряла) —
"— tried them on in the shop (— примеряла их в оптике)?"
"No (нет, /не заметила/). But the shop's so dark (но в магазине так темно). Must I take them back (/должна я/ отнести их назад)?"
I took them into Mr. Simmonds early that afternoon (и я отнесла их господину Симмондсу сразу после полудня; early— ранний, начальный, близкий).
"I tried to read with them this morning (я попыталась читать в них сегодня утром), but it's all a blur (но все размыто)." It was true that I had smeared them with cold cream first (на самом деле: «по правде» я испачкала их холодными сливками сперва; to smear — смазывать; пачкать; cream — сливки, крем; мазь).
shiver ['SIvq] sideways ['saIdweIz] blur [blq:]
I shivered in my soaking wet clothes. Dorothy looked with her eye at the window. I slid sideways to avoid her and ran all the way home
Next morning I said, "I've tried to read with these glasses It's all a blur. I suppose I'll have to take them back?"
"Didn't you notice anything wrong when you tried —
"— tried them on in the shop?"
"No But the shop's so dark. Must I take them back?"
I took them into Mr. Simmonds early that afternoon.
"I tried to read with them this morning, but it's all a blur." It was true that I had smeared them with cold cream first.
Dorothy was beside us in no time (Дороти оказалась рядом с нами в мгновение ока; innotime— очень быстро, в два счета). She peered one-eyed at the glasses, then at me (она взглянула одним глазом на очки, затем на меня).
"Are you constipated (ты что, страдаешь запором; to constipate — вызыватьзапор)?" she said. I maintained silence (я сохраняла молчание; tomaintain— поддерживать, сохранять). But I felt she was seeing everything through her green glasses (но я чувствовала, что она видит все сквозь свои зеленые очки; tolookthroughgreenglasses— ревновать, завидовать успеху). "Put them on (надень их)," Dorothy said. 'Try them on (попробуй)," said Basil. They were ganged up together (они просто сговорились; togangup— объединять силы, сговориться, накинуться всем вместе). Everything was going wrong (все пошло не так), for I had come here to see how matters stood between them after the affair of the will (так как я пришла сюда, чтобы увидеть, как обстояли дела между ними после той истории с завещанием; affair— дело; событие). Basil gave me something to read (Бэзил дал мне что-то прочитать). "It's all right now (теперь все в порядке)," I said, "but it was all a blur when I tried to read this morning (но все было размыто, когда я попыталась читать сегодня утром)."
"Better take a dose (лучше прими слабительное: «лекарство, дозу»)," Dorothy said. I wanted to get out of the shop with my glasses as quickly as possible (я хотела убраться из магазина со своими очками как можно скорее; togetout— выходить, выбираться, вылезать), but the brother said (но /ее/ брат сказал), "I'd better test your eyes again (я лучше еще раз проверю твое зрение) while you're here just to make sure (раз ты здесь, просто чтобы быть уверенным; tomakesure— удостовериться, убедиться)."
peer [pIq] constipate ['kOnstIpeIt] gang up ['gxN'Ap] quickly ['kwIklI]
Dorothy was beside us in no time. She peered one-eyed at the glasses, then at me.
"Are you constipated?" she said. I maintained silence. But I felt she was seeing everything through her green glasses. "Put them on," Dorothy said. "Try them on," said Basil. They were ganged up together. Everything was going wrong, for I had come here to see how matters stood between them after the affair of the will. Basil gave me something to read. "It's all right now," I said, "but it was all a blur when I tried to read this morning."
"Better take a dose," Dorothy said. I wanted to get out of the shop with my glasses as quickly as possible, but the brother said, "I'd better test your eyes again while you're here just to make sure."
He seemed quite normal (он выглядел: «казался» совершенно нормальным). I followed him into the dark interior (я последовала за ним в темную внутреннюю комнату), Dorothy switched on the light (Дороти включила свет). They both seemed normal (они оба выглядели нормальными). The scene in the little office last night (сценка в маленьком кабинете, /произошедшая/ вчера вечером) began to lose its conviction (начала терять свою убедительность; conviction— убеждение, уверенность). As I read out the letters on the card in front of me (пока я читала вслух буквы из таблицы передо мной) I was thinking of Basil as "Mr. Simmonds" and Dorothy as "Miss Simmonds" (я думала о Бэзиле как о «господине Симмондсе» и Дороти как о «мисс Симмондс»), and feared their authority (и боялась их власти; authority— власть, полномочие, авторитет), and was in the wrong (и чувствовала себя неловко; tobeinthewrong— быть не в своей тарелке; ошибаться, быть виновным).
"That seems to be all right (кажется, что все в порядке)," Mr. Simmonds said. "But wait a moment (но, подожди секундочку)." He produced some coloured slides with lettering on them (он показал какие-то цветные слайды с надписями /на них/; to produce — предъявлять). Miss Simmonds gave me what appeared to be a triumphant one-eyed leer (мисс Симмондс одарила меня /как это выглядело/ торжествующим злобным взглядом; leer— косой, хитрый, плотоядный взгляд), and as one who washes her hands of a person (как человек, который снимает с себя ответственность; towashone’shandsofsmb. — снимать с себя ответственность за кого-либо, умывать руки), started to climb the stairs (стала подниматься по лестнице). Plainly (было ясно), she knew I had lost my attraction for her brother (она знала, что я потеряла всякую привлекательность для ее брата; attraction— притяжение, привлекательность, прелесть, очарование).
conviction [kqn'vIkS(q)n] fear [fIq] authority [O:'TOrItI] coloured ['kAlqd]
triumphant [traI'Amf(q)nt]
He seemed quite normal. I followed him into the dark interior. Dorothy switched on the light. They both seemed normal. The scene in the little office last night began to lose its conviction. As I read out the letters on the card in front of me I was thinking of Basil as "Mr. Simmonds" and Dorothy as "Miss Simmonds". and feared their authority, and was in the wrong.
"That seems to be all right," Mr. Simmonds said. "But wait a moment." He produced some coloured slides with lettering on them Miss Simmonds gave me what appeared to be a triumphant one-eyed leer, and as one who washes her hands of a person, start — ed to climb the stairs. Plainly, she knew I had lost my attraction for her brother.
But before she turned the bend in the stairs (но до того, как она поднялась еще выше по лестнице: «повернулась на повороте лестницы») she stopped and came down again (она остановилась и снова спустилась /вниз/). She went to a row of shelves (она подошла к ряду полок; shelf (shelves) — полка) and shifted some bottles (и передвинула пару бутылочек). I read on (я продолжала читать). She interrupted (она перебила меня; tointerrupt— прерывать, перебивать, нарушать, мешать).
'"My eye-drops, Basil (мои глазные капли, Бэзил). I made them up this morning (я приготовила их сегодня утром). Where are they (где они)?"
Mr. Simmonds was suddenly watching her as if something inconceivable was happening (господин Симмондс внезапно стал смотреть на нее так, как будто происходило что-то невероятное).
"Wait, Dorothy (подожди, Дороти). Wait till I've tested the girl's eyes (подожди, пока я не закончил проверять зрение девочки)."
She had lifted down a small brown bottle (она сняла: «подняла вниз» с полки маленькую коричневую бутылочку). ''I want my eye-drops (мне нужны мои глазные капли). I wish you wouldn't displace (как бы мне хотелось, что бы ты не переставлял; todisplace— переставлять, перемещать, класть на другое место) — Are these they (это они)?"
interrupted ["Intq'rAptId] inconceivable ["Inkqn'si: vqb(q)l]
happening ['hxp(q)nIN]
But before she turned the bend in the stairs she stopped and came down again She went to a row of shelves and shifted some bottles. I read on. She interrupted:
'"My eye-drops, Basil. I made them up this morning. Where are they?"
