Maugham_Theatre_M

жизненно важные органы), she would give a frightful performance (она будет играть безобразно); at whatever cost she must speak to him (любой ценой, она должна поговорить с ним). There was a telephone in his house (в его доме был телефон) and an extension to his room (и добавочный /аппарат/ в его комнате). She rang him (Джулия позвонила ему). Fortunately he was in (к счастью, он был дома; to be in — быть дома, на месте).

"Tom."

"Yes?"

He had paused for a moment before answering (он на какое-то мгновение задержался, прежде чем ответить) and his voice was peevish (и в его голосе звучало раздражение; peevish — капризный, раздражительный, сварливый). "What does this mean (что это значит)? Why have you sent me all those things (почему ты отослал мне все эти вещи)?"

"Did you get the notes this morning (ты получила банкноты этим утром)?" "Yes. I couldn't make head or tail of it (но я ничего не могу понять; head — голова, tail — хвост). Have I offended you (я чем-то тебя обидела)?"

painfully ['peInf(q)lI] gnaw [nO:] vitals ['vaItlz]

Her heart now beat painfully. She couldn't go on the stage with that anguish gnawing at her vitals, she would give a frightful performance; at whatever cost she must speak to him. There was a telephone in his house and an extension to his room. She rang him. Fortunately he was in.

"Tom."

"Yes?"

He had paused for a moment before answering and his voice was peevish. "What does this mean? Why have you sent me all those things?"

"Did you get the notes this morning?"

"Yes. I couldn't make head or tail of it. Have I offended you?"

"Oh no (о, нет)," he answered (ответил он). "I like being treated like a kept boy (мне нравится, когда со мной обращаются как с жиголо: «юношей на содержании»). I like having it thrown in my face (мне нравится, когда мне в лицо швыряется /обвинение/) that even my tips have to be given me (что даже

/мои = которые я должен дать/ чаевые, должны мне выдаваться). I thought it rather strange (я подумал даже, как странно) that you didn't send me the money (что ты не отправила мне денег) for a third-class ticket back to London (на билет третьего класса до Лондона)."

Although Julia was in a pitiable state of anxiety (хотя Джулия и находилась в жалком состоянии тревоги), so that she could hardly get the words out of her mouth (таком, что она даже с трудом могла открыть рот, чтобы произнести слова: «вытащить слова изо рта»), she almost smiled at his fatuous irony (она почти что улыбнулась его бессмысленной иронии). He was a silly little thing (он был такой глупыш; silly — глупый, глупенький).

"But you can't imagine (ну ты же не вообразил себе) that I wanted to hurt your feelings (что я хотела задеть твои чувства). You surely know me well enough (ты же знаешь меня, на самом-то деле, достаточно хорошо) to know that's the last thing I should do (чтобы знать, что это последнее, что я захотела бы сделать)."

although [O:l'DqV] fatuous ['fxtjVqs] irony ['aI(q)rqnI]

"Oh no," he answered. "I like being treated like a kept boy. I like having it thrown in my face that even my tips have to be given me. I thought it rather strange that you didn't send me the money for a third-class ticket back to London."

Although Julia was in a pitiable state of anxiety, so that she could hardly get the words out of her mouth, she almost smiled at his fatuous irony. He was a silly little thing.

"But you can't imagine that I wanted to hurt your feelings. You surely know me well enough to know that's the last thing I should do."

"I don't know what you mean. It's all some horrible misunderstanding. Come and fetch me after the play and we'll have it out. I know I can explain."

"I'm going to dinner with my people and I shall sleep at home." "Tomorrow then."

"I'm engaged tomorrow."

"I must see you, Tom. We've been too much to one another to part like this. You can't condemn me unheard. It's so unjust to punish me for no fault of mine."

"I think it's much better that we shouldn't meet again."

Julia was growing desperate (Джулия приходила в отчаяние).

"But I love you, Tom (но я люблю тебя, Том). I love you. Let me see you once more (позволь мне увидеть тебя еще только раз) and then, if you're still angry with me (и тогда, если ты все еще будешь сердится на меня), we'll call it a day (мы прекратим встречаться; to call it a day — прекратить какое-то дело)."

There was a long pause before he answered (повисла: «была» долгая пауза,

прежде чем он ответил).

"All right (хорошо). I'll come after the matinee on Wednesday (я зайду после дневного спектакля, в среду)."

"Don't think unkindly of me, Tom (не обижайся на меня, Том: «не думай обо мне недоброжелательно»)."

She put down the receiver (она положила трубку). At all events he was coming (во всяком случае, он придет). She wrapped up again the things he had returned to her (она завернула снова те вещи, которые он ей вернул), and hid them away (и спрятала их там,) where she was pretty sure Evie would not see them (где, как она была совершенно уверенна, Эви не увидит их).

Wednesday ['wenzdI] receiver [rI'si:vq] wrap [rxp]

Julia was growing desperate.

"But I love you, Tom. I love you. Let me see you once more and then, if you're still

angry with me, we'll call it a day."

There was a long pause before he answered.

"All right. I'll come after the matinee on Wednesday." "Don't think unkindly of me, Tom."

She put down the receiver. At all events he was coming. She wrapped up again the things he had returned to her, and hid them away where she was pretty sure Evie would not see them.

She undressed (она разделась), put on her old pink dressing-gown (надела свой старый розовый халат) and began to make-up (и начала наносить грим). She was out of humour (ей было не до смеха): this was the first time (это был первый раз) she had ever told him that she loved him (когда она ему сказала, что любит его). It vexed her (ее раздражало) that she had been forced to humiliate herself (что ей пришлось: «она была заставлена» унижаться) by begging him to come and see her (умоляя его прийти и навестить ее). Till then (до этого момента) it had always been he who sought her company (именно он всегда искал ее компании). She was not pleased to think (ей не доставляло удовольствия думать) that the situation between them (что ситуация между ними) now was openly reversed (теперь была откровенно противоположной).

dressing-gown ['dresINgaVn] vex [veks] sought [sO:t]

She undressed, put on her old pink dressing-gown and began to make-up. She was out of humour: this was the first time she had ever told him that she loved him. It vexed her that she had been forced to humiliate herself by begging him to come and see her. Till then it had always been he who sought her company. She was not pleased to think that the situation between them now was openly reversed.

Julia gave a very poor performance (Джулия очень плохо играла: «Джулия дала очень жалкое представление») at the matinee on Wednesday (в дневном

спектакле, в среду). The heat wave had affected business (наступившая жара плохо влияла на деловую активность) and the house was apathetic (и публика в театре была равнодушной). Julia was indifferent (/сама/ Джулия осталась /к

этому/ безразличной). With that sickness of apprehension (охваченная тошнотой от дурных предчувствий) gnawing at her heart (терзавших ее сердце) she could not care how the play went (она не могла волноваться /еще и/

о том, как /публика/ принимает спектакль; to go — зд. пройти, быть принятым). "What the hell do they want to come to the theatre for (за каким чертом, они вообще хотят прийти в театр) on a day like this anyway (в такой-

то день, а)?") She was glad when it was over (она была рада, когда все: «спектакль» закончилось).

"I'm expecting Mr. Fennell (я ожидаю мистера Феннелла)," she told Evie (сказала она Эви). "While he's here (пока он будет здесь) I don't want to be disturbed (я не хочу, чтобы мне мешали; to disturb — выводить из состояния покоя, беспокоить)."

apathetic ["xpq'TetIk] apprehension ["xprI'henS(q)n] over ['qVvq]

Julia gave a very poor performance at the matinee on Wednesday. The heat wave had affected business and the house was apathetic. Julia was indifferent. With that sickness of apprehension gnawing at her heart she could not care how the play went. ("What the hell do they want to come to the theatre for on a day like this anyway?") She was glad when it was over.

"I'm expecting Mr. Fennell," she told Evie. "While he's here I don't want to be disturbed."

Evie did not answer (Эви не ответила). Julia gave her a glance (Джулия взглянула на нее) and saw that she was looking grim (и увидела, что та выглядела сурово).

("To hell with her (к чертям ее). What do I care what she thinks (разве меня

волнует, что она думает)!")

He ought to have been there by now (он уже должен был быть на месте к этому времени). It was after five (было уже после пяти). He was bound to come (он обязательно должен прийти; to be bound to do smth. — обязательно сделать что-либо, чувствовать моральную потребность сделать что-либо); after all, he'd promised, hadn't he (в конце концов, он обещал, ведь так)? She put on a dressing-gown (она надела халат), not the one she made up in (но не тот, в

котором она наносила грим), but a man's dressing-gown (а мужской халат), in plum-coloured silk (шелковый, сливового цвета). Evie took an interminable time (Эви бесконечно копалась; to take time — требовать времени, не торопиться, мешкать) to put things straight (приводя вещи в порядок).

"For God's sake don't fuss, Evie (ради Бога, Эви, не суетись). Leave me alone (оставь меня одну)."

Evie did not speak (Эви не ответила: «не говорила»). She went on methodically arranging the various objects on the dressing-table (она продолжала методически расставлять различные предметы на туалетном столике) exactly as Julia always wanted them (точно так, как Джулия всегда хотела /чтобы они стояли/).

bound [baVnd] straight [streIt] methodically [mI'TOdIk(q)lI]

("To hell with her. What do I care what she thinks!")

He ought to have been there by now. It was after five. He was bound to come; after all, he'd promised, hadn't he? She put on a dressing-gown, not the one she made up in, but a man's dressing-gown, in plum-coloured silk. Evie took an interminable time to put things straight.

"For God's sake don't fuss, Evie. Leave me alone."

Evie did not speak. She went on methodically arranging the various objects on the dressing-table exactly as Julia always wanted them.

"Why the devil don't you answer (какого черта ты не отвечаешь), when I speak

to you (когда я с тобой разговариваю)?"

Evie turned round and looked at her (Эви повернулась и посмотрела на нее). She thoughtfully rubbed her finger (она задумчиво провела: «потерла» пальцем) along her nostrils (под носом: «вдоль ноздрей»).

"Great actress you may be (может быть вы и великая актриса)..." "Get the hell out of here (катись отсюда ко всем чертям)."

After taking off her stage make-up (после того, как она сняла /с лица/

сценический грим) Julia had done nothing to her face (Джулия не стала ничего делать с лицом) except put the very faintest shading of blue under her eyes (за исключением того, что нанесла легчайшие: «самые слабые» тени голубого цвета на нижние веки: «под глаза»). She had a smooth, pale skin (у нее была гладкая, бледная кожа) and without rouge on her cheeks (и, без румян на щеках) or red on her lips (или красной /помады/ на губах) she looked wan (она выглядела изнуренной: «бледной»). The man's dressing-gown gave an effect (а мужской халат производил эффект) at once helpless, fragile and gallant (одновременно беспомощности, хрупкости и элегантности).

thoughtfully ['TO:tf(q)lI] rouge [ru:Z] gallant ['gxlqnt]

"Why the devil don't you answer when I speak to you?"

Evie turned round and looked at her. She thoughtfully rubbed her finger along her nostrils.

"Great actress you may be..." "Get the hell out of here."

After taking off her stage make-up Julia had done nothing to her face except put the very faintest shading of blue under her eyes. She had a smooth, pale skin and without rouge on her cheeks or red on her lips she looked wan. The man's dressinggown gave an effect at once helpless, fragile and gallant.

Her heart was beating painfully (ее сердце мучительно билось) and she was very

anxious (и она очень сильно тревожилась), but looking at herself in the glass she murmured (но, взглянув на себя в зеркало, она пробормотала): Mimi in the last act of Bohème (Мими, в последнем акте «Богемы»). Almost without meaning to (почти что неосознанно) she coughed once or twice consumptively (она прокашляла пару раз: «раз или два», как чахоточная: «изнурительно»). She turned off the bright lights on her dressing-table (она отключила яркий свет ламп на своем туалетном столике) and lay down on the sofa (и прилегла на софу). Presently there was a knock on the door (тем временем раздался стук в дверь) and Evie announced Mr. Fennell (и Эви объявила о приходе мистера Феннелла). Julia held out a white, thin hand (Джулия протянула белую худую руку).

"I'm lying down (я прилегла: «я лежу»). I'm afraid I'm not very well (боюсь, мне не здоровится). Find yourself a chair (найди себе кресло). It's nice of you to come (очень мило с твоей стороны, что ты пришел)."

"I'm sorry (мне жаль, /что тебе нездоровится/). What's the matter (что случилось)?"

"Oh, nothing (о, ничего)." She forced a smile to her ashy lips (она натужно улыбнулась бледными: «пепельного цвета» губами). "I haven't been sleeping very well the last two or three nights (я нехорошо спала последние две или три ночи)."

cough [kOf] chair [tSeq] matter ['mxtq]

Her heart was beating painfully and she was very anxious, but looking at herself in the glass she murmured: Mimi in the last act of Bohème. Almost without meaning to she coughed once or twice consumptively. She turned off the bright lights on her dressing-table and lay down on the sofa. Presently there was a knock on the door and Evie announced Mr. Fennell. Julia held out a white, thin hand.

"I'm lying down. I'm afraid I'm not very well. Find yourself a chair. It's nice of you to come."

"I'm sorry. What's the matter?"

"Oh, nothing." She forced a smile to her ashy lips. "I haven't been sleeping very well the last two or three nights."

She turned her beautiful eyes on him (она обратила на него свои прекрасные глаза) and for a while gazed at him in silence (и некоторое время пристально глядела на него, молча). His expression was sullen (выражение его лица было угрюмым), but she had a notion that he was frightened (но она заметила, что он был испуган).

"I'm waiting for you to tell me (я жду тебя, чтобы ты сказал мне) what you've got against me (что ты затаил против меня; to have smth. against smb. — иметь что-либо против кого-либо)," she said at last in a low voice (сказала она в конце концов тихим голосом).

It trembled a little, she noticed, but quite naturally (он /голос/ немного дрожал, она заметила это, но вполне естественно). ("Christ, I believe I'm frightened too (Боже, я чувствую, что сама испугана тоже).")

"There's no object in going back to that (нет нужды снова возвращаться к этому). The only thing I wanted to say to you was this (единственное, что я хотел тебе сказать, это вот что): I'm afraid I can't pay you (боюсь, что не смогу выплатить тебе) the two hundred pounds I owe you right away (те двести фунтов, которые должен тебе, прямо сейчас: «немедленно»). I simply haven't got it (у меня их просто нет), but I'll pay you by degrees (но я выплачу их, постепенно; degree — ступень, степень, градус). I hate having to ask you to give me time (мне очень не хочется просить тебя дать мне время), but I can't help myself (но у меня нет другого выхода: «я не могу поступить иначе»)."

sullen ['sAl(q)n] tremble ['tremb(q)l] myself [maI'self]

She turned her beautiful eyes on him and for a while gazed at him in silence. His expression was sullen, but she had a notion that he was frightened.