- •I wrapped my hanky round my thumb and got myself organized. George
- •I was known as Needle.
- •I stood silently among the people, watching. As you will see, I wasn't in a
- •I took a good look at this man accompanying Kathleen. It was her husband.
- •It was not for me to speak to Kathleen, but I had a sudden inspiration which
- •I must explain that I departed this life nearly five years ago. But I did not
- •Inspired to it. Indeed it's one of the things I can't do now — to speak out,
- •I taught in a private school in Kensington, for almost three months, very
- •I didn't love Skinny so I gave him back the ring.
- •I accompanied the party as a sort of secretary. Skinny vouched for me, he
- •I had broken off our engagement, lectured me about this, but still he took me
- •I'm busy in the hat-shop and being presented. You would think he hadn't
- •I must say I was myself a bit off-put by this news about the brown woman. I
- •Intelligent than a mule and sturdier than a horse. But I'm not having any
- •I was able to live on the fee I got for writing a gossip column in a local
- •I met George once more in a hotel in Bulawayo. We drank highballs and
- •I had half a mind to marry Skinny; perhaps, I thought, when his studies
- •I had already heard about the baby girl. Coal black, by repute, with
- •Impotence and need I secreted a venom which infected all my life for days on
- •I was nearly sick. One, because of my Scottish upbringing. Two, because of
- •I returned to England with Skinny's party just before the war.
- •I did not see George again till just before my death, five years ago.
- •I was waiting to write about life and it seemed to me that the good fortune lay in
- •I thought of my type of luck after I became a Catholic and was being
- •I visited Skinny twice in the two years that he was in the sanatorium. He was
- •Very close friends. We met several times each week, and after our Saturday-
- •If we had felt moved to do so.
- •I ought to get in touch with poor George. But then I think he would write
- •I did not speak of George's marriage, nor of any of his confidences in the
- •Impatience with him in former days; she said,
- •In the course of the morning he had told her of his wartime nightclub in
- •I was curious to see this version of George, but I was leaving for Scotland
- •Visited at week-ends; this old lady lived a few miles from Kathleen's aunt,
- •I should go ahead of her in the early afternoon to see to the provisions for our
- •I said no, I liked an empty house.
- •It was like a treasure hunt as I followed clue after clue through the cool silent
- •I found myself speaking to him almost as if he were a child.
- •I giggled, and looked at him. His face had grown much larger, his lips full, wide,
- •I still kept up. They referred to her as "George's Dark Lady" and of course
- •I said, "If Kathleen intends to marry you, I shall tell her that you're already
- •Vest year. Unfortunately, the byreman's hands were even brawnier and
- •If I hadn't been wearing my long-sleeved cardigan, it was said, the bruises
- •I dashed his hopes. I said, "Hallo, George!"
- •In that convivial street. I thought to myself. "He looks as if he had a mouthful
- •I might have been inspired to say more on that agreeable morning, but he
- •I doubt if George will ever see me again in the Portobello Road. He broods
- •Its few drooping tenants. They huddled together like birds in a storm; their
- •I was waiting for friends to come and pick me up on their way to Venice.
- •Importance was permitted to dawn upon strangers.
- •In the garden, strangely standing on a path between the flowers for
- •I climbed the lower slopes of the mountains while the experts in their boots
- •I was moved by the sight. The girl called Mitzi was watching me as I stood
- •In the kitchen doorway. "Coffee?'' she said.
- •I saw a black lacquered cabinet inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and just
- •I went into the polished dining-room, and Mitzi brought my coffee there.
- •It was that very day that the nuisance occurred. The double windows of my
- •It was a cold day. I sat in my room writing letters. I glanced out of the
- •I looked up a few moments later, and this time Herr Stroh was seated on a
- •I left my room and went down to complain to Frau Lublonitsch.
- •I returned to my room. Herr Stroh still sat in position, the field-glasses in
- •In his doorway blinking up at the roof of the Guest-house Lublonitsch. He
- •I didn't want to draw his attention by following the line of his gaze but I
- •In Frau Lublonitsch's splendid bedroom.
- •I turned the comer just as Herr Stroh gave up his gazing; he went indoors,
- •It while I waited for someone to come. I did not have to wait long, for two
- •Indeed were there, but invisible.
- •In the peeling pastel stucco of the little town, the unnecessary floral balconies,
- •Intrigued her.
- •Impassive neck.
- •Is she —"
- •Insurance manager. The successful kind."
- •I think twenty-two. I am twenty-two so far as Richard's concerned. I don't
- •If you want to be successful with men you have to hang on to your youth."
- •Invitation must come from Richard."
- •Valley.
- •I felt the need of his support. "
- •Including Gwen. The one called Grace was quite pretty, with a bewildered
- •I put on my dark glasses to shield my eyes from the sun and conceal my
- •It is discouraging to put on sun glasses in the middle of someone's intimate
- •I was sent to have my eyes tested. He took me into the darkened interior
- •I had seen Miss Simmonds once before, at a garden fete, where she stood on
- •I stopped looking round. I said. "Read what?" for I had been told I would
- •I recall reading the letters correctly down to the last few lines, which were
- •I broke the glasses by sitting on them during my school holidays two years
- •I washed my hair the night before and put a wave in it. Next morning at
- •I smiled and put my hand in my blazer pocket.
- •I formed an idea of his private life. "Dorothy" I speculated, "and Basil." I let
- •Is it to her?"
- •I invented for myself a recurrent scene in which brother and sister
- •I was sent for to try on my new reading glasses. I had the hat-pin with me I
- •I said, "Grandmother said to inquire after your mother."
- •I took to giving Basil a charming smile when I passed him in the street on
- •I took walks before supper round the back lanes, ambling right round the
- •Visible from the window. He laid it side by side with another sheet of paper
- •Ink and started writing on the bottom of the sheet of paper before him,
- •I shivered in my soaking wet clothes. Dorothy looked with her eye at the
- •I took them into Mr. Simmonds early that afternoon.
- •I had smeared them with cold cream first.
- •Interrupted:
- •I noted her correct phrase, "Are these they?" and it seemed just over the
- •Vicious, in the wrong.
- •I started screaming when I got home, and was given a sedative. By evening
- •It was put down to an accident. There was a strong hope that Miss
- •I said, "The bottle may have been tampered with, have you thought of
- •I was attended by our woman doctor, the widow of the town's former
- •I saw Dr. Gray leaving the Simmonds' at six o'clock one evening. She must
- •I walked on, certain that he had known my guilty suspicions all along.
- •I had come to the summer school to lecture on history and she on
- •Inmost lives. This is probably because they spend so much time hearing out
- •It and myself looked back at myself through the dark water. I looked at Dr.
- •I took them off for a moment. I rather liked her for her innocence in not
- •I had my glasses on again, and was walking on.
- •I thought, neither had I.
- •I said, "He might have stopped seeing eyes if you'd taken him at his word."
- •I could hardly believe she was shouting, who previously had been so calm.
- •I think it was then she recognised me.
- •It there and then. You see, he had to do it while it was still wet."
- •Vestments, or at least lace veil.
- •Vestments.
- •Instance, when a local Town Councillor resigned his office Raymond said,
- •In this particular, from the prejudices of that middle class to which they as
- •Introduce them to so many people." For the dark pair had, within a month,
- •In eyes, skin, teeth, which made him seem all the more eager. He called out
- •Irritated Lou, though she kept her peace.
- •Very well by Elizabeth." They had pulled up outside the house where
- •I'm not going to leave my kids in no nursery. I'm not going to send them to no
- •In that he took a tubercular turn, which was followed by a religious one. He
- •Very delicate question. She was amazed when, within three weeks, Oxford
- •In previous numbers, various references to the Black Madonna, how she had
- •It was the Saturday before that Sunday when Lou had her first sick turn.
- •In the next parish magazine. "Another case has come to light of the kindly
- •In fact, it was a very easy birth, a girl. Raymond was allowed in to see Lou
- •In the late afternoon. She was half asleep. "The nurse will take you to see the
- •In the other cots. "Far more so than the others."
- •Isn't hers, which is ridiculous."
- •Very long chance. I've never known it happen in my experience, but I've
- •Inquire after Lou. He rather regretted smashing up the cot in his first fury.
- •It white."
- •It must be back in the olden days the nigro some ansester but it is only nature.
- •I thank the almighty it has missed my kids and your hubby must think it was
I said, "He might have stopped seeing eyes if you'd taken him at his word."
She shouted, "What are you saying? What are you thinking of? He wanted
to give a statement to the police, do you realise..."
"You know he's guilty," I said.
"As his wife (как его жена)," she said, "I know he's guilty (я знаю, что он
виновен). But as a psychiatrist (но как психиатр) I must regard him as innocent
(я должна считать его невиновным; to regard — рассматривать, считать,
Мультиязыковой проект Ильи Франка www.franklang.ru
253
относиться). That's why I took up the subject (вот почему я приступила к этой
теме)." She suddenly turned angry and shouted (она внезапно повернулась
яростно и закричала; angry — сердитый, гневный, раздраженный), "You
damned inquisitor (вы, чертова мучительница: «следователь»; damned —
отвратительный, ужасный, адский, чертов), I've met your type before (я
встречала /людей/ вашего типа раньше)."
I could hardly believe (я с трудом верила, что) she was shouting (она
кричала), who previously had been so calm (она, которая до этого была такая
спокойная; previously — предварительно, заранее, раньше).
"Oh, it's not my business (о, это совсем не мое дело)," I said, and took off my
glasses (и сняла свои очки) to show willing (чтобы показать свое
расположение).
I think it was then she recognised me (я думаю, что только тогда она узнала
меня).
type [taIp] previously ['pri:vIqslI] business ['bIznIs]
"As his wife," she said, "I know he's guilty. But as a psychiatrist I must
regard him as innocent. That's why I took up the subject." She suddenly
turned angry and shouted, "You damned inquisitor, I've met your type
before."
I could hardly believe she was shouting, who previously had been so calm.
"Oh, it's not my business," I said, and took off my glasses to show willing.
I think it was then she recognised me.
Черная Мадонна
Мультиязыковой проект Ильи Франка www.franklang.ru
254
The Black Madonna
When the Black Madonna (когда Черная Мадонна) was installed (была
установлена; to install — вводить в должность, устраивать, помещать) in
the Church of the Sacred Heart (в церкви Святого Сердца; sacred — священный)
the Bishop himself came to consecrate it (сам епископ приехал, чтобы освятить
ее). His long purple train (его длинный багряный шлейф) was upheld (держали:
«поддерживался»; to uphold — поддерживать) by the two curliest of the choir
(два самых кудрявых /мальчика/ из хора; curly (curlier, the curliest) —
вьющийся, волнистый, choir — хор певчих, церковный хор). The day was
favoured suddenly (день был освещен: «одарен» внезапно; to favour —
благоволить, выказывать предпочтение) with thin October sunlight (тусклым
октябрьским солнечным лучом: «солнечным светом»; thin — тонкий, худой,
слабый) as he crossed the courtyard (когда он пересек внутренний двор; to
cross — пересекать, переходить) from the presbytery to the church (от дома
священника к церкви; presbytery — часть церкви, где помещается алтарь;
дом католического священника), as the procession followed him (тогда как
процессия следовала за ним; to follow — следовать, сопровождать) chanting
the Litany of the Saints (распевая литанию святых; to chant — говорить или
читать нараспев) five priests (пять священников) in vestments of white heavy
silk (в облачениях: «ризах» из белого тяжелого шелка) interwoven with
glinting threads (затканного блестящими нитями; to interwove — переплетать,
вплетать), four lay officials (четверо мирских официальных лиц; lay —
светский, не духовный) with straight red robes (в прямого покроя красных
мантиях), then the confraternities (затем /шли/ братства /монахов/) and the
tangled columns of the Mothers' Union (и смешанные колонны Союза матерей;
Mothers' Union — христианская организация, выступающая за семейные
ценности).
Мультиязыковой проект Ильи Франка www.franklang.ru
255
Madonna [mq'dOnq] sacred ['seIkrId] consecrate ['kOnsIkreIt] choir ['kwaIq]
presbytery ['prezbIt(q)rI] straight [streIt] confraternity ["kOnfrq'tq:nItI]
When the Black Madonna was installed in the Church of the Sacred Heart
the Bishop himself came to consecrate it. His long purple train was upheld by
the two curliest of the choir. The day was favoured suddenly with thin
October sunlight as he crossed the courtyard from the presbytery to the
church, as the procession followed him chanting the Litany of the Saints: five
priests in vestments of white heavy silk interwoven with glinting threads, four
lay officials with straight red robes, then the confraternities and the tangled
columns of the Mothers' Union.
The new town of Whitney Clay (в новом городе Уитни Клей; clay — глина)
had a large proportion of Roman Catholics (было значительное число
католиков: «/город/ имел большую часть католиков»; proportion —
количественное соотношение, часть, доля; a Roman Catholic — человек,
принадлежащий к римско-католической церкви), especially among the nurses
at the new hospital (особенно среди медицинских сестер в новой больнице);
and at the paper mills (и на /среди работников/ бумажной фабрике), too
(также), there were many Catholics (было много католиков), drawn inland from
Liverpool (привлеченных в глубинку из Ливерпуля; to draw — тащить,
волочить; собирать, притягивать; inland — территория, удаленная от
моря, вглубь страны) by the new housing estate (новым жилым
микрорайоном); likewise (также как и), with the canning factories («с»
консервными фабриками).
The Black Madonna had been given to the church (Черная Мадонна была
передана церкви) by a recent convert (новым монастырем). It was carved out of
bog oak (она была вырезана из болотного дуба; bog — болото, трясина).
Мультиязыковой проект Ильи Франка www.franklang.ru
256
"They found the wood in the bog (они нашли дерево в болоте; to find —
находить, отыскать). Had been there hundreds of years (пролежало там:
«было там» сотни лет). They sent for the sculptor (они послали за скульптором;
to send for — вызвать, пригласить) right away (немедленно) by phone (по
телефону). He went over to Ireland (он отправился в Ирландию) and carved it
there and then (и вырезал ее прямо там: «там и тогда»; to carve — вырезать по
дереву, кости). You see (понимаете: «вы видите»), he had to do it while it was
still wet (он должен был сделать это, пока оно /дерево/ было все еще
влажным; wet — мокрый, сырой)."
"Looks a bit like contemporary art (слегка напоминает современное
искусство: «выглядит чуть-чуть как современное искусство»)."
"Nah, that's not contemporary art (не, это не современное искусство), it's
old-fashioned (она совершенно в старых традициях: «старомодна»; fashion
— образ, манера, мода, old — старый, old-fashioned — устарелый,
вышедший из моды, употребления). If you'd ever seen contemporary work
(если вы когда-нибудь видели бы современное искусство) you'd know it was
old-fashioned (вы бы знали, что /эта статуя/ традиционна)."
"Looks like contemp- (выглядит как современ-)
"It's old-fashioned (она совершенно в старых традициях). Else (в противном
случае) how'd it get sanctioned to be put up (как бы было получено разрешение
на ее установку; to sanction — утверждать, одобрять; to put up —
поднимать, возводить, воздвигать)?"
Catholic ['kxT(q)lIk] nurse [nq:s] contemporary [kqn'tem|p(q)rqrI, -p(q)rI]
The new town of Whitney Clay had a large proportion of Roman Catholics,
especially among the nurses at the new hospital; and at the paper m ills, too,
there were many Catholics, drawn inland from Liverpool by the new housing
estate; likewise, with the canning factories.
The Black Madonna had been given to the church by a recent convert. It
Мультиязыковой проект Ильи Франка www.franklang.ru
257
was carved out of bog oak.
"They found the wood in the bog. Had been there hundreds of years. They
sent for the sculptor right away by phone. He went over to Ireland and carved