When he announced the date of his sailing she could not contain her joy. She

Got Jimmie so to arrange his programme that she might go and meet him at

Liverpool.

"If the boat comes in late I shall probably stay the night," she told Jimmie.

He smiled ironically.

"I suppose you think that in the excitement of homecoming you may work the

trick."

"What a beastly little man you are."

"Come off it, dear. My advice to you is, get him a bit tight and then lock

Yourself in a room with him and tell him you won't let him out till he's made a

dishonest woman of you."

But when she was starting (но, когда она уже отправлялась в путь) he came to

the station with her (он отправился с ней на вокзал). As she was getting into the

carriage (когда она заходила в вагон) he took her hand (он взял ее за руку) and

patted it (и погладил ее).

"Feeling nervous (нервничаешь: «чувствуешь нервно»), dear (дорогая)?"

"Oh, Jimmie dear (о, Джимми, дорогой), wild with happiness (без ума от

счастья; wild — дикий, необузданный, обуреваемый страстями) and sick with

anxiety (и извожусь от беспокойства; to be sick with — изводиться,

терзаться, anxiety — тревога, беспокойство, страх)."

"Well, good luck to you (ну, удачи тебе). And don't forget (и не забывай) you're

much too good for him (ты заслуживаешь большего: «слишком хороша для

него»). You're young (ты молода) and pretty (и красива) and you're the greatest

actress in England (и ты величайшая актриса в Англии)."

When the train steamed out (когда поезд отошел /от платформы/; to steam out —

двигаться, идти о поезде (при помощи пара), a steam — /водяной/ пар).

Jimmie went to the station bar (Джимми отправился в бар на вокзале) and had a

whisky and soda (и выпил виски с содовой).

"Lord, what fools these mortals be (Боже, какие дураки, эти смертные; mortal —

смертный, шутл. человек)," he sighed (вздохнул он). But Julia stood up in the

empty carriage (/но/ Джулия /тем временем/ встала в пустом купе: «вагоне»)

and looked at herself in the glass (и посмотрела на себя в зеркало; glass —

стекло, зеркало).

carriage ['kxrIdZ] nervous ['nq:vqs] anxiety [xN'zaIqtI] mortal [mO:tl]

But when she was starting he came to the station with her. As she was getting

Into the carriage he took her hand and patted it.

"Feeling nervous, dear?"

"Oh, Jimmie dear, wild with happiness and sick with anxiety."

"Well, good luck to you. And don't forget you're much too good for him.

You're young and pretty and you're the greatest actress in England."

When the train steamed out Jimmie went to the station bar and had a whisky

and soda. "Lord, what fools these mortals be," he sighed. But Julia stood up