"Take a pew (садитесь; take a pew — разг. садитесь, pew — разг. стул,
сиденье, место)," he said. "The water's just on the boil (вода уже закипает). I'll
only be a minute (я вернусь через минутку). I've got a gas-ring in the bathroom
(у меня газовая горелка в ванной; ring — кольцо, обруч, обод)."
He left her and she looked about (он оставил ее /одну/, и она огляделась
вокруг). "Poor lamb, he must be as poor as a church mouse (бедный ягненок, он,
должно быть, беден как церковная мышь)." The room reminded her very much
(комната напомнила ей так сильно) of some of the lodgings she had lived in
(некоторые из тех съемных комнат, в которых она жила) when she was first on
the stage (когда она только поступила в театр: «была впервые на сцене»). She
noticed the pathetic attempts he had made (она заметила те жалкие попытки,
которые он предпринял) to conceal the fact (чтобы скрыть тот факт) that it was
a bedroom as well as a sitting-room (что это была также и спальная комната, и
гостиная). The divan against the wall (тахта у стены) was evidently his bed at
night (была очевидно и его постелью ночью). The years slipped away from her
in fancy (годы улетучились /от нее/ как по волшебству: «в воображении,
фантазии»; to slip away — ускользать, уноситься, улететь о времени) and she
felt strangely young again (и она почувствовала себя снова
удивительно/странно молодой).
pew [pju:] lodging ['lOdZIN] pathetic [pq'TetIk] fancy ['fxnsI]
"Take a pew," he said. "The water's just on the boil. I'll only be a minute. I've
got a gas-ring in the bathroom."
He left her and she looked about. "Poor lamb, he must be as poor as a church
mouse." The room reminded her very much of some of the lodgings she had
Lived in when she was first on the stage. She noticed the pathetic attempts he
Had made to conceal the fact that it was a bedroom as well as a sitting-room.
The divan against the wall was evidently his bed at night. The years slipped