Dashiell Hammett: Мальтийский сокол. Английский язык с Д. Хэмметом.

message ['mesIdZ] sympathetically ["sImpq'TetIk(q)lI] tighten ['taItn]

"No, I haven't. I wrote her that I would go to the St. Mark, and I begged her to come and let me talk to her even if she didn't intend to go home with me. But she didn't come. I waited three days, and she didn't come, didn't even send me a message of any sort." Spade nodded his blond satan's head, frowned sympathetically, and tightened his lips together.

"It was horrible (это было ужасно)," Miss Wonderly said, trying to smile (сказала мисс Уондерли, пытаясь улыбнуться). "I couldn't sit there like that (я не могла там так сидеть) — waiting (ожидая) — not knowing what had happened to her (не зная, что /уже/ случилось с ней), what might be happening to her (что могло происходить с ней /сейчас/)." She stopped trying to smile (она перестала пытаться улыбнуться). She shuddered (она вздрогнула). "The only address I had was General Delivery (единственный адрес, который я знала: «был у меня», был «до востребования»). I wrote her another letter (я написала ей другое письмо), and yesterday afternoon I went to the Post Office (и вчера вечером я пошла на почту). I stayed there until after dark (я пробыла там до темноты; until— момент, вплоть до которого действие не совершалось: после того как, after— после ), but I didn't see her (но я не увидела ее). I went there again this morning (я пошла туда снова этим утром), and still didn't see Corinne (и по-прежнему не увидела Коринну), but I saw Floyd Thursby (но я видела Флойда Терсби)."

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"It was horrible," Miss Wonderly said, trying to smile. "I couldn't sit there like that — waiting — not knowing what had happened to her, what might be happening to her." She stopped trying to smile. She shuddered. "The only address I had was General Delivery. I wrote her another letter, and yesterday afternoon I went to the Post Office. I stayed there until after dark, but I didn't see her. I went there again this morning, and still didn't see Corinne, but I saw Floyd Thursby."

Spade nodded again (Спейд снова кивнул). His frown went away (его нахмуренность ушла). In its place came a look of sharp attentiveness (на ее место пришло выражение острого внимания). "He wouldn't tell me where Corinne was (он не сказал мне, где Коринна)," she went on, hopelessly– продолжала она, безнадежно). "He wouldn't tell me anything (он не сказал мне ничего), except that she was well and happy (за исключением того, что с ней все хорошо и она счастлива). But how can I believe that (но как я могу поверить в это)? That is what he would tell me anyhow, isn't it (это то, что он бы сказал мне в любом случае, не так ли)?"

"Sure (конечно)," Spade agreed (согласился Спейд). "But it might be true (но это может быть правдой)."

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Spade nodded again. His frown went away. In its place came a look of sharp attentiveness. "He wouldn't tell me where Corinne was," she went on, hopelessly. "He wouldn't tell me anything, except that she was well and happy. But how can I believe that? That is what he would tell me anyhow, isn't it?"

"Sure," Spade agreed. "But it might be true."

"I hope it is (я надеюсь, это /правда/). I do hope it is (я очень надеюсь, что это так; to do— зд. употребляется для усиления глагола )," she exclaimed (воскликнула она). "But I can't go back home like this (но я не могу вернуться домой так), without having seen her (не увидев ее), without even having talked to her on the phone (даже не поговорив с ней по телефону). He wouldn't take me to her (он не захотел отвести меня к ней; to take — брать ). He said she didn't want to see me (он сказал, что она не хочет видеть меня). I can't believe that (я не могу в это поверить). He promised to tell her he had seen me (он обещал сказать ей, что он видел меня), and to bring her to see me (и привести ее, чтобы встретиться со мной) — if she would come (если она захочет прийти) — this evening at the hotel (сегодня вечером в отеле). He said he knew she wouldn't (он сказал, он знает, что она не /придет/). He promised to come himself if she wouldn't (он обещал прийти сам, если она не /придет/).. He (он) — "

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"I hope it is. I do hope it is," she exclaimed. "But I can't go back home like this, without having seen her, without even having talked to her on the phone. He wouldn't take me to her. He said she didn't want to see me. I can't believe that. He promised to tell her he had seen me, and to bring her to see me — if she would come — this evening at the hotel. He said he knew she wouldn't. He promised to come himself if she wouldn't. He — "

She broke off (она /внезапно/ прервалась; to break (broke, broken) — ломать, разбивать, разрывать ) with a startled hand to her mouth (испуганно /поднеся/ руку ко рту) as the door opened (когда открылась дверь).

The man who had opened the door (мужчина, который открыл дверь) came in a step, said (вошел на шаг, сказал), "Oh, excuse me (о, извините /меня/)!" hastily took his brown hat from his head (поспешно снял свою коричневую шляпу со /своей/ головы), and backed out (и вышел, пятясь; to back — отходить, пятиться ).

"It's all right, Miles (все в порядке, Майлз)," Spade told him (сказал ему Спейд). "Come in (входи). Miss Wonderly, this is Mr. Archer, my partner (Мисс Уондерли, это мистер Арчер, мой компаньон: «партнер»)."

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She broke off with a startled hand to her mouth as the door opened.

The man who had opened the door came in a step, said, "Oh, excuse me!" hastily took his brown hat from his head, and backed out.

"It's all right, Miles," Spade told him. "Come in. Miss Wonderly, this is Mr. Archer, my partner."

Miles Archer came into the office again (Майлз Арчер снова вошел в офис), shutting the door behind him (закрыв дверь за собой), ducking his head and smiling at Miss Wonderly (быстро кивнув головой и улыбаясь мисс Уондерли; to duck — нырнуть; наклониться ), making a vaguely polite gesture with the hat in his hand (делая неясный/расплывчатый вежливый жест шляпой в своей руке; vague — неопределенный, неясный, смутный ). He was of medium height (он был среднего роста), solidly built (плотного сложения; to build (built) — строить, сооружать ), wide in the shoulders (широк в плечах), thick in the neck (толстый в шее), with a jovial heavy-jawed red face (с веселым красным лицом с тяжелой челюстью) and some grey in his close-trimmed hair (и небольшой сединой в его коротко подстриженных волосах; to trim — приводить в порядок, прибирать, подрезать ). He was apparently as many years past forty (ему было явно так же много лет после сорока) as Spade was past thirty (как Спейду было после тридцати).