She began to cry again, but he took no notice(она снова начала плакать, но он не обращал внимания) . She kept wiping her mouth on her handkerchief(она то и дело вытирала рот платком; to keep doing smth. – продолжать делать что-л. ) . He could see it, the blood-mark(он видел следы крови; mark – знак; метка; отметка; след, отпечаток ) . It made him only more sick and tired of the responsibility of it, the violence, the shame(это заставило его только еще больше тяготиться ответственностью за происшедшее, за жестокость, за стыд; to be sick and tired of: «быть больным и уставшим от» – быть сытым по горло, смертельно устать /от чего-л., кого-л./; violence – насилие; жестокость ).
When she began to move about again(когда она снова начала двигаться) , he raised his head once more from his dead, motionless position(он еще раз поднял голову из своего мертвого, неподвижного положения).
“I’ve not had anything to do with him,” she quavered.
“You just kept ’em because they were jewellery?” he said.
A weariness came over him. What was the worth of speaking any more of it? He did not care any more. He was dreary and sick.
She began to cry again, but he took no notice. She kept wiping her mouth on her handkerchief. He could see it, the blood-mark. It made him only more sick and tired of the responsibility of it, the violence, the shame.
When she began to move about again, he raised his head once more from his dead, motionless position.
“Where are the things?” he said(где эти вещи? – спросил он).
“They are upstairs,” she quavered(они наверху, – дрожащим голосом произнесла она) . She knew the passion had gone down in him(она понимала, что на него нахлынула ярость; passion – страсть; пыл; приступ гнева; гнев ).
“Bring them down(принеси их) ,” he said.
“I won’t,” she wept, with rage(не принесу, – плакала она от злости; won’t = will not; to weep – плакать, рыдать ) . “You’re not going to bully me and hit me like that on the mouth(ты не будешь запугивать меня и бить так по лицу; to bully – грозить, запугивать ) .”
And she sobbed again(и она снова зарыдала) . He looked at her in contempt and compassion and in rising anger(он смотрел на нее с презрением, жалостью и возрастающим гневом).
“Where are they(где они) ?” he said.
“They’re in the little drawer under the looking-glass,” she sobbed(они в маленьком ящичке под зеркалом, – проговорила она, всхлипывая).
“Where are the things?” he said.
“They are upstairs,” she quavered. She knew the passion had gone down in him.
“Bring them down,” he said.
“I won’t,” she wept, with rage. “You’re not going to bully me and hit me like that on the mouth.”
And she sobbed again. He looked at her in contempt and compassion and in rising anger.
“Where are they?” he said.
“They’re in the little drawer under the looking-glass,” she sobbed.
He went slowly upstairs, struck a match, and found the trinkets(он медленно поднялся наверх, зажег спичку и нашел побрякушки; to strike – ударять/ся/; высекать /огонь/; зажигать/ся/; trinket – безделушка; дешевое украшение ) . He brought them downstairs in his hand(он принес их вниз в руке).
“These?” he said, looking at them as they lay in his palm(эти? – спросил он, глядя на них, лежащих в его ладони).
She looked at them without answering(она посмотрела на них, не ответив) . She was not interested in them any more(больше они ее не интересовали).
He looked at the little jewels(он посмотрел на маленькие драгоценности) . They were pretty(они были прелестные).
“It’s none of their fault,” he said to himself(это не их вина, – сказал он самому себе = подумал про себя).
And he searched round slowly, persistently, for a box(и он медленно и настойчиво стал искать коробочку) . He tied the things up and addressed them to Sam Adams(он перевязал /упакованные/ вещи и надписал адрес Сэма Адамса) . Then he went out in his slippers to post the little package(потом вышел в домашних туфлях, чтобы отправить эту маленькую посылку).
When he came back she was still sitting crying(когда он вернулся, она по-прежнему сидела и плакала).
He went slowly upstairs, struck a match, and found the trinkets. He brought them downstairs in his hand.
“These?” he said, looking at them as they lay in his palm.
She looked at them without answering. She was not interested in them any more.
He looked at the little jewels. They were pretty.
“It’s none of their fault,” he said to himself.
And he searched round slowly, persistently, for a box. He tied the things up and addressed them to Sam Adams. Then he went out in his slippers to post the little package.
When he came back she was still sitting crying.
“You’d better go to bed(тебе лучше пойти спать; to go to bed: «отправляться в постель» – ложиться спать ) ,” he said.
She paid no attention(она не обратила внимания; to pay – платить; to pay attention – обращать внимание ) . He sat by the fire(он сел у камина) . She still cried(она все еще плакала).
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