Jerome Jerome - Трое в лодке, не считая собаки / Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)

I rather pride myself on my packing [35] I rather pride myself on my packing. – Я горжусь своим умением укладывать вещи. . Packing is one of those many things that I feel I know more about than any other person.

I started the packing. It seemed a longer job than I had thought; but I got the bag finished at last, and I sat on it.

“Aren’t you going to put the boots in?” said Harris.

And I looked round, and found I had forgotten them. I opened the bag and packed the boots in; and then, just as I was going to close it, a horrible idea occurred to me. Had I packed my tooth-brush?

My tooth-brush is a terrible thing, it makes my life a misery. While sleeping, I dream that I haven’t packed it, and wake up, and get out of bed and hunt for it. And, in the morning, I pack it before I have used it, and have to unpack again to get it. And then I repack and forget it, and I have to carry it to the railway station, wrapped up in my pocket handkerchief.

Of course, I could not find it. I took the things out of the suitcase. Of course, I found George’s and Harris’s eighteen times over, but I couldn’t find my own. Then I found it inside a boot. I repacked once more.

When I had finished, George asked if the soap was in. I said I didn’t care whether the soap was in or whether it wasn’t. But I found that I had packed my tobacco-pouch in it, and had to reopen it. Harris said that he and George had better do the rest; and I agreed and sat down.

They began. I made no comment; I only watched. They started with breaking a cup. That was the first thing they did. Then Harris packed the strawberry jam on top of a tomato and squashed it, and they had to pick out [36] pick out – вычерпывать the tomato with a teaspoon.

And then it was George’s turn, and he trod on the butter. I didn’t say anything, but I sat on the edge of the table and watched them. It irritated them. I felt that. It made them nervous and excited, and they stepped on things, and put things behind them, and then couldn’t find them when they wanted them. They packed the pies at the bottom, and put heavy things on top, and smashed the pies in.

They upset salt over everything. But the butter! They tried to put it in the kettle. It wouldn’t go in, and what was in wouldn’t come out. They scraped it out at last [37] they scraped it out at last – наконец, они его выковыряли , and put it down on a chair, and Harris sat on it, and it stuck to him, and they went looking for it all over the room.

“I put it down on that chair,” said George, staring at the empty seat.

“So mysterious!” said Harris.

Then George got round at the back of Harris and saw it.

“Here it is all the time,” he exclaimed, indignantly.

And they got it off [38] they got it off – они отскоблили его , and packed it in the tea-pot.

Montmorency came and sat down on things, just when they were wanted to be packed; and he was sure that Harris or George wanted to touch his cold, damp nose. He put his leg into the jam, and he fought the teaspoons, and he pretended that the lemons were rats, and killed three of them.

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William Samuel Harris – Уильям Сэмюэль Гаррис

Montmorency – Монморанси

hay fever – сенная лихорадка

I fancy I had it. – Думаю, что она у меня была.

typhoid fever – брюшной тиф

St. Vitus’s Dance – пляска святого Витта

housemaid’s knee – воспаление сумки надколенника

zymosis – инфекция

there was nothing else the matter with me – больше мне уж ничто не угрожает

it seemed to start off – казалось, что он появился

a decrepit wreck – жалкая развалина

chemist’s – аптека

1 lb. – 1 фунт

1 pt. – 1 пинта

a general disinclination to work of any kind – общее отвращение к любому труду

no tongue can tell – невозможно описать

Mrs. Poppets – миссис Попитс

you come across – вы встречаете

for myself – что касается меня

save his board and lodging – сэкономить на его еде и жилье

three to one – трое против одного

Kingston – Кингстон

Chertsey – Чертси

the most disreputable dogs – собаки, пользующиеся самой дурной славой

you get a piece of paper and write down, J. – Джей, раздобудь-ка листок бумаги и записывай

the things we could do with – вещи, которые нам могут пригодиться

the things that we can’t do without – вещи, без которых мы не сможем обойтись

between us – одна на всех

in case we got upset – на тот случай, если лодка перевернётся

a methylated spirit stove – спиртовка

no oil – никакого керосина

an oil-stove – керосинка

Marlow – Марло

High Street – Хай-стрит

I rather pride myself on my packing. – Я горжусь своим умением укладывать вещи.

pick out – вычерпывать

they scraped it out at last – наконец, они его выковыряли