Английский с Дэвидом Г. Лоуренсом. Тень в розовом саду / D. H. Lawrence. The Shadow in the Rose Garden

Лоуренс Дэвид Герберт

 And having put the bond on herself, it was hardest to take it off. But now she hated everything and felt destructive. He stood with his back to the door, fixed, as if he would oppose her eternally, till she was extinguished. She looked at him. Her eyes were cold and hostile. His workman’s hands spread on the panels of the door behind him.

“You know I used to live here?” she began, in a hard voice, as if wilfully to wound him. He braced himself against her, and nodded.

“Well, I was companion to Miss Birch of Torril Hall – she and the rector were friends, and Archie was the rector’s son.” There was a pause. He listened without knowing what was happening.

He stared at his wife (он

пристально глядел на жену). She was squatted in her white dress on the bed (она сидела на корточках в белом платье на кровати), carefully folding and re-folding the hem of her skirt (тщательно сгибая и разгибая подол юбки; carefully – осторожно; тщательно; careful – заботливый; старательный, тщательный; care – забота; внимание; тщательность; hem – подогнутый и подшитый край одежды). Her voice was full of hostility (ее голос был полон враждебности).

“He was an officer – a sub-lieutenant (он был офицером, младшим лейтенантом) – then he quarrelled with his colonel and came out of the army (потом он поссорился с полковником и ушел из армии). At any rate” – she plucked at her skirt hem (так или иначе, – она дернула подол юбки; at any rate – во всяком случае, как бы то ни было; rate – норма, размер; цена; оценка; to pluck – ощипывать /птицу/; дергать; тащить), her husband stood motionless, watching her movements which filled his veins with madness (ее муж стоял неподвижно, наблюдая за ее движениями, которые наполняли его вены бешенством; madness – сумасшествие; ярость, бешенство) – “he was awfully fond of me, and I was of him – awfully (он ужасно любил меня, а я его… ужасно; awfully – ужасно; /эмоц. – усил./ крайне, очень; awful – страшный, ужасный; внушающий страх, благоговение; awe – благоговейный страх, трепет; fond – любящий).”

“How old was he?” asked the husband (сколько ему было лет? – спросил муж).

“When – when I first knew him (когда – когда я только с ним познакомилась)? Or when he went away (или когда он уехал…)? – ”

 He stared at his wife. She was squatted in her white dress on the bed, carefully folding and re-folding the hem of her skirt. Her voice was full of hostility.

“He was an officer – a sub-lieutenant – then he quarrelled with his colonel and came out of the army. At any rate” – she plucked at her skirt hem, her husband stood motionless, watching her movements which filled his veins with madness – “he was awfully fond of me, and I was of him – awfully.”

“How old was he?” asked the husband.

“When – when I first knew him? Or when he went away? —”

“When you first knew him (когда ты только с ним познакомилась).”

“When I first knew him, he was twenty-six (когда я с ним только познакомилась, ему было двадцать шесть…) – now – he’s thirty-one – nearly thirty-two (сейчас… ему тридцать один… почти тридцать два…) – because I’m twenty-nine, and he is nearly three years older (потому что мне двадцать девять, а он почти на три года старше…; nearly – почти; около, примерно) —”

She lifted her head and looked at the opposite wall (она подняла голову и посмотрела на противоположную стену).

“And what then?” said her husband (и что дальше? – спросил муж).

She hardened herself, and said callously (она ожесточилась и сказала безразлично; callous – огрубелый, мозолистый; бесчувственный, грубый):

“We were as good as engaged for nearly a year, though nobody knew (мы были практически обручены около года, хотя никто не знал…; as good as – почти, всё равно что; engaged – занятый; обрученный;

помолвленный; to engage – заниматься /чем-л./; обещать, брать на себя обязательство; обручаться) – at least – they talked – but – it wasn’t open (по крайней мере… поговаривали… но… об этом не было объявлено; at least – по крайней мере, как минимум; least – минимальное количество, малейшая степень; малейший; open – открытый; явный, всем известный). Then he went away (потом он уехал…) —”

 “When you first knew him.”

“When I first knew him, he was twenty-six – now – he’s thirty-one – nearly thirty-two – because I’m twenty-nine, and he is nearly three years older —”

She lifted her head and looked at the opposite wall.

“And what then?” said her husband.

She hardened herself, and said callously:

“We were as good as engaged for nearly a year, though nobody knew – at least – they talked – but – it wasn’t open. Then he went away —”

“He chucked you?” said the husband brutally (он бросил тебя? – жестоко сказал муж; to chuck – бросать; кидать; швырять; /разг./ бросать /работу/; порвать /с кем-л./; brutally – жестокий, зверский; грубый), wanting to hurt her into contact with himself (желая причинить ей боль и тем самым принудить ее к общению с собой; to hurt – причинять боль; ранить; обидеть, задеть; contact – соприкосновение, контакт; связь, контакт; to come into contact with – соприкасаться; установить контакт с). Her heart rose wildly with rage (ее сердце вскипело от ярости; to rise – восходить; вставать, подниматься; усиливаться; wild – дикий; бурный, необузданный; исступленный). Then “Yes”, she said, to anger him (тогда она сказала «да», чтобы разозлить его). He shifted from one foot to the other, giving a “Ph!” of rage (он переминался с ноги на ногу, издавая яростное «фф!»). There was silence for a time (некоторое время стояло молчание).

“Then,” she resumed, her pain giving a mocking note to her words (потом, – продолжала она, и ее боль придавала словам насмешливую нотку; to resume – возобновлять, продолжать; to mock – насмехаться; высмеивать), “he suddenly went out to fight in Africa (он внезапно уехал сражаться в Африку; suddenly – вдруг, внезапно, неожиданно; sudden – внезапный, неожиданный; to fight – драться; сражаться, воевать), and almost the very day I first met you (и почти в тот самый день, когда я только познакомилась с тобой; to meet – встречать/ся/; знакомиться), I heard from Miss Birch he’d got sunstroke (я узнала от мисс Бёрч, что у него был солнечный удар…; to hear – слышать; узнавать) – and two months after, that he was dead (а через два месяца, что он умер…; later – позже; dead – мертвый; умерший) —”

“That was before you took on with me?” said the husband (это было до того, как ты закрутила со мной? – спросил муж; to take on – брать /работу и т. д./; браться /за дело и т. д./).

 “He chucked you?” said the husband brutally, wanting to hurt her into contact with himself. Her heart rose wildly with rage. Then “Yes”, she said, to anger him. He shifted from one foot to the other, giving a “Ph!” of rage. There was silence for a time.

“Then,” she resumed, her pain giving a mocking note to her words, “he suddenly went out to fight in Africa, and almost the very day I first met you, I heard from Miss Birch he’d got sunstroke – and two months after, that he was dead —”

“That was before you took on with me?” said the husband.