Английский язык с Мюриэль Спарк. Рассказы

"We must go and see him (мы должны поехать навестить его; goandsee— приходить, навещать)", said Lou. "We promised (мы обещали). What about the Sunday after next (как насчет воскресенья, через неделю: «воскресенья после следующего»)?"

"O. K (хорошо)." said Raymond.

It was the Saturday before that Sunday (/это было/ в субботу перед именно этим воскресеньем) when Lou had her first sick turn (когда Лу впервые почувствовала тошноту; sick— чувствующий тошноту, болезненный). She struggled out of bed to attend Benediction (она с трудом встала с кровати, чтобы присутствовать на благословении;

tostruggle — бороться, сражаться), but had to leave suddenly during the service (но вынуждена была внезапно покинуть службу: «во время службы»; service— работа, служба, богослужение) and was sick behind the church (и ее вырвало за церковью; tobesick— чувствовать себя больным, вырвать) in the presbytery yard (во дворе дома священника). Raymond took her home (Раймонд отвез: «забрал» ее домой), though she protested against (хотя они и протестовала против) cutting out her rosary to the Black Madonna (прерывания ее молитв /по четкам, обращенным/ к Черной Мадонне).

satisfaction ["sxtIs'fxkS(q)n] snobbish ['snObIS] Saturday ['sxtqdI]

Oxford St.John departed at the end of the month. He promised to write, but they were not surprised when weeks passed and they had no word. "I don't suppose we shall ever hear from him again," said Lou. Raymond thought he detected satisfaction in her voice, and would have thought she was getting snobbish as women do as they get older, losing sight of their ideals, had she not gone on to speak of Henry Pierce. Henry had written to say he was nearly cured, but had been advised to return to the West Indies.

"We must go and see him", said Lou. "We promised. What about the Sunday after next?"

"O. K." said Raymond.

It was the Saturday before that Sunday when Lou had her first sick turn. She struggled out of bed to attend Benediction, but had to leave suddenly during the service and was sick behind the church in the presbytery yard. Raymond took her home, though she protested against cutting out her rosary to the Black Madonna.

''After only six weeks (после всего шести недель)!'' she said, and she could hardly tell (и она вряд ли могла сказать) whether her sickness was due to excitement or nature (чем была вызвана ее тошнота — волнением или беременностью: «была ли ее тошнота из-за возбуждения или природы»). "Only six weeks ago (всего шесть недель назад)," she said — and her voice had a touch of its old Liverpool (и в ее голосе звучала нотка /маленькой девочки из/ Ливерпуля: «голос имел оттенок его /голоса/ старого Ливерпуля») — ''did we go to that Black Madonna (отправились мы к /той/ Черной Мадонне) and the prayer's answered, see (и /наши/ молитвы услышаны, видишь)." Raymond looked at her in awe (Раймонд посмотрел на нее с трепетом; awe — благоговейныйстрах, трепет) as he held the bowl for her sickness (держа тазик, пока ее тошнило; bowl — миска, таз, чашка).

"Are you sure (ты уверена)?" he said.