Английский язык с П. Треверс. Мэри Поппинс / P. L. Travers: Mary Poppins

“Perhaps it’s only a feeling (наверное, это только ощущение),” he said to Jane. “Perhaps everything is all right (возможно, все в порядке) and I’m just imagining (и я только придумываю/воображаю себе) — don’t you think so, Jane (ты не думаешь так, Джейн)?”

“Probably (наверное),” said Jane slowly (произнесла Джейн медленно). But she was thinking hard (но она думала усердно) and her heart felt tight in her body (и ее сердце ощущало себя сжатым в ее теле; tight — сжатый, сжавшийся, тесный, плотный).

The wind grew wilder towards evening (ветер стал сильнее к вечеру), and blew in little gusts about the house (и задул небольшими порывами около дома). It went pulling and whistling down the chimneys (он тянул воздух из печных труб и свистел вниз по ним /задувая в них/; to pull — тянуть, иметь тягу), slipping through the cracks under the windows (проскальзывая сквозь трещины под окнами), turning the Nursery carpet up at the corners (загибая ковер в Детской по углам).

Mary Poppins gave them their supper (Мэри Поппинс подала им их ужин) and cleared away the things (и убрала со стола: «убрала вещи»), stacking them neatly and methodically (складывая все аккуратно и методично). Then she tidied up the Nursery (затем она прибрала детскую) and put the kettle on the hob (и поставила чайник на конфорку).

“There (вот)!” she said, glancing round the room (бросив взгляд на комнату) to see that everything was all right (чтобы посмотреть, что все было в порядке). She was silent for a minute (она замолчала на минуту). Then she put one hand lightly on Michael’s head (потом она слегка положила одну руку на голову Майкла) and the other on Jane’s shoulder (а другую — на плечо Джейн).

“Now (теперь),” she said, “I am just going to take the shoes down for Robertson Ay to clean (я просто отнесу туфли вниз Робертсону Эю для чистки). Behave yourselves, please (ведите себя хорошо, пожалуйста), till I come back (пока я не вернусь).” She went out and shut the door quietly behind her (она вышла и закрыла дверь тихо за собой).

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“Oh, do be cross, Mary Poppins! Do be cross again! It is not like you. Oh, I feel so anxious.” And indeed, his heart felt heavy with the thought that something, he did not quite know what, was about to happen at Number Seventeen, Cherry Tree Lane.

“Trouble trouble and it will trouble you!” retorted Mary Poppins crossly, in her usual voice.

And immediately he felt a little better.

“Perhaps it’s only a feeling,” he said to Jane. “Perhaps everything is all right and I’m just imagining — don’t you think so, Jane?”

“Probably,” said Jane slowly. But she was thinking hard and her heart felt tight in her body.

The wind grew wilder towards evening, and blew in little gusts about the house. It went pulling and whistling down the chimneys, slipping through the cracks under the windows, turning the Nursery carpet up at the corners.

Mary Poppins gave them their supper and cleared away the things, stacking them neatly and methodically. Then she tidied up the Nursery and put the kettle on the hob.

“There!” she said, glancing round the room to see that everything was all right. She was silent for a minute. Then she put one hand lightly on Michael’s head and the other on Jane’s shoulder.

“Now,” she said, “I am just going to take the shoes down for Robertson Ay to clean. Behave yourselves, please, till I come back.” She went out and shut the door quietly behind her.

Suddenly (внезапно), as she went (когда она ушла), they both felt (они оба почувствовали) they must run after her (что они должны бежать за ней), but something seemed to stop them (но что-то, казалось, остановило их). They remained quiet (они оставались молчаливыми), with their elbows on the table waiting for her to come back (со своими локтями на столе, ожидая ее прихода). Each was trying to reassure the other without saying anything (каждый старался поддержать другого, не говоря ничего).

“How silly we are (какие мы глупые),” said Jane presently (сказала Джейн некоторое время спустя). “Everything’s all right (все в порядке).” But she knew (но она знала) she said it more to comfort Michael (что она говорит это скорее, чтобы подбодрить Майкла) than because she thought it was true (нежели потому что сама думает, что это правда).

The Nursery clock ticked loudly from the mantelpiece (часы в детской тикали громко с каминной доски). The fire flickered (огонь мерцал) and crackled (и потрескивал) and slowly died down (и медленно угас; to die down — замирать/увядать; to die — умереть, скончаться). They still sat there at the table, waiting (они все еще сидели здесь за столом, ожидая).

At last Michael said uneasily (наконец Майкл произнес беспокойно): “She’s been gone a very long time, hasn’t she (она уже ушла очень давно, не так ли)?”