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ним приезжали /из города/ довольно много народу на целый день), actors and

actresses (актеры и актрисы), an occasional writer (случайный писатель), and a

sprinkling of some of their grander friends (и избранные из их знатных друзей;

sprinkling —разбрызгивание,мелкийдождик,небольшоеколичество; to

sprinkle —брызгать,кропить,опрыскивать). Julia found these parties very

amusing (Джулия считала эти приемы очень занимательными) and she knew

that people liked to come to them (и она знала, что людям нравится приезжать к

ним).

roadster ['rqVdstq] career about [kq'rIq(r)q'baVt] sprinkling ['sprINklIN]

He led his own life. He went out on the river and lay about the garden reading. On

his seventeenth birthday Julia had given him a very smart roadster, and in this he

careered about the country at breakneck speeds.

"There's one comfort," said Julia. "He's no bother. He seems quite capable of

amusing himself."

On Sundays they had a good many people down for the day, actors and actresses,

an occasional writer, and a sprinkling of some of their grander friends. Julia found

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these parties very amusing and she knew that people liked to come to them.

On the first Sunday after Roger's arrival (в первое воскресенье после приезда

Роджера) there was a great mob (/у них/ было огромное сборище: «толпа»).

Roger was very polite to the guests (Роджер был очень учтив с гостями). He did

his duty as part host (он выполнял свой долг со-хозяина; part — часть) like a

man of the world (как светский человек). But it seemed to Julia (но Джулии

казалось) that he held himself in some curious way aloof (что он неким

странным образом чуждался всего этого: «держался в стороне»; curious —

любознательный,пытливый,

курьезный;aloof —сторонящийся;

отчуждённый;индифферентный,равнодушный;поодаль,встороне), as

though he were playing a part (как будто он играл роль) in which he had not lost

himself (в которую он не до конца углубился; to lose (lost) oneself in smth. —

погрузиться во что-либо, to lose — терять), and she had an uneasy feeling (и у

нее было тревожащее чувство) that he was not accepting all these people (что он

не принимал всех этих людей), but coolly judging them (но равнодушно:

«хладнокровно» оценивал их). She had an impression (у нее сложилось

впечатление) that he took none of them very seriously (что он никого из них не

воспринимал всерьез).

polite [pq'laIt] guest [gest] aloof [q'lu:f] judge [dZAdZ]

On the first Sunday after Roger's arrival there was a great mob. Roger was very

polite to the guests. He did his duty as part host like a man of the world. But it

seemed to Julia that he held himself in some curious way aloof, as though he were

playing a part in which he had not lost himself, and she had an uneasy feeling that

he was not accepting all these people, but coolly judging them. She had an

impression that he took none of them very seriously.

Tom had arranged to come on the following Saturday (Том договорился

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приехать в следующую субботу) and she drove him down after the theatre (и

она везла его /в машине/ за город, /забрав его/ после спектакля: «после

театра»). It was a moonlit night (это была лунная ночь) and at that hour the roads

were empty (и в этот час дороги были пусты). The drive was enchanting

(поездка была пленительной). Julia would have liked it to go on for ever

(Джулии хотелось, чтобы она продолжалась бесконечно; for ever — навсегда,

навечно). She nestled against him (она уютно устроилась рядом с ним; to nestle

against — прильнуть,

прижаться,уткнуться) and every now and then in the

darkness he kissed her (и, время от времени, в темноте, он целовал ее).

"Are you happy (ты счастлив)?" she asked (спросила она).

"Absolutely (абсолютно)."

enchanting [In'tSQ:ntIN] forever [fq'revq] absolutely ["xbsq'lu:tlI]

Tom had arranged to come on the following Saturday and she drove him down

after the theatre. It was a moonlit night and at that hour the roads were empty. The

drive was enchanting. Julia would have liked it to go on forever. She nestled

against him and every now and then in the darkness he kissed her.

"Are you happy?" she asked.

"Absolutely."

Michael and Roger had gone to bed (Майкл и Роджер уже легли спать: «в

постель»), but supper was waiting for them in the dining-room (но ужин ожидал

их в столовой). The silent house (безмолвный дом) gave them the feeling (дарил

им такое ощущение /что им казалось/) of being there without leave (что они

находятся в нем: «там» без разрешения). They might have been a couple of