содовой), and made her drink it (и заставил ее выпить /это/).
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"Now what's all this
«Тоски»)?"
Scotch [skPtS] conveniently [kqn'vi:nIqntlI] charwoman ['tSQ:"wVmqn]
"Now sit down, duckie, and I'll give you a drop of Scotch to pull you together.
And then you can tell me all about it."
Julia looked round for a big chair into which she could conveniently sink.
"Christ, the place is like a pigsty. Why the hell don't you get a charwoman
in?"
With an angry gesture she swept the books on to the floor from an armchair,
threw herself in it, and began to cry in earnest. He poured her out a stiff dose
of whisky, added a drop of soda, and made her drink it.
"Now what's all this
"Michael's going to America (Майкл собирается в Америку)."
"Is he (он собирается)?"
She wrenched herself away from the arm (она сбросила его руку: «она
вывернулась из-под руки») he had round her shoulder (которую он положил на
ее плечи: «вокруг плеча»).
"How could you (как ты мог)? How could you?"
"I had nothing to do with it (я не имею к этому никакого отношения;
"That's a lie (это ложь). I suppose (я так полагаю) you didn't even know (что ты
даже и не знал) that filthy American manager (что тот грязный американский
импресарио) was in Middlepool (в Миддлпуле). Of course (конечно) it's your
doing (это все твоих рук дело;
(чтобы разлучить нас)."
"Oh, dearie (о, дорогуша), you're doing me an injustice (ты ко мне
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несправедлива;
могу не сказать тебе) that I said to him (что я сказал ему) he could have anyone
in the company (что он может взять любого из труппы) he liked (кто ему
понравится) with the one exception of Michael Gosselyn (с одним
единственным исключением — /кроме/ Майкла Госселина)."
America [q'merIkq] wrench [rentS] filthy ['fIlTI] injustice [In'dZAstIs]
"Michael's going to America."
"Is he?"
She wrenched herself away from the arm he had round her shoulder.
"How could you? How could you?"
"I had nothing to do with it."
"That's a lie. I suppose you didn't even know that filthy American manager
was in Middlepool. Of course, it's your doing. You did it deliberately to
separate us."
"Oh, dearie, you're doing me an injustice. In point of fact I don't mind telling
you that I said to him he could have anyone in the company he liked with the
one exception of Michael Gosselyn."
Julia did not see the look in Jimmie's eyes (Джулия не видела выражение глаз
Джимми) when he told her this (когда он говорил ей это), but if she had (но,
если бы она его увидела) would have wondered (/она бы/ призадумалась) why
he was looking as pleased (почему он выглядел таким довольным) as if he had
pulled off a very clever little trick (как будто он сыграл очень умную шутку;
"Even me (даже меня)?" she said.
"I knew he didn't want women (я знал, что ему не нужны женщины). They've
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got plenty of their own (у них есть куча своих собственных /актрис/). It's men
they want (мужчины — вот кто им нужны) who know how to wear their clothes
(которые знают, как носить одежду) and don't spit in the drawing-room (и не