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you were surprised (так что /все/ удивлялись) and pleased to find so much culture
in an actress (и было приятно обнаружить такую высокую культуру: «столько
много культуры» в актрисе), it was to him she owed it (то
обязана этим). She knew that he had fallen in love with her (она узнала о том,
что он влюбился в нее) some time before he knew it himself (раньше: «до того
как» он сам узнал об этом). She found it rather comic (ей казалось это
довольно комичным: «смешным»). From her standpoint (с ее точки зрения) he
was a middle-aged man (он был /почти что/ пожилым мужчиной: «мужчиной
средних лет»), and she thought of him as a nice old thing (и она думала о нем
как о приятном старичке). She was madly in love with Michael (она /сама/
безумно любила Майкла). When Charles realized that he loved her (когда
Чарльз понял, что любит ее), his manner changed a little (его поведение слегка
изменилось), he seemed struck with shyness (он, казалось, стал скромным; to be
struck with — быть охваченным) and when they were together (и, когда они
были вместе /наедине/) was often silent (часто молчал).
retentive [rI'tentIv] culture I ['kAltSq] standpoint ['stxndpOInt]
He liked to impart information and she was glad to receive it. She had a
retentive memory and learnt a great deal from him. If later she was able to
talk about Proust and Cйzanne with the best of them, so that you were
surprised and pleased to find so much culture in an actress, it was to him she
owed it. She knew that he had fallen in love with her some time before he
knew it himself. She found it rather comic. From her standpoint he was a
middle-aged man, and she thought of him as a nice old thing. She was madly
in love with Michael. When Charles realized that he loved her his manner
changed a little, he seemed struck with shyness and when they were together
was often silent.
"Poor lamb (бедный ягненок = бедняжка)," she said to herself (говорила она
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себе), "he's such a hell of a gentleman (он,
джентльмен; hell — ад) he doesn't know what to do about it (он не знает, что
поделать с этим)."
But she had already prepared her course of conduct (но она уже
/заблаговременно/ подготовила линию: «курс» поведения) for the declaration
(для /его/ объяснения в любви), which she felt (которое, как она чувствовала)
he would sooner or later bring himself to make (он, раньше или позже, заставит
себя сделать). One thing she was going to make quite clear to him (одно она
собиралась ему дать ему понять /совершенно точно/; to make it clear —
высказаться ясно и определенно). She wasn't going to let him think (она не
позволит ему думать) that, because he was a lord and she was an actress (что из-
за того, что он был лордом, а она актрисой) he had only to beckon (ему стоит
только поманить) and she would hop into bed with him (и она прыгнет в
постель с ним). If he tried that sort of thing (если он попытается /выкинуть/
такую штуку) she'd play the outraged heroine on him (она разыграет перед ним
оскорбленную героиню), with the outflung arm and the index extended in the
same line (с выброшенной вперед рукой и указательным пальцем /вытянутым
по той же линии/), as Jane Taitbout had taught her to make the gesture (как
Жанна Тэбу учила ее делать этот жест), pointed at the door (укажет /ему/ на
дверь).
outrage ['aVtreIdZ] heroine ['herqVIn] taught [tO:t]
"Poor lamb," she said to herself, "he's such a hell of a gentleman he doesn't
know what to do about it."
But she had already prepared her course of conduct for the declaration,
which she felt he would sooner or later bring himself to make. One thing she
was going to make quite clear to him. She wasn't going to let him think that,
because he was a lord and she was an actress he had only to beckon and she
would hop into bed with him. If he tried that sort of thing she'd play the