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conservatory [kǝnˈsǝ:vǝtǝrɪ] evidently [ˈevɪd(ǝ)ntlɪ]

You tell them one or two items of news, and give them your views and opinions on the Irish question; but this does not appear to interest them. All they remark on any subject is, "Oh!" "Is it?" "Did he?" "Yes," and "You don't say so!" And, after ten minutes of such style of conversation, you edge up to the door, and slip out, and are surprised to find that the door immediately closes behind you, and shuts itself, without your having touched it.

Half an hour later, you think you will try a pipe in the conservatory. The only chair in the place is occupied by Emily; and John Edward, if the language of clothes can be relied upon, has evidently been sitting on the floor. They do not speak, but they give you a look that says all that can be said in a civilised community; and you back out promptly and shut the door behind you.

You are afraid to poke your nose into any room in the house now (теперь вы боитесь сунуть нос в какую бы то ни было комнату в доме); so, after walking up and down the stairs for a while (и, походив вверх и вниз по лестнице некоторое время), you go and sit in your own bedroom (вы идете в свою собственную спальню и сидите там). This becomes uninteresting, however, after a time (однако через некоторое время это становится скучным), and so you put on your hat and stroll out into the garden (вы надеваете шляпу и выходите прогуляться в сад; to stroll — прогуливаться, бродить, медленно гулять). You walk down the path, and as you pass the summer-house you glance in (вы идете по дорожке и, проходя мимо беседки: «летнего домика», вы заглядываете туда), and there are those two young idiots, huddled up into one corner of it (а там те два молодых идиота, сидят, забившись в угол; to huddle — толпиться, жаться друг к другу, съеживаться); and they see you, and are evidently under the idea that (они видят вас и, видимо, думают: «находятся под мыслью», что), for some wicked purpose of your own, you are following them about (с какой-то нечистой/гнусной целью вы преследуете их).

"Why don't they have a special room for this sort of thing, and make people keep to it (почему тут нет особой комнаты для подобных вещей, и сидели бы там: «и заставили бы их придерживаться ее = находиться там»; to keep to — придерживаться, держаться чего-либо; оставаться /дома или в постели/)?" you mutter (бормочете вы); and you rush back to the hall and get your umbrella and go out (спешите обратно в переднюю, берете свой зонтик и уходите).

You are afraid to poke your nose into any room in the house now; so, after walking up and down the stairs for a while, you go and sit in your own bedroom. This becomes uninteresting, however, after a time, and so you put on your hat and stroll out into the garden. You walk down the path, and as you pass the summer-house you glance in, and there are those two young idiots, huddled up into one corner of it; and they see you, and are evidently under the idea that, for some wicked purpose of your own, you are following them about.

"Why don't they have a special room for this sort of thing, and make people keep to it?" you mutter; and you rush back to the hall and get your umbrella and go out.

It must have been much like this when that foolish boy Henry VIII. was courting his little Anne (должно быть, нечто похожее происходило, когда этот безрассудный мальчишка Генрих Восьмой ухаживал за своей маленькой Анной). People in Buckinghamshire would have come upon them unexpectedly (люди в Бакингемшире наталкивались на них неожиданно) when they were mooning round Windsor and Wraysbury, and have exclaimed, "Oh! you here!" (когда те бродили в Виндзоре и Рэйсбери, и восклицали «А, вы здесь!») and Henry would have blushed and said, "Yes; he'd just come over to see a man;" (а Генрих краснел и говорил: «Да, я только что приехал повидаться с одним человеком») and Anne would have said, "Oh, I'm so glad to see you! Isn't it funny? (а Анна говорила: «Я так рада вас видеть! Разве это не забавно?) I've just met Mr. Henry VIII. in the lane, and he's going the same way I am (я только что встретила мистера Генриха Восьмого на дороге, а он идет в ту же сторону, что и я; lane — узкая дорога, тропинка /особенно между живыми изгородями/; улочка)."

Then those people would have gone away and said to themselves (потом те люди уходили и говорили себе/про себя): "Oh! we'd better get out of here while this billing and cooing is on (лучше убраться отсюда, пока происходит это воркование; to bill and coo — нежничать, ласкать друг друга; ворковать). We'll go down to Kent (поедем в Кент)."

And they would go to Kent, and the first thing they would see in Kent, when they got there (и они отправлялись в Кент, и первое, что они видели в Кенте, когда добирались туда), would be Henry and Anne fooling round Hever Castle (были Генрих с Анной, гулявшие вокруг замка Хивер; to fool round — дурачиться; болтаться без дела).

"Oh, drat this (черт возьми)!" they would have said. "Here, let's go away (эй, давайте уедем). I can't stand any more of it (не могу больше выносить это). Let's go to St. Albans — nice quiet place, St. Albans (давайте поедем в Сент-Олбенс — милое тихое местечко)."

Buckinghamshire [ˈbʌkɪŋǝmʃɪǝ] castle [ˈkɑ:s(ǝ)l]

It must have been much like this when that foolish boy Henry VIII. was courting his little Anne. People in Buckinghamshire would have come upon them unexpectedly when they were mooning round Windsor and Wraysbury, and have exclaimed, "Oh! you here!" and Henry would have blushed and said, "Yes; he'd just come over to see a man;" and Anne would have said, "Oh, I'm so glad to see you! Isn't it funny? I've just met Mr. Henry VIII. in the lane, and he's going the same way I am."

Then those people would have gone away and said to themselves: "Oh! we'd better get out of here while this billing and cooing is on. We'll go down to Kent."

And they would go to Kent, and the first thing they would see in Kent, when they got there, would be Henry and Anne fooling round Hever Castle.

"Oh, drat this!" they would have said. "Here, let's go away. I can't stand any more of it. Let's go to St. Albans — nice quiet place, St. Albans."

And when they reached St. Albans, there would be that wretched couple, kissing under the Abbey walls (а когда они достигали Сент-Олбенса, там была эта несчастная пара, целующаяся под стенами аббатства). Then these folks would go and be pirates until the marriage was over (тогда эти люди уходили и становились пиратами /до того времени/, пока не окончится свадьба).

From Picnic Point to Old Windsor Lock is a delightful bit of the river (от мыса Пикник до старого Виндзорского шлюза располагается восхитительный участок реки). A shady road, dotted here and there with dainty little cottages (тенистая дорога, местами усеянная изящными маленькими домиками; here and there — здесь и там, кое-где), runs by the bank up to the "Bells of Ouseley," a picturesque inn (тянется по берегу до «Колоколов Ауслея», живописной гостиницы), as most up-river inns are (как и большинство прибрежных гостиниц /являются живописными/), and a place where a very good glass of ale may be drunk — so Harris says (места, где можно выпить стакан отменного эля — так говорит Гаррис; to drink); and on a matter of this kind you can take Harris's word (а в этом вопросе вы можете поверить Гаррису на слово). Old Windsor is a famous spot in its way (старый Виндзор — в своем роде знаменитое место). Edward the Confessor had a palace here (у Эдуарда Исповедника был здесь дворец; confessor — исповедник; духовник), and here the great Earl Godwin was proved guilty by the justice of that age of having encompassed the death of the King's brother (и здесь судьи того времени доказали, что славный граф Годвин виновен в смерти брата короля; justice — справедливость, правосудие; судья, суд; to encompass — окружать; выполнять, осуществлять). Earl Godwin broke a piece of bread and held it in his hand (граф Годвин отломил кусок хлеба и взял его в руку; to break; to hold).

"If I am guilty (если я виновен)," said the Earl, "may this bread choke me when I eat it (пусть этот хлеб задушит меня = пусть я подавлюсь этим хлебом, когда его съем; to choke — душить; /по/давиться, задыхаться)!"

guilty [ˈɡɪltɪ] folk [fǝuk]

And when they reached St. Albans, there would be that wretched couple, kissing under the Abbey walls. Then these folks would go and be pirates until the marriage was over.

From Picnic Point to Old Windsor Lock is a delightful bit of the river. A shady road, dotted here and there with dainty little cottages, runs by the bank up to the "Bells of Ouseley," a picturesque inn, as most up-river inns are, and a place where a very good glass of ale may be drunk — so Harris says; and on a matter of this kind you can take Harris's word. Old Windsor is a famous spot in its way. Edward the Confessor had a palace here, and here the great Earl Godwin was proved guilty by the justice of that age of having encompassed the death of the King's brother. Earl Godwin broke a piece of bread and held it in his hand.

"If I am guilty," said the Earl, "may this bread choke me when I eat it!"

Then he put the bread into his mouth and swallowed it (потом он положил хлеб в рот и проглотил его), and it choked him, and he died (подавился им и умер).

After you pass Old Windsor, the river is somewhat uninteresting (после того, как вы проходите Старый Виндзор, река становится несколько неинтересной), and does not become itself again until you are nearing Boveney (и не становится собой снова, пока вы не приблизитесь к Бовени). George and I towed up past the Home Park (мы с Джорджем тянули лодку мимо Хоум-Парка: «домашнего парка»), which stretches along the right bank from Albert to Victoria Bridge (что тянется вдоль правого берега от Альберта до моста Виктории; bridge — мост); and as we were passing Datchet, George asked me if I remembered our first trip up the river (когда мы проходили мимо Дэтчета, Джордж спросил, помню ли я наше первое путешествие/плавание по реке), and when we landed at Datchet at ten o'clock at night, and wanted to go to bed (когда мы высадились в Дэтчете в десять часов вечера и хотели спать).

I answered that I did remember it (я ответил, что, конечно, помню; do — употребляется для усиления значения действия). It will be some time before I forget it (пройдет некоторое время, прежде чем я забуду его = такое не забудешь).

Then he put the bread into his mouth and swallowed it, and it choked him, and he died.

After you pass Old Windsor, the river is somewhat uninteresting, and does not become itself again until you are nearing Boveney. George and I towed up past the Home Park, which stretches along the right bank from Albert to Victoria Bridge; and as we were passing Datchet, George asked me if I remembered our first trip up the river, and when we landed at Datchet at ten o'clock at night, and wanted to go to bed.

I answered that I did remember it. It will be some time before I forget it.

It was the Saturday before the August Bank Holiday (это была суббота перед августовским днем отдыха /последний понедельник августа, официальный выходной день/). We were tired and hungry, we same three (мы были усталыми и голодными, мы трое; same — тот же самый, одинаковый; вышеупомянутый), and when we got to Datchet we took out the hamper (и когда мы добрались до Дэтчета, мы взяли корзину), the two bags, and the rugs and coats, and such like things (два саквояжа, пледы, пальто и тому подобное), and started off to look for diggings (и отправились искать какое-нибудь жилье; digging — копание, раскопки; diggings — рудник, копи; жилье, угол). We passed a very pretty little hotel, with clematis and creeper over the porch (мы проходили мимо очень милой маленькой гостиницы с увитым клематисом и плющом крыльцом; creeper — ползучее растение); but there was no honeysuckle about it, and, for some reason or other (но там не было жимолости, а по какой-то причине), I had got my mind fixed on honeysuckle, and I said (я захотел жимолости и сказал; to fix one`s mind on — остановиться на чем-либо, сосредоточиться):