Текст книги "Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки (ASCII-IPA)"

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One huge wave catches me up and chucks me in a sitting posture, as hard as ever it can, down on to a rock which has been put there for me. And, before I've said «Oh! Ugh!» and found out what has gone, the wave comes back and carries me out to mid-ocean. I begin to strike out frantically for the shore, and wonder if I shall ever see home and friends again, and wish I'd been kinder to my little sister when a boy (when I was a boy, I mean). Just when I have given up all hope, a wave retires and leaves me sprawling like a star-fish on the sand, and I get up and look back and find that I've been swimming for my life in two feet of water. I hop back and dress, and crawl home, where I have to pretend I liked it.

In the present instance, we all talked as if we were going to have a long swim every morning.

George said it was so pleasant to wake up in the boat in the fresh morning (Джордж сказал, так приятно проснуться в лодке свежим утром), and plunge into the limpid river (и погрузиться в прозрачную реку). Harris said there was nothing like a swim before breakfast to give you an appetite (Гаррис сказал, нет ничего лучше купания перед завтраком, чтобы возбудить аппетит). He said it always gave him an appetite (он сказал, это всегда вызывает у него аппетит). George said that if it was going to make Harris eat more than Harris ordinarily ate (Джордж сказал, что если это заставит Гарриса есть больше, чем он обычно ест), then he should protest against Harris having a bath at all (тогда он будет возражать против того, чтобы Гаррис вообще купался).

He said there would be quite enough hard work in towing sufficient food for Harris up against stream, as it was (он сказал, и так будет довольно тяжелой работой везти достаточно еды для Гарриса против течения; to tow – тянуть /баржу/ на бечеве; буксировать; as it is – и так, и без того).

I urged upon George, however, how much pleasanter it would be to have Harris clean and fresh about the boat (я доказывал Джорджу, тем не менее, насколько приятнее будет, если Гаррис будет /находиться/ чистым и свежим в лодке), even if we did have to take a few more hundredweight of provisions (даже если нам придется взять на несколько центнеров больше провизии; hundredweight – английский центнер /112 фунтов = 50,8 кг/); and he got to see it in my light, and withdrew his opposition to Harris's bath (и он посмотрел на это с моей точки зрения, и взял назад свое возражение против купания Гарриса; to get to – приниматься за; добраться до; to withdraw; light – свет, освещение; аспект; интерпретация; восприятие).

appetite ['&pItaIt] protest ['pr@utest] hundredweight ['hVndr@dweIt]

George said it was so pleasant to wake up in the boat in the fresh morning, and plunge into the limpid river. Harris said there was nothing like a swim before breakfast to give you an appetite. He said it always gave him an appetite. George said that if it was going to make Harris eat more than Harris ordinarily ate, then he should protest against Harris having a bath at all.

He said there would be quite enough hard work in towing sufficient food for Harris up against stream, as it was.

I urged upon George, however, how much pleasanter it would be to have Harris clean and fresh about the boat, even if we did have to take a few more hundredweight of provisions; and he got to see it in my light, and withdrew his opposition to Harris's bath.

Agreed, finally, that we should take three bath towels (/мы/ согласились, наконец, что возьмем три купальных полотенца), so as not to keep each other waiting (чтобы не заставлять друг друга ждать).

For clothes, George said two suits of flannel would be sufficient (что касается одежды, то Джордж сказал, двух костюмов из фланели будет достаточно), as we could wash them ourselves, in the river, when they got dirty (поскольку мы можем стирать их сами в реке, когда они запачкаются). We asked him if he had ever tried washing flannels in the river, and he replied (мы спросили его, пробовал ли он когда-нибудь стирать фланелевые /костюмы/ в реке, и он ответил): "No, not exactly himself like (нет, не совсем сам); but he knew some fellows who had, and it was easy enough (но он знает тех, кто стирал, и это было довольно просто; fellow – приятель, товарищ, коллега, собрат);" and Harris and I were weak enough to fancy he knew what he was talking about (Гаррис и я были достаточно слабы = слабохарактерны, чтобы вообразить/подумать, /будто/ он знает, о чем говорит; weak – слабый, нерешительный), and that three respectable young men, without position or influence (что три приличных молодых человека, без положения и влияния /в обществе/), and with no experience in washing (и без опыта стирки), could really clean their own shirts and trousers in the river Thames with a bit of soap (действительно смогут очистить = выстирать свои рубашки и брюки в Темзе с помощью куска мыла).

exactly [Ig'z&ktlI] influence ['Influ@ns] trousers ['trauz@z]

Agreed, finally, that we should take three bath towels, so as not to keep each other waiting.

For clothes, George said two suits of flannel would be sufficient, as we could wash them ourselves, in the river, when they got dirty. We asked him if he had ever tried washing flannels in the river, and he replied: "No, not exactly himself like; but he knew some fellows who had, and it was easy enough;" and Harris and I were weak enough to fancy he knew what he was talking about, and that three respectable young men, without position or influence, and with no experience in washing, could really clean their own shirts and trousers in the river Thames with a bit of soap.

We were to learn in the days to come, when it was too late (нам пришлось узнать в последующие дни, когда было слишком поздно), that George was a miserable impostor, who could evidently have known nothing whatever about the matter (что Джордж – жалкий обманщик, который, очевидно, абсолютно ничего не знал: «не мог ничего знать» об этом деле). If you had seen these clothes after – but, as the shilling shockers say, we anticipate (если бы вы /только/ видели эту одежду потом – но, как говорят дешевые бульварные романы, мы забегаем вперед; shocker – что-либо потрясающее, сногсшибательное; to anticipate – ожидать, предвидеть; предвосхищать, делать раньше времени).

George impressed upon us to take a change of under-things and plenty of socks (Джордж убедил нас взять смену нижнего белья и много носков), in case we got upset and wanted a change (на случай, /если/ мы перевернемся и нам потребуется перемена /одежды/); also plenty of handkerchiefs, as they would do to wipe things (также много носовых платков, поскольку они пригодятся, чтобы вытирать вещи), and a pair of leather boots as well as our boating shoes, as we should want them if we got upset (и пару кожаных ботинок, а также наши лодочные туфли, которые могут нам понадобиться, если перевернемся).

We were to learn in the days to come, when it was too late, that George was a miserable impostor, who could evidently have known nothing whatever about the matter. If you had seen these clothes after – but, as the shilling shockers say, we anticipate.

George impressed upon us to take a change of under-things and plenty of socks, in case we got upset and wanted a change; also plenty of handkerchiefs, as they would do to wipe things, and a pair of leather boots as well as our boating shoes, as we should want them if we got upset.

CHAPTER IV

(глава четвертая)

The food question (продовольственный вопрос; food – пища, питание; еда; продовольствие). – Objections to paraffine oil as an atmosphere (возражения против керосина как атмосферы = против всепроникающего керосина; paraffine oil – парафиновое масло; керосин). – Advantages of cheese as a travelling companion (преимущества сыра как спутника в путешествии). – A married woman deserts her home (замужняя женщина бросает свой дом). – Further provision for getting upset (дополнительные меры на случай опрокидывания /лодки/; provision – приготовление, резерв; мера предосторожности). – I pack (я укладываю /вещи/). – Cussedness of tooth-brushes (упрямство зубных щеток). – George and Harris pack (Джордж и Гаррис укладывают /вещи/). – Awful behaviour of Montmorency (ужасное поведение Монморенси). – We retire to rest (мы ложимся спать; to retire – уходить, удаляться; ложиться спать).

The food question. – Objections to paraffine oil as an atmosphere. – Advantages of cheese as a travelling companion. – A married woman deserts her home. – Further provision for getting upset. – I pack. – Cussedness of tooth-brushes. – George and Harris pack. – Awful behaviour of Montmorency. – We retire to rest.

THEN we discussed the food question (потом мы обсуждали вопрос провизии). George said: "Begin with breakfast (начнем с /утреннего/ завтрака)." (George is so practical (Джордж такой практичный).) "Now for breakfast we shall want a frying-pan (итак, для завтрака нам понадобится сковорода; to fry – жарить/ся/)" – (Harris said it was indigestible (Гаррис сказал, она трудно перевариваемая); but we merely urged him not to be an ass, and George went on (но мы лишь посоветовали ему не быть ослом, и Джордж продолжал; to urge – убеждать, /настоятельно/ советовать; to go on)) – "a tea-pot and a kettle, and a methylated spirit stove (чайник для заварки, чайник и спиртовка; stove – печь)."

"No oil (никакого керосина; oil – масло; нефть, смазочный материал)," said George, with a significant look; and Harris and I agreed (сказал Джордж с многозначительным взглядом, и мы с Гаррисом согласились).

desert (покидать, оставлять) [dI'z@:t] behaviour [bI'heIvI@] breakfast ['brekf@st] indigestible [,IndI'dZest@bl]

THEN we discussed the food question. George said:

"Begin with breakfast." (George is so practical.) "Now for breakfast we shall want a frying-pan" – (Harris said it was indigestible; but we merely urged him not to be an ass, and George went on) – "a tea-pot and a kettle, and a methylated spirit stove."

"No oil," said George, with a significant look; and Harris and I agreed.

We had taken up an oil-stove once, but "never again (мы взяли керосинку однажды, но больше никогда; to take up)." It had been like living in an oil-shop that week (это было как будто = мы словно жили в керосиновой лавке ту неделю). It oozed (он просачивался /всюду/; to ooze – медленно вытекать, просачиваться; незаметно распространяться). I never saw such a thing as paraffine oil is to ooze (я никогда не видел, чтобы что-нибудь просачивалось так, как керосин; to see). We kept it in the nose of the boat (мы держали его на носу лодки), and, from there, it oozed down to the rudder (оттуда он просачивался до /самого/ руля), impregnating the whole boat and everything in it on its way (пропитывая собой всю лодку и все на своем пути; to impregnate – оплодотворять; пронизывать, насыщать), and it oozed over the river, and saturated the scenery and spoilt the atmosphere (и он растекся по реке, пропитал пейзаж и испортил атмосферу = воздух; to saturate – насыщать, пропитывать; to spoil). Sometimes a westerly oily wind blew (иногда западный керосиновый ветер дул; to blow), and at other times an easterly oily wind (а порой восточный керосиновый ветер), and sometimes it blew a northerly oily wind (северный керосиновый ветер), and maybe a southerly oily wind (и, может быть, южный керосиновый ветер); but whether it came from the Arctic snows (но приходил ли он из полярных/арктических снегов), or was raised in the waste of the desert sands (или зарождался в песках пустыни; to raise – поднимать, повышать; выращивать; вызывать; waste – пустошь, пустыня; desert – пустыня), it came alike to us laden with the fragrance of paraffine oil (он всегда приходил к нам, нагруженный = насыщенный ароматом керосина; alike – одинаково, точно так же).

And that oil oozed up and ruined the sunset (и тот керосин просачивался дальше и испортил закат; to ruin – разрушать, губить; портить; sunset – заход солнца, закат); and as for the moonbeams, they positively reeked of paraffine (что касается лунных лучей, они прямо воняли керосином).

saturated ['s&tS@reItId] scenery ['si:n@rI] desert (пустыня) ['dez@t]

We had taken up an oil-stove once, but «never again.» It had been like living in an oil-shop that week. It oozed. I never saw such a thing as paraffine oil is to ooze. We kept it in the nose of the boat, and, from there, it oozed down to the rudder, impregnating the whole boat and everything in it on its way, and it oozed over the river, and saturated the scenery and spoilt the atmosphere. Sometimes a westerly oily wind blew, and at other times an easterly oily wind, and sometimes it blew a northerly oily wind, and maybe a southerly oily wind; but whether it came from the Arctic snows, or was raised in the waste of the desert sands, it came alike to us laden with the fragrance of paraffine oil.

And that oil oozed up and ruined the sunset; and as for the moonbeams, they positively reeked of paraffine.

We tried to get away from it at Marlow (мы попытались уйти/удрать от него в Марло). We left the boat by the bridge, and took a walk through the town to escape it, but it followed us (мы оставили лодку у моста и пошли по городу, чтобы избавиться от него, но он следовал за нами; to leave; to take a walk – прогуляться, пройтись). The whole town was full of oil (весь город был полон керосина). We passed through the church-yard, and it seemed as if the people had been buried in oil (мы прошли по церковному кладбищу, и, казалось, словно людей похоронили в керосине; church – церковь; церковный; yard – двор; место, отведенное для определенной цели /склада, мастерской и т.д./; to bury – хоронить, зарывать в землю). The High Street stunk of oil (главная улица воняла керосином; to stink); we wondered how people could live in it (мы удивлялись, как люди могут жить на ней). And we walked miles upon miles out Birmingham way (мы шли милю за милей /из города/ по бирмингемской дороге); but it was no use, the country was steeped in oil (но это было бесполезно, местность пропиталась керосином; country – страна; местность, ландшафт; to steep – погружать/ся/, пропитывать/ся/).

At the end of that trip we met together at midnight in a lonely field (в конце этого путешествия мы сошлись в полночь в пустынном поле; to meet together – собираться, сходиться), under a blasted oak, and took an awful oath (под сожженным молнией дубом и дали страшную клятву) (we had been swearing for a whole week about the thing in an ordinary, middle-class way, but this was a swell affair (мы кляли эту вещь /керосин/ уже целую неделю в обычной, обывательской манере, но это было восхитительное дело = на этот раз было что-то шикарное; to swear – клясться; ругать/ся/; middle-class – средний класс; swell – роскошный, шикарный, превосходный; affair – дело, штука; история)) – an awful oath never to take paraffine oil with us in a boat again (страшную клятву никогда не брать с собой керосин в лодку снова) – except, of course, in case of sickness (кроме, конечно, /как/ на случай болезни; sick – больной, нездоровый).

buried ['berId] country ['kVntrI] field [fi:ld] oath [@uT]

We tried to get away from it at Marlow. We left the boat by the bridge, and took a walk through the town to escape it, but it followed us. The whole town was full of oil. We passed through the church-yard, and it seemed as if the people had been buried in oil. The High Street stunk of oil; we wondered how people could live in it. And we walked miles upon miles out Birmingham way; but it was no use, the country was steeped in oil.

At the end of that trip we met together at midnight in a lonely field, under a blasted oak, and took an awful oath (we had been swearing for a whole week about the thing in an ordinary, middle-class way, but this was a swell affair) – an awful oath never to take paraffine oil with us in a boat again – except, of course, in case of sickness.

Therefore, in the present instance, we confined ourselves to methylated spirit (поэтому в настоящем случае мы ограничились спиртом). Even that is bad enough (даже это довольно плохо). You get methylated pie and methylated cake (вы получаете метилированный = спиртовой пирог и спиртовое печенье; cake – кекс, пирожное, торт). But methylated spirit is more wholesome (но спирт более полезен) when taken into the system in large quantities than paraffine oil (когда принимается внутрь организма в бόльших количествах, чем керосин).

For other breakfast things, George suggested eggs and bacon, which were easy to cook (в качестве остальных вещей для /утреннего/ завтрака, Джордж предложил яйца с беконом, которые легко приготовить), cold meat, tea, bread and butter, and jam (холодное мясо, чай, хлеб с маслом и варенье). For lunch, he said, we could have biscuits (для второго завтрака, он сказал, мы можем взять печенье; lunch – ленч, второй завтрак /в 12-14 часов/), cold meat, bread and butter, and jam – but no cheese(но не сыр). Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself (сыр, как и керосин, строит из себя/воображает о себе слишком много). It wants the whole boat to itself (он хочет /захватить/ всю лодку для себя). It goes through the hamper, and gives a cheesy flavour to everything else there (он проходит сквозь корзину и придает сырный привкус всему прочему там = вокруг; hamper – корзина с крышкой; коробка с едой). You can't tell whether you are eating apple-pie or German sausage, or strawberries and cream (вы не можете сказать = понять, едите ли вы яблочный пирог, немецкую сосиску или клубнику со сливками). It all seems cheese (все кажется сыром). There is too much odour about cheese (у сыра слишком много запаха; odour – запах; аромат, благоухание).

methylated ['meTIleItId] flavour ['fleIv@] sausage ['sOsIdZ] odour ['@ud@]

Therefore, in the present instance, we confined ourselves to methylated spirit. Even that is bad enough. You get methylated pie and methylated cake. But methylated spirit is more wholesome when taken into the system in large quantities than paraffine oil.

For other breakfast things, George suggested eggs and bacon, which were easy to cook, cold meat, tea, bread and butter, and jam. For lunch, he said, we could have biscuits, cold meat, bread and butter, and jam – but no cheese. Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself. It wants the whole boat to itself. It goes through the hamper, and gives a cheesy flavour to everything else there. You can't tell whether you are eating apple-pie or German sausage, or strawberries and cream. It all seems cheese. There is too much odour about cheese.

I remember a friend of mine, buying a couple of cheeses at Liverpool (помню, как один мой приятель купил пару сыров в Ливерпуле). Splendid cheeses they were, ripe and mellow (прекрасные это были сыры, выдержанные и зрелые; ripe – зрелый, спелый, выдержанный; mellow – спелый, сочный, мягкий; выдержанный), and with a two hundred horse-power scent about them (с ароматом в двести лошадиных сил) that might have been warranted to carry three miles (который, пожалуй, распространялся на три мили; to warrant – подтверждать, гарантировать), and knock a man over at two hundred yards (и сбивал человека /с ног/ за две сотни ярдов; yard – ярд /91, 4 см/). I was in Liverpool at the time, and my friend said that if I didn't mind (я был в Ливерпуле в то время, и мой приятель сказал, что если я не возражаю) he would get me to take them back with me to London (он попросит меня взять их /сыры/ с собой обратно в Лондон), as he should not be coming up for a day or two himself (поскольку он сам не приедет день или два = вернется через день-два), and he did not think the cheeses ought to be kept much longer (и не думает, /что/ эти сыры следует хранить намного дольше).

"Oh, with pleasure, dear boy (о, с удовольствием, дорогой парень = дружище)," I replied (ответил я), «with pleasure.»

knock [nOk] friend [frend] ought [O:t] pleasure ['pleZ@]

I remember a friend of mine, buying a couple of cheeses at Liverpool. Splendid cheeses they were, ripe and mellow, and with a two hundred horse-power scent about them that might have been warranted to carry three miles, and knock a man over at two hundred yards. I was in Liverpool at the time, and my friend said that if I didn't mind he would get me to take them back with me to London, as he should not be coming up for a day or two himself, and he did not think the cheeses ought to be kept much longer.

"Oh, with pleasure, dear boy," I replied, "with pleasure."

I called for the cheeses, and took them away in a cab (я зашел за сырами и увез их в кебе; to call for – требовать; заходить за). It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed (это была ветхая штука = развалюха, которую тащил колченогий/запинающийся; knock – удар; толчок; knee – колено), broken-winded somnambulist (ослабевший: «со сломанными крыльями» лунатик), which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse (которого его хозяин в минуту увлечения во время разговора называл лошадью; to refer to as – именовать, называть; to refer to – ссылаться, относиться к). I put the cheeses on the top, and we started off at a shamble (я положил сыры на крышу, и мы тронулись со скоростью; to start off – трогаться, начинать путешествие; shamble – неуклюжая шаркающая походка) that would have done credit to the swiftest steam-roller ever built (которая сделала бы честь самому быстрому паровому катку, когда-либо построенному /в мире/; to do credit; to build), and all went merry as a funeral bell, until we turned the corner (все шло весело, словно похоронный колокол = как на похоронах, пока мы не свернули за угол). There, the wind carried a whiff from the cheeses full on to our steed (тут ветер донес запах /от/ сыров прямо до нашего коня; whiff – дуновение; слабый запах, душок). It woke him up, and, with a snort of terror (это разбудило его, и, фыркнув от страха: «с фырканьем от страха»; to wake up), he dashed off at three miles an hour (он ринулся /вперед со скоростью/ три мили в час; to dash off – броситься, кинуться). The wind still blew in his direction (ветер по-прежнему дул в его направлении; to blow), and before we reached the end of the street he was laying himself out at the rate of nearly four miles an hour (и, прежде чем мы достигли конца улицы, он стлался /по дороге/ со скоростью почти четыре мили в час; to lay out – выкладывать, выставлять; сваливать, сбивать с ног; at the rate – в размере, на уровне), leaving the cripples and stout old ladies simply nowhere (оставляя калек и тучных пожилых дам далеко позади: «просто нигде»).

It took two porters as well as the driver to hold him in at the station (потребовались /усилия/ двух носильщиков, а также возницы, чтобы остановить его на вокзале; to hold in – удерживать, сдерживать/ся/); and I do not think they would have done it, even then (и я не думаю, /что/ они сделали бы это даже тогда), had not one of the men had the presence of mind to put a handkerchief over his nose (не будь у одного из них присутствия духа/хладнокровия, чтобы накинуть носовой платок на нос /лошади/), and to light a bit of brown paper (и зажечь кусок оберточной бумаги; brown – коричневый, бурый; небеленый).

kneed [ni:d] somnambulist [sOm'n&mbjulIst] funeral ['fju:n(@)r@l] presence ['prez(@)ns]

I called for the cheeses, and took them away in a cab. It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed, broken-winded somnambulist, which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse. I put the cheeses on the top, and we started off at a shamble that would have done credit to the swiftest steam-roller ever built, and all went merry as a funeral bell, until we turned the corner. There, the wind carried a whiff from the cheeses full on to our steed. It woke him up, and, with a snort of terror, he dashed off at three miles an hour. The wind still blew in his direction, and before we reached the end of the street he was laying himself out at the rate of nearly four miles an hour, leaving the cripples and stout old ladies simply nowhere.

It took two porters as well as the driver to hold him in at the station; and I do not think they would have done it, even then, had not one of the men had the presence of mind to put a handkerchief over his nose, and to light a bit of brown paper.

I took my ticket, and marched proudly up the platform, with my cheeses (я взял билет и прошагал гордо к перрону со своими сырами), the people falling back respectfully on either side (люди отступали /при этом/ почтительно с каждой стороны). The train was crowded, and I had to get into a carriage where there were already seven other people (поезд был переполнен, и мне пришлось войти в купе, где уже было семь /других/ человек). One crusty old gentleman objected, but I got in, notwithstanding (один раздражительный старый джентльмен запротестовал, но я вошел, тем не менее; crusty – покрытый коркой; сварливый, резкий); and, putting my cheeses upon the rack (кладя сыры на полку; rack – вешалка; полка, подставка, сетка для вещей /в вагонах, автобусах и др./), squeezed down with a pleasant smile, and said it was a warm day (протиснулся вниз = на скамью с приятной улыбкой и сказал, что теплый денек /сегодня/).

A few moments passed, and then the old gentleman began to fidget (несколько минут прошло, затем старый джентльмен начал беспокойно ерзать; to begin; to fidget – проявлять нетерпение, беспокойно двигаться, вертеться).

"Very close in here (очень душно здесь; close – закрытый; душный, спертый)," he said.

"Quite oppressive (совсем нечем дышать; oppressive – жестокий, гнетущий; душный; oppressive weather – душная, знойная погода)," said the man next him (сказал человек, /сидевший/ рядом с ним).

proudly ['praudlI] squeezed [skwi:zd]

I took my ticket, and marched proudly up the platform, with my cheeses, the people falling back respectfully on either side. The train was crowded, and I had to get into a carriage where there were already seven other people. One crusty old gentleman objected, but I got in, notwithstanding; and, putting my cheeses upon the rack, squeezed down with a pleasant smile, and said it was a warm day.

A few moments passed, and then the old gentleman began to fidget.

"Very close in here," he said.

"Quite oppressive," said the man next him.

And then they both began sniffing (потом они оба начали вдыхать носом; to sniff – сопеть; принюхиваться, вдыхать, втягивать носом), and, at the third sniff, they caught it right on the chest (с третьего вдоха они попали в самую точку/учуяли запах: «поймали прямо в грудь»; to catch – ловить, схватывать; chest – ящик, коробка; грудная клетка), and rose up without another word and went out (встали, не говоря ни слова: «без еще одного слова», и вышли; to rise). And then a stout lady got up, and said it was disgraceful that a respectable married woman should be harried about in this way (потом полная дама поднялась и сказала, что позорно изводить почтенную замужнюю женщину таким образом; to harry – опустошать, разорять; изводить, тревожить), and gathered up a bag and eight parcels and went (взяла сумку и восемь свертков и ушла; to gather up – подбирать, подхватывать; parcel – пакет, сверток, узел; посылка). The remaining four passengers sat on for a while (оставшиеся четыре пассажира продолжали сидеть некоторое время; to sit; on – указывает на продолжение или развитие действия), until a solemn-looking man in the corner (пока мрачный: «мрачно выглядящий» человек в углу; solemn – торжественный; важный, серьезный; мрачный, темный), who, from his dress and general appearance, seemed to belong to the undertaker class (который, /судя/ по его одежде и общему внешнему виду, /казалось/, принадлежит к классу гробовщиков; undertaker – владелец похоронного бюро), said it put him in mind of dead baby (не сказал, что это напомнило ему = ему вспомнился мертвый младенец); and the other three passengers tried to get out of the door at the same time, and hurt themselves (остальные три пассажира попытались выйти из двери одновременно и ушиблись; to hurt – причинить боль, ранить, ушибить).

I smiled at the black gentleman, and said I thought we were going to have the carriage to ourselves (я улыбнулся мрачному джентльмену и сказал, что, думаю, вагон будет для нас = в нашем распоряжении; to think); and he laughed pleasantly, and said that some people made such a fuss over a little thing (он засмеялся радостно и сказал, что некоторые поднимают такой шум из-за мелочей: «маленькой вещи»). But even he grew strangely depressed after we had started (но даже он стал странно подавлен после /того, как/ мы отправились), and so, when we reached Crewe, I asked him to come and have a drink (и потому, когда мы добрались до Кру, я предложил ему пойти выпить). He accepted, and we forced our way into the buffet (он согласился, и мы протиснулись в буфет; to force one`s way – протискиваться, пробираться), where we yelled, and stamped, and waved our umbrellas for a quarter of an hour (где мы кричали, топали/стучали ногами, махали зонтами четверть часа); and then a young lady came, and asked us if we wanted anything (потом барышня подошла и спросила, хотим ли мы что-нибудь /заказать/).

parcel [pA:sl] general ['dZen(@)r@l] laughed [lA:ft] quarter ['kwO:t@] hour ['au@]

And then they both began sniffing, and, at the third sniff, they caught it right on the chest, and rose up without another word and went out. And then a stout lady got up, and said it was disgraceful that a respectable married woman should be harried about in this way, and gathered up a bag and eight parcels and went. The remaining four passengers sat on for a while, until a solemn-looking man in the corner, who, from his dress and general appearance, seemed to belong to the undertaker class, said it put him in mind of dead baby; and the other three passengers tried to get out of the door at the same time, and hurt themselves.

I smiled at the black gentleman, and said I thought we were going to have the carriage to ourselves; and he laughed pleasantly, and said that some people made such a fuss over a little thing. But even he grew strangely depressed after we had started, and so, when we reached Crewe, I asked him to come and have a drink. He accepted, and we forced our way into the buffet, where we yelled, and stamped, and waved our umbrellas for a quarter of an hour; and then a young lady came, and asked us if we wanted anything.