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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)."


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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).

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