The King often invited me to his rooms
(король часто приглашал меня в свои покои). My bedroom box would be placed on a table there (мой спальный ящик устанавливался там на столе) and I would be asked to take out one of my own chairs (и меня просили вынести один из моих стульев) and sit on it (и сесть на него). Seated like that (расположившись подобным образом;used /использовал/ [ju:zd], weave [wi:v], seated ['si:tɪd]
With her permission, I also used her hair to weave a purse for Glumdalclitch. She couldn't use it for coins since it was only five feet long and not very strong, but she liked it all the same.
The King often invited me to his rooms. My bedroom box would be placed on a table there and I would be asked to take out one of my own chairs and sit on it. Seated like that, when his Majesty also sat down, each of us could see the other's face. We talked at great length.
I was so bold during one of these conversations
(во время одного из этих разговоров я осмелился: «был так смел») as to let him know (сказать ему: «дать ему знать/понять») that I found it hard to accept the way (что для меня трудно смириться с тем: «принять способ/манеру») he looked down on Europe and the rest of the world (как высокомерно/презрительно он относится к Европе и всему остальному миру;bold [bəʋld], habit ['hæbɪt], improve [ɪm'pru:v]
I was so bold during one of these conversations as to let him know that I found it hard to accept the way he looked down on Europe and the rest of the world. I thought it a strange habit, since I had always found him a reasonable person. Reason, I told him one day, didn't depend on the size of the body. I made it clear that I hoped I would live to do him some service, even though he thought me so small as to be ridiculous. The King's opinion of me improved when I had said these things. He wanted to know more about my country.
It took five visits, each one lasting several hours
(потребовалось пять визитов, каждый длящийся =