I had a slight cold
(у меня была легкая простуда;cold [kəʋld], longed [lɔŋd], pleasure ['pleʒə]
Although the journey was comfortable, both Glumdalclitch and I were very tired by the end of it. We were to spend some days at the King's palace near Flanflasnic,
about eighteen miles from the sea.I had a slight cold, and Glumdalclitch was so ill she had to stay in her room for some days. I longed to see the sea again. I pretended to be rather more ill than I really was and then I asked if I might be allowed the pleasure of fresh sea air. One of the young servants, who had sometimes looked after me before, was told to take me down to the sea.
Poor little Glumdalclitch was not at all happy about this
(бедная маленькая Глюмдалклич была совершенно этому не рада = очень обеспокоена этим). She gave the servant all kinds of orders (она давала слуге всяческие наставления) about how to take care of me (о том, как /нужно/ обо мне заботиться). She even burst into tears when I waved good-bye (она даже расплакалась, когда я помахал /ей рукой/ на прощание;It took the servant about half an hour to walk down to the sea
(слуге потребовалось около получаса, чтобы спуститься к морю), carrying my box by hand (с моим ящиком в руке). When we arrived, I opened one of my windows (когда мы были там, я открыл одно из окон) and looked out at the sea for some time (и некоторое время смотрел на море/океан). I was not feeling very well (я чувствовал себя не совсем хорошо) and I told the servant that I would sleep for a while in my hammock (и сказал слуге, что я немного посплю в гамаке). The boy shut the window to keep out the cold (мальчик закрыл окно, чтобы мне было теплее: «не впустить холода»;hammock ['hæmək], explore [ɪk'splɔ:], nearby [nɪə'baɪ]
Poor little Glumdalclitch was not at all happy about this. She gave the servant all kinds of orders about how to take care of me. She even burst into tears when I waved good-bye. It was almost as though she knew what was about to happen.