"Good-evening (добрый вечер)," muttered John (пробормотал Джон), summoning his brains from the wild places (собирая свои мысли, разлетевшиеся неведомо куда: «из самых невероятных мест»;
"Good-morning, sir (доброе утро, сэр). Are you ready for your bath (вы готовы принять ванну: «к ванне/купанию»), sir? Oh, don't get up (не вставайте) — I'll put you in (я вас /сам/ положу), if you'll just unbutton your pajamas (если вы только /соблаговолите/ расстегнуть пижаму) — there (вот так). Thank you (спасибо), sir."
ebony ['ebqnI], chamber ['CeImbq], wild [waIld]
Morning. As he awoke he perceived drowsily that the room had at the same moment become dense with sunlight. The ebony panels of one wall had slid aside on a sort of track, leaving his chamber half open to the day. A large negro in a white uniform stood beside his bed.
"Good-evening," muttered John, summoning his brains from the wild places.
"Good-morning, sir. Are you ready for your bath, sir? Oh, don't get up — I'll put you in, if you'll just unbutton your pajamas — there. Thank you, sir."
John lay quietly (лежал не двигаясь) as his pajamas were removed (пока /с него/ снимали пижаму;
delighted [dI'laItId], nothing ['nATIN], instead [In'sted]
John lay quietly as his pajamas were removed — he was amused and delighted; he expected to be lifted like a child by this black Gargantua who was tending him, but nothing of the sort happened; instead he felt the bed tilt up slowly on its side — he began to roll, startled at first, in the direction of the wall, but when he reached the wall its drapery gave way, and sliding two yards farther down a fleecy incline he plumped gently into water the same temperature as his body.