"It was very cold and I got up to close the window curtains. I only noticed my hand was on hers when I took it away. As I stood up I looked down at her face and she was looking up. It wasn't a beautiful face—that was the trouble. It was a face to live with, day in, day out. A face for wear. I felt as though I'd come into a new country where I couldn't speak the language. I had always thought it was beauty one loved in a woman. I stood there at the curtains, waiting to pull them, looking out. I couldn't see anything but my own face, looking back into the room, looking for her. She said, 'And what did Harry do that time?' and I wanted to say, 'Damn Harry. He's dead. We both loved him, but he's dead. The dead are made to be forgotten.' Instead of course all I said was, What do you think? He just whistled his old tune as if nothing was the matter,' and I whistled it to her as well as I could. I heard her catch her breath, and I looked round and before I could think is this the right way, the right card, the right gambit?—I'd already said, 'He's dead. You can't go on remembering him for ever.'"
She said, "I know (я знаю), but perhaps something will happen first (но, возможно, что-то случится прежде)."
"What do you mean (что вы имеете в виду)—something happen (что-то может случиться)?"
"Oh, I mean (о, я имею в виду), perhaps there'll be another way (возможно, будет другой путь), or I’ll die (или я умру), or something (или что-то /еще/)."
"You'll forget him in time (вы забудете его cо временем). You'll fall in love again (вы полюбите снова)."
"I know, but I don't want to (я знаю, но я не хочу). Don't you see I don't want to (разве вы не видите, что я не хочу)."
So Rollo Martins came back from the window (так что Ролло Мартинс отошел от окна) and sat down on the divan again (и снова сел на тахту). When he had risen half a minute before (когда он поднимался за полминуты до этого;
"Who's Koch (кто такой Кох)?"
He explained how he had returned to Harry's flat (он объяснил, как он вернулся в квартиру Гарри) and he described his interview with Koch (и описал свою беседу с Кохом), the story of the third man (историю третьего человека).
"If it's true (если это правда)," she said, "it's very important (/то/ это очень важно)."
"It doesn't prove anything (это не доказывает чего-либо). After all (в конце концов: «после всего»), Koch backed out of the inquest (Кох вышел: «отступил назад» из расследования), so might this stranger (так мог /сделать и/ этот незнакомец)."
"That's not the point (это не есть /главный/ смысл = не в этом дело)," she said. "It means that they lied (это значит ,что они лгали). Kurtz and Cooler (Куртц и Кулер)."
"They might have lied so as not to inconvenience this fellow (они могли солгать так, чтобы не причинить неудобство этому парню)—if he was a friend (если он был друг)."
"Yet another friend (еще один друг)—on the spot (немедленно: «на месте»). And where's your Cooler's honesty then (а где тогда честность твоего Кулера)?"
"What do we do (что мы собираемся делать)? He clamped down like an oyster and turned me out of his flat (он заперся, как устрица, и выставил меня из своей квартиры;
"He won't turn me out (он не выгонит меня)," she said, "or his Ilse won't (или его Илзе не сделает /этого/)."