Since there were just so many hours in a day (так как день имел ограниченное количество часов: «было так много часов в дне») her patrons were limited to some six or eight (/число/ ее клиентов было ограничено приблизительно шестью или восьмью) and she herself organized that the area of her labors was restricted to the fashionable sector of Eaton and Belgrave squares known as Belgravia (и она сама установила =
patron ['peItrqn], fashionable ['fxSnqbl], square [skweq]
Since there were just so many hours in a day her patrons were limited to some six or eight and she herself organized that the area of her labors was restricted to the fashionable sector of Eaton and Belgrave squares known as Belgravia. For once she had arrived in that neighborhood in the morning she was then able to walk quickly from house to flat to mews.
There was a Major Wallace, her bachelor (там /в числе клиентов/ был майор Уоллис, ее холостяк), whom naturally she spoiled and in whose frequent and changing love affairs she took an avid interest (которому она естественно потворствовала и чьими частыми и изменчивыми любовными делами она жадно интересовалась).
She was fond of a Mrs. Schreiber, a somewhat muddled person (она любила миссис Шрайбер, несколько бестолковую особу;
bachelor ['bxCqlq], representative ["reprI'zentqtIv], generosity ["Genq'rOsItI]
There was a Major Wallace, her bachelor, whom naturally she spoiled and in whose frequent and changing love affairs she took an avid interest.
She was fond of a Mrs. Schreiber, a somewhat muddled person, the wife of a Hollywood film representative living in London, for her American warmth and generosity which displayed itself in many ways, but chiefly by her interest in and consideration for Mrs. Harris.
She "did" for fashionable Lady Dant (она «делала» =
fashionable ['fxSnqbl], wealthy ['welTI], charity ['CxrItI]
She "did" for fashionable Lady Dant, the wife of a wealthy industrial baron, who maintained a flat in London as well as a country manor — Lady Dant was always getting her picture in