Английский язык с О. Уайльдом. Кентервильское привидение / О. Wilde: The Canterville Ghost

Mr. Otis was a good deal distressed at Lord Canterville's refusal, and begged him to reconsider his decision, but the good-natured peer was quite firm, and finally induced the Minister to allow his daughter to retain the present the ghost had given her, and when, in the spring of 1890, the young Duchess of Cheshire was presented at the Queen's first drawing-room on the occasion of her marriage, her jewels were the universal theme of admiration.

For Virginia received the coronet (так как Вирджиния получила диадему), which is the reward of all good little American girls (которая является наградой всем хорошим маленьким американским девочкам), and was married to her boy-lover as soon as he came of age (и вышла замуж за своего друга юных лет, как только он достиг совершеннолетия). They were both so charming (они оба были так очаровательны), and they loved each other so much (и они так сильно любили друг друга), that every one was delighted at the match (что все были в восторге от этой пары), except the old Marchioness of Dumbleton (за исключением старой маркизы Думбльтонской), who had tried to catch the Duke for one of her seven unmarried daughters (которая пыталась подцепить герцога для одной из своих незамужних дочерей; to catch — поймать), and had given no less than three expensive dinner-parties for that purpose (и дала не менее трех дорогих обедов для этой цели), and, strange to say, Mr. Otis himself (и, как ни странно, самого мистера Отиса).

coronet [`korənit] reward [ri`wo:d] age [eidζ] purpose [`pə:pəs]

For Virginia received the coronet, which is the reward of all good little American girls, and was married to her boy-lover as soon as he came of age. They were both so charming, and they loved each other so much, that every one was delighted at the match, except the old Marchioness of Dumbleton, who had tried to catch the Duke for one of her seven unmarried daughters, and had given no less than three expensive dinner-parties for that purpose, and, strange to say, Mr. Otis himself.