Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. На окраине империи. Рассказы / W. S. Maugham: Stories

Cooper walked on and set about his work. But he could not attend to it. The blow had calmed his irritation, and he knew that he had gone too far. He was worried. He felt ill, miserable and discouraged. In the adjoining office sat Mr. Warburton, and his impulse was to go and tell him what he had done; he made a movement in his chair, but he knew with what icy scorn he would listen to the story. He could see his patronising smile. For a moment he had an uneasy fear of what Abas might do. Warburton had warned him all right. He sighed. What a fool he had been! But he shrugged his shoulders impatiently. He did not care; a fat lot he had to live for. It was all Warburton`s fault; if he hadn`t put his back up nothing like this would have happened. Warburton had made life a hell for him from the start. The snob. But they were all like that: it was because he was a Colonial. It was a damned shame that he had never got his commission in the war; he was as good as anyone else. They were a lot of dirty snobs. He was damned if he was going to knuckle under now. Of course Warburton would hear of what had happened; the old devil knew everything. He wasn`t afraid. He wasn`t afraid of any Malay in Borneo, and Warburton could go to blazes.

He was right in thinking that Mr. Warburton would know what had happened (он был прав в суждении = он не ошибся в том, что мистер Уорбертон узнает о случившемся: «о том, что случилось»). His head-boy told him when he went in to tiffin (его старший бой рассказал ему /об этом/, когда он пришел завтракать; tiffin — второй завтрак).

"Where is your nephew now (где твой племянник сейчас)?"

"I do not know, Tuan (я не знаю, туан). He has gone (он ушел)."

Mr. Warburton remained silent (мистер Уорбертон оставался молчаливым = ничего не сказал). After luncheon as a rule he slept a little (после завтрака он, как правило/обычно, спал немного), but to-day he found himself very wide awake (но сегодня он оказался: «нашел себя» очень бодрствующим; wide awake — бодрствующий). His eyes involuntarily sought the bungalow where Cooper was now resting (его глаза невольно поискали бунгало, где Купер сейчас отдыхал; voluntarily — добровольно, свободно).

luncheon ['lAntSqn], rule [ru: l], involuntarily [In'vOlqntqrIlI]

He was right in thinking that Mr. Warburton would know what had happened. His head-boy told him when he went in to tiffin.

"Where is your nephew now?"

"I do not know, Tuan. He has gone."

Mr. Warburton remained silent. After luncheon as a rule he slept a little, but to-day he found himself very wide awake. His eyes involuntarily sought the bungalow where Cooper was now resting.