"There was a native hut at the cove and as he stood there, wondering where exactly he should turn his steps, a young girl came out and invited him to enter. He knew scarcely two words of the native tongue and she as little English. But he understood well enough what her smiles meant, and her pretty gestures, and he followed her. He sat down on a mat and she gave him slices of pineapple to eat. I can speak of Red only from hearsay, but I saw the girl three years after he first met her, and she was scarcely nineteen then. You cannot imagine how exquisite she was. She had the passionate grace of the hibiscus and the rich colour. She was rather tall, slim, with the delicate features of her race, and large eyes like pools of still water under the palm trees; her hair, black and curling, fell down her back, and she wore a wreath of scented flowers. Her hands were lovely. They were so small, so exquisitely formed, they gave your heart-strings a wrench. And in those days she laughed easily. Her smile was so delightful that it made your knees shake. Her skin was like a field of ripe corn on a summer day. Good Heavens, how can I describe her? She was too beautiful to be real.
"And these two young things (и эти два юных существа), she was sixteen and he was twenty (ей было шестнадцать, а ему двадцать), fell in love with one another at first sight (полюбили друг друга с первого взгляда; to fall — падать). That is the real love (то /была/ настоящая любовь), not the love that comes from sympathy (не та любовь, которая возникает: «происходит» из сочувствия/симпатии), common interests (общих интересов), or intellectual community (или схожести взглядов и убеждений; intellectual — интеллектуальный, мыслительный; community — общность), but love pure and simple (но любовь чистая и простая =в чистом виде). That is the love that Adam felt for Eve (это /такая/ любовь, которую Адам почувствовал к Еве) when he awoke and found her in the garden (когда он проснулся и нашел ее в саду) gazing at him with dewy eyes (смотрящей на него наивными глазами; to gaze — пристально глядеть, вглядываться; dewy — росистый; чистый, простодушный). That is the love that draws the beasts to one another (это /такая/ любовь, которая притягивает друг к другу животных), and the Gods (и богов). That is the love that makes the world a miracle (это /такая/ любовь, которая превращает мир в чудо). That is the love which gives life its pregnant meaning (это /такая/ любовь, которая придает жизни глубокий смысл; pregnant — беременная; содержательный). You have never heard of the wise, cynical French duke (вы никогда не слышали о мудром, циничном французском герцоге /де Ларошфуко/) who said that with two lovers (который сказал, что среди двух влюбленных) there is always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved (всегда есть тот, кто любит, и тот, кто позволяет себя любить); it is bitter truth to which most of us have to resign ourselves (это горькая правда, с которой большинству из нас приходится мириться); but now and then there are two who love (но порой находятся: «имеются» двое, которые любят) and two who let themselves be loved (и двое, которые позволяют себя любить). Then one might fancy (/и/ тогда можно было бы предположить; one — один; также употребляется вне определенно-личных предложениях) that the sun stands still (что солнце останавливается: «стоит неподвижно») as it stood when Joshua prayed to the God of Israel (как оно остановилось, когда Иисус Навин молился Богу Израиля).