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

"Sally was beside herself with grief (Салли была вне себя от горя). For three days she screamed and cried (в течение трех дней она кричала и плакала; to scream — пронзительно кричать; вопить; to cry — плакать; кричать). The natives did what they could to comfort her (туземцы делали, что могли, чтобы утешить ее), but she would not be comforted (но она ни за что не хотела утешаться). She would not eat (она ни за что не хотела есть). And then, exhausted (а потом, обессилев), she sank into a sullen apathy (она погрузилась в мрачную апатию). She spent long days at the cove, watching the lagoon (она проводила долгие дни у бухты, всматриваясь в лагуну; to watch— /внимательно/ наблюдать, следить), in the vain hope that Red somehow or other would manage to escape (в тщетной надежде, что Рыжему, так или иначе, удастся сбежать). She sat on the white sand, hour after hour (она сидела на белом песке час за часом), with the tears running down her cheeks (/и/ слезы текли по ее щекам), and at night dragged herself wearily back across the creek to the little hut (а ночью тащилась устало назад через речку к маленькой хижине) where she had been happy (где она была счастлива). The people with whom she had lived before Red came to the island (люди, с которыми она жила до того, как Рыжий прибыл на этот остров) wished her to return to them (хотели, /чтоб/ она вернулась к ним), but she would not (но она ни за что не хотела); she was convinced that Red would come back (она была убеждена, что Рыжий вернется: «придет назад»), and she wanted him to find her where he had left her (и она хотела, /чтобы/ он нашел ее /там же/, где оставил). Four months later she was delivered of a still-born child (четыре месяца спустя она родила мертвого ребенка), and the old woman who had come to help her through her confinement (и та старая женщина, которая пришла помочь ей с родами) remained with her in the hut (осталась с ней в этой хижине). All joy was taken from her life (вся радость была взята = ушла из ее жизни). If her anguish with time became less intolerable (/и/ хотя ее боль со временем стала не такой невыносимой; less— менее) it was replaced by a settled melancholy (она была заменена = ей на смену пришла постоянная грусть).

aboard [q`bLd], exhaust [Ig`zLst], through [TrH]

"What had happened was obvious enough. The whaler, by desertion or sickness, was short of hands, and the captain when Red came aboard had asked him to sign on; on his refusal he had made him drunk and kidnapped him.

"Sally was beside herself with grief. For three days she screamed and cried. The natives did what they could to comfort her, but she would not be comforted. She would not eat. And then, exhausted, she sank into a sullen apathy. She spent long days at the cove, watching the lagoon, in the vain hope that Red somehow or other would manage to escape. She sat on the white sand, hour after hour, with the tears running down her cheeks, and at night dragged herself wearily back across the creek to the little hut where she had been happy. The people with whom she had lived before Red came to the island wished her to return to them, but she would not; she was convinced that Red would come back, and she wanted him to find her where he had left her. Four months later she was delivered of a still-born child, and the old woman who had come to help her through her confinement remained with her in the hut. All joy was taken from her life. If her anguish with time became less intolerable it was replaced by a settled melancholy.