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"You don't have to tell me that," he said, not understanding that she referred

to his arms and not to his arrival.

"D'you still like me?"

"Rather."

She kissed him fondly.

"Oh, you don't know how I've missed you."

"I was an awful flop in America," he said. "I didn't tell you in my letters,

because I thought it would only worry you. They thought me rotten."

"Michael," she cried, as though she could not believe him.

"The fact is, I suppose, I'm too English. They don't want me another year. I

didn't think they did, but just as a matter of form I asked them if they were

going to exercise their option and they said no, not at any price."

Julia was silent (Джулия молчала; silent — молчаливый, безмолвный). She

looked deeply concerned (она казалась глубоко взволнованной), but her heart

was beating with exultation (но ее сердце ликовало: «стучало с торжеством»).

"I honestly don't care (я, честно говоря, не переживаю), you know (знаешь ли).

I didn't like America (мне Америка не понравилась). It's a smack in the eye of

course (конечно, обидно; a smack in the eye — удар, неожиданное

разочарование, обида), it's no good denying that (нет смысла отрицать это), but

the only thing (но единственно /что надо сделать/) is to grin and bear it (так это

улыбаться и пережить это; to grin and bear it — мужественно переносить

страдания, скрывать переживания за улыбкой). If you only knew (если бы ты

только знала) the people one has to deal with (с какими людьми пришлось

общаться; to deal with — иметь дело, сталкиваться с кем-либо)! Why,

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compared with some of them (ба, да по сравнению с некоторыми из них; to

compare —сравнивать,сличать), Jimmie Langton's a great gentleman

(Джимми Лэнгтон — настоящий джентльмен). Even if they had wanted me to

stay (если бы даже они захотели, чтобы я остался) I should have refused (я бы

отказался)."

Though he put a brave face on it (хотя он и храбрился; put a brave face on —

делатьвид,чтовсехорошо), Julia felt (Джулия чувствовала) that he was

deeply mortified (что он был глубоко обижен). He must have had to put up (ему

должно быть пришлось мириться; to put up with — терпеть, выносить) with a

good deal of unpleasantness (с множеством неприятных вещей). She hated him

to have been made unhappy (она очень сожалела, что он был так несчастлив; to

hate — ненавидеть, испытывать отвращение, очень сожалеть о чем-либо),

but, oh, she was so relieved (но, о, она чувствовала облегчение; to relieve —

облегчать, успокаивать, утешать).

concerned [kqn'sq:nd] deny [dI'naI] refused [rI'fju:zd] mortify ['mO:tIfaI]

Julia was silent. She looked deeply concerned, but her heart was beating with

exultation.

"I honestly don't care, you know. I didn't like America. It's a smack in the eye

of course, it's no good denying that, but the only thing is to grin and bear it. If

you only knew the people one has to deal with! Why, compared with some of

them, Jimmie Langton's a great gentleman. Even if they had wanted me to

stay I should have refused."

Though he put a brave face on it, Julia felt that he was deeply mortified. He

must have had to put up with a good deal of unpleasantness. She hated him to

have been made unhappy, but, oh, she was so relieved.