Английский с Г. К. Честертоном. Случаи отца Брауна / Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The Sins of Prince Saradine. The Eye of Apollo

 And with that the old man seemed to dry up suddenly and lose all taste for conversation.

After lunch had tailed off with exquisite coffee and liqueurs, the guests were introduced to the garden, the library, and the housekeeper – a dark, handsome lady, of no little majesty, and rather like a plutonic Madonna.

It appeared that she and the butler were the only survivors of the prince’s original foreign menage (как оказалось, только она и дворецкий остались от прежней итальянской: «первоначальной иностранной» челяди принца; survivor – оставшийся в живых, уцелевший; menage – домашнее хозяйство) the other servants now in the house being new (все остальные: «другие» слуги в доме были новыми) and collected in Norfolk by the housekeeper (и нанятыми в Норфолке /самой/ экономкой; to collect – собирать; укомплектовывать, подбирать). This latter lady went by the name of Mrs. Anthony (эта последняя = вышеупомянутая дама именовалась миссис Энтони; to go by the name – быть известным под именем), but she spoke with a slight Italian accent (но говорила с легким итальянским акцентом), and Flambeau did not doubt (и Фламбо не сомневался) that Anthony was a Norfolk version of some more Latin name (что «Энтони» – это норфолкская интерпретация какой-то труднопроизносимой латинской фамилии; more – более многочисленный; добавочный, дополнительный; name – имя; фамилия).

 It appeared that she and the butler were the only survivors of the prince’s original foreign menage the other servants now in the house being new and collected in Norfolk by the housekeeper. This latter lady went by the name of Mrs. Anthony, but she spoke with a slight Italian accent, and Flambeau did not doubt that Anthony was a Norfolk version of some more Latin name.