Английский с Оскаром Уайльдом. Кентервильское привидение / Oscar Wilde. The Canterville Ghost

The Duke and Duchess, after the honeymoon was over, went down to Canterville Chase, and on the day after their arrival they walked over in the afternoon to the lonely churchyard by the pine-woods. There had been a great deal of difficulty at first about the inscription on Sir Simon’s tombstone, but finally it had been decided to engrave on it simply the initials of the old gentleman’s name, and the verse from the library window.

The Duchess had brought with her some lovely roses (герцогиня принесла с собой красивые розы), which she strewed upon the grave (которыми она усыпала могилу: «которые она рассыпала на могиле»), and after they had stood by it for some time (и после того, как они постояли возле нее некоторое время) they strolled into the ruined chancel of the old abbey (они зашли в разрушенный алтарь старого аббатства; to stroll – прогуливаться, бродить, гулять /обычно медленно, праздно/). There the Duchess sat down on a fallen pillar (там герцогиня села на поваленную колонну), while her husband lay at her feet smoking a cigarette (в то время как ее муж лег возле ее ног, куря сигарету) and looking up at her beautiful eyes (и глядя в ее прекрасные глаза). Suddenly he threw his cigarette away (внезапно он отшвырнул сигарету; to throw away), took hold of her hand (взял ее за руку; to take hold of smth. – взяться за что-либо, схватить что-либо), and said to her (и сказал ей), “Virginia, a wife should have no secrets from her husband (жена не должна иметь секретов от мужа).”

The Duchess had brought with her some lovely roses, which she strewed upon the grave, and after they had stood by it for some time they strolled into the ruined chancel of the old abbey. There the Duchess sat down on a fallen pillar, while her husband lay at her feet smoking a cigarette and looking up at her beautiful eyes. Suddenly he threw his cigarette away, took hold of her hand, and said to her, “Virginia, a wife should have no secrets from her husband.”

“Dear Cecil (дорогой Сесиль)! I have no secrets from you (у меня нет от тебя секретов).”

“Yes, you have (нет, есть),” he answered, smiling (ответил он, улыбаясь), “you have never told me (ты никогда не рассказывала мне) what happened to you (что случилось с тобой) when you were locked up with the ghost (когда ты была наедине: «заперта» с призраком).”

“I have never told any one (я никому не рассказывала), Cecil,” said Virginia, gravely (серьезно).

“I know that (я это знаю), but you might tell me (но ты могла бы рассказать мне).”

“Dear Cecil! I have no secrets from you.”

“Yes, you have,” he answered, smiling, “you have never told me what happened to you when you were locked up with the ghost.”

“I have never told any one, Cecil,” said Virginia, gravely.

“I know that, but you might tell me.”