Английский с Уилки Коллинзом. Женщина из сна

 I understood this, and I made allowances for her. Not a cross word passed between us. My one happy remembrance now – though I did disobey her in the matter of my marriage – is this: I loved and respected my good mother to the last.

As for my wife, she expressed no regret at the estrangement between her mother-in-law and herself. By common consent, we never spoke on that subject. We settled in the manufacturing town which I have already mentioned, and we kept a lodging-house. My kind master, at my request, granted me a lump sum in place of my annuity.

This put us into a good house, decently furnished (это поместило нас = позволило переехать в хороший дом, прилично меблированный; to furnish – снабжать; обставлять /мебелью/; decent – пристойный, приличный). For a while things went well enough (некоторое время дела шли достаточно хорошо). I may describe myself at this time of my life as a happy man (я могу назвать себя в то время жизни счастливым человеком).

My misfortunes began with a return of the complaint (мои неприятности начались с возвратом болезни; complaint – недовольство; жалоба; болезнь, недомогание) with which my mother had already suffered (которой уже страдала матушка). The doctor confessed, when I asked him the question (доктор признался, когда я задал ему вопрос), that there was danger to be dreaded this time (что на этот раз нужно бояться худшего; danger – опасность; угроза, риск; to dread – бояться, страшиться). Naturally, after hearing this (естественно, услышав это), I was a good deal away at the cottage (я проводил много времени в /деревенском/ доме; a good deal – очень много, изрядное количество). Naturally also, I left the business of looking after the house (разумеется также, что я переложил заботы по дому; to look after – присмотреть за /кем-л., чем-л./, позаботиться о /ком-л., чем-л./), in my absence, to my wife (в мое отсутствие на жену). Little by little, I found her beginning to alter toward me (мало-помалу я обнаружил, что она начинает менять /свое отношение/ ко мне; to alter – изменять/ся/).

 This put us into a good house, decently furnished. For a while things went well enough. I may describe myself at this time of my life as a happy man.

My misfortunes began with a return of the complaint with which my mother had already suffered. The doctor confessed, when I asked him the question, that there was danger to be dreaded this time. Naturally, after hearing this, I was a good deal away at the cottage. Naturally also, I left the business of looking after the house, in my absence, to my wife. Little by little, I found her beginning to alter toward me.