The Canterville Ghost

"We have not cared to live in the place ourselves (нам не хотелось жить в этом месте самим)," said Lord Canterville (сказал лорд Кентервиль)," since my grandaunt, the Dowager Duchess of Bolton (с тех пор, как моя двоюродная прабабушка, вдовствующая герцогиня Болтонская; dowager — вдова /высокопоставленного лица/), was frightened into a fit (была доведена до удара; to frighten — испугать, напугать; fit — припадок, пароксизм, приступ), from which she never really recovered (от которого она так и не оправилась; never — никогда; really — на самом деле; to recover — выздоравливать; приходить в себя)

, by two skeleton hands being placed on her shoulders (/когда/ две руки скелета опустились на ее плечи; to place — класть, помещать) as she was dressing for dinner (в то время как она одевалась к обеду), and I feel bound to tell you, Mr. Otis (и я чувствую /себя/ обязанным сказать Вам), that the ghost has been seen by several living members of my family (что привидение видели несколько других /ныне здравствующих/ членов моей семьи; living — живой; to see), as well as by the rector of the parish (также как и приходский священник), the Rev. Augustus Dampier

(преподобный Огастус Дампье; the Rev.= the Reverend — преподобный), who is a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge (который является членом совета Королевского колледжа в Кембридже)."

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"We have not cared to live in the place ourselves," said Lord Canterville, "since my grandaunt, the Dowager Duchess of Bolton, was frightened into a fit, from which she never really recovered, by two skeleton hands being placed on her shoulders as she was dressing for dinner, and I feel bound to tell you, Mr. Otis, that the ghost has been seen by several living members of my family, as well as by the rector of the parish, the Rev. Augustus Dampier, who is a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge."

"After the unfortunate accident to the Duchess (после несчастного случая с герцогиней), none of our younger servants would stay with us (никто из наших более молодых слуг не хотел оставаться с нами), and Lady Canterville often got very little sleep at night (и леди Кентервиль часто очень мало спала ночью) in consequence of the mysterious noises (вследствие таинственных звуков) that came from the corridor and the library

(которые доносились из коридора и библиотеки; to come — приходить, приезжать; происходить, бывать /from/)."

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"After the unfortunate accident to the Duchess, none of our younger servants would stay with us, and Lady Canterville often got very little sleep at night, in consequence of the mysterious noises that came from the corridor and the library."