острота). It was fun to think (было забавно думать) that she could be so crazy

(что она могла быть такой сумасшедшей). At all events they'd made a date now

(во всяком случает, теперь они назначили /друг другу/ свидание; a date —

разг. свидание, встреча, человек с которым намечено свидание).

carelessly ['keqlIslI] reflectively [rI'flektIvlI] nasty ['nQ:stI]

He had used it to comb his hair and had carelessly placed it on the tea-table. When

Evie caught sight of it she stared at it for a moment reflectively.

"How on earth did it get there?" cried Julia lightly.

"I was just wondering."

It gave Julia a nasty turn. Of course it was madness to do that sort of thing in the

dressing-room. Why, there, wasn't even a key in the lock. Evie kept it. All the same

the risk had given it a spice. It was fun to think that she could be so crazy. At all

events they'd made a date now.

Tom (Том), she'd asked him what they called him at home (она спросила его, как

его зовут дома: «как они зовут его дома») and he said Thomas (и он ответил:

«сказал», что Томас), she really couldn't call him that (она, по правде говоря, не

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могла его так называть), Tom wanted to take her to supper somewhere (Том

хотел отвести ее в ресторан поужинать /где-нибудь/) so that they could dance

(так, чтобы они могли потанцевать), and it happened (и, случилось так) that

Michael was going up to Cambridge for a night (что Майкл собирался в

Кембридж с ночевкой: «на ночь») to rehearse a series of one-act plays (чтобы

репетировать несколько: «серию» одноактных пьес) written by undergraduates

(написанных студентами /особ. последнего курса/). They would be able (у них

будет возможность) to spend hours together (проводить вместе много времени:

«часы»).

"You can get back with the milk (ты можешь вернуться под утро; to come home

with the milk — возвращаться домой на рассвете, milk — молоко)," he'd said.

"And what about my performance next day (а что с моим спектаклем на

следующий день)?"

"We can't bother about that (мы не можем об этом беспокоиться)."

undergraduate ['Andq"grxdjVIt] hour ['aVq] bother ['bODq]

Tom, she'd asked him what they called him at home and he said Thomas, she really

couldn't call him that, Tom wanted to take her to supper somewhere so that they

could dance, and it happened that Michael was going up to Cambridge for a night

to rehearse a series of one-act plays written by undergraduates. They would be able

to spend hours together.

"You can get back with the milk," he'd said.

"And what about my performance next day?"

"We can't bother about that."

She had refused to let him fetch her at the theatre (она отказалась позволить ему

забрать ее из театра), and when she got to the restaurant they had chosen (и когда

она добралась до ресторана, который они выбрали) he was waiting for her in

the lobby (он уже ждал ее в вестибюле). His face lit up as he saw her (его лицо

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засияло, когда он увидел ее).

"It was getting so late (становится уже поздно), I was afraid you weren't coming

(я боялся, что ты не придешь)."

"I'm sorry (извини), some tiresome people came round after the play (разные

надоедливые люди зашли после спектакля) and I couldn't get rid of them (и я