Then she broke out again into one of her gay, happy, laughing moods (затем она вновь вернулась к присущему ей веселому, счастливому, смешливому настроению;
"I presume that should you accidentally wound an enemy (я полагаю, что если ты случайно ранишь врага;
jokingly ['dZoukINlI], kindliness ['kaIndlInIs], nurse [nWs]
Then she broke out again into one of her gay, happy, laughing moods; joking with me on my prowess as a Thark warrior as contrasted with my soft heart and natural kindliness.
"I presume that should you accidentally wound an enemy you would take him home and nurse him back to health," she laughed.
"That is precisely what we do on Earth (именно так мы поступаем на Земле)," I answered. "At least among civilized men (по крайней мере, среди цивилизованных людей)".
This made her laugh again (это заставило ее вновь рассмеяться). She could not understand it (она не могла этого понять), for, with all her tenderness and womanly sweetness (так как, при всей ее нежности и женской доброте;
I was very curious to know what I had said or done (мне было очень интересно узнать, что я сказал или сделал такого) to cause her so much perturbation a moment before (что вызвало у нее такое волнение минутой раньше;
"No," she exclaimed, "it is enough that you have said it and that I have listened (нет, — воскликнула она, достаточно того, что ты сказал это, а я выслушала). And when you learn (и когда ты узнаешь), John Carter, and if I be dead (и если я буду мертва), as likely I shall be ere the further moon has circled Barsoom another twelve times (что скорее всего произойдет, прежде, чем дальняя луна обойдет вокруг Барсума следующие двенадцать раз), remember that I listened and that I — smiled (помни, что я слушала и что я — улыбалась)."
tenderness ['tendqnIs], foeman ['foumqn], enlighten [In'laItn], exclaim [Iks'kleIm]
"That is precisely what we do on Earth," I answered. "At least among civilized men."
This made her laugh again. She could not understand it, for, with all her tenderness and womanly sweetness, she was still a Martian, and to a Martian the only good enemy is a dead enemy; for every dead foeman means so much more to divide between those who live.
I was very curious to know what I had said or done to cause her so much perturbation a moment before and so I continued to importune her to enlighten me.
"No," she exclaimed, "it is enough that you have said it and that I have listened. And when you learn, John Carter, and if I be dead, as likely I shall be ere the further moon has circled Barsoom another twelve times, remember that I listened and that I — smiled."