"That's all right. Wait here, Mr. Parker."
The Sister appeared, a tall grave woman (появилась сестра, высокая серьезная женщина;
The baby was round and very red (девочка: «ребенок» была пухленькой и очень красной;
"Fancy her having hair (подумать только, у нее волосики;
"They sometimes have hair at birth (иногда у детишек: «них» бывают волосы уже при рождении)," said the Sister.
"She's very red in colour (она очень красная: «красного цвета»)." Raymond began comparing his child with those in the other cots (Раймонд начал сравнивать своего ребенка с теми, /что лежали/ в других кроватках;
"Oh, that will wear off (о, это пройдет;
fairly ['fεqlI] wear [wεq]
The Sister appeared, a tall grave woman. Raymond thought her to he short-sighted for she seemed to look at him fairly closely before she bade him follow her.
The baby was round and very red, with dark curly hair.
"Fancy her having hair. I thought they were born bald," said Raymond.
"They sometimes have hair at birth," said the Sister.
"She's very red incolour," Raymond began comparing his child with those in the other cots. "Far more so than the others."
"Oh, that will wear off."
Next day he found Lou in a half-stupor (на следующий день он застал: «обнаружил» Лу в состоянии, близком к оцепенению: «полу-оцепенении»;
"Your wife is upset about her baby (ваша жена расстроена из-за ребенка)," said the matron (сказала старшая сестра). "You see, the colour (вы видите, /из-за/ цвета). She's a beautiful baby, perfect (она прекрасная малышка, /просто/ совершенная). It's a question of the colour (вопрос только в цвете)."
"I noticed the baby was red (я заметил, что ребенок был красным)," said Raymond (сказал Раймонд), "but the nurse said (но няня сказала, что) —
"Oh, the red will go (что краснота пройдет). It changes, you know (цвет меняется, вы понимаете: «знаете»). But the baby will certainly be brown (но ребенок совершенно точно будет смуглым;
"Black (черный)?" said Raymond.
half [hQ: f] stupor ['stju: pq] beckon ['bekqn] beautiful ['bju: tIf(q)l]