"I'm clearing out in any case (я сматываюсь в любом случае). I've lost a fortune in tobacco (я потерял состояние на табаке;
inquisitive [In'kwIzItIv] aggressive [q'gresIv] pathetic [pq'TetIk]
planter ['plQ: ntq]
George was inquisitive about my relations withSkinny. He tried to pump me for about half an hour and when at last I said, "You are becoming aggressive, George," he stopped. He became quite pathetic.He said, "War or no war. I'm clearing out of this."
"It's the heat does it," I said.
"I'm clearing out in any case. I've lost a fortunein tobacco. My uncle is making a fuss. It's the otherbloody planters; once you get the wrong side of themyou’re finished in this wide land."
"What about Matilda (что будет с Матильдой: «что о Матильде»)?" I asked (спросила я).
He said (он сказал). "She'll be all right (с ней все будет хорошо). She's got hundreds of relatives (у нее сотни родственников)"
I had already heard about the baby girl (я уже слышала о /его ребенке/ девочке). Coal black (угольно черная;
"What about the child?" (что будет с ребенком: «что о ребенке»)?"
hundred ['hAndrqd] repute [rI'pju: t] child [CaIld]
"What about Matilda?" I asked.
He said. "She'll be all right. She's got hundreds of relatives."
I had already heard about the baby girl. Coalblack, by repute, with George's features. And anoth-er on the way, they said.
"What about the child?"
He didn't say anything to that (он не ответил: «он ничего не сказал на это»). He ordered more highballs (он заказал еще коктейлей) and when they arrived (когда их принесли: «и когда они прибыли»;
"I didn't have anything special (я не устраивала: «у меня не было» ничего особенного;
"You didn't ask me to your twenty-first (ты не позвала меня на свою двадцать первую годовщину)," he said (сказал он). "Kathleen writes to me regularly (Кэтлин пишет мне регулярно)."
swizzle ['swIz(q)l] special ['speS(q)l] quiet ['kwaIqt] among [q'mAN]
He didn't say anything to that. He ordered morehighballs and when they arrived he swizzled his fora long time with a stick. ''Why didn't you ask me toyour twenty-first?" he said then.
"I didn't have anything special, no party, George. We had a quiet drink among ourselves, George, just Skinny and the old professors and two of the wives and me,George."