"You didn't ask me to your twenty-first," he said. "Kathleen writes to me regularly."
This wasn't true (это было неправдой: «это не было правдой»). Kathleen sent me letters fairly often (Кэтлин отправляла мне письма достаточно часто) in which she said (в которых она говорила), "Don't tell George I wrote to you (не говори Джорджу, что я пишу тебе) as he will be expecting word from me (так как он будет ждать слово от меня;
"But you," said George, "don't seem to have any sense of old friendship, you and Skinny." (Но у вас, — сказал Джордж, — кажется, нет никакого чувства старой дружбы, у тебя и у Скинни;
"Oh. George!" I said.
fairly ['fεqlI] bother ['bODq] friendship ['frendSIp]
This wasn't true. Kathleen sent me letters fairlyoften in which she said, "Don't tell George I wrote to you as he will be expecting word from me and I can'tbe bothered actually."
"But you," said George, "don't seem to have anysense of old friendship, you and Skinny."
"Oh. George!" I said.
"Remember the times we had (помнишь, как мы проводили время: «времена, которые у нас были»)?" George said. "We used to have times (мы когда-то проводили время вместе: «имели привычку проводить время»;
"I'll have to be getting along (я уже должна идти)," I said (сказала я).
"Please don't go (пожалуйста, не уходи). Don't leave me just yet (не оставляй меня прямо сейчас). I've something to tell you (мне надо кое-что сказать тебе)."
"Something nice (что-то хорошее;
"You don't know how lucky you are (ты не знаешь, насколько ты счастлива;
eager ['i: gq] overdone ["qVvq'dAn]
"Remember the times we had?" George said. "We used to have times." His large brown eyes began towater.
"I'll have to be getting along," I said.
"Please don't go. Don't leave me just yet. I've something to tell you."
"Something nice?" I laid on an eager smile. Allresponses to George had to be overdone.
"You don't know how lucky you are," Georgesaid.