Mary Poppins put her hat straight at the Tobacconist’s Shop at the corner. It had one of those curious windows where there seem to be three of you instead of one, so that if you look long enough at them you begin to feel you are not yourself but a whole crowd of somebody else. Mary Poppins sighed with pleasure, however, when she saw three of herself, each wearing a blue coat with silver buttons and a blue hat to match. She thought it was such a lovely sight that she wished there had been a dozen of her or even thirty. The more Mary Poppinses the better.
“Come along (идем;
“If he’s in, of course (если он есть дома: «внутри», конечно),” Jane said to Michael in a whisper (Джейн сказала Майклу шепотом).
At that moment the door flew open (в этот момент дверь распахнулась;
“Is he in (есть он дома)?” said Michael quickly (сказал Майкл быстро).
“I’ll thank you (я поблагодарю тебя = буду тебе признательна),” said Mary Poppins, giving him a terrible glance (даря ему взгляд, внушающий страх), “to let me do the talking (за то, что ты) позволишь
echoing ['ekquIŋ] uncle ['Aŋkl] corner ['kO:nq]
“Come along,” she said sternly, as though they had kept her waiting. Then they turned the corner and pulled the bell of Number Three, Robertson Road. Jane and Michael could hear it faintly echoing from a long way away and they knew that in one minute, or two at the most, they would be having tea with Mary Poppins’ uncle, Mr Wigg, for the first time ever.
“If he’s in, of course,” Jane said to Michael in a whisper.
At that moment the door flew open and a thin, watery-looking lady appeared.
“Is he in?” said Michael quickly.
“I’ll thank you,” said Mary Poppins, giving him a terrible glance, “to let me do the talking.”
“How do you do, Mrs Wigg (как поживаете = здравствуйте, миссис Вигг),” said Jane politely (сказала Джейн вежливо).
“Mrs Wigg (миссис Вигг)! ” said the thin lady (сказала худая леди), in a voice even thinner than herself (голосом еще тоньше, чем она сама). “How dare you call me Mrs Wigg (как смеете вы называть меня миссис Вигг)? No, thank you (нет, спасибо)! I’m plain Miss Persimmon and proud of it (я просто мисс Персиммон
“Straight up and first door on the landing (прямо наверх и первая дверь от лестницы: «на лестнице»),” said Miss Persimmon, and she went hurrying away down the passage saying (и она пошла прочь, спеша по коридору, говоря): “Mrs Wigg indeed (миссис Вигг, ну и ну)!” to herself in a high, thin, outraged voice (высоким, тонким, возмущенным голосом).
dare [dεq] proud [praud] outraged [׳autreIGt]
“How do you do, Mrs Wigg,” said Jane politely.
“Mrs Wigg!” said the thin lady, in a voice even thinner than herself. “How dare you call me Mrs Wigg? No, thank you! I’m plain Miss Persimmon and proud of it. Mrs Wigg indeed!” She seemed to be quite upset, and they thought Mr Wigg must be a very odd person if Miss Persimmon was so glad not to be Mrs Wigg.
“Straight up and first door on the landing,” said Miss Persimmon, and she went hurrying away down the passage saying: “Mrs Wigg indeed!” to herself in a high, thin, outraged voice.
Jane and Michael followed Mary Poppins upstairs (Джейн и Майкл последовали за Мэри Поппинс наверх). Mary Poppins knocked at the door (Мэри Поппинс постучала в дверь).