Beatrice knew what was good for her, and she could resist temptation well enough if temptation was not put right under her nose. Besides, she liked gambling, and a flutter at the Casino two or three times a week would pass the time very pleasantly. Arrow adored Antibes, and she would be looking her best after a month at Carlsbad. She could just pick and choose among the young Italians, the passionate Spaniards, the gallant Frenchmen, and the long-limbed English who sauntered about all day in bathing trunks and gay-coloured dressing-gowns. The plan worked very well. They had a grand time. Two days a week they ate nothing but hard-boiled eggs and raw tomatoes and they mounted the scales every morning with light hearts. Arrow got down to eleven stone and felt just like a girl; Beatrice and Frank by standing in a certain way just avoided the thirteen. The machine they had bought registered kilogrammes, and they got extraordinarily clever at translating these in the twinkling of an eye to pounds and ounces.
But the fourth at bridge continued to be the difficulty (но четвертый /игрок/ в бридж продолжал быть /для них/ затруднением). This person played like a foot (этот играл крайне плохо;
One morning (однажды утром) when they were sitting in pyjamas on the terrace overlooking the sea (когда они сидели в пижамах на террасе с видом /на/ море;
"Lena Finch is coming down to the Riviera," she said (Лина Финч приезжает на Ривьеру, — сказала она;
"Who's she?" asked Arrow (кто это: «она»? спросила Эрроу).
"She married a cousin of mine (она вышла замуж /за/ одного моего кузена). He died a couple of months ago (он умер пару месяцев тому назад) and she's just recovering from a nervous breakdown (и /сейчас/ она как раз оправляется от нервного расстройства). What about asking her to come here for a fortnight (как насчет /того, чтобы/ попросить ее приехать сюда на две недели;
pyjamas [pq`GRmqz, pq`Gxmqz], Riviera ["rIvI`eqrq], guarantee ["gxr(q)n`tJ]