Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. На окраине империи. Рассказы / W. S. Maugham: Stories

Meaning to take Edward by surprise he had not cabled to announce his arrival, and when at last he landed at Tahiti he allowed a youth, who said he was the son of the house, to lead him to the Hotel de la Fleur. He chuckled when he thought of his friend's amazement on seeing him, the most unexpected of visitors, walk into his office.

"By the way," he asked, as they went along, "can you tell me where I shall find Mr. Edward Barnard?"

"Barnard?" said the youth. "I seem to know the name."

"He's an American. A tall fellow with light brown hair and blue eyes. He's been here over two years."

"Of course. Now I know who you mean. You mean Mr. Jackson's nephew."

"Whose nephew?"

"Mr. Arnold Jackson."

"I don't think we're speaking of the same person," answered Bateman, frigidly.

He was startled (он был встревожен). It was queer that Arnold Jackson, known apparently to all and sundry (было странным, что Арнольд Джексон, несомненно известный всем и каждому; sundry— неопределенное число /людей, вещей/), should live here under the disgraceful name (живет здесь под этим позорным именем) in which he had been convicted (под которым он был осужден). But Bateman could not imagine whom it was that he passed off as his nephew (но Бейтман и представить себе не мог, кто же выдавал себя за его племянника; to pass off— исчезать; выдавать себя /за кого-либо/). Mrs. Longstaffe was his only sister and he had never had a brother (миссис Лонгстаф была его единственной сестрой, и у него никогда не было брата). The young man by his side talked volubly in an English (молодой человек /шедший/ рядом с ним, легко разговаривал на /своеобразном/ английском) that had something in it of the intonation of a foreign tongue (в котором присутствовало что-то из интонаций какого-то иностранного = другого языка), and Bateman, with a sidelong glance, saw, what he had not noticed before (и Бейтман, искоса взглянув /на него/, увидел то, чего он не заметил раньше), that there was in him a good deal of native blood (того, что в нем была добрая доля туземной крови). A touch of hauteur involuntarily entered into his manner (невольно в его поведении появилась некая надменность).

queer [kwIq], apparently [q'pxrqntlI], disgraceful [dIs'greIsf(q)l], convict [kqn'vIkt], tongue [tAN], sidelong ['saIdlON], hauteur [qV'tW], involuntarily [In'vOl(q)nt(q)rIlI]

He was startled. It was queer that Arnold Jackson, known apparently to all and sundry, should live here under the disgraceful name in which he had been convicted. But Bateman could not imagine whom it was that he passed off as his nephew. Mrs. Longstaffe was his only sister and he had never had a brother. The young man by his side talked volubly in an English that had something in it of the intonation of a foreign tongue, and Bateman, with a sidelong glance, saw, what he had not noticed before, that there was in him a good deal of native blood. A touch of hauteur involuntarily entered into his manner.