“How long were you here?”
“Two years.”
He ate reflectively.
“I should ha’ thought you’d rather go to a fresh place,” he said at length.
She sat very silent, and then, delicately, put out a feeler.
“Why?” she said. “Do you think I shan’t enjoy myself?”
He laughed comfortably, putting the marmalade thick on his bread (он спокойно засмеялся, толстым слоем намазывая апельсиновый джем на хлеб;
“I hope so,” he said (надеюсь, что так, – ответил он).
She again took no notice of him (она снова не обратила на него внимания;
“But don’t say anything about it in the village, Frank,” she said casually (но ничего не говори об этом в деревне, Фрэнк, – мимоходом заметила она;
“Why did you come, then (тогда зачем ты приехала)?”
“’Why?’ Can’t you understand why (зачем? разве ты не можешь понять, зачем)?”
“I hope so,” he said.
She again took no notice of him.
“But don’t say anything about it in the village, Frank,” she said casually. “Don’t say who I am, or that I used to live here. There’s nobody I want to meet, particularly, and we should never feel free if they knew me again.”
“Why did you come, then?”
“’Why?’ Can’t you understand why?”
“Not if you don’t want to know anybody (нет, если ты не хочешь никого знать).”
“I came to see the place, not the people (я приехала повидать место, а не людей).”
He did not say any more (он ничего больше не сказал).