The Mysterious Disappearance of the Chevalier Valmont - стр. 21
page листать, перелистывать; musicздесь: ноты; disturb мешать; infact в действительности, на самом деле; по правде говоря; husband муж, супруг
“It was very kind of you to harbour a total stranger.”
“Anyone would be happy to harbour a shining knight (32), and you are a shining knight if any of what my husband told me is true.”
“Things are not always what they seem, Madam.”
“Now you speak in riddles.”
“Never mind. (33) Forget what I said.”
“Please, tell me.”
“I only wanted to say that sometimes things are much more prosaic than they would appear. I simply happened to be in the right place at the right time, that’s all.” (34)
harbour приютить; total stranger некто совершенно незнакомый; knight рыцарь ◊ shining knight рыцарь в сияющих доспехах; riddle загадка; appear казаться
“You know, I have this strange feeling that we have met before,” said the baroness after a while.
“That’s quite impossible. This is my first time in Mouseville.”
“Maybe it was before you came to Mouseville. Where are you from?”
“I was born in a small town on the southern coast of the Mouse Kingdom. Its name won’t tell you anything. Later, I spent a lot of time away from home, travelling. No, I don’t think that our paths have crossed before. Besides, I would have remembered you if I had met you.”
coast берег (моря или океана), побережье; path тропа, дорожка; cross пересекаться
“And still… Your face…It seems strangely familiar. I have this feeling ever since you entered the room.”
“Such things happen. You know, once I made a portrait of a mouse girl I had never really seen, she only existed in my imagination, and was very surprised when some time afterwards I ran into a living copy of that girl in one of the port towns. Our subconscious mind – or whatever it is – plays tricks with us sometimes. One of these tricks is called déjà vu: you think that what you’re doing or feeling now has already happened to you before. Probably, you are experiencing something like that.
and still и всё же, и тем не менее; familiar знакомый; exist существовать; imagination воображение; afterwards после этого; subconscious подсознательный ◊subconsciousmind подсознание; or whatever it is или что там еще; probably вероятно, возможно; experience испытывать
“Perhaps you’re right. You said you have spent many years away from home. How is that possible? I mean, you being so young?”
“I’m not as young as it may appear. I guess, it’s the sea. Its salty waters must have preserved me well.”
“Just don’t tell my friends about it, or they will all take to the sea, and I will have no one to gossip with.”