). Mrs. Harris had made it a special point with Mrs. Butterfield (миссис Харрис дала особое указание миссис Баттерфилд) to see that the aspiring actress was not neglected (проследить, чтобы честолюбивая актриса не осталась безнадзорной =
чтобы о ней позаботились; to aspire — стремиться, домогаться, устремляться; to neglect — пренебрегать; не заботиться).
altercation ["Lltq'keISqn], chauffeur ['Squfq], neglected [nI'glektId]
The taxicab crossed a big river, the one Mrs. Harris had seen from the air, now gray instead of blue. On the bridge the driver got himself into a violent altercation with another chauffeur. They shouted and screamed at one another. Mrs. Harris did not understand the words but guessed at the language and the import and smiled happily to herself. This time her thoughts returned to Miss Pamela Penrose and the fuss she had kicked up when informed of Mrs. Harris' intention to take a day off. Mrs. Harris had made it a special point with Mrs. Butterfield to see that the aspiring actress was not neglected.
Curiously, for all her shrewdness and judgment of character (странно, несмотря на всю прозорливость и рассудительность характера; shrewd — проницательный, прозорливый; рассудительный), Mrs. Harris' favorite of all her clients was Miss Penrose (любимицей миссис Харрис из всех ее клиентов была мисс Пенроуз).
The girl (девушка) — whose real name, as Mrs. Harris had gleaned from superficially inspecting letters (чье настоящее имя, как миссис Харрис выяснила из беглого осмотра писем; to glean — подбирать колосья /после жатвы/; тщательно подбирать, собирать /факты, сведения; по мелочам, обрывкам/) that occasionally came so addressed (которые порой приходили адресованные таким образом), was Enid Snite (было Энида Снайт) — lived untidily in a one-story walk-up mews flat (жила неопрятно в квартире в одноэтажном, выходящем на улицу доме — / бывших/ конюшнях, переделанных под жилые помещения), the headquarters for her precarious existence (штаб-квартира для ее шаткого/ненадежного существования).
curiously ['kjuqrIqslI], shrewdness ['SrHdnIs], occasionally [q'keIZnqlI]
Curiously, for all her shrewdness and judgment of character, Mrs. Harris' favorite of all her clients was Miss Penrose.
The girl — whose real name, as Mrs. Harris had gleaned from superficially inspecting letters that occasionally came so addressed, was Enid Snite — lived untidily in a one-story walk-up mews flat, the headquarters for her precarious existence.
