thought [TLt], jewelry [GHqlrI], long [lON]
This time she had no truck either with hunches or communications. The thought that this piece of jewelry might be ten times the worth of the dress she longed for never even entered her head. Because she was who she was and what she was, she responded almost automatically; she wended her way to the nearest police station and turned the article in, leaving her name and address, and a description of where she had found it. Within a week she was summoned back to the police station, where she received the sum of twenty-five pounds' reward from the grateful owner of the lost clip.
And now all oppression was lifted from the soul of Mrs. Harris (и теперь вся подавленность была снята с души миссис Харрис; to lift — поднимать), for the stern Magistrate Above had taken off His wig (потому что суровый Судья Свыше снял свой парик), reversed it and donned it as the beard of Santa Claus (перевернул его и надел его как бороду Санта-Клауса), and she was able to interpret both that which had happened to her and the Divine Intention (и она могла объяснить и то, что случилось с ней, и Божественный замысел). He had returned half her money (Он вернул половину ее денег) to show that He was no longer angry with her (чтобы показать, то Он больше не сердит на нее), and that if she were faithful and steadfast (и если она будет верной и стойкой) she might have her dress (она сможет получить свое платье) — but she was no longer to gamble (но ей больше нельзя играть в азартные игры); the missing twenty-five pounds said that (утраченные двадцать пять фунтов указали на это; to say — сказать; свидетельствовать/указывать). It was to be earned by work (оно должно быть заработано трудом), sweat and self-denial (пόтом и самопожертвованием). Well, in the joy that filled her (что ж, в радости, которая наполнила ее), she was prepared to give all that (она была готова дать все это).
beard [bIqd], faithful ['feITful], sweat [swet]
And now all oppression was lifted from the soul of Mrs. Harris, for the stern Magistrate Above had taken off His wig, reversed it and donned it as the beard of Santa Claus, and she was able to interpret both that which had happened to her and the Divine Intention. He had returned half her money to show that He was no longer angry with her, and that if she were faithful and steadfast she might have her dress — but she was no longer to gamble; the missing twenty-five pounds said that. It was to be earned by work, sweat and self-denial. Well, in the joy that filled her, she was prepared to give all that.
