view - vista, reproducción, visualización, visitas, visión, mirada, ver
"The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all. She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a courtyard, and a long way apart. Oh, Lucy!"
Signora - Senora
promised - prometido; promesa, prometer
instead - en su lugar; en vez de, en lugar de
courtyard - patio
apart - aparte, separadamente
Lucy - Lucía
"And a Cockney, besides!" said Lucy, who had been further saddened by the Signora's unexpected accent. "It might be London." She looked at the two rows of English people who were sitting at the table; at the row of white bottles of water and red bottles of wine that ran between the English people; at the portraits of the late Queen and the late Poet Laureate that hung behind the English people, heavily framed; at the notice of the English church (Rev. Cuthbert Eager, M.
Cockney - cockney, londinense (de clase popular)
besides - además; al lado de, cabe
further - más allá; fomentar, asistir, exhortar, desarrollar
saddened - apenar, entristecer, contristar
unexpected - inesperado, inopinado
accent - acento, pronunciación
rows - filas; hilera, fila
portraits - retratos; retrato
Queen - reina, loca, reinona, gata, coronar
poet - poeta, poetisa
Laureate - laureado, galardonado, ganador, laurear
hung - colgado; colgar
heavily - pesadamente
framed - enmarcado; levantar la estructura, armar, enmarcar, concebir
notice - aviso; comunicación, notificación, darse cuenta, advertir
church - iglesia, servicio religioso, culto, misa
Rev - acelerar
eager - ávido, ansioso, deseoso
A. Oxon.), that was the only other decoration of the wall. "Charlotte, don't you feel, too, that we might be in London? I can hardly believe that all kinds of other things are just outside. I suppose it is one's being so tired."
decoration - decoración, condecoración
Charlotte - Carlota
hardly - apenas, a duras penas
suppose - supongo; suponer
"This meat has surely been used for soup," said Miss Bartlett, laying down her fork.
surely - seguro; seguramente, checksin duda
laying down - ponerse, acostarse, tumbarse
fork - horquilla; tenedor
"I want so to see the Arno. The rooms the Signora promised us in her letter would have looked over the Arno. The Signora had no business to do it at all. Oh, it is a shame!"
shame - vergüenza, pena
"Any nook does for me," Miss Bartlett continued; "but it does seem hard that you shouldn't have a view."
nook - rincón, recoveco
continued - continuamos; continuar, seguir
Seem - parecer
shouldn - Debería
Lucy felt that she had been selfish. "Charlotte, you mustn't spoil me: of course, you must look over the Arno, too. I meant that. The first vacant room in the front"" "You must have it," said Miss Bartlett, part of whose travelling expenses were paid by Lucy's mother"a piece of generosity to which she made many a tactful allusion.
Selfish - egoísta
mustn - No debe
spoil - expoliar, despojar, danar, arruinar, echar a perder
look over - Revisar, repasar, echar un vistazo
vacant - vacío; vacante
whose - de quién; quién, quien, cuyo, cuya, cuyas
travelling expenses - Gastos de viaje
generosity - generosidad
many a - mucho(s)
tactful - con tacto; discreto, diplomático, de mucho tacto
allusion - alusión
"No, no. You must have it."
"I insist on it. Your mother would never forgive me, Lucy."
insist - insistir
forgive - perdonar, disculpar
"She would never forgive me."
The ladies'voices grew animated, and"if the sad truth be owned"a little peevish. They were tired, and under the guise of unselfishness they wrangled. Some of their neighbours interchanged glances, and one of them"one of the ill-bred people whom one does meet abroad"leant forward over the table and actually intruded into their argument. He said:
ladies - senoritas; ama, senora, dama, bano de damas
voices - voces; voz
animated - animado, animar
truth - verdad
peevish - malhumorado; quejica, quejicoso, alaraco, alharaquiento
guise - guisa; apariencia, forma, aspecto
wrangled - discutido; altercado, disputa, gresca, rina
interchanged - intercambiado; intercambiar, reemplazar, intercambio
glances - miradas; ojear, echar un vistazo, mirar, pispear, vistazo
ill - enfermo, mareado, mal
bred - criado; (breed); criar, procrear, aparearse, cultivar
whom - a quién; quién, quiénes, cuyo, quien
abroad - en el extranjero, en el exterior
leant - leant; inclinarse
forward - hacia adelante; hacia delante
actually - realmente
intruded - intruso; meterse
argument - argumento
"I have a view, I have a view."
Miss Bartlett was startled. Generally at a pension people looked them over for a day or two before speaking, and often did not find out that they would "do" till they had gone. She knew that the intruder was ill-bred, even before she glanced at him. He was an old man, of heavy build, with a fair, shaven face and large eyes. There was something childish in those eyes, though it was not the childishness of senility. What exactly it was Miss Bartlett did not stop to consider, for her glance passed on to his clothes.
startled - sorprendido; sobresaltarse, alarmarse, espantarse, evitar
generally - en general; generalmente, por lo general
pension - pensión, pensionar
intruder - intruso, intrusa
glanced - mirada; ojear, echar un vistazo, mirar, pispear, vistazo
heavy - pesado
fair - justo; rubio, claro, blanco
those - esos, esas, aquéllos, aquellas
though - ero..; no obstante, de todas formas, de todas maneras
childishness - puerilidad, ninería, chiquillada, infantilismo
senility - senilidad
exactly - exactamente, exacto
Consider - considerar, barajar, sopesar, observar
passed - pasó; pasar(por), dejar atrás
These did not attract her. He was probably trying to become acquainted with them before they got into the swim. So she assumed a dazed expression when he spoke to her, and then said: "A view? Oh, a view! How delightful a view is!"
attract - atraer, llamar
acquainted - conocido; dar a conocer, familiarizar
assumed - asumido; suponer, dar por sentado, asumir
dazed - turdido; aturdimiento, aturdir, encandilar
expression - expresión, frase hecha
delightful - delicioso
"This is my son," said the old man; "his name's George. He has a view too."
George - Jorge
"Ah," said Miss Bartlett, repressing Lucy, who was about to speak.
repressing - reprimiendo; reprimir
"What I mean," he continued, "is that you can have our rooms, and we'll have yours. We'll change."
The better class of tourist was shocked at this, and sympathized with the new-comers. Miss Bartlett, in reply, opened her mouth as little as possible, and said "Thank you very much indeed; that is out of the question."
shocked - sorprendido; conmoción, golpe
sympathized with - compadecerse de alguien; empatizar con
comers - vienen; puntero, delantero, puntera, delantera
reply - responder, repetir, respuesta
indeed - de verdad; de hecho, realmente, efectivamente, verdaderamente
"Why?" said the old man, with both fists on the table.
fists - punos; puno
"Because it is quite out of the question, thank you."
"You see, we don't like to take"" began Lucy. Her cousin again repressed her.
repressed - reprimido; reprimir
"But why?" he persisted. "Women like looking at a view; men don't." And he thumped with his fists like a naughty child, and turned to his son, saying, "George, persuade them!"
persisted - ersistió; persistir
thumped - golpeado; golpe sordo, ruido sordo, golpear, azotar
naughty - pícaro; cachondo, travieso, maleducado, obsceno, picante
persuade - persuadir
"It's so obvious they should have the rooms," said the son. "There's nothing else to say."
obvious - obvio, evidente
He did not look at the ladies as he spoke, but his voice was perplexed and sorrowful. Lucy, too, was perplexed; but she saw that they were in for what is known as "quite a scene," and she had an odd feeling that whenever these ill-bred tourists spoke the contest widened and deepened till it dealt, not with rooms and views, but with"well, with something quite different, whose existence she had not realized before.
voice - voz
perplexed - perplejo; confundir, desconcertar
sorrowful - triste
scene - escena, escenario
odd - raro; guacho, desparejado, desemparejado, suelto, extrano
whenever - cuándo; cuando quiera, siempre que, siempre y cuando
contest - debate, concurso, competencia, competición, competir
deepened - rofundizado; ahondar, checkprofundizar
dealt - tratado; trato, acuerdo, pacto
views - opiniones; vista, reproducción, visualización, visitas, visión
existence - existencia
realized - te has dado cuenta; realizar, darse cuenta, caer en la cuenta
Now the old man attacked Miss Bartlett almost violently: Why should she not change? What possible objection had she? They would clear out in half an hour.
attacked - atacado; ataque, atacar
almost - casi, por poco
violently - violentamente
objection - objeción, protesta
clear out - retirar(se); salir; vaciar
Miss Bartlett, though skilled in the delicacies of conversation, was powerless in the presence of brutality. It was impossible to snub any one so gross. Her face reddened with displeasure. She looked around as much as to say, "Are you all like this?" And two little old ladies, who were sitting further up the table, with shawls hanging over the backs of the chairs, looked back, clearly indicating "We are not; we are genteel."
delicacies - delicias; fineza, delicadeza, fragilidad, exquisitez, golosina
powerless - impotente
presence - presencia
brutality - brutalidad
impossible - imposible, insoportable, imposible
snub - un desaire; ofender
Gross - asqueroso; repulsivo, gruesa, bruto
reddened - enrojecido; enrojecer
displeasure - disgusto, desazón
shawls - chales; chal, panolón
hanging over - colgar sobre
Clearly - está claro; claramente, por lo claro
indicating - indicando; indicar, senalizar, panish: t-needed
"Eat your dinner, dear," she said to Lucy, and began to toy again with the meat that she had once censured.
toy - juguete, jugar (con), darle vueltas a una idea
censured - censurado; censura
Lucy mumbled that those seemed very odd people opposite.
mumbled - murmuró; mascullar, mascujar, susurrar, mascujada
seemed - parecía; parecer
"Eat your dinner, dear. This pension is a failure. To-morrow we will make a change."
failure - fallo, fracaso, fiasco, fracasado, avería
morrow - manana; manana
Hardly had she announced this fell decision when she reversed it. The curtains at the end of the room parted, and revealed a clergyman, stout but attractive, who hurried forward to take his place at the table, cheerfully apologizing for his lateness.
announced - anunciado; anunciar, declarar
decision - decisión
reversed - invertido; dar marcha atrás
curtains - cortinas; cortina, telón
revealed - revelado; revelar, propalar
clergyman - clérigo
stout - cerveza; sólido, fuerte
attractive - atractivo, atrayente
hurried - con prisas; prisa, apuro, apresurarse, apurarse, darse prisa
cheerfully - con alegría
apologizing - pidiendo disculpas; disculparse
Lucy, who had not yet acquired decency, at once rose to her feet, exclaiming: "Oh, oh! Why, it's Mr. Beebe! Oh, how perfectly lovely! Oh, Charlotte, we must stop now, however bad the rooms are. Oh!"
acquired - dquirido; obtener, adquirir
decency - decencia
rose - Rosa; (rise); Rosa
exclaiming - exclamando; exclamar
Mr - Senor
perfectly - perfectamente
lovely - Encantador
Miss Bartlett said, with more restraint:
restraint - restricción, limitación, reserva, moderación, autocontrol
"How do you do, Mr. Beebe? I expect that you have forgotten us: Miss Bartlett and Miss Honeychurch, who were at Tunbridge Wells when you helped the Vicar of St. Peter's that very cold Easter."
expect - esperar, checkaguardar
Vicar - vicario, vicaria
Peter - Pedro, Pedro
The clergyman, who had the air of one on a holiday, did not remember the ladies quite as clearly as they remembered him. But he came forward pleasantly enough and accepted the chair into which he was beckoned by Lucy.
pleasantly - agradablemente
accepted - aceptado; aceptar
beckoned - llamado; llamar con senas, atraer
"I am so glad to see you," said the girl, who was in a state of spiritual starvation, and would have been glad to see the waiter if her cousin had permitted it. "Just fancy how small the world is. Summer Street, too, makes it so specially funny."
state - el estado
spiritual - espiritual, espiritual
starvation - inanición
been glad - alegrarse
permitted - permitido; permitir
fancy - te apetece; capricho, antojo
specially - especialmente
"Miss Honeychurch lives in the parish of Summer Street," said Miss Bartlett, filling up the gap, "and she happened to tell me in the course of conversation that you have just accepted the living""
parish - parroquia
filling up - se está llenando
gap - hueco, espacio, vacío; brecha
"Yes, I heard from mother so last week. She didn't know that I knew you at Tunbridge Wells; but I wrote back at once, and I said: Mr. Beebe is"'"
Last - el último; último
"Quite right," said the clergyman. "I move into the Rectory at Summer Street next June. I am lucky to be appointed to such a charming neighbourhood."
lucky - suerte; afortunado, suertudo
appointed - nombrado; equipar, determinar, fijar, designar, nombrar
such - cómo; así, tal, semejante, tan, qué
charming - encantador; (charm); encantador
neighbourhood - Vecindario
"Oh, how glad I am! The name of our house is Windy Corner." Mr. Beebe bowed.
Glad - feliz, alegre, contento
windy - viento
corner - ángulo, checkrincón, esquina, acorralar, girar, virar, maniobrar
bowed - inclinado; inclinar(se), hacer una reverencia
"There is mother and me generally, and my brother, though it's not often we get him to ch"" The church is rather far off, I mean."
"Lucy, dearest, let Mr. Beebe eat his dinner."
"I am eating it, thank you, and enjoying it."
He preferred to talk to Lucy, whose playing he remembered, rather than to Miss Bartlett, who probably remembered his sermons. He asked the girl whether she knew Florence well, and was informed at some length that she had never been there before.
Sermons - sermones; sermón
whether - si, si , o, ya sea
Florence - Florencia
informed - informado; informar
Length - largo, eslora (nautical: length of a ship from bow to stern)
It is delightful to advise a newcomer, and he was first in the field. "Don't neglect the country round," his advice concluded. "The first fine afternoon drive up to Fiesole, and round by Settignano, or something of that sort."
advise - aconsejar, asesorar, notificar
newcomer - recién llegado, recién llegada
field - campo, agro, cancha, terreno
neglect - descuido; descuidar, negligir, desoír, hacer caso omiso
round - ronda; redondo
concluded - concluido; concluir
sort - cómo; clase, tipo, género
"No!" cried a voice from the top of the table. "Mr. Beebe, you are wrong. The first fine afternoon your ladies must go to Prato."
cried - lloró; llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
top - cima, parte superior, parte de más arriba, cabecera, tapa
"That lady looks so clever," whispered Miss Bartlett to her cousin. "We are in luck."
lady - senora; ama, senora, dama, bano de damas
clever - inteligente; ágil, hábil, listo, talentoso, habiloso
whispered - susurrado; susurro, rumor, rastro, susurrar
luck - suerte
And, indeed, a perfect torrent of information burst on them. People told them what to see, when to see it, how to stop the electric trams, how to get rid of the beggars, how much to give for a vellum blotter, how much the place would grow upon them. The Pension Bertolini had decided, almost enthusiastically, that they would do. Whichever way they looked, kind ladies smiled and shouted at them.
torrent - torrente
burst - reventar, romper, ráfaga, estallo, reventón
Electric - eléctrico, electrizante, coche eléctrico
trams - tranvías; tranvía
rid - cabalgar; librar
beggars - mendigos; mendigo, mendiga, pordiosero, mendicante
vellum - papel; vitela
upon - sobre, en, tras
enthusiastically - con entusiasmo
whichever - cualquier, cualquiera que, el que sea
smiled - sonrió; sonrisa, sonreír
shouted - gritó; grito
And above all rose the voice of the clever lady, crying: "Prato! They must go to Prato. That place is too sweetly squalid for words. I love it; I revel in shaking off the trammels of respectability, as you know."
crying - llorando; llanto; (cry); llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
sweetly - dulcemente, abemoladamente
squalid - sucio, escuálido miserable
revel - revelar; deleitarse
shaking off - sacudir; librarse de
trammels - tramameles; traba, llares, trabar
respectability - respetabilidad
The young man named George glanced at the clever lady, and then returned moodily to his plate. Obviously he and his father did not do. Lucy, in the midst of her success, found time to wish they did. It gave her no extra pleasure that any one should be left in the cold; and when she rose to go, she turned back and gave the two outsiders a nervous little bow.
moodily - De mal humor
plate - placa; plato
Obviously - obviamente
midst - en medio; centro
wish - deseo, gana, desear
pleasure - placer, voluptuosidad, gustar
outsiders - extranos; marginado, persona de fuera, outsider, lego, novato
nervous - nervioso
bow - arco; inclinar(se), hacer una reverencia
The father did not see it; the son acknowledged it, not by another bow, but by raising his eyebrows and smiling; he seemed to be smiling across something.
acknowledged - reconocido; reconocer, acusar recibo
eyebrows - cejas; ceja
smiling - sonriendo; sonriente; (smile); sonrisa, sonreír
She hastened after her cousin, who had already disappeared through the curtains"curtains which smote one in the face, and seemed heavy with more than cloth. Beyond them stood the unreliable Signora, bowing good-evening to her guests, and supported by 'Enery, her little boy, and Victorier, her daughter. It made a curious little scene, this attempt of the Cockney to convey the grace and geniality of the South. And even more curious was the drawing-room, which attempted to rival the solid comfort of a Bloomsbury boarding-house.
hastened - se precipitó; correr, acelerar, precipitar, anticipar, adelantar
disappeared - desapareció; desaparecer
smote - golpeado; golpear, cascar
cloth - tela, pedazo de tela, trozo de tela, trapo, pano, facha
beyond - más allá de
unreliable - poco fiable; no fidedigno
bowing - Inclinarse; (bow) Inclinarse
guests - invitados; huésped, visita, visitante, convidado
supported - con apoyo; aguantar, sostener
convey - transmitir; transportar, trasladar, comunicar, expresar
grace - gracias, benedícite, gracia, donaire, merced
geniality - Genialidad
more curious - Más curioso
attempted - intentado; intentar, tentativa, intento, ensayo
rival - rival
solid - sólido, masivo, macizo, continuo, junto, sólido, cuerpo
comfort - comodidad, consuelo, confortar
boarding-house - (boarding-house) pensión
Was this really Italy?
Italy - Italia
Miss Bartlett was already seated on a tightly stuffed arm-chair, which had the colour and the contours of a tomato. She was talking to Mr. Beebe, and as she spoke, her long narrow head drove backwards and forwards, slowly, regularly, as though she were demolishing some invisible obstacle. "We are most grateful to you," she was saying. "The first evening means so much. When you arrived we were in for a peculiarly mauvais quart d'heure."
seated - sentado; asiento, seato, sede
tightly - con fuerza; herméticamente
stuffed - relleno; cosas, bártulos, cosa, coso, materia, atiborrar
arm-chair - (arm-chair) sillón
contours - contornos; contorno
narrow - estrecho
backwards - hacia atrás; atrasado, rezagado, subdesarrollado
forwards - hacia delante
slowly - lentamente, despacio
regularly - con regularidad; regularmente, comúnmente
demolishing - demoler
invisible - invisible
obstacle - obstáculo, óbice, traba, estorbo
most grateful - más agradecido
quart - un cuarto de galón; cuarta, cuarto de galón
He expressed his regret.
expressed - expresado; expresar
regret - lamentar, pena, pesar, arrepentimiento
"Do you, by any chance, know the name of an old man who sat opposite us at dinner?"
chance - oportunidad; suerte, by chance: por casualidad
"Emerson."
"Is he a friend of yours?"
"We are friendly"as one is in pensions."
pensions - pensiones; pensión, pensionar
"Then I will say no more."
He pressed her very slightly, and she said more.
pressed - presionado; apretar, presionar
slightly - un poco; levemente, ligeramente
"I am, as it were," she concluded, "the chaperon of my young cousin, Lucy, and it would be a serious thing if I put her under an obligation to people of whom we know nothing. His manner was somewhat unfortunate. I hope I acted for the best."
serious - en serio; serio
obligation - obligación, compromiso, deber
manner - de qué manera; manera, modo, forma, actitud
somewhat - algo, un poco, de algún modo, de alguna manera
unfortunate - desafortunado, desgraciado
acted - actuado; acto, ley, acción, hecho, actuar
"You acted very naturally," said he. He seemed thoughtful, and after a few moments added: "All the same, I don't think much harm would have come of accepting."
naturally - naturalmente
thoughtful - pensativo; detallista, minucioso, meticuloso, cortés
harm - dano; dano, danar
accepting - aceptando; aceptar
"No harm, of course. But we could not be under an obligation."
"He is rather a peculiar man." Again he hesitated, and then said gently: "I think he would not take advantage of your acceptance, nor expect you to show gratitude. He has the merit"if it is one"of saying exactly what he means. He has rooms he does not value, and he thinks you would value them.
peculiar - particular; peculiar, raro, específico
hesitated - vaciló; vacilar, dudar, hesitar
gently - suavemente; mansamente, suave
advantage - ventaja, beneficio, provecho
acceptance - aceptación
gratitude - gratitud
merit - mérito, merecimiento, meritar
value - valor, importancia, valorar, cifrar, apreciar
He no more thought of putting you under an obligation than he thought of being polite. It is so difficult"at least, I find it difficult"to understand people who speak the truth."
polite - cortés, educado
Lucy was pleased, and said: "I was hoping that he was nice; I do so always hope that people will be nice."
"I think he is; nice and tiresome. I differ from him on almost every point of any importance, and so, I expect"I may say I hope"you will differ. But his is a type one disagrees with rather than deplores. When he first came here he not unnaturally put people's backs up. He has no tact and no manners"I don't mean by that that he has bad manners"and he will not keep his opinions to himself.
tiresome - cansino; fatigoso, cansador, agotador
differ - difieren; ser distinto
importance - importancia
disagrees - no está de acuerdo; no estar de acuerdo
deplores - deplorar
unnaturally - De forma antinatural
backs up - respaldar; retroceder; acumularse; copia de seguridad
tact - tacto, tiento, mano izquierda
manners - odales; manera, modo, forma, actitud
We nearly complained about him to our depressing Signora, but I am glad to say we thought better of it."
nearly - casi
complained - se quejó; quejarse, alegar, reclamar, protestar
depressing - deprimente; deprimir
"Am I to conclude," said Miss Bartlett, "that he is a Socialist?"
conclude - concluir
socialist - socialista, socialista
Mr. Beebe accepted the convenient word, not without a slight twitching of the lips.
Convenient - conveniente, cómodo
Slight - insignificante, leve, ligero, falta de respeto
twitching - Tic; (twitch) Tic
lips - labios; labio, labro
"And presumably he has brought up his son to be a Socialist, too?"
presumably - supuestamente; presumiblemente, probablemente, presuntamente
"I hardly know George, for he hasn't learnt to talk yet. He seems a nice creature, and I think he has brains. Of course, he has all his father's mannerisms, and it is quite possible that he, too, may be a Socialist."
Seems - te parece; parecer
creature - criatura
brains - cerebros; cerebro, seso, sesudez
mannerisms - Manierismo
"Oh, you relieve me," said Miss Bartlett. "So you think I ought to have accepted their offer? You feel I have been narrow-minded and suspicious?"
relieve - aliviar, relevar
minded - te importa; mente, concentración, opinión, juicio, propósito
suspicious - sospechoso, suspicaz, desconfiado
"Not at all," he answered; "I never suggested that."
suggested - sugerido; insinuar, sugerir, recomendar
"But ought I not to apologize, at all events, for my apparent rudeness?"
apologize - disculparme; disculparse
at all events - En todo caso
apparent - visible, claro, evidente, manifiesto, aparente, ostensible
rudeness - grosería, ordinariez
He replied, with some irritation, that it would be quite unnecessary, and got up from his seat to go to the smoking-room.
replied - respondió; responder, repetir, respuesta
irritation - irritación
unnecessary - innecesario
seat - asiento, seato, sede
smoking - Fumar; (smoke) Fumar
"Was I a bore?" said Miss Bartlett, as soon as he had disappeared. "Why didn't you talk, Lucy? He prefers young people, I'm sure. I do hope I haven't monopolized him. I hoped you would have him all the evening, as well as all dinner-time."
bore - perforar; (bear) perforar
monopolized - onopolizado; monopolizar, acaparar
"He is nice," exclaimed Lucy. "Just what I remember. He seems to see good in everyone. No one would take him for a clergyman."
exclaimed - exclamó; exclamar
"My dear Lucia""
"Well, you know what I mean. And you know how clergymen generally laugh; Mr. Beebe laughs just like an ordinary man."
clergymen - lérigos; clérigo
ordinary - pieza, ordinario, del montón
"Funny girl! How you do remind me of your mother. I wonder if she will approve of Mr. Beebe."
remind - recordar
wonder - me pregunto; maravilla, milagro, genio, asombro, pasmo
approve - aprobar; tener un buen concepto de
"I'm sure she will; and so will Freddy."
"I think everyone at Windy Corner will approve; it is the fashionable world. I am used to Tunbridge Wells, where we are all hopelessly behind the times."
fashionable - a la moda, de moda
"Yes," said Lucy despondently.
despondently - Con desánimo
There was a haze of disapproval in the air, but whether the disapproval was of herself, or of Mr. Beebe, or of the fashionable world at Windy Corner, or of the narrow world at Tunbridge Wells, she could not determine. She tried to locate it, but as usual she blundered. Miss Bartlett sedulously denied disapproving of any one, and added "I am afraid you are finding me a very depressing companion."
haze - niebla; neblina
disapproval - desaprobación
determine - determinar
locate - ubicar, localizar, asentar
usual - lo de siempre; usual, habitual
blundered - se equivocó; error
sedulously - Seductoramente
denied - negado; negar
companion - companero; companero, companera
And the girl again thought: "I must have been selfish or unkind; I must be more careful. It is so dreadful for Charlotte, being poor."
unkind - desagradable; cruel, duro
more careful - más prudente
dreadful - terrible; espantoso, espantosa
Fortunately one of the little old ladies, who for some time had been smiling very benignly, now approached and asked if she might be allowed to sit where Mr. Beebe had sat. Permission granted, she began to chatter gently about Italy, the plunge it had been to come there, the gratifying success of the plunge, the improvement in her sister's health, the necessity of closing the bed-room windows at night, and of thoroughly emptying the water-bottles in the morning.
fortunately - afortunadamente, dichosamente
benignly - Benignamente
approached - se acercó; acercarse, aproximarse
allowed - permitido; dejar, permitir, conceder
permission - permiso, venia, beneplácito
granted - concedido; otorgar, conceder, subvención, beca, patrocinio
chatter - cháchara; chacharear, parlotear
plunge - saltar; lanzarse, zambullirse, tirarse de cabeza
improvement - mejora, mejoramiento, enmienda, mejoría
necessity - necesidad, menester
thoroughly - cabalmente, a cabalidad, a fondo, detenidamente
emptying - Vaciado; (empty); vacío, vaciar
She handled her subjects agreeably, and they were, perhaps, more worthy of attention than the high discourse upon Guelfs and Ghibellines which was proceeding tempestuously at the other end of the room. It was a real catastrophe, not a mere episode, that evening of hers at Venice, when she had found in her bedroom something that is one worse than a flea, though one better than something else.
handled - manejado; mango; asa; manilla, pomo(puerta)
agreeably - de acuerdo; agradablemente
Perhaps - acaso, quizá, quizás, tal vez
worthy - Digno
attention - atención
discourse - discurso, conversación, disertar
Ghibellines - gibelinos; gibelino, gibelina
tempestuously - tempestuosamente
catastrophe - una catástrofe; catástrofe
mere - simple, mero
episode - episodio, incidente, capítulo
Venice - Venecia
flea - pulga
"But here you are as safe as in England. Signora Bertolini is so English."
safe - seguro, salvo, checkseguro, caja fuerte, cofre
"Yet our rooms smell," said poor Lucy. "We dread going to bed."
smell - olor, olfato, oler, husmear, oler a
dread - miedo; temer, pavor, temor
"Ah, then you look into the court." She sighed. "If only Mr. Emerson was more tactful! We were so sorry for you at dinner."
Court - patio, callejón, corte, tribunal, juzgado
sighed - suspiró; suspirar
more tactful - más tacto
"I think he was meaning to be kind."
"Undoubtedly he was," said Miss Bartlett.
Undoubtedly - sin duda
"Mr. Beebe has just been scolding me for my suspicious nature. Of course, I was holding back on my cousin's account."
scolding - reganar; regano, sermón, bronca, rapapolvo; (scold); reganar
nature - naturaleza, natura
holding back - disimular, retener, contener
account - cuenta
"Of course," said the little old lady; and they murmured that one could not be too careful with a young girl.
murmured - murmuró; soplo, murmurar
careful - cauto, cuidadoso, tener cuidado
Lucy tried to look demure, but could not help feeling a great fool. No one was careful with her at home; or, at all events, she had not noticed it.
demure - recatada; modesto, reservado
fool - idiota; bobo, imbécil, necio, pendejo, bufón, loco
noticed - te has dado cuenta; comunicación, notificación, darse cuenta
"About old Mr. Emerson"I hardly know. No, he is not tactful; yet, have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time"beautiful?"
most indelicate - el más indelicado
"Beautiful?" said Miss Bartlett, puzzled at the word. "Are not beauty and delicacy the same?"
puzzled - rompecabezas, enigma, puzle, acertijo, intrigar, dejar perplejo
beauty - belleza, hermosura, preciosidad, preciosura
delicacy - una delicia; fineza, delicadeza, fragilidad, exquisitez
"So one would have thought," said the other helplessly. "But things are so difficult, I sometimes think."
She proceeded no further into things, for Mr. Beebe reappeared, looking extremely pleasant.
proceeded - procedió; continuar, proceder
reappeared - reapareció; reaparecer
extremely - extremadamente, sumamente, harto
pleasant - agradable, placentero
"Miss Bartlett," he cried, "it's all right about the rooms. I'm so glad. Mr. Emerson was talking about it in the smoking-room, and knowing what I did, I encouraged him to make the offer again. He has let me come and ask you. He would be so pleased."
encouraged - nimado; animar, alentar, estimular, promover, recomendar
"Oh, Charlotte," cried Lucy to her cousin, "we must have the rooms now. The old man is just as nice and kind as he can be."
Miss Bartlett was silent.
silent - silencioso, callar, checkcallado
"I fear," said Mr. Beebe, after a pause, "that I have been officious. I must apologize for my interference."
fear - miedo, temor
pause - receso, checkdescanso, pausar, interrumpir, suspender
officious - entrometido, inoportuno, oficioso
interference - interferencias; injerencia, interferencia, intromisión
Gravely displeased, he turned to go. not till then did Miss Bartlett reply: "My own wishes, dearest Lucy, are unimportant in comparison with yours. It would be hard indeed if I stopped you doing as you liked at Florence, when I am only here through your kindness.
gravely - gravemente
not till - no hasta
till then - hasta entonces
wishes - deseos; deseo, gana, desear
comparison - comparación
kindness - amabilidad, bondad
If you wish me to turn these gentlemen out of their rooms, I will do it. Would you then, Mr. Beebe, kindly tell Mr. Emerson that I accept his kind offer, and then conduct him to me, in order that I may thank him personally?"
gentlemen - caballeros; caballero, senores
kindly - amablemente
Accept - aceptas; aceptar
conduct - conducción, conducta, guiar, dirigir, manejar, conducir
personally - personalmente
She raised her voice as she spoke; it was heard all over the drawing-room, and silenced the Guelfs and the Ghibellines. The clergyman, inwardly cursing the female sex, bowed, and departed with her message.
raised - levantado; levantar
silenced - silenciado; silencio, silenciar, hacer callar
inwardly - nteriormente
cursing - maldecir; (curs) maldecir
female - mujer; femenino, hembra, hembra
sex - sexo
departed - se ha ido; irse, salir, partir, panish:
"Remember, Lucy, I alone am implicated in this. I do not wish the acceptance to come from you. Grant me that, at all events."
alone - solo, a solas
implicated - implicado; implicar
Grant - otorgar, conceder, subvención, beca, patrocinio
Mr. Beebe was back, saying rather nervously:
nervously - nerviosamente
"Mr. Emerson is engaged, but here is his son instead."
engaged - comprometido; atraer, trabar conversación con, trabar batalla
The young man gazed down on the three ladies, who felt seated on the floor, so low were their chairs.
gazed - mirada; observar, mirar fijamente
low - bajo
"My father," he said, "is in his bath, so you cannot thank him personally. But any message given by you to me will be given by me to him as soon as he comes out."
Miss Bartlett was unequal to the bath. All her barbed civilities came forth wrong end first. Young Mr. Emerson scored a notable triumph to the delight of Mr. Beebe and to the secret delight of Lucy.
unequal - desigual
barbed - con púas; lengüeta
civilities - civilidades; civismo, civilidad
forth - adelante
scored - puntuó; tantos
notable - notable, destacable, notable, prócer
triumph - triunfar; triunfo
delight - disfrutar; deleite, regocijo, delicia, placer
secret - secreto, arcano
"Poor young man!" said Miss Bartlett, as soon as he had gone.
"How angry he is with his father about the rooms! It is all he can do to keep polite."
"In half an hour or so your rooms will be ready," said Mr. Beebe. Then looking rather thoughtfully at the two cousins, he retired to his own rooms, to write up his philosophic diary.
thoughtfully - Pensadamente
retired - jubilado; retirarse, jubilarse
philosophic - filosófica
diary - diario
"Oh, dear!" breathed the little old lady, and shuddered as if all the winds of heaven had entered the apartment. "Gentlemen sometimes do not realize"" Her voice faded away, but Miss Bartlett seemed to understand and a conversation developed, in which gentlemen who did not thoroughly realize played a principal part. Lucy, not realizing either, was reduced to literature. taking up Baedeker's Handbook to Northern Italy, she committed to memory the most important dates of Florentine History.
breathed - respiró; respirar
shuddered - se estremeció; escalofrío
winds - vientos; viento, aire
Heaven - el cielo; cielo, firmamento, paraíso
entered - entró; entrar
realize - te das cuenta; realizar, darse cuenta, caer en la cuenta
faded away - desvanecerse, desaparecer, desdibujarse, paliceder
developed - desarrollar
principal part - Parte principal
realizing - te das cuenta; realizar, darse cuenta, caer en la cuenta
either - cada, tampoco, o , o, ya sea...o
reduced - reducido; reducir, mermar, checkreducir, checkdisminuir
literature - literatura, literatura
taking up - tomando
handbook - manual, prontuario
Northern - septentrional, norteno, boreal
committed - comprometido; encomendar, cometer
memory - memoria, recuerdo
For she was determined to enjoy herself on the morrow. Thus the half-hour crept profitably away, and at last Miss Bartlett rose with a sigh, and said:
determined - determinado; determinar
thus - así
crept - se arrastró; reptar, hormigueo, fatiga
profitably - e forma rentable
sigh - suspiro; suspirar
"I think one might venture now. No, Lucy, do not stir. I will superintend the move."
Venture - aventurarse; aventura, arriesgar
stir - remover, revolver
"How you do do everything," said Lucy.
"Naturally, dear. It is my affair."
affair - negocio, asunto, rollo, amorío, aventura
"But I would like to help you."
"No, dear."
Charlotte's energy! And her unselfishness! She had been thus all her life, but really, on this Italian tour, she was surpassing herself. So Lucy felt, or strove to feel. And yet"there was a rebellious spirit in her which wondered whether the acceptance might not have been less delicate and more beautiful. At all events, she entered her own room without any feeling of joy.
energy - energía
Italian - italiano, italiano, italiana
Tour - gira; viaje, excursión
surpassing - sobrepasar, superar, aventajar
strove - se esforzó; esforzarse
rebellious - rebelde, levantisco, contestatario
spirit - espíritu, alma, onda, alcohol, bebida espirituosa
wondered - se preguntaba; maravilla, milagro, genio, asombro, pasmo
delicate - delicado, delicado (1, 2)
more beautiful - más hermoso
joy - alegría, júbilo
"I want to explain," said Miss Bartlett, "why it is that I have taken the largest room. Naturally, of course, I should have given it to you; but I happen to know that it belongs to the young man, and I was sure your mother would not like it."
belongs - pertenecer, ser propiedad (de)
Lucy was bewildered.
bewildered - perplejo; confundir, desconcertar
"If you are to accept a favour it is more suitable you should be under an obligation to his father than to him. I am a woman of the world, in my small way, and I know where things lead to. However, Mr. Beebe is a guarantee of a sort that they will not presume on this."
favour - favorecer; favor
more suitable - más adecuado
lead - llevar; liderar; guiar, dirigir; provocar; encabezar; principal; plomo
guarantee - garantía, garante, garantizar, garantir, asegurar
"Mother wouldn't mind I'm sure," said Lucy, but again had the sense of larger and unsuspected issues.
mind - mente, concentración, opinión, juicio, propósito, voluntad
sense - sentido, sensación, significado, acepción, significación, sentir
unsuspected - insospechado
issues - problemas; flujo, emisión, envío, incisión, herederos
Miss Bartlett only sighed, and enveloped her in a protecting embrace as she wished her good-night. It gave Lucy the sensation of a fog, and when she reached her own room she opened the window and breathed the clean night air, thinking of the kind old man who had enabled her to see the lights dancing in the Arno and the cypresses of San Miniato, and the foot-hills of the Apennines, black against the rising moon.
enveloped - envuelto; envolver
protecting - protegiendo; proteger, defensar
Embrace - abrazar, abrazo
wished - deseaba; deseo, gana, desear
sensation - sensación
Fog - niebla
reached - alcanzado; llegar (a)
breathed - respiró; respiración, aliento, respiro
enabled - habilitado; habilitar, posibilitar, activar
cypresses - cipreses; ciprés
hills - colinas; cerro, loma, colina, collado
Apennines - Apeninos
against - contra, cerca de, frente, en contra, enfrente, en pugna
rising - subiendo; rebelión, levantamiento, alzamiento, ascensión
moon - Luna
Miss Bartlett, in her room, fastened the window-shutters and locked the door, and then made a tour of the apartment to see where the cupboards led, and whether there were any oubliettes or secret entrances. It was then that she saw, pinned up over the washstand, a sheet of paper on which was scrawled an enormous note of interrogation. Nothing more.
fastened - sujetado; atar, abrochar
shutters - persianas; postigo, contraventana, obturador
locked - cerrado; cerradura
cupboards - armarios; armario, vitrina, alacena
entrances - entradas; entrada
pinned - inmovilizado; alfiler
sheet - hoja, folio, pliego, lámina, capa, escota
scrawled - arabateado; garabatear
enormous - enorme, ingente
interrogation - interrogatorio, interrogación, signo de interrogación
"What does it mean?" she thought, and she examined it carefully by the light of a candle. Meaningless at first, it gradually became menacing, obnoxious, portentous with evil. She was seized with an impulse to destroy it, but fortunately remembered that she had no right to do so, since it must be the property of young Mr.
examined - examinado; examinar, analizar, auscultar
carefully - con cuidado; cuidadosamente, a conciencia, minuciosamente
candle - una vela; vela, candela, cirio
meaningless - sin sentido, insensato
gradually - gradualmente, poco a poco, paulatinamente
menacing - amenazante; amenaza, peligro
obnoxious - asqueroso; desagradable, detestable, odioso
portentous - portentoso
evil - malo, malvado
seized with - agarrado, pillado, dominado por
impulse to destroy - Impulso de destrucción
Since - desde cuándo; desde entonces, desde que, ya que, dado que
property - propiedad, posesión, inmueble, bien
Emerson. So she unpinned it carefully, and put it between two pieces of blotting-paper to keep it clean for him. Then she completed her inspection of the room, sighed heavily according to her habit, and went to bed.
blotting-paper - (blotting-paper) papel secante
inspection - inspección
according - de acuerdo; acuerdo, convenio, acordar, conceder, conferir
habit - hábito, costumbre
It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor of red tiles which look clean though they are not; with a painted ceiling whereon pink griffins and blue amorini sport in a forest of yellow violins and bassoons.
bright - luminoso, resplandeciente, brillante
bare - desnudo, descubierto
tiles - tejas; teja; baldosa, azulejo
ceiling - techo; (ceil) techo
whereon - dónde; en donde
griffins - grifos; grifo
forest - bosque, floresta, selva, foresta, forestar; (fore); bosque
violins - violines; violín
bassoons - fagots; bajón, fagot
It was pleasant, too, to fling wide the windows, pinching the fingers in unfamiliar fastenings, to lean out into sunshine with beautiful hills and trees and marble churches opposite, and close below, the Arno, gurgling against the embankment of the road.
fling - una aventura; arrojar, lanzar
wide - ancho, amplio, lateral
pinching - Pellizcos; (pinch); pellizcar, repizcar, afanar, chorizar
fingers - dedos; apuntar, senalar, hurgar, dedear
fastenings - Cierre
lean out - Asomarse
sunshine - sol, luz del sol
marble - mármol, canica, balita
churches - iglesias; iglesia, servicio religioso, culto, misa
gurgling - borboteo; (gurgle); gluglú
Embankment - embalse; terraplén
Over the river men were at work with spades and sieves on the sandy foreshore, and on the river was a boat, also diligently employed for some mysterious end. An electric tram came rushing underneath the window. No one was inside it, except one tourist; but its platforms were overflowing with Italians, who preferred to stand. Children tried to hang on behind, and the conductor, with no malice, spat in their faces to make them let go.
spades - picas; pala
sieves - amices; cedazo, rom solids, criba, cribar, colar
Sandy - arenoso
foreshore - Playa
diligently - con diligencia; diligentemente, con esmero
employed - empleado; contratar, emplear
mysterious - misterioso
tram - tranvía
rushing - Prisa; (rush) Prisa
underneath - abajo, por debajo, bajos
inside - interior, dentro, adentro, dentro de
Except - exceptuar, excepto, salvo, exceptuando, menos, salvo que
platforms - plataformas; programa, andén, plataforma, zapatos de plataforma
overflowing - desbordante; (overflow); desbordamiento, aliviadero, escape
Italians - italianos; italiano, italiano, italiana
hang - colgar
conductor - director, revisor, guarda, inspector, conductor
malice - malicia
spat - Escupir
Then soldiers appeared"good-looking, undersized men"wearing each a knapsack covered with mangy fur, and a great-coat which had been cut for some larger soldier. Beside them walked officers, looking foolish and fierce, and before them went little boys, turning somersaults in time with the band. The tramcar became entangled in their ranks, and moved on painfully, like a caterpillar in a swarm of ants. One of the little boys fell down, and some white bullocks came out of an archway. Indeed, if it had not been for the good advice of an old man who was selling button-hooks, the road might never have got clear.
soldiers - soldados; soldado, campión, soldado, militar
appeared - apareció; aparecer, comparecer
undersized - Inferior
knapsack - mochila; morral
covered - cubierto; tapa, cubierta, escondrijo, guarida, tapa
mangy - sarnoso
fur - pelo, pelaje
beside - al lado de, cabe
officers - oficiales; oficial
foolish - tonto, necio, imprudente
fierce - fiero, feroz, enconado
somersaults - saltos mortales; voltereta
tramcar - tranvía
entangled - enredados; enredar
ranks - rangos; rango, graduación
painfully - dolorosamente
caterpillar - oruga, cuncuna, tractor de oruga
swarm - enjambre, nube, multitud, muchedumbre, masa
Ants - hormigas; hormiga
bullocks - bullocks; buey
archway - arco
button - botón
hooks - ganchos; gancho, garfio, enganchar
clear - está claro; transparente, claro, despejado, libre
Over such trivialities as these many a valuable hour may slip away, and the traveller who has gone to Italy to study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return remembering nothing but the blue sky and the men and women who live under it. So it was as well that Miss Bartlett should tap and come in, and having commented on Lucy's leaving the door unlocked, and on her leaning out of the window before she was fully dressed, should urge her to hasten herself, or the best of the day would be gone.
valuable - valioso
slip away - escabullirse; escurrirse
tactile - táctil
values - valores; valor, importancia, valorar, cifrar, apreciar
corruption - corrupción, corruptela, dano de datos
Papacy - papado
sky - cielo
under it - debajo de
tap - golpear; golpecito, palmadita
commented - comentó; comentario
unlocked - desbloqueado; abrir, abrir con llave, desatrancar, desbloquear
leaning out - Asomarse
fully - totalmente; completamente, a fondo
urge - te urge; impulso, impulsar, urgir, aguijonear, apresurar
hasten - apresurarse; correr, acelerar, precipitar, anticipar, adelantar
By the time Lucy was ready her cousin had done her breakfast, and was listening to the clever lady among the crumbs.
among - entre
crumbs - Migas; (crumb); miga, cacho, migaja, empanar
A conversation then ensued, on not unfamiliar lines. Miss Bartlett was, after all, a wee bit tired, and thought they had better spend the morning settling in; unless Lucy would at all like to go out? Lucy would rather like to go out, as it was her first day in Florence, but, of course, she could go alone.
ensued - siguió; seguirse, resultar
bit - oco; pedacito; (bite); morder, picar, mordida, mordedura
settling - asentarse; sedimento, decantación
Unless - menos que..; a menos que, a no ser que, salvo
Miss Bartlett could not allow this. Of course she would accompany Lucy everywhere. Oh, certainly not; Lucy would stop with her cousin. Oh, no! that would never do. Oh, yes!
allow - dejar, permitir, conceder
accompany - acompanar; acompanar
everywhere - en todas partes; todos lados, todo lugar, por todas partes
Certainly - seguro; ciertamente, sin duda, a todas luces, por supuesto
At this point the clever lady broke in.
"If it is Mrs. Grundy who is troubling you, I do assure you that you can neglect the good person. Being English, Miss Honeychurch will be perfectly safe. Italians understand. A dear friend of mine, Contessa Baroncelli, has two daughters, and when she cannot send a maid to school with them, she lets them go in sailor-hats instead. Every one takes them for English, you see, especially if their hair is strained tightly behind."
Mrs - Senor
troubling - Preocupante; (trouble); marrón, berenjenal, dificultad
assure - asegurar
mine - (el) mío, (la) mía, (los) míos, (las) mías
Contessa - Condesa
maid - mucama; doncella, senorita, doméstica, empleada doméstica
sailor - marinero, marinera
especially - especialmente, sobre todo, máxime, más
strained - estirar, tensar
Miss Bartlett was unconvinced by the safety of Contessa Baroncelli's daughters. She was determined to take Lucy herself, her head not being so very bad. The clever lady then said that she was going to spend a long morning in Santa Croce, and if Lucy would come too, she would be delighted.
unconvinced - No está convencido
safety - seguridad, seguro
delighted - encantado; deleite, regocijo, delicia, placer
"I will take you by a dear dirty back way, Miss Honeychurch, and if you bring me luck, we shall have an adventure."
shall - sí; panish: ''shall followed by the infinitive is translated using the future tense''
adventure - aventura
Lucy said that this was most kind, and at once opened the Baedeker, to see where Santa Croce was.
"Tut, tut! Miss Lucy! I hope we shall soon emancipate you from Baedeker. He does but touch the surface of things. As to the true Italy"he does not even dream of it. The true Italy is only to be found by patient observation."
emancipate - emancipar
touch - tocar, conmover, toque, toque, tacto, pizca
surface - superficie
dream - sueno; sueno, ensueno, sonar
patient - paciente, paciente
observation - observación, vigilancia; observancia, anotación, registro
This sounded very interesting, and Lucy hurried over her breakfast, and started with her new friend in high spirits. Italy was coming at last. The Cockney Signora and her works had vanished like a bad dream.
in high spirits - con mucho ánimo
vanished - desaparecido; desvanecerse, desaparecer, anularse
Miss Lavish"for that was the clever lady's name"turned to the right along the sunny Lung'Arno. How delightfully warm! But a wind down the side streets cut like a knife, didn't it? Ponte alle Grazie"particularly interesting, mentioned by Dante. San Miniato"beautiful as well as interesting; the crucifix that kissed a murderer"Miss Honeychurch would remember the story.
lavish - lujoso; generoso, pródigo, dadivoso, derrochador
along - a lo largo, a lo largo de, por
sunny - asoleado
lung - pulmón
delightfully - Deliciosamente
wind - viento, aire
side streets - calle lateral
knife - cuchillo, punal, acuchillar
particularly - en particular; particularmente
mentioned - mencionado; mención, mencionar, mentar
Dante - Dante
crucifix - crucifijo
kissed - besado; besar
murderer - asesino, asesina, victimario, victimaria
The men on the river were fishing. (Untrue; but then, so is most information.) Then Miss Lavish darted under the archway of the white bullocks, and she stopped, and she cried:
untrue - no es cierto; falso, incorrecto, inexacto
darted - dardo, flechilla
"A smell! a true Florentine smell! Every city, let me teach you, has its own smell."
"Is it a very nice smell?" said Lucy, who had inherited from her mother a distaste to dirt.
inherited - heredado; heredar
distaste - disgusto; aversión
dirt - suciedad, mugor, tierra, mugre, trapos sucios
"One doesn't come to Italy for niceness," was the retort; "one comes for life. Buon giorno! Buon giorno!" bowing right and left. "Look at that adorable wine-cart! How the driver stares at us, dear, simple soul!"
niceness - Simpatía
retort - replicar
giorno - iorno
adorable - adorable, encantador
cart - carro, carreta
simple - simple, sencillo, simple
soul - alma, espíritu
So Miss Lavish proceeded through the streets of the city of Florence, short, fidgety, and playful as a kitten, though without a kitten's grace. It was a treat for the girl to be with any one so clever and so cheerful; and a blue military cloak, such as an Italian officer wears, only increased the sense of festivity.
fidgety - Inquieta
playful - juguetón, divertido
kitten - gatito, minino, gatita
treat - tratar, negociar, rogar, invitar, convidar, sorpresa
cheerful - alegre; animado
military - militar, ejército
cloak - capa, embozo, velo, capa, embozar
officer - oficial
increased - aumentado; aumentar, acrecentar, incrementar, subir
festivity - festividad
"Buon giorno! Take the word of an old woman, Miss Lucy: you will never repent of a little civility to your inferiors. That is the true democracy. Though I am a real Radical as well. There, now you're shocked."
repent - arrepentirse
civility - civismo, civilidad
inferiors - inferiores; inferior
democracy - democracia
"Indeed, I'm not!" exclaimed Lucy. "We are Radicals, too, out and out. My father always voted for Mr. Gladstone, until he was so dreadful about Ireland."
voted - has votado; voto, votar
Ireland - Irlanda
"I see, I see. And now you have gone over to the enemy."
enemy - enemigo, enemiga
"Oh, please"! If my father was alive, I am sure he would vote Radical again now that Ireland is all right. And as it is, the glass over our front door was broken last election, and Freddy is sure it was the Tories; but mother says nonsense, a tramp."
alive - vivo, viviente
vote - voto, votar
election - elección, elecciones
nonsense - tonterías; tontería, tontada, tontuna, disparate
tramp - vagabundo, vagabunda, golfa, ramera, puta
"Shameful! A manufacturing district, I suppose?"
shameful - vergonzoso
manufacturing - fabricación, producción; (manufacture); fabricar, producir
district - distrito, distrito
"No"in the Surrey hills. About five miles from Dorking, looking over the Weald."
Surrey - Surrey
Miss Lavish seemed interested, and slackened her trot.
slackened - flojado; aflojar
trot - trotar
"What a delightful part; I know it so well. It is full of the very nicest people. Do you know Sir Harry Otway"a Radical if ever there was?"
"Very well indeed."
"And old Mrs. Butterworth the philanthropist?"
philanthropist - filántropo
"Why, she rents a field of us! How funny!"
Rents - alquileres; alquiler
Miss Lavish looked at the narrow ribbon of sky, and murmured: "Oh, you have property in Surrey?"
ribbon - cinta, mono, lazo, galón
"Hardly any," said Lucy, fearful of being thought a snob. "Only thirty acres"just the garden, all downhill, and some fields."
fearful - miedoso, temeroso, terrible, checkespantoso, checktremendo
snob - esnob, fresa g
acres - acres; acre
downhill - cuesta abajo; descenso, prueba de descenso
fields - campos; campo, agro, cancha, terreno
Miss Lavish was not disgusted, and said it was just the size of her aunt's Suffolk estate. Italy receded. They tried to remember the last name of Lady Louisa someone, who had taken a house near Summer Street the other year, but she had not liked it, which was odd of her. And just as Miss Lavish had got the name, she broke off and exclaimed:
disgusted - asqueado; repugnar, dar asco, asquear, asco, repugnancia
size - tamano, magnitud
estate - patrimonio; propiedad, inmueble, bien, estamento, finca
receded - retrocedió; alejarse
"Bless us! Bless us and save us! We've lost the way."
bless - bendecir
save - salvar, rescatar, redimir, parar, ahorrar, guardar, reservar
Certainly they had seemed a long time in reaching Santa Croce, the tower of which had been plainly visible from the landing window. But Miss Lavish had said so much about knowing her Florence by heart, that Lucy had followed her with no misgivings.
reaching - llegando; llegar (a)
tower - torre
visible - visible
by heart - de memoria
"Lost! lost! My dear Miss Lucy, during our political diatribes we have taken a wrong turning. How those horrid Conservatives would jeer at us! What are we to do? Two lone females in an unknown town. Now, this is what I call an adventure."
political - político
diatribes - diatribas; diatriba
horrid - horrible; hórrido, horrendo
Conservatives - conservadores; conservador, conservadora
jeer - burla; abuchear
Lone - solitario; solo
females - mujeres; femenino, hembra, hembra
an unknown - un desconocido
Lucy, who wanted to see Santa Croce, suggested, as a possible solution, that they should ask the way there.
solution - solución
ask the way - preguntar el camino
"Oh, but that is the word of a craven! And no, you are not, not, not to look at your Baedeker. Give it to me; I shan't let you carry it. We will simply drift."
Craven - cobarde, cobarde
Simply - simplemente, sencillamente
drift - deriva, derrape, ir a la deriva, vagar, derivar, errar
Accordingly they drifted through a series of those grey-brown streets, neither commodious nor picturesque, in which the eastern quarter of the city abounds. Lucy soon lost interest in the discontent of Lady Louisa, and became discontented herself. For one ravishing moment Italy appeared. She stood in the Square of the Annunziata and saw in the living terra-cotta those divine babies whom no cheap reproduction can ever stale. There they stood, with their shining limbs bursting from the garments of charity, and their strong white arms extended against circlets of heaven.
accordingly - en consecuencia, por consiguiente, consecuentemente
drifted - deriva, derrape, ir a la deriva, vagar, derivar, errar
series - eries; serie, serie de televisión
neither - ninguno de los dos; ninguno, ningún, ni X ni Y, tampoco
commodious - confortable; espacioso, amplio
picturesque - pintoresco
eastern - oriental, esteno
abounds - abundar, ser abundante
discontented - descontento
square - cuadro, cuadrado, escuadra, cartabón, plaza, casilla
divine - divino
reproduction - reproducción
stale - duro, rancio, seco
shining - brillante; brillar
limbs - miembros; miembro
bursting - reventar, romper, ráfaga, estallo, reventón
garments - prendas de vestir; prenda, prenda de vestir
charity - caridad, amor al prójimo, entidad benéfica
extended - extendido; extender, ampliar
circlets - círculos; circulito, tiara
Lucy thought she had never seen anything more beautiful; but Miss Lavish, with a shriek of dismay, dragged her forward, declaring that they were out of their path now by at least a mile.
shriek - gritar; alarido, chillido, chillar
dismay - espanto, estupefacción, consternación
dragged - arrastrado; llevar a rastras
declaring - declarando; explicar, aclarar, declarar
path - camino, sendero
The hour was approaching at which the continental breakfast begins, or rather ceases, to tell, and the ladies bought some hot chestnut paste out of a little shop, because it looked so typical. It tasted partly of the paper in which it was wrapped, partly of hair oil, partly of the great unknown.
approaching - se acerca; acercarse, aproximarse
Continental - continental
ceases - eas
chestnut - castana; castana, castano, marrón
paste - pasta, masa, paté, budín, engrudo, cola, pegar, engrudar
typical - típico
tasted - probado; gusto, gusto, gustos, muestra, gustar, probar, catar
partly - en parte, en cierto modo
wrapped - envuelto; enrollar
oil - aceite; petróleo
unknown - ignoto, desconocido, incógnita, desconocido
But it gave them strength to drift into another Piazza, large and dusty, on the farther side of which rose a black-and-white façade of surpassing ugliness. Miss Lavish spoke to it dramatically. It was Santa Croce. The adventure was over.
faade - fachada
strength - fuerza, neque, potencia, intensidad, fuerte, fortaleza
dusty - polvoriento
side - lado
ugliness - feo; fealdad, feúra
dramatically - dramáticamente
"Stop a minute; let those two people go on, or I shall have to speak to them. I do detest conventional intercourse. Nasty! they are going into the church, too. Oh, the Britisher abroad!"
detest - detestar
conventional - convencional
intercourse - conversación, coito, acto sexual, relación sexual
nasty - asqueroso; sucio, menospreciable, obsceno, grosero, peligroso
Britisher - británico; (British); británicos, inglés británico
"We sat opposite them at dinner last night. They have given us their rooms. They were so very kind."
"Look at their figures!" laughed Miss Lavish. "They walk through my Italy like a pair of cows. It's very naughty of me, but I would like to set an examination paper at Dover, and turn back every tourist who couldn't pass it."
figures - cifras; figura, cifra, ocurrírsele
examination paper - papel de examen
turn back - volver atrás
pass - pasar(por), dejar atrás
"What would you ask us?"
Miss Lavish laid her hand pleasantly on Lucy's arm, as if to suggest that she, at all events, would get full marks. In this exalted mood they reached the steps of the great church, and were about to enter it when Miss Lavish stopped, squeaked, flung up her arms, and cried:
laid - tirado; poner, colocar
suggest - insinuar, sugerir, recomendar
marks - marcas; Marcos, Evangelio según San Marcos
exalted - exaltado; exaltar
mood - estado de ánimo; humor
steps - pasos; paso
enter - entrar
squeaked - chirriaba; chirrido, rechinar
flung - arrojado; arrojar, lanzar
"There goes my local-colour box! I must have a word with him!"
And in a moment she was away over the Piazza, her military cloak flapping in the wind; nor did she slacken speed till she caught up an old man with white whiskers, and nipped him playfully upon the arm.
flapping - leteo; solapa; faldón
slacken - aflojar
Speed - velocidad
caught - atrapado; pega, traba, truco, cuestión
whiskers - bigotes; vibrisa, bigote
nipped - nipped; pellizcar
playfully - Juguetonamente
Lucy waited for nearly ten minutes. Then she began to get tired. The beggars worried her, the dust blew in her eyes, and she remembered that a young girl ought not to loiter in public places. She descended slowly into the Piazza with the intention of rejoining Miss Lavish, who was really almost too original. But at that moment Miss Lavish and her local-colour box moved also, and disappeared down a side street, both gesticulating largely. Tears of indignation came to Lucy's eyes partly because Miss Lavish had jilted her, partly because she had taken her Baedeker. How could she find her way home? How could she find her way about in Santa Croce? Her first morning was ruined, and she might never be in Florence again. A few minutes ago she had been all high spirits, talking as a woman of culture, and half persuading herself that she was full of originality.
get tired - cansarse
worried - preocuparse, estar preocupado, inquietarse, comerse la cabeza
dust - polvo, desempolvar, limpiar el polvo, espolvorear
blew - sopló; golpe
loiter - holgazanear, perder el tiempo, merodear, vagar
public - público, público
descended - descendió; descender, bajar
intention - intención
rejoining - Reincorporarse
side street - la calle lateral
largely - en gran medida; mayormente
Tears - lágrimas; lágrima
indignation - indignación
jilted - espechado; dejar, cortar, plantar, dar calabazas
ruined - arruinado; ruina, desbaratar, arruinar, estropear, dar al traste
high spirits - buen ánimo, entusiasmo
persuading - persuadir
originality - originalidad
Now she entered the church depressed and humiliated, not even able to remember whether it was built by the Franciscans or the Dominicans. Of course, it must be a wonderful building. But how like a barn! And how very cold! Of course, it contained frescoes by Giotto, in the presence of whose tactile values she was capable of feeling what was proper. But who was to tell her which they were? She walked about disdainfully, unwilling to be enthusiastic over monuments of uncertain authorship or date. There was no one even to tell her which, of all the sepulchral slabs that paved the nave and transepts, was the one that was really beautiful, the one that had been most praised by Mr. Ruskin.
depressed - deprimido; deprimir
humiliated - humillada; humillar
Franciscans - franciscanos; franciscano
Dominicans - dominicanos; dominicano, dominiqués, dominiquesa, dominicano
barn - granero
contained - contenido; contener, dominar
frescoes - frescos; fresco
capable - capaz
proper - bien; adecuado, conveniente, preciso, propio
disdainfully - despectivamente; desdenosamente
unwilling - No quiere
enthusiastic - entusiasmado, entusiástico
monuments - onumentos; monumento
uncertain - incierto
authorship - autoría
sepulchral - sepulcral
slabs - placas; losa
paved - pavimentado; pavimentar
transepts - transeptos; transepto
Praised - elogiado; alabanza, loa, enaltecimiento, elogio, adoración
Then the pernicious charm of Italy worked on her, and, instead of acquiring information, she began to be happy. She puzzled out the Italian notices"the notices that forbade people to introduce dogs into the church"the notice that prayed people, in the interest of health and out of respect to the sacred edifice in which they found themselves, not to spit. She watched the tourists; their noses were as red as their Baedekers, so cold was Santa Croce. She beheld the horrible fate that overtook three Papists"two he-babies and a she-baby"who began their career by sousing each other with the holy water, and then proceeded to the Machiavelli memorial, dripping but hallowed.
pernicious - Pernicioso
charm - encanto
acquiring - adquiriendo; obtener, adquirir
notices - noticias; comunicación, notificación, darse cuenta, advertir
forbade - prohibido; prohibir, vedar, vetar, negar
prayed - rezó; rezar, orar
respect - respeto, respetar
sacred - sagrado
edifice - edificio
themselves - se, ellos mismos, ellas mismas
spit - Escupir
beheld - ontemplado; contemplar, mirar, observar, he aquí, mirad
horrible - horrible, horrendo
fate - destino, azar
overtook - delantó; rebasar, sobrepasar, adelantar, alcanzar, superar
Papists - papistas; papista f
sousing - piscina; (sous) piscina
holy water - agua bendita
memorial - monumento conmemorativo, conmemoración
dripping - goteo; chorreo; (drip) goteo; chorreo
Advancing towards it very slowly and from immense distances, they touched the stone with their fingers, with their handkerchiefs, with their heads, and then retreated. What could this mean? They did it again and again. Then Lucy realized that they had mistaken Machiavelli for some saint, hoping to acquire virtue. Punishment followed quickly. The smallest he-baby stumbled over one of the sepulchral slabs so much admired by Mr. Ruskin, and entangled his feet in the features of a recumbent bishop. Protestant as she was, Lucy darted forward. She was too late. He fell heavily upon the prelate's upturned toes.
advancing - avanzando; avanzar, progresar, avance, progreso, adelanto
towards - hacia, sobre, para
immense - inmenso
distances - distancias; distancia, lejanía, distanciarse, alejarse
touched - tocado; tocar, conmover, toque, toque, tacto, pizca
stone - piedra, roca, gema, piedra preciosa, hueso, cálculo, lapidar
handkerchiefs - panuelos; panuelo
retreated - se retiró; retirarse, batirse en retirada
saint - Santo
acquire - obtener, adquirir
virtue - virtud
punishment - castigo, penitencia, checkpenitencia
stumbled - tropezón, traspié, desliz, torpeza, tropiezo, tropezar
admired - admirado; admirar
features - aracterísticas; característica, atracción, atractivo, reportaje
recumbent - recostado; recumbente, yacente, reclinado, bicicleta reclinada
bishop - obispo
Protestant - protestante
prelate - prelado
upturned - doblado; repunte
toes - dedos de los pies; dedo del pie, ortejo
"Hateful bishop!" exclaimed the voice of old Mr. Emerson, who had darted forward also. "Hard in life, hard in death. Go out into the sunshine, little boy, and kiss your hand to the sun, for that is where you ought to be. Intolerable bishop!"
hateful - odioso, detestable
Death - muerte, la muerte, el arcano de la muerte
kiss - besar
intolerable - insoportable; intolerable, de juzgado de guardia
The child screamed frantically at these words, and at these dreadful people who picked him up, dusted him, rubbed his bruises, and told him not to be superstitious.
screamed - gritó; grito, gritar
picked - elegido; pico, ganzúa, hurgar, recoger
dusted - desempolvado; polvo, desempolvar, limpiar el polvo, espolvorear
rubbed - frotado; frotación, frotamiento, frote, frotar
bruises - moretones; magullar, contusionar, mazar, machacar, macarse
superstitious - supersticioso
"Look at him!" said Mr. Emerson to Lucy. "Here's a mess: a baby hurt, cold, and frightened! But what else can you expect from a church?"
mess - desastre, enredo, lío
hurt - doler, lastimar, hacer dano, herido, dolido
frightened - asustado; atemorizar
The child's legs had become as melting wax. Each time that old Mr. Emerson and Lucy set it erect it collapsed with a roar. Fortunately an Italian lady, who ought to have been saying her prayers, came to the rescue. By some mysterious virtue, which mothers alone possess, she stiffened the little boy's back-bone and imparted strength to his knees. He stood. Still gibbering with agitation, he walked away.
melting - fundiendo; fusión, fundición, derretimiento
wax - cera
erect - erecto, erguido
collapsed - colapsado; derrumbarse, desplomarse, colapsar, colapso, desplome
roar - rugir, bramar, rugido, bramido
prayers - Oración
rescue - salvamento; rescatar, rescate
possess - poseer
stiffened - rígido; atiesar, entiesar, endurecer, atiesarse, entiesarse
bone - hueso
imparted - mpartido; impartir
gibbering - farfullando; farfullar, hablar atropelladamente
agitation - agitación, desasosiego, inquietud
"You are a clever woman," said Mr. Emerson. "You have done more than all the relics in the world. I am not of your creed, but I do believe in those who make their fellow-creatures happy. There is no scheme of the universe""
relics - reliquias; reliquia, vestigio
creed - credo, creer; (cree); credo, creer
fellow - colega; tipo
creatures - criaturas; criatura
scheme - squema; régimen, proyecto, ardid, artimana, maquinación
universe - universo
He paused for a phrase.
paused - receso, checkdescanso, pausar, interrumpir, suspender
"Niente," said the Italian lady, and returned to her prayers.
"I'm not sure she understands English," suggested Lucy.
In her chastened mood she no longer despised the Emersons. She was determined to be gracious to them, beautiful rather than delicate, and, if possible, to erase Miss Bartlett's civility by some gracious reference to the pleasant rooms.
chastened - castigado; castigar, escarmentar
despised - despreciado; desdenar
if possible - Si es posible
erase - borrar, borrarse
reference - referencia, referencia, referenciar
"That woman understands everything," was Mr. Emerson's reply. "But what are you doing here? Are you doing the church? Are you through with the church?"
"No," cried Lucy, remembering her grievance. "I came here with Miss Lavish, who was to explain everything; and just by the door"it is too bad!"she simply ran away, and after waiting quite a time, I had to come in by myself."
grievance - queja, agravio
myself - yo mismo; me
"Why shouldn't you?" said Mr. Emerson.
"Yes, why shouldn't you come by yourself?" said the son, addressing the young lady for the first time.
"But Miss Lavish has even taken away Baedeker."
"Baedeker?" said Mr. Emerson. "I'm glad it's that you minded. It's worth minding, the loss of a Baedeker. That's worth minding."
worth - vale la pena; valor
minding - te importa; mente, concentración, opinión, juicio, propósito
Loss - pérdida
Lucy was puzzled. She was again conscious of some new idea, and was not sure whither it would lead her.
conscious - consciente
whither - ?adónde?
lead - plomo; llevar, conducir
"If you've no Baedeker," said the son, "you'd better join us." Was this where the idea would lead? She took refuge in her dignity.
ve - e
refuge - refugio, refugiarse
dignity - dignidad
"Thank you very much, but I could not think of that. I hope you do not suppose that I came to join on to you. I really came to help with the child, and to thank you for so kindly giving us your rooms last night. I hope that you have not been put to any great inconvenience."
inconvenience - inconveniente; inconveniencia, desconveniencia, incomodar
"My dear," said the old man gently, "I think that you are repeating what you have heard older people say. You are pretending to be touchy; but you are not really. Stop being so tiresome, and tell me instead what part of the church you want to see. To take you to it will be a real pleasure."
pretending - fingiendo; fingir, de mentirijillas
touchy - sensible; quisquilloso, picajoso, picajón
Now, this was abominably impertinent, and she ought to have been furious. But it is sometimes as difficult to lose one's temper as it is difficult at other times to keep it. Lucy could not get cross. Mr. Emerson was an old man, and surely a girl might humour him.
abominably - abominablemente
impertinent - impertinente, maleducado
furious - furioso
temper - temperamento, temple, templar, temperar
Cross - cruz, aspa, sotuer, santiguamiento, senal de la cruz, cruce
humour - humor, seguir la corriente
On the other hand, his son was a young man, and she felt that a girl ought to be offended with him, or at all events be offended before him. It was at him that she gazed before replying.
offended - ofendido; ofender
replying - respondiendo; responder, repetir, respuesta
"I am not touchy, I hope. It is the Giottos that I want to see, if you will kindly tell me which they are."
kindly tell me - Por favor, dígame
The son nodded. With a look of sombre satisfaction, he led the way to the Peruzzi Chapel. There was a hint of the teacher about him. She felt like a child in school who had answered a question rightly.
nodded - asintió; asentir, cabecear, cabezada
sombre - sombrío, grave
satisfaction - satisfacción, satisfacción
led - llevado; led; (lead) llevado; led
chapel - capilla
hint - insinuación; pista, indicio, indirecta, buscapié, toque
rightly - verdad
The chapel was already filled with an earnest congregation, and out of them rose the voice of a lecturer, directing them how to worship Giotto, not by tactful valuations, but by the standards of the spirit.
earnest - en serio; serio; (earn) en serio; serio
congregation - congregación
Lecturer - profesor; docente, docente
directing - dirigiendo; directo, dirigir
worship - adoración, culto, checkalabanza, adorar, checkvenerar
valuations - valoraciones; valuación, valoración
standards - normas; estándar, estándar, dechado, padrón, nivel
"Remember," he was saying, "the facts about this church of Santa Croce; how it was built by faith in the full fervour of medievalism, before any taint of the Renaissance had appeared. Observe how Giotto in these frescoes"now, unhappily, ruined by restoration"is untroubled by the snares of anatomy and perspective.
Faith - fe, confianza
fervour - fervor
medievalism - medievalismo
taint - mancha; echar a perder; contaminar
Renaissance - renacimiento
observe - observar, seguir, tomar en cuenta
Unhappily - Infelizmente
restoration - restauración
snares - trampas; lazo, asechanza, caja
anatomy - anatomía
perspective - perspectiva
Could anything be more majestic, more pathetic, beautiful, true? How little, we feel, avails knowledge and technical cleverness against a man who truly feels!"
more majestic - más majestuoso
pathetic - patético, penoso
avails - dispone; aprovechar, servir
knowledge - conocimiento, conocimientos, sabiduría, checkconocimiento
technical - técnica; técnico, artillado
cleverness - inteligencia, habilidad, listeza, agudeza
truly - de verdad; verdaderamente, realmente
"No!" exclaimed Mr. Emerson, in much too loud a voice for church. "Remember nothing of the sort! Built by faith indeed! That simply means the workmen weren't paid properly. And as for the frescoes, I see no truth in them. Look at that fat man in blue! He must weigh as much as I do, and he is shooting into the sky like an air balloon."
loud - en voz alta; alto
weren - lo eran
properly - orrectamente; como es debido, como corresponde, como toca
weigh - pesar, levar, desancorar
shooting - disparando; tiroteo, tiro; (shoot) disparando; tiroteo, tiro
balloon - globo, vejiga, bomba
He was referring to the fresco of the "Ascension of St. John." Inside, the lecturer's voice faltered, as well it might. The audience shifted uneasily, and so did Lucy. She was sure that she ought not to be with these men; but they had cast a spell over her. They were so serious and so strange that she could not remember how to behave.
referring - referirse
fresco - fresco
ascension - ascensión
faltered - aciló; dudar
audience - audiencia, público
shifted - desplazado; turno, cambio, desviación, deslizamiento
uneasily - Inquieta
cast - moldear, elenco, castear, sondar, sondear, lanzar, lanzamiento
strange - extrano; extrano, raro, anormal, desconocido
behave - comportarse
"Now, did this happen, or didn't it? Yes or no?"
George replied:
"It happened like this, if it happened at all. I would rather go up to heaven by myself than be pushed by cherubs; and if I got there I should like my friends to lean out of it, just as they do here."
pushed - empujado; empujar
Cherubs - querubines; querubín
lean - esbelta; inclinarse
"You will never go up," said his father. "You and I, dear boy, will lie at peace in the earth that bore us, and our names will disappear as surely as our work survives."
lie - mentira
peace - paz, sosiego
earth - tierra, suelo, terreno, madriguera, aterrar
disappear - desaparecer
survives - sobrevive; sobrevivir
"Some of the people can only see the empty grave, not the saint, whoever he is, going up. It did happen like that, if it happened at all."
empty - vacío, vaciar
grave - tumba
Saint - San, Santa, Santo
Whoever - a quién; cualquier, cualesquiera, cualquiera, quien
"Pardon me," said a frigid voice. "The chapel is somewhat small for two parties. We will incommode you no longer."
Pardon me - Perdón, Perdone
frigid - frígida; frígido, frío
incommode - Incomodar
The lecturer was a clergyman, and his audience must be also his flock, for they held prayer-books as well as guide-books in their hands. They filed out of the chapel in silence. Amongst them were the two little old ladies of the Pension Bertolini"Miss Teresa and Miss Catherine Alan.
flock - rebano, bandada
held - sostenida; tener en las manos, agarrar, asir
prayer - Oración
Guide - guía; guiar, dirigir
filed - archivado; fila
silence - silencio, silenciar, hacer callar
amongst - entre
Catherine - Catalina
"Stop!" cried Mr. Emerson. "There's plenty of room for us all. Stop!"
There's plenty of room - Hay mucho espacio
The procession disappeared without a word.
procession - procesión
Soon the lecturer could be heard in the next chapel, describing the life of St. Francis.
Francis - Francisco, Paco
"George, I do believe that clergyman is the Brixton curate."
curate - conservar; cura
George went into the next chapel and returned, saying "Perhaps he is. I don't remember."
"Then I had better speak to him and remind him who I am. It's that Mr. Eager. Why did he go? Did we talk too loud? How vexatious. I shall go and say we are sorry. Hadn't I better? Then perhaps he will come back."
vexatious - vejatorio
"He will not come back," said George.
But Mr. Emerson, contrite and unhappy, hurried away to apologize to the Rev. Cuthbert Eager. Lucy, apparently absorbed in a lunette, could hear the lecture again interrupted, the anxious, aggressive voice of the old man, the curt, injured replies of his opponent. The son, who took every little contretemps as if it were a tragedy, was listening also.
contrite - contrito, arrepentido
unhappy - infeliz
apparently - evidentemente, obviamente, por lo visto, aparentemente
absorbed in - absorbido en
lecture - una conferencia; conferencia
interrupted - interrumpido; interrumpir, interrupción
anxious - ansioso, inquieto, deseoso
aggressive - agresivo
curt - cortés; corto
injured - lastimado; herir, lastimar
replies - respuestas; responder, repetir, respuesta
opponent - oponente, antagonista, contrincante, adversario, opositor
contretemps - contratiempo
tragedy - tragedia
"My father has that effect on nearly everyone," he informed her. "He will try to be kind."
that effect - ese efecto
"I hope we all try," said she, smiling nervously.
"Because we think it improves our characters. But he is kind to people because he loves them; and they find him out, and are offended, or frightened."
characters - personajes; personaje, característica, carácter
"How silly of them!" said Lucy, though in her heart she sympathized; "I think that a kind action done tactfully""
silly - bobo, tonto, ninito, infantil, apayasado, semiaturdido, tontito
heart - corazón
sympathized - impatizaba; simpatizar
tactfully - con tacto; discretamente; con mucho tacto
"Tact!"
He threw up his head in disdain. Apparently she had given the wrong answer. She watched the singular creature pace up and down the chapel. For a young man his face was rugged, and"until the shadows fell upon it"hard. Enshadowed, it sprang into tenderness. She saw him once again at Rome, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, carrying a burden of acorns. Healthy and muscular, he yet gave her the feeling of greyness, of tragedy that might only find solution in the night.
threw - tiró; lanzar, tirar
disdain - desdén, desprecio, desdeno, desdenar, despreciar
singular - singular, único, singular
pace - paso
rugged - robusto; escabroso, accidentado; (rug); tapete, alfombra
shadows - sombras; sombra
tenderness - ternura
Rome - Roma
burden - carga
acorns - ellotas; bellota
muscular - muscular, musculoso
greyness - Gris
The feeling soon passed; it was unlike her to have entertained anything so subtle. Born of silence and of unknown emotion, it passed when Mr. Emerson returned, and she could re-enter the world of rapid talk, which was alone familiar to her.
unlike - a diferencia de; diferente
entertained - entretenido; divertir, entretener
subtle - sutil
emotion - afecto, emoción
rapid - rápido, rápido, rabión
familiar - te suena; familiar, espíritu familiar
"Were you snubbed?" asked his son tranquilly.
snubbed - desairado; ofender
tranquilly - Tranquilamente
"But we have spoilt the pleasure of I don't know how many people. They won't come back."
spoilt - estropeado, podrido, mimado, regalón
"...full of innate sympathy...quickness to perceive good in others...vision of the brotherhood of man..." Scraps of the lecture on St. Francis came floating round the partition wall.
innate - natural; innato
sympathy - simpatía; compasión, empatía, compasión
quickness - rapidez
perceive - percibir, entender
vision - vista, visión
brotherhood - fraternidad, hermandad
scraps - restos; pedacito, retazo
lecture on - clase, lección, conferencia sobre
floating - flotante, flotador; (float); flotar, carroza
partition wall - tabique
"Don't let us spoil yours," he continued to Lucy. "Have you looked at those saints?"
Saints - santos; San, Santa, Santo
"Yes," said Lucy. "They are lovely. Do you know which is the tombstone that is praised in Ruskin?"
tombstone - lápida
He did not know, and suggested that they should try to guess it. George, rather to her relief, refused to move, and she and the old man wandered not unpleasantly about Santa Croce, which, though it is like a barn, has harvested many beautiful things inside its walls. There were also beggars to avoid and guides to dodge round the pillars, and an old lady with her dog, and here and there a priest modestly edging to his Mass through the groups of tourists.
relief - alivio
refused - rechazado; negarse (a)
wandered - deambuló; vagar, divagar, errar, deambular, enganar
unpleasantly - desagradablemente
harvested - cosechado; cosecha, cosechar
avoid - evitar, esquivar
guides - Guía
Dodge - evadir, esquivar, capear
pillars - pilares; pilar
priest - sacerdote, cura, padre, párroco; (prey); botín, presa
modestly - con modestia; modestamente
edging - Bordes; (edge); orilla, borde, lado, arista, ventaja, filo
mass - montón, masa
But Mr. Emerson was only half interested. He watched the lecturer, whose success he believed he had impaired, and then he anxiously watched his son.
impaired - deteriorado; deteriorar, empeorar, descomponer, mermar
anxiously - ansioso; con inquietud, con ansiedad, ansiosamente
"Why will he look at that fresco?" he said uneasily. "I saw nothing in it."
"I like Giotto," she replied. "It is so wonderful what they say about his tactile values. Though I like things like the Della Robbia babies better."
"So you ought. A baby is worth a dozen saints. And my baby's worth the whole of Paradise, and as far as I can see he lives in Hell."
dozen - docena, decenas
paradise - el paraíso; paraíso
as far as I can see - según lo que puedo ver
hell - infierno
Lucy again felt that this did not do.
"In Hell," he repeated. "He's unhappy."
"Oh, dear!" said Lucy.
"How can he be unhappy when he is strong and alive? What more is one to give him? And think how he has been brought up"free from all the superstition and ignorance that lead men to hate one another in the name of God. With such an education as that, I thought he was bound to grow up happy."
superstition - superstición
ignorance - ignorancia
God - endiosar, idolatrar, deificar
education - educación
bound - atado; (bind); atar, atar (tie), empastar (books), liar
She was no theologian, but she felt that here was a very foolish old man, as well as a very irreligious one. She also felt that her mother might not like her talking to that kind of person, and that Charlotte would object most strongly.
theologian - teólogo, teóloga
irreligious - irreligioso
strongly - con fuerza; fuertemente
"What are we to do with him?" he asked. "He comes out for his holiday to Italy, and behaves"like that; like the little child who ought to have been playing, and who hurt himself upon the tombstone. Eh? What did you say?"
behaves - se comporta; comportarse
Lucy had made no suggestion. Suddenly he said:
suggestion - sugerencia, propuesta, sugestión
suddenly - de repente, repentinamente, de pronto, súbitamente
"Now don't be stupid over this. I don't require you to fall in love with my boy, but I do think you might try and understand him. You are nearer his age, and if you let yourself go I am sure you are sensible. You might help me. He has known so few women, and you have the time. You stop here several weeks, I suppose? But let yourself go.
stupid - estúpido, menso, gilí, pendejo
require - necesitas; requerir, necesitar
sensible - razonable, sensato, sesudo
several - varios, varias
You are inclined to get muddled, if I may judge from last night. Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them. By understanding George you may learn to understand yourself. It will be good for both of you."
get muddled - liarse; volverse loco
judge - juez; juzgar
pull - tirar, jalar, halar, tirón, ligar
depths - profundidades; profundidad
thoughts - pensamientos; pensamiento
spread - extender, dispersar, esparcir, untar, diseminar, difundir
sunlight - la luz del sol; luz del sol
To this extraordinary speech Lucy found no answer.
extraordinary - extraordinario, descomunal
Speech - habla, discurso
"I only know what it is that's wrong with him; not why it is."
"And what is it?" asked Lucy fearfully, expecting some harrowing tale.
fearfully - con miedo
harrowing - Rastra
Tale - cuento; historia, relato
"The old trouble; things won't fit."
trouble - problemas; marrón, berenjenal, dificultad, problema, molestia
fit - sano, en forma
"What things?"
"The things of the universe. It is quite true. They don't."
"Oh, Mr. Emerson, whatever do you mean?"
whatever - qué; cualquier, lo que sea que, cualquier cosa que, no importa
In his ordinary voice, so that she scarcely realized he was quoting poetry, he said:
scarcely - apenas, difícilmente
quoting - citando; cita, comillas, presupuesto, cotización, citar, cotizar
poetry - poesía, poeticidad
"From far, from eve and morning,
eve - víspera, vigilia
And yon twelve-winded sky,
winded - sin aliento
The stuff of life to knit me
stuff - cosas, bártulos, cosa, coso, materia, atiborrar, rellenar
knit - hacer punto, tricotar, tejer, soldarse, construir, elaborar
Blew hither: here am I'
hither - aquí, acá, citerior
George and I both know this, but why does it distress him? We know that we come from the winds, and that we shall return to them; that all life is perhaps a knot, a tangle, a blemish in the eternal smoothness. But why should this make us unhappy? Let us rather love one another, and work and rejoice. I don't believe in this world sorrow."
distress - aflicción, angustia, desasosiego, ansiedad
knot - nudo
tangle - desorden, marana, enredo
blemish - mancha, marca
eternal - eterno, eternal
rejoice - alegrarse, regocijarse
sorrow - pena; tristeza, aflicción, infelicidad, pesar
Miss Honeychurch assented.
assented - aceptó; asentir, consentir, asentimiento
"Then make my boy think like us. Make him realize that by the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes"a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes."
everlasting - perpetua; inmarcesible
transitory - transitorio, pasajero
Suddenly she laughed; surely one ought to laugh. A young man melancholy because the universe wouldn't fit, because life was a tangle or a wind, or a Yes, or something!
melancholy - melancolía
"I'm very sorry," she cried. "You'll think me unfeeling, but"but"" Then she became matronly. "Oh, but your son wants employment. Has he no particular hobby? Why, I myself have worries, but I can generally forget them at the piano; and collecting stamps did no end of good for my brother. Perhaps Italy bores him; you ought to try the Alps or the Lakes."
unfeeling - insensible, inconmovible, impasible, desalmado
matronly - matronal, panish: t-needed
employment - empleo
particular - particular
worries - preocupaciones; preocuparse, estar preocupado, inquietarse
collecting - coleccionando; coleccionismo; (collect) coleccionando; coleccionismo
stamps - sellos; estampado, sello, timbrar, franquear
bores - taladros; perforar
Alps - Alpes; (alp); Alpes
lakes - lagos; lago
The old man's face saddened, and he touched her gently with his hand. This did not alarm her; she thought that her advice had impressed him and that he was thanking her for it. Indeed, he no longer alarmed her at all; she regarded him as a kind thing, but quite silly.
impressed - impresionado; impresionar, impresión, impresión
alarmed - alarmado; alarma, rebato, despertador, alarma, tocar a rebato
regarded - considerado; considerar
Her feelings were as inflated spiritually as they had been an hour ago esthetically, before she lost Baedeker. The dear George, now striding towards them over the tombstones, seemed both pitiable and absurd. He approached, his face in the shadow. He said:
feelings - Sentimientos
inflated - inflado; inflar, hinchar
spiritually - espiritualmente
esthetically - estéticamente
striding - estridente
tombstones - lápidas; lápida
pitiable - lamentable; lastimero, lastimoso
absurd - absurdo, absurdo
shadow - sombra
"Miss Bartlett."
"Oh, good gracious me!" said Lucy, suddenly collapsing and again seeing the whole of life in a new perspective. "Where? Where?"
good gracious - !Dios mío!
collapsing - colapsando; derrumbarse, desplomarse, colapsar, colapso
"In the nave."
"I see. Those gossiping little Miss Alans must have"" She checked herself.
"Poor girl!" exploded Mr. Emerson. "Poor girl!"
exploded - explotó; explotar, explosionar, reventar
She could not let this pass, for it was just what she was feeling herself.
"Poor girl? I fail to understand the point of that remark. I think myself a very fortunate girl, I assure you. I'm thoroughly happy, and having a splendid time. Pray don't waste time mourning over me. There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it. Good-bye. Thank you both so much for all your kindness. Ah, yes! there does come my cousin. A delightful morning! Santa Croce is a wonderful church."
fail - fracasar, fallar, suspender
remark - observación, comentario
fortunate - afortunado, propicio, favorable, afortunada
splendid - espléndido
Pray - rezar, orar
waste time - perder el tiempo
mourning - duelo, luto; (mourn); lamentar, estar de luto
invent - inventar
Good-bye - (Good-bye) Adiós
She joined her cousin.
It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer either deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave. The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. The commonplace person begins to play, and shoots into the empyrean without effort, whilst we look up, marvelling how he has escaped us, and thinking how we could worship him and love him, would he but translate his visions into human words, and his experiences into human actions.
daily - diariamente; diario
chaotic - caótico
more solid - más sólido
deferential - deferente, deferencial
patronizing - condescendiente; patrocinar, frecuentar
rebel - rebelde
slave - esclavo, esclava, checkesclava
Kingdom - reino
breeding - Cría; (breed); criar, procrear, aparearse, cultivar, engendrar
intellect - intelecto
alike - igual, semejante, parecido, igualmente
rejected - rechazado; rechazar, desestimar, artículo defectuoso, marginado
commonplace - lugar común, tópico, cliché, clisé
shoots - disparos; disparar, lanzar
Empyrean - empíreo
effort - esfuerzo
whilst - Mientras
marvelling - Maravillado; (marvel) Maravillado
escaped - se escapó; escapar, liberarse, fugarse, eludir
translate - traducir, trasladar, verter
visions - visiones; vista, visión
human - humano
experiences - experiencias; experiencia, vivencia, experimentar, vivir
Perhaps he cannot; certainly he does not, or does so very seldom. Lucy had done so never.
seldom - raramente, rara vez
She was no dazzling exécutante; her runs were not at all like strings of pearls, and she struck no more right notes than was suitable for one of her age and situation. Nor was she the passionate young lady, who performs so tragically on a summer's evening with the window open. Passion was there, but it could not be easily labelled; it slipped between love and hatred and jealousy, and all the furniture of the pictorial style. And she was tragical only in the sense that she was great, for she loved to play on the side of Victory.
strings - cuerdas; cordel, mecate, usic, cadena, cuerda, enhebrar
pearls - perlas; perla, parisienne
struck - golpeado; tachar, borrar, golpear, pegar, acunar
more right - más adecuado
suitable - adecuado; apropiado, indicado
passionate - apasionado
performs - hacer, realizar, efectuar, ejecutar
tragically - trágicamente
easily - fácilmente
labelled - etiquetada; etiqueta, rótulo, panish: t-needed
slipped - se resbaló; resbalar
hatred - odio
jealousy - celo, celos, envidia
furniture - muebles; mobiliario
victory - Victoria
Victory of what and over what"that is more than the words of daily life can tell us. But that some sonatas of Beethoven are written tragic no one can gainsay; yet they can triumph or despair as the player decides, and Lucy had decided that they should triumph.
sonatas - sonatas; sonata
tragic - trágico
gainsay - ganar; impugnar, contradecir
despair - desesperar, desesperanzar, desesperación, desesperanza
A very wet afternoon at the Bertolini permitted her to do the thing she really liked, and after lunch she opened the little draped piano. A few people lingered round and praised her playing, but finding that she made no reply, dispersed to their rooms to write up their diaries or to sleep. She took no notice of Mr.
wet - húmedo, mojado, húmeda, mojada, mojar, mearse, orinarse, mojarse
draped - cubrir
lingered - permaneció; permanecer, demorar, persistir, perdurar, pervivir
dispersed - dispersión; dispersar
diaries - diarios; diario
Emerson looking for his son, nor of Miss Bartlett looking for Miss Lavish, nor of Miss Lavish looking for her cigarette-case. Like every true performer, she was intoxicated by the mere feel of the notes: they were fingers caressing her own; and by touch, not by sound alone, did she come to her desire.
cigarette-case - (cigarette-case) cigarrera
performer - artista, ejecutor, ejecutora, intérprete
intoxicated - intoxicado; intoxicar, emborrachar
caressing - Caricias; (cares) Caricias
desire - desear, deseo, gana
Mr. Beebe, sitting unnoticed in the window, pondered this illogical element in Miss Honeychurch, and recalled the occasion at Tunbridge Wells when he had discovered it. It was at one of those entertainments where the upper classes entertain the lower. The seats were filled with a respectful audience, and the ladies and gentlemen of the parish, under the auspices of their vicar, sang, or recited, or imitated the drawing of a champagne cork. Among the promised items was "Miss Honeychurch. Piano. Beethoven," and Mr. Beebe was wondering whether it would be Adelaida, or the march of The Ruins of Athens, when his composure was disturbed by the opening bars of Opus III.
unnoticed - desapercibido, inadvertido
pondered - pensado; considerar, meditar, cavilar, discurrir, ponderar
illogical - ilógico
element - elemento
recalled - recordado; recordar, evocar, retirada
Occasion - ocasión, ocasionar
discovered - descubierto; descubrir, destapar
entertainments - entretenimientos; entretenimiento, espectáculo
upper classes - las clases altas
lower - más bajo; oscurecerse, encapotarse; (low) más bajo; oscurecerse
seats - asientos; asiento, seato, sede
respectful - respetuoso
recited - Recitar
imitated - imitado; imitar
champagne cork - Corcho de champán
items - artículos; artículo, insumo, elemento, producto
wondering - Te preguntas; (wonder); maravilla, milagro, genio, asombro
ruins - ruinas; ruina, desbaratar, arruinar, estropear, dar al traste
Athens - Atenas
composure - compostura, entereza
disturbed - molesto; perturbar, molestar
bars - bares; barra; tableta; barrote, reja
He was in suspense all through the introduction, for not until the pace quickens does one know what the performer intends. With the roar of the opening theme he knew that things were going extraordinarily; in the chords that herald the conclusion he heard the hammer strokes of victory. He was glad that she only played the first movement, for he could have paid no attention to the winding intricacies of the measures of nine-sixteen. The audience clapped, no less respectful. It was Mr. Beebe who started the stamping; it was all that one could do.
suspense - suspenso; suspense
introduction - introducción, presentación
quickens - Rápido
intends - pretender, planear, intencionar, intentar
theme - tema, thema
extraordinarily - extraordinariamente
chords - acordes; acorde, cuerda
Herald - heraldo; anunciador
conclusion - conclusión
hammer - martillo, percutor, malleus, martillar; (ham); martillo
strokes - golpes; golpe
movement - movimiento
winding - Devanado; (wind) Devanado
intricacies - omplejidades; vericuetos, entresijos, laberinto
measures - medidas; medición, medida, regla, compás, medir
clapped - aplaudió; aplaudir
stamping - Sello; (stamp); estampado, sello, timbrar, franquear
"Who is she?" he asked the vicar afterwards.
afterwards - después
"Cousin of one of my parishioners. I do not consider her choice of a piece happy. Beethoven is so usually simple and direct in his appeal that it is sheer perversity to choose a thing like that, which, if anything, disturbs."
parishioners - eligreses; feligrés, parroquiano
choice - selección, decisión, opción, exquisito
Direct - directo, dirigir
appeal - apelación; suplicar, rogar
sheer - ser puro; puro, absoluto
perversity - perversidad
disturbs - perturbar, molestar
"Introduce me."
"She will be delighted. She and Miss Bartlett are full of the praises of your sermon."
praises - alabanzas; alabanza, loa, enaltecimiento, elogio, adoración
sermon - sermón
"My sermon?" cried Mr. Beebe. "Why ever did she listen to it?"
When he was introduced he understood why, for Miss Honeychurch, disjoined from her music stool, was only a young lady with a quantity of dark hair and a very pretty, pale, undeveloped face. She loved going to concerts, she loved stopping with her cousin, she loved iced coffee and meringues. He did not doubt that she loved his sermon also.
stool - heces; taburete
quantity - cantidad, cuantía
pale - pálido
undeveloped - sin desarrollar; subdesarrollado
meringues - merengues; merengue
doubt - dudas; dudar, duda, incertidumbre
But before he left Tunbridge Wells he made a remark to the vicar, which he now made to Lucy herself when she closed the little piano and moved dreamily towards him:
dreamily - ensonadoramente
"If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting both for us and for her."
Lucy at once re-entered daily life.
"Oh, what a funny thing! Some one said just the same to mother, and she said she trusted I should never live a duet."
trusted - de confianza; confianza, crédito, fiar, consorcio, trust
duet - dúo, dueto
"Doesn't Mrs. Honeychurch like music?"
"She doesn't mind it. But she doesn't like one to get excited over anything; she thinks I am silly about it. She thinks"I can't make out. Once, you know, I said that I liked my own playing better than any one's. She has never got over it. Of course, I didn't mean that I played well; I only meant""
get excited - entusiasmarse
got over - superar, recuperarse
"Of course," said he, wondering why she bothered to explain.
bothered - molestado; molestar, agobiar, cansón, joroba, rayos, caramba
"Music"" said Lucy, as if attempting some generality. She could not complete it, and looked out absently upon Italy in the wet. The whole life of the South was disorganized, and the most graceful nation in Europe had turned into formless lumps of clothes.
attempting - intentando; intentar, tentativa, intento, ensayo
generality - Generalidad
absently - istraídamente; Ausentemente
disorganized - desorganizar
graceful - gracia; grácil, gracioso
nation - nación
formless - sin forma
lumps - grumos; bulto, grumo, chichón, cúmulo, agrupación
The street and the river were dirty yellow, the bridge was dirty grey, and the hills were dirty purple. Somewhere in their folds were concealed Miss Lavish and Miss Bartlett, who had chosen this afternoon to visit the Torre del Gallo.
Bridge - puente
somewhere - en alguna parte, en algún lugar, en algún sitio, a alguna parte
folds - liegues; doblar, plegar
concealed - ocultos; esconder, ocultar
"What about music?" said Mr. Beebe.
"Poor Charlotte will be sopped," was Lucy's reply.
The expedition was typical of Miss Bartlett, who would return cold, tired, hungry, and angelic, with a ruined skirt, a pulpy Baedeker, and a tickling cough in her throat. On another day, when the whole world was singing and the air ran into the mouth, like wine, she would refuse to stir from the drawing-room, saying that she was an old thing, and no fit companion for a hearty girl.
expedition - expedición
pulpy - pulposo, folletinesco
tickling - Cosquillas; (tickle); cosquilla, hacer cosquillas, cosquillear
cough - toser, tos
throat - garganta, tráquea, cuello
refuse - rechazar; negarse (a)
hearty - corazonoso; carinoso, de corazón, cordial, corpulento, nutritivo
"Miss Lavish has led your cousin astray. She hopes to find the true Italy in the wet I believe."
astray - perdido, extraviado
"Miss Lavish is so original," murmured Lucy. This was a stock remark, the supreme achievement of the Pension Bertolini in the way of definition. Miss Lavish was so original. Mr. Beebe had his doubts, but they would have been put down to clerical narrowness. For that, and for other reasons, he held his peace.
original - original, original, único
stock - cciones; existencias, stock
supreme - supremo
achievement - logro, hazana, proeza, gesta, hombrada
definition - definición
doubts - dudas; dudar, duda, incertidumbre
clerical - clerical
narrowness - estrechez
"Is it true," continued Lucy in awe-struck tone, "that Miss Lavish is writing a book?"
awe - pavor, temor, medrosía, asombro, asombrar, abrumar
tone - tono
"They do say so."
"What is it about?"
"It will be a novel," replied Mr. Beebe, "dealing with modern Italy. Let me refer you for an account to Miss Catharine Alan, who uses words herself more admirably than any one I know."
novel - novela
dealing - tratando; (deal) tratando
refer - referirse
admirably - admirablemente
"I wish Miss Lavish would tell me herself. We started such friends. But I don't think she ought to have run away with Baedeker that morning in Santa Croce. Charlotte was most annoyed at finding me practically alone, and so I couldn't help being a little annoyed with Miss Lavish."
most annoyed - el más molesto
practically - prácticamente
"The two ladies, at all events, have made it up."
He was interested in the sudden friendship between women so apparently dissimilar as Miss Bartlett and Miss Lavish. They were always in each other's company, with Lucy a slighted third. Miss Lavish he believed he understood, but Miss Bartlett might reveal unknown depths of strangeness, though not perhaps, of meaning. Was Italy deflecting her from the path of prim chaperon, which he had assigned to her at Tunbridge Wells?
sudden - de repente; repentino, súbito, brusco
friendship - amistad
dissimilar - diferente; desemejante, disímil
slighted - despreciado; insignificante, leve, ligero, falta de respeto
third - la tercera; tercero, tercio, tercera
reveal - revelar, propalar
strangeness - extraneza; rareza, extraneza, extranez
deflecting - desviando; desviar, desviarse
prim - formal, remilgado
assigned - asignado; asignar, designar, ceder
All his life he had loved to study maiden ladies; they were his specialty, and his profession had provided him with ample opportunities for the work. Girls like Lucy were charming to look at, but Mr. Beebe was, from rather profound reasons, somewhat chilly in his attitude towards the other sex, and preferred to be interested rather than enthralled.
maiden - doncella
specialty - especialidad
profession - profesión, gremio, profesión de fe
provided - proporcionado; proveer
ample - amplio, extenso, abundante, generoso
opportunities - portunidades; oportunidad
profound - profundo
chilly - frío
attitude - postura, actitud
enthralled - encantado; cautivar
Lucy, for the third time, said that poor Charlotte would be sopped. The Arno was rising in flood, washing away the traces of the little carts upon the foreshore. But in the south-west there had appeared a dull haze of yellow, which might mean better weather if it did not mean worse.
flood - inundación; avenida, riada, diluvio, inundar
washing away - se está lavando
traces - rastros; rastro, huella, vestigio, indicio
carts - carros; carro, carreta
dull - sordo; romo, desafilado, embotado, aburrido, soso
She opened the window to inspect, and a cold blast entered the room, drawing a plaintive cry from Miss Catharine Alan, who entered at the same moment by the door.
inspect - inspeccionar, pasar revista
blast - ráfaga
plaintive - planidera; morrinoso, melancólico, triste, nostálgico
cry - llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
"Oh, dear Miss Honeychurch, you will catch a chill! And Mr. Beebe here besides. Who would suppose this is Italy? There is my sister actually nursing the hot-water can; no comforts or proper provisions."
catch - coger; pega, traba, truco, cuestión
chill - relajarme; frío
actually - de verdad; en realidad, de hecho, realmente, de veras
comforts - comodidades; comodidad, consuelo, confortar
Provisions - provisiones; provisión, aprovisionar, avituallar
She sidled towards them and sat down, self-conscious as she always was on entering a room which contained one man, or a man and one woman.
self - yo; uno mismo
entering - Entrando; (enter); entrar
"I could hear your beautiful playing, Miss Honeychurch, though I was in my room with the door shut. Doors shut; indeed, most necessary. No one has the least idea of privacy in this country. And one person catches it from another."
shut - cerrar
most necessary - el más necesario
privacy - intimidad, privacidad
catches - capturas; pega, traba, truco, cuestión
Lucy answered suitably. Mr. Beebe was not able to tell the ladies of his adventure at Modena, where the chambermaid burst in upon him in his bath, exclaiming cheerfully, "Fa niente, sono vecchia." He contented himself with saying: "I quite agree with you, Miss Alan. The Italians are a most unpleasant people. They pry everywhere, they see everything, and they know what we want before we know it ourselves. We are at their mercy. They read our thoughts, they foretell our desires.
suitably - adecuadamente; apropiadamente
chambermaid - camarera; panish: t-needed
burst in - Irrumpir
Fa - fa
contented - contento; satisfecho
I quite agree - Estoy totalmente de acuerdo..
most unpleasant - ás desagradable
pry - hurgar; fisgonear, curiosear
mercy - misericordia, piedad
foretell - predecir, pronosticar, vaticinar
desires - deseos; desear, deseo, gana
From the cab-driver down to"to Giotto, they turn us inside out, and I resent it. Yet in their heart of hearts they are"how superficial! They have no conception of the intellectual life. How right is Signora Bertolini, who exclaimed to me the other day: Ho, Mr. Beebe, if you knew what I suffer over the children's edjucaishion. Hi won't 'ave my little Victorier taught by a hignorant Italian what can't explain nothink!'"
cab-driver - (cab-driver) taxista
resent - recibir; ofenderse, tomarse a mal; (resend); reenviar, devolver
hearts - corazones; corazón
superficial - superficial
no conception of - No tener idea de
intellectual - intelectual
Ho - Qué
suffer - sufrir, penar, empeorar
edjucaishion - djucaishion
hignorant - Hignorante
nothink - Nada
Miss Alan did not follow, but gathered that she was being mocked in an agreeable way. Her sister was a little disappointed in Mr. Beebe, having expected better things from a clergyman whose head was bald and who wore a pair of russet whiskers. Indeed, who would have supposed that tolerance, sympathy, and a sense of humour would inhabit that militant form?
gathered - reunidos; juntar, recoger, recolectar, acumular, reunir
mocked - se burlaron; imitación, burla, simulacro, imitar, remedar
agreeable - lisonjero, agradable, dispuesto, conforme
disappointed - decepcionado; decepcionar, desilusionar, defraudar, quedar mal
expected - esperado; esperar, checkaguardar
bald - calvo, pelón
russet - ocre, marrojizo, marrojiza, color teja
supposed - se supone; suponer
tolerance - tolerancia
inhabit - habitar, morar, vivir
militant - militante
In the midst of her satisfaction she continued to sidle, and at last the cause was disclosed. From the chair beneath her she extracted a gun-metal cigarette-case, on which were powdered in turquoise the initials "E. L."
cause - por qué; causa, causar
disclosed - divulgado; revelar, divulgar
beneath - por debajo; bajo
extracted - extraído; extracto, fragmento, pasaje, extraer, sacar
gun - arma de fuego; pistola
metal - metal
cigarette - un cigarrillo; cigarrillo, pitillo
case - caso
powdered - en polvo; polvo, reducir a polvo, pulverizar, triturar
turquoise - turquesa, turquesa
initials - las iniciales; inicial, iniciales
"That belongs to Lavish." said the clergyman. "A good fellow, Lavish, but I wish she'd start a pipe."
pipe - pipa; caramillo, flauta ), tubo de órgano, tubería, tubo
"Oh, Mr. Beebe," said Miss Alan, divided between awe and mirth. "Indeed, though it is dreadful for her to smoke, it is not quite as dreadful as you suppose. She took to it, practically in despair, after her life's work was carried away in a landslip. Surely that makes it more excusable."
divided - dividido; desunir, dividir, repartir, división, divisoria
mirth - felicidad, alegría, júbilo
smoke - fumar; humo
carried away - dejarse llevar
"What was that?" asked Lucy.
Mr. Beebe sat back complacently, and Miss Alan began as follows: "It was a novel"and I am afraid, from what I can gather, not a very nice novel. It is so sad when people who have abilities misuse them, and I must say they nearly always do. Anyhow, she left it almost finished in the Grotto of the Calvary at the Capuccini Hotel at Amalfi while she went for a little ink. She said: Can I have a little ink, please?'But you know what Italians are, and meanwhile the Grotto fell roaring on to the beach, and the saddest thing of all is that she cannot remember what she has written. The poor thing was very ill after it, and so got tempted into cigarettes.
complacently - Complacientemente
gather - reunirnos; juntar, recoger, recolectar, acumular, reunir
abilities - habilidades; habilidad, capacidad
misuse - mal uso, uso incorrecto
anyhow - de todos modos; de todas maneras, de todas formas, comoquiera
grotto - gruta
Calvary - Calvario
ink - tinta, entintar, firmar, tatuar
Meanwhile - y mientras tanto; mientras tanto, entretanto, a todo esto
tempted - tentado; tentar
cigarettes - cigarrillos; cigarrillo, pitillo
It is a great secret, but I am glad to say that she is writing another novel. She told Teresa and Miss Pole the other day that she had got up all the local colour"this novel is to be about modern Italy; the other was historical"but that she could not start till she had an idea. First she tried Perugia for an inspiration, then she came here"this must on no account get round. And so cheerful through it all! I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them."
pole - pértiga; polo
historical - histórico
inspiration - inspiración
on no account - en ningún caso
admire - admirar
Miss Alan was always thus being charitable against her better judgement. A delicate pathos perfumed her disconnected remarks, giving them unexpected beauty, just as in the decaying autumn woods there sometimes rise odours reminiscent of spring. She felt she had made almost too many allowances, and apologized hurriedly for her toleration.
charitable - caritativo, benéfico
judgement - Juicio
perfumed - perfumado; aroma, perfume, perfumar
disconnected - desconectado; desconectar
remarks - observaciones; observación, comentario
decaying - decayendo; descomposición, deterioración, putrefacción
woods - bosques; madera
rise - aumentar; subir
odours - olores; olor
allowances - subsidios; paga
apologized - se disculpó; disculparse
toleration - tolerancia
"All the same, she is a little too"I hardly like to say unwomanly, but she behaved most strangely when the Emersons arrived."
unwomanly - poco femenina
behaved - se comportó; comportarse
strangely - extranamente; extranamente
Mr. Beebe smiled as Miss Alan plunged into an anecdote which he knew she would be unable to finish in the presence of a gentleman.
plunged - se hundió; lanzarse, zambullirse, tirarse de cabeza
anecdote - anécdota, chascarrillo
unable - incapaz
gentleman - caballero, senores
"I don't know, Miss Honeychurch, if you have noticed that Miss Pole, the lady who has so much yellow hair, takes lemonade. That old Mr. Emerson, who puts things very strangely""
lemonade - limonada, gaseosa de limón, soda limonada
Her jaw dropped. She was silent. Mr. Beebe, whose social resources were endless, went out to order some tea, and she continued to Lucy in a hasty whisper:
jaw - mandíbula; maxilar
dropped - se cayó; gota
social - social
resources - recursos; recurso
endless - interminable, sin fin, infinito
hasty - apresurarse; apresurado, de prisa, arrebatado, atropellado
whisper - susurro, rumor, rastro, susurrar
"Stomach. He warned Miss Pole of her stomach-acidity, he called it"and he may have meant to be kind. I must say I forgot myself and laughed; it was so sudden. As Teresa truly said, it was no laughing matter. But the point is that Miss Lavish was positively attracted by his mentioning S., and said she liked plain speaking, and meeting different grades of thought. She thought they were commercial travellers"drummers'was the word she used"and all through dinner she tried to prove that England, our great and beloved country, rests on nothing but commerce. Teresa was very much annoyed, and left the table before the cheese, saying as she did so: There, Miss Lavish, is one who can confute you better than I,'and pointed to that beautiful picture of Lord Tennyson. Then Miss Lavish said: Tut! The early Victorians.'Just imagine! Tut! The early Victorians.'My sister had gone, and I felt bound to speak. I said: Miss Lavish, I am an early Victorian; at least, that is to say, I will hear no breath of censure against our dear Queen.'It was horrible speaking. I reminded her how the Queen had been to Ireland when she did not want to go, and I must say she was dumbfounded, and made no reply.
stomach - estómago, barriga, vientre
warned - advertido; alertar, avisar, advertir
acidity - acidez
matter - importa; materia, asunto, cuestión, tema
positively - ositivamente; inequívocamente, terminantemente, de todas maneras
attracted - atraído; atraer, llamar
mentioning - mencionando; mención, mencionar, mentar
plain - plano; sencillo; liso; sin ornamentos; llano (persona)
grades - calificaciones; puntuación, nota, desnivel, panish: t
commercial - anuncio, comercial
travellers - viajeros; viajero
drummers - Batería
Prove - probar
beloved - querida; amado, querido, bienamado
rests - descansa; descanso, reposo
commerce - comercio
annoyed - molesto; molestar, agobiar, jorobar
confute - Confutar
Lord - senor; castellano, senor
Victorians - Victoriana
Just imagine - imaginarse
breath - respiración, aliento, respiro
censure - censura
reminded - recordado; recordar
dumbfounded - atontado; dejar boquiabierto, dejar pasmado
But, unluckily, Mr. Emerson overheard this part, and called in his deep voice: Quite so, quite so! I honour the woman for her Irish visit.'The woman! I tell things so badly; but you see what a tangle we were in by this time, all on account of S. having been mentioned in the first place. But that was not all. After dinner Miss Lavish actually came up and said: Miss Alan, I am going into the smoking-room to talk to those two nice men. Come, too.'Needless to say, I refused such an unsuitable invitation, and she had the impertinence to tell me that it would broaden my ideas, and said that she had four brothers, all University men, except one who was in the army, who always made a point of talking to commercial travellers."
unluckily - desgraciadamente; desafortunadamente
overheard - oído por casualidad; oír por casualidad, oír sin querer
deep - profundo, hondo, fondo, ancho, bajo, grave, oscuro
honour - honor; honradez
Irish - irlandés, irlandeses
badly - malamente
on account - a cuenta
needless - innecesario; inútil
unsuitable - inadecuado, inapropiado
invitation - invitación
broaden - ampliar; ensanchar, ensancharse
army - ejército, multitud
"Let me finish the story," said Mr. Beebe, who had returned.
"Miss Lavish tried Miss Pole, myself, everyone, and finally said: I shall go alone.'She went. At the end of five minutes she returned unobtrusively with a green baize board, and began playing patience."
finally - por fin, finalmente, por fin
unobtrusively - discretamente, con reserva, de callado, callandito
baize - tapete, bayeta
board - junta; tabla, plancha
patience - paciencia, solitario
"Whatever happened?" cried Lucy.
"No one knows. No one will ever know. Miss Lavish will never dare to tell, and Mr. Emerson does not think it worth telling."
dare - te atreves; atraverse, osar
"Mr. Beebe"old Mr. Emerson, is he nice or not nice? I do so want to know."
Mr. Beebe laughed and suggested that she should settle the question for herself.
settle - nos conformamos; instalar, colocar
"No; but it is so difficult. Sometimes he is so silly, and then I do not mind him. Miss Alan, what do you think? Is he nice?"
The little old lady shook her head, and sighed disapprovingly. Mr. Beebe, whom the conversation amused, stirred her up by saying:
shook - Sacudido; (shake); agitar, sacudir, checksacudir, sacudida
disapprovingly - con desaprobación
amused - divertido; entretener, distraer, divertir
stirred - agitado; remover, revolver
"I consider that you are bound to class him as nice, Miss Alan, after that business of the violets."
"Violets? Oh, dear! Who told you about the violets? How do things get round? A pension is a bad place for gossips. No, I cannot forget how they behaved at Mr. Eager's lecture at Santa Croce. Oh, poor Miss Honeychurch! It really was too bad. No, I have quite changed. I do not like the Emersons. They are not nice."
gossips - otillas; chismoso, chismosa, chisme, chismear, cotillear
Mr. Beebe smiled nonchalantly. He had made a gentle effort to introduce the Emersons into Bertolini society, and the effort had failed. He was almost the only person who remained friendly to them.
gentle - tierno, suave, tranquilo, medido, gradual, amable
Society - sociedad, comunidad
failed - falló; fracasar
remained - se quedó; resto, restos, quedarse, sobrar, restar, permanecer
Miss Lavish, who represented intellect, was avowedly hostile, and now the Miss Alans, who stood for good breeding, were following her. Miss Bartlett, smarting under an obligation, would scarcely be civil. The case of Lucy was different. She had given him a hazy account of her adventures in Santa Croce, and he gathered that the two men had made a curious and possibly concerted attempt to annex her, to show her the world from their own strange standpoint, to interest her in their private sorrows and joys. This was impertinent; he did not wish their cause to be championed by a young girl: he would rather it should fail. After all, he knew nothing about them, and pension joys, pension sorrows, are flimsy things; whereas Lucy would be his parishioner.
represented - representado; representar
avowedly - confesadamente
hostile - hostil
stood for - significar; apoyar; soportar, estar con
smarting - irritando; elegante
civil - civil
adventures - Aventuras; (adventure) Aventuras
Curious - tienes curiosidad; curioso; extrano, raro
Possibly - es posible; posiblemente
attempt - intentar, tentativa, intento, ensayo
annex - anexo; anexar
standpoint - punto de vista
private - privado, privado
sorrows - enas; tristeza, aflicción, infelicidad, pesar
joys - legrías; alegría, júbilo
championed - defendido; campeón, campeona, adalid, valedor, abanderado
fail - fracasar
flimsy - frágil; papel cebolla
whereas - ientras que..; mientras que, siendo que, por cuanto, visto que
parishioner - feligrés, parroquiano
Lucy, with one eye upon the weather, finally said that she thought the Emersons were nice; not that she saw anything of them now. Even their seats at dinner had been moved.
"But aren't they always waylaying you to go out with them, dear?" said the little lady inquisitively.
aren - No
waylaying - atraco; abordar, coger por banda
inquisitively - Inquisitivamente
"Only once. Charlotte didn't like it, and said something"quite politely, of course."
politely - educadamente, cortésmente
"most right of her. They don't understand our ways. They must find their level."
most right - el más correcto/adecuado/idóneo
level - nivelado, al ras, nivel, niveles, llano, piso
Mr. Beebe rather felt that they had gone under. They had given up their attempt"if it was one"to conquer society, and now the father was almost as silent as the son. He wondered whether he would not plan a pleasant day for these folk before they left"some expedition, perhaps, with Lucy well chaperoned to be nice to them. It was one of Mr. Beebe's chief pleasures to provide people with happy memories.
conquer - conquistar, debelar
folk - pueblo, gente
chaperoned - acompanado; duena, carabina, chaperón, panish: t-needed
chief - jefe, principal
pleasures - laceres; placer, voluptuosidad, gustar
provide - proporcionar; proveer
memories - recuerdos; memoria, recuerdo
Evening approached while they chatted; the air became brighter; the colours on the trees and hills were purified, and the Arno lost its muddy solidity and began to twinkle. There were a few streaks of bluish-green among the clouds, a few patches of watery light upon the earth, and then the dripping façade of San Miniato shone brilliantly in the declining sun.
chatted - chateado; charlar, hablar
brighter - más brillante; luminoso, resplandeciente, brillante
purified - purificado; purificar
Muddy - Fango
solidity - solidez
Twinkle - titilar, fulgurar, refulgir
streaks - vetas; raya, trazo, sarta, racha, ristra
bluish - azulado
clouds - nubes; nublar
patches - parches; remiendo, parche
watery - agua; acuoso, lloroso
shone - brilló; brillar
brilliantly - brillantemente
declining - declinando; declive, retroceso, decadencia
"Too late to go out," said Miss Alan in a voice of relief. "All the galleries are shut."
galleries - galerías; galería
"I think I shall go out," said Lucy. "I want to go round the town in the circular tram"on the platform by the driver."
go round - dar vueltas
circular - circular
platform - programa, andén, plataforma, zapatos de plataforma
Her two companions looked grave. Mr. Beebe, who felt responsible for her in the absence of Miss Bartlett, ventured to say:
Companions - companeros; companero, companera
responsible - responsable, de responsabilidad, responsable
absence - ausencia, falta, ausencia de hierro
ventured - se aventuró; aventura, arriesgar
"I wish we could. Unluckily I have letters. If you do want to go out alone, won't you be better on your feet?"
"Italians, dear, you know," said Miss Alan.
"Perhaps I shall meet someone who reads me through and through!"
But they still looked disapproval, and she so far conceded to Mr. Beebe as to say that she would only go for a little walk, and keep to the street frequented by tourists.
conceded - cedido; conceder, conferir, otorgar
frequented - recuentado; frecuente
"She oughtn't really to go at all," said Mr. Beebe, as they watched her from the window, "and she knows it. I put it down to too much Beethoven."
oughtn - no debería
Mr. Beebe was right. Lucy never knew her desires so clearly as after music. She had not really appreciated the clergyman's wit, nor the suggestive twitterings of Miss Alan. Conversation was tedious; she wanted something big, and she believed that it would have come to her on the wind-swept platform of an electric tram. This she might not attempt. It was unladylike. Why? Why were most big things unladylike? Charlotte had once explained to her why.
appreciated - apreciado; agradecer, valorar, comprender, hacerse cargo de
suggestive - sugerente; sugestivo
twitterings - Twitter
tedious - tedioso, prolijo
swept - barrido; barrer, peinar
unladylike - poco femenina
It was not that ladies were inferior to men; it was that they were different. Their mission was to inspire others to achievement rather than to achieve themselves. Indirectly, by means of tact and a spotless name, a lady could accomplish much. But if she rushed into the fray herself she would be first censured, then despised, and finally ignored. Poems had been written to illustrate this point.
inferior - inferior
mission - misión
inspire - inspirar, infundir
achieve - conseguir, lograr, realizar
indirectly - indirectamente
spotless - impecable, sin manchas
accomplish - cumplir; efectuar, realizar, lograr, completar
rushed - apurado; precipitarse, lanzarse, correr, ir rápidamente
fray - deshilacharse, raerse
ignored - ignorado; ignorar, desoír
poems - poemas; poema, poesía, oda
illustrate - ilustrar
There is much that is immortal in this medieval lady. The dragons have gone, and so have the knights, but still she lingers in our midst. She reigned in many an early Victorian castle, and was Queen of much early Victorian song. It is sweet to protect her in the intervals of business, sweet to pay her honour when she has cooked our dinner well. But alas! the creature grows degenerate. In her heart also there are springing up strange desires. She too is enamoured of heavy winds, and vast panoramas, and green expanses of the sea.
immortal - inmortal, inmortal
medieval - medieval
dragons - dragones; dragón
Knights - caballeros; caballero
lingers - permanecer, demorar, persistir, perdurar, pervivir
reigned - reinado, reinar
Victorian - Victoriana
castle - castillo, castro, enrocar
sweet - dulcemente, dulce, caramelo, chuche, confite
protect - proteger, defensar
intervals - intervalos; intervalo
Alas - !ay!; (ala) !ay!
degenerate - degenerado, depravado, degenerar, degenerarse
enamoured - Enamorar
vast - vasta; vasto, enorme
panoramas - panoramas; panorama
expanses - extensiones; extensión
She has marked the kingdom of this world, how full it is of wealth, and beauty, and war"a radiant crust, built around the central fires, spinning towards the receding heavens. Men, declaring that she inspires them to it, move joyfully over the surface, having the most delightful meetings with other men, happy, not because they are masculine, but because they are alive. Before the show breaks up she would like to drop the august title of the Eternal Woman, and go there as her transitory self.
marked - marcado; Marcos, Evangelio según San Marcos
wealth - prosperidad, riqueza
war - guerra, guerrear, hacer la guerra
radiant - radiante, punto radiante
crust - costra, corteza, corteza
central - central
spinning - girando; hilatura; (spin) girando; hilatura
receding - retrocediendo; alejarse
heavens - cielos; cielo, firmamento, paraíso
inspires - inspirar, infundir
most delightful - más encantador
meetings - reunión
masculine - masculino, varonil, viril, macho
drop - dejar caer; gota
Lucy does not stand for the medieval lady, who was rather an ideal to which she was bidden to lift her eyes when feeling serious. Nor has she any system of revolt. Here and there a restriction annoyed her particularly, and she would transgress it, and perhaps be sorry that she had done so.
Ideal - ideal, ideal
bidden - obligado; pujar, hacer una oferta
lift - levantar, alzar
system - sistema
revolt - alzarse en protesta, rebelión, revuelta
restriction - restricción
transgress - transgredir
be sorry - sentir, lamentar
This afternoon she was peculiarly restive. She would really like to do something of which her well-wishers disapproved. As she might not go on the electric tram, she went to Alinari's shop.
restive - inquietos; impaciente, terco, recalcitrante
wishers - desea
There she bought a photograph of Botticelli's "Birth of Venus." Venus, being a pity, spoilt the picture, otherwise so charming, and Miss Bartlett had persuaded her to Do without it. (A pity in art of course signified the nude.) Giorgione's "Tempesta," the "Idolino," some of the Sistine frescoes and the Apoxyomenos, were added to it.
birth - nacimiento
Venus - Venus
pity - compasión, piedad, lástima, pena, tener lástima
otherwise - o no; de otro
persuaded - persuadido; persuadir
Do without it - prescindirse de eso
nude - desnudo, desnudo
She felt a little calmer then, and bought Fra Angelico's "Coronation," Giotto's "Ascension of St. John," some Della Robbia babies, and some Guido Reni Madonnas. For her taste was catholic, and she extended uncritical approval to every well-known name.
calmer - más tranquilo; calmado, sosiego, calma
coronation - coronación
taste - gusto, gusto, gustos, muestra, gustar, probar, catar, saber
approval - aprobación, venia, beneplácito
But though she spent nearly seven lire, the gates of liberty seemed still unopened. She was conscious of her discontent; it was new to her to be conscious of it. "The world," she thought, "is certainly full of beautiful things, if only I could come across them." It was not surprising that Mrs. Honeychurch disapproved of music, declaring that it always left her daughter peevish, unpractical, and touchy.
lire - lire; lira
gates - puertas; puerta; verja
liberty - libertad
unopened - Sin abrir
discontent - descontento
surprising - sorprendente; (surprise); sorpresa, sorprender
unpractical - poco práctico
"Nothing ever happens to me," she reflected, as she entered the Piazza Signoria and looked nonchalantly at its marvels, now fairly familiar to her. The great square was in shadow; the sunshine had come too late to strike it. Neptune was already unsubstantial in the twilight, half god, half ghost, and his fountain plashed dreamily to the men and satyrs who idled together on its marge.
reflected - reflejado; reflejar, recapacitar, reflexionar, cavilar
fairly - justamente; francamente, abiertamente, bastante
strike - tachar, borrar, golpear, pegar, acunar, hacer la huelga
Neptune - Neptuno
unsubstantial - insustancial
twilight - crepúsculo, penumbra
ghost - fantasma, espectro, espíritu, aparecido
fountain - fuente, chafariz, fontana
satyrs - sátiros; sátiro
idled - al ralentí; parado, inactivo
The Loggia showed as the triple entrance of a cave, wherein many a deity, shadowy, but immortal, looking forth upon the arrivals and departures of mankind. It was the hour of unreality"the hour, that is, when unfamiliar things are real. An older person at such an hour and in such a place might think that sufficient was happening to him, and rest content. Lucy desired more.
triple - triple, triple, triplicar
entrance - entrada
cave - cueva, caverna
wherein - En qué
Deity - dios, diosa, deidad, divinidad
shadowy - sombra; sombroso, sombreado, sombrío, umbroso
arrivals - llegadas; llegada, venida, arribo, arribada
departures - salidas; salida, partida
mankind - la humanidad; humanidad, género humano, raza humana
unreality - irrealidad
sufficient - suficiente
rest - descansar; descanso, reposo
content - contenido; satisfecho
desired - deseado; desear, deseo, gana
She fixed her eyes wistfully on the tower of the palace, which rose out of the lower darkness like a pillar of roughened gold. It seemed no longer a tower, no longer supported by earth, but some unattainable treasure throbbing in the tranquil sky. Its brightness mesmerized her, still dancing before her eyes when she bent them to the ground and started towards home.
fixed - arreglado; arreglar, reparar, componer, fijar, pregar, preparar
wistfully - con nostalgia
Palace - palacio
darkness - oscuridad, tinieblas
pillar - pilar
gold - oro
treasure - tesoro, atesorar
throbbing - palpitaciones; (throb); palpitar
tranquil - tranquilo, apacible
brightness - brillo
bent - Doblado; (bend); doblar, curvar, doblarse, agacharse
ground - uelo; (grind) uelo
Then something did happen.
Two Italians by the Loggia had been bickering about a debt. "Cinque lire," they had cried, "cinque lire!" They sparred at each other, and one of them was hit lightly upon the chest. He frowned; he bent towards Lucy with a look of interest, as if he had an important message for her. He opened his lips to deliver it, and a stream of red came out between them and trickled down his unshaven chin.
bickering - Discutir
debt - deuda, pufo
sparred - chispeó; palo, verga
hit - golpear, pegar, chocar
lightly - a la ligera; ligeramente
chest - pecho
frowned - frunció el ceno; fruncir el ceno
deliver - cumplir; liberar, parir, dar a luz, entregar
stream - corriente, flujo, arroyo, fluir, recibir flujo, (2) checkcorrer
trickled - goteado; riachuelo, chorreo, instilar, chorrear, gotear
unshaven - sin afeitar; desafeitado
chin - barbilla, mentón
That was all. A crowd rose out of the dusk. It hid this extraordinary man from her, and bore him away to the fountain. Mr. George Emerson happened to be a few paces away, looking at her across the spot where the man had been. How very odd! Across something. Even as she caught sight of him he grew dim; the palace itself grew dim, swayed above her, fell on to her softly, slowly, noiselessly, and the sky fell with it.
crowd - gente; multitud, muchedumbre
dusk - oscurecer; anochecer, ocaso, crepúsculo
hid - Se escondió; (hide) Se escondió
paces - pasos; paso
spot - unto; mancha, grano, poquito, poquita, zona, paraje, lámpara
sight - vista, lugar de interés, espectáculo, panorama, visor, mira, ver
dim - débil, ténue
itself - en sí; se, solo, a si mismo, por si mismo, sí mismo
swayed - nfluido; balanceo, influencia, influjo, preponderancia
softly - suavemente, inaudiblemente, silenciosamente
She thought: "Oh, what have I done?"
"Oh, what have I done?" she murmured, and opened her eyes.
George Emerson still looked at her, but not across anything. She had complained of dullness, and lo! one man was stabbed, and another held her in his arms.
stabbed - apunalado; apunalar
They were sitting on some steps in the Uffizi Arcade. He must have carried her. He rose when she spoke, and began to dust his knees. She repeated:
Arcade - arcada, galería, galería comercial, sala de juegos
"Oh, what have I done?"
"You fainted."
fainted - desmayado; débil, tenue
"I"I am very sorry."
"How are you now?"
"Perfectly well"absolutely well." And she began to nod and smile.
absolutely - totalmente, absolutamente
nod - asentir, cabecear, cabezada
smile - sonrisa, sonreír
"Then let us come home. There's no point in our stopping."
He held out his hand to pull her up. She pretended not to see it. The cries from the fountain"they had never ceased"rang emptily. The whole world seemed pale and void of its original meaning.
pretended - fingido; fingir, de mentirijillas
cries - llorar, gritar, panish: t-needed
ceased - esado; cesar, parar, terminar
emptily - Vacíamente
void - vacío; nulo
"How very kind you have been! I might have hurt myself falling. But now I am well. I can go alone, thank you."
His hand was still extended.
"Oh, my photographs!" she exclaimed suddenly.
"What photographs?"
"I bought some photographs at Alinari's. I must have dropped them out there in the square." She looked at him cautiously. "Would you add to your kindness by fetching them?"
cautiously - con cautela; precavidamente
fetching - buscando; ir por, ir a buscar, traer
He added to his kindness. As soon as he had turned his back, Lucy arose with the running of a maniac and stole down the arcade towards the Arno.
arose - surgió; surgir, levantarse, provenir, aparecer
maniac - maníaco, maniaco, maniático
Stole - Robar; (steal); robar, hurtar, robo
"Miss Honeychurch!"
She stopped with her hand on her heart.
"You sit still; you aren't fit to go home alone."
"Yes, I am, thank you so very much."
"No, you aren't. You'd go openly if you were."
openly - abiertamente, sin tapujos, con luz y taquígrafos
"But I had rather""
"Then I don't fetch your photographs."
fetch - ir por, ir a buscar, traer
"I had rather be alone."
He said imperiously: "The man is dead"the man is probably dead; sit down till you are rested." She was bewildered, and obeyed him. "And don't move till I come back."
imperiously - imperiosamente
dead - muerto
rested - descansado; descanso, reposo
obeyed - obedecer
In the distance she saw creatures with black hoods, such as appear in dreams. The palace tower had lost the reflection of the declining day, and joined itself to earth. How should she talk to Mr. Emerson when he returned from the shadowy square? Again the thought occurred to her, "Oh, what have I done?""the thought that she, as well as the dying man, had crossed some spiritual boundary.
distance - distancia, lejanía, distanciarse, alejarse
hoods - capuchas; capucha
appear - aparecer, comparecer
dreams - suenos; sueno, ensueno, sonar
reflection - reflexión, reflejo
occurred - ocurrió; ocurrir, acaecer, presentar
dying - Muriendo; (dye) Muriendo
crossed - cruz, aspa, sotuer, santiguamiento, senal de la cruz, cruce
boundary - frontera, límite, linde, lindero
He returned, and she talked of the murder. oddly enough, it was an easy topic. She spoke of the Italian character; she became almost garrulous over the incident that had made her faint five minutes before. Being strong physically, she soon overcame the horror of blood.
murder - asesinato, asesinar, cepillarse, devorar
oddly enough - cosa rara
character - personaje, característica, carácter
garrulous - gárrulo, lenguón, lenguaz, locuaz
incident - incidente
faint - desmayarse; débil, tenue
physically - físicamente
overcame - uperado; vencer, superar
horror - horror
blood - ensangrentar
She rose without his assistance, and though wings seemed to flutter inside her, she walked firmly enough towards the Arno. There a cabman signalled to them; they refused him.
assistance - asistencia
wings - alas; ala, sección, parte, flanco, alero
flutter - leteo; ondear, aletear
firmly - con firmeza; firmemente
signalled - senalizado; senal, senalar
"And the murderer tried to kiss him, you say"how very odd Italians are!"and gave himself up to the police! Mr. Beebe was saying that Italians know everything, but I think they are rather childish. When my cousin and I were at the Pitti yesterday"What was that?"
childish - para ninos, infantil, infantiloide, pueril
He had thrown something into the stream.
thrown - tirado; lanzar, tirar
"What did you throw in?"
throw in - agregar, anadir, echar en, incluir
"Things I didn't want," he said crossly.
crossly - En forma de cruz
"Mr. Emerson!"
"Well?"
"Where are the photographs?"
He was silent.
"I believe it was my photographs that you threw away."
threw away - se tiró a la basura
"I didn't know what to do with them," he cried, and his voice was that of an anxious boy. Her heart warmed towards him for the first time. "They were covered with blood. There! I'm glad I've told you; and all the time we were making conversation I was wondering what to do with them." He pointed down-stream. "They've gone." The river swirled under the bridge, "I did mind them so, and one is so foolish, it seemed better that they should go out to the sea"I don't know; I may just mean that they frightened me." Then the boy verged into a man.
swirled - girar, rotar, remolino
verged - verificado; margen, borde; arcén
"For something tremendous has happened; I must face it without getting muddled. It isn't exactly that a man has died."
tremendous - tremendo
getting muddled - liarse; volverse loco
Something warned Lucy that she must stop him.
"It has happened," he repeated, "and I mean to find out what it is."
"Mr. Emerson""
He turned towards her frowning, as if she had disturbed him in some abstract quest.
frowning - frunciendo el ceno; fruncir el ceno
abstract - resumen, extracto, abstracción, arte abstracto, extraído
quest - busca, búsqueda
"I want to ask you something before we go in."
They were close to their pension. She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position; it is one of the things that have suggested to us eternal comradeship. She moved her elbows before saying:
elbows - codos; codo, codazo, panish: t-needed
parapet - parapeto
likewise - similarmente, igualmente
magic - magia, mágico, embrujar
identity - identidad
position - posición, puesto, postura
"I have behaved ridiculously."
ridiculously - ridículamente
He was following his own thoughts.
"I was never so much ashamed of myself in my life; I cannot think what came over me."
ashamed - avergonzado, abochornado, apenado
"I nearly fainted myself," he said; but she felt that her attitude repelled him.
repelled - repelido; repeler
"Well, I owe you a thousand apologies."
owe - deber, adeudar, estar en deuda
apologies - disculpas; disculpa, excusa
"Oh, all right."
"And"this is the real point"you know how silly people are gossiping"ladies especially, I am afraid"you understand what I mean?"
"I'm afraid I don't."
I'm afraid - Tengo miedo
"I mean, would you not mention it to any one, my foolish behaviour?"
mention - mención, mencionar, mentar
behaviour - Comportamiento
"Your behaviour? Oh, yes, all right"all right."
"Thank you so much. And would you""
She could not carry her request any further. The river was rushing below them, almost black in the advancing night. He had thrown her photographs into it, and then he had told her the reason. It struck her that it was hopeless to look for chivalry in such a man. He would do her no harm by idle gossip; he was trustworthy, intelligent, and even kind; he might even have a high opinion of her. But he lacked chivalry; his thoughts, like his behaviour, would not be modified by awe.
request - solicitud; pedir, solicitar, demandar, checkpedir
hopeless - sin esperanza; desesperado
chivalry - caballerismo; caballerosidad
idle - ocioso; parado, inactivo
gossip - chismoso, chismosa, chisme, chismear, cotillear, chismorrear
trustworthy - de fiar; fidedigno, fiable, de confianza, confiable
intelligent - inteligente
lacked - le faltaba; carecer de
modified - modificado; modificar
It was useless to say to him, "And would you"" and hope that he would complete the sentence for himself, averting his eyes from her nakedness like the knight in that beautiful picture. She had been in his arms, and he remembered it, just as he remembered the blood on the photographs that she had bought in Alinari's shop. It was not exactly that a man had died; something had happened to the living: they had come to a situation where character tells, and where childhood enters upon the branching paths of Youth.
useless - inútil, negado
averting - apartar, evitar
nakedness - desnudez
Knight - caballero
childhood - infancia, ninez
enters - entrar
branching - Bifurcación; (branch); rama, sucursal, delegación, filial, ramo
paths - caminos; camino, sendero
youth - jóvenes; juventud, adolescencia, mocedad, anos mozos, joven
"Well, thank you so much," she repeated, "How quickly these accidents do happen, and then one returns to the old life!"
accidents - accidentes; accidente
"I don't."
Anxiety moved her to question him.
anxiety - zozobra, ansiedad, inquietud
His answer was puzzling: "I shall probably want to live."
"But why, Mr. Emerson? What do you mean?"
"I shall want to live, I say."
Leaning her elbows on the parapet, she contemplated the River Arno, whose roar was suggesting some unexpected melody to her ears.
leaning - Inclinado; (lean) Inclinado
contemplated - contemplado; contemplar
suggesting - sugiriendo; insinuar, sugerir, recomendar
melody - melodía
It was a family saying that "you never knew which way Charlotte Bartlett would turn." She was perfectly pleasant and sensible over Lucy's adventure, found the abridged account of it quite adequate, and paid suitable tribute to the courtesy of Mr. George Emerson. She and Miss Lavish had had an adventure also.
abridged - breviado; abreviar, condensar, compendiar, resumir, privar
adequate - adecuado
tribute - tributo, homenaje
courtesy - cortesía, de cortesía
They had been stopped at the Dazio coming back, and the young officials there, who seemed impudent and dĂ©sĹ"uvrĂ©, had tried to search their reticules for provisions. It might have been most unpleasant. Fortunately Miss Lavish was a match for any one.
officials - funcionarios; oficial, funcionario
impudent - imprudente; insolente, descarado, fresco
search - búsqueda, buscar, inspeccionar, cachear, allanar
unpleasant - desagradable, desapacible
match - coincide; cerilla, fósforo
For good or for evil, Lucy was left to face her problem alone. None of her friends had seen her, either in the Piazza or, later on, by the embankment. Mr. Beebe, indeed, noticing her startled eyes at dinner-time, had again passed to himself the remark of "Too much Beethoven." But he only supposed that she was ready for an adventure, not that she had encountered it.
none - ninguna; ninguno
noticing - te das cuenta; comunicación, notificación, darse cuenta
encountered - encontrado; encontrar
This solitude oppressed her; she was accustomed to have her thoughts confirmed by others or, at all events, contradicted; it was too dreadful not to know whether she was thinking right or wrong.
solitude - soledad, solitud
oppressed - primidos; oprimir
accustomed - acostumbrado; acostumbrarse, habituar
confirmed - confirmado; confirmar
contradicted - ontradicho; contradecir, contrariar
at breakfast next morning she took decisive action. There were two plans between which she had to choose. Mr. Beebe was walking up to the Torre del Gallo with the Emersons and some American ladies. Would Miss Bartlett and Miss Honeychurch join the party? Charlotte declined for herself; she had been there in the rain the previous afternoon.
at breakfast - en el desayuno
decisive - decisivo, decidido
declined - rechazado; declive, retroceso, decadencia
previous - previo, anterior
But she thought it an admirable idea for Lucy, who hated shopping, changing money, fetching letters, and other irksome duties"all of which Miss Bartlett must accomplish this morning and could easily accomplish alone.
admirable - admirable, loable
irksome - molesto; fastidioso, enfadoso
duties - deberes; deber, obligación, cometido, menester, arancel
"No, Charlotte!" cried the girl, with real warmth. "It's very kind of Mr. Beebe, but I am certainly coming with you. I had much rather."
warmth - calor, simpatía
"Very well, dear," said Miss Bartlett, with a faint flush of pleasure that called forth a deep flush of shame on the cheeks of Lucy. How abominably she behaved to Charlotte, now as always! But now she should alter. All morning she would be really nice to her.
flush - lanzar; rubor
cheeks - mejilla, cacha, cachete, nalga, glúteo, descoco
alter - cambiar, modificar, alterar
She slipped her arm into her cousin's, and they started off along the Lung'Arno. The river was a lion that morning in strength, voice, and colour. Miss Bartlett insisted on leaning over the parapet to look at it. She then made her usual remark, which was "How I do wish Freddy and your mother could see this, too!"
insisted - insistió; insistir
Lucy fidgeted; it was tiresome of Charlotte to have stopped exactly where she did.
fidgeted - inquieta; revolverse
"Look, Lucia! Oh, you are watching for the Torre del Gallo party. I feared you would repent you of your choice."
feared - Miedo
Serious as the choice had been, Lucy did not repent. Yesterday had been a muddle"queer and odd, the kind of thing one could not write down easily on paper"but she had a feeling that Charlotte and her shopping were preferable to George Emerson and the summit of the Torre del Gallo. Since she could not unravel the tangle, she must take care not to re-enter it. She could protest sincerely against Miss Bartlett's insinuations.
muddle - enredo; mezclar, confundir, embrollar, zarabutear, machacar
queer - raro, extrano, trucha, marica, maricón
write down - Anotar
preferable - preferible
summit - cumbre, cima, cúspide; punto álgido
unravel - desentranar; desenmaranar, desenredar, deshilar
care - te importa; cuidado
protest - protestar, proclamar, oponerse, objetar, protesta, manifestación
sincerely - sinceramente
insinuations - insinuaciones; insinuación
But though she had avoided the chief actor, the scenery unfortunately remained. Charlotte, with the complacency of fate, led her from the river to the Piazza Signoria. She could not have believed that stones, a Loggia, a fountain, a palace tower, would have such significance. For a moment she understood the nature of ghosts.
avoided - evitado; evitar, esquivar
scenery - paisaje, decorado
unfortunately - desafortunadamente, desgraciadamente, lamentablemente
complacency - suficiencia, autocomplacencia
stones - piedras; piedra, roca, gema, piedra preciosa, hueso, cálculo
significance - significado, significación, calado
ghosts - fantasmas; fantasma, espectro, espíritu, aparecido
The exact site of the murder was occupied, not by a ghost, but by Miss Lavish, who had the morning newspaper in her hand. She hailed them briskly. The dreadful catastrophe of the previous day had given her an idea which she thought would work up into a book.
exact - exacto, exigir
site - sitio, lugar
occupied - ocupado; ocupar
hailed - aclamado; granizo
briskly - enérgicamente; con brío, brioso; rápido, enérgico, briosamente
previous day - el día anterior
work up - trabajar; corregir; prepararse
"Oh, let me congratulate you!" said Miss Bartlett. "After your despair of yesterday! What a fortunate thing!"
congratulate - felicitar
"Aha! Miss Honeychurch, come you here I am in luck. Now, you are to tell me absolutely everything that you saw from the beginning." Lucy poked at the ground with her parasol.
Aha - ajá
poked - pinchado; meter
parasol - parasol, sombrilla
"But perhaps you would rather not?"
"I'm sorry"if you could manage without it, I think I would rather not."
manage - manejar, conseguir, lograr, apanárselas, arreglárselas
The elder ladies exchanged glances, not of disapproval; it is suitable that a girl should feel deeply.
exchanged - intercambiado; cambiar
is suitable - es adecuado
deeply - profundamente; a fondo
"It is I who am sorry," said Miss Lavish "literary hacks are shameless creatures. I believe there's no secret of the human heart into which we wouldn't pry."
literary - literaria; literario
hacks - acks; cortar, tajar
shameless - sinvergüenza; desvergonzado, caradura, descarado, impúdico
She marched cheerfully to the fountain and back, and did a few calculations in realism. Then she said that she had been in the Piazza since eight o'clock collecting material. A good deal of it was unsuitable, but of course one always had to adapt. The two men had quarrelled over a five-franc note.
calculations - cálculos; cálculo, cálculo, cómputo, conjetura
realism - realismo
material - material, significativo, material
deal - trato, acuerdo, pacto
adapt - adaptar, ajustar, adaptarse, adaptado
quarrelled - discutieron; pelea, rina
franc - franco
For the five-franc note she should substitute a young lady, which would raise the tone of the tragedy, and at the same time furnish an excellent plot.
substitute - sustituir, substituir, sustituto, substituto, suplente
raise - subir; levantar
furnish - amoblar, amueblar, suministrar, proporcionar, dotar
excellent - excelente, sobresaliente, prominente, excelso
plot - argumento, trama, hilo argumental, intriga, plano
"What is the heroine's name?" asked Miss Bartlett.
heroine - heroína
"Leonora," said Miss Lavish; her own name was Eleanor.
"I do hope she's nice."
That desideratum would not be omitted.
desideratum - desiderátum
omitted - omitido; omitir, dejar de lado, dejarse en el tintero
"And what is the plot?"
Love, murder, abduction, revenge, was the plot. But it all came while the fountain plashed to the satyrs in the morning sun.
abduction - rapto, secuestro, abducción
revenge - venganza
morning sun - el sol de la manana
"I hope you will excuse me for boring on like this," Miss Lavish concluded. "It is so tempting to talk to really sympathetic people. Of course, this is the barest outline. There will be a deal of local colouring, descriptions of Florence and the neighbourhood, and I shall also introduce some humorous characters. And let me give you all fair warning: I intend to be unmerciful to the British tourist."
Excuse - disculpe; excusar, perdonar, panish: t-needed
tempting - tentador; (tempt); tentar
sympathetic - simpático; compasivo, comprensivo, amable
barest - más desnudo; barra; tableta; barrote, reja
outline - contorno, esbozo, resumen, delinear, resumir
humorous - umorística; humoroso
warning - advertencia, aviso, precaución, cuidado; (warn); alertar
intend - pretender, planear, intencionar, intentar
unmerciful - inmisericorde
British - británica; británicos, inglés británico
"Oh, you wicked woman," cried Miss Bartlett. "I am sure you are thinking of the Emersons."
wicked - malvado, cruel, insoportable; (wick) malvado, cruel
Miss Lavish gave a Machiavellian smile.
Machiavellian - maquiavélico
"I confess that in Italy my sympathies are not with my own countrymen. It is the neglected Italians who attract me, and whose lives I am going to paint so far as I can. For I repeat and I insist, and I have always held most strongly, that a tragedy such as yesterday's is not the less tragic because it happened in humble life."
confess - confesar, panish: t-needed
sympathies - simpatías; compasión, empatía, compasión
countrymen - ompatriotas; paisano, paisana, compatriota, campesino, campesina
neglected - desatendida; descuidar, negligir, desoír, hacer caso omiso
humble - humilde
There was a fitting silence when Miss Lavish had concluded. Then the cousins wished success to her labours, and walked slowly away across the square.
labours - trabajos; trabajo, campesinos, trabajadores, parto, trabajar
"She is my idea of a really clever woman," said Miss Bartlett. "That last remark struck me as so particularly true. It should be a most pathetic novel."
really clever - realmente inteligente
Lucy assented. At present her great aim was not to get put into it. Her perceptions this morning were curiously keen, and she believed that Miss Lavish had her on trial for an ingenué.
aim - apuntar
perceptions - percepciones; percepción
curiously - con curiosidad; curiosamente
keen - con ganas; entusiasta
on trial - en juicio, en periodo de prueba
"She is emancipated, but only in the very best sense of the word," continued Miss Bartlett slowly. "None but the superficial would be shocked at her. We had a long talk yesterday. She believes in justice and truth and human interest. She told me also that she has a high opinion of the destiny of woman"Mr. Eager! Why, how nice! What a pleasant surprise!"
emancipated - emancipado; emancipar
be shocked - escandalizarse; quedarse impactado
justice - justicia, justedad, justeza, justicia
destiny - destino, sino
surprise - sorpresa, sorprender
"Ah, not for me," said the chaplain blandly, "for I have been watching you and Miss Honeychurch for quite a little time."
chaplain - capellán
"We were chatting to Miss Lavish."
chatting - chateando; charlar, hablar
His brow contracted.
contracted - contratado; contraer
"So I saw. Were you indeed? Andate via! sono occupato!" The last remark was made to a vender of panoramic photographs who was approaching with a courteous smile. "I am about to venture a suggestion. Would you and Miss Honeychurch be disposed to join me in a drive some day this week"a drive in the hills? We might go up by Fiesole and back by Settignano. There is a point on that road where we could get down and have an hour's ramble on the hillside. The view thence of Florence is most beautiful"far better than the hackneyed view of Fiesole.
via - a través de; vía, por; a través
occupato - Ocupato
panoramic - panorámica; panorámico
courteous - cordial, cortés
disposed - dispuesto; deshacerse
some day - algún día
drive in - llegar/ ir / entrar en coche
ramble - discutir; pasearse, callejear, divagar, debrayar
hillside - adera; falda
thence - desde ahí
It is the view that Alessio Baldovinetti is fond of introducing into his pictures. That man had a decided feeling for landscape. Decidedly. But who looks at it to-day? Ah, the world is too much for us."
fond - carinoso, afectuoso
landscape - paisaje, apaisado, horizontal
decidedly - decididamente; resueltamente
Miss Bartlett had not heard of Alessio Baldovinetti, but she knew that Mr.
Eager was no commonplace chaplain. He was a member of the residential colony who had made Florence their home. He knew the people who never walked about with Baedekers, who had learnt to take a siesta after lunch, who took drives the pension tourists had never heard of, and saw by private influence galleries which were closed to them. Living in delicate seclusion, some in furnished flats, others in Renaissance villas on Fiesole's slope, they read, wrote, studied, and exchanged ideas, thus attaining to that intimate knowledge, or rather perception, of Florence which is denied to all who carry in their pockets the coupons of Cook.
colony - colonia
siesta - siesta
influence - influencia, influir, influenciar
furnished - amueblado; amoblar, amueblar, suministrar, proporcionar, dotar
villas - villas; villa, quinta, casa de campo
slope - pendiente, cuesta, desnivel, inclinación, ojo chueco, chuequito
attaining - lograr, conseguir
intimate - intimo; íntimo
perception - percepción
pockets - bolsillos; bolsillo, bolsa, tronera, embolsar
Therefore an invitation from the chaplain was something to be proud of. Between the two sections of his flock he was often the only link, and it was his avowed custom to select those of his migratory sheep who seemed worthy, and give them a few hours in the pastures of the permanent. Tea at a Renaissance villa? Nothing had been said about it yet. But if it did come to that"how Lucy would enjoy it!
therefore - por qué; por eso, por consiguiente, por lo tanto, por ende
proud - orgulloso
link - enlace; eslabón
avowed - confesado; confesar, admitir, reconocer
custom - habituación, costumbre, usanza, a medida, especializado
select - selecto, seleccionar
migratory - migratorio
pastures - pastos; pasto, pradera, pastar
permanent - permanente
villa - villa, quinta, casa de campo
A few days ago and Lucy would have felt the same. But the joys of life were grouping themselves anew. A drive in the hills with Mr. Eager and Miss Bartlett"even if culminating in a residential tea-party"was no longer the greatest of them. She echoed the raptures of Charlotte somewhat faintly. Only when she heard that Mr. Beebe was also coming did her thanks become more sincere.
anew - otra vez; de nuevo, nuevamente
culminating - culminando; culminar
echoed - resonó; eco, repercutir, repetir, hacer eco
raptures - los raptos; arrebatamiento
more sincere - más sincero
"So we shall be a partie carrée," said the chaplain. "In these days of toil and tumult one has great needs of the country and its message of purity. Andate via! andate presto, presto! Ah, the town! Beautiful as it is, it is the town."
partie - artie
toil - esfuerzo, labrar, trabajar
tumult - clamor, bullicio, alboroto, tumulto
purity - pureza
They assented.
"This very square"so I am told"witnessed yesterday the most sordid of tragedies. To one who loves the Florence of Dante and Savonarola there is something portentous in such desecration"portentous and humiliating."
witnessed - testigos; testimonio, testigo, prueba, testificar, probar
sordid - sórdido
tragedies - ragedias; tragedia
desecration - profanación
humiliating - humillante; humillar
"Humiliating indeed," said Miss Bartlett. "Miss Honeychurch happened to be passing through as it happened. She can hardly bear to speak of it." She glanced at Lucy proudly.
passing through - pasar por, atravesar
bear - oso; aguantar, soportar
proudly - orgulloso; fieramente, orgullosamente
"And how came we to have you here?" asked the chaplain paternally.
paternally - Paternalmente
Miss Bartlett's recent liberalism oozed away at the question. "Do not blame her, please, Mr. Eager. The fault is mine: I left her unchaperoned."
recent - reciente
Liberalism - liberalismo
oozed - rezumaba; manar, rezumar
blame - culpar, responsabilizar, echar la culpa
fault - defecto, falla, culpa, falta
unchaperoned - Sin companía
"So you were here alone, Miss Honeychurch?" His voice suggested sympathetic reproof but at the same time indicated that a few harrowing details would not be unacceptable. His dark, handsome face drooped mournfully towards her to catch her reply.
reproof - reprobación, reprensión
indicated - indicado; indicar, senalizar, panish: t-needed
unacceptable - inaceptable, no ser de recibo
handsome - apuesto, guapo, de buen parecer, lindo
mournfully - Lamentándolo
"Practically."
"One of our pension acquaintances kindly brought her home," said Miss Bartlett, adroitly concealing the sex of the preserver.
acquaintances - conocidos; amistad, conocimiento, junta, relación
adroitly - con destreza
concealing - ocultando; esconder, ocultar
preserver - Conservador
"For her also it must have been a terrible experience. I trust that neither of you was at all"that it was not in your immediate proximity?"
Experience - experiencia, vivencia, experimentar, vivir
trust - confiar; confianza, crédito, fiar, consorcio, trust
immediate - inmediata; inmediato
proximity - proximidad, cercanía
Of the many things Lucy was noticing to-day, not the least remarkable was this: the ghoulish fashion in which respectable people will nibble after blood. George Emerson had kept the subject strangely pure.
remarkable - notable, remarcable, destacable
ghoulish - Desagradable
fashion - moda, manera, modo
respectable - respetable
nibble - mordisquear, picar
pure - pura; puro
"He died by the fountain, I believe," was her reply.
"And you and your friend""
"Were over at the Loggia."
"That must have saved you much. You have not, of course, seen the disgraceful illustrations which the gutter press"This man is a public nuisance; he knows that I am a resident perfectly well, and yet he goes on worrying me to buy his vulgar views."
saved - salvado; salvar, rescatar, redimir, parar, ahorrar, guardar
disgraceful - vergonzoso, deshonroso, escandaloso, ignominioso
illustrations - ilustraciones; ejemplo, ilustración, instrucción, estampa
gutter press - Prensa amarilla
nuisance - molestia, engorro, incomodidad, molienda, inconveniente
resident - residente, habitante, munícipe
worrying - Preocupante; (worry); preocuparse, estar preocupado
vulgar - vulgar, chabacano, ramplón
Surely the vendor of photographs was in league with Lucy"in the eternal league of Italy with youth. He had suddenly extended his book before Miss Bartlett and Mr. Eager, binding their hands together by a long glossy ribbon of churches, pictures, and views.
vendor - vendedor, vendedora
League - liga
binding - enlazando; vinculante, lomo, unión; (bind); atar, atar (tie)
glossy - brillante, lustroso, reluciente
"This is too much!" cried the chaplain, striking petulantly at one of Fra Angelico's angels. She tore. A shrill cry rose from the vendor. The book it seemed, was more valuable than one would have supposed.
striking - sorprendente; llamativo, imponente
petulantly - con petulancia
angels - ángeles; ángel
tore - Romper
shrill - chillón; estridente
"Willingly would I purchase"" began Miss Bartlett.
willingly - de buena gana
purchase - compra, adquisición, comprar
"Ignore him," said Mr. Eager sharply, and they all walked rapidly away from the square.
ignore - ignorar, desoír
sharply - Agudamente
rapidly - rápidamente
But an Italian can never be ignored, least of all when he has a grievance. His mysterious persecution of Mr.
persecution - persecución
Eager became relentless; the air rang with his threats and lamentations. He appealed to Lucy; would not she intercede? He was poor"he sheltered a family"the tax on bread. He waited, he gibbered, he was recompensed, he was dissatisfied, he did not leave them until he had swept their minds clean of all thoughts whether pleasant or unpleasant.
relentless - incesante; implacable, furioso, inexorable, incansable
threats - amenazas; amenaza
lamentations - amentaciones; lamentación
appealed - apelado; suplicar, rogar
sheltered - refugiado; refugio, abrigo, amparo, asilo
tax - impuestos; impuesto
gibbered - gibbered; farfullar, hablar atropelladamente
recompensed - recompensado; recompensa
dissatisfied - insatisfecho; descontentar
minds - mentes; mente, concentración, opinión, juicio, propósito
This successful morning left no pleasant impressions on Lucy. She had been a little frightened, both by Miss Lavish and by Mr. Eager, she knew not why. And as they frightened her, she had, strangely enough, ceased to respect them. She doubted that Miss Lavish was a great artist. She doubted that Mr.
successful - éxito; exitoso, logrado, afortunado
impressions - impresiones; impresión
doubted - dudaba; dudar, duda, incertidumbre
Eager was as full of spirituality and culture as she had been led to suppose. They were tried by some new test, and they were found wanting. As for Charlotte"as for Charlotte she was exactly the same. It might be possible to be nice to her; it was impossible to love her.
spirituality - espiritualidad
"The son of a labourer; I happen to know it for a fact. A mechanic of some sort himself when he was young; then he took to writing for the Socialistic Press. I came across him at Brixton."
Labourer - Trabajador
mechanic - mecánico
press - prensa; apretar, presionar
They were talking about the Emersons.
"How wonderfully people rise in these days!" sighed Miss Bartlett, fingering a model of the leaning Tower of Pisa.
wonderfully - maravillosamente, a las mil maravillas
fingering - insertar
"Generally," replied Mr. Eager, "one has only sympathy for their success. The desire for education and for social advance"in these things there is something not wholly vile. There are some working men whom one would be very willing to see out here in Florence"little as they would make of it."
advance - avanzar, progresar, avance, progreso, adelanto, avance
wholly - Por completo
vile - vil
"Is he a journalist now?" Miss Bartlett asked.
journalist - diarista, periodista, reportero
"He is not; he made an advantageous marriage."
advantageous - ventajoso, provechoso, beneficioso
marriage - matrimonio, boda, casamiento, unión
He uttered this remark with a voice full of meaning, and ended with a sigh.
uttered - ronunciado; absoluto, total
"Oh, so he has a wife."
"Dead, Miss Bartlett, dead. I wonder"yes I wonder how he has the effrontery to look me in the face, to dare to claim acquaintance with me. He was in my London parish long ago. The other day in Santa Croce, when he was with Miss Honeychurch, I snubbed him. Let him beware that he does not get more than a snub."
effrontery - desfachatez, desvergüenza, descaro
claim - reclamación, declaración, proposición, afirmación, concesión
acquaintance - conocido; amistad, conocimiento, junta, relación
Beware - tener cuidado, ser precavido
"What?" cried Lucy, flushing.
flushing - Cancelación; (flush) Cancelación
"Exposure!" hissed Mr. Eager.
exposure - exposición, exposición, checkpublicidad, checkdenuncia
He tried to change the subject; but in scoring a dramatic point he had interested his audience more than he had intended. Miss Bartlett was full of very natural curiosity. Lucy, though she wished never to see the Emersons again, was not disposed to condemn them on a single word.
scoring - Puntuación; (score); tantos
dramatic - dramático, asombroso
intended - pretendías; planeado; (intend); pretender, planear, intencionar
curiosity - curiosidad
condemn - condenar, clausurar
single - solo, único, soltero, sencillo, soltero, soltera
"Do you mean," she asked, "that he is an irreligious man? We know that already."
"Lucy, dear"" said Miss Bartlett, gently reproving her cousin's penetration.
reproving - reprobando; (reprove) reprobando
penetration - penetración
"I should be astonished if you knew all. The boy"an innocent child at the time"I will exclude. God knows what his education and his inherited qualities may have made him."
be astonished - estar asombrado
innocent - inocente
exclude - excluir
qualities - ualidades; calidad, cualidad, de calidad
"Perhaps," said Miss Bartlett, "it is something that we had better not hear."
"To speak plainly," said Mr. Eager, "it is. I will say no more." For the first time Lucy's rebellious thoughts swept out in words"for the first time in her life.
"You have said very little."
"It was my intention to say very little," was his frigid reply.
He gazed indignantly at the girl, who met him with equal indignation. She turned towards him from the shop counter; her breast heaved quickly. He observed her brow, and the sudden strength of her lips. It was intolerable that she should disbelieve him.
indignantly - con indignación
Equal - igual, igualar, equivaler
counter - Contador
breast - pecho, seno, teta, corazón, pechuga
heaved - pesado; ondular
observed - observado; observar, seguir, tomar en cuenta
disbelieve - descreer
"Murder, if you want to know," he cried angrily. "That man murdered his wife!"
angrily - enfadado; furiosamente, con ira
murdered - asesinado; asesinato, asesinar, cepillarse, devorar
"How?" she retorted.
retorted - replicó; replicar
"To all intents and purposes he murdered her. That day in Santa Croce"did they say anything against me?"
intents - intenciones; intención, intento, propósito, concentrado
purposes - propósitos; propósito, fin; razón
"Not a word, Mr. Eager"not a single word."
"Oh, I thought they had been libelling me to you. But I suppose it is only their personal charms that makes you defend them."
libelling - calumnias; (libel); libelo, calumnia, difamación
charms - encantos; encanto
defend - defender
"I'm not defending them," said Lucy, losing her courage, and relapsing into the old chaotic methods. "They're nothing to me."
defending - defendiendo; defender
courage - coraje, valor, valentía
relapsing - reincidir, recaer, recaída, recidiva, reincidencia
methods - métodos; método, forma
"How could you think she was defending them?" said Miss Bartlett, much discomfited by the unpleasant scene. The shopman was possibly listening.
discomfited - molesto; desconcertar, incomodar
shopman - comerciante
"She will find it difficult. For that man has murdered his wife in the sight of God."
The addition of God was striking. But the chaplain was really trying to qualify a rash remark. A silence followed which might have been impressive, but was merely awkward. Then Miss Bartlett hastily purchased the Leaning Tower, and led the way into the street.
Addition - agregación; adición, anadidura, suma
qualify - calificar, capacitar, clasificar
rash - sarpullido; imprudente
impressive - impresionante, impresionable, halagüeno
merely - simplemente; meramente, puramente, solamente, sólo
awkward - torpe, desmanado, embarazoso, delicado, incómodo, tímido
hastily - apresuradamente; de prisa, atropelladamente
purchased - comprado; compra, adquisición, comprar
"I must be going," said he, shutting his eyes and taking out his watch.
shutting - cerrando; cerrar
taking out - salir con alguien; sacar
Miss Bartlett thanked him for his kindness, and spoke with enthusiasm of the approaching drive.
enthusiasm - entusiasmo
"Drive? Oh, is our drive to come off?"
come off - salir; bajar; triunfar
Lucy was recalled to her manners, and after a little exertion the complacency of Mr. Eager was restored.
exertion - esfuerzo
restored - restaurado; restablecer, restaurar
"Bother the drive!" exclaimed the girl, as soon as he had departed. "It is just the drive we had arranged with Mr. Beebe without any fuss at all. Why should he invite us in that absurd manner? We might as well invite him. We are each paying for ourselves."
arranged - arreglado; disponer, poner en orden, arreglar
fuss - alboroto; fandango, jaleo, escándalo
invite - invitar
Miss Bartlett, who had intended to lament over the Emersons, was launched by this remark into unexpected thoughts.
lament - lamento
launched - lanzado; botar, echar al mar
"If that is so, dear"if the drive we and Mr. Beebe are going with Mr. Eager is really the same as the one we are going with Mr. Beebe, then I foresee a sad kettle of fish."
foresee - pronosticar, prever, antever
kettle - pava; hervidor, tetera
"How?"
"Because Mr. Beebe has asked Eleanor Lavish to come, too."
"That will mean another carriage."
carriage - coche, carruaje
"Far worse. Mr. Eager does not like Eleanor. She knows it herself. The truth must be told; she is too unconventional for him."
They were now in the newspaper-room at the English bank. Lucy stood by the central table, heedless of Punch and the Graphic, trying to answer, or at all events to formulate the questions rioting in her brain. The well-known world had broken up, and there emerged Florence, a magic city where people thought and did the most extraordinary things.
stood by - estar preparado; apoyar a alguien; mantenerse firme en; en espera; estar junto a
heedless - ignorante; negligente, inconsiderado, indiligente, desatento
Punch - un punetazo; ponche
graphic - gráfico, crudo, gráficos
formulate - formular
rioting - Disturbios; (riot); alboroto, tumulto, disturbios, algarada
brain - cerebro, seso, sesudez
broken up - roto
emerged - surgió; emerger, aparecer, surgir, aparecer, aflorar
Murder, accusations of murder, a lady clinging to one man and being rude to another"were these the daily incidents of her streets? Was there more in her frank beauty than met the eye"the power, perhaps, to evoke passions, good and bad, and to bring them speedily to a fulfillment?
accusations - acusaciones; acusación
clinging to - aferrarse a
rude - rudo, grosero, descortés, soez
Incidents - incidentes; incidente
frank - franco
power - poder, potencia, corriente, electricidad, potenciar
evoke - evocar, rememorar
passions - pasiones; pasión
speedily - rápidamente
fulfillment - cumplimiento
Happy Charlotte, who, though greatly troubled over things that did not matter, seemed oblivious to things that did; who could conjecture with admirable delicacy "where things might lead to," but apparently lost sight of the goal as she approached it. Now she was crouching in the corner trying to extract a circular note from a kind of linen nose-bag which hung in chaste concealment round her neck. She had been told that this was the only safe way to carry money in Italy; it must only be broached within the walls of the English bank.
greatly - en gran medida; grandemente, enormemente, sobremanera
troubled - con problemas; marrón, berenjenal, dificultad, problema
oblivious - ignorante; inconsciente, desprevenido, olvidadizo
conjecture - conjeturas; conjetura, suposición, especulación, teoría
goal - meta, objetivo, portería, arco, gol
crouching - agacharse, ponerse/estar en cuclillas
extract - extracto, fragmento, pasaje, extraer, sacar
linen - lino, linge, ropa blanca, linocros
chaste - casta; casto
concealment - ocultación; ocultamiento
neck - cuello
broached - Broche
within - dentro de, adentro
As she groped she murmured: "Whether it is Mr. Beebe who forgot to tell Mr. Eager, or Mr. Eager who forgot when he told us, or whether they have decided to leave Eleanor out altogether"which they could scarcely do"but in any case we must be prepared. It is you they really want; I am only asked for appearances. You shall go with the two gentlemen, and I and Eleanor will follow behind. A one-horse carriage would do for us. Yet how difficult it is!"
groped - palpar, tantear, buscar a tientas, manosear, meter mano
altogether - todos juntos; totalmente, completamente, en general, en suma
appearances - apariencias; aparición, apariencia, hechura, estampa, aire
"It is indeed," replied the girl, with a gravity that sounded sympathetic.
gravity - gravedad
"What do you think about it?" asked Miss Bartlett, flushed from the struggle, and buttoning up her dress.
flushed - enjuagado; rubor
Struggle - lucha, forcejeo, brega, luchar, esforzarse con denuedo
buttoning up - abotonar
"I don't know what I think, nor what I want."
"Oh, dear, Lucy! I do hope Florence isn't boring you. Speak the word, and, as you know, I would take you to the ends of the earth to-morrow."
"Thank you, Charlotte," said Lucy, and pondered over the offer.
There were letters for her at the bureau"one from her brother, full of athletics and biology; one from her mother, delightful as only her mother's letters could be.
bureau - oficina, escritorio, cómoda
athletics - atletismo; atlético
biology - biología
She had read in it of the crocuses which had been bought for yellow and were coming up puce, of the new parlour-maid, who had watered the ferns with essence of lemonade, of the semi-detached cottages which were ruining Summer Street, and breaking the heart of Sir Harry Otway. She recalled the free, pleasant life of her home, where she was allowed to do everything, and where nothing ever happened to her. The road up through the pine-woods, the clean drawing-room, the view over the Sussex Weald"all hung before her bright and distinct, but pathetic as the pictures in a gallery to which, after much experience, a traveller returns.
Crocuses - azafrán
puce - granate (dark puce)
parlour - salón
ferns - helechos; helecho, helez
essence - esencia, extracto
detached - desprendido; desacoplar
cottages - cabanas; chalet
ruining - Arruinar; (ruin); ruina, desbaratar, arruinar, estropear
pine - pino
distinct - distinto
gallery - galería
"And the news?" asked Miss Bartlett.
"Mrs. Vyse and her son have gone to Rome," said Lucy, giving the news that interested her least. "Do you know the Vyses?"
"Oh, not that way back. We can never have too much of the dear Piazza Signoria."
"They're nice people, the Vyses. So clever"my idea of what's really clever. Don't you long to be in Rome?"
"I die for it!"
The Piazza Signoria is too stony to be brilliant. It has no grass, no flowers, no frescoes, no glittering walls of marble or comforting patches of ruddy brick. By an odd chance"unless we believe in a presiding genius of places"the statues that relieve its severity suggest, not the innocence of childhood, nor the glorious bewilderment of youth, but the conscious achievements of maturity. Perseus and Judith, Hercules and Thusnelda, they have done or suffered something, and though they are immortal, immortality has come to them after experience, not before.
brilliant - brillante, perla
grass - pasto, hierba, grama, césped
glittering - resplandeciente; chispeante; (glitter); brillo, purpurina
comforting - confortante; comodidad, consuelo, confortar
ruddy - rubicundo
brick - ladrillo
presiding - presidiendo; presidir
genius - genio, genia
statues - estatuas; estatua
severity - severidad, seriedad, gravedad
innocence - inocencia
glorious - glorioso
bewilderment - desconcierto, perplejidad
achievements - logros; logro, hazana, proeza, gesta, hombrada
maturity - madurez, vencimiento
Perseus - Perseo, Perseus
Judith - Judit
Hercules - Hércules
suffered - sufrido; sufrir, penar, empeorar
immortality - inmortalidad
not before - no antes
Here, not only in the solitude of Nature, might a hero meet a goddess, or a heroine a god.
hero - héroe, heroína
goddess - diosa
"Charlotte!" cried the girl suddenly. "Here's an idea. What if we popped off to Rome to-morrow"straight to the Vyses'hotel? For I do know what I want. I'm sick of Florence. No, you said you'd go to the ends of the earth! Do! Do!"
straight - recto, liso, franco, directo, puro, convencional, hetero
Miss Bartlett, with equal vivacity, replied:
vivacity - vivacidad
"Oh, you droll person! Pray, what would become of your drive in the hills?"
droll - extranamente divertido
They passed together through the gaunt beauty of the square, laughing over the unpractical suggestion.
gaunt - enjuto; demacrado, chupado, macilento
Chapter VI. The Reverend Arthur Beebe, the Reverend Cuthbert Eager, Mr. Emerson, Mr. George Emerson, Miss Eleanor Lavish, Miss Charlotte Bartlett, and Miss Lucy Honeychurch drive out in Carriages to See a View; Italians Drive Them.
Reverend - reverendo
drive out - marcharse; expulsar, echar algo/a alguien
carriages - carrozas; coche, carruaje
It was Phaethon who drove them to Fiesole that memorable day, a youth all irresponsibility and fire, recklessly urging his master's horses up the stony hill. Mr. Beebe recognized him at once. Neither the Ages of Faith nor the Age of Doubt had touched him; he was Phaethon in Tuscany driving a cab. And it was Persephone whom he asked leave to pick up on the way, saying that she was his sister"Persephone, tall and slender and pale, returning with the Spring to her mother's cottage, and still shading her eyes from the unaccustomed light. To her Mr.
Phaethon - Faetón
memorable - memorable, inolvidable
irresponsibility - irresponsabilidad
recklessly - imprudentemente; a las bravas, a troche y moche, de hoz y coz
urging - Instando; (urge); impulso, impulsar, urgir, aguijonear
Master - maestro; senor, dueno; senora, duena
Hill - cerro, loma, colina, collado
recognized - reconocido; reconocer
Tuscany - Toscana
cab - taxi
Persephone - Perséfone
pick - pico, ganzúa, hurgar, recoger
slender - esbelto
cottage - cabana; chalet
shading - sombreado; (shad); alosa, sábalo
unaccustomed - desacostumbrado
Eager objected, saying that here was the thin edge of the wedge, and one must guard against imposition. But the ladies interceded, and when it had been made clear that it was a very great favour, the goddess was allowed to mount beside the god.
wedge - cuna
guard - guarda, guardia, guardés, guarda, tapador, bloque
imposition - imposición
made clear - aclarar
mount - montar
Phaethon at once slipped the left rein over her head, thus enabling himself to drive with his arm round her waist. She did not mind. Mr. Eager, who sat with his back to the horses, saw nothing of the indecorous proceeding, and continued his conversation with Lucy. The other two occupants of the carriage were old Mr. Emerson and Miss Lavish. For a dreadful thing had happened: Mr.
rein - rena; rienda
enabling - permitiendo; habilitar, posibilitar, activar
waist - cintura
indecorous - Indecoroso
occupants - ocupantes; ocupante
Beebe, without consulting Mr. Eager, had doubled the size of the party. And though Miss Bartlett and Miss Lavish had planned all the morning how the people were to sit, at the critical moment when the carriages came round they lost their heads, and Miss Lavish got in with Lucy, while Miss Bartlett, with George Emerson and Mr. Beebe, followed on behind.
consulting - consultoría; consultar
doubled - doble, doblado, bicapa, encorvado, doble, sosias, duplicar
critical - crítico, álgido, clave, trascendental, coyuntural
It was hard on the poor chaplain to have his partie carrée thus transformed. Tea at a Renaissance villa, if he had ever meditated it, was now impossible. Lucy and Miss Bartlett had a certain style about them, and Mr. Beebe, though unreliable, was a man of parts. But a shoddy lady writer and a journalist who had murdered his wife in the sight of God"they should enter no villa at his introduction.
transformed - transformado; trasformar, transformar
meditated - meditado; meditar
Certain - seguro; cierto, cierto, cierta
shoddy - de mala calidad; mal hecho, chapucero, flojo, burdo
Lucy, elegantly dressed in white, sat erect and nervous amid these explosive ingredients, attentive to Mr. Eager, repressive towards Miss Lavish, watchful of old Mr. Emerson, hitherto fortunately asleep, thanks to a heavy lunch and the drowsy atmosphere of Spring. She looked on the expedition as the work of Fate.
elegantly - con elegancia; elegantemente
amid - en medio de, entre
explosive - explosivo, explosivo
ingredients - ingredientes; ingrediente
attentive - atento, solícito
repressive - represivo
watchful - vigilante; atento, avizor
hitherto - hasta ahora, hasta aquí, hasta este momento, en ese entonces
asleep - dormido
drowsy - somnoliento; adormecido, sonoliento, somnífero, soporífero
atmosphere - atmósfera, aire, clima, ambiente
But for it she would have avoided George Emerson successfully. In an open manner he had shown that he wished to continue their intimacy. She had refused, not because she disliked him, but because she did not know what had happened, and suspected that he did know. And this frightened her.
successfully - con éxito; exitosamente
continue - continuar, seguir
intimacy - intimidad
disliked - no le gusta; aversión, disgusto, antipatía, desagradar
suspected - sospechas; barruntar, sospechar, sospechoso
For the real event"whatever it was"had taken place, not in the Loggia, but by the river. To behave wildly at the sight of death is pardonable. But to discuss it afterwards, to pass from discussion into silence, and through silence into sympathy, that is an error, not of a startled emotion, but of the whole fabric. There was really something blameworthy (she thought) in their joint contemplation of the shadowy stream, in the common impulse which had turned them to the house without the passing of a look or word.
wildly - alocadamente, salvajemente
discussion - discusión
error - error, yerro, checkyerro, panish: t-needed
fabric - tela, tejido, género
blameworthy - culpable, reprensible, reprehensible
joint - en común, comunitario, en conjunto, articulación, coyuntura
contemplation - contemplación
impulse - impulso, capricho
passing - pasando; pasajero, excelente, superficial, somero
This sense of wickedness had been slight at first. She had nearly joined the party to the Torre del Gallo. But each time that she avoided George it became more imperative that she should avoid him again. And now celestial irony, working through her cousin and two clergymen, did not suffer her to leave Florence till she had made this expedition with him through the hills.
wickedness - maldad, perversidad
imperative - imperativo, imperativo
celestial - celestial, celeste
irony - ironía
Meanwhile Mr. Eager held her in civil converse; their little tiff was over.
converse - conversar, charlar
tiff - rina, pelea sin trascendencia
"So, Miss Honeychurch, you are travelling? As a student of art?"
"Oh, Dear me, no"oh, no!"
Dear me - !Vaya!
"Perhaps as a student of human nature," interposed Miss Lavish, "like myself?"
interposed - interpuesto; interponer, intercalar, mediar, interrumpir
"Oh, no. I am here as a tourist."
"Oh, indeed," said Mr. Eager. "Are you indeed? If you will not think me rude, we residents sometimes pity you poor tourists not a little"handed about like a parcel of goods from Venice to Florence, from Florence to Rome, living herded together in pensions or hotels, quite unconscious of anything that is outside Baedeker, their one anxiety to get done'or through'and go on somewhere else. The result is, they mix up towns, rivers, palaces in one inextricable whirl.
residents - residentes; residente, habitante, munícipe
parcel - paquete, parcela, hatajo, embalar, parcelar
herded - en manada; rebano, manada, piara
unconscious - inconsciente, subconsciente, subconsciencia
mix up - mezclar
palaces - palacios; palacio
inextricable - inextricable
You know the American girl in Punch who says: Say, poppa, what did we see at Rome?'And the father replies: Why, guess Rome was the place where we saw the yaller dog.'There's travelling for you. Ha! ha! ha!"
Poppa - Papá
ha - Ja
"I quite agree," said Miss Lavish, who had several times tried to interrupt his mordant wit. "The narrowness and superficiality of the Anglo-Saxon tourist is nothing less than a menace."
interrupt - interrumpir, interrupción
mordant - mordaz, mordiente
wit - agudeza, ingenio, chispa, gracia
superficiality - superficialidad
Saxon - sajón, sajona
menace - una amenaza; amenaza, peligro
"quite so. Now, the English colony at Florence, Miss Honeychurch"and it is of considerable size, though, of course, not all equally"a few are here for trade, for example. But the greater part are students. Lady Helen Laverstock is at present busy over Fra Angelico. I mention her name because we are passing her villa on the left.
quite so - Así es
considerable - considerable
equally - igualmente
trade - comercio
Helen - Helena, Elena
No, you can only see it if you stand"no, do not stand; you will fall. She is very proud of that thick hedge. Inside, perfect seclusion. One might have gone back six hundred years. Some critics believe that her garden was the scene of The Decameron, which lends it an additional interest, does it not?"
thick - gruesa; grueso, espeso
hedge - cobertura; seto
gone back - volver
critics - críticos; crítico
lends - prestar
additional - adicional, extra, de más
"It does indeed!" cried Miss Lavish. "Tell me, where do they place the scene of that wonderful seventh day?"
seventh - séptimo
But Mr. Eager proceeded to tell Miss Honeychurch that on the right lived Mr. Someone Something, an American of the best type"so rare!"and that the Somebody Elses were farther down the hill. "Doubtless you know her monographs in the series of Mediæval Byways'? He is working at Gemistus Pletho. Sometimes as I take tea in their beautiful grounds I hear, over the wall, the electric tram squealing up the new road with its loads of hot, dusty, unintelligent tourists who are going to do'Fiesole in an hour in order that they may say they have been there, and I think"think"I think how little they think what lies so near them.
rare - raro, poco común
doubtless - indudable, sin duda, indudablemente
monographs - monografías; monografía
byways - Camino
grounds - uelo
squealing - chillando; (squeal); chillido, chirrido, rechinido, chillar
loads of - un montón de
unintelligent - ininteligente
lies - mentiras; mentira
During this speech the two figures on the box were sporting with each other disgracefully. Lucy had a spasm of envy. Granted that they wished to misbehave, it was pleasant for them to be able to do so. They were probably the only people enjoying the expedition. The carriage swept with agonizing jolts up through the Piazza of Fiesole and into the Settignano road.
disgracefully - Desgraciadamente
spasm - espasmo, acceso
envy - envidia, pelusa, envidiar
misbehave - portarse mal, comportarse mal
agonizing - agonizante; agonizar
jolts - sacudidas; sacudir, traquetear
"Piano! piano!" said Mr. Eager, elegantly waving his hand over his head.
waving - Saludando; (wave) Saludando
"Va bene, signore, va bene, va bene," crooned the driver, and whipped his horses up again.
bene - Bajo
crooned - cantó; canturrear
whipped - batido; fusta, látigo, flagelo, panish: t-needed
Now Mr. Eager and Miss Lavish began to talk against each other on the subject of Alessio Baldovinetti. Was he a cause of the Renaissance, or was he one of its manifestations? The other carriage was left behind. As the pace increased to a gallop the large, slumbering form of Mr. Emerson was thrown against the chaplain with the regularity of a machine.
manifestations - anifestaciones; manifestación
gallop - galope, galopar
slumbering - dormir; (slumber); adormecimiento, adormilamiento, adormecer
regularity - regularidad, periodicidad
"Piano! piano!" said he, with a martyred look at Lucy.
martyred - martirizado; mártir, martirizar
An extra lurch made him turn angrily in his seat. Phaethon, who for some time had been endeavouring to kiss Persephone, had just succeeded.
lurch - golpe; tambalearse
endeavouring - se esfuerza; esforzarse
succeeded - tuvo éxito; suceder, conseguir, tener éxito, heredar
A little scene ensued, which, as Miss Bartlett said afterwards, was most unpleasant. The horses were stopped, the lovers were ordered to disentangle themselves, the boy was to lose his pourboire, the girl was immediately to get down.
lovers - amante
disentangle - desenredar
immediately - inmediatamente, de inmediato, ya, sin demora
"She is my sister," said he, turning round on them with piteous eyes.
turning round - dar la vuelta
piteous - lamentable
Mr. Eager took the trouble to tell him that he was a liar.
liar - mentiroso, mentirosa, embustero, embustera
Phaethon hung down his head, not at the matter of the accusation, but at its manner. At this point Mr. Emerson, whom the shock of stopping had awoke, declared that the lovers must on no account be separated, and patted them on the back to signify his approval. And Miss Lavish, though unwilling to ally him, felt bound to support the cause of Bohemianism.
accusation - acusación
shock - conmoción, golpe
awoke - despertó; despertar(se)
declared - declarado; explicar, aclarar, declarar
be separated - ser/estar separado
patted - palmaditas; palmadita, caricia
signify - significar, senalar, checksuponer, checkrepresentar
ally - aliado; aliarse (con)
support - apoyo; aguantar, sostener
Bohemianism - Bohemianismo
"Most certainly I would let them be," she cried. "But I dare say I shall receive scant support. I have always flown in the face of the conventions all my life. This is what I call an adventure."
receive - recibir
scant - escaso, magro, exiguo
conventions - convenciones; convención, convenio, costumbre, tratado
"We must not submit," said Mr. Eager. "I knew he was trying it on. He is treating us as if we were a party of Cook's tourists."
submit - enviar; entregar; presentar; someterse; dar argumento
treating - Tratando; (treat); tratar, negociar, rogar, invitar, convidar
"Surely no!" said Miss Lavish, her ardour visibly decreasing.
ardour - ardor
visibly - visiblemente, a ojos vistas
decreasing - disminuyendo; disminuir, mermar, disminución
The other carriage had drawn up behind, and sensible Mr. Beebe called out that after this warning the couple would be sure to behave themselves properly.
couple - pareja, par, un par de, unos, par de fuerzas, acoplar
"Leave them alone," Mr. Emerson begged the chaplain, of whom he stood in no awe. "Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there? To be driven by lovers"A king might envy us, and if we part them it's more like sacrilege than anything I know."
begged - suplicó; pedir
Happiness - la felicidad; felicidad
king - rey
sacrilege - sacrilegio
Here the voice of Miss Bartlett was heard saying that a crowd had begun to collect.
collect - cobrar; reunir, recopilar
Mr. Eager, who suffered from an over-fluent tongue rather than a resolute will, was determined to make himself heard. He addressed the driver again. Italian in the mouth of Italians is a deep-voiced stream, with unexpected cataracts and boulders to preserve it from monotony.
fluent - con fluidez; fluido
tongue - lengua, tsinhueso, lengüeta
resolute - decidido; resoluto
voiced - voz
cataracts - cataratas; catarata
boulders - piedras; penasco, pena, roca, pedrusco
preserve - mermelada, reserva, reserva natural, coto, terreno, dominio
monotony - monotonía
In Mr. Eager's mouth it resembled nothing so much as an acid whistling fountain which played ever higher and higher, and quicker and quicker, and more and more shrilly, till abruptly it was turned off with a click.
resembled - se parecía; asemejar
acid - agrio, ácido, malhumorado, ácido
whistling - Silbando; (whistle); silbato, pito, chifle, pitido
shrilly - Gritando
abruptly - de repente; abruptamente, precipitadamente
click - clic
"Signorina!" said the man to Lucy, when the display had ceased. Why should he appeal to Lucy?
display - mostrar; espectáculo, exposición, monitor, expositor
"Signorina!" echoed Persephone in her glorious contralto. She pointed at the other carriage. Why?
pointed at - Apuntar a
For a moment the two girls looked at each other. Then Persephone got down from the box.
"Victory at last!" said Mr. Eager, smiting his hands together as the carriages started again.
smiting - golpear, cascar
"It is not victory," said Mr. Emerson. "It is defeat. You have parted two people who were happy."
defeat - vencer, derrotar
Mr. Eager shut his eyes. He was obliged to sit next to Mr. Emerson, but he would not speak to him. The old man was refreshed by sleep, and took up the matter warmly. He commanded Lucy to agree with him; he shouted for support to his son.
obliged - obligado; obligar
refreshed - refrescado; refrescar
warmly - calurosamente
commanded - mandado; orden, mandato, mando, comando, dominio
"We have tried to buy what cannot be bought with money. He has bargained to drive us, and he is doing it. We have no rights over his soul."
bargained - negociado; trato, ganga, bicoca, chollo, regatear
Miss Lavish frowned. It is hard when a person you have classed as typically British speaks out of his character.
typically - típicamente
"He was not driving us well," she said. "He jolted us."
jolted - sacudido; sacudir, traquetear
"That I deny. It was as restful as sleeping. Aha! he is jolting us now. Can you wonder? He would like to throw us out, and most certainly he is justified. And if I were superstitious I'd be frightened of the girl, too. It doesn't do to injure young people. Have you ever heard of Lorenzo de Medici?"
deny - Negar
restful - Descansar
jolting - sacudida; sacudir, traquetear
throw - lanzar, tirar
justified - justificado; legitimar, justificar, absolver
be frightened - estar asustado
injure - herir, lastimar
Miss Lavish bristled.
bristled - erizado; cerda, erizar, ponerse a la defensiva
"Most certainly I have. Do you refer to Lorenzo il Magnifico, or to Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino, or to Lorenzo surnamed Lorenzino on account of his diminutive stature?"
magnifico - magnífico
Duke - duque
surnamed - apellido
diminutive - diminuto, diminutivo
stature - estatura
"The Lord knows. Possibly he does know, for I refer to Lorenzo the poet. He wrote a line"so I heard yesterday"which runs like this: Don't go fighting against the Spring.'"
fighting - luchando; lucha, guerra; (fight) luchando; lucha, guerra
Mr. Eager could not resist the opportunity for erudition.
resist - resistir
opportunity - oportunidad
erudition - erudición
"Non fate guerra al Maggio," he murmured. "War not with the May'would render a correct meaning."
non - No
render - renderizar; dejar, volver
"The point is, we have warred with it. Look." He pointed to the Val d'Arno, which was visible far below them, through the budding trees. "Fifty miles of Spring, and we've come up to admire them. Do you suppose there's any difference between Spring in nature and Spring in man? But there we go, praising the one and condemning the other as improper, ashamed that the same laws work eternally through both."
warred - guerra, guerrear, hacer la guerra
praising - alabando; (praise); alabanza, loa, enaltecimiento, elogio
condemning - condenando; condenar, clausurar
laws - leyes; ley
eternally - eternamente
No one encouraged him to talk. Presently Mr. Eager gave a signal for the carriages to stop and marshalled the party for their ramble on the hill. A hollow like a great amphitheatre, full of terraced steps and misty olives, now lay between them and the heights of Fiesole, and the road, still following its curve, was about to sweep on to a promontory which stood out in the plain. It was this promontory, uncultivated, wet, covered with bushes and occasional trees, which had caught the fancy of Alessio Baldovinetti nearly five hundred years before.
signal - senal; senal, senalar
marshalled - marchado; mariscal, formar, recopilar, empaquetar
hollow - hueco
amphitheatre - anfiteatro
terraced - aterrazado; terraza, terrado, bancal, azotea, terraplenar
misty - niebla; con neblina, neblinoso
olives - aceitunas; aceituna, oliva, olivo, verde oliva, aceitunado
lay - poner, colocar
heights - alturas; altura, estatura, cumbre, cima
curve - curva, curvas, curvar, encorvar
sweep - barrer, peinar
promontory - promontorio
uncultivated - inculto
bushes - arbustos; arbusto
occasional - ocasional, esporádico
five hundred - Quinientos
He had ascended it, that diligent and rather obscure master, possibly with an eye to business, possibly for the joy of ascending. Standing there, he had seen that view of the Val d'Arno and distant Florence, which he afterwards had introduced not very effectively into his work. But where exactly had he stood? That was the question which Mr. Eager hoped to solve now. And Miss Lavish, whose nature was attracted by anything problematical, had become equally enthusiastic.
ascended - ascendió; subir, ascender
diligent - diligente
obscure - oscuro; obscuro, esconder, ocultar
ascending - ascendente; subir, ascender
distant - distante, a distancia, hurano, remoto
solve - resolver, solucionar, solventar
problematical - problemático
But it is not easy to carry the pictures of Alessio Baldovinetti in your head, even if you have remembered to look at them before starting. And the haze in the valley increased the difficulty of the quest.
Valley - valle
difficulty - dificultad
The party sprang about from tuft to tuft of grass, their anxiety to keep together being only equalled by their desire to go different directions. Finally they split into groups. Lucy clung to Miss Bartlett and Miss Lavish; the Emersons returned to hold laborious converse with the drivers; while the two clergymen, who were expected to have topics in common, were left to each other.
tuft - mechón
equalled - igualado; igual, igualar, equivaler
directions - direcciones; dirección
split into - dividido en
clung to - Aferrarse a
hold - sostener; tener en las manos, agarrar, asir
laborious - trabajoso; laborioso
"The railway!" gasped Miss Lavish. "Oh, but I shall die! Of course it was the railway!" She could not control her mirth. "He is the image of a porter"on, on the South-Eastern."
Railway - vía férrea, ferrocarril
gasped - jadeó; jadear, bocanada, calada
control - controlar, administración, control, dirección, manejo
image - imagen
porter - portero; mozo de equipajes
"Eleanor, Be quiet," plucking at her vivacious companion. "Hush! They'll hear"the Emersons""
Be quiet - callarse
plucking - desplumando; herir, desplumar, perseverancia
vivacious - vivaz
Hush - callar, callarse, calmar, acallar, silencio
"I can't stop. Let me go my wicked way. A porter""
"Eleanor!"
"I'm sure it's all right," put in Lucy. "The Emersons won't hear, and they wouldn't mind if they did."
Miss Lavish did not seem pleased at this.
"Miss Honeychurch listening!" she said rather crossly. "Pouf! Wouf! You naughty girl! Go away!"
Pouf - puf
"Oh, Lucy, you ought to be with Mr. Eager, I'm sure."
"I can't find them now, and I don't want to either."
"Mr. Eager will be offended. It is your party."
"Please, I'd rather stop here with you."
"No, I agree," said Miss Lavish. "It's like a school feast; the boys have got separated from the girls. Miss Lucy, you are to go. We wish to converse on high topics unsuited for your ear."
feast - fiesta; banquete, festín
separated - separados; separado, separar, disgregar
unsuited - Sin traje
The girl was stubborn. As her time at Florence drew to its close she was only at ease amongst those to whom she felt indifferent. Such a one was Miss Lavish, and such for the moment was Charlotte. She wished she had not called attention to herself; they were both annoyed at her remark and seemed determined to get rid of her.
stubborn - testarudo, obstinado, cabezota
at ease - a gusto
indifferent - indiferente
"How tired one gets," said Miss Bartlett. "Oh, I do wish Freddy and your mother could be here."
Unselfishness with Miss Bartlett had entirely usurped the functions of enthusiasm. Lucy did not look at the view either. She would not enjoy anything till she was safe at Rome.
usurped - usurpado; usurpar
functions - funciones; función, cargo, fungir, servir, funcionar, marchar
"Then sit you down," said Miss Lavish. "Observe my foresight."
foresight - previsión, profecía, adivinación, clarividencia
With many a smile she produced two of those mackintosh squares that protect the frame of the tourist from damp grass or cold marble steps. She sat on one; who was to sit on the other?
produced - producido; producir, realizar, producto, producción, cosecha
mackintosh - impermeable
squares - cuadrados; cuadro, cuadrado, escuadra, cartabón, plaza, casilla
frame - arco; levantar la estructura, armar, enmarcar, concebir
damp - húmedo, humedad, amortiguar
"Lucy; without a moment's doubt, Lucy. The ground will do for me. Really I have not had rheumatism for years. If I do feel it coming on I shall stand. Imagine your mother's feelings if I let you sit in the wet in your white linen." She sat down heavily where the ground looked particularly moist. "Here we are, all settled delightfully.
rheumatism - reumatismo, artritis reumatoide
moist - húmedo
settled - resuelto; instalar, colocar
Even if my dress is thinner it will not show so much, being brown. Sit down, dear; you are too unselfish; you don't assert yourself enough." She cleared her throat. "Now don't be alarmed; this isn't a cold. It's the tiniest cough, and I have had it three days. It's nothing to do with sitting here at all."
unselfish - altruista, desprendido, generoso
assert - asegurar, aseverar, afirmar, ejercer; confirmar, sostener
cleared - transparente, claro, despejado, libre
be alarmed - alarmarse
tiniest - el más pequeno; diminuto, minúsculo, pequenito
There was only one way of treating the situation. At the end of five minutes Lucy departed in search of Mr. Beebe and Mr. Eager, vanquished by the mackintosh square.
vanquished - vencidos; vencer
She addressed herself to the drivers, who were sprawling in the carriages, perfuming the cushions with cigars. The miscreant, a bony young man scorched black by the sun, rose to greet her with the courtesy of a host and the assurance of a relative.
sprawling - en expansión; despatarrar, desparramo
perfuming - perfumando; aroma, perfume, perfumar
cushions - cojines; cojín, almohadón, colchón, amortiguante, banda
cigars - puros; puro, cigarro
Miscreant - delincuente; facineroso
bony - huesudo
scorched - quemado; chamuscar
greet - saludar
Host - anfitrión; anfitriona
assurance - seguridad; certidumbre, confianza
relative - relativo, familiar, pariente, parienta, parentela
"Dove?" said Lucy, after much anxious thought.
dove - paloma; (dive) paloma
His face lit up. Of course he knew where. Not so far either. His arm swept three-fourths of the horizon. He should just think he did know where. He pressed his finger-tips to his forehead and then pushed them towards her, as if oozing with visible extract of knowledge.
horizon - horizonte
finger-tips - (finger-tips) punta de dedo; dedil
forehead - la frente; frente
oozing - rezumando; manar, rezumar
More seemed necessary. What was the Italian for "clergyman"?
necessary - es necesario; necesario, menester
"Dove buoni uomini?" said she at last.
uomini - omini
Good? Scarcely the adjective for those noble beings! He showed her his cigar.
adjective - adjetivo, adjetivar
noble - noble
beings - seres; ser, criatura, existencia
cigar - un puro; puro, cigarro
"Uno"piu"piccolo," was her next remark, implying "Has the cigar been given to you by Mr. Beebe, the smaller of the two good men?"
piu - iu
piccolo - flautín, píccolo, panish: t-needed
implying - implicando; implicar, acarrear, conllevar, insinuar
She was correct as usual. He tied the horse to a tree, kicked it to make it stay quiet, dusted the carriage, arranged his hair, remoulded his hat, encouraged his moustache, and in rather less than a quarter of a minute was ready to conduct her. Italians are born knowing the way.
tied - atado; amarrar, atar
kicked - pateado; dar un puntapié, golpear con el pie, dar una patada a
remoulded - rehacer
moustache - bigote, mostacho
It would seem that the whole earth lay before them, not as a map, but as a chess-board, whereon they continually behold the changing pieces as well as the squares. Any one can find places, but the finding of people is a gift from God.
chess - ajedrez
continually - continuadamente, continuamente
behold - contemplar, mirar, observar, he aquí, mirad
gift - regalo, obsequio, don, talento, regalar, dar
He only stopped once, to pick her some great blue violets. She thanked him with real pleasure. In the company of this common man the world was beautiful and direct. For the first time she felt the influence of Spring. His arm swept the horizon gracefully; violets, like other things, existed in great profusion there; "would she like to see them?"
gracefully - con elegancia; agraciadamente
existed - existió; existir
profusion - profusión
"Ma buoni uomini."
He bowed. Certainly. Good men first, violets afterwards. They proceeded briskly through the undergrowth, which became thicker and thicker. They were nearing the edge of the promontory, and the view was stealing round them, but the brown network of the bushes shattered it into countless pieces.
undergrowth - maleza; sottobosque
thicker - más grueso; grueso, espeso
edge - orilla, borde, lado, arista, ventaja, filo
stealing - Robar; (steal); robar, hurtar, robo
network - red
shattered - destrozado; astillar, estrellar, quebrantar, hacer anicos
countless - incontables; incontable, innumerable
He was occupied in his cigar, and in holding back the pliant boughs. She was rejoicing in her escape from dullness. Not a step, not a twig, was unimportant to her.
pliant - flexible, manejable
boughs - ramas; rama
rejoicing - alegría; (rejoice); alegrarse, regocijarse
escape - escapar, liberarse, fugarse, eludir
step - paso
twig - rama; ramita
"What is that?"
There was a voice in the wood, in the distance behind them. The voice of Mr. Eager? He shrugged his shoulders. An Italian's ignorance is sometimes more remarkable than his knowledge. She could not make him understand that perhaps they had missed the clergymen. The view was forming at last; she could discern the river, the golden plain, other hills.
wood - madera
shrugged - se encogió de hombros; encogimiento de hombros
more remarkable - más notable
discern - percibir, sensar, vislumbrar, discernir
"Eccolo!" he exclaimed.
At the same moment the ground gave way, and with a cry she fell out of the wood. Light and beauty enveloped her. She had fallen on to a little open terrace, which was covered with violets from end to end.
gave way - ceder el paso
fell out - caerse; pelearse, discutir, separarse
enveloped - envuelto; sobre
terrace - terraza, terrado, bancal, azotea, terraplenar, aterrazar
"Courage!" cried her companion, now standing some six feet above. "Courage and love."
She did not answer. From her feet the ground sloped sharply into view, and violets ran down in rivulets and streams and cataracts, irrigating the hillside with blue, eddying round the tree stems collecting into pools in the hollows, covering the grass with spots of azure foam. But never again were they in such profusion; this terrace was the well-head, the primal source whence beauty gushed out to water the earth.
sloped - nclinado; pendiente, cuesta, desnivel, inclinación, ojo chueco
ran down - agotarse; reducir; leer
rivulets - riachuelos; riachuelo
streams - corrientes; corriente, flujo, arroyo, fluir, recibir flujo
irrigating - riego; irrigar
eddying - remolinos; remolino
stems - tallos; CTIM
hollows - huecos; hueco
covering - Cubriendo; (cover); tapa, cubierta, escondrijo, guarida, tapa
spots - puntos; mancha, grano, poquito, poquita, zona, paraje, lámpara
Azure - azur, blao, azul celeste
foam - espuma, espumar
never again - nunca más
primal - primer
source - fuente, fontana, origen
whence - de dónde; de donde, desde donde, de ahí
gushed - con efusión; manar, salir a borbotones, brotar, hacer efusión
Standing at its brink, like a swimmer who prepares, was the good man. But he was not the good man that she had expected, and he was alone.
brink - al borde; borde
swimmer - nadador, nadadora
George had turned at the sound of her arrival. For a moment he contemplated her, as one who had fallen out of heaven. He saw radiant joy in her face, he saw the flowers beat against her dress in blue waves. The bushes above them closed. He stepped quickly forward and kissed her.
arrival - llegada, venida, arribo, arribada
fallen out - caerse; pelearse, discutir, separarse
beat - Golpear; latir
waves - olas; ola
stepped - pisado; estepa
Before she could speak, almost before she could feel, a voice called, "Lucy! Lucy! Lucy!" The silence of life had been broken by Miss Bartlett who stood brown against the view.
Some complicated game had been playing up and down the hillside all the afternoon. What it was and exactly how the players had sided, Lucy was slow to discover. Mr. Eager had met them with a questioning eye. Charlotte had repulsed him with much small talk. Mr. Emerson, seeking his son, was told whereabouts to find him. Mr. Beebe, who wore the heated aspect of a neutral, was bidden to collect the factions for the return home. There was a general sense of groping and bewilderment.
complicated - complicado; complicar
players - jugadores; jugador, jugadora, actor, instrumentista
sided - de lado; lado
discover - descubrir, destapar
repulsed - repulsado; repulsar
small talk - charla, cháchara
seeking - buscando; buscar
whereabouts - dónde; paradero; (whereabout) dónde; paradero
heated - calentado; calor; temperatura
aspect - aspecto
neutral - neutral, neutro, neutral, punto muerto, punto neutral
factions - facciones; facción
return home - volver a casa
general - general, general
groping - palpar, tantear, buscar a tientas, manosear, meter mano
Pan had been amongst them"not the great god Pan, who has been buried these two thousand years, but the little god Pan, who presides over social contretemps and unsuccessful picnics. Mr. Beebe had lost everyone, and had consumed in solitude the tea-basket which he had brought up as a pleasant surprise. Miss Lavish had lost Miss Bartlett. Lucy had lost Mr. Eager. Mr. Emerson had lost George. Miss Bartlett had lost a mackintosh square. Phaethon had lost the game.
pan - cacerola; cazuela, cazo, sartén (para freír), ..
buried - enterrado; enterrar
presides - presidir
picnics - picnics; jira, pícnic
consumed - consumido; consumir, panish: t-needed
basket - cesta, cesto, canasta
That last fact was undeniable. He climbed on to the box shivering, with his collar up, prophesying the swift approach of bad weather. "Let us go immediately," he told them. "The signorino will walk."
undeniable - inegable; innegable, impepinable
shivering - Tiritando; (shiver) Tiritando
collar - cuello, collar, yugo
prophesying - profetizando; profetizar
swift - rápido, veloz, célere, pronto
approach - enfoque; acercarse, aproximarse
"All the way? He will be hours," said Mr. Beebe.
"Apparently. I told him it was unwise." He would look no one in the face; perhaps defeat was particularly mortifying for him. He alone had played skilfully, using the whole of his instinct, while the others had used scraps of their intelligence. He alone had divined what things were, and what he wished them to be. He alone had interpreted the message that Lucy had received five days before from the lips of a dying man.
mortifying - mortificante; mortificar, matar
skilfully - con habilidad
instinct - instinto
intelligence - inteligencia
divined - divinado; divino
interpreted - interpretado; explicar, exponer, interpretar
received - recibido; recibir
Persephone, who spends half her life in the grave"she could interpret it also. Not so these English. They gain knowledge slowly, and perhaps too late.
Interpret - explicar, exponer, interpretar
gain - ganar, adquirir, obtener, conseguir
The thoughts of a cab-driver, however just, seldom affect the lives of his employers. He was the most competent of Miss Bartlett's opponents, but infinitely the least dangerous. Once back in the town, he and his insight and his knowledge would trouble English ladies no more. Of course, it was most unpleasant; she had seen his black head in the bushes; he might make a tavern story out of it. But after all, what have we to do with taverns? Real menace belongs to the drawing-room.
affect - afectar
employers - empleadores; empleador
most competent - el más competente
opponents - oponentes; oponente, antagonista, contrincante, adversario
infinitely - infinitamente
insight - percepción; introspección, perspicacia, agudeza, deducción
taverns - tabernas; taberna
It was of drawing-room people that Miss Bartlett thought as she journeyed downwards towards the fading sun. Lucy sat beside her; Mr. Eager sat opposite, trying to catch her eye; he was vaguely suspicious. They spoke of Alessio Baldovinetti.
downwards - hacia abajo
fading - Desvaneciéndose; (fad); moda, moda pasajera
vaguely - vagamente
Rain and darkness came on together. The two ladies huddled together under an inadequate parasol. There was a lightning flash, and Miss Lavish who was nervous, screamed from the carriage in front. At the next flash, Lucy screamed also. Mr. Eager addressed her professionally:
huddled - acurrucados; chusma, amontonarse, acurrucarse
inadequate - inadecuado
lightning - un rayo; relámpago, rayo
flash - destello
professionally - profesionalmente
"Courage, Miss Honeychurch, courage and faith. If I might say so, there is something almost blasphemous in this horror of the elements. Are we seriously to suppose that all these clouds, all this immense electrical display, is simply called into existence to extinguish you or me?"
blasphemous - blasfemo
elements - elementos; elemento
seriously - en serio, seriamente
electrical - Eléctrico
extinguish - extinguir, apagar
"No"of course""
"Even from the scientific standpoint the chances against our being struck are enormous. The steel knives, the only articles which might attract the current, are in the other carriage. And, in any case, we are infinitely safer than if we were walking. Courage"courage and faith."
scientific - científica; científico
chances - oportunidades; suerte, by chance: por casualidad
steel - acero
knives - cuchillos; cuchillo, punal, acuchillar
current - corriente, actual
safer - más seguro; seguro, salvo, checkseguro, caja fuerte, cofre
Under the rug, Lucy felt the kindly pressure of her cousin's hand. At times our need for a sympathetic gesture is so great that we care not what exactly it signifies or how much we may have to pay for it afterwards. Miss Bartlett, by this timely exercise of her muscles, gained more than she would have got in hours of preaching or cross examination.
rug - tapete, alfombra, alfombrilla
pressure - presión, presionar
gesture - gesto, ademán, detalle, atención
signifies - significar, senalar, checksuponer, checkrepresentar
timely - oportuno
muscles - músculos; músculo
Gained - ganado; ganar, adquirir, obtener, conseguir
preaching - Predicando; (preach); predicar
examination - examen, examinación
She renewed it when the two carriages stopped, half into Florence.
renewed - renovado; reanudar, renovar, reiniciar, recomenzar
"Mr. Eager!" called Mr. Beebe. "We want your assistance. Will you interpret for us?"
"George!" cried Mr. Emerson. "Ask your driver which way George went. The boy may lose his way. He may be killed."
killed - asesinado; matar, asesinar
"Go, Mr. Eager," said Miss Bartlett, "Don't ask our driver; our driver is no help. Go and support poor Mr. Beebe", he is nearly demented."
Don't ask - No preguntes
demented - emente
"He may be killed!" cried the old man. "He may be killed!"
"Typical behaviour," said the chaplain, as he quitted the carriage. "In the presence of reality that kind of person invariably breaks down."
quitted - renunció; abandonar
reality - realidad
invariably - invariablemente
breaks down - estropearse; romper a llorar; deprimirse
"What does he know?" whispered Lucy as soon as they were alone. "Charlotte, how much does Mr. Eager know?"
"Nothing, dearest; he knows nothing. But"" she pointed at the driver""he knows everything. Dearest, had we better? Shall I?" She took out her purse. "It is dreadful to be entangled with low-class people. He saw it all." Tapping Phaethon's back with her guide-book, she said, "Silenzio!" and offered him a franc.
purse - bolsa, monedero, fruncir
tapping - Golpeando; (tap) Golpeando
offered - ofrecido; ofrecer
"Va bene," he replied, and accepted it. As well this ending to his day as any. But Lucy, a mortal maid, was disappointed in him.
mortal - mortal
There was an explosion up the road. The storm had struck the overhead wire of the tramline, and one of the great supports had fallen. If they had not stopped perhaps they might have been hurt. They chose to regard it as a miraculous preservation, and the floods of love and sincerity, which fructify every hour of life, burst forth in tumult.
explosion - explosión
storm - tormenta
overhead - sobrecarga; arriba, por encima de la cabeza; aéreo
wire - alambre, hilo, cable
tramline - tranvía
supports - apoyos; aguantar, sostener
regard - respecto a; considerar
miraculous - milagroso
preservation - preservación
floods - inundaciones; inundación; avenida, riada, diluvio, inundar
sincerity - sinceridad
fructify - fructificar
They descended from the carriages; they embraced each other. It was as joyful to be forgiven past unworthinesses as to forgive them. For a moment they realized vast possibilities of good.
descended from - descendiente de
embraced - abrazado; abrazar, abrazo
joyful - alegre, gozoso
forgiven - perdonado; perdonar, disculpar
The older people recovered quickly. In the very height of their emotion they knew it to be unmanly or unladylike. Miss Lavish calculated that, even if they had continued, they would not have been caught in the accident. Mr. Eager mumbled a temperate prayer. But the drivers, through miles of dark squalid road, poured out their souls to the dryads and the saints, and Lucy poured out hers to her cousin.
recovered - recuperado; recuperarse
height - altura, estatura, cumbre, cima
calculated - calculado; calcular
accident - accidente
temperate - templado
poured out - desbordar, inundar, hablar sin parar sobre algo
souls - almas; alma, espíritu
dryads - sécadas; dríade, dríada
"Charlotte, dear Charlotte, kiss me. Kiss me again. Only you can understand me. You warned me to be careful. And I"I thought I was developing."
developing - desarrollar
"Do not cry, dearest. Take your time."
"I have been obstinate and silly"worse than you know, far worse. Once by the river"Oh, but he isn't killed"he wouldn't be killed, would he?"
obstinate - obstinado, obcecado, porfiado
The thought disturbed her repentance. As a matter of fact, the storm was worst along the road; but she had been near danger, and so she thought it must be near to everyone.
repentance - arrepentimiento
danger - peligro; (dang); peligro
"I trust not. One would always pray against that."
"He is really"I think he was taken by surprise, just as I was before. But this time I'm not to blame; I want you to believe that. I simply slipped into those violets. No, I want to be really truthful. I am a little to blame. I had silly thoughts. The sky, you know, was gold, and the ground all blue, and for a moment he looked like someone in a book."
taken by surprise - tomado por sorpresa
truthful - veraz, fiel
"In a book?"
"Heroes"gods"the nonsense of schoolgirls."
heroes - héroes; héroe, heroína
gods - dioses; endiosar, idolatrar, deificar
"And then?"
"But, Charlotte, you know what happened then."
Miss Bartlett was silent. Indeed, she had little more to learn. With a certain amount of insight she drew her young cousin affectionately to her. All the way back Lucy's body was shaken by deep sighs, which nothing could repress.
amount - cantidad, monto, montante, importe
affectionately - carinosamente; afectuosamente
shaken - sacudido; agitar, sacudir, checksacudir, sacudida, batido
sighs - suspirar
repress - reprimir
"I want to be truthful," she whispered. "It is so hard to be absolutely truthful."
"Don't be troubled, dearest. Wait till you are calmer. We will talk it over before bed-time in my room."
bed-time - (bed-time) Hora de dormir
So they re-entered the city with hands clasped. It was a shock to the girl to find how far emotion had ebbed in others. The storm had ceased, and Mr. Emerson was easier about his son. Mr. Beebe had regained good humour, and Mr. Eager was already snubbing Miss Lavish. Charlotte alone she was sure of"Charlotte, whose exterior concealed so much insight and love.
clasped - agarrado; broche, manija, corchete, hebilla, agarrar
ebbed - disminuyó; reflujo, marea, marea baja, bajamar
regained - recuperado; recobrar
snubbing - desairar; (snub) desairar
exterior - exterior, exterior
The luxury of self-exposure kept her almost happy through the long evening. She thought not so much of what had happened as of how she should describe it. All her sensations, her spasms of courage, her moments of unreasonable joy, her mysterious discontent, should be carefully laid before her cousin. And together in divine confidence they would disentangle and interpret them all.
luxury - lujo, capricho, extravagancia
sensations - sensaciones; sensación
spasms - espasmos; espasmo, acceso
unreasonable - no es razonable; irrazonable
confidence - confianza; certeza, certeza propia, certidumbre, confidencia
"At last," thought she, "I shall understand myself. I shan't again be troubled by things that come out of nothing, and mean I don't know what."
Miss Alan asked her to play. She refused vehemently. Music seemed to her the employment of a child. She sat close to her cousin, who, with commendable patience, was listening to a long story about lost luggage. When it was over she capped it by a story of her own.
vehemently - con vehemencia; vehementemente
commendable - alabable, loable, encomiable, meritorio
luggage - equipaje
capped - tapado; gorra
Lucy became rather hysterical with the delay. in vain she tried to check, or at all events to accelerate, the tale. It was not till a late hour that Miss Bartlett had recovered her luggage and could say in her usual tone of gentle reproach:
delay - retraso; aplazar, retrasar
in vain - en vano
accelerate - acelerar, apresurar
reproach - reproche, vergüenza, reprochar, avergonzar, echar en cara algo
"Well, dear, I at all events am ready for Bedfordshire. Come into my room, and I will give a good brush to your hair."
brush - pincel, cepillo, escobilla, brocha, cepillado, matorral
With some solemnity the door was shut, and a cane chair placed for the girl. Then Miss Bartlett said "So what is to be done?"
solemnity - solemnidad
cane - canón; cana, bastón, bastón blanco
She was unprepared for the question. It had not occurred to her that she would have to do anything. A detailed exhibition of her emotions was all that she had counted upon.
unprepared - Prepararse
exhibition - exhibición, exposición, beca
emotions - emociones; afecto, emoción
counted - contado; conde
"What is to be done? A point, dearest, which you alone can settle."
The rain was streaming down the black windows, and the great room felt damp and chilly, One candle burnt trembling on the chest of drawers close to Miss Bartlett's toque, which cast monstrous and fantastic shadows on the bolted door. A tram roared by in the dark, and Lucy felt unaccountably sad, though she had long since dried her eyes.
streaming - treaming; (stream); corriente, flujo, arroyo, fluir
burnt - quemado; (burn); quemado
drawers - cajones; cajón
monstrous - monstruoso
bolted - atornillado; pestillo
roared - rugía; rugir, bramar, rugido, bramido
unaccountably - inexplicablemente
dried - secado; seco, secarse, enjugar
She lifted them to the ceiling, where the griffins and bassoons were colourless and vague, the very ghosts of joy.
lifted - levantado; levantar, alzar
colourless - incoloro
vague - vago, impreciso
"It has been raining for nearly four hours," she said at last.
Miss Bartlett ignored the remark.
"How do you propose to silence him?"
propose - proponer, pedir la mano, pedir matrimonio, proponer matrimonio
"The driver?"
"My dear girl, no; Mr. George Emerson."
Lucy began to pace up and down the room.
"I don't understand," she said at last.
I don't understand - No lo entiendo
She understood very well, but she no longer wished to be absolutely truthful.
"How are you going to stop him talking about it?"
"I have a feeling that talk is a thing he will never do."
"I, too, intend to judge him charitably. But unfortunately I have met the type before. They seldom keep their exploits to themselves."
charitably - caritativamente
exploits - hazanas; hazana, proeza, gesta, heroicidad
"Exploits?" cried Lucy, wincing under the horrible plural.
wincing - Gestos de dolor; (wince) Gestos de dolor
plural - plural, plural
"My poor dear, did you suppose that this was his first? Come here and listen to me. I am only gathering it from his own remarks. Do you remember that day at lunch when he argued with Miss Alan that liking one person is an extra reason for liking another?"
gathering - reunión; (gather); juntar, recoger, recolectar, acumular
argued - rgumentado; argumentar, debatir, discutir
"Yes," said Lucy, whom at the time the argument had pleased.
"Well, I am no prude. There is no need to call him a wicked young man, but obviously he is thoroughly unrefined. Let us put it down to his deplorable antecedents and education, if you wish. But we are no farther on with our question. What do you propose to do?"
prude - una mojigata; mojigato, mojigata
deplorable - deplorable, lamentable
antecedents - antecedentes; antecedente, antecedente, antepasado, ancestro
An idea rushed across Lucy's brain, which, had she thought of it sooner and made it part of her, might have proved victorious.
proved - probado; probar
victorious - victorioso
"I propose to speak to him," said she.
Miss Bartlett uttered a cry of genuine alarm.
genuine - genuino, auténtico, legítimo, verdadero
alarm - alarma, rebato, despertador, alarma, tocar a rebato
"You see, Charlotte, your kindness"I shall never forget it. But"as you said"it is my affair. Mine and his."
"And you are going to implore him, to beg him to keep silence?"
implore - implorar
beg - pedir limosna; pedir
"Certainly not. There would be no difficulty. Whatever you ask him he answers, yes or no; then it is over. I have been frightened of him. But now I am not one little bit."
"But we fear him for you, dear. You are so young and inexperienced, you have lived among such nice people, that you cannot realize what men can be"how they can take a brutal pleasure in insulting a woman whom her sex does not protect and rally round. This afternoon, for example, if I had not arrived, what would have happened?"
inexperienced - no tiene experiencia; inexperto
brutal - brutal
insulting - insultante; insultar, insulto, ofensa, improperio
rally - reunión; reagrupar
"I can't think," said Lucy gravely.
Something in her voice made Miss Bartlett repeat her question, intoning it more vigorously.
intoning - entonando; (intone) entonando
vigorously - enérgicamente; vigorosamente
"What would have happened if I hadn't arrived?"
"I can't think," said Lucy again.
"When he insulted you, how would you have replied?"
insulted - insultado; insultar, insulto, ofensa, improperio
"I hadn't time to think. You came."
"Yes, but won't you tell me now what you would have done?"
"I should have"" She checked herself, and broke the sentence off. She went up to the dripping window and strained her eyes into the darkness. She could not think what she would have done.
"Come away from the window, dear," said Miss Bartlett. "You will be seen from the road."
Lucy obeyed. She was in her cousin's power. She could not modulate out the key of self-abasement in which she had started. Neither of them referred again to her suggestion that she should speak to George and settle the matter, whatever it was, with him.
modulate - modular
abasement - abandono; rebajamiento, abatimiento, humillación
referred - referirse
Miss Bartlett became plaintive.
"Oh, for a real man! We are only two women, you and I. Mr. Beebe is hopeless. There is Mr. Eager, but you do not trust him. Oh, for your brother! He is young, but I know that his sister's insult would rouse in him a very lion. Thank God, chivalry is not yet dead. There are still left some men who can reverence woman."
insult - insultar, insulto, ofensa, improperio
rouse - revivir; despertar
reverence - reverencia, veneración
As she spoke, she pulled off her rings, of which she wore several, and ranged them upon the pin cushion. Then she blew into her gloves and said:
pulled - sacado; tirar, jalar, halar, tirón, ligar
rings - anillos; anillo
ranged - corrió; sierra, cordillera, hornillo, estufa, escala, gama
pin - alfiler
cushion - cojín, almohadón, colchón, amortiguante, banda, amortiguar
gloves - guantes; guante, gorro
"It will be a push to catch the morning train, but we must try."
push - empujar
"What train?"
"The train to Rome." She looked at her gloves critically.
critically - críticamente
The girl received the announcement as easily as it had been given.
announcement - anuncio, declaración, anunciación, checkanuncio
"When does the train to Rome go?"
"At eight."
"Signora Bertolini would be upset."
upset - trastornado, perturbado, enfadado, molesto
"We must face that," said Miss Bartlett, not liking to say that she had given notice already.
given notice - avisado
"She will make us pay for a whole week's pension."
"I expect she will. However, we shall be much more comfortable at the Vyses'hotel. Isn't afternoon tea given there for nothing?"
comfortable - cómodo, confortable, checkcómodo
"Yes, but they pay extra for wine." After this remark she remained motionless and silent. To her tired eyes Charlotte throbbed and swelled like a ghostly figure in a dream.
motionless - inmóvil, inerte, quieto, en reposo
throbbed - palpitaba; palpitar
swelled - hinchado; hinchar(se), inflar(se)
ghostly - fantasmal
figure - figura, cifra, ocurrírsele
They began to sort their clothes for packing, for there was no time to lose, if they were to catch the train to Rome. Lucy, when admonished, began to move to and fro between the rooms, more conscious of the discomforts of packing by candlelight than of a subtler ill. Charlotte, who was practical without ability, knelt by the side of an empty trunk, vainly endeavouring to pave it with books of varying thickness and size. She gave two or three sighs, for the stooping posture hurt her back, and, for all her diplomacy, she felt that she was growing old. The girl heard her as she entered the room, and was seized with one of those emotional impulses to which she could never attribute a cause. She only felt that the candle would burn better, the packing go easier, the world be happier, if she could give and receive some human love.
packing - Empacando; (pack) Empacando
catch the train - Coger el tren
admonished - amonestado; amonestar, reprender
discomforts - molestias; malestar, desasosiego
subtler - más sutil; sutil
practical - práctico
ability - habilidad, capacidad
knelt - de rodillas; arrodillarse
trunk - tronco, baúl, trompa
vainly - en vano; vanamente
pave - pavimentar
varying - variando; variar
thickness - espesor; grosor, espesura, torpeza
stooping - inclinarse, agacharse
posture - postura
diplomacy - diplomacia, diplomacia
growing old - envejecer
seized - incautado; agarrar, apoderarse de, apresar, aferrar, tomar
emotional - emocional, emotivo
impulses - impulsos; impulso, capricho
attribute - atributo, atribuir
burn - quemar
The impulse had come before to-day, but never so strongly. She knelt down by her cousin's side and took her in her arms.
Miss Bartlett returned the embrace with tenderness and warmth. But she was not a stupid woman, and she knew perfectly well that Lucy did not love her, but needed her to love. For it was in ominous tones that she said, after a long pause:
ominous - ominoso, siniestro, agorero
tones - tonos; tono
"Dearest Lucy, how will you ever forgive me?"
Lucy was on her guard at once, knowing by bitter experience what forgiving Miss Bartlett meant. Her emotion relaxed, she modified her embrace a little, and she said:
Bitter - amargo
forgiving - perdonar, disculpar
"Charlotte dear, what do you mean? As if I have anything to forgive!"
"You have a great deal, and I have a very great deal to forgive myself, too. I know well how much I vex you at every turn."
vex - molestar, irritar, disgustar, afligir, atormentar, fastidiar
"But no""
Miss Bartlett assumed her favourite role, that of the prematurely aged martyr.
role - papel
prematurely - antes de tiempo; prematuramente
martyr - mártir, martirizar
"Ah, but yes! I feel that our tour together is hardly the success I had hoped. I might have known it would not do. You want someone younger and stronger and more in sympathy with you. I am too uninteresting and old-fashioned"only fit to pack and unpack your things."
uninteresting - desinterés
old-fashioned - (old-fashioned) anticuado
unpack - desempacar, suitcase
"Please""
"My only consolation was that you found people more to your taste, and were often able to leave me at home. I had my own poor ideas of what a lady ought to do, but I hope I did not inflict them on you more than was necessary. You had your own way about these rooms, at all events."
consolation - consolación, consuelo, premio de consolación, premio de consuelo
inflict - infligir
"You mustn't say these things," said Lucy softly.
She still clung to the hope that she and Charlotte loved each other, heart and soul. They continued to pack in silence.
clung - aferrado; engancharse, adherirse
pack - paquete; fardo, bulto
"I have been a failure," said Miss Bartlett, as she struggled with the straps of Lucy's trunk instead of strapping her own. "Failed to make you happy; failed in my duty to your mother. She has been so generous to me; I shall never face her again after this disaster."
struggled with - luchar con
straps - correas; correa, cincha, tirante
strapping - correas; fornido; (strap); correa, cincha, tirante
Duty - deber, obligación, cometido, menester, arancel
generous - generoso, magnánimo, dadivoso, munificente
disaster - desastre
"But mother will understand. It is not your fault, this trouble, and it isn't a disaster either."
"It is my fault, it is a disaster. She will never forgive me, and rightly. For instance, what right had I to make friends with Miss Lavish?"
instance - caso, ejemplo, ocasión, instancia
make friends - hacer amigos
"Every right."
"When I was here for your sake? If I have vexed you it is equally true that I have neglected you. Your mother will see this as clearly as I do, when you tell her."
sake - por, por motivo de; por el bien de
vexed - molesto; molestar, irritar, disgustar, afligir, atormentar
Lucy, from a cowardly wish to improve the situation, said:
cowardly - cobarde, cobardemente
"Why need mother hear of it?"
hear of - oír de, escuchar de
"But you tell her everything?"
"I suppose I do generally."
"I dare not break your confidence. There is something sacred in it. Unless you feel that it is a thing you could not tell her."
The girl would not be degraded to this.
degraded - degradado; degradar, erosionar
"Naturally I should have told her. But in case she should blame you in any way, I promise I will not, I am very willing not to. I will never speak of it either to her or to any one."
promise - promesa, prometer
Her promise brought the long-drawn interview to a sudden close. Miss Bartlett pecked her smartly on both cheeks, wished her good-night, and sent her to her own room.
pecked - picoteado; picotear
smartly - Inteligentemente
For a moment the original trouble was in the background. George would seem to have behaved like a cad throughout; perhaps that was the view which one would take eventually. At present she neither acquitted nor condemned him; she did not pass judgement. At the moment when she was about to judge him her cousin's voice had intervened, and, ever since, it was Miss Bartlett who had dominated; Miss Bartlett who, even now, could be heard sighing into a crack in the partition wall; Miss Bartlett, who had really been neither pliable nor humble nor inconsistent.
background - Fondo
cad - boletero, villano
throughout - en todo; a lo largo de, durante, de arriba abajo
acquitted - absuelto; absolver, exculpar
condemned - condenado; condenar, clausurar
intervened - intervino; intervenir, involucrarse, interceder, meterse
dominated - Dominar
sighing - suspiro; suspirar
crack - rajarse, resquebrajarse
partition - parte, partición, partir
pliable - plegable, flexible, moldeable, maleable
inconsistent - inconsistente, inconsecuente
She had worked like a great artist; for a time"indeed, for years"she had been meaningless, but at the end there was presented to the girl the complete picture of a cheerless, loveless world in which the young rush to destruction until they learn better"a shamefaced world of precautions and barriers which may avert evil, but which do not seem to bring good, if we may judge from those who have used them most.
cheerless - Sin alegría
loveless - sin amor; desamorado
rush - prisa; precipitarse, lanzarse, correr, ir rápidamente
destruction - destrucción, destrucción
shamefaced - avergonzado, apenado
precautions - precauciones; precaución
barriers - obstáculos; barrera, límite
avert - apartar, evitar
Lucy was suffering from the most grievous wrong which this world has yet discovered: diplomatic advantage had been taken of her sincerity, of her craving for sympathy and love. Such a wrong is not easily forgotten. Never again did she expose herself without due consideration and precaution against rebuff. And such a wrong may react disastrously upon the soul.
suffering - sufrido, sufriente, sufrimiento; (suffer); sufrir, penar
diplomatic - diplomático
craving - Ansias; (crave); anhelar, ansiar, implorar
expose - exponer, revelar, descubrir, exhibir
due - debido; salir de cuentas, mérito
consideration - consideración
precaution - precaución
rebuff - rechazo; repulsa, desaire
react - reaccionar
disastrously - desastrosamente
The door-bell rang, and she started to the shutters. Before she reached them she hesitated, turned, and blew out the candle. Thus it was that, though she saw someone standing in the wet below, he, though he looked up, did not see her.
bell - campana
blew out - apagar; soplar; echar; romper
To reach his room he had to go by hers. She was still dressed. It struck her that she might slip into the passage and just say that she would be gone before he was up, and that their extraordinary intercourse was over.
reach - llegar (a)
slip - resbalón; resbalar
passage - pasaje; pasillo, pasadizo
Whether she would have dared to do this was never proved. At the critical moment Miss Bartlett opened her own door, and her voice said:
dared - se atrevió; atraverse, osar
"I wish one word with you in the drawing-room, Mr. Emerson, please."
Soon their footsteps returned, and Miss Bartlett said: "Good-night, Mr. Emerson."
Footsteps - pasos; huella, paso
His heavy, tired breathing was the only reply; the chaperon had done her work.
breathing - respirando; respiración; (breath); respiración, aliento, respiro
Lucy cried aloud: "It isn't true. It can't all be true. I want not to be muddled. I want to grow older quickly."
aloud - en voz alta, de viva voz
muddled - enredado; mezclar, confundir, embrollar, zarabutear, machacar
Miss Bartlett tapped on the wall.
tapped - intervenido; golpecito, palmadita
"Go to bed at once, dear. You need all the rest you can get."
In the morning they left for Rome.
The drawing-room curtains at Windy Corner had been pulled to meet, for the carpet was new and deserved protection from the August sun. They were heavy curtains, reaching almost to the ground, and the light that filtered through them was subdued and varied. A poet"none was present"might have quoted, "Life like a dome of many coloured glass," or might have compared the curtains to sluice-gates, lowered against the intolerable tides of heaven.
carpet - alfombra, moqueta, alfombrar, cubrir
deserved - merecido; merecer, meritar
protection - protección
filtered - filtrado; filtro, filtrar, filtrarse
subdued - sumiso; someter, doblegar, domenar, debelar
varied - variada; variar
quoted - citado; cita, comillas, presupuesto, cotización, citar, cotizar
dome - cúpula, domo
sluice - esclusa, embalsar, lavar en agua corriente
lowered - bajado; oscurecerse, encapotarse
tides - areas; marea
Without was poured a sea of radiance; within, the glory, though visible, was tempered to the capacities of man.
poured - vertido; verter, derramar; chorrear; manar, salir
radiance - resplandor, brillo, fulgor
glory - gloria
tempered - templado; temperamento, temple, templar, temperar, atemperar
capacities - capacidades; capacidad
Two pleasant people sat in the room. One"a boy of nineteen"was studying a small manual of anatomy, and peering occasionally at a bone which lay upon the piano. From time to time he bounced in his chair and puffed and groaned, for the day was hot and the print small, and the human frame fearfully made; and his mother, who was writing a letter, did continually read out to him what she had written.
peering - espiando; par, noble
Occasionally - ocasionalmente, de vez en cuando, a veces
bounced - rebotó; rebotar, rebote
puffed - inflado; soplo, racha, ráfaga; bocanada
groaned - gimió; gemido, grunido, gemir, grunir
print - imprimir
read out - leer en voz alta
And continually did she rise from her seat and part the curtains so that a rivulet of light fell across the carpet, and make the remark that they were still there.
rivulet - riachuelo
"Where aren't they?" said the boy, who was Freddy, Lucy's brother. "I tell you I'm getting fairly sick."
"For goodness'sake go out of my drawing-room, then?" cried Mrs. Honeychurch, who hoped to cure her children of slang by taking it literally.
goodness - bondad
cure - curar, remediar
slang - argot, jerga
literally - literalmente, literal
Freddy did not move or reply.
"I think things are coming to a head," she observed, rather wanting her son's opinion on the situation if she could obtain it without undue supplication.
obtain - obtener, coger
undue - desproporcionado, injustificado, indebido, no debido
"Time they did."
"I am glad that Cecil is asking her this once more."
this once - esta vez
"It's his third go, isn't it?"
isn't it? - ?No es así?
"Freddy I do call the way you talk unkind."
"I didn't mean to be unkind." Then he added: "But I do think Lucy might have got this off her chest in Italy. I don't know how girls manage things, but she can't have said No'properly before, or she wouldn't have to say it again now. Over the whole thing"I can't explain"I do feel so uncomfortable."
uncomfortable - incómodo, a disgusto, cohibido
"Do you indeed, dear? How interesting!"
"I feel"never mind."
He returned to his work.
"Just listen to what I have written to Mrs. Vyse. I said: Dear Mrs. Vyse.'"
"Yes, mother, you told me. A jolly good letter."
jolly - alegre, divertido, gracioso
"I said: Dear Mrs. Vyse, Cecil has just asked my permission about it, and I should be delighted, if Lucy wishes it. But"'" She stopped reading, "I was rather amused at Cecil asking my permission at all. He has always gone in for unconventionality, and parents nowhere, and so forth. When it comes to the point, he can't get on without me."
unconventionality - Poco convencional
nowhere - en ninguna parte, en ningún lugar, en ningún sitio
"Nor me."
"You?"
Freddy nodded.
"What do you mean?"
"He asked me for my permission also."
She exclaimed: "How very odd of him!"
"Why so?" asked the son and heir. "Why shouldn't my permission be asked?"
son and heir - hijo y heredero
"What do you know about Lucy or girls or anything? What ever did you say?"
"I said to Cecil, Take her or leave her; it's no business of mine!'"
"What a helpful answer!" But her own answer, though more normal in its wording, had been to the same effect.
helpful - es útil; servicial, útil
more normal - más normal
effect - efecto, efectos, efectos especiales, vigencia, vigor
"The bother is this," began Freddy.
Then he took up his work again, too shy to say what the bother was. Mrs. Honeychurch went back to the window.
Shy - tímido, reservado, vergonzoso, lanzar
"Freddy, you must come. There they still are!"
"I don't see you ought to go peeping like that."
peeping - espiando; espiar
"Peeping like that! Can't I look out of my own window?"
But she returned to the writing-table, observing, as she passed her son, "Still page 322?" Freddy snorted, and turned over two leaves. For a brief space they were silent. Close by, beyond the curtains, the gentle murmur of a long conversation had never ceased.
observing - observando; observar, seguir, tomar en cuenta
snorted - esnifó; resoplar, resoplido, bufido, bufar, esnifar
turned over - dar la vuelta, voltear; arrancar
brief - breve, corto, conciso, sucinto, escueto, resumen, poner al tanto
murmur - murmullo; soplo, murmurar
"The bother is this: I have put my foot in it with Cecil most awfully." He gave a nervous gulp. "Not content with permission', which I did give"that is to say, I said, I don't mind'"well, not content with that, he wanted to know whether I wasn't off my head with joy. He practically put it like this: Wasn't it a splendid thing for Lucy and for Windy Corner generally if he married her?
awfully - muy mal; asombroso
gulp - trago, glup, tragar, zampar
content with - contento con
wasn - Era
And he would have an answer"he said it would strengthen his hand."
strengthen - fortalecer, animar
"I hope you gave a careful answer, dear."
"I answered No'" said the boy, grinding his teeth. "There! Fly into a stew! I can't help it"had to say it. I had to say no. He ought never to have asked me."
grinding - moliendo; molienda; (grind) moliendo; molienda
stew - guiso; guisar
I can't help it - No puedo evitarlo
"Ridiculous child!" cried his mother. "You think you're so holy and truthful, but really it's only abominable conceit. Do you suppose that a man like Cecil would take the slightest notice of anything you say? I hope he boxed your ears. How dare you say no?"
ridiculous - ridículo
holy - santo, sagrado
abominable - abominable, aborrecible
conceit - engreimiento, vanidad, presunción, ego
slightest - lo más mínimo; insignificante, leve, ligero, falta de respeto
"Oh, do Keep quiet, mother! I had to say no when I couldn't say yes. I tried to laugh as if I didn't mean what I said, and, as Cecil laughed too, and went away, it may be all right. But I feel my foot's in it. Oh, do keep quiet, though, and let a man do some work."
Keep quiet - guardar silencio, callar
went away - se fue
"No," said Mrs. Honeychurch, with the air of one who has considered the subject, "I shall not keep quiet. You know all that has passed between them in Rome; you know why he is down here, and yet you deliberately insult him, and try to turn him out of my house."
considered - onsiderado; considerar, barajar, sopesar, observar
deliberately - deliberadamente, concienzudamente
"Not a bit!" he pleaded. "I only let out I didn't like him. I don't hate him, but I don't like him. What I mind is that he'll tell Lucy."
pleaded - suplicado; rogar
let out - dejar salir, soltar, liberar
He glanced at the curtains dismally.
dismally - Desalentadoramente
"Well, I like him," said Mrs. Honeychurch. "I know his mother; he's good, he's clever, he's rich, he's well connected"Oh, you needn't kick the piano! He's well connected"I'll say it again if you like: he's well connected." She paused, as if rehearsing her eulogy, but her face remained dissatisfied. She added: "And he has beautiful manners."
connected - conectados; conectar
needn - necesita
kick - patear; dar un puntapié, golpear con el pie, dar una patada a
rehearsing - Ensayando; (rehears) Ensayando
eulogy - elogio, encomio
"I liked him till just now. I suppose it's having him spoiling Lucy's first week at home; and it's also something that Mr. Beebe said, not knowing."
liked him - le gustaba
spoiling - arruinando; expoliar, despojar, danar, arruinar, echar a perder
"Mr. Beebe?" said his mother, trying to conceal her interest. "I don't see how Mr. Beebe comes in."
conceal - esconder, ocultar
"You know Mr. Beebe's funny way, when you never quite know what he means. He said: Mr. Vyse is an ideal bachelor.'I was very cute, I asked him what he meant. He said Oh, he's like me"better detached.'I couldn't make him say any more, but it set me thinking. Since Cecil has come after Lucy he hasn't been so pleasant, at least"I can't explain."
bachelor - soltero; solterón, bachiller, título de grado, licenciatura
cute - bonito; lindo, precioso, gracioso, chulo
"You never can, dear. But I can. You are jealous of Cecil because he may stop Lucy knitting you silk ties."
jealous - celoso, encelado, envidioso, checkenvidioso
knitting - tejer; punto, labor de punto; (knit); hacer punto, tricotar
silk - seda
ties - corbatas; amarrar, atar
The explanation seemed plausible, and Freddy tried to accept it. But at the back of his brain there lurked a dim mistrust. Cecil praised one too much for being athletic. Was that it? Cecil made one talk in one's own way. This tired one.
explanation - explicación
plausible - es plausible; probable, plausible
lurked - al acecho; acechar, agazaparse, ocultarse, esconderse, merodear
mistrust - desconfianza, recelo
athletic - atleta; atlético
Was that it? And Cecil was the kind of fellow who would never wear another fellow's cap. Unaware of his own profundity, Freddy checked himself. He must be jealous, or he would not dislike a man for such foolish reasons.
cap - gorra
unaware - inconsciente, desprevenido, ignorante
profundity - profundidad
dislike - aversión, disgusto, antipatía, desagradar, no gustar
"Will this do?" called his mother. "Dear Mrs. Vyse,"Cecil has just asked my permission about it, and I should be delighted if Lucy wishes it.'Then I put in at the top, and I have told Lucy so.'I must write the letter out again"and I have told Lucy so. But Lucy seems very uncertain, and in these days young people must decide for themselves.
I said that because I didn't want Mrs. Vyse to think us old-fashioned. She goes in for lectures and improving her mind, and all the time a thick layer of flue under the beds, and the maid's dirty thumb-marks where you turn on the electric light. She keeps that flat abominably""
fashioned - a la moda; moda, manera, modo
lectures - conferencias; conferencia
layer - Capa; (lay) Capa
flue - himenea
thumb - pulgar
"Suppose Lucy marries Cecil, would she live in a flat, or in the country?"
marries - se casa; casarse
"Don't interrupt so foolishly. Where was I? Oh yes"Young people must decide for themselves. I know that Lucy likes your son, because she tells me everything, and she wrote to me from Rome when he asked her first.'No, I'll cross that last bit out"it looks patronizing. I'll stop at because she tells me everything.'Or shall I cross that out, too?"
foolishly - Tontamente
"Cross it out, too," said Freddy.
Mrs. Honeychurch left it in.
"Then the whole thing runs: Dear Mrs. Vyse."Cecil has just asked my permission about it, and I should be delighted if Lucy wishes it, and I have told Lucy so. But Lucy seems very uncertain, and in these days young people must decide for themselves. I know that Lucy likes your son, because she tells me everything. But I do not know"'"
"Look out!" cried Freddy.
The curtains parted.
Cecil's first movement was one of irritation. He couldn't bear the Honeychurch habit of sitting in the dark to save the furniture. Instinctively he give the curtains a twitch, and sent them swinging down their poles. Light entered. There was revealed a terrace, such as is owned by many villas with trees each side of it, and on it a little rustic seat, and two flower-beds.
instinctively - instintivamente
twitch - crispar(se), mover(se) convulsivamente
swinging - Balanceándose; (swing); balancear, mecer, columpiar, oscilar
poles - postes; polo
rustic - rústico
But it was transfigured by the view beyond, for Windy Corner was built on the range that overlooks the Sussex Weald. Lucy, who was in the little seat, seemed on the edge of a green magic carpet which hovered in the air above the tremulous world.
transfigured - ransfigurado; transfigurar
range - rango; sierra, cordillera, hornillo, estufa, escala, gama
overlooks - miradores; mirador, pasar por alto, otear
magic carpet - alfombra mágica
hovered - revoloteó; cerner, dudar, hesitar, vacilar
tremulous - tembloroso; trémulo
Cecil entered.
Appearing thus late in the story, Cecil must be at once described. He was medieval. Like a Gothic statue. Tall and refined, with shoulders that seemed braced square by an effort of the will, and a head that was tilted a little higher than the usual level of vision, he resembled those fastidious saints who guard the portals of a French cathedral. Well educated, well endowed, and not deficient physically, he remained in the grip of a certain devil whom the modern world knows as self-consciousness, and whom the medieval, with dimmer vision, worshipped as asceticism. A Gothic statue implies celibacy, just as a Greek statue implies fruition, and perhaps this was what Mr.
appearing - apareciendo; aparecer, comparecer
Gothic - gótico
statue - una estatua; estatua
refined - refinado; refinar, perfeccionar
braced - apuntalado; braza, abrazadera, tensor, tirante, pareja
tilted - inclinado; inclinar, ladear
fastidious - astidioso; cicatero, quisquilloso, regodeón
portals - ortales; portal, portada, vena porta
French - francés, franceses
cathedral - catedral
educated - educado; educar, instruir
endowed - dotar, costear, financiar, ser bendecido, ser dotado
deficient - deficiente
grip - agarre; empunar, agarrar, aferrar, asir
devil - demonio; diablo
consciousness - conciencia
dimmer - más tenue; dímer, regulador; (dim) más tenue; dímer, regulador
worshipped - venerado; adoración, culto, checkalabanza, adorar, checkvenerar
asceticism - ascetismo, ascética
implies - implicar, acarrear, conllevar, insinuar, dar a entender
celibacy - el celibato; celibato
Greek - griego, griego, griega
fruition - ruición; realización
Beebe meant. And Freddy, who ignored history and art, perhaps meant the same when he failed to imagine Cecil wearing another fellow's cap.
Mrs. Honeychurch left her letter on the writing table and moved towards her young acquaintance.
"Oh, Cecil!" she exclaimed""oh, Cecil, do tell me!"
"I promessi sposi," said he.
They stared at him anxiously.
"She has accepted me," he said, and the sound of the thing in English made him flush and smile with pleasure, and look more human.
more human - más humano
"I am so glad," said Mrs. Honeychurch, while Freddy proffered a hand that was yellow with chemicals. They wished that they also knew Italian, for our phrases of approval and of amazement are so connected with little occasions that we fear to use them on great ones. We are obliged to become vaguely poetic, or to take refuge in Scriptural reminiscences.
proffered - proferido; ofrecer
chemicals - sustancias químicas; químico, producto químico
amazement - asombro, sorpresa
occasions - ocasiones; ocasión, ocasionar
poetic - poético
reminiscences - recuerdos; reminiscencia
"Welcome as one of the family!" said Mrs. Honeychurch, waving her hand at the furniture. "This is indeed a joyous day! I feel sure that you will make our dear Lucy happy."
"I hope so," replied the young man, shifting his eyes to the ceiling.
shifting - Cambiando; (shift); turno, cambio, desviación, deslizamiento
"We mothers"" simpered Mrs. Honeychurch, and then realized that she was affected, sentimental, bombastic"all the things she hated most. Why could she not be Freddy, who stood stiff in the middle of the room; looking very cross and almost handsome?
simpered - simplón; sonreírse afectadamente, sonrisa afectada (lit
affected - afectados; afectar
sentimental - sentimental, sentimentaloide, sensiblero, cursi
bombastic - bombástico, rimbombante, altisonante, ampuloso
stiff - rígido, duro, tieso, inflexible
Middle - medio, centro, cintura, central
"I say, Lucy!" called Cecil, for conversation seemed to flag.
flag - bandera
Lucy rose from the seat. She moved across the lawn and smiled in at them, just as if she was going to ask them to play tennis. Then she saw her brother's face. Her lips parted, and she took him in her arms. He said, "Steady on!"
lawn - césped
Steady on - Mantener la calma
"Not a kiss for me?" asked her mother.
Lucy kissed her also.
"Would you take them into the garden and tell Mrs. Honeychurch all about it?" Cecil suggested. "And I'd stop here and tell my mother."
"We go with Lucy?" said Freddy, as if taking orders.
"Yes, you go with Lucy."
They passed into the sunlight. Cecil watched them cross the terrace, and descend out of sight by the steps. They would descend"he knew their ways"past the shrubbery, and past the tennis-lawn and the dahlia-bed, until they reached the kitchen garden, and there, in the presence of the potatoes and the peas, the great event would be discussed.
descend - descender, bajar
shrubbery - arbustos; matorral
dahlia - dalia
kitchen garden - huerto
peas - Guisantes; (pea) Guisantes
Smiling indulgently, he lit a cigarette, and rehearsed the events that had led to such a happy conclusion.
indulgently - con indulgencia
rehearsed - Ensayar
He had known Lucy for several years, but only as a commonplace girl who happened to be musical. He could still remember his depression that afternoon at Rome, when she and her terrible cousin fell on him out of the blue, and demanded to be taken to St. Peter's. That day she had seemed a typical tourist"shrill, crude, and gaunt with travel. But Italy worked some marvel in her. It gave her light, and"which he held more precious"it gave her shadow.
musical - musical, musical
depression - depresión, área de baja presión
demanded - exigió; demanda, exigencia, exigir, demandar
crude - crudo, rudimentario
more precious - más precioso
Soon he detected in her a wonderful reticence. She was like a woman of Leonardo da Vinci's, whom we love not so much for herself as for the things that she will not tell us. The things are assuredly not of this life; no woman of Leonardo's could have anything so vulgar as a "story." She did develop most wonderfully day by day.
detected - detectado; detectar, sentir
reticence - reticencia
assuredly - seguro
develop - desarrollar, revelar
So it happened that from patronizing civility he had slowly passed if not to passion, at least to a profound uneasiness. Already at Rome he had hinted to her that they might be suitable for each other. It had touched him greatly that she had not broken away at the suggestion. Her refusal had been clear and gentle; after it"as the horrid phrase went"she had been exactly the same to him as before. Three months later, on the margin of Italy, among the flower-clad Alps, he had asked her again in bald, traditional language.
passion - pasión
uneasiness - inquietud; desazón
hinted - insinuado; pista, indicio, indirecta, buscapié, toque
be suitable - ser adecuado
broken away - separado
refusal - negativa, rechazo
been clear - estar claro
as before - como antes
margin - margen
clad - vestido; (clothe); vestir
traditional - tradicional, tradicionalista
She reminded him of a Leonardo more than ever; her sunburnt features were shadowed by fantastic rock; at his words she had turned and stood between him and the light with immeasurable plains behind her. He walked home with her unashamed, feeling not at all like a rejected suitor. The things that really mattered were unshaken.
shadowed - sombreado; sombra
Rock - roca
immeasurable - inconmensurable; inmedible
plains - lanuras; sencillo; liso; sin ornamentos; llano (persona)
suitor - pretendiente
mattered - importaba; materia, asunto, cuestión, tema
unshaken - Sin temblar
So now he had asked her once more, and, clear and gentle as ever, she had accepted him, giving no coy reasons for her delay, but simply saying that she loved him and would do her best to make him happy. His mother, too, would be pleased; she had counselled the step; he must write her a long account.
coy - tímido, reservado, evasivo
counselled - asesorado; consulta, consejo, abogado
Glancing at his hand, in case any of Freddy's chemicals had come off on it, he moved to the writing table. There he saw "Dear Mrs. Vyse," followed by many erasures. He recoiled without reading any more, and after a little hesitation sat down elsewhere, and pencilled a note on his knee.
glancing - echando un vistazo; (glance); ojear, echar un vistazo, mirar
erasures - borrado
recoiled - retrocedió; retroceso, echarse atrás, recular
hesitation - hesitación, vacilación, dudas, titubeo
elsewhere - En otro sitio
Then he lit another cigarette, which did not seem quite as divine as the first, and considered what might be done to make Windy Corner drawing-room more distinctive. With that outlook it should have been a successful room, but the trail of Tottenham Court Road was upon it; he could almost visualize the motor-vans of Messrs. Shoolbred and Messrs. Maple arriving at the door and depositing this chair, those varnished book-cases, that writing-table. The table recalled Mrs. Honeychurch's letter. He did not want to read that letter"his temptations never lay in that direction; but he worried about it none the less. It was his own fault that she was discussing him with his mother; he had wanted her support in his third attempt to win Lucy; he wanted to feel that others, no matter who they were, agreed with him, and so he had asked their permission.
distinctive - distintivo, definitorio, característico
outlook - vista, punto de vista, visión, perspectivas
trail - seguir, arrastrar, rastro, pista, sendero
visualize - visualizar, imaginar
motor - motor
vans - furgonetas; camioneta
maple - arce
depositing - depósito, empeno, depositar
varnished - barnizada; barniz, barnizar, lacar
cases - asos; caso
temptations - entaciones; tentación
lay in - recoger; estar tumbado en
direction - dirección
Mrs. Honeychurch had been civil, but obtuse in essentials, while as for Freddy""He is only a boy," he reflected. "I represent all that he despises. Why should he want me for a brother-in-law?"
obtuse - obtuso, romo
essentials - lo esencial; esencial
represent - representar
despises - esprecia; desdenar
law - ley
The Honeychurches were a worthy family, but he began to realize that Lucy was of another clay; and perhaps"he did not put it very definitely"he ought to introduce her into more congenial circles as soon as possible.
clay - arcilla, barro
definitely - definitivamente, indudablemente
circles - círculos; círculo, circunferencia, esfera, curva, grupo
"Mr. Beebe!" said the maid, and the new rector of Summer Street was shown in; he had at once started on friendly relations, owing to Lucy's praise of him in her letters from Florence.
relations - relación, pariente
owing to - Debido a
Praise - elogios; alabanza, loa, enaltecimiento, elogio, adoración
Cecil greeted him rather critically.
greeted - saludado; saludar
"I've come for tea, Mr. Vyse. Do you suppose that I shall get it?"
"I should say so. Food is the thing one does get here"Don't sit in that chair; young Honeychurch has left a bone in it."
"Pfui!"
"I know," said Cecil. "I know. I can't think why Mrs. Honeychurch allows it."
allows - permite; dejar, permitir, conceder
For Cecil considered the bone and the Maples'furniture separately; he did not realize that, taken together, they kindled the room into the life that he desired.
maples - arces; arce
separately - por separado; separadamente
kindled - encendido; encender
"I've come for tea and for gossip. Isn't this news?"
"News? I don't understand you," said Cecil. "News?"
Mr. Beebe, whose news was of a very different nature, prattled forward.
prattled - parloteó; parlotear
"I met Sir Harry Otway as I came up; I have every reason to hope that I am first in the field. He has bought Cissie and Albert from Mr. Flack!"
Albert - Alberto
"Has he indeed?" said Cecil, trying to recover himself. Into what a grotesque mistake had he fallen! Was it likely that a clergyman and a gentleman would refer to his engagement in a manner so flippant? But his stiffness remained, and, though he asked who Cissie and Albert might be, he still thought Mr. Beebe rather a bounder.
recover - recuperarse
grotesque - grotesco
Likely - Es probable
engagement - compromiso, conexión, atención, noviazgo
flippant - frivolidad; fresco, insolente
stiffness - rigidez, inflexibilidad, agujetas
"Unpardonable question! To have stopped a week at Windy Corner and not to have met Cissie and Albert, the semi-detached villas that have been run up opposite the church! I'll set Mrs. Honeychurch after you."
run up - venir corriendo; generar; aumentar deuda
"I'm shockingly stupid over local affairs," said the young man languidly. "I can't even remember the difference between a Parish Council and a Local government Board. Perhaps there is no difference, or perhaps those aren't the right names. I only go into the country to see my friends and to enjoy the scenery. It is very remiss of me. Italy and London are the only places where I don't feel to exist on sufferance."
shockingly - Sorprendentemente
affairs - asuntos; negocio, asunto, rollo, amorío, aventura
languidly - lánguidamente
Council - consejo; concejo
government - Gobierno
remiss - egligente; remiso, flojo, descuidado
exist - existen; existir
on sufferance - de mala gana
Mr. Beebe, distressed at this heavy reception of Cissie and Albert, determined to shift the subject.
distressed - angustiado; aflicción, angustia, desasosiego, ansiedad
reception - recepción, cobertura, recibimiento
shift - turno, cambio, desviación, deslizamiento, desplazamiento
"Let me see, Mr. Vyse"I forget"what is your profession?"
"I have no profession," said Cecil. "It is another example of my decadence. My attitude"quite an indefensible one"is that so long as I am no trouble to any one I have a right to do as I like. I know I ought to be getting money out of people, or devoting myself to things I don't care a straw about, but somehow, I've not been able to begin."
decadence - decadencia
indefensible - indefendible
devoting - dedicación; dedicar
straw - paja, pajizo, pajiza
somehow - de algún modo, de alguna manera, de alguna forma
"You are very fortunate," said Mr. Beebe. "It is a wonderful opportunity, the possession of leisure."
possession - posesión, posesión natural, tenencia, posesión civil, posesiones
leisure - ocio, tiempo libre
His voice was rather parochial, but he did not quite see his way to answering naturally. He felt, as all who have regular occupation must feel, that others should have it also.
parochial - parroquial, provinciano
regular occupation - Ocupación habitual
"I am glad that you approve. I daren't face the healthy person"for example, Freddy Honeychurch."
"Oh, Freddy's a good sort, isn't he?"
"Admirable. The sort who has made England what she is."
Cecil wondered at himself. Why, on this day of all others, was he so hopelessly contrary? He tried to get right by inquiring effusively after Mr. Beebe's mother, an old lady for whom he had no particular regard. Then he flattered the clergyman, praised his liberal-mindedness, his enlightened attitude towards philosophy and science.
contrary - contrario
inquiring - preguntando; investigar, informarse
effusively - efusivamente
flattered - te sientes halagado; halagar, adular
liberal - liberal, liberal, libertario, libertaria
mindedness - entalidad
enlightened - ilustrado; iluminar, alumbrar, ilustrar
Philosophy - filosofía
"Where are the others?" said Mr. Beebe at last, "I insist on extracting tea before evening service."
extracting - extrayendo; extracto, fragmento, pasaje, extraer, sacar
service - servicio
"I suppose Anne never told them you were here. In this house one is so coached in the servants the day one arrives. The fault of Anne is that she begs your pardon when she hears you perfectly, and kicks the chair-legs with her feet. The faults of Mary"I forget the faults of Mary, but they are very grave. Shall we look in the garden?"
coached - coche, vagón, entrenador, entrenadora, autocar, entrenar
servants - sirvientes; sirviente, criado, mozo, doméstico
begs - suplica; pedir
Pardon - perdón, indulto, perdonar, indultar, cómo?, ?perdón?, ?ah?
kicks - patadas; dar un puntapié, golpear con el pie, dar una patada a
faults - fallas; defecto, falla, culpa, falta
Mary - María
"I know the faults of Mary. She leaves the dust-pans standing on the stairs."
pans - cacerolas; cazuela, cazo, sartén (para freír), ..
stairs - escaleras; peldano, escalera
"The fault of Euphemia is that she will not, simply will not, chop the suet sufficiently small."
chop - chuleta; cortar en trozos
suet - unto
sufficiently - suficientemente
They both laughed, and things began to go better.
"The faults of Freddy"" Cecil continued.
"Ah, he has too many. No one but his mother can remember the faults of Freddy. Try the faults of Miss Honeychurch; they are not innumerable."
innumerable - innumerables; innumerable, incontable
"She has none," said the young man, with grave sincerity.
"I quite agree. At present she has none."
"At present?"
"I'm not cynical. I'm only thinking of my pet theory about Miss Honeychurch. Does it seem reasonable that she should play so wonderfully, and live so quietly? I suspect that one day she will be wonderful in both. The water-tight compartments in her will break down, and music and life will mingle. Then we shall have her heroically good, heroically bad"too heroic, perhaps, to be good or bad."
cynical - cínico
pet - animal doméstico/de companía, mascota
theory - teoría
reasonable - razonable, módico
quietly - en silencio; mansamente, despacio
suspect - barruntar, sospechar, sospechoso
tight - apretado, ajustado, tensado, tensionado, tenso
compartments - compartimentos; compartimiento, terraza
mingle - mezclarse; mezclar
heroically - heroicamente
Cecil found his companion interesting.
"And at present you think her not wonderful as far as life goes?"
"Well, I must say I've only seen her at Tunbridge Wells, where she was not wonderful, and at Florence. Since I came to Summer Street she has been away. You saw her, didn't you, at Rome and in the Alps. Oh, I forgot; of course, you knew her before. No, she wasn't wonderful in Florence either, but I kept on expecting that she would be."
"In what way?"
Conversation had become agreeable to them, and they were pacing up and down the terrace.
pacing - itmo; paso
"I could as easily tell you what tune she'll play next. There was simply the sense that she had found wings, and meant to use them. I can show you a beautiful picture in my Italian diary: Miss Honeychurch as a kite, Miss Bartlett holding the string. Picture number two: the string breaks."
tune - melodía, tonada, afinar, sintonizar
kite - cometa
string - cordel, mecate, usic, cadena, cuerda, enhebrar, encordar
The sketch was in his diary, but it had been made afterwards, when he viewed things artistically. At the time he had given surreptitious tugs to the string himself.
sketch - boceto; bosquejar, esbozar, pergenar, esbozo, bosquejo
viewed - visto; vista, reproducción, visualización, visitas, visión
artistically - artísticamente
surreptitious - subrepticio
tugs - tirones; tirar, halar
"But the string never broke?"
"No. I mightn't have seen Miss Honeychurch rise, but I should certainly have heard Miss Bartlett fall."
mightn - podría
"It has broken now," said the young man in low, vibrating tones.
vibrating - vibrando; vibrar
Immediately he realized that of all the conceited, ludicrous, contemptible ways of announcing an engagement this was the worst. He cursed his love of metaphor; had he suggested that he was a star and that Lucy was soaring up to reach him?
conceited - envanecido; engreimiento, vanidad, presunción, ego
ludicrous - irrisorio, ridículo, disparatado, descabellado
contemptible - despreciable, menospreciable, desdenable, rastrero
announcing - anunciando; anunciar, declarar
cursed - Maldito; (curs) Maldito
metaphor - metáfora
soaring - aumentando; ascendente; (soar); planear, elevarse, planar
"Broken? What do you mean?"
"I meant," said Cecil stiffly, "that she is going to marry me."
marry me - !Cásate conmigo! (petición de mano)
The clergyman was conscious of some bitter disappointment which he could not Keep out of his voice.
disappointment - decepción, desilusión, chasco
Keep out - no (dejar) entrar/pasar
"I am sorry; I must apologize. I had no idea you were intimate with her, or I should never have talked in this flippant, superficial way. Mr. Vyse, you ought to have stopped me." And down the garden he saw Lucy herself; yes, he was disappointed.
Cecil, who naturally preferred congratulations to apologies, drew down his mouth at the corners. Was this the reception his action would get from the world? Of course, he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement. But he was sensitive to the successive particles of it which he encountered.
congratulations - felicidades; felicitación
corners - esquinas; ángulo, checkrincón, esquina, acorralar, girar, virar
sensitive - sensible, sensitivo, susceptible
successive - sucesivo
particles - partículas; partícula
Occasionally he could be quite crude.
"I am sorry I have given you a shock," he said dryly. "I fear that Lucy's choice does not meet with your approval."
dryly - secamente
"Not that. But you ought to have stopped me. I know Miss Honeychurch only a little as time goes. Perhaps I oughtn't to have discussed her so freely with any one; certainly not with you."
freely - libremente
"You are conscious of having said something indiscreet?"
indiscreet - indiscreto, imprudente
Mr. Beebe pulled himself together. Really, Mr. Vyse had the art of placing one in the most tiresome positions. He was driven to use the prerogatives of his profession.
positions - puestos; posición, puesto, postura
prerogatives - rerrogativas; prerrogativa
"No, I have said nothing indiscreet. I foresaw at Florence that her quiet, uneventful childhood must end, and it has ended. I realized dimly enough that she might take some momentous step. She has taken it. She has learnt"you will let me talk freely, as I have begun freely"she has learnt what it is to love: the greatest lesson, some people will tell you, that our earthly life provides.
foresaw - previó; pronosticar, prever, antever
dimly - tenuemente
momentous - rascendental; importante, crucial, memorable
earthly - terrenal
provides - proporciona; proveer
It was now time for him to wave his hat at the approaching trio. He did not omit to do so. "She has learnt through you," and if his voice was still clerical, it was now also sincere; "let it be your care that her knowledge is profitable to her."
wave - ola
trio - trío
omit - omitir, dejar de lado, dejarse en el tintero
sincere - sincero
profitable - rentable, provechoso, lucrativo, ventajoso
"Grazie tante!" said Cecil, who did not like parsons.
parsons - parsons; párroco, cura párroco, pastor
"Have you heard?" shouted Mrs. Honeychurch as she toiled up the sloping garden. "Oh, Mr. Beebe, have you heard the news?"
toiled - trabajó; esfuerzo, labrar, trabajar
sloping - inclinado; derramar(se), verter(se)
Freddy, now full of geniality, whistled the wedding march. Youth seldom criticizes the accomplished fact.
whistled - silbó; silbato, pito, chifle, pitido
wedding - Boda; (wed); casar
criticizes - criticar, culpar, juzgar
accomplished - cumplido; efectuar, realizar, lograr, completar
"Indeed I have!" he cried. He looked at Lucy. In her presence he could not act the parson any longer"at all events not without apology. "Mrs. Honeychurch, I'm going to do what I am always supposed to do, but generally I'm too shy.
act - acto, ley, acción, hecho, actuar
parson - párroco, cura párroco, pastor
apology - una disculpa; disculpa, excusa
I want to invoke every kind of blessing on them, grave and gay, great and small. I want them all their lives to be supremely good and supremely happy as husband and wife, as father and mother. And now I want my tea."
invoke - invocar
blessing - bendición; (bless); bendición
gay - gay, homosexual
supremely - supremamente; sumamente, soberanamente
"You only asked for it just in time," the lady retorted. "How dare you be serious at Windy Corner?"
He took his tone from her. There was no more heavy beneficence, no more attempts to dignify the situation with poetry or the Scriptures. None of them dared or was able to be serious any more.
beneficence - beneficencia
attempts - intentos; intentar, tentativa, intento, ensayo
An engagement is so potent a thing that sooner or later it reduces all who speak of it to this state of cheerful awe. Away from it, in the solitude of their rooms, Mr. Beebe, and even Freddy, might again be critical. But in its presence and in the presence of each other they were sincerely hilarious. It has a strange power, for it compels not only the lips, but the very heart. The chief parallel to compare one great thing with another"is the power over us of a temple of some alien creed.
potent - potente
reduces - educe; reducir, mermar, checkreducir, checkdisminuir
state - Estado, declarar, indicar
hilarious - hilarante, descacharrante, desopilante
compels - obligar, forzar, compeler
parallel - en paralelo; paralelo, paralelo
Temple - templo
alien - desconocido, desconocida, advena, extranjero, extranjera
Standing outside, we deride or oppose it, or at the most feel sentimental. Inside, though the saints and gods are not ours, we become true believers, in case any true believer should be present.
deride - burlarse; ridiculizar
oppose - oponerse; oponer
believers - creyentes; creyente
be present - Estar presente
So it was that after the gropings and the misgivings of the afternoon they pulled themselves together and settled down to a very pleasant tea-party. If they were hypocrites they did not know it, and their hypocrisy had every chance of setting and of becoming true. Anne, putting down each plate as if it were a wedding present, stimulated them greatly. They could not lag behind that smile of hers which she gave them ere she kicked the drawing-room door. Mr. Beebe chirruped.
gropings - A tientas
ere - Aquí
hypocrites - hipócritas; hipócrita
hypocrisy - hipocresía
setting - configuración, ajustes, poniente; (set); configuración, ajustes
stimulated - estimulado; estimular
lag behind - quedarse atrás
Freddy was at his wittiest, referring to Cecil as the "Fiasco""family honoured pun on fiance. Mrs. Honeychurch, amusing and portly, promised well as a mother-in-law. As for Lucy and Cecil, for whom the temple had been built, they also joined in the merry ritual, but waited, as earnest worshippers should, for the disclosure of some holier shrine of joy.
wittiest - el más ingenioso; panish: t-needed
fiasco - fiasco, fracaso
honoured - onrado; honradez
pun - un juego de palabras; juego de palabras, retruécano
fiance - Prometido
amusing - divertido; entretener, distraer, divertir
merry - contento; alegre
Ritual - ritual
worshippers - doradores; adorador, devoto, fiel
disclosure - divulgación; revelación, destape, panish: t-needed
holier - más santo; santo, sagrado
shrine - santuario, relicario
A few days after the engagement was announced Mrs. Honeychurch made Lucy and her Fiasco come to a little garden-party in the neighbourhood, for naturally she wanted to show people that her daughter was marrying a presentable man.
in the neighbourhood - en el barrio/vecindario
marrying - casarse
presentable - presentable
Cecil was more than presentable; he looked distinguished, and it was very pleasant to see his slim figure keeping step with Lucy, and his long, fair face responding when Lucy spoke to him. People congratulated Mrs. Honeychurch, which is, I believe, a social blunder, but it pleased her, and she introduced Cecil rather indiscriminately to some stuffy dowagers.
distinguished - istinguido; distinguir
slim - flaco, delgado, adelgazarse, enflaquecer, enflaquecerse
responding - respondiendo; responder
congratulated - felicitado; felicitar
blunder - una metedura de pata; error
indiscriminately - indiscriminadamente
stuffy - mal ventilado, congestionado, taponado, brioso
dowagers - dowagers; viuda, dama
At tea a misfortune took place: a cup of coffee was upset over Lucy's figured silk, and though Lucy feigned indifference, her mother feigned nothing of the sort but dragged her indoors to have the frock treated by a sympathetic maid. They were gone some time, and Cecil was left with the dowagers. When they returned he was not as pleasant as he had been.
misfortune - infortunio, gafe, mala suerte, desgracia
figured - imaginado; figura, cifra, ocurrírsele
feigned - fingido; fingir, inventar, aparentar, imaginar
indifference - indiferencia
frock - vestido
treated - tratado; tratar, negociar, rogar, invitar, convidar, sorpresa
"Do you go to much of this sort of thing?" he asked when they were driving home.
"Oh, now and then," said Lucy, who had rather enjoyed herself.
"Is it typical of country society?"
"I suppose so. Mother, would it be?"
"Plenty of society," said Mrs. Honeychurch, who was trying to remember the hang of one of the dresses.
plenty - bastante; abundancia
Seeing that her thoughts were elsewhere, Cecil bent towards Lucy and said:
"To me it seemed perfectly appalling, disastrous, portentous."
appalling - spantoso; terrible; horrible; horroroso; onstandard; (appal) spantoso; terrible; horrible; horroroso; onstandard
disastrous - desastroso
"I am so sorry that you were stranded."
stranded - encallado; varar
"Not that, but the congratulations. It is so disgusting, the way an engagement is regarded as public property"a kind of waste place where every outsider may shoot his vulgar sentiment. All those old women smirking!"
disgusting - asqueroso; repugnar, dar asco, asquear, asco, repugnancia
waste - residuos; desperdiciar, malgastar
shoot - disparar, lanzar
sentiment - sentimiento
smirking - sonriendo; sonrisita, mueca, sonrisa de suficiencia
"One has to go through it, I suppose. They won't notice us so much next time."
"But my point is that their whole attitude is wrong. An engagement"horrid word in the first place"is a private matter, and should be treated as such."
Yet the smirking old women, however wrong individually, were racially correct. The spirit of the generations had smiled through them, rejoicing in the engagement of Cecil and Lucy because it promised the continuance of life on earth. To Cecil and Lucy it promised something quite different"personal love. Hence Cecil's irritation and Lucy's belief that his irritation was just.
individually - individualmente
racially - racialmente
generations - generaciones; generación, generación, linaje
hence - de aquí, por lo tanto, por eso, de ahí
belief - creencia
"How tiresome!" she said. "Couldn't you have escaped to tennis?"
"I don't play tennis"at least, not in public. The neighbourhood is deprived of the romance of me being athletic. Such romance as I have is that of the Inglese Italianato."
deprived of - privado de
romance - romance
"Inglese Italianato?"
"E un diavolo incarnato! You know the proverb?"
un - ONU
incarnato - encarnato
proverb - proverbio, refrán, paremia
She did not. Nor did it seem applicable to a young man who had spent a quiet winter in Rome with his mother. But Cecil, since his engagement, had taken to affect a cosmopolitan naughtiness which he was far from possessing.
applicable - aplicable, pertinente
Cosmopolitan - panish: t-needed
naughtiness - la picardía
possessing - poseer
"Well," said he, "I cannot help it if they do disapprove of me. There are certain irremovable barriers between myself and them, and I must accept them."
irremovable - inamovible
"We all have our limitations, I suppose," said wise Lucy.
limitations - limitaciones; limitación
wise - sabio
"Sometimes they are forced on us, though," said Cecil, who saw from her remark that she did not quite understand his position.
forced on - imponerle algo a alguien, obligar
"How?"
"It makes a difference doesn't it, whether we fully fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others?"
fenced - vallado; cerca, cerramiento, barda, perista
She thought a moment, and agreed that it did make a difference.
"Difference?" cried Mrs. Honeychurch, suddenly alert. "I don't see any difference. Fences are fences, especially when they are in the same place."
alert - alerta; despierto, vivo
fences - vallas; cerca, cerramiento, barda, perista
"We were speaking of motives," said Cecil, on whom the interruption jarred.
motives - motivos; motivo, móbil
interruption - interrupción, paréntesis
jarred - jarred; tarro, bote
"My dear Cecil, look here." She spread out her knees and perched her card-case on her lap. "This is me. That's Windy Corner. The rest of the pattern is the other people. Motives are all very well, but the fence comes here."
look here - mira aquí
perched - posado; percha
lap - vuelta; lamer
pattern - molde, patrón, modelo, diseno, estampado
fence - valla; cerca, cerramiento, barda, perista
"We weren't talking of real fences," said Lucy, laughing.
"Oh, I see, dear"poetry."
She leant placidly back. Cecil wondered why Lucy had been amused.
placidly - Pacidamente
"I tell you who has no fences,'as you call them," she said, "and that's Mr. Beebe."
"A parson fenceless would mean a parson defenceless."
defenceless - Indefensa
Lucy was slow to follow what people said, but quick enough to detect what they meant. She missed Cecil's epigram, but grasped the feeling that prompted it.
detect - detectar, sentir
epigram - epigrama
grasped - comprendido; agarrar, asir, comprender, asimiento, comprensión
prompted - impulsado; rápido, pronto, puntual, pie, entrada, senal
"Don't you like Mr. Beebe?" she asked thoughtfully.
"I never said so!" he cried. "I consider him far above the average. I only denied"" And he swept off on the subject of fences again, and was brilliant.
average - promedio; media
"Now, a clergyman that I do hate," said she wanting to say something sympathetic, "a clergyman that does have fences, and the most dreadful ones, is Mr. Eager, the English chaplain at Florence. He was truly insincere"not merely the manner unfortunate. He was a snob, and so conceited, and he did say such unkind things."
most dreadful - el más espantoso
insincere - insincero; falso, no sincero
"What sort of things?"
"There was an old man at the Bertolini whom he said had murdered his wife."
"Perhaps he had."
"No!"
"Why no'?"
"He was such a nice old man, I'm sure."
Cecil laughed at her feminine inconsequence.
laughed at - reírse de alguien
feminine - femenino, femenil, de mujeres, femenino
"Well, I did try to sift the thing. Mr. Eager would never come to the point. He prefers it vague"said the old man had practically'murdered his wife"had murdered her in the sight of God."
sift - tamizar, cernir, separar, juzgar
"Hush, dear!" said Mrs. Honeychurch absently.
"But isn't it intolerable that a person whom we're told to imitate should go round spreading slander? It was, I believe, chiefly owing to him that the old man was dropped. People pretended he was vulgar, but he certainly wasn't that."
imitate - imitar
Slander - calumnia, calumniar, difamar, dejar negro, pelar
chiefly - principalmente, sobre todo, particularmente, especialmente
owing - deber, adeudar, estar en deuda
"Poor old man! What was his name?"
"Harris," said Lucy glibly.
glibly - con desgana
"Let's hope that Mrs. Harris there warn't no sich person," said her mother.
warn - alertar, avisar, advertir
sich - ich
Cecil nodded intelligently.
intelligently - inteligentemente
"Isn't Mr. Eager a parson of the cultured type?" he asked.
"I don't know. I hate him. I've heard him lecture on Giotto. I hate him. Nothing can hide a petty nature. I hate him."
hide - esconderse; esconder(se), ocultar
petty - pequeno; baladí, de pitiminí, detallista, insignificante
"My goodness gracious me, child!" said Mrs. Honeychurch. "You'll blow my head off! Whatever is there to shout over? I forbid you and Cecil to hate any more clergymen."
blow - soplar; golpe
shout - gritar; grito
forbid - prohibir, vedar, vetar, negar
He smiled. There was indeed something rather incongruous in Lucy's moral outburst over Mr. Eager. It was as if one should see the Leonardo on the ceiling of the Sistine. He longed to hint to her that not here lay her vocation; that a woman's power and charm reside in mystery, not in muscular rant.
incongruous - incongruente
moral - moral, moraleja
outburst - explosión; arranque, arrebato, arrechucho
vocation - vocación, profesión
reside - residir
mystery - misterio, arcano
rant - desvarío; despotricar, vilipendiar, echar pestes, invectiva
But possibly rant is a sign of vitality: it mars the beautiful creature, but shows that she is alive. After a moment, he contemplated her flushed face and excited gestures with a certain approval. He forebore to repress the sources of youth.
sign - signo; senal
vitality - vitalidad
Mars - Marte; (Mar) Marte
gestures - gestos; gesto, ademán, detalle, atención
forebore - antebore; ancestro, antepasado
sources - fuentes; fuente, fontana, origen
Nature"simplest of topics, he thought"lay around them. He praised the pine-woods, the deep lasts of bracken, the crimson leaves that spotted the hurt-bushes, the serviceable beauty of the turnpike road. The outdoor world was not very familiar to him, and occasionally he went wrong in a question of fact. Mrs. Honeychurch's mouth twitched when he spoke of the perpetual green of the larch.
simplest - más sencillo; simple, sencillo, simple
lasts - dura; último
bracken - helecho
crimson - carmín, carmesí
spotted - manchado; mancha, grano, poquito, poquita, zona, paraje
serviceable - servicial; panish: t-needed
turnpike - panish: t-needed
twitched - se movió; crispar(se), mover(se) convulsivamente
perpetual - perpetua; perpetuo
larch - alerce, lárice
"I count myself a lucky person," he concluded, "When I'm in London I feel I could never live out of it. When I'm in the country I feel the same about the country. After all, I do believe that birds and trees and the sky are the most wonderful things in life, and that the people who live amongst them must be the best.
count - contar; conde
live out - vivir fuera; vivir
most wonderful - el más maravilloso
It's true that in nine cases out of ten they don't seem to notice anything. The country gentleman and the country labourer are each in their way the most depressing of companions. Yet they may have a tacit sympathy with the workings of Nature which is denied to us of the town. Do you feel that, Mrs. Honeychurch?"
tacit - tácito, implícito
workings - Trabajando
Mrs. Honeychurch started and smiled. She had not been attending. Cecil, who was rather crushed on the front seat of the victoria, felt irritable, and determined not to say anything interesting again.
attending - asistir; asistente; (attend) asistir; asistente
crushed - aplastado; aplastamiento, enamoramiento, aplastar, destripar
front seat - asiento delantero
Victoria - Victoria
irritable - irritable
Lucy had not attended either. Her brow was wrinkled, and she still looked furiously cross"the result, he concluded, of too much moral gymnastics. It was sad to see her thus blind to the beauties of an August wood.
attended - asistió; asistir
wrinkled - arrugado; arruga
furiously - furiosamente
gymnastics - gimnasia; gimnástico
blind - ciego, invidente, celosía, persiana, ciega, ciego, cegar
beauties - bellezas; belleza, hermosura, preciosidad, preciosura
"Come down, O maid, from yonder mountain height,'" he quoted, and touched her knee with his own.
yonder - de allá, aquel, aquella
She flushed again and said: "What height?"
"Come down, O maid, from yonder mountain height,
What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang).
shepherd - pastor, ovejero, pastorear
In height and in the splendour of the hills?'
splendour - esplendor
Let us take Mrs. Honeychurch's advice and hate clergymen no more. What's this place?"
"Summer Street, of course," said Lucy, and roused herself.
roused - despertado; despertar
The woods had opened to leave space for a sloping triangular meadow. Pretty cottages lined it on two sides, and the upper and third side was occupied by a new stone church, expensively simple, a charming shingled spire. Mr. Beebe's house was near the church. In height it scarcely exceeded the cottages. Some great mansions were at hand, but they were hidden in the trees.
sloping - inclinado; pendiente, cuesta, desnivel, inclinación, ojo chueco
triangular - triangular
meadow - pradera; prado, vega
sides - lados; lado
expensively - caro; costosamente
shingled - tejas; guijarro
spire - giro; aguja
exceeded - excedido; sobrepasar, pasarse, exceder
mansions - mansiones; mansión, casoplón
hidden - ocultos; esconder(se), ocultar
The scene suggested a Swiss Alp rather than the shrine and centre of a leisured world, and was marred only by two ugly little villas"the villas that had competed with Cecil's engagement, having been acquired by Sir Harry Otway the very afternoon that Lucy had been acquired by Cecil.
Swiss - suizo, helvético, suizo, suiza
marred - stropeado; estropear, echar a perder
ugly - feo, callo
competed - ompitió; competir
"Cissie" was the name of one of these villas, "Albert" of the other. These titles were not only picked out in shaded Gothic on the garden gates, but appeared a second time on the porches, where they followed the semicircular curve of the entrance arch in block capitals. "Albert" was inhabited. His tortured garden was bright with geraniums and lobelias and polished shells.
picked out - elegido, seleccionado
shaded - sombreado; alosa, sábalo
porches - porches; pórtico, porche
semicircular - semicircular
arch - arco; bóveda
block - bloque
inhabited - habitado; habitar, morar, vivir
tortured - torturado; tortura, suplicio, torturar
geraniums - geranios; geranio
polished - pulido; polaco, polonés, polaco
shells - conchas; concha, cáscara, vaina, caparazón, casquete, terminal
His little windows were chastely swathed in Nottingham lace. "Cissie" was to let. Three notice-boards, belonging to Dorking agents, lolled on her fence and announced the not surprising fact. Her paths were already weedy; her pocket-handkerchief of a lawn was yellow with dandelions.
swathed - envainada; envolver; vendar
lace - encaje; cordón
boards - tableros; tabla, plancha
belonging - Pertenencia; (belong) Pertenencia
agents - agentes; agente
lolled - acostado; recostarse, arrellanarse, repanchingarse
weedy - maleza; enclenque
Pocket - bolsillo, bolsa, tronera, embolsar
handkerchief - panuelo; panuelo
dandelions - dientes de león; diente de león
"The place is ruined!" said the ladies mechanically. "Summer Street will never be the same again."
mechanically - mecánicamente, maquinalmente
As the carriage passed, "Cissie's" door opened, and a gentleman came out of her.
"Stop!" cried Mrs. Honeychurch, touching the coachman with her parasol. "Here's Sir Harry. Now we shall know. Sir Harry, pull those things down at once!"
touching - Tocando; (touch); tocar, conmover, toque, toque, tacto, pizca
coachman - Cochero
Sir Harry Otway"who need not be described"came to the carriage and said "Mrs. Honeychurch, I meant to. I can't, I really can't turn out Miss Flack."
"Am I not always right? She ought to have gone before the contract was signed. Does she still live rent free, as she did in her nephew's time?"
contract - contrato; contraer
signed - firmado; senal
rent - alquiler; (rend); rasgar, destrozar, desgajar, romper
nephew - sobrino
"But what can I do?" He lowered his voice. "An old lady, so very vulgar, and almost bedridden."
bedridden - confinado en cama, postrado en cama, encamado
"Turn her out," said Cecil bravely.
bravely - con valentía; valientemente
Sir Harry sighed, and looked at the villas mournfully. He had had full warning of Mr. Flack's intentions, and might have bought the plot before building commenced: but he was apathetic and dilatory. He had known Summer Street for so many years that he could not imagine it being spoilt. Not till Mrs. Flack had laid the foundation stone, and the apparition of red and cream brick began to rise did he take alarm. He called on Mr. Flack, the local builder,"a most reasonable and respectful man"who agreed that tiles would have made more artistic roof, but pointed out that slates were cheaper.
intentions - intenciones; intención
commenced - comenzado; comenzar, empezar, iniciar, principiar
apathetic - apático, indiferente, desganado
foundation stone - piedra angular
apparition - aparición
builder - constructor, constructora, constructor civil, constructora civil
most reasonable - el más razonable
more artistic - más artístico
roof - techo
slates - pizarras; pizarra
He ventured to differ, however, about the Corinthian columns which were to cling like leeches to the frames of the bow windows, saying that, for his part, he liked to relieve the façade by a bit of decoration. Sir Harry hinted that a column, if possible, should be structural as well as decorative.
Corinthian - corintia; corintio
columns - columnas; columna
cling - aferrarse; engancharse, adherirse
Leeches - sanguijuelas; sanguijuela
frames - marcos; levantar la estructura, armar, enmarcar, concebir
structural - estructural
decorative - decorativo
Mr. Flack replied that all the columns had been ordered, adding, "and all the capitals different"one with dragons in the foliage, another approaching to the Ionian style, another introducing Mrs. Flack's initials"every one different." For he had read his Ruskin. He built his villas according to his desire; and not until he had inserted an immovable aunt into one of them did Sir Harry buy.
foliage - follaje
Ionian - jónico
inserted - insertado; insertar, meter
immovable - inmovible, inamovible
This futile and unprofitable transaction filled the knight with sadness as he leant on Mrs. Honeychurch's carriage. He had failed in his duties to the country-side, and the country-side was laughing at him as well. He had spent money, and yet Summer Street was spoilt as much as ever. All he could do now was to find a desirable tenant for "Cissie""someone really desirable.
futile - inútil, vano
unprofitable - no es rentable; desaventajado
transaction - transacción
sadness - tristeza, desgracia, infortunio
desirable - deseable, conveniente
tenant - inquilino, arrendatario
"The rent is absurdly low," he told them, "and perhaps I am an easy landlord. But it is such an awkward size. It is too large for the peasant class and too small for any one the least like ourselves."
absurdly - absurdamente
landlord - propietario; arrendador, casero
peasant - campesino, montanero, checkpeón
Cecil had been hesitating whether he should despise the villas or despise Sir Harry for despising them. The latter impulse seemed the more fruitful.
hesitating - dudando; vacilar, dudar, hesitar
despise - despreciar; desdenar
despising - despreciando; desdenar
fruitful - fértil, prolífico, productivo, fructífero
"You ought to find a tenant at once," he said maliciously. "It would be a perfect paradise for a bank clerk."
maliciously - maliciosamente
bank clerk - empleado de banco, cajero
"Exactly!" said Sir Harry excitedly. "That is exactly what I fear, Mr. Vyse. It will attract the wrong type of people. The train service has improved"a fatal improvement, to my mind. And what are five miles from a station in these days of bicycles?"
fatal - fatal
"Rather a strenuous clerk it would be," said Lucy.
strenuous - esforzado, extenuante, arduo, agotador
clerk - clérigo, oficinista, secretario, escribiente
Cecil, who had his full share of mediaeval mischievousness, replied that the physique of the lower middle classes was improving at a most appalling rate. She saw that he was laughing at their harmless neighbour, and roused herself to stop him.
mediaeval - medieval
mischievousness - las travesuras
physique - físico
middle classes - clases medias
rate - tasa, índice
harmless - inocuo, inofensivo
"Sir Harry!" she exclaimed, "I have an idea. How would you like spinsters?"
spinsters - solteronas; solterona, quedada
"My dear Lucy, it would be splendid. Do you know any such?"
"Yes; I met them abroad."
"Gentlewomen?" he asked tentatively.
Gentlewomen - Caballera
"Yes, indeed, and at the present moment homeless. I heard from them last week"Miss Teresa and Miss Catharine Alan. I'm really not joking. They are quite the right people. Mr. Beebe knows them, too. May I tell them to write to you?"
homeless - sin hogar, vagabundo, desalojado, sintecho
joking - bromeas; broma, chiste, chascarrillo, cuchufleta
"Indeed you may!" he cried. "Here we are with the difficulty solved already. How delightful it is! Extra facilities"please tell them they shall have extra facilities, for I shall have no agents'fees. Oh, the agents! The appalling people they have sent me! One woman, when I wrote"a tactful letter, you know"asking her to explain her social position to me, replied that she would pay the rent in advance. As if one cares about that! And several references I took up were most unsatisfactory"people swindlers, or not respectable. And oh, the deceit! I have seen a good deal of the seamy side this last week. The deceit of the most promising people.
solved - resuelto; resolver, solucionar, solventar
facilities - instalaciones; facilidad, instalación, material
fees - cuotas; honorario, tarifa, cuota
references - referencias; referencia, referencia, referenciar
unsatisfactory - insatisfactorio
swindlers - estafadores; estafador, chapucero
deceit - engano; bellaquería, fraude, engano, embeleco
seamy - Cosido
most promising - Más prometedor
My dear Lucy, the deceit!"
She nodded.
"My advice," put in Mrs. Honeychurch, "is to have nothing to do with Lucy and her decayed gentlewomen at all. I know the type. Preserve me from people who have seen better days, and bring heirlooms with them that make the house smell stuffy. It's a sad thing, but I'd far rather let to some one who is going up in the world than to someone who has come down."
decayed - decayó; descomposición, deterioración, putrefacción, podredumbre
heirlooms - herencias; patrimonio
"I think I follow you," said Sir Harry; "but it is, as you say, a very sad thing."
"The Misses Alan aren't that!" cried Lucy.
"Yes, they are," said Cecil. "I haven't met them but I should say they were a highly unsuitable addition to the neighbourhood."
highly - altamente
"Don't listen to him, Sir Harry"he's tiresome."
"It's I who am tiresome," he replied. "I oughtn't to come with my troubles to young people. But really I am so worried, and Lady Otway will only say that I cannot be too careful, which is quite true, but no real help."
troubles - problemas; marrón, berenjenal, dificultad, problema, molestia
"Then may I write to my Misses Alan?"
"Please!"
But his eye wavered when Mrs. Honeychurch exclaimed:
wavered - aciló; balancearse
"Beware! They are certain to have canaries. Sir Harry, beware of canaries: they spit the seed out through the bars of the cages and then the mice come. Beware of women altogether. Only let to a man."
canaries - Canarios; (canary); canario
seed - semilla
cages - jaulas; jaula, cabina, enjaular
"Really"" he murmured gallantly, though he saw the wisdom of her remark.
gallantly - con gallardía
wisdom - sabiduría
"Men don't gossip over tea-cups. If they get drunk, there's an end of them"they lie down comfortably and sleep it off. If they're vulgar, they somehow keep it to themselves. It doesn't spread so. Give me a man"of course, provided he's clean."
get drunk - Emborracharse
comfortably - cómodamente
Sir Harry blushed. Neither he nor Cecil enjoyed these open compliments to their sex. Even the exclusion of the dirty did not leave them much distinction. He suggested that Mrs. Honeychurch, if she had time, should descend from the carriage and inspect "Cissie" for herself.
blushed - se sonrojó; sonrojo, rubor
compliments - cumplidos; cumplido, felicitar, cumplimentar
exclusion - exclusión
distinction - distinción
descend from - descender de
She was delighted. Nature had intended her to be poor and to live in such a house. Domestic arrangements always attracted her, especially when they were on a small scale.
domestic - doméstico, nacional, empleada doméstica, empleada, malos tratos
arrangements - arreglos; arreglo, disposición, preparativos, planes, arreglo
scale - escala
Cecil pulled Lucy back as she followed her mother.
"Mrs. Honeychurch," he said, "what if we two walk home and leave you?"
"Certainly!" was her cordial reply.
cordial - cordial
Sir Harry likewise seemed almost too glad to get rid of them. He beamed at them knowingly, said, "Aha! young people, young people!" and then hastened to unlock the house.
beamed - remitido; viga, timón, radio
knowingly - sabiamente, a sabiendas, conscientemente
hastened to - se apresuró a
unlock - abrir, abrir con llave, desatrancar, desbloquear
"Hopeless vulgarian!" exclaimed Cecil, almost before they were out of earshot.
vulgarian - vulgar, vulgariano
earshot - al alcance del oído; alcance del oído
"Oh, Cecil!"
"I can't help it. It would be wrong not to loathe that man."
loathe - detestar, repugnar, odiar
"He isn't clever, but really he is nice."
"No, Lucy, he stands for all that is bad in country life. In London he would keep his place. He would belong to a brainless club, and his wife would give brainless dinner parties. But down here he acts the little god with his gentility, and his patronage, and his sham aesthetics, and every one"even your mother"is taken in."
belong - pertenecer, ser propiedad (de)
brainless - descerebrado
acts - actos; acto, ley, acción, hecho, actuar
Patronage - patronato; patrocinio, clientela
sham - farsa, simulacro
aesthetics - stética; estético
"All that you say is quite true," said Lucy, though she felt discouraged. "I wonder whether"whether It matters so very much."
discouraged - desanimado; descorazonar, acobardar, desalentar, persuadir
It matters - Importa
"It matters supremely. Sir Harry is the essence of that garden-party. Oh, goodness, how cross I feel! How I do hope he'll get some vulgar tenant in that villa"some woman so really vulgar that he'll notice it. Gentlefolks! Ugh! with his bald head and retreating chin! But let's forget him."
matters - importa; materia, asunto, cuestión, tema
Gentlefolks - Caballeros
Ugh - qué; puf, guácala
bald head - Cabeza calva
retreating - retirarse, batirse en retirada
This Lucy was glad enough to do. If Cecil disliked Sir Harry Otway and Mr.
Beebe, what guarantee was there that the people who really mattered to her would escape? For instance, Freddy. Freddy was neither clever, nor subtle, nor beautiful, and what prevented Cecil from saying, any minute, "It would be wrong not to loathe Freddy"? And what would she reply? Further than Freddy she did not go, but he gave her anxiety enough. She could only assure herself that Cecil had known Freddy some time, and that they had always got on pleasantly, except, perhaps, during the last few days, which was an accident, perhaps.
prevented - prevenido; impedir, prevenir
"Which way shall we go?" she asked him.
Nature"simplest of topics, she thought"was around them. Summer Street lay deep in the woods, and she had stopped where a footpath diverged from the highroad.
footpath - sendero; acera
diverged - se separaron; divergir
highroad - carretera
"Are there two ways?"
"Perhaps the road is more sensible, as we're got up smart."
smart - inteligente; elegante
"I'd rather go through the wood," said Cecil, With that subdued irritation that she had noticed in him all the afternoon. "Why is it, Lucy, that you always say the road? Do you know that you have never once been with me in the fields or the wood since we were engaged?"
never once - ni una vez
"Haven't I? The wood, then," said Lucy, startled at his queerness, but pretty sure that he would explain later; it was not his habit to leave her in doubt as to his meaning.
She led the way into the whispering pines, and sure enough he did explain before they had gone a dozen yards.
pines - pinos; pino
sure enough - seguro; como era de esperar, en efecto
"I had got an idea"I dare say wrongly"that you feel more at home with me in a room."
"A room?" she echoed, hopelessly bewildered.
"Yes. Or, at the most, in a garden, or on a road. Never in the real country like this."
"Oh, Cecil, whatever do you mean? I have never felt anything of the sort. You talk as if I was a kind of poetess sort of person."
poetess - poetisa
"I don't know that you aren't. I connect you with a view"a certain type of view. Why shouldn't you connect me with a room?"
connect - conectar
She reflected a moment, and then said, laughing:
"Do you know that You're right? I do. I must be a poetess after all. When I think of you it's always as in a room. How funny!"
You're right - Tienes razón
To her surprise, he seemed annoyed.
"A drawing-room, pray? With no view?"
"Yes, with no view, I fancy. Why not?"
"I'd rather," he said reproachfully, "that you connected me with the open air."
reproachfully - con reproche
open air - al aire libre
She said again, "Oh, Cecil, whatever do you mean?"
As no explanation was forthcoming, she shook off the subject as too difficult for a girl, and led him further into the wood, pausing every now and then at some particularly beautiful or familiar combination of the trees.
forthcoming - próximamente; próximo, venidero
shook off - sacudir; librarse de
pausing - Pausa; (pause); receso, checkdescanso, pausar, interrumpir
combination - combinación
She had known the wood between Summer Street and Windy Corner ever since she could walk alone; she had played at losing Freddy in it, when Freddy was a purple-faced baby; and though she had been to Italy, it had lost none of its charm.
Presently they came to a little clearing among the pines"another tiny green alp, solitary this time, and holding in its bosom a shallow pool.
clearing - despejando; clarificando, desmonte, claro
tiny - pequeno; diminuto, minúsculo, pequenito
solitary - solitario
bosom - seno, pechera, busto
shallow - poco profundo, superficial, desinteresante, poco profundo (1
She exclaimed, "The Sacred Lake!"
lake - lago
"Why do you call it that?"
"I can't remember why. I suppose it comes out of some book. It's only a puddle now, but you see that stream going through it? Well, a good deal of water comes down after heavy rains, and can't get away at once, and the pool becomes quite large and beautiful. Then Freddy used to bathe there. He is very fond of it."
puddle - un charco; charco, poza
bathe - banarse; banar, lavar
"And you?"
He meant, "Are you fond of it?" But she answered dreamily, "I bathed here, too, till I was found out. Then there was a row."
Row - hilera, fila
At another time he might have been shocked, for he had depths of prudishness within him. But now? with his momentary cult of the fresh air, he was delighted at her admirable simplicity. He looked at her as she stood by the pool's edge. She was got up smart, as she phrased it, and she reminded him of some brilliant flower that has no leaves of its own, but blooms abruptly out of a world of green.
another time - otra vez
momentary - momentánea; momentáneo
cult - secta, veneración, de culto
fresh - fresco
simplicity - simplicidad, sencillez, llano
blooms - floraciones; flor
"Who found you out?"
"Charlotte," she murmured. "She was stopping with us. Charlotte"Charlotte."
"Poor girl!"
She smiled gravely. A certain scheme, from which hitherto he had shrunk, now appeared practical.
shrunk - ncogido; contraerse, encogerse, achicarse, mermar
"Lucy!"
"Yes, I suppose we ought to be going," was her reply.
"Lucy, I want to ask something of you that I have never asked before."
At the serious note in his voice she stepped frankly and kindly towards him.
stepped - pisado; paso
frankly - francamente
"What, Cecil?"
"Hitherto never"not even that day on the lawn when you agreed to marry me""
marry - casarse
He became self-conscious and kept glancing round to see if they were observed. His courage had gone.
"Yes?"
"Up to now I have never kissed you."
She was as scarlet as if he had put the thing most indelicately.
scarlet - escarlata, escarlatina
indelicately - Indelicadamente
"No"more you have," she stammered.
stammered - tartamudeó; tartamudear, balbucir, balbucear, gaguear
"Then I ask you"may I now?"
"Of course, you may, Cecil. You might before. I can't run at you, you know."
At that supreme moment he was conscious of nothing but absurdities. Her reply was inadequate. She gave such a business-like lift to her veil. As he approached her he found time to wish that he could recoil. As he touched her, his gold pince-nez became dislodged and was flattened between them.
absurdities - absurdos; absurdo, absurdidad
veil - velo, velar
recoil - retroceso, echarse atrás, recular
dislodged - desalojado; desalojar
flattened - aplanado; aplanar, achatar, aplanarse, achatarse
Such was the embrace. He considered, with truth, that it had been a failure. Passion should believe itself irresistible. It should forget civility and consideration and all the other curses of a refined nature. Above all, it should never ask for leave where there is a right of way. Why could he not do as any labourer or navvy"nay, as any young man behind the counter would have done?
irresistible - irresistible
curses - maldiciones; maldecir
He recast the scene. Lucy was standing flowerlike by the water, he rushed up and took her in his arms; she rebuked him, permitted him and revered him ever after for his manliness. For he believed that women revere men for their manliness.
recast - refundido
flowerlike - Florido
rebuked - reprendido; reproche, reprensión, reprimenda, reprobación
revered - venerado; reverenciar, idolatrar
manliness - hombría, virilidad, varonilidad
They left the pool in silence, after this one salutation. He waited for her to make some remark which should show him her inmost thoughts. At last she spoke, and with fitting gravity.
inmost - intimo
"Emerson was the name, not Harris."
"What name?"
"The old man's."
"What old man?"
"That old man I told you about. The one Mr. Eager was so unkind to."
He could not know that this was the most intimate conversation they had ever had.
most intimate - el más íntimo
The society out of which Cecil proposed to rescue Lucy was perhaps no very splendid affair, yet it was more splendid than her antecedents entitled her to. Her father, a prosperous local solicitor, had built Windy Corner, as a speculation at the time the district was opening up, and, falling in love with his own creation, had ended by living there himself. Soon after his marriage the social atmosphere began to alter. Other houses were built on the brow of that steep southern slope and others, again, among the pine-trees behind, and northward on the chalk barrier of the downs. Most of these houses were larger than Windy Corner, and were filled by people who came, not from the district, but from London, and who mistook the Honeychurches for the remnants of an indigenous aristocracy.
proposed - propuesta; proponer, pedir la mano, pedir matrimonio
more splendid - más espléndido
entitled - con derecho; intitular
prosperous - róspero; rico
solicitor - abogado, checknotario
speculation - especulación
creation - creación
steep - mpinada; empinado
southern - del sur, sureno, meridional, austral
chalk - creta, tiza, gis
barrier - barrera, límite
remnants - restos; resto, restante, reliquia, despojo
indigenous - indígena, autóctono, nativo, innato, congénito
aristocracy - aristocracia
He was inclined to be frightened, but his wife accepted the situation without either pride or humility. "I cannot think what people are doing," she would say, "but it is extremely fortunate for the children." She called everywhere; her calls were returned with enthusiasm, and by the time people found out that she was not exactly of their milieu, they liked her, and it did not seem to matter. When Mr. Honeychurch died, he had the satisfaction"which few honest solicitors despise"of leaving his family rooted in the best society obtainable.
pride - orgullo, soberbia, cachondez, toriondez, verriondez, manada
humility - humildad
milieu - entorno
honest - honesto, sincero; (hon); honesto, sincero
solicitors - abogados; abogado, checknotario
rooted - arraigado; raíz
obtainable - se puede obtener; obtenible
The best obtainable. Certainly many of the immigrants were rather dull, and Lucy realized this more vividly since her return from Italy. Hitherto she had accepted their ideals without questioning"their kindly affluence, their inexplosive religion, their dislike of paper-bags, orange-peel, and broken bottles. A Radical out and out, she learnt to speak with horror of Suburbia. Life, so far as she troubled to conceive it, was a circle of rich, pleasant people, with identical interests and identical foes. In this circle, one thought, married, and died. Outside it were poverty and vulgarity for ever trying to enter, just as the London fog tries to enter the pine-woods pouring through the gaps in the northern hills. But, in Italy, where any one who chooses may warm himself in equality, as in the sun, this conception of life vanished. Her senses expanded; she felt that there was no one whom she might not get to like, that social barriers were irremovable, doubtless, but not particularly high.
immigrants - inmigrantes; inmigrante
vividly - ívidamente
ideals - ideales; ideal, ideal
affluence - abundancia, afluencia, prosperidad
inexplosive - inexplosivo
religion - religión
peel - pelar
Suburbia - Suburbios
conceive - concebir
circle - círculo, circunferencia, esfera, curva, grupo, tertulia
identical - idénticos; idéntico
foes - enemigos; enemigo
poverty - pobreza, pauperismo
vulgarity - vulgaridad
for ever - para siempre
pouring - Vaciando; (pour) Vaciando
gaps - agunas; hueco, espacio, vacío; brecha
equality - igualdad, paridad
conception - concepción
senses - sentidos; sentido, sensación, significado, acepción
expanded - expandido; ampliar
You jump over them just as you jump into a peasant's olive-yard in the Apennines, and he is glad to see you. She returned with new eyes.
jump over - Saltar por encima de
olive - aceituna, oliva, olivo, verde oliva, aceitunado, verde aceituna
is glad - estar contento
So did Cecil; but Italy had quickened Cecil, not to tolerance, but to irritation. He saw that the local society was narrow, but, instead of saying, "Does that very much matter?" he rebelled, and tried to substitute for it the society he called broad. He did not realize that Lucy had consecrated her environment by the thousand little civilities that create a tenderness in time, and that though her eyes saw its defects, her heart refused to despise it entirely. Nor did he realize a more important point"that if she was too great for this society, she was too great for all society, and had reached the stage where personal intercourse would alone satisfy her.
quickened - Rápido
rebelled - se rebeló; rebelde
broad - amplio; ancho
consecrated - consagrado; consagrar
environment - ambiente, medio, entorno, medioambiente, medio ambiente
defects - defectos; falla, tacha, defecto, desperfecto, desertar
stage - etapa, fase, estadio, escenario, escena, calesa
satisfy - satisfacer
A rebel she was, but not of the kind he understood"a rebel who desired, not a wider dwelling-room, but equality beside the man she loved. For Italy was offering her the most priceless of all possessions"her own soul.
wider - más ancho; ancho, amplio, lateral
dwelling - vivienda; (dwell); habitar, morar
offering - ofrenda; ofrecimiento; (offer) ofrenda; ofrecimiento
priceless - no tiene precio; inestimable
possessions - posesión, posesión natural, tenencia, posesión civil, posesiones
Playing bumble-puppy with Minnie Beebe, niece to the rector, and aged thirteen"an ancient and most honourable game, which consists in striking tennis-balls high into the air, so that they fall over the net and immoderately bounce; some hit Mrs. Honeychurch; others are lost. The sentence is confused, but the better illustrates Lucy's state of mind, for she was trying to talk to Mr. Beebe at the same time.
puppy - cachorro, perrito
niece - sobrina
ancient - antiguo
most honourable - Más honorable
consists - consiste; componerse (de), constar (de)
tennis-balls - (tennis-balls) Pelota de tenis
fall over - caerse
net - et; red, malla
immoderately - inmoderadamente
bounce - rebotar, rebote
confused - confundido; confundir, confundirse, mezclar
illustrates - ilustrar
"Oh, it has been such a nuisance"first he, then they"no one knowing what they wanted, and everyone so tiresome."
"But they really are coming now," said Mr. Beebe. "I wrote to Miss Teresa a few days ago"she was wondering how often the butcher called, and my reply of once a month must have impressed her favourably. They are coming. I heard from them this morning.
butcher - carnicero; (butch) carnicero
favourably - avorablemente
"I shall hate those Miss Alans!" Mrs. Honeychurch cried. "Just because they're old and silly one's expected to say How sweet!'I hate their if'-ing and but'-ing and and'-ing. And poor Lucy"serve her right"worn to a shadow."
serve - servicio, servir, desempenar, fungir, operar, cernir
Mr. Beebe watched the shadow springing and shouting over the tennis-court. Cecil was absent"one did not play bumble-puppy when he was there.
tennis-court - (tennis-court) Pista de tenis
absent - ausente
"Well, if they are coming"No, Minnie, not Saturn." Saturn was a tennis-ball whose skin was partially unsewn. When in motion his orb was encircled by a ring. "If they are coming, Sir Harry will let them move in before the twenty-ninth, and he will cross out the clause about whitewashing the ceilings, because it made them nervous, and put in the fair wear and tear one."That doesn't count. I told you not Saturn."
Saturn - Saturno
tennis-ball - (tennis-ball) Pelota de tenis
skin - piel, máscara, despellejar, desollar
partially - parte
unsewn - Descoser
motion - movimiento, moción
orb - Orbita
encircled - rodeado; rodear
ring - anillo
ninth - noveno, nono, noveno, novena
cross out - Tachar
clause - cláusula, oración
whitewashing - blanqueo; (whitewash); panish: t-needed
ceilings - techos; techo
tear - desgarro; lágrima
"Saturn's all right for bumble-puppy," cried Freddy, joining them. "Minnie, don't you listen to her."
"Saturn doesn't bounce."
"Saturn bounces enough."
bounces - rebotar, rebote
"No, he doesn't."
"Well; he bounces better than the Beautiful White Devil."
"Hush, dear," said Mrs. Honeychurch.
"But look at Lucy"complaining of Saturn, and all the time's got the Beautiful White Devil in her hand, ready to plug it in. that's right, Minnie, go for her"get her over the shins with the racquet"get her over the shins!"
complaining - quejándose; (complain); quejarse, alegar, reclamar, protestar
plug - enchufe, tapón, tapar, promocionar
that's right - eso es
shins - espinillas; espinilla
racquet - raqueta
Lucy fell, the Beautiful White Devil rolled from her hand.
rolled - rodando; rollo
Mr. Beebe picked it up, and said: "The name of this ball is Vittoria Corombona, please." But his correction passed unheeded.
correction - corrección
unheeded - esoído
Freddy possessed to a high degree the power of lashing little girls to fury, and in half a minute he had transformed Minnie from a well-mannered child into a howling wilderness. Up in the house Cecil heard them, and, though he was full of entertaining news, he did not come down to impart it, in case he got hurt. He was not a coward and bore necessary pain as well as any man. But he hated the physical violence of the young.
possessed - poseído; poseer
degree - título, diploma, grado
lashing - Azotes; (lash) Azotes
fury - furia
mannered - Amanerado
howling - aullando; (howl); aullido, aullar, ganir
wilderness - salvajes; descampado, jungla, maleza, monte
entertaining - entretenido; divertido; (entertain); divertir, entretener
impart - impartir
coward - cobarde, gallina
pain - dolor
physical - físico, revisación
violence - violencia
How right it was! Sure enough it ended in a cry.
"I wish the Miss Alans could see this," observed Mr. Beebe, just as Lucy, who was nursing the injured Minnie, was in turn lifted off her feet by her brother.
"Who are the Miss Alans?" Freddy panted.
panted - jadeaba; jadear, resollar
"They have taken Cissie Villa."
"That wasn't the name""
Here his foot slipped, and they all fell most agreeably on to the grass. An interval elapses.
interval - intervalo
elapses - ranscurre; transcurrir
"Wasn't what name?" asked Lucy, with her brother's head in her lap.
"Alan wasn't the name of the people Sir Harry's let to."
"Nonsense, Freddy! You know nothing about it."
"Nonsense yourself! I've this minute seen him. He said to me: Ahem! Honeychurch,'""Freddy was an indifferent mimic""ahem! ahem! I have at last procured really dee-sire-rebel tenants.'I said, ooray, old boy!'and slapped him on the back."
this minute - en este momento
Ahem - Ejem
sire - amo, dueno, senor, seor
tenants - arrendatarios; inquilino, arrendatario
ooray - De acuerdo
slapped - abofeteado; bofetada, cachetada, abofetear, cachetear, golpear
"Exactly. The Miss Alans?"
"Rather not. More like Anderson."
"Oh, good gracious, there isn't going to be another muddle!" Mrs. Honeychurch exclaimed. "Do you notice, Lucy, I'm always right? I said don't interfere with Cissie Villa. I'm always right. I'm quite uneasy at being always right so often."
interfere - panish: t-needed
uneasy - inquieta; inquieto
"It's only another muddle of Freddy's. Freddy doesn't even know the name of the people he pretends have taken it instead."
pretends - finge; fingir, de mentirijillas
"Yes, I do. I've got it. Emerson."
I've got it - Lo tengo
"What name?"
"Emerson. I'll bet you anything you like."
bet - apostar
"What a weathercock Sir Harry is," said Lucy quietly. "I wish I had never bothered over it at all."
weathercock - veleta
Then she lay on her back and gazed at the cloudless sky. Mr. Beebe, whose opinion of her rose daily, whispered to his niece that that was the proper way to behave if any little thing went wrong.
lay on - poner encima de algo; aprovisionar
gazed at - mirar fijamente, contemplar
Meanwhile the name of the new tenants had diverted Mrs. Honeychurch from the contemplation of her own abilities.
diverted - desviado; desviar, entretener, distraer
"Emerson, Freddy? Do you know what Emersons they are?"
"I don't know whether they're any Emersons," retorted Freddy, who was democratic. Like his sister and like most young people, he was naturally attracted by the idea of equality, and the undeniable fact that there are different kinds of Emersons annoyed him beyond measure.
democratic - democrático
measure - medición, medida, regla, compás, medir
"I trust they are the right sort of person. All right, Lucy""she was sitting up again""I see you looking down your nose and thinking your mother's a snob. But there is a right sort and a wrong sort, and it's affectation to pretend there isn't."
sitting up - Sentarse
affectation - afectación
pretend - fingir, de mentirijillas
"Emerson's a common enough name," Lucy remarked.
remarked - remarcado; observación, comentario
She was gazing sideways. Seated on a promontory herself, she could see the pine-clad promontories descending one beyond another into the Weald. The further one descended the garden, the more glorious was this lateral view.
gazing - mirando; observar, mirar fijamente
sideways - de lado
promontories - promontorios; promontorio
descending - descendente; descender, bajar
more glorious - más glorioso
lateral - lateral
"I was merely going to remark, Freddy, that I trusted they were no relations of Emerson the philosopher, a most trying man. Pray, does that satisfy you?"
philosopher - filósofo, filósofa
"Oh, yes," he grumbled. "And you will be satisfied, too, for they're friends of Cecil; so""elaborate irony""you and the other country families will be able to call in perfect safety."
grumbled - refunfunó; refunfunar, rezongar
be satisfied - estar satisfecho
elaborate - elaborar; profundizar
call in - llamar
"Cecil?" exclaimed Lucy.
"Don't be rude, dear," said his mother placidly. "Lucy, don't screech. It's a new bad habit you're getting into."
screech - gritar; chirrido, rechinar, chirriar, estridular
bad habit - mal hábito
"But has Cecil""
"Friends of Cecil's," he repeated, "and so really dee-sire-rebel. Ahem! Honeychurch, I have just telegraphed to them.'"
telegraphed - telegrafiado; telégrafo, telegrafiar
She got up from the grass.
It was hard on Lucy. Mr. Beebe sympathized with her very much. While she believed that her snub about the Miss Alans came from Sir Harry Otway, she had borne it like a good girl. She might well "screech" when she heard that it came partly from her lover.
borne - soportado; aguantar, soportar
lover - amante
Mr. Vyse was a tease"something worse than a tease: he took a malicious pleasure in thwarting people. The clergyman, knowing this, looked at Miss Honeychurch with more than his usual kindness.
tease - bromear; cardar, peinar, burlarse de, molestar, tomar el pelo
malicious - malicioso; maligno
thwarting - Frustrando; (thwart); frustrar, contrariar, bancada
When she exclaimed, "But Cecil's Emersons"they can't possibly be the same ones"there is that"" he did not consider that the exclamation was strange, but saw in it an opportunity of diverting the conversation while she recovered her composure. He diverted it as follows:
exclamation - exclamación
diverting - desviando; desviar, entretener, distraer
"The Emersons who were at Florence, do you mean? No, I don't suppose it will prove to be them. It is probably a long cry from them to friends of Mr. Vyse's. Oh, Mrs. Honeychurch, the oddest people! The queerest people! For our part we liked them, didn't we?" He appealed to Lucy. "There was a great scene over some violets. They picked violets and filled all the vases in the room of these very Miss Alans who have failed to come to Cissie Villa.
oddest - más extrano; guacho, desparejado, desemparejado, suelto, extrano
queerest - queerest; raro, extrano, trucha, marica, maricón
vases - jarrones; jarrón, florero, vasija
Poor little ladies! So shocked and so pleased. It used to be one of Miss Catharine's great stories. My dear sister loves flowers,'it began. They found the whole room a mass of blue"vases and jugs"and the story ends with So ungentlemanly and yet so beautiful.'It is all very difficult. Yes, I always connect those Florentine Emersons with violets."
jugs - jarras; jarro, jarra
ungentlemanly - poco caballeroso
"Fiasco's done you this time," remarked Freddy, not seeing that his sister's face was very red. She could not recover herself. Mr. Beebe saw it, and continued to divert the conversation.
divert - divertirse; desviar, entretener, distraer
"These particular Emersons consisted of a father and a son"the son a goodly, if not a good young man; not a fool, I fancy, but very immature"pessimism, et cetera. Our special joy was the father"such a sentimental darling, and people declared he had murdered his wife."
consisted - consistió; componerse (de), constar (de)
goodly - Bueno
immature - inmaturo, inmaduro
pessimism - pesimismo
et - y; ET
darling - carino; querido, querida, amado, amada
In his normal state Mr. Beebe would never have repeated such gossip, but he was trying to shelter Lucy in her little trouble. He repeated any rubbish that came into his head.
normal - normal, bien, sano, normal
shelter - refugio, abrigo, amparo, asilo
"Murdered his wife?" said Mrs. Honeychurch. "Lucy, don't desert us"go on playing bumble-puppy. Really, the Pension Bertolini must have been the oddest place. That's the second murderer I've heard of as being there. Whatever was Charlotte doing to stop? By-the-by, we really must ask Charlotte here some time."
desert - desierto; abandonar
Mr. Beebe could recall no second murderer. He suggested that his hostess was mistaken. At the hint of opposition she warmed. She was perfectly sure that there had been a second tourist of whom the same story had been told. The name escaped her. What was the name? Oh, what was the name? She clasped her knees for the name. Something in Thackeray. She struck her matronly forehead.
recall - recordar, evocar, retirada
hostess - anfitriona, azafata, aeromoza
opposition - oposición
Lucy asked her brother whether Cecil was in.
"Oh, don't go!" he cried, and tried to catch her by the ankles.
ankles - tobillos; tobillo
"I must go," she said gravely. "Don't be silly. You always overdo it when you play."
overdo - exagerar; pasarse, cocer demasiado
As she left them her mother's shout of "Harris!" shivered the tranquil air, and reminded her that she had told a lie and had never put it right. Such a senseless lie, too, yet it shattered her nerves and made her connect these Emersons, friends of Cecil's, with a pair of nondescript tourists.
shivered - tembló; temblar, tiritar, estremecerse
told a lie - decir una mentira
nerves - nervio, coraje, descaro, frescura, nervios
nondescript - anodino; indescriptivo
Hitherto truth had come to her naturally. She saw that for the future she must be more vigilant, and be"absolutely truthful? Well, at all events, she must not tell lies. She hurried up the garden, still flushed with shame. A word from Cecil would soothe her, she was sure.
vigilant - vigilante
soothe - calmar, serenar, aliviar, aliviarse, descansar
"Cecil!"
"Hullo!" he called, and leant out of the smoking-room window. He seemed in high spirits. "I was hoping you'd come. I heard you all bear-gardening, but there's better fun up here. I, even I, have won a great victory for the Comic Muse.
Hullo - hola; vaya, anda
leant out - asomado
spirits - espíritus; espíritu, alma, onda, alcohol, bebida espirituosa
comic - cómico, cómico, comediante, cómic, tebeo, historieta
muse - Musa
George Meredith's right"the cause of Comedy and the cause of Truth are really the same; and I, even I, have found tenants for the distressful Cissie Villa. Don't be angry! Don't be angry! You'll forgive me when you hear it all."
comedy - comedia
distressful - Molesto
He looked very attractive when his face was bright, and he dispelled her ridiculous forebodings at once.
dispelled - disipado; disipar, dispersar
forebodings - presentimientos; mal presentimiento
"I have heard," she said. "Freddy has told us. Naughty Cecil! I suppose I must forgive you. Just think of all the trouble I took for nothing! Certainly the Miss Alans are a little tiresome, and I'd rather have nice friends of yours. But you oughtn't to tease one so."
"Friends of mine?" he laughed. "But, Lucy, the whole joke is to come! Come here." But she remained standing where she was. "Do you know where I met these desirable tenants? In the National Gallery, when I was up to see my mother last week."
joke - una broma; broma, chiste, chascarrillo, cuchufleta
national - nacional, ciudadano
"What an odd place to meet people!" she said nervously. "I don't quite understand."
"In the Umbrian Room. Absolute strangers. They were admiring Luca Signorelli"of course, quite stupidly. However, we got talking, and they refreshed me not a little. They had been to Italy."
Umbrian - umbria; umbro, umbro, umbra
absolute - absoluto, completo, pleno
strangers - Extrano
admiring - admirando; admirar
stupidly - estúpidamente
"But, Cecil"" proceeded hilariously.
"In the course of conversation they said that they wanted a country cottage"the father to live there, the son to run down for week-ends. I thought, What a chance of scoring off Sir Harry!'and I took their address and a London reference, found they weren't actual blackguards"it was great sport"and wrote to him, making out""
run down - se ha agotado
actual - real, existente, verdadero, efectivo, actual
making out - fingir, distinguir, salir bien, salir ganando
"Cecil! No, it's not fair. I've probably met them before""
He bore her down.
"Perfectly fair. Anything is fair that punishes a snob. That old man will do the neighbourhood a world of good. Sir Harry is too disgusting with his decayed gentlewomen.'I meant to read him a lesson some time. No, Lucy, the classes ought to mix, and before long you'll agree with me. There ought to be intermarriage"all sorts of things. I believe in democracy""
punishes - castigar, punir, maltratar
Mix - mezclar
before long - En breve
intermarriage - Matrimonio mixto
sorts - clases; clase, tipo, género
"No, you don't," she snapped. "You don't know what the word means."
snapped - se rompió; chasquido, crujido, chasquido de dedos, fotografía
He stared at her, and felt again that she had failed to be Leonardesque. "No, you don't!"
Her face was inartistic"that of a peevish virago.
inartistic - Inartístico
virago - virago
"It isn't fair, Cecil. I blame you"I blame you very much indeed. You had no business to undo my work about the Miss Alans, and make me look ridiculous. You call it scoring off Sir Harry, but do you realize that it is all at my expense? I consider it most disloyal of you."
undo - deshacer
most disloyal - el más desleal
She left him.
"Temper!" he thought, raising his eyebrows.
No, it was worse than temper"snobbishness. As long as Lucy thought that his own smart friends were supplanting the Miss Alans, she had not minded. He perceived that these new tenants might be of value educationally. He would tolerate the father and draw out the son, who was silent. In the interests of the Comic Muse and of Truth, he would bring them to Windy Corner.
snobbishness - esnobismo
supplanting - suplantación; suplantar, destronar, derribar, derrocar
perceived - percibido; percibir, entender
educationally - educativamente
tolerate - tolerar, soportar
The Comic Muse, though able to look after her own interests, did not disdain the assistance of Mr. Vyse. His idea of bringing the Emersons to Windy Corner struck her as decidedly good, and she carried through the negotiations without a hitch. Sir Harry Otway signed the agreement, met Mr. Emerson, who was duly disillusioned. The Miss Alans were duly offended, and wrote a dignified letter to Lucy, whom they held responsible for the failure.
look after - Cuidar
negotiations - negociaciones; negociación
Hitch - enganche; inconveniente, contratiempo
agreement - acuerdo, convenio, contrato, concordancia
duly - bien; debidamente
disillusioned - desilusionado; desenganar, desengano, desencanto
Mr. Beebe planned pleasant moments for the new-comers, and told Mrs. Honeychurch that Freddy must call on them as soon as they arrived. Indeed, so ample was the Muse's equipment that she permitted Mr. Harris, never a very robust criminal, to droop his head, to be forgotten, and to die.
call on - recurrir a, visitar a alguien
equipment - equipamiento, equipo, equipación
robust - robusto
criminal - criminal
Lucy"to descend from bright heaven to earth, whereon there are shadows because there are hills"Lucy was at first plunged into despair, but settled after a little thought that it did not matter the very least. Now that she was engaged, the Emersons would scarcely insult her and were welcome into the neighbourhood.
And Cecil was welcome to bring whom he would into the neighbourhood. Therefore Cecil was welcome to bring the Emersons into the neighbourhood. But, as I say, this took a little thinking, and"so illogical are girls"the event remained rather greater and rather more dreadful than it should have done. She was glad that a visit to Mrs. Vyse now fell due; the tenants moved into Cissie Villa while she was safe in the London flat.
more dreadful - más terrible
"Cecil"Cecil darling," she whispered the evening she arrived, and crept into his arms.
Cecil, too, became demonstrative. He saw that the needful fire had been kindled in Lucy. At last she longed for attention, as a woman should, and looked up to him because he was a man.
demonstrative - demostrativo
needful - Necesario
longed for - Anhelar, desear, esperar
"So you do love me, little thing?" he murmured.
"Oh, Cecil, I do, I do! I don't know what I should do without you."
do without - prescindirse de
Several days passed. Then she had a letter from Miss Bartlett. A coolness had sprung up between the two cousins, and they had not corresponded since they parted in August. The coolness dated from what Charlotte would call "the flight to Rome," and in Rome it had increased amazingly. For the companion who is merely uncongenial in the mediaeval world becomes exasperating in the classical. Charlotte, unselfish in the Forum, would have tried a sweeter temper than Lucy's, and once, in the Baths of Caracalla, they had doubted whether they could continue their tour.
coolness - guay; frescura
corresponded - correspondían; corresponder, equivaler, corresponderse
amazingly - extraordinariamente, increíblemente, asombrosamente
exasperating - exasperante; exasperar
classical - clásico
forum - foro
sweeter - más dulce; dulcemente, dulce, caramelo, chuche, confite
Lucy had said she would join the Vyses"Mrs. Vyse was an acquaintance of her mother, so there was no impropriety in the plan and Miss Bartlett had replied that she was quite used to being abandoned suddenly. Finally nothing happened; but the coolness remained, and, for Lucy, was even increased when she opened the letter and read as follows. It had been forwarded from Windy Corner.
abandoned - abandonado; abandonar, dejar
forwarded - reenviado; hacia delante
"TUNBRIDGE WELLS,
"September.
"DEAREST LUCIA,
"I have news of you at last! Miss Lavish has been bicycling in your parts, but was not sure whether a call would be welcome. Puncturing her tire near Summer Street, and it being mended while she sat very woebegone in that pretty churchyard, she saw to her astonishment, a door open opposite and the younger Emerson man come out. He said his father had just taken the house. He said he did not know that you lived in the neighbourhood (?). He never suggested giving Eleanor a cup of tea.
Puncturing - pinchazos; pinchazo, perforar
tire - neumático
mended - reparado; remiendo, remendar, reparar
astonishment - asombro, estupefacción, sorpresa, extraneza
Dear Lucy, I am much worried, and I advise you to make a clean breast of his past behaviour to your mother, Freddy, and Mr. Vyse, who will forbid him to enter the house, etc. That was a great misfortune, and I dare say you have told them already. Mr. Vyse is so sensitive. I remember how I used to get on his nerves at Rome. I am very sorry about it all, and should not feel easy unless I warned you.
etc - tc
"Believe me,
"Your anxious and loving cousin,
"CHARLOTTE."
Lucy was much annoyed, and replied as follows:
"BEAUCHAMP MANSIONS, S.W.
"DEAR CHARLOTTE,
"Many thanks for your warning. When Mr. Emerson forgot himself on the mountain, you made me promise not to tell mother, because you said she would blame you for not being always with me. I have kept that promise, and cannot possibly tell her now. I have said both to her and Cecil that I met the Emersons at Florence, and that they are respectable people"which I do think"and the reason that he offered Miss Lavish no tea was probably that he had none himself. She should have tried at the Rectory.
Many thanks - Muchas gracias
I cannot begin making a fuss at this stage. You must see that it would be too absurd. If the Emersons heard I had complained of them, they would think themselves of importance, which is exactly what they are not. I like the old father, and look forward to seeing him again. As for the son, I am sorry for him when we meet, rather than for myself. They are known to Cecil, who is very well and spoke of you the other day. We expect to be married in January.
"Miss Lavish cannot have told you much about me, for I am not at Windy Corner at all, but here. Please do not put Private'outside your envelope again. No one opens my letters.
envelope - sobre
"Yours affectionately,
"L. M. HONEYCHURCH."
Secrecy has this disadvantage: we lose the sense of proportion; we cannot tell whether our secret is important or not. Were Lucy and her cousin closeted with a great thing which would destroy Cecil's life if he discovered it, or with a little thing which he would laugh at? Miss Bartlett suggested the former. Perhaps she was right. It had become a great thing now.
secrecy - secreto, sigilo, secretismo
disadvantage - desventaja
proportion - proporción
closeted - en el armario; ropero, armario, clóset
destroy - destruir, romper, destrozar, sacrificar
former - antiguo, anterior
Left to herself, Lucy would have told her mother and her lover ingenuously, and it would have remained a little thing. "Emerson, not Harris"; it was only that a few weeks ago. She tried to tell Cecil even now when they were laughing about some beautiful lady who had smitten his heart at school. But her body behaved so ridiculously that she stopped.
ingenuously - ingenuamente
smitten - enamorado; golpear, cascar
She and her secret stayed ten days longer in the deserted Metropolis visiting the scenes they were to know so well later on. It did her no harm, Cecil thought, to learn the framework of society, while society itself was absent on the golf-links or the moors. The weather was cool, and it did her no harm. In spite of the season, Mrs. Vyse managed to scrape together a dinner-party consisting entirely of the grandchildren of famous people. The food was poor, but the talk had a witty weariness that impressed the girl.
deserted - desierta; abandonar
metropolis - urbe, metrópolis
scenes - escenas; escena, escenario
framework - entramado, infraestructura, marco
golf-links - (golf-links) Campos de golf
moors - páramos; páramo
spite - rencor
season - temporada; estación
managed - manejado; manejar, conseguir, lograr, apanárselas
scrape - raspar, aranarse, rasparse, abrasión, rasponazo, pelea, pinada
consisting - consistente; componerse (de), constar (de)
grandchildren - nietos; nieto
witty - panish: t-needed
One was tired of everything, it seemed. One launched into enthusiasms only to collapse gracefully, and pick oneself up amid sympathetic laughter. In this atmosphere the Pension Bertolini and Windy Corner appeared equally crude, and Lucy saw that her London career would estrange her a little from all that she had loved in the past.
enthusiasms - entusiasmos; entusiasmo
collapse - derrumbarse, desplomarse, colapsar, colapso, desplome
oneself - sí mismo, uno mismo
laughter - risas; risa, risa
estrange - extranar; alienar, enajenar
The grandchildren asked her to play the piano.
She played Schumann. "Now some Beethoven" called Cecil, when the querulous beauty of the music had died. She shook her head and played Schumann again. The melody rose, unprofitably magical. It broke; it was resumed broken, not marching once from the cradle to the grave. The sadness of the incomplete"the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art"throbbed in its disjected phrases, and made the nerves of the audience throb.
querulous - quejoso, quejicoso, quejumbroso
unprofitably - sin beneficios; desaventajadamente
magical - mágico
resumed - se reanuda; reanudar
from the cradle to the grave - de la cuna a la tumba
incomplete - incompleto
disjected - Desestimar
throb - palpitar
Not thus had she played on the little draped piano at the Bertolini, and "Too much Schumann" was not the remark that Mr. Beebe had passed to himself when she returned.
draped - cubierto; cubrir, colocar, acomodar
When the guests were gone, and Lucy had gone to bed, Mrs. Vyse paced up and down the drawing-room, discussing her little party with her son. Mrs. Vyse was a nice woman, but her personality, like many another's, had been swamped by London, for it needs a strong head to live among many people.
paced - a ritmo; paso
personality - personalidad
swamped - empantanado; embalsadero, pantano, ciénaga, embalse
The too vast orb of her fate had crushed her; and she had seen too many seasons, too many cities, too many men, for her abilities, and even with Cecil she was mechanical, and behaved as if he was not one son, but, so to speak, a filial crowd.
seasons - temporadas; estación
mechanical - mecánico
filial - filial
"Make Lucy one of us," she said, looking round intelligently at the end of each sentence, and straining her lips apart until she spoke again. "Lucy is becoming wonderful"wonderful."
straining - esforzándose; (strain) esforzándose
"Her music always was wonderful."
"Yes, but she is purging off the Honeychurch taint, most excellent Honeychurches, but you know what I mean. She is not always quoting servants, or asking one how the pudding is made."
purging - Purga; (purge); purga, purgar, relevar, exonerar
most excellent - el más excelente
pudding - pudin, pudín
"Italy has done it."
"Perhaps," she murmured, thinking of the museum that represented Italy to her. "It is just possible. Cecil, Mind you marry her next January. She is one of us already."
Mind you - Ten/Tenga en cuenta
"But her music!" he exclaimed. "The style of her! How she kept to Schumann when, like an idiot, I wanted Beethoven. Schumann was right for this evening. Schumann was the thing. Do you know, mother, I shall have our children educated just like Lucy. Bring them up among honest country folks for freshness, send them to Italy for subtlety, and then"not till then"let them come to London.
idiot - idiota
folks - pueblo, gente
freshness - frescura, frescor
subtlety - delicadeza, sutileza
I don't believe in these London educations"" He broke off, remembering that he had had one himself, and concluded, "At all events, not for women."
educations - educación
"Make her one of us," repeated Mrs. Vyse, and processed to bed.
processed - procesado; proceso
As she was dozing off, a cry"the cry of nightmare"rang from Lucy's room. Lucy could ring for the maid if she liked but Mrs. Vyse thought it kind to go herself. She found the girl sitting upright with her hand on her cheek.
dozing - Dormir; (doze) Dormir
nightmare - pesadilla, mal sueno, tormento, suplicio
upright - derecho; vertical, recto, erguido, honrado, verticalmente
cheek - mejilla, cacha, cachete, nalga, glúteo, descoco
"I am so sorry, Mrs. Vyse"it is these dreams."
"Bad dreams?"
"Just dreams."
The elder lady smiled and kissed her, saying very distinctly: "You should have heard us talking about you, dear. He admires you more than ever. Dream of that."
distinctly - laramente; distintamente
admires - admirar
Lucy returned the kiss, still covering one cheek with her hand. Mrs. Vyse recessed to bed. Cecil, whom the cry had not awoke, snored. Darkness enveloped the flat.
recessed - empotrado; receso
snored - roncaba; roncar, ronquido
It was a Saturday afternoon, gay and brilliant after abundant rains, and the spirit of youth dwelt in it, though the season was now autumn. All that was gracious triumphed. As the motorcars passed through Summer Street they raised only a little dust, and their stench was soon dispersed by the wind and replaced by the scent of the wet birches or of the pines.
abundant - abundante, copioso, cuantioso
dwelt - habitó; habitar, morar
triumphed - triunfó; triunfo
motorcars - automóvil
passed through - pasar por, atravesar
stench - hedor, fetidez
replaced - reemplazado; reemplazar, sustituir
scent - olor, esencia, olfato, fragancia, oler
birches - abedules; abedul
Mr. Beebe, at leisure for life's amenities, leant over his Rectory gate. Freddy leant by him, smoking a pendant pipe.
amenities - comodidades; comodidad, amenidad, servicio, servicio público
Gate - puerta; verja
pendant - colgante, pendiente
"Suppose we go and hinder those new people opposite for a little."
hinder - retrasar; impedir; dificultar
"M'm."
"They might amuse you."
amuse - entretener, distraer, divertir
Freddy, whom his fellow-creatures never amused, suggested that the new people might be feeling a bit busy, and so on, since they had only just moved in.
only just - por poco
"I suggested we should hinder them," said Mr. Beebe. "They are worth it." Unlatching the gate, he sauntered over the triangular green to Cissie Villa. "Hullo!" he cried, shouting in at the open door, through which much squalor was visible.
Unlatching - Desenganchar
sauntered - paseó; pasear, paseo
squalor - la miseria; miseria, inmundicia
A grave voice replied, "Hullo!"
"I've brought someone to see you."
"I'll be down in a minute."
The passage was blocked by a wardrobe, which the removal men had failed to carry up the stairs. Mr. Beebe edged round it with difficulty. The sitting-room itself was blocked with books.
blocked - bloqueado; bloque, bloque
wardrobe - ropa; armario, ropero, clóset, escaparate
removal - remoción, eliminación, mudanza
edged - con bordes; orilla, borde, lado, arista, ventaja, filo
sitting-room - (sitting-room) sala de estar
"Are these people great readers?" Freddy whispered. "Are they that sort?"
"I fancy they know how to read"a rare accomplishment. What have they got? Byron. Exactly. A Shropshire Lad. Never heard of it. The Way of All Flesh. Never heard of it. Gibbon. Hullo! dear George reads German. Um"um"Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and so we go on. Well, I suppose your generation knows its own business, Honeychurch."
accomplishment - logro, éxito
lad - nino, chico, mozo, mozalbete
flesh - carne, pellejo, descarnar
Gibbon - gibón
German - alemán, alemana, germano, germana
generation - generación, generación, linaje
"Mr. Beebe, look at that," said Freddy in awestruck tones.
awestruck - asombrado
On the cornice of the wardrobe, the hand of an amateur had painted this inscription: "Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes."
cornice - cornisa
amateur - amateur, aficionado, diletante, inadaptado
inscription - inscripción, dedicatoria
enterprises - empresas; empresa, emprendimiento, empuje, iniciativa
"I know. Isn't it jolly? I like that. I'm certain that's the old man's doing."
"How very odd of him!"
"Surely you agree?"
But Freddy was his mother's son and felt that one ought not to go on spoiling the furniture.
"Pictures!" the clergyman continued, scrambling about the room. "Giotto"they got that at Florence, I'll be bound."
"The same as Lucy's got."
"Oh, by-the-by, did Miss Honeychurch enjoy London?"
"She came back yesterday."
"I suppose she had a good time?"
"Yes, very," said Freddy, taking up a book. "She and Cecil are thicker than ever."
"That's good hearing."
"I wish I wasn't such a fool, Mr. Beebe."
Mr. Beebe ignored the remark.
"Lucy used to be nearly as stupid as I am, but it'll be very different now, mother thinks. She will read all kinds of books."
"So will you."
"Only medical books. Not books that you can talk about afterwards. Cecil is teaching Lucy Italian, and he says her playing is wonderful. There are all kinds of things in it that we have never noticed. Cecil says""
medical - médico
"What on earth are those people doing upstairs? Emerson"we think we'll come another time."
George ran down-stairs and pushed them into the room without speaking.
"Let me introduce Mr. Honeychurch, a neighbour."
Then Freddy hurled one of the thunderbolts of youth. Perhaps he was shy, perhaps he was friendly, or perhaps he thought that George's face wanted washing. At all events he greeted him with, "How d'ye do? Come and have a bathe."
hurled - lanzado; arrojar, lanzar, tirar, proyectar, volver
Thunderbolts - thunderbolts; rayo, panish: t-needed
ye - sí; vos
"Oh, all right," said George, impassive.
impassive - impasible
Mr. Beebe was highly entertained.
"How d'ye do? how d'ye do? Come and have a bathe,'" he chuckled. "That's the best conversational opening I've ever heard. But I'm afraid it will only act between men. Can you picture a lady who has been introduced to another lady by a third lady opening civilities with How do you do? Come and have a bathe'? And yet you will tell me that the sexes are equal."
chuckled - se rió; reírse (entre dientes)
conversational - conversacional
sexes - exos; sexo
"I tell you that they shall be," said Mr. Emerson, who had been slowly descending the stairs. "Good afternoon, Mr. Beebe. I tell you they shall be comrades, and George thinks the same."
Good afternoon - Buenas tardes
comrades - camaradas; companero, colega, camarada, correligionario
"We are to raise ladies to our level?" the clergyman inquired.
inquired - preguntó; investigar, informarse
"The Garden of Eden," pursued Mr. Emerson, still descending, "which you place in the past, is really yet to come. We shall enter it when we no longer despise our bodies."
pursued - perseguido; perseguir, apuntar a
Mr. Beebe disclaimed placing the Garden of Eden anywhere.
disclaimed - rechazado; negar, rechazar
anywhere - en algún sitio; en cualquier parte, dondequiera
"In this"not in other things"we men are ahead. We despise the body less than women do. But not until we are comrades shall we enter the garden."
ahead - al frente de, delante de, adelante
"I say, what about this bathe?" murmured Freddy, appalled at the mass of philosophy that was approaching him.
appalled - asustado; horrorizar
"I believed in a return to Nature once. But how can we return to Nature when we have never been with her? To-day, I believe that we must discover Nature. After many conquests we shall attain simplicity. It is our heritage."
conquests - conquistas; conquista
attain - lograr, conseguir
heritage - patrimonio; herencia, acervo
"Let me introduce Mr. Honeychurch, whose sister you will remember at Florence."
"How do you do? Very glad to see you, and that you are taking George for a bathe. Very glad to hear that your sister is going to marry. Marriage is a duty. I am sure that she will be happy, for we know Mr. Vyse, too. He has been most kind. He met us by chance in the National Gallery, and arranged everything about this delightful house. Though I hope I have not vexed Sir Harry Otway. I have met so few Liberal landowners, and I was anxious to compare his attitude towards the game laws with the Conservative attitude. Ah, this wind!
by chance - Por casualidad
landowners - propietarios; terrateniente
conservative - conservador, conservadora
You do well to bathe. Yours is a glorious country, Honeychurch!"
"Not a bit!" mumbled Freddy. "I must"that is to say, I have to"have the pleasure of calling on you later on, my mother says, I hope."
"Call, my lad? Who taught us that drawing-room twaddle? Call on your grandmother! Listen to the wind among the pines! Yours is a glorious country."
twaddle - tonterías; chorrada
Mr. Beebe came to the rescue.
"Mr. Emerson, he will call, I shall call; you or your son will return our calls before ten days have elapsed. I trust that you have realized about the ten days'interval. It does not count that I helped you with the stair-eyes yesterday. It does not count that they are going to bathe this afternoon."
elapsed - ha transcurrido; transcurrir
stair - peldano, escalera
"Yes, go and bathe, George. Why do you dawdle talking? Bring them back to tea. Bring back some milk, cakes, honey. The change will do you good. George has been working very hard at his office. I can't believe he's well."
honey - carino; miel, dulzura, carino, tesoro, cielo
George bowed his head, dusty and sombre, exhaling the peculiar smell of one who has handled furniture.
exhaling - exhalando; espirar, exhalar
"Do you really want this bathe?" Freddy asked him. "It is only a pond, don't you know. I dare say you are used to something better."
pond - estanque
"Yes"I have said Yes'already."
Mr. Beebe felt bound to assist his young friend, and led the way out of the house and into the pine-woods. How glorious it was! For a little time the voice of old Mr. Emerson pursued them dispensing good wishes and philosophy. It ceased, and they only heard the fair wind blowing the bracken and the trees. Mr. Beebe, who could be silent, but who could not bear silence, was compelled to chatter, since the expedition looked like a failure, and neither of his companions would utter a word.
assist - ayudar, asistir
dispensing - dispensación; dispensar
good wishes - buenos deseos
blowing - soplando; golpe
be silent - se calla
compelled - obligado; obligar, forzar, compeler
utter - totalmente; absoluto, total
He spoke of Florence. George attended gravely, assenting or dissenting with slight but determined gestures that were as inexplicable as the motions of the tree-tops above their heads.
assenting - asentir, consentir, asentimiento
dissenting - disidente; discrepar, disentir, disenso, disentimiento
inexplicable - inexplicable
motions - mociones; movimiento, moción
tops - tops; cima, parte superior, parte de más arriba, cabecera, tapa
"And what a coincidence that you should meet Mr. Vyse! Did you realize that you would find all the Pension Bertolini down here?"
coincidence - coincidencia, casualidad
"I did not. Miss Lavish told me."
"When I was a young man, I always meant to write a History of Coincidence.'"
No enthusiasm.
"Though, as a matter of fact, coincidences are much rarer than we suppose. For example, it isn't purely coincidentally that you are here now, when one comes to reflect."
coincidences - coincidencias; coincidencia, casualidad
rarer - más raro; raro, poco común
purely - Puramente
reflect - reflejar, recapacitar, reflexionar, cavilar, discurrir
To his relief, George began to talk.
"It is. I have reflected. It is Fate. Everything is Fate. We are flung together by Fate, drawn apart by Fate"flung together, drawn apart. The twelve winds blow us"we settle nothing""
"You have not reflected at all," rapped the clergyman. "Let me give you a useful tip, Emerson: attribute nothing to Fate. Don't say, I didn't do this,'for you did it, ten to one. Now I'll cross-question you. Where did you first meet Miss Honeychurch and myself?"
rapped - rapeado; golpe seco
tip - consejo; punta, cabo, extremidad
"Italy."
"And where did you meet Mr. Vyse, who is going to marry Miss Honeychurch?"
"National Gallery."
"Looking at Italian art. There you are, and yet you talk of coincidence and Fate. You naturally seek out things Italian, and so do we and our friends. This narrows the field immeasurably we meet again in it."
seek - buscar
narrows - se estrecha; estrecho
meet again - volver a reunirse, volver a verse
"It is Fate that I am here," persisted George. "But you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhappy."
Mr. Beebe slid away from such heavy treatment of the subject. But he was infinitely tolerant of the young, and had no desire to snub George.
slid - Se deslizó; (slide); deslizar, resbalar, tobogán, resbaladilla
treatment - trato, tratamiento
tolerant - tolerante
"And so for this and for other reasons my History of Coincidence'is still to write."
Silence.
Wishing to round off the episode, he added; "We are all so glad that you have come."
wishing - Deseando; (wish); deseo, gana, desear
round off - Redondear
Silence.
"Here we are!" called Freddy.
"Oh, good!" exclaimed Mr. Beebe, mopping his brow.
mopping - fregando; chascona, fregar
"In there's the pond. I wish it was bigger," he added apologetically.
apologetically - pidiendo disculpas; disculpándose
They climbed down a slippery bank of pine-needles. There lay the pond, set in its little alp of green"only a pond, but large enough to contain the human body, and pure enough to reflect the sky. On account of the rains, the waters had flooded the surrounding grass, which showed like a beautiful emerald path, tempting these feet towards the central pool.
climbed down - se bajó
slippery - resbaladizo, escurridizo, resbaloso
needles - agujas; aguja, acícula
contain - contiene; contener, dominar
flooded - inundado; inundación; avenida, riada, diluvio, inundar
surrounding - alrededor; periferia, rededor, derredor
emerald - esmeralda
"It's distinctly successful, as ponds go," said Mr. Beebe. "No apologies are necessary for the pond."
ponds - stanques; estanque
George sat down where the ground was dry, and drearily unlaced his boots.
dry - seco, secarse, enjugar
drearily - Deprimente
unlaced - Desatar
"Aren't those masses of willow-herb splendid? I love willow-herb in seed. What's the name of this aromatic plant?"
masses - masas; montón, masa
willow - sauce, mimbrera, sauz
herb - hierba culinaria, planta medicinal, hierba
aromatic - aromático
No one knew, or seemed to care.
"These abrupt changes of vegetation"this little spongeous tract of water plants, and on either side of it all the growths are tough or brittle"heather, bracken, hurts, pines. Very charming, very charming."
abrupt - abrupto, brusco, repentino, súbito
vegetation - vegetación
spongeous - Esponjoso
tract - tracto; extensión
growths - crecimientos; crecimiento
tough - difícil; resistente, severo, de mano dura, ni modo
brittle - frágil, quebradizo, friable, crocante
heather - brezo, urce
hurts - duele; doler, lastimar, hacer dano, herido, dolido
"Mr. Beebe, aren't you bathing?" called Freddy, as he stripped himself.
stripped - despojado; quitar, desprender; arrancar; despojar
Mr. Beebe thought he was not.
"Water's wonderful!" cried Freddy, prancing in.
prancing - Presumiendo; (prance); encabritarse
"Water's water," murmured George. Wetting his hair first"a sure sign of apathy"he followed Freddy into the divine, as indifferent as if he were a statue and the pond a pail of soapsuds. It was necessary to use his muscles. It was necessary to keep clean. Mr. Beebe watched them, and watched the seeds of the willow-herb dance chorically above their heads.
wetting - mojando; (wet); húmedo, mojado, húmeda, mojada, mojar, mearse
apathy - apatía
pail - cubo
soapsuds - Espuma de jabón
seeds - semillas; semilla
chorically - coralmente
"Apooshoo, apooshoo, apooshoo," went Freddy, swimming for two strokes in either direction, and then becoming involved in reeds or mud.
Involved - involucrado; elevar, envolver, envolverse con, involucrarse
reeds - lengüetas; junco, cana
mud - barro, lodo
"Is it worth it?" asked the other, Michelangelesque on the flooded margin.
The bank broke away, and he fell into the pool before he had weighed the question properly.
broke away - separarse, distanciarse
weighed - pesado; pesar, levar, desancorar
"Hee-poof"I've swallowed a pollywog, Mr. Beebe, water's wonderful, water's simply ripping."
poof - Puf
swallowed - tragado; tragar, engullir
ripping - desgarro; rasgar, desgarrar
"Water's not so bad," said George, reappearing from his plunge, and sputtering at the sun.
reappearing - reapareciendo; reaparecer
sputtering - chisporroteando; (sputter) chisporroteando
"Water's wonderful. Mr. Beebe, do."
"Apooshoo, kouf."
Mr. Beebe, who was hot, and who always acquiesced where possible, looked around him. He could detect no parishioners except the pine-trees, rising up steeply on all sides, and gesturing to each other against the blue. How glorious it was! The world of motor-cars and rural Deans receded inimitably. Water, sky, evergreens, a wind"these things not even the seasons can touch, and surely they lie beyond the intrusion of man?
acquiesced - aceptó; consentir
steeply - e forma pronunciada
all sides - todos los lados
gesturing - gesticulando; gesto, ademán, detalle, atención
rural - rural
Deans - decanos; deán
inimitably - inimitablemente
evergreens - perennes; perennifolio
intrusion - intrusión
"I may as well wash too"; and soon his garments made a third little pile on the sward, and he too asserted the wonder of the water.
pile - montón, pila
sward - Semilla
asserted - afirmado; asegurar, aseverar, afirmar, ejercer; confirmar
It was ordinary water, nor was there very much of it, and, as Freddy said, it reminded one of swimming in a salad. The three gentlemen rotated in the pool breast high, after the fashion of the nymphs in Götterdämmerung. But either because the rains had given a freshness or because the sun was shedding a most glorious heat, or because two of the gentlemen were young in years and the third young in spirit"for some reason or other a change came over them, and they forgot Italy and Botany and Fate. They began to play. Mr. Beebe and Freddy splashed each other. A little deferentially, they splashed George. He was quiet: they feared they had offended him.
rotated - girado; girar, hacer rodar, checkgirar
nymphs - ninfas; ninfa
shedding - desprendimiento; (shed) desprendimiento
most glorious - el más glorioso
heat - calor; temperatura
Botany - botánica
splashed - salpicado; salpicadura, chapotear, salpicar
deferentially - con deferencia
feared - miedo, temor
Then all the forces of youth burst out. He smiled, flung himself at them, splashed them, ducked them, kicked them, muddied them, and drove them out of the pool.
forces - fuerzas; fuerza
ducked - agachado; hundir, sumergir
muddied - Fangoso
"Race you round it, then," cried Freddy, and they raced in the sunshine, and George took a short cut and dirtied his shins, and had to bathe a second time. Then Mr. Beebe consented to run"a memorable sight.
raced - corriste; carrera
consented - consintió; consentir, consentimiento, venia, anuencia
They ran to get dry, they bathed to get cool, they played at being Indians in the willow-herbs and in the bracken, they bathed to get clean. And all the time three little bundles lay discreetly on the sward, proclaiming:
Indians - indios; indio, hindú, indígena, indio, india
herbs - hierbas; hierba culinaria, planta medicinal, hierba
bundles - paquetes; haz, atado, fajo, atar, liar
discreetly - discretamente; disimuladamente
proclaiming - proclamando; proclamar
"No. We are what matters. Without us shall no enterprise begin. To us shall all flesh turn in the end."
enterprise - empresa, emprendimiento, empuje, iniciativa
turn in - acostarse, ir a la cama; devolver, entregar
"A try! A try!" yelled Freddy, snatching up George's bundle and placing it beside an imaginary goal-post.
yelled - gritó; grito, alarido
snatching up - agarrar, tomar
bundle - haz, atado, fajo, atar, liar
imaginary - imaginario
"Socker rules," George retorted, scattering Freddy's bundle with a kick.
"Goal!"
"Goal!"
"Pass!"
"Take care my watch!" cried Mr. Beebe.
Clothes flew in all directions.
"Take care my hat! No, that's enough, Freddy. Dress now. No, I say!"
But the two young men were delirious. Away they twinkled into the trees, Freddy with a clerical waistcoat under his arm, George with a wide-awake hat on his dripping hair.
delirious - delirante
twinkled - parpadeó; titilar, fulgurar, refulgir
waistcoat - chaleco, chalequillo
awake - despierto; despertar(se)
"That'll do!" shouted Mr. Beebe, remembering that after all he was in his own parish. Then his voice changed as if every pine-tree was a Rural Dean. "Hi! Steady on! I see people coming you fellows!"
dean - decano; deán
steady - estable; firme, liso, fijo
fellows - companeros; tipo
Yells, and widening circles over the dappled earth.
yells - grita; grito, alarido
dappled - mojado; tordo, animal de piel moteada, moteado, habado, motear
"Hi! hi! Ladies!"
Neither George nor Freddy was truly refined. Still, they did not hear Mr. Beebe's last warning or they would have avoided Mrs. Honeychurch, Cecil, and Lucy, who were walking down to call on old Mrs. Butterworth. Freddy dropped the waistcoat at their feet, and dashed into some bracken. George whooped in their faces, turned and scudded away down the path to the pond, still clad in Mr. Beebe's hat.
dashed - dashed; raya, guion largo, carrerita, gota, pizca, lanzarse
whooped - golpeado; grito/alarido (de alegría)
"Gracious alive!" cried Mrs. Honeychurch. "Whoever were those unfortunate people? Oh, dears, look away! And poor Mr. Beebe, too! Whatever has happened?"
look away - Mirar para otro lado
"Come this way immediately," commanded Cecil, who always felt that he must lead women, though he knew not whither, and protect them, though he knew not against what. He led them now towards the bracken where Freddy sat concealed.
against what - contra qué
"Oh, poor Mr. Beebe! Was that his waistcoat we left in the path? Cecil, Mr. Beebe's waistcoat""
No business of ours, said Cecil, glancing at Lucy, who was all parasol and evidently "minded."
evidently - evidentemente
"I fancy Mr. Beebe jumped back into the pond."
jumped - saltó; saltar
"This way, please, Mrs. Honeychurch, this way."
They followed him up the bank attempting the tense yet nonchalant expression that is suitable for ladies on such occasions.
tense - tenso; tiempo
nonchalant - casual, relajado, indiferente
"Well, I can't help it," said a voice close ahead, and Freddy reared a freckled face and a pair of snowy shoulders out of the fronds. "I can't be trodden on, can I?"
reared - criado; parte trasera
freckled - pecas; peca, tener peca
fronds - frondas; fronda, fronde
trodden - pisado; pisar, pisotear, hollar
"Good gracious me, dear; so it's you! What miserable management! Why not have a comfortable bath at home, with hot and cold laid on?"
miserable - miserable
management - Gestión
laid on - poner encima de algo; aprovisionar
"Look here, mother, a fellow must wash, and a fellow's got to dry, and if another fellow""
"Dear, no doubt you're right as usual, but you are in no position to argue. Come, Lucy." They turned. "Oh, look"don't look! Oh, poor Mr. Beebe! How unfortunate again""
argue - argumentar, debatir, discutir
For Mr. Beebe was just crawling out of the pond, on whose surface garments of an intimate nature did float; while George, the world-weary George, shouted to Freddy that he had hooked a fish.
crawling - Arrastrándose; (crawl) Arrastrándose
float - flotador; flotar, carroza
weary - cansado, cansino, cansar
hooked - enganchado; gancho, garfio, enganchar
"And me, I've swallowed one," answered he of the bracken. "I've swallowed a pollywog. It wriggleth in my tummy. I shall die"Emerson you beast, you've got on my bags."
wriggleth - Retorcerse
tummy - panza; bidón, barriga
beast - bestia, animal, salvaje
"Hush, dears," said Mrs. Honeychurch, who found it impossible to remain shocked. "And do be sure you dry yourselves thoroughly first. All these colds come of not drying thoroughly."
remain - resto, restos, quedarse, sobrar, restar, permanecer, continuar
"Mother, Do come away," said Lucy. "Oh for goodness'sake, do come."
Do come - Ven
"Hullo!" cried George, so that again the ladies stopped.
He regarded himself as dressed. Barefoot, bare-chested, radiant and personable against the shadowy woods, he called:
barefoot - descalzo, chuna
chested - Pecho
personable - personal; simpatico, amable
"Hullo, Miss Honeychurch! Hullo!"
"Bow, Lucy; better bow. Whoever is it? I shall bow."
Miss Honeychurch bowed.
That evening and all that night the water ran away. On the morrow the pool had shrunk to its old size and lost its glory. It had been a call to the blood and to the relaxed will, a passing benediction whose influence did not pass, a holiness, a spell, a momentary chalice for youth.
holiness - santidad
chalice - cáliz
How often had Lucy rehearsed this bow, this interview! But she had always rehearsed them indoors, and with certain accessories, which surely we have a right to assume. Who could foretell that she and George would meet in the rout of a civilization, amidst an army of coats and collars and boots that lay wounded over the sunlit earth?
rehearsed - ensayado; repetir, contar, practicar, ensayar
accessories - accesorios; accesorio
assume - suponer, dar por sentado, asumir
rout - rutina; derrotar
civilization - civilización
amidst - en medio de; en medio
collars - collares; cuello, collar, yugo
wounded - Herida
sunlit - iluminado por el sol; soleado
She had imagined a young Mr. Emerson, who might be shy or morbid or indifferent or furtively impudent. She was prepared for all of these. But she had never imagined one who would be happy and greet her with the shout of the morning star.
be shy - ser tímido
morbid - mórbida; mórbido, morboso
furtively - furtivamente, a hurtadillas
morning star - lucero del alba
Indoors herself, partaking of tea with old Mrs. Butterworth, she reflected that it is impossible to foretell the future with any degree of accuracy, that it is impossible to rehearse life. A fault in the scenery, a face in the audience, an irruption of the audience on to the stage, and all our carefully planned gestures mean nothing, or mean too much.
partaking - Participando; (partake); participar
degree of accuracy - Grado de precisión
rehearse - repetir, contar, practicar, ensayar
irruption - irrupción
"I will bow," she had thought. "I will not shake hands with him. That will be just the proper thing." She had bowed"but to whom? To gods, to heroes, to the nonsense of school-girls! She had bowed across the rubbish that cumbers the world.
shake hands - dar la mano
So ran her thoughts, while her faculties were busy with Cecil. It was another of those dreadful engagement calls. Mrs. Butterworth had wanted to see him, and he did not want to be seen. He did not want to hear about hydrangeas, why they change their colour at the seaside. He did not want to join the C. O. S. When cross he was always elaborate, and made long, clever answers where "Yes" or "No" would have done.
faculties - facultades; cuerpo docente, facultad
hydrangeas - hortensias; hortensia
seaside - la playa; costa, litoral, costero
Lucy soothed him and tinkered at the conversation in a way that promised well for their married peace. No one is perfect, and surely it is wiser to discover the imperfections before wedlock. Miss Bartlett, indeed, though not in word, had taught the girl that this our life contains nothing satisfactory. Lucy, though she disliked the teacher, regarded the teaching as profound, and applied it to her lover.
soothed - calmado; verdad
tinkered - jugueteado; cacharrear, amanar
wiser - más sabio; sabio
imperfections - imperfecciones; imperfección
Wedlock - matrimonio
contains - contiene; contener, dominar
satisfactory - satisfactorio
applied - plicado; aplicar
"Lucy," said her mother, when they got home, "is anything the matter with Cecil?"
The question was ominous; up till now Mrs. Honeychurch had behaved with charity and restraint.
till now - hasta ahora
"No, I don't think so, mother; Cecil's all right."
I don't think so - No lo creo.
"Perhaps he's tired."
Lucy compromised: perhaps Cecil was a little tired.
compromised - comprometido; acuerdo, arreglo
"Because otherwise""she pulled out her bonnet-pins with gathering displeasure""because otherwise I cannot account for him."
bonnet - capucha, gorra, cofia, capota, capó
pins - pasadores; alfiler
"I do think Mrs. Butterworth is rather tiresome, if you mean that."
"Cecil has told you to think so. You were devoted to her as a little girl, and nothing will describe her goodness to you through the typhoid fever. No"it is just the same thing everywhere."
devoted - dedicado; dedicar
typhoid - fiebre tifoidea
fever - fiebre, calentura
"Let me just put your bonnet away, may I?"
"Surely he could answer her civilly for one half-hour?"
civilly - civilmente
"Cecil has a very high standard for people," faltered Lucy, seeing trouble ahead. "It's part of his ideals"it is really that that makes him sometimes seem""
Standard - estándar, estándar, dechado, padrón, nivel
"Oh, rubbish! If high ideals make a young man rude, the sooner he gets rid of them the better," said Mrs. Honeychurch, handing her the bonnet.
"Now, mother! I've seen you cross with Mrs. Butterworth yourself!"
"Not in that way. At times I could wring her neck. But not in that way. No. It is the same with Cecil all over."
wring - escurrir; torcer, retorcer
"By-the-by"I never told you. I had a letter from Charlotte while I was away in London."
This attempt to divert the conversation was too puerile, and Mrs. Honeychurch resented it.
puerile - pueril
resented - resentido; ofenderse, tomarse a mal
"Since Cecil came back from London, nothing appears to please him. Whenever I speak he winces;"I see him, Lucy; it is useless to contradict me. No doubt I am neither artistic nor literary nor intellectual nor musical, but I cannot help the drawing-room furniture; your father bought it and we must put up with it, will Cecil kindly remember."
Appears - aparecer, comparecer
contradict - contradecir, contrariar
artistic - artístico
"I"I see what you mean, and certainly Cecil oughtn't to. But he does not mean to be uncivil"he once explained"it is the things that upset him"he is easily upset by ugly things"he is not uncivil to people."
uncivil - incivil; maleducado, grosero
"Is it a thing or a person when Freddy sings?"
"You can't expect a really musical person to enjoy comic songs as we do."
"Then why didn't he leave the room? Why sit wriggling and sneering and spoiling everyone's pleasure?"
wriggling - Retorciéndose; (wriggle); retorcer
sneering - con desprecio; (sneer) con desprecio
"We mustn't be unjust to people," faltered Lucy. Something had enfeebled her, and the case for Cecil, which she had mastered so perfectly in London, would not come forth in an effective form. The two civilizations had clashed"Cecil hinted that they might"and she was dazzled and bewildered, as though the radiance that lies behind all civilization had blinded her eyes.
unjust - injusto
enfeebled - enflaquecido; debilitar
mastered - ominado; senor, dueno; senora, duena
effective - efectivo, eficaz
civilizations - ivilizaciones; civilización
clashed - chocaron; estruendo, escaramuza
dazzled - deslumbrado; deslumbrar, obnubilar, encandilar, empaparotar
blinded - cegado; ciego, invidente, celosía, persiana, ciega, ciego, cegar
Good taste and bad taste were only catchwords, garments of diverse cut; and music itself dissolved to a whisper through pine-trees, where the song is not distinguishable from the comic song.
diverse - diverso, diferente
Dissolved - disuelto; disolver
distinguishable - se puede distinguir; distinguible
She remained in much embarrassment, while Mrs. Honeychurch changed her frock for dinner; and every now and then she said a word, and made things no better. There was no concealing the fact, Cecil had meant to be supercilious, and he had succeeded. And Lucy"she knew not why"wished that the trouble could have come at any other time.
embarrassment - vergüenza, corte g
supercilious - soberbia; altivo
"Go and dress, dear; you'll be late."
be late - llegar tarde
"All right, mother""
"Don't say All right'and stop. Go."
She obeyed, but loitered disconsolately at the landing window. It faced north, so there was little view, and no view of the sky. Now, as in the winter, the pine-trees hung close to her eyes. One connected the landing window with depression. No definite problem menaced her, but she sighed to herself, "Oh, dear, what shall I do, what shall I do?" It seemed to her that everyone else was behaving very badly. And she ought not to have mentioned Miss Bartlett's letter. She must be more careful; her mother was rather inquisitive, and might have asked what it was about.
loitered - holgazanear, perder el tiempo, merodear, vagar
disconsolately - Desconsoladamente
definite - definitiva; definido, indudable
menaced - amenazado; amenaza, peligro
behaving - comportándose; comportarse
inquisitive - inquisitivo, curioso
Oh, dear, what should she do?"and then Freddy came bounding upstairs, and joined the ranks of the ill-behaved.
bounding - atado
"I say, those are topping people."
topping - guarnición, aderezo; (top); cima, parte superior
"My dear baby, how tiresome you've been! You have no business to take them bathing in the Sacred Lake; it's much too public. It was all right for you but most awkward for everyone else. Do be more careful. You forget the place is growing half suburban."
most awkward - el más incómodo
Suburban - suburbano
"I say, is anything on to-morrow week?"
"Not that I know of."
"Then I want to ask the Emersons up to Sunday tennis."
"Oh, I wouldn't do that, Freddy, I wouldn't do that with all this muddle."
"What's wrong with the court? They won't mind a bump or two, and I've ordered new balls."
bump - chichón, tolondro, cototo, checkbache
"I meant it's better not. I really mean it."
He seized her by the elbows and humorously danced her up and down the passage. She pretended not to mind, but she could have screamed with temper. Cecil glanced at them as he proceeded to his toilet and they impeded Mary with her brood of hot-water cans.
humorously - con humor
impeded - impedido; impedir
brood - cría, polluelo, prole, empollar, proteger
Then Mrs. Honeychurch opened her door and said: "Lucy, what a noise you're making! I have something to say to you. Did you say you had had a letter from Charlotte?" and Freddy ran away.
noise - ruido, estrépito
"Yes. I really can't stop. I must dress too."
"How's Charlotte?"
"All right."
"Lucy!"
The unfortunate girl returned.
"You've a bad habit of hurrying away in the middle of one's sentences. Did Charlotte mention her boiler?"
hurrying - Prisa; (hurry); prisa, apuro, apresurarse, apurarse, darse prisa
"Her what?"
"Don't you remember that her boiler was to be had out in October, and her bath cistern cleaned out, and all kinds of terrible to-doings?"
cistern - aljibe, cisterna
doings - Haciendo
"I can't remember all Charlotte's worries," said Lucy bitterly. "I shall have enough of my own, now that you are not pleased with Cecil."
bitterly - con amargura; amargamente
Mrs. Honeychurch might have flamed out. She did not. She said: "Come here, old lady"thank you for putting away my bonnet"kiss me." And, though nothing is perfect, Lucy felt for the moment that her mother and Windy Corner and the Weald in the declining sun were perfect.
flamed - Flama
putting away - ahorrar, guardar, apartar
So the grittiness went out of life. It generally did at Windy Corner. At the last minute, when the social machine was clogged hopelessly, one member or other of the family poured in a drop of oil. Cecil despised their methods"perhaps rightly. At all events, they were not his own.
grittiness - Gritud
clogged - obstruido; zueco, bloqueo, obstrucción, obstruir, azolvar
poured in - verter, llegar a raudales
Dinner was at half-past seven. Freddy gabbled the grace, and they drew up their heavy chairs and fell to. Fortunately, the men were hungry. Nothing untoward occurred until the pudding. Then Freddy said:
gabbled - balbuceó; farfullar, parlotear, hablar atropelladamente
untoward - indecoroso; desfavorable, adverso, desventajoso, problemático
"Lucy, what's Emerson like?"
"I saw him in Florence," said Lucy, hoping that this would pass for a reply.
pass for - pasar por
"Is he the clever sort, or is he a decent chap?"
decent - decente
chap - chico; tío, tipo
"Ask Cecil; it is Cecil who brought him here."
"He is the clever sort, like myself," said Cecil.
Freddy looked at him doubtfully.
doubtfully - dudosamente
"How well did you know them at the Bertolini?" asked Mrs. Honeychurch.
"Oh, very slightly. I mean, Charlotte knew them even less than I did."
"Oh, that reminds me"you never told me what Charlotte said in her letter."
reminds - recuerda; recordar
"One thing and another," said Lucy, wondering whether she would get through the meal without a lie. "Among other things, that an awful friend of hers had been bicycling through Summer Street, wondered if she'd come up and see us, and mercifully didn't."
awful - asqueroso; horrible, terrible, atroz
mercifully - Misericordiosamente
"Lucy, I do call the way you talk unkind."
"She was a novelist," said Lucy craftily. The remark was a happy one, for nothing roused Mrs. Honeychurch so much as literature in the hands of females. She would abandon every topic to inveigh against those women who (instead of minding their houses and their children) seek notoriety by print. Her attitude was: "If books must be written, let them be written by men"; and she developed it at great length, while Cecil yawned and Freddy played at "This year, next year, now, never," with his plum-stones, and Lucy artfully fed the flames of her mother's wrath.
novelist - novelista
craftily - astutamente
abandon - abandonar, dejar
inveigh - vituperar, despotricar, denostar, lanzar invectivas (contra)
notoriety - notoriedad, infamia, mala fama
developed - esarrollado; desarrollar, revelar
yawned - bostezó; bostezar, abrirse, bostezo
plum - ciruela
fed - alimentado; (feed) alimentado
flames - llamas; flama, llama
wrath - cólera, ira, castigo
But soon the conflagration died down, and the ghosts began to gather in the darkness. There were too many ghosts about. The original ghost"that touch of lips on her cheek"had surely been laid long ago; it could be nothing to her that a man had kissed her on a mountain once. But it had begotten a spectral family"Mr. Harris, Miss Bartlett's letter, Mr. Beebe's memories of violets"and one or other of these was bound to haunt her before Cecil's very eyes. It was Miss Bartlett who returned now, and with appalling vividness.
conflagration - conflagración
begotten - engendrado; engendrar, concebir
spectral - espectral
haunt - persecución; frecuentar, espantar, desasosegar, inquietar
vividness - vivacidad; nitidez
"I have been thinking, Lucy, of that letter of Charlotte's. How is she?"
"I tore the thing up."
"Didn't she say how she was? How does she sound? Cheerful?"
"Oh, yes I suppose so"no"not very cheerful, I suppose."
"Then, depend upon it, it is the boiler. I know myself how water preys upon one's mind. I would rather anything else"even a misfortune with the meat."
Depend - depender, confiar, atender
preys - presas; botín, presa
Cecil laid his hand over his eyes.
"So would I," asserted Freddy, backing his mother up"backing up the spirit of her remark rather than the substance.
backing up - respaldar; retroceder; acumularse; copia de seguridad
substance - sustancia, enjundia
"And I have been thinking," she added rather nervously, "surely we could squeeze Charlotte in here next week, and give her a nice holiday while the plumbers at Tunbridge Wells finish. I have not seen poor Charlotte for so long."
squeeze - exprimir, apretar, apretujar, apuro, crisis, apretón
plumbers - fontaneros; plomero, fontanero
It was more than her nerves could stand. And she could not protest violently after her mother's goodness to her upstairs.
"Mother, no!" she pleaded. "It's impossible. We can't have Charlotte on the top of the other things; we're squeezed to death as it is. Freddy's got a friend coming Tuesday, there's Cecil, and you've promised to take in Minnie Beebe because of the diphtheria scare. It simply can't be done."
squeezed - exprimido; exprimir, apretar, apretujar, apuro, crisis, apretón
diphtheria - difteria
scare - miedo; asustar
"Nonsense! It can."
"If Minnie sleeps in the bath. Not otherwise."
"Minnie can sleep with you."
"I won't have her."
"Then, if you're so selfish, Mr. Floyd must share a room with Freddy."
"Miss Bartlett, Miss Bartlett, Miss Bartlett," moaned Cecil, again laying his hand over his eyes.
moaned - gimió; gemido, quejido, quejar, gemir
laying - colocación; (lay) colocación
"It's impossible," repeated Lucy. "I don't want to make difficulties, but it really isn't fair on the maids to fill up the house so."
difficulties - dificultades; dificultad
maids - sirvientas; doncella, senorita, doméstica, empleada doméstica
fill up - llenar
Alas!
"The truth is, dear, you don't like Charlotte."
"No, I don't. And no more does Cecil. She gets on our nerves. You haven't seen her lately, and don't realize how tiresome she can be, though so good. So please, mother, Don't worry us this last summer; but spoil us by not asking her to come."
gets on - subirse a, triunfar
lately - últimamente
Don't worry - No te preocupes
"Hear, hear!" said Cecil.
Mrs. Honeychurch, with more gravity than usual, and with more feeling than she usually permitted herself, replied: "This isn't very kind of you two. You have each other and all these woods to walk in, so full of beautiful things; and poor Charlotte has only the water turned off and plumbers.
You are young, dears, and however clever young people are, and however many books they read, they will never guess what it feels like to grow old."
grow old - envejecer
Cecil crumbled his bread.
crumbled - se desmoronó; desmigajarse, desmoronarse, desmenuzarse, crumble
"I must say Cousin Charlotte was very kind to me that year I called on my bike," put in Freddy. "She thanked me for coming till I felt like such a fool, and fussed round no end to get an egg boiled for my tea just right."
fussed - alborotado; fandango, jaleo, escándalo
boiled - hervido; hervir
"I know, dear. She is kind to everyone, and yet Lucy makes this difficulty when we try to give her some little return."
But Lucy hardened her heart. It was no good being kind to Miss Bartlett. She had tried herself too often and too recently. One might lay up treasure in heaven by the attempt, but one enriched neither Miss Bartlett nor any one else upon earth. She was reduced to saying: "I can't help it, mother. I don't like Charlotte. I admit it's horrid of me."
hardened - Se endurece
recently - recientemente, hace poco, últimamente, recién
enriched - enriquecido; enriquecer
admit - admitir, dar entrada, dejar entrar, reconocer, permitir
"From your own account, you told her as much."
"Well, she would leave Florence so stupidly. She flurried""
flurried - fluido; ráfaga, frenesí
The ghosts were returning; they filled Italy, they were even usurping the places she had known as a child. The Sacred Lake would never be the same again, and, on Sunday week, something would even happen to Windy Corner. How would she fight against ghosts? For a moment the visible world faded away, and memories and emotions alone seemed real.
usurping - usurpando; usurpar
fight - pelear (se), luchar
faded - desvanecido; apagarse, debilitarse; destenir
"I suppose Miss Bartlett must come, since she boils eggs so well," said Cecil, who was in rather a happier frame of mind, thanks to the admirable cooking.
boils - forúnculos; hervir
"I didn't mean the egg was well boiled," corrected Freddy, "because in point of fact she forgot to take it off, and as a matter of fact I don't care for eggs. I only meant how jolly kind she seemed."
Cecil frowned again. Oh, these Honeychurches! Eggs, boilers, hydrangeas, maids"of such were their lives compact. "May me and Lucy get down from our chairs?" he asked, with scarcely veiled insolence. "We don't want no dessert."
boilers - Caldera
compact - compacto
veiled - velado; velo, velar
insolence - insolencia
dessert - dulce, postre
Of course Miss Bartlett accepted. And, equally of course, she felt sure that she would prove a nuisance, and begged to be given an inferior spare room"something with no view, anything. Her love to Lucy. And, equally of course, George Emerson could come to tennis on the Sunday week.
spare - de repuesto; prescindir, pasar sin
Lucy faced the situation bravely, though, like most of us, she only faced the situation that encompassed her. She never gazed inwards. If at times strange images rose from the depths, she put them down to nerves.
encompassed - abarcado; circundar, rodear, abarcar, englobar
inwards - hacia dentro; interior, adentro
images - imágenes; imagen
When Cecil brought the Emersons to Summer Street, it had upset her nerves. Charlotte would burnish up past foolishness, and this might upset her nerves. She was nervous at night. When she talked to George"they met again almost immediately at the Rectory"his voice moved her deeply, and she wished to remain near him. How dreadful if she really wished to remain near him! Of course, the wish was due to nerves, which love to play such perverse tricks upon us. Once she had suffered from "things that came out of nothing and meant she didn't know what." Now Cecil had explained psychology to her one wet afternoon, and all the troubles of youth in an unknown world could be dismissed.
burnish - brunir; pulir
foolishness - tonterías; sandez, tontería
met again - volver a reunirse, volver a verse
tricks - trucos; truco, artimana, enganifa, treta
psychology - psicología
dismissed - despedido; despedir, echar, disipar, rechazar, expulsar
It is obvious enough for the reader to conclude, "She loves young Emerson." A reader in Lucy's place would not find it obvious. Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice, and we welcome "nerves" or any other shibboleth that will cloak our personal desire. She loved Cecil; George made her nervous; will the reader explain to her that the phrases should have been reversed?
chronicle - crónica
bewildering - esconcertante; confundir, desconcertar
shibboleth - santo y sena, contrasena, doctrina anticuada
But the external situation"she will face that bravely.
The meeting at the Rectory had passed off well enough. Standing between Mr. Beebe and Cecil, she had made a few temperate allusions to Italy, and George had replied. She was anxious to show that she was not shy, and was glad that he did not seem shy either.
allusions - alusiones; alusión
"A nice fellow," said Mr. Beebe afterwards "He will work off his crudities in time. I rather mistrust young men who slip into life gracefully."
work off - trabajar fuera
crudities - crudeza
Lucy said, "He seems in better spirits. He laughs more."
"Yes," replied the clergyman. "He is waking up."
waking up - Despertar(se)
That was all. But, as the week wore on, more of her defences fell, and she entertained an image that had physical beauty. In spite of the clearest directions, Miss Bartlett contrived to bungle her arrival. She was due at the South-Eastern station at Dorking, whither Mrs. Honeychurch drove to meet her. She arrived at the London and Brighton station, and had to hire a cab up.
wore on - llevar encima; tener puesto algo; poner de los nervios
defences - defensas; defensa
clearest - más claro; transparente, claro, despejado, libre
contrived - ingenioso; idear, improvisar
hire - contratar; alquilar
No one was at home except Freddy and his friend, who had to stop their tennis and to entertain her for a solid hour. Cecil and Lucy turned up at four o'clock, and these, with little Minnie Beebe, made a somewhat lugubrious sextette upon the upper lawn for tea.
entertain - entretenerse
lugubrious - lúgubre, triste
sextette - Sexteto
"I shall never forgive myself," said Miss Bartlett, who kept on rising from her seat, and had to be begged by the united company to remain. "I have upset everything. bursting in on young people! But I insist on paying for my cab up. Grant that, at any rate."
United - unidos; unir, aunar, juntar, combinar
bursting in - Irrumpir, estallar
"Our visitors never do such dreadful things," said Lucy, while her brother, in whose memory the boiled egg had already grown unsubstantial, exclaimed in irritable tones: "Just what I've been trying to convince Cousin Charlotte of, Lucy, for the last half hour."
convince - convencer
"I do not feel myself an ordinary visitor," said Miss Bartlett, and looked at her frayed glove.
frayed - deshilachado; deshilacharse, raerse
glove - guante, gorro
"All right, if you'd really rather. Five shillings, and I gave a bob to the driver."
shillings - chelines; chelín
Bob - Beto
Miss Bartlett looked in her purse. Only sovereigns and pennies. Could any one give her change? Freddy had half a quid and his friend had four half-crowns. Miss Bartlett accepted their moneys and then said: "But who am I to give the sovereign to?"
looked in - mirar dentro; buscar en
sovereigns - soberanos; soberano
pennies - céntimos; penique
quid - ibras; libra
crowns - coronas; corona
"Let's leave it all till mother comes back," suggested Lucy.
"No, dear; your mother may take quite a long drive now that she is not hampered with me. We all have our little foibles, and mine is the prompt settling of accounts."
hampered - bstaculizado; estorbar, impedir, obstaculizar
foibles - debilidades; manía, defecto, punto débil, parte débil
prompt - rápido, pronto, puntual, pie, entrada, senal, incitar, apuntar
accounts - uentas; cuenta
Here Freddy's friend, Mr. Floyd, made the one remark of his that need be quoted: he offered to toss Freddy for Miss Bartlett's quid. A solution seemed in sight, and even Cecil, who had been ostentatiously drinking his tea at the view, felt the eternal attraction of Chance, and turned round.
toss - tiro, lanzamiento, lanzar una moneda al aire, echar un volado
ostentatiously - Ostentosamente
Attraction - atracción
But this did not do, either.
"Please"please"I know I am a sad spoil-sport, but it would make me wretched. I should practically be robbing the one who lost."
spoil-sport - (spoil-sport) turbar una diversión, un juego
robbing - robando; robar
"Freddy owes me fifteen shillings," interposed Cecil. "So it will work out right if you give the pound to me."
owes - deber, adeudar, estar en deuda
"Fifteen shillings," said Miss Bartlett dubiously. "How is that, Mr. Vyse?"
dubiously - dudosamente
"Because, don't you see, Freddy paid your cab. Give me the pound, and we shall avoid this deplorable gambling."
gambling - juegos de azar; juego de azar; (gamble); apuesta, apostar, jugar
Miss Bartlett, who was poor at figures, became bewildered and rendered up the sovereign, amidst the suppressed gurgles of the other youths. For a moment Cecil was happy. He was playing at nonsense among his peers. Then he glanced at Lucy, in whose face petty anxieties had marred the smiles. In January he would rescue his Leonardo from this stupefying twaddle.
rendered - rendido; dejar, volver
sovereign - soberano
suppressed - suprimido; reprimar, contener, ocultar, suprimir
gurgles - gorgoritos; gluglú
youths - jóvenes; juventud, adolescencia, mocedad, anos mozos, joven
peers - colegas; par, noble
anxieties - nsiedades; zozobra, ansiedad, inquietud
smiles - sonrisas; sonrisa, sonreír
stupefying - estupefaciente; pasmar, entorpecer, embotar
"But I don't see that!" exclaimed Minnie Beebe who had narrowly watched the iniquitous transaction. "I don't see why Mr. Vyse is to have the quid."
iniquitous - pecaminoso, inicuo, injusto
"Because of the fifteen shillings and the five," they said solemnly. "Fifteen shillings and five shillings make one pound, you see."
solemnly - solemnemente
"But I don't see""
They tried to stifle her with cake.
stifle - asfixiar; ahogar, sofocar
"No, thank you. I'm done. I don't see why"Freddy, don't poke me. Miss Honeychurch, your brother's hurting me. Ow! What about Mr. Floyd's ten shillings? Ow! No, I don't see and I never shall see why Miss What's-her-name shouldn't pay that bob for the driver."
poke - golpear; meter
hurting - hiriendo; doler, lastimar, hacer dano, herido, dolido
"I had forgotten the driver," said Miss Bartlett, reddening. "Thank you, dear, for reminding me. A shilling was it? Can any one give me change for half a crown?"
reddening - enrojecimiento; enrojecer
reminding - recordatorio; recordar
shilling - chelines; chelín; (shill); testaferro, hombre de paja
change for - cambiar por
crown - corona
"I'll get it," said the young hostess, rising with decision.
"Cecil, give me that sovereign. No, give me up that sovereign. I'll get Euphemia to change it, and we'll start the whole thing again from the beginning."
"Lucy"Lucy"what a nuisance I am!" protested Miss Bartlett, and followed her across the lawn. Lucy tripped ahead, simulating hilarity. When they were out of earshot Miss Bartlett stopped her wails and said quite briskly: "Have you told him about him yet?"
protested - protestó; protestar, proclamar, oponerse, objetar, protesta
simulating - simulando; simular
wails - lamentos; llorar, gimotear; ulular; planir
"No, I haven't," replied Lucy, and then could have bitten her tongue for understanding so quickly what her cousin meant. "Let me see"a sovereign's worth of silver."
bitten - mordido; morder, picar, mordida, mordedura, mordisco, picadura
silver - plata
She escaped into the kitchen. Miss Bartlett's sudden transitions were too uncanny. It sometimes seemed as if she planned every word she spoke or caused to be spoken; as if all this worry about cabs and change had been a ruse to surprise the soul.
transitions - transiciones; transición
uncanny - extrano; inquietante, desconcertante, extrano, siniestro
caused - causado; causa, causar
worry - preocuparse, estar preocupado, inquietarse, comerse la cabeza
cabs - cabinas; taxi
ruse - truco; asechanza, artimana, trácala, astucia
"No, I haven't told Cecil or any one," she remarked, when she returned. "I promised you I shouldn't. Here is your money"all shillings, except two half-crowns. Would you count it? You can settle your debt nicely now."
nicely - espléndidamente, bien
Miss Bartlett was in the drawing-room, gazing at the photograph of St. John ascending, which had been framed.
gazing at - mirando
"How dreadful!" she murmured, "how more than dreadful, if Mr. Vyse should come to hear of it from some other source."
"Oh, no, Charlotte," said the girl, entering the battle. "George Emerson is all right, and what other source is there?"
battle - batalla
Miss Bartlett considered. "For instance, the driver. I saw him looking through the bushes at you, remember he had a violet between his teeth."
looking through - revisar, buscar entre; mirar sin ver, ignorar; mirar por
Violet - violeta
Lucy shuddered a little. "We shall get the silly affair on our nerves if we aren't careful. How could a Florentine cab-driver ever get hold of Cecil?"
"We must think of every possibility."
possibility - posibilidad
"Oh, it's all right."
"Or perhaps old Mr. Emerson knows. In fact, he is certain to know."
"I don't care if he does. I was grateful to you for your letter, but even if the news does get round, I think I can trust Cecil to laugh at it."
grateful - agradecido, complacido
"To contradict it?"
"No, to laugh at it." But she knew in her heart that she could not trust him, for he desired her untouched.
"Very well, dear, you know best. Perhaps gentlemen are different to what they were when I was young. Ladies are certainly different."
"Now, Charlotte!" She struck at her playfully. "You kind, anxious thing. What would you have me do? First you say Don't tell'; and then you say, Tell'. Which is it to be? Quick!"
Miss Bartlett sighed "I am no match for you in conversation, dearest. I blush when I think how I interfered at Florence, and you so well able to look after yourself, and so much cleverer in all ways than I am. You will never forgive me."
blush - sonrojo, rubor
interfered - interferido; panish: t-needed
cleverer - más listo; ágil, hábil, listo, talentoso, habiloso
"Shall we go out, then. They will smash all the china if we don't."
smash - estrellar, destrozar, golpear, machucar
China - porcelana
For the air rang with the shrieks of Minnie, who was being scalped with a teaspoon.
shrieks - gritos; alarido, chillido, chillar
scalped - le arrancaron la cabellera; cuero cabelludo, descabellar
teaspoon - cucharilla, cucharada de té, cucharadita
"Dear, One moment"we may not have this chance for a chat again. Have you seen the young one yet?"
One moment - Un momento
chat - chatear; charlar, hablar
"Yes, I have."
"What happened?"
"We met at the Rectory."
"What line is he taking up?"
"No line. He talked about Italy, like any other person. It is really all right. What advantage would he get from being a cad, to put it bluntly? I do wish I could make you see it my way. He really won't be any nuisance, Charlotte."
"Once a cad, always a cad. That is my poor opinion."
Lucy paused. "Cecil said one day"and I thought it so profound"that there are two kinds of cads"the conscious and the subconscious." She paused again, to be sure of doing justice to Cecil's profundity. Through the window she saw Cecil himself, turning over the pages of a novel. It was a new one from Smith's library. Her mother must have returned from the station.
cads - cadillas; boletero, villano
the subconscious - subconsciencia
turning over - dar la vuelta, voltear; arrancar
Smith - Herrera, Herrero
"Once a cad, always a cad," droned Miss Bartlett.
droned - zumbaba; zángano
"What I mean by subconscious is that Emerson lost his head. I fell into all those violets, and he was silly and surprised. I don't think we ought to blame him very much. It makes such a difference when you see a person with beautiful things behind him unexpectedly. It really does; it makes an enormous difference, and he lost his head: he doesn't admire me, or any of that nonsense, one straw. Freddy rather likes him, and has asked him up here on Sunday, so you can judge for yourself. He has improved; he doesn't always look as if he's going to burst into tears. He is a clerk in the General Manager's office at one of the big railways"not a porter!
subconscious - subconsciente
surprised - sorprendido; sorpresa, sorprender
unexpectedly - inesperadamente, inopinadamente
manager - director, gerente, gestor, jefe, representante, administrador
railways - ferrocarriles; vía férrea, ferrocarril
and runs down to his father for week-ends. Papa was to do with journalism, but is rheumatic and has retired. There! Now for the garden." She took hold of her guest by the arm. "Suppose we don't talk about this silly Italian business any more. We want you to have a nice restful visit at Windy Corner, with no worriting."
runs down - agotarse; reducir; menospreciar
papa - papá
journalism - periodismo
rheumatic - reumático
guest - invitado; huésped, visita, visitante, convidado
Lucy thought this rather a good speech. The reader may have detected an unfortunate slip in it. Whether Miss Bartlett detected the slip one cannot say, for it is impossible to penetrate into the minds of elderly people. She might have spoken further, but they were interrupted by the entrance of her hostess. Explanations took place, and in the midst of them Lucy escaped, the images throbbing a little more vividly in her brain.
slip in - deslizarse; colar; meter
penetrate - penetrar
elderly - ancianos; anciano, entrado en anos
explanations - explicaciones; explicación
The Sunday after Miss Bartlett's arrival was a glorious day, like most of the days of that year. In the Weald, autumn approached, breaking up the green monotony of summer, touching the parks with the grey bloom of mist, the beech-trees with russet, the oak-trees with gold.
breaking up - romper, cortar
bloom - florecer; flor
mist - niebla; neblina
beech - haya, pellín
oak - roble, encina, carrasca
Up on the heights, battalions of black pines witnessed the change, themselves unchangeable. Either country was spanned by a cloudless sky, and in either arose the tinkle of church bells.
battalions - batallones; batallón
unchangeable - inmutable
spanned - abarcado; luz, palmo
bells - campanas; campana
The garden of Windy Corners was deserted except for a red book, which lay sunning itself upon the gravel path. From the house came incoherent sounds, as of females preparing for worship. "The men say they won't go"""Well, I don't blame them""Minnie says, "need she go?
gravel path - camino de grava
incoherent - incoherente, inconexo, deshilvanado, descosido
""Tell her, no nonsense"""Anne! Mary! Hook me behind!"""Dearest Lucia, may I trespass upon you for a pin?" For Miss Bartlett had announced that she at all events was one for church.
Hook - gancho, garfio, enganchar
trespass - intrusión; entrar sin autorización; transgresión, usurpación
The sun rose higher on its journey, guided, not by Phaethon, but by Apollo, competent, unswerving, divine. Its rays fell on the ladies whenever they advanced towards the bedroom windows; on Mr. Beebe down at Summer Street as he smiled over a letter from Miss Catharine Alan; on George Emerson cleaning his father's boots; and lastly, to complete the catalogue of memorable things, on the red book mentioned previously.
guided - guiado; guiar, dirigir
Apollo - apolo
competent - competente
rays - rayos; rayo
advanced - avanzado; avanzar, progresar, avance, progreso, adelanto, avance
catalogue - catálogo, calendario universitario, catalogar
previously - antes; anteriormente, previamente, con anterioridad
The ladies move, Mr. Beebe moves, George moves, and movement may engender shadow. But this book lies motionless, to be caressed all the morning by the sun and to raise its covers slightly, as though acknowledging the caress.
engender - engendrar
caressed - Te importa
covers - cubiertas; tapa, cubierta, escondrijo, guarida, tapa
acknowledging - reconociendo; reconocer, acusar recibo
Presently Lucy steps out of the drawing-room window. Her new cerise dress has been a failure, and makes her look tawdry and wan.
cerise - cereza
tawdry - de mal gusto; hortera, chabacano, charro
wan - pálido, macilento; débil
At her throat is a garnet brooch, on her finger a ring set with rubies"an engagement ring. Her eyes are bent to the Weald. She frowns a little"not in anger, but as a brave child frowns when he is trying not to cry. In all that expanse no human eye is looking at her, and she may frown unrebuked and measure the spaces that yet survive between Apollo and the western hills.
garnet - Granate
brooch - un broche; broche
finger - dedo; apuntar, senalar, hurgar, dedear
rubies - rubíes; rubí
engagement ring - anillo de compromiso
frowns - frunce el ceno; fruncir el ceno
anger - ira, enfado, enojo, rabia
Brave - valiente, valeroso, corajudo
expanse - extensión
unrebuked - Sin censura
survive - sobrevivir
Western - occidental, oesteno, western
"Lucy! Lucy! What's that book? Who's been taking a book out of the shelf and leaving it about to spoil?"
shelf - estante, balda, anaquel, entrepano, estantería, arrecife
"It's only the library book that Cecil's been reading."
"But pick it up, and don't stand idling there like a flamingo."
idling - al ralentí; (idle) al ralentí
flamingo - flamenco
Lucy picked up the book and glanced at the title listlessly, Under a Loggia. She no longer read novels herself, devoting all her spare time to solid literature in the hope of catching Cecil up. It was dreadful how little she knew, and even when she thought she knew a thing, like the Italian painters, she found she had forgotten it.
listlessly - desganadamente
novels - ovelas; novela
devoting - Devoto
spare time - tiempo libre
catching - Atrapando; (catch); pega, traba, truco, cuestión
painters - Pintor
Only this morning she had confused Francesco Francia with Piero della Francesca, and Cecil had said, "What! you aren't forgetting your Italy already?" And this too had lent anxiety to her eyes when she saluted the dear view and the dear garden in the foreground, and above them, scarcely conceivable elsewhere, the dear sun.
lent - Prestado; (lend) Prestado
saluted - saludado; saludo, venia
foreground - en primer plano; primer plano
conceivable - concebible, pensable, imaginable
"Lucy"have you a sixpence for Minnie and a shilling for yourself?"
sixpence - seis peniques; Moneda de 6 Peniques
She hastened in to her mother, who was rapidly working herself into a Sunday fluster.
"It's a special collection"I forget what for. I do beg, no vulgar clinking in the plate with halfpennies; see that Minnie has a nice bright sixpence. Where is the child? Minnie! That book's all warped. (Gracious, how plain you look!) Put it under the Atlas to press. Minnie!"
collection - colección, conjunto, recogida, recolección, colecta, recaudación
clinking - tintineo
halfpennies - Medios peniques
warped - deformado; deformar; (madera) alabear, combar
"Oh, Mrs. Honeychurch"" from the upper regions.
regions - regiones; región
"Minnie, don't be late. Here comes the horse""it was always the horse, never the carriage. "Where's Charlotte? Run up and hurry her. Why is she so long? She had nothing to do. She never brings anything but blouses. Poor Charlotte"How I do detest blouses! Minnie!"
hurry - prisa, apuro, apresurarse, apurarse, darse prisa
blouses - lusas; blusa
Paganism is infectious"more infectious than diphtheria or piety"and the Rector's niece was taken to church protesting. As usual, she didn't see why. Why shouldn't she sit in the sun with the young men? The young men, who had now appeared, mocked her with ungenerous words. Mrs. Honeychurch defended orthodoxy, and in the midst of the confusion Miss Bartlett, dressed in the very height of the fashion, came strolling down the stairs.
paganism - paganismo
infectious - infeccioso, contagioso
piety - piedad
protesting - protestando; protestar, proclamar, oponerse, objetar, protesta
ungenerous - Poco generoso
defended - defendido; defender
orthodoxy - ortodoxia
confusion - confusión
strolling - Paseando; (stroll); paseo, caminata, garbeo, vuelta, pasearse
"Dear Marian, I am very sorry, but I have no small change"nothing but sovereigns and half crowns. Could any one give me""
I have no small change - No tengo calderilla
"Yes, easily. Jump in. Gracious me, how smart you look! What a lovely frock! You put us all to shame."
jump - saltar
"If I did not wear my best rags and tatters now, when should I wear them?" said Miss Bartlett reproachfully. She got into the victoria and placed herself with her back to the horse. The necessary roar ensued, and then they drove off.
rags - trapos; trapo
tatters - Jirones
"Good-bye! Be good!" called out Cecil.
Lucy bit her lip, for the tone was sneering.
lip - labio, labro
On the subject of "church and so on" they had had rather an unsatisfactory conversation. He had said that people ought to overhaul themselves, and she did not want to overhaul herself; she did not know it was done. Honest orthodoxy Cecil respected, but he always assumed that honesty is the result of a spiritual crisis; he could not imagine it as a natural birthright, that might grow heavenward like flowers. All that he said on this subject pained her, though he exuded tolerance from every pore; somehow the Emersons were different.
overhaul - revisión, repaso, ajuste, reparación general, revisar
respected - respetado; respeto, respetar
honesty - honradez, sinceridad, honestidad, monedas del Papa
crisis - crisis
pained - dolido; dolor
exuded - exudado; exudar
pore - poro
She saw the Emersons after church. There was a line of carriages down the road, and the Honeychurch vehicle happened to be opposite Cissie Villa. To save time, they walked over the green to it, and found father and son smoking in the garden.
vehicle - vehículo, medio de transporte, vehículos
"Introduce me," said her mother. "Unless the young man considers that he knows me already."
considers - considerar, barajar, sopesar, observar
He probably did; but Lucy ignored the Sacred Lake and introduced them formally. Old Mr. Emerson claimed her with much warmth, and said how glad he was that she was going to be married. She said yes, she was glad too; and then, as Miss Bartlett and Minnie were lingering behind with Mr. Beebe, she turned the conversation to a less disturbing topic, and asked him how he liked his new house.
formally - formalmente
claimed - reclamado; reclamación, declaración, proposición, afirmación
Lingering - Permaneciendo; (linger); permanecer, demorar, persistir
disturbing - inquietante; perturbar, molestar
"Very much," he replied, but there was a note of offence in his voice; she had never known him offended before. He added: "We find, though, that the Miss Alans were coming, and that we have turned them out. Women mind such a thing. I am very much upset about it."
offence - Ofensa
"I believe that there was some misunderstanding," said Mrs. Honeychurch uneasily.
misunderstanding - malentendido, qui pro quo; (misunderstand); malentender
"Our landlord was told that we should be a different type of person," said George, who seemed disposed to carry the matter further. "He thought we should be artistic. He is disappointed."
"And I wonder whether we ought to write to the Miss Alans and offer to give it up. What do you think?" He appealed to Lucy.
"Oh, stop now you have come," said Lucy lightly. She must avoid censuring Cecil. For it was on Cecil that the little episode turned, though his name was never mentioned.
censuring - censura
"So George says. He says that the Miss Alans must go to the wall. Yet it does seem so unkind."
"There is only a certain amount of kindness in the world," said George, watching the sunlight flash on the panels of the passing carriages.
panels - paneles; panel, vineta, entrepano
"Yes!" exclaimed Mrs. Honeychurch. "That's exactly what I say. Why all this twiddling and twaddling over two Miss Alans?"
twiddling - Girando; (twiddle) Girando
twaddling - Girando; (twaddle); chorrada
"There is a certain amount of kindness, just as there is a certain amount of light," he continued in measured tones. "We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm"yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine."
measured - medido; medición, medida, regla, compás, medir
wherever - dónde; adondequiera, doquier
do harm - hacer dano
"Oh, Mr. Emerson, I see you're clever!"
"Eh"?"
eh - no, qué, cómo
"I see you're going to be clever. I hope you didn't go behaving like that to poor Freddy."
George's eyes laughed, and Lucy suspected that he and her mother would get on rather well.
"No, I didn't," he said. "He behaved that way to me. It is his philosophy. Only he starts life with it; and I have tried the Note of Interrogation first."
"What do you mean? No, never mind what you mean. Don't explain. He looks forward to seeing you this afternoon. Do you play tennis? Do you mind tennis on Sunday"?"
"George mind tennis on Sunday! George, after his education, distinguish between Sunday""
distinguish - distinguir
"Very well, George doesn't mind tennis on Sunday. No more do I. That's settled. Mr. Emerson, if you could come with your son we should be so pleased."
He thanked her, but the walk sounded rather far; he could only potter about in these days.
Potter - alfarero; ceramista
She turned to George: "And then he wants to give up his house to the Miss Alans."
"I know," said George, and put his arm round his father's neck. The kindness that Mr. Beebe and Lucy had always known to exist in him came out suddenly, like sunlight touching a vast landscape"a touch of the morning sun? She remembered that in all his perversities he had never spoken against affection.
perversities - perversidades; perversidad
affection - afecto, carino, apego
Miss Bartlett approached.
"You know our cousin, Miss Bartlett," said Mrs. Honeychurch pleasantly. "You met her with my daughter in Florence."
"Yes, indeed!" said the old man, and made as if he would come out of the garden to meet the lady. Miss Bartlett promptly got into the victoria. Thus entrenched, she emitted a formal bow. It was the pension Bertolini again, the dining-table with the decanters of water and wine. It was the old, old battle of the room with the view.
promptly - pronto; inmediatamente, rápidamente
entrenched - atrincherado; atrincherar
emitted - emitido; emitir
formal - formal, oficial
dining-table - (dining-table) mesa de comedor
decanters - decantadores; decantador
George did not respond to the bow. Like any boy, he blushed and was ashamed; he knew that the chaperon remembered. He said: "I"I'll come up to tennis if I can manage it," and went into the house. Perhaps anything that he did would have pleased Lucy, but his awkwardness went straight to her heart; men were not gods after all, but as human and as clumsy as girls; even men might suffer from unexplained desires, and need help.
respond - responder
manage it - Gestionarlo
awkwardness - incomodidad; torpeza
clumsy - patoso, torpe, desmanado, bruto
To one of her upbringing, and of her destination, the weakness of men was a truth unfamiliar, but she had surmised it at Florence, when George threw her photographs into the River Arno.
upbringing - educación; crianza
destination - destino
weakness - debilidad, flaqueza, punto débil, debilidad por, carino
surmised - suponer, conjeturar, presumir
"George, don't go," cried his father, who thought it a great treat for people if his son would talk to them. "George has been in such good spirits today, and I am sure he will end by coming up this afternoon."
Lucy caught her cousin's eye. Something in its mute appeal made her reckless. "Yes," she said, raising her voice, "I do hope he will." Then she went to the carriage and murmured, "The old man hasn't been told; I knew it was all right." Mrs. Honeychurch followed her, and they drove away.
mute - silencio; mudo
reckless - imprudente, temerario, desconsiderado
drove away - se alejó
Satisfactory that Mr. Emerson had not been told of the Florence escapade; yet Lucy's spirits should not have leapt up as if she had sighted the ramparts of heaven. Satisfactory; yet surely she greeted it with disproportionate joy. All the way home the horses'hoofs sang a tune to her: "He has not told, he has not told.
escapade - escapada; aventura, andanza, correría, travesura
leapt - Saltó
sighted - vidente; vista, lugar de interés, espectáculo, panorama, visor
ramparts - murallas; baluarte, muralla, terraplén, defensa, muro
disproportionate - desproporcionado
hoofs - cascos; pezuna, casco
Her brain expanded the melody: "He has not told his father"to whom he tells all things. It was not an exploit. He did not laugh at me when I had gone." She raised her hand to her cheek. "He does not love me. No. How terrible if he did! But he has not told. He will not tell."
exploit - explotar; hazana, proeza, gesta, heroicidad
She longed to shout the words: "It is all right. It's a secret between us two for ever. Cecil will never hear." She was even glad that Miss Bartlett had made her promise secrecy, that last dark evening at Florence, when they had knelt packing in his room. The secret, big or little, was guarded.
guarded - guardado; guarda, guardia, guardés, guarda, tapador, bloque
Only three English people knew of it in the world. Thus she interpreted her joy. She greeted Cecil with unusual radiance, because she felt so safe. As he helped her out of the carriage, she said:
unusual - inusual, inusitado, desusado
"The Emersons have been so nice. George Emerson has improved enormously."
enormously - enormemente
"How are my protégés?" asked Cecil, who took no real interest in them, and had long since forgotten his resolution to bring them to Windy Corner for educational purposes.
resolution - resolución, panish: t-needed
educational - educativo, educacional
"Protégés!" she exclaimed with some warmth. For the only relationship which Cecil conceived was feudal: that of protector and protected. He had no glimpse of the comradeship after which the girl's soul yearned.
relationship - relación, noviazgo
conceived - concebido; concebir
feudal - feudal
protector - protector, protectora, valedor
protected - protegido; proteger, defensar
Glimpse - un vistazo; atisbo, entrever, atisbar, vislumbrar, ojear
yearned - anorado; anhelar
"You shall see for yourself how your protégés are. George Emerson is coming up this afternoon. He is a most interesting man to talk to. Only don't"" She nearly said, "Don't protect him." But the bell was ringing for lunch, and, as often happened, Cecil had paid no great attention to her remarks. Charm, not argument, was to be her forte.
most interesting - lo más interesante
Lunch was a cheerful meal. Generally Lucy was depressed at meals. Some one had to be soothed"either Cecil or Miss Bartlett or a Being not visible to the mortal eye"a Being who whispered to her soul: "It will not last, this cheerfulness. In January you must go to London to entertain the grandchildren of celebrated men." But to-day she felt she had received a guarantee. Her mother would always sit there, her brother here. The sun, though it had moved a little since the morning, would never be hidden behind the western hills.
soothed - calmado; calmar, serenar, aliviar, aliviarse, descansar
cheerfulness - alegría
entertain - divertir, entretener
celebrated - celebrado; honrar, loar, alabar, celebrar, festejar
After luncheon they asked her to play. She had seen Gluck's Armide that year, and played from memory the music of the enchanted garden"the music to which Renaud approaches, beneath the light of an eternal dawn, the music that never gains, never wanes, but ripples for ever like the tideless seas of fairyland. Such music is not for the piano, and her audience began to get restive, and Cecil, sharing the discontent, called out: "Now play us the other garden"the one in Parsifal."
luncheon - almuerzo
from memory - de memoria
enchanted - encantado; encantar
approaches - enfoques; acercarse, aproximarse
dawn - amanecer, alba, amanecer, aurora, madrugada
gains - ganancias; ganar, adquirir, obtener, conseguir
wanes - disminuye; menguar
ripples - ndas; ondulación
tideless - Sin mareas
She closed the instrument.
instrument - instrumento, herramienta
"Not very dutiful," said her mother's voice.
dutiful - obediente
Fearing that she had offended Cecil, she turned quickly round. There George was. He had crept in without interrupting her.
fearing - Miedo
crept in - Entrar a hurtadillas
interrupting - interrumpiendo; interrumpir, interrupción
"Oh, I had no idea!" she exclaimed, getting very red; and then, without a word of greeting, she reopened the piano. Cecil should have the Parsifal, and anything else that he liked.
greeting - saludo; (greet); saludo
reopened - reabierto; reabrir, reabrirse
"Our performer has changed her mind," said Miss Bartlett, perhaps implying, she will play the music to Mr. Emerson. Lucy did not know what to do nor even what she wanted to do. She played a few bars of the Flower Maidens'song very badly and then she stopped.
maidens - oncellas; doncella
"I vote tennis," said Freddy, disgusted at the scrappy entertainment.
entertainment - entretenimiento, espectáculo
"Yes, so do I." Once more she closed the unfortunate piano. "I vote you have a men's four."
"All right."
"Not for me, thank you," said Cecil. "I will not spoil the set." He never realized that it may be an act of kindness in a bad player to make up a fourth.
"Oh, come along Cecil. I'm bad, Floyd's rotten, and so I dare say's Emerson."
rotten - podrido, estropeado, malo, putrefacto
George corrected him: "I am not bad."
One looked down one's nose at this. "Then certainly I won't play," said Cecil, while Miss Bartlett, under the impression that she was snubbing George, added: "I agree with you, Mr. Vyse. You had much better not play. Much better not."
impression - impresión
Minnie, rushing in where Cecil feared to tread, announced that she would play. "I shall miss every ball anyway, so what does it matter?" But Sunday intervened and stamped heavily upon the kindly suggestion.
tread - pisada; pisar, pisotear, hollar
anyway - aún así, a pesar de todo, igualmente, de todos modos
stamped - Sellado; (stamp); estampado, sello, timbrar, franquear
"Then it will have to be Lucy," said Mrs. Honeychurch; "you must fall back on Lucy. There is no other way out of it. Lucy, go and change your frock."
fall back - quedarse atrás, retrasarse, retirarse, caerse
Lucy's Sabbath was generally of this amphibious nature. She kept it without hypocrisy in the morning, and broke it without reluctance in the afternoon. As she changed her frock, she wondered whether Cecil was sneering at her; really she must overhaul herself and settle everything up before she married him.
Sabbath - sábado, sabbat, domingo, aquelarre
amphibious - anfibio
reluctance - reticencia; reluctancia
Mr. Floyd was her partner. She liked music, but how much better tennis seemed. How much better to run about in comfortable clothes than to sit at the piano and feel girt under the arms. Once more music appeared to her the employment of a child. George served, and surprised her by his anxiety to win. She remembered how he had sighed among the tombs at Santa Croce because things wouldn't fit; how after the death of that obscure Italian he had leant over the parapet by the Arno and said to her: "I shall want to live, I tell you.
girt - Cinturón; (gird) Cinturón
served - servido; servicio, servir, desempenar, fungir, operar, cernir
tombs - tumbas; tumba
He wanted to live now, to win at tennis, to stand for all he was worth in the sun"the sun which had begun to decline and was shining in her eyes; and he did win.
decline - declive, retroceso, decadencia
shining - brillante; espinilla
Ah, how beautiful the Weald looked! The hills stood out above its radiance, as Fiesole stands above the Tuscan Plain, and the South Downs, if one chose, were the mountains of Carrara. She might be forgetting her Italy, but she was noticing more things in her England. One could play a new game with the view, and try to find in its innumerable folds some town or village that would do for Florence. Ah, how beautiful the Weald looked!
Tuscan - toscano, toscano, toscana
But now Cecil claimed her. He chanced to be in a lucid critical mood, and would not sympathize with exaltation. He had been rather a nuisance all through the tennis, for the novel that he was reading was so bad that he was obliged to read it aloud to others. He would stroll round the precincts of the court and call out: "I say, listen to this, Lucy. Three split infinitives."
chanced - suerte, by chance: por casualidad
lucid - lúcido, lucido, brillante
sympathize with - compadecerse de alguien; empatizar con
stroll - paseo, caminata, garbeo, vuelta, pasearse
precincts - ecintos; recinto, distrito policial
split - fisura, escisión, partir, dividir, escindir, repartir
infinitives - infinitivos; infinitivo
"Dreadful!" said Lucy, and missed her stroke. When they had finished their set, he still went on reading; there was some murder scene, and really everyone must listen to it. Freddy and Mr. Floyd were obliged to hunt for a lost ball in the laurels, but the other two acquiesced.
stroke - ictus; golpe
hunt - cazar, buscar, caza
laurels - aureles; laurel, corona de laurel
"The scene is laid in Florence."
laid in - recoger
"What fun, Cecil! Read away. Come, Mr. Emerson, sit down after all your energy." She had "forgiven" George, as she put it, and she made a point of being pleasant to him.
He jumped over the net and sat down at her feet asking: "You"and are you tired?"
jumped over - Saltar por encima de
"Of course I'm not!"
"Do you mind being beaten?"
beaten - golpeado; batir, golpear, percutir
She was going to answer, "No," when it struck her that she did mind, so she answered, "Yes." She added merrily, "I don't see you're such a splendid player, though. The light was behind you, and it was in my eyes."
"I never said I was."
"Why, you did!"
"You didn't attend."
attend - asistir
"You said"oh, don't go in for accuracy at this house. We all exaggerate, and we get very angry with people who don't."
accuracy - exactitud, precisión, tino
exaggerate - exagerar
"The scene is laid in Florence,'" repeated Cecil, with an upward note.
upward - hacia arriba
Lucy recollected herself.
recollected - recuerdas; recordar, acordarse de
"Sunset. Leonora was speeding"'"
sunset - puesta de sol; puesta del sol, ocaso, atardecer
Lucy interrupted. "Leonora? Is Leonora the heroine? Who's the book by?"
"Joseph Emery Prank. Sunset. Leonora speeding across the square. Pray the saints she might not arrive too late. Sunset"the sunset of Italy. Under Orcagna's Loggia"the Loggia de'Lanzi, as we sometimes call it now"'"
Joseph - José, José de Arimetea
Emery - esmeril, esmerilar
prank - travesura, broma, inocentada, jugarreta
Lucy burst into laughter. "Joseph Emery Prank'indeed! Why it's Miss Lavish! It's Miss Lavish's novel, and she's publishing it under somebody else's name."
"Who may Miss Lavish be?"
"Oh, a dreadful person"Mr. Emerson, you remember Miss Lavish?"
Excited by her pleasant afternoon, she clapped her hands.
George looked up. "Of course I do. I saw her the day I arrived at Summer Street. It was she who told me that you lived here."
"Weren't you pleased?" She meant "to see Miss Lavish," but when he bent down to the grass without replying, it struck her that she could mean something else. She watched his head, which was almost resting against her knee, and she thought that the ears were reddening. "No wonder the novel's bad," she added. "I never liked Miss Lavish. But I suppose one ought to read it as one's met her."
resting - Descansando; (rest) Descansando
"All modern books are bad," said Cecil, who was annoyed at her inattention, and vented his annoyance on literature. "Every one writes for money in these days."
inattention - desatención; inatención, descortesía
vented - ventilado; respiradero; rejilla de ventilación
annoyance - disgusto, irritación, lata, molestia, fastidio
"Oh, Cecil"!"
"It is so. I will inflict Joseph Emery Prank on you no longer."
Cecil, this afternoon seemed such a twittering sparrow. The ups and downs in his voice were noticeable, but they did not affect her. She had dwelt amongst melody and movement, and her nerves refused to answer to the clang of his. Leaving him to be annoyed, she gazed at the black head again. She did not want to stroke it, but she saw herself wanting to stroke it; the sensation was curious.
twittering - Twitter; (twitter) Twitter
sparrow - pasérido, gorrión, pájaro
noticeable - se nota; notable
"How do you like this view of ours, Mr. Emerson?"
"I never notice much difference in views."
"What do you mean?"
"Because they're all alike. Because all that matters in them is distance and air."
"H'm!" said Cecil, uncertain whether the remark was striking or not.
"My father""he looked up at her (and he was a little flushed)""says that there is only one perfect view"the view of the sky straight over our heads, and that all these views on earth are but bungled copies of it."
copies - copias; copia, ejemplar, copiar, imitar, recibir
"I expect your father has been reading Dante," said Cecil, fingering the novel, which alone permitted him to lead the conversation.
"He told us another day that views are really crowds"crowds of trees and houses and hills"and are bound to resemble each other, like human crowds"and that the power they have over us is sometimes supernatural, for the same reason."
crowds - muchas personas; multitud, muchedumbre
resemble - se parecen; asemejar
supernatural - sobrenatural
Lucy's lips parted.
"For a crowd is more than the people who make it up. Something gets added to it"no one knows how"just as something has got added to those hills."
He pointed with his racquet to the South Downs.
"What a splendid idea!" she murmured. "I shall enjoy hearing your father talk again. I'm so sorry he's not so well."
"No, he isn't well."
"There's an absurd account of a view in this book," said Cecil. "Also that men fall into two classes"those who forget views and those who remember them, even in small rooms."
small rooms - habitaciones pequenas
"Mr. Emerson, have you any brothers or sisters?"
"None. Why?"
"You spoke of us.'"
"My mother, I was meaning."
Cecil closed the novel with a bang.
bang - portazo, golpe estrepitoso
"Oh, Cecil"how you made me jump!"
"I will inflict Joseph Emery Prank on you no longer."
"I can just remember us all three going into the country for the day and seeing as far as Hindhead. It is the first thing that I remember."
Cecil got up; the man was ill-bred"he hadn't put on his coat after tennis"he didn't do. He would have strolled away if Lucy had not stopped him.
strolled - paseando; paseo, caminata, garbeo, vuelta, pasearse
"Cecil, do read the thing about the view."
"Not while Mr. Emerson is here to entertain us."
"No"read away. I think nothing's funnier than to hear silly things read out loud. If Mr. Emerson thinks us frivolous, he can go."
frivolous - frívolo, banal, nimio, trivial
This struck Cecil as subtle, and pleased him. It put their visitor in the position of a prig. Somewhat mollified, he sat down again.
prig - pendejo; meapilas
mollified - molestado; aliviar, calmar, apaciguar
"Mr. Emerson, go and find tennis balls." She opened the book. Cecil must have his reading and anything else that he liked. But her attention wandered to George's mother, who"according to Mr. Eager"had been murdered in the sight of God and"according to her son"had seen as far as Hindhead.
"Am I really to go?" asked George.
"No, of course not really," she answered.
"Chapter two," said Cecil, yawning. "Find me chapter two, if it isn't bothering you."
yawning - Bostezando; (yawn); bostezar, abrirse, bostezo
bothering - molestando; molestar, agobiar, cansón, joroba, rayos, caramba
She thought she had gone mad.
mad - loco, trastornado, zumbado, enfadado, enojado
"Here"hand me the book."
She heard her voice saying: "It isn't worth reading"it's too silly to read"I never saw such rubbish"it oughtn't to be allowed to be printed."
printed - impreso; imprimir
He took the book from her.
"Leonora,'" he read, "sat pensive and alone. Before her lay the rich champaign of Tuscany, dotted over with many a smiling village. The season was spring.'"
pensive - pensativo, meditabundo, amohinado, melancólico
champaign - Champana
Miss Lavish knew, somehow, and had printed the past in draggled prose, for Cecil to read and for George to hear.
draggled - Arrastrar
prose - prosa
"A golden haze,'" he read. He read: "Afar off the towers of Florence, while the bank on which she sat was carpeted with violets. All unobserved Antonio stole up behind her"'"
afar - lejos; afar
towers - torres; torre
bank on - apostar por; confiar en; contar con
carpeted - alfombrada; alfombra, moqueta, alfombrar, cubrir
unobserved - no se observa; inobservado
Lest Cecil should see her face she turned to George and saw his face.
He read: "There came from his lips no wordy protestation such as formal lovers use. No eloquence was his, nor did he suffer from the lack of it. He simply enfolded her in his manly arms.'"
protestation - Protesta
eloquence - elocuencia
lack - falta; carecer de
enfolded - Envolver
manly - varonil, viril
"This isn't the passage I wanted," he informed them, "there is another much funnier, further on." He turned over the leaves.
further on - más adelante
"Should we go in to tea?" said Lucy, whose voice remained steady.
She led the way up the garden, Cecil following her, George last. She thought a disaster was averted. But when they entered the shrubbery it came. The book, as if it had not worked mischief enough, had been forgotten, and Cecil must go back for it; and George, who loved passionately, must blunder against her in the narrow path.
averted - evitado; apartar, evitar
mischief - travesuras; travesura, diablura, gamberrada
passionately - con pasión; apasionadamente
"No"" she gasped, and, for the second time, was kissed by him.
As if no more was possible, he slipped back; Cecil rejoined her; they reached the upper lawn alone.
rejoined - Reincorporarse
But Lucy had developed since the spring. That is to say, she was now better able to stifle the emotions of which the conventions and the world disapprove. Though the danger was greater, she was not shaken by deep sobs.
sobs - sollozos; hdp
She said to Cecil, "I am not coming in to tea"tell mother"I must write some letters," and went up to her room. Then she prepared for action. Love felt and returned, love which our bodies exact and our hearts have transfigured, love which is the most real thing that we shall ever meet, reappeared now as the world's enemy, and she must stifle it.
most real - el más real
She sent for Miss Bartlett.
The contest lay not between love and duty. Perhaps there never is such a contest. It lay between the real and the pretended, and Lucy's first aim was to defeat herself. As her brain clouded over, as the memory of the views grew dim and the words of the book died away, she returned to her old shibboleth of nerves. She "conquered her breakdown." Tampering with the truth, she forgot that the truth had ever been.
clouded - nublado; nublar
conquered - conquistado; conquistar, debelar
breakdown - avería, descompostura, ataque de nervios, colapso nervioso
tampering - manipulación; (tamper) manipulación
Remembering that she was engaged to Cecil, she compelled herself to confused remembrances of George; he was nothing to her; he never had been anything; he had behaved abominably; she had never encouraged him. The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul. In a few moments Lucy was equipped for battle.
remembrances - recuerdos; recuerdo, memoria, recordatorio, remembranza
armour - armadura
falsehood - falsedad
subtly - sutilmente
hides - se esconde; esconder(se), ocultar
equipped - equipado; equipar, equiparse, preparar, dotar
"Something too awful has happened," she began, as soon as her cousin arrived. "Do you know anything about Miss Lavish's novel?"
Miss Bartlett looked surprised, and said that she had not read the book, nor known that it was published; Eleanor was a reticent woman at heart.
published - publicado; publicar, divulgar
reticent - reticente
at heart - de corazón
"There is a scene in it. The hero and heroine make love. Do you know about that?"
make love - hacer el amor
"Dear"?"
"Do you know about it, please?" she repeated. "They are on a hillside, and Florence is in the distance."
"My good Lucia, I am all at sea. I know nothing about it whatever."
"There are violets. I cannot believe it is a coincidence. Charlotte, Charlotte, how could you have told her? I have thought before speaking; it must be you."
"Told her what?" she asked, with growing agitation.
"About that dreadful afternoon in February."
Miss Bartlett was genuinely moved. "Oh, Lucy, dearest girl"she hasn't put that in her book?"
genuinely - de verdad; auténticamente, genuinamente
Lucy nodded.
"Not so that one could recognize it. Yes."
recognize - reconoces; reconocer
"Then never"never"never more shall Eleanor Lavish be a friend of mine."
"So you did tell?"
"I did just happen"when I had tea with her at Rome"in the course of conversation""
"But Charlotte"what about the promise you gave me when we were packing? Why did you tell Miss Lavish, when you wouldn't even let me tell mother?"
"I will never forgive Eleanor. She has betrayed my confidence."
betrayed - traicionado; traicionar, entregar, vender, delatar, demostrar
"Why did you tell her, though? This is a most serious thing."
most serious - el más grave/ serio
Why does any one tell anything? The question is eternal, and it was not surprising that Miss Bartlett should only sigh faintly in response. She had done wrong"she admitted it, she only hoped that she had not done harm; she had told Eleanor in the strictest confidence.
response - respuesta
admitted - admitido; admitir, dar entrada, dejar entrar, reconocer
strictest - el más estricto; estricto
Lucy stamped with irritation.
"Cecil happened to read out the passage aloud to me and to Mr. Emerson; it upset Mr. Emerson and he insulted me again. Behind Cecil's back. Ugh! Is it possible that men are such brutes? Behind Cecil's back as we were walking up the garden."
brutes - brutos; animal, bestia
Miss Bartlett burst into self-accusations and regrets.
regrets - se arrepiente; lamentar, pena, pesar, arrepentimiento
"What is to be done now? Can you tell me?"
"Oh, Lucy"I shall never forgive myself, never to my dying day. Fancy if your prospects""
prospects - perspectivas; perspectiva, vista, panorama, expectativa
"I know," said Lucy, wincing at the word. "I see now why you wanted me to tell Cecil, and what you meant by some other source.'You knew that you had told Miss Lavish, and that she was not reliable."
reliable - seguro; fiable, confiable
It was Miss Bartlett's turn to wince. "However," said the girl, despising her cousin's shiftiness, "What's done's done. You have put me in a most awkward position. How am I to get out of it?"
shiftiness - desplazamiento
Miss Bartlett could not think. The days of her energy were over. She was a visitor, not a chaperon, and a discredited visitor at that. She stood with clasped hands while the girl worked herself into the necessary rage.
discredited - desacreditado; desacreditar, descreer, descrédito
rage - furia; rabia, furor
"He must"that man must have such a setting down that he won't forget. And who's to give it him? I can't tell mother now"owing to you. Nor Cecil, Charlotte, owing to you. I am caught up every way. I think I shall go mad. I have no one to help me. that's why I've sent for you. What's wanted is a man with a whip."
go mad - volverse loco
that's why - por eso
whip - fusta, látigo, flagelo, panish: t-needed
Miss Bartlett agreed: one wanted a man with a whip.
"Yes"but it's no good agreeing. What's to be done? We women go maundering on. What does a girl do when she comes across a cad?"
maundering - Vagabundeo; (maunder); divagar, holgazanear
comes across - encontrarse con; parecer; cruzarse con alguien
"I always said he was a cad, dear. Give me credit for that, at all events. From the very first moment"when he said his father was having a bath."
credit - acreditar, reconocer, crédito, crédito académico
"Oh, bother the credit and who's been right or wrong! We've both made a muddle of it. George Emerson is still down the garden there, and is he to be left unpunished, or isn't he? I want to know."
Miss Bartlett was absolutely helpless. Her own exposure had unnerved her, and thoughts were colliding painfully in her brain. She moved feebly to the window, and tried to detect the cad's white flannels among the laurels.
helpless - desamparado; indefenso, incapaz
unnerved - inquietos; debilitar, enervar
colliding - chocando; chocar, tropezar
feebly - Tímidamente
flannels - ranelas; franela
"You were ready enough at the Bertolini when you rushed me off to Rome. Can't you speak again to him now?"
"Willingly would I move heaven and earth""
"I want something more definite," said Lucy contemptuously. "Will you speak to him? It is the least you can do, surely, considering it all happened because you broke your word."
contemptuously - despectivamente
considering - onsiderando..; en consideración de; (consider); considerar
"Never again shall Eleanor Lavish be a friend of mine."
Really, Charlotte was outdoing herself.
outdoing - superar; exceder, sobrepasar
"Yes or no, please; yes or no."
"It is the kind of thing that only a gentleman can settle." George Emerson was coming up the garden with a tennis ball in his hand.
"Very well," said Lucy, with an angry gesture. "No one will help me. I will speak to him myself." And immediately she realized that this was what her cousin had intended all along.
"Hullo, Emerson!" called Freddy from below. "Found the lost ball? Good man! Want any tea?" And there was an irruption from the house on to the terrace.
"Oh, Lucy, but that is brave of you! I admire you""
They had gathered round George, who beckoned, she felt, over the rubbish, the sloppy thoughts, the furtive yearnings that were beginning to cumber her soul. Her anger faded at the sight of him. Ah! The Emersons were fine people in their way. She had to subdue a rush in her blood before saying:
sloppy - desalinado; empapado, desprolijo, chapucero, descuidado
furtive - furtivo, sigiloso
yearnings - Anhelo
faded - desvanecido; moda, moda pasajera
subdue - someter, doblegar, domenar, debelar
"Freddy has taken him into the dining-room. The others are going down the garden. Come. Let us get this over quickly. Come. I want you in the room, of course."
dining - cenar; jaleo
"Lucy, do you mind doing it?"
"How can you ask such a ridiculous question?"
"Poor Lucy"" She stretched out her hand. "I seem to bring nothing but misfortune wherever I go." Lucy nodded. She remembered their last evening at Florence"the packing, the candle, the shadow of Miss Bartlett's toque on the door. She was not to be trapped by pathos a second time. Eluding her cousin's caress, she led the way downstairs.
stretched - estirado; estirar, estirarse, dar, extenderse, estirón
trapped - atrapado; trampa
eluding - eludiendo; eludir
caress - caricia, carantona, acariciar
"Try the jam," Freddy was saying. "The jam's jolly good."
jam - atasco; mermelada, confitura
George, looking big and dishevelled, was pacing up and down the dining-room. As she entered he stopped, and said:
dishevelled - desgrenado; desordenar
dining - cenar
"No"nothing to eat."
"You go down to the others," said Lucy; "Charlotte and I will give Mr. Emerson all he wants. Where's mother?"
"She's started on her Sunday writing. She's in the drawing-room."
"That's all right. You go away."
That's all right - Está bien
He went off singing.
Lucy sat down at the table. Miss Bartlett, who was thoroughly frightened, took up a book and pretended to read.
She would not be drawn into an elaborate speech. She just said: "I can't have it, Mr. Emerson. I cannot even talk to you. Go out of this house, and never come into it again as long as I live here"" flushing as she spoke and pointing to the door. "I hate a row. Go please."
"What""
"No discussion."
"But I can't""
She shook her head. "Go, please. I do not want to call in Mr. Vyse."
"You don't mean," he said, absolutely ignoring Miss Bartlett""you don't mean that you are going to marry that man?"
ignoring - ignorando; ignorar, desoír
The line was unexpected.
She shrugged her shoulders, as if his vulgarity wearied her. "You are merely ridiculous," she said quietly.
wearied - cansado, cansino, cansar
Then his words rose gravely over hers: "You cannot live with Vyse. He's only for an acquaintance. He is for society and cultivated talk. He should know no one intimately, least of all a woman."
cultivated - ultivado; cultivar
intimately - íntimamente
It was a new light on Cecil's character.
"Have you ever talked to Vyse without feeling tired?"
"I can scarcely discuss""
"No, but have you ever? He is the sort who are all right so long as they keep to things"books, pictures"but kill when they come to people. That's why I'll speak out through all this muddle even now. It's shocking enough to lose you in any case, but generally a man must deny himself joy, and I would have held back if your Cecil had been a different person. I would never have let myself go. But I saw him first in the National Gallery, when he winced because my father mispronounced the names of great painters. Then he brings us here, and we find it is to play some silly trick on a kind neighbour. That is the man all over"playing tricks on people, on the most sacred form of life that he can find. Next, I meet you together, and find him protecting and teaching you and your mother to be shocked, when it was for you to settle whether you were shocked or no.
kill - matar, asesinar
shocking - impresionante; conmoción, golpe
deny - negar
held back - retenido
mispronounced - se pronuncia mal; pronunciar mal
trick - truco, artimana, enganifa, treta
Cecil all over again. He daren't let a woman decide. He's the type who's kept Europe back for a thousand years. Every moment of his life he's forming you, telling you what's charming or amusing or ladylike, telling you what a man thinks womanly; and you, you of all women, listen to his voice instead of to your own. So it was at the Rectory, when I met you both again; so it has been the whole of this afternoon. Therefore"not therefore I kissed you,'because the book made me do that, and I wish to goodness I had more self-control. I'm not ashamed. I don't apologize. But it has frightened you, and you may not have noticed that I love you. Or would you have told me to go, and dealt with a tremendous thing so lightly? But therefore"therefore I settled to fight him."
womanly - femenino, mujeril, femenil, femíneo
self-control - (self-control) autocontrol
Lucy thought of a very good remark.
"You say Mr. Vyse wants me to listen to him, Mr. Emerson. Pardon me for suggesting that you have caught the habit."
And he took the shoddy reproof and touched it into immortality. He said:
"Yes, I have," and sank down as if suddenly weary. "I'm the same kind of brute at bottom. This desire to govern a woman"it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together before they shall enter the garden. But I do love you surely in a better way than he does." He thought. "Yes"really in a better way. I want you to have your own thoughts even when I hold you in my arms." He stretched them towards her. "Lucy, be quick"there's no time for us to talk now"come to me as you came in the spring, and afterwards I will be gentle and explain.
sank - se hundió; hundir, sumergir, sumergirse, lavamanos, fregadero
brute - bruto; animal, bestia
bottom - fondo, culo, pasivo
govern - gobernar
I have cared for you since that man died. I cannot live without you, No good,'I thought; she is marrying someone else'; but I meet you again when all the world is glorious water and sun. As you came through the wood I saw that nothing else mattered. I called. I wanted to live and have my chance of joy."
cared for - cuidado
"And Mr. Vyse?" said Lucy, who kept commendably calm. "Does he not matter? That I love Cecil and shall be his wife shortly? A detail of no importance, I suppose?"
commendably - loablemente
Calm - calmado, sosiego, calma
shortly - pronto, en breve
But he stretched his arms over the table towards her.
"May I ask what you intend to gain by this exhibition?"
He said: "It is our last chance. I shall do all that I can." And as if he had done all else, he turned to Miss Bartlett, who sat like some portent against the skies of the evening. "You wouldn't stop us this second time if you understood," he said. "I have been into the dark, and I am going back into it, unless you will try to understand."
skies - cielos; cielo
Her long, narrow head drove backwards and forwards, as though demolishing some invisible obstacle. She did not answer.
"It is being young," he said quietly, picking up his racquet from the floor and preparing to go. "It is being certain that Lucy cares for me really. It is that love and youth matter intellectually."
picking - Recogiendo; (pic) Recogiendo
intellectually - intelectualmente
In silence the two women watched him. His last remark, they knew, was nonsense, but was he going after it or not? Would not he, the cad, the charlatan, attempt a more dramatic finish? No. He was apparently content. He left them, carefully closing the front door; and when they looked through the hall window, they saw him go up the drive and begin to climb the slopes of withered fern behind the house.
charlatan - un charlatán; charlatán, vendehúmos, vendedor de crecepelo
looked through - revisar, buscar entre; mirar sin ver, ignorar; mirar por
hall - pasillo, salón, vestibulo
slopes - cuestas; pendiente, cuesta, desnivel, inclinación, ojo chueco
withered - se marchitó; marchitar(se)
fern - helecho, helez
Their tongues were loosed, and they burst into stealthy rejoicings.
tongues - lenguas; lengua, tsinhueso, lengüeta
loosed - suelto; flojo
stealthy - sigiloso, furtivo
rejoicings - alegría
"Oh, Lucia"come back here"oh, what an awful man!"
Lucy had no reaction"at least, not yet. "Well, he amuses me," she said. "Either I'm mad, or else he is, and I'm inclined to think it's the latter. One more fuss through with you, Charlotte. Many thanks. I think, though, that this is the last. My admirer will hardly trouble me again."
reaction - reacción
amuses - te divierte; entretener, distraer, divertir
admirer - admirador, admiradora
And Miss Bartlett, too, essayed the roguish:
essayed - ensayado; ensayo, redacción
"Well, it isn't everyone who could boast such a conquest, dearest, is it? Oh, one oughtn't to laugh, really. It might have been very serious. But you were so sensible and brave"so unlike the girls of my day."
boast - presumir; vanagloriarse, jactarse de, fanfarronear
conquest - conquista
"let's go down to them."
let's go - Vamos, vámonos
But, once in the open air, she paused. Some emotion"pity, terror, love, but the emotion was strong"seized her, and she was aware of autumn. Summer was ending, and the evening brought her odours of decay, the more pathetic because they were reminiscent of spring.
terror - terror
aware - alerta, consciente, conocedor, sabedor, entendido
decay - decadencia; descomposición, deterioración, putrefacción
That something or other mattered intellectually? A leaf, violently agitated, danced past her, while other leaves lay motionless. That the earth was hastening to re-enter darkness, and the shadows of those trees over Windy Corner?
leaf - hoja, tablero
agitated - agitado; agitar, perturbar
hastening to - apresurarse a hacer algo
"Hullo, Lucy! There's still light enough for another set, if you two'll hurry."
"Mr. Emerson has had to go."
"What a nuisance! That spoils the four. I say, Cecil, do play, do, there's a good chap. It's Floyd's last day. Do play tennis with us, just this once."
spoils - otín; expoliar, despojar, danar, arruinar, echar a perder
Cecil's voice came: "My dear Freddy, I am no athlete. As you well remarked this very morning, There are some chaps who are no good for anything but books'; I plead guilty to being such a chap, and will not inflict myself on you."
athlete - deportista, atleta, atleta, deportista, atletica
chaps - chaps; tío, tipo
plead - suplicar; rogar
guilty - culpable
The scales fell from Lucy's eyes. How had she stood Cecil for a moment? He was absolutely intolerable, and the same evening she broke off her engagement.
scales - escalas; escala
He was bewildered. He had nothing to say. He was not even angry, but stood, with a glass of whiskey between his hands, trying to think what had led her to such a conclusion.
whiskey - whisky, wiski, güisqui
She had chosen the moment before bed, when, in accordance with their bourgeois habit, she always dispensed drinks to the men. Freddy and Mr. Floyd were sure to retire with their glasses, while Cecil invariably lingered, sipping at his while she locked up the sideboard.
accordance - de acuerdo; acuerdo, conformidad, arreglo
bourgeois - burgués; Burgesia
dispensed - dispensado; dispensar
retire - retirarse, jubilarse
sipping - bebiendo; sorbo, sorber
sideboard - aparador, panish: t-needed
"I am very sorry about it," she said; "I have carefully thought things over. We are too different. I must ask you to release me, and try to forget that there ever was such a foolish girl."
release - liberación; liberar
It was a suitable speech, but she was more angry than sorry, and her voice showed it.
"Different"how"how""
"I haven't had a really good education, for one thing," she continued, still on her knees by the sideboard. "My Italian trip came too late, and I am forgetting all that I learnt there. I shall never be able to talk to your friends, or behave as a wife of yours should."
"I don't understand you. You aren't like yourself. You're tired, Lucy."
"Tired!" she retorted, kindling at once. "That is exactly like you. You always think women don't mean what they say."
kindling - lena; astillas; (kindle) lena; astillas
"Well, you sound tired, as if something has worried you."
"What if I do? It doesn't prevent me from realizing the truth. I can't marry you, and you will thank me for saying so some day."
prevent - impedir, prevenir
"You had that bad headache yesterday"All right""for she had exclaimed indignantly: "I see it's much more than headaches. But give me a moment's time." He closed his eyes. "You must excuse me if I say stupid things, but my brain has gone to pieces. Part of it lives three minutes back, when I was sure that you loved me, and the other part"I find it difficult"I am likely to say the wrong thing."
headaches - dolores de cabeza; dolor de cabeza, cefalea, jaqueca
gone to pieces - desmoronarse; descomponerse, hacerse pedazos
It struck her that he was not behaving so badly, and her irritation increased. She again desired a struggle, not a discussion. To bring on the crisis, she said:
"There are days when one sees clearly, and this is one of them. Things must come to a breaking-point some time, and it happens to be to-day. If you want to know, quite a little thing decided me to speak to you"when you wouldn't play tennis with Freddy."
"I never do play tennis," said Cecil, painfully bewildered; "I never could play. I don't understand a word you say."
"You can play well enough to make up a four. I thought it abominably selfish of you."
"No, I can't"well, never mind the tennis. Why couldn't you"couldn't you have warned me if you felt anything wrong? You talked of our wedding at lunch"at least, you let me talk."
"I knew you wouldn't understand," said Lucy quite crossly. "I might have known there would have been these dreadful explanations. Of course, it isn't the tennis"that was only the last straw to all I have been feeling for weeks. Surely it was better not to speak until I felt certain." She developed this position. "Often before I have wondered if I was fitted for your wife"for instance, in London; and are you fitted to be my husband? I don't think so. You don't like Freddy, nor my mother. There was always a lot against our engagement, Cecil, but all our relations seemed pleased, and we met so often, and it was no good mentioning it until"well, until all things came to a point. They have to-day. I see clearly.
fitted - encajado; sano, en forma
I must speak. That's all."
"I cannot think you were right," said Cecil gently. "I cannot tell why, but though all that you say sounds true, I feel that you are not treating me fairly. It's all too horrible."
"What's the good of a scene?"
"No good. But surely I have a right to hear a little more."
He put down his glass and opened the window. From where she knelt, jangling her keys, she could see a slit of darkness, and, peering into it, as if it would tell him that "little more," his long, thoughtful face.
jangling - Tintineo; (jangle) Tintineo
slit - ranura, abertura, rendija, fisura, raja
"Don't open the window; and you'd better draw the curtain, too; Freddy or any one might be outside." He obeyed. "I really think we had better go to bed, if you don't mind. I shall only say things that will make me unhappy afterwards. As you say it is all too horrible, and it is no good talking."
curtain - cortina, telón
But to Cecil, now that he was about to lose her, she seemed each moment more desirable. He looked at her, instead of through her, for the first time since they were engaged. From a Leonardo she had become a living woman, with mysteries and forces of her own, with qualities that even eluded art. His brain recovered from the shock, and, in a burst of genuine devotion, he cried: "But I love you, and I did think you loved me!"
more desirable - más deseable
mysteries - misterios; misterio, arcano
eluded - ludido; eludir
devotion - devoción, dedicación, fervor, veneración
"I did not," she said. "I thought I did at first. I am sorry, and ought to have refused you this last time, too."
He began to walk up and down the room, and she grew more and more vexed at his dignified behaviour. She had counted on his being petty. It would have made things easier for her. By a cruel irony she was drawing out all that was finest in his disposition.
walk up - caminar hacia arriba, subir
disposition - disposición; inclinación, temperamento, carácter
"You don't love me, evidently. I dare say you are right not to. But it would hurt a little less if I knew why."
"Because""a phrase came to her, and she accepted it""you're the sort who can't know any one intimately."
A horrified look came into his eyes.
horrified - horrorizado; horripilar
"I don't mean exactly that. But you will question me, though I beg you not to, and I must say something. It is that, more or less. When we were only acquaintances, you let me be myself, but now you're always protecting me." Her voice swelled. "I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult. Can't I be trusted to face the truth but I must get it second-hand through you? A woman's place! You despise my mother"I know you do"because she's conventional and bothers over puddings; but, oh goodness!
be protected - protegido
shield - escudo
second-hand - (second-hand) de segunda mano
bothers - te molesta; molestar, agobiar, cansón, joroba, rayos, caramba
puddings - postres; pudin, pudín
"she rose to her feet""conventional, Cecil, you're that, for you may understand beautiful things, but you don't know how to use them; and you wrap yourself up in art and books and music, and would try to wrap up me. I won't be stifled, not by the most glorious music, for people are more glorious, and you hide them from me. That's why I break off my engagement. You were all right as long as you kept to things, but when you came to people"" She stopped.
wrap up - envolver; arroparse; terminar, concluir
stifled - asfixiado; ahogar, sofocar
break off - desprenderse; terminar
There was a pause. Then Cecil said with great emotion:
"It is true."
"True on the whole," she corrected, full of some vague shame.
"True, every word. It is a revelation. It is"I."
revelation - revelación, develamiento
"Anyhow, those are my reasons for not being your wife."
He repeated: "The sort that can know no one intimately.'It is true. I fell to pieces the very first day we were engaged. I behaved like a cad to Beebe and to your brother. You are even greater than I thought." She withdrew a step. "I'm not going to worry you. You are far too good to me. I shall never forget your insight; and, dear, I only blame you for this: you might have warned me in the early stages, before you felt you wouldn't marry me, and so have given me a chance to improve.
withdrew - se retiró; retirar(se)
stages - etapas; etapa, fase, estadio, escenario, escena, calesa
I have never known you till this evening. I have just used you as a peg for my silly notions of what a woman should be. But this evening you are a different person: new thoughts"even a new voice""
peg - clavija, tarugo, colgador, perchero, gancho, fijar, tachar
notions - nociones; noción, ganas, intención
"What do you mean by a new voice?" she asked, seized with incontrollable anger.
incontrollable - incontrolable
"I mean that a new person seems speaking through you," said he.
Then she lost her balance. She cried: "If you think I am in love with some one else, you are very much mistaken."
balance - equilibrio, balance, balanza, balancear, equilibrar
"Of course I don't think that. You are not that kind, Lucy."
"Oh, yes, you do think it. It's your old idea, the idea that has kept Europe back"I mean the idea that women are always thinking of men. If a girl breaks off her engagement, everyone says: Oh, she had someone else in her mind; she hopes to get someone else.'It's disgusting, brutal! As if a girl can't break it off for the sake of freedom."
freedom - libertad
He answered reverently: "I may have said that in the past. I shall never say it again. You have taught me better."
reverently - con reverencia
She began to redden, and pretended to examine the windows again.
redden - enrojecer
examine - examinar, analizar, auscultar
"Of course, there is no question of someone else'in this, no jilting'or any such nauseous stupidity. I beg your pardon most humbly if my words suggested that there was. I only meant that there was a force in you that I hadn't known of up till now."
jilting - decepción; dejar, cortar, plantar, dar calabazas
nauseous - náuseas; nauseabundo
stupidity - estupidez, burricie, tontería, idiotez
humbly - humildemente
force - fuerza
"All right, Cecil, that will do. Don't apologize to me. It was my mistake."
"It is a question between ideals, yours and mine"pure abstract ideals, and yours are the nobler. I was bound up in the old vicious notions, and all the time you were splendid and new." His voice broke. "I must actually thank you for what you have done"for showing me what I really am. Solemnly, I thank you for showing me a true woman. Will you shake hands?"
nobler - más noble; noble
vicious - panish: t-needed
shake - agitar, sacudir, checksacudir, sacudida, batido
"Of course I will," said Lucy, twisting up her other hand in the curtains. "Good-night, Cecil. Good-bye. That's all right. I'm sorry about it. Thank you very much for your gentleness."
twisting - Torciendo; (twist); torcer, sacar punta a, torcerse
gentleness - gentileza; suavidad, dulzura
"Let me light your candle, shall I?"
They went into the hall.
"Thank you. Good-night again. God Bless you, Lucy!"
Bless you - !Jesús!, !Salud!
"Good-bye, Cecil."
She watched him steal up-stairs, while the shadows from three banisters passed over her face like the beat of wings. On the landing he paused strong in his renunciation, and gave her a look of memorable beauty. For all his culture, Cecil was an ascetic at heart, and nothing in his love became him like the leaving of it.
steal - robar, hurtar, robo
banisters - barandillas; barandilla
passed over - pasado por alto
beat - batir, golpear, percutir
ascetic - ascético, asceta
She could never marry. In the tumult of her soul, that stood firm. Cecil believed in her; she must some day believe in herself. She must be one of the women whom she had praised so eloquently, who care for liberty and not for men; she must forget that George loved her, that George had been thinking through her and gained her this honourable release, that George had gone away into"what was it?"the darkness.
stood firm - se mantuvo firme
eloquently - con elocuencia
honourable - Honorable
gone away - irse, pasar
She put out the lamp.
It did not do to think, nor, for the matter of that, to feel. She gave up trying to understand herself, and joined the vast armies of the benighted, who follow neither the heart nor the brain, and march to their destiny by catch-words. The armies are full of pleasant and pious folk. But they have yielded to the only enemy that matters"the enemy within. They have sinned against passion and truth, and vain will be their strife after virtue.
armies - ejércitos; ejército, multitud
benighted - incapaz; oscurecer
pious - piadoso
yielded - cedido; ceder
sinned - pecado
vain - vanidoso, vano, vacuo
strife - conflicto; disensión, altercado
As the years pass, they are censured. Their pleasantry and their piety show cracks, their wit becomes cynicism, their unselfishness hypocrisy; they feel and produce discomfort wherever they go. They have sinned against Eros and against Pallas Athene, and not by any heavenly intervention, but by the ordinary course of nature, those allied deities will be avenged.
pleasantry - Complacencia
cracks - fisuras; rajarse, resquebrajarse
cynicism - cinismo
produce - producir, realizar, producto, producción, cosecha
discomfort - incomodidad; malestar, desasosiego
Eros - Eros
Athene - Atenea
heavenly - celestial, celeste
intervention - intervención
allied - aliado; aliarse (con)
deities - deidades; dios, diosa, deidad, divinidad
avenged - vengado; vengar
Lucy entered this army when she pretended to George that she did not love him, and pretended to Cecil that she loved no one. The night received her, as it had received Miss Bartlett thirty years before.
Windy Corner lay, not on the summit of the ridge, but a few hundred feet down the southern slope, at the springing of one of the great buttresses that supported the hill. On either side of it was a shallow ravine, filled with ferns and pine-trees, and down the ravine on the left ran the highway into the Weald.
ridge - cresta, arista, cumbrera, caballete, cordillera, sierra, dorsal
buttresses - contrafuertes; boterete, contrafuerte, estantal, machón
ravine - barranco
highway - carretera, autopista
Whenever Mr. Beebe crossed the ridge and caught sight of these noble dispositions of the earth, and, poised in the middle of them, Windy Corner,"he laughed. The situation was so glorious, the house so commonplace, not to say impertinent. The late Mr. Honeychurch had affected the cube, because it gave him the most accommodation for his money, and the only addition made by his widow had been a small turret, shaped like a rhinoceros'horn, where she could sit in wet weather and watch the carts going up and down the road. So impertinent"and yet the house "did," for it was the home of people who loved their surroundings honestly.
dispositions - disposición; inclinación, temperamento, carácter
poised - preparado; contrapeso, ponderación, poise
cube - cubo
accommodation - alojamiento, hospedaje, acomodación
widow - viuda, enviudar
turret - torreta
shaped - con forma; forma, estado, modelar, formar
rhinoceros - rinoceronte
horn - cuerno
surroundings - alrededores; periferia, rededor, derredor, circundante
honestly - honestamente, francamente
Other houses in the neighborhood had been built by expensive architects, over others their inmates had fidgeted sedulously, yet all these suggested the accidental, the temporary; while Windy Corner seemed as inevitable as an ugliness of Nature's own creation. One might laugh at the house, but one never shuddered. Mr. Beebe was bicycling over this Monday afternoon with a piece of gossip. He had heard from the Miss Alans. These admirable ladies, since they could not go to Cissie Villa, had changed their plans. They were going to Greece instead.
neighborhood - vecindad, barrio, vecindario, cercanía
architects - arquitectos; arquitecto, arquitecta
inmates - reclusos; internado, interno, preso, recluso
accidental - accidental, casual, imprevisto, fortuito
temporary - temporal, provisional
inevitable - inevitable
Greece - Grecia
"Since Florence did my poor sister so much good," wrote Miss Catharine, "we do not see why we should not try Athens this winter. Of course, Athens is a plunge, and the doctor has ordered her special digestive bread; but, after all, we can take that with us, and it is only getting first into a steamer and then into a train.
digestive - digestivo, digestivo
steamer - al vapor
But is there an English Church?" And the letter went on to say: "I do not expect we shall go any further than Athens, but if you knew of a really comfortable pension at Constantinople, we should be so grateful."
Constantinople - Constantinopla
Lucy would enjoy this letter, and the smile with which Mr. Beebe greeted Windy Corner was partly for her. She would see the fun of it, and some of its beauty, for she must see some beauty. Though she was hopeless about pictures, and though she dressed so unevenly"oh, that cerise frock yesterday at church!"she must see some beauty in life, or she could not play the piano as she did. He had a theory that musicians are incredibly complex, and know far less than other artists what they want and what they are; that they puzzle themselves as well as their friends; that their psychology is a modern development, and has not yet been understood.
unevenly - de forma desigual; desigualmente
musicians - músicos; músico
incredibly - increíblemente
complex - complicado, complejo, complexo, complejo
puzzle - rompecabezas, enigma, puzle, acertijo, intrigar, dejar perplejo
development - desarrollo, desenvolvimiento
This theory, had he known it, had possibly just been illustrated by facts. Ignorant of the events of yesterday he was only riding over to get some tea, to see his niece, and to observe whether Miss Honeychurch saw anything beautiful in the desire of two old ladies to visit Athens.
Illustrated - Ilustrado; (illustrate); ilustrar
ignorant - ignorante, ignaro, inculto
A carriage was drawn up outside Windy Corner, and just as he caught sight of the house it started, bowled up the drive, and stopped abruptly when it reached the main road. Therefore it must be the horse, who always expected people to walk up the hill in case they tired him. The door opened obediently, and two men emerged, whom Mr. Beebe recognized as Cecil and Freddy.
bowled - bolos; bola
obediently - obedientemente
They were an odd couple to go driving; but he saw a trunk beside the coachman's legs. Cecil, who wore a bowler, must be going away, while Freddy (a cap)"was seeing him to the station. They walked rapidly, taking the short cuts, and reached the summit while the carriage was still pursuing the windings of the road.
going away - se va a ir
pursuing - Persiguiendo; (pursue); perseguir, apuntar a
windings - Devanado
They shook hands with the clergyman, but did not speak.
"So you're off for a minute, Mr. Vyse?" he asked.
Cecil said, "Yes," while Freddy edged away.
"I was coming to show you this delightful letter from those friends of Miss Honeychurch." He quoted from it. "Isn't it wonderful? Isn't it romance? Most certainly they will go to Constantinople. They are taken in a snare that cannot fail. They will end by going round the world."
snare - una trampa; lazo, asechanza, caja
going round - dando vueltas
Cecil listened civilly, and said he was sure that Lucy would be amused and interested.
"Isn't Romance capricious! I never notice it in you young people; you do nothing but play lawn tennis, and say that romance is dead, while the Miss Alans are struggling with all the weapons of propriety against the terrible thing. A really comfortable pension at Constantinople!'So they call it out of decency, but in their hearts they want a pension with magic windows opening on the foam of perilous seas in fairyland forlorn! No ordinary view will content the Miss Alans. They want the Pension Keats.
capricious - aprichosa; caprichoso, antojadizo
lawn tennis - tenis sobre césped
struggling with - luchar con
weapons - armas; arma
propriety - aptitud, propiedad
perilous - peligroso
forlorn - abandonado, desamparado, desesperado
"I'm awfully sorry to interrupt, Mr. Beebe," said Freddy, "but have you any matches?"
I'm awfully sorry - Lo siento mucho
matches - fósforos; cerilla, fósforo
"I have," said Cecil, and it did not escape Mr. Beebe's notice that he spoke to the boy more kindly.
"You have never met these Miss Alans, have you, Mr. Vyse?"
"Never."
"Then you don't see the wonder of this Greek visit. I haven't been to Greece myself, and don't mean to go, and I can't imagine any of my friends going. It is altogether too big for our little lot. Don't you think so? Italy is just about as much as we can manage. Italy is heroic, but Greece is godlike or devilish"I am not sure which, and in either case absolutely out of our suburban focus. All right, Freddy"I am not being clever, upon my word I am not"I took the idea from another fellow; and give me those matches when you've done with them." He lit a cigarette, and went on talking to the two young men.
heroic - heroico
godlike - dios; divino
devilish - endiablado; diabólico
focus - foco, punto focal, enfoque, enfocar, concentrarse
"I was saying, if our poor little Cockney lives must have a background, let it be Italian. Big enough in all conscience. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for me. There the contrast is just as much as I can realize. But not the Parthenon, not the frieze of Phidias at any price; and here comes the victoria."
conscience - conciencia
contrast - contraste, contrastar
Parthenon - Partenón
frieze - friso
"You're quite right," said Cecil. "Greece is not for our little lot"; and he got in. Freddy followed, nodding to the clergyman, whom he trusted not to be pulling one's leg, really. And before they had gone a dozen yards he jumped out, and came running back for Vyse's match-box, which had not been returned.
nodding to - asentir
pulling - Tirando; (pull); tirar, jalar, halar, tirón, ligar
jumped out - Saltar fuera
As he took it, he said: "I'm so glad you only talked about books. Cecil's hard hit. Lucy won't marry him. If you'd gone on about her, as you did about them, he might have broken down."
broken down - roto
"But when""
"Late last night. I must go."
"Perhaps they won't want me down there."
"No"go on. Good-bye."
"Thank goodness!" exclaimed Mr. Beebe to himself, and struck the saddle of his bicycle approvingly, "It was the one foolish thing she ever did. Oh, what a glorious riddance!" And, after a little thought, he negotiated the slope into Windy Corner, light of heart. The house was again as it ought to be"cut off forever from Cecil's pretentious world.
Thank goodness - Gracias a Dios
saddle - silla de montar; (bici) sillín, silla (de montar)
approvingly - con aprobación
riddance - Deshacerse
negotiated - negociado; negociar
forever - para siempre, por siempre, constantemente, sin cesar, eternidad
pretentious - pretensioso; pretencioso, macanudo
He would find Miss Minnie down in the garden.
In the drawing-room Lucy was tinkling at a Mozart Sonata. He hesitated a moment, but went down the garden as requested. There he found a mournful company. It was a blustering day, and the wind had taken and broken the dahlias. Mrs. Honeychurch, who looked cross, was tying them up, while Miss Bartlett, unsuitably dressed, impeded her with offers of assistance.
tinkling - Tintineo; (tinkle) Tintineo
Sonata - sonata
as requested - según lo solicitado
mournful - lúgubre; melancólico, lastimero
dahlias - dalias; dalia
tying - Tyee
unsuitably - Inadecuadamente
impeded - Impedir
offers - ofertas; ofrecer
At a little distance stood Minnie and the "garden-child," a minute importation, each holding either end of a long piece of bass.
bass - bajo
"Oh, how do you do, Mr. Beebe? Gracious what a mess everything is! Look at my scarlet pompoms, and the wind blowing your skirts about, and the ground so hard that not a prop will stick in, and then the carriage having to go out, when I had counted on having Powell, who"give everyone their due"does tie up dahlias properly."
prop - puntales; puntal
stick - palo; clavar
tie up - Atar
Evidently Mrs. Honeychurch was shattered.
"How do you do?" said Miss Bartlett, with a meaning glance, as though conveying that more than dahlias had been broken off by the autumn gales.
glance - mirada; ojear, echar un vistazo, mirar, pispear, vistazo
conveying - transmitiendo; transportar, trasladar, comunicar, expresar
broken off - roto
gales - endavales; vendaval, galerna
"Here, Lennie, the bass," cried Mrs. Honeychurch. The garden-child, who did not know what bass was, stood rooted to the path with horror. Minnie slipped to her uncle and whispered that everyone was very disagreeable to-day, and that it was not her fault if dahlia-strings would tear longways instead of across.
disagreeable - desagradable
longways - Largo
"Come for a walk with me," he told her. "You have worried them as much as they can stand. Mrs. Honeychurch, I only called in aimlessly. I shall take her up to tea at the Beehive Tavern, if I may."
aimlessly - sin rumbo, sin objeto
beehive - colmena, beehive
tavern - taberna
"Oh, must you? Yes do."Not the scissors, thank you, Charlotte, when both my hands are full already"I'm perfectly certain that the orange cactus will go before I can get to it."
scissors - tijeras; tijera, hacer la tijereta, hacer la tijera
cactus - cacto, cactus
Mr. Beebe, who was an adept at relieving situations, invited Miss Bartlett to accompany them to this mild festivity.
adept - depto; experto, hábil, experto, experta
relieving - alivio; aliviar, relevar
invited - invitado; invitar
mild - suave, leve, cálido
"Yes, Charlotte, I don't want you"do go; there's nothing to stop about for, either in the house or out of it."
Miss Bartlett said that her duty lay in the dahlia bed, but when she had exasperated everyone, except Minnie, by a refusal, she turned round and exasperated Minnie by an acceptance. As they walked up the garden, the orange cactus fell, and Mr. Beebe's last vision was of the garden-child clasping it like a lover, his dark head buried in a wealth of blossom.
exasperated - exasperado; exasperar
clasping - Chocando; (clasp); broche, manija, corchete, hebilla, agarrar
blossom - flor, floración, florecer
"It is terrible, this havoc among the flowers," he remarked.
havoc - estragos; estrago
"It is always terrible when the promise of months is destroyed in a moment," enunciated Miss Bartlett.
destroyed - destruido; destruir, romper, destrozar, sacrificar
"Perhaps we ought to send Miss Honeychurch down to her mother. Or will she come with us?"
"I think we had better leave Lucy to herself, and to her own pursuits."
pursuits - persecuciones; persecución
"They're angry with Miss Honeychurch because she was late for breakfast," whispered Minnie, "and Floyd has gone, and Mr. Vyse has gone, and Freddy won't play with me. In fact, Uncle Arthur, the house is not at all what it was yesterday."
"Don't be a prig," said her Uncle Arthur. "Go and put on your boots."
He stepped into the drawing-room, where Lucy was still attentively pursuing the Sonatas of Mozart. She stopped when he entered.
attentively - con atención; atentamente
"How do you do? Miss Bartlett and Minnie are coming with me to tea at the Beehive. Would you come too?"
"I don't think I will, thank you."
"No, I didn't suppose you would care to much."
Lucy turned to the piano and struck a few chords.
"How delicate those Sonatas are!" said Mr. Beebe, though at the bottom of his heart, he thought them silly little things.
Lucy passed into Schumann.
"Miss Honeychurch!"
"Yes."
"I met them on the hill. Your brother told me."
"Oh he did?" She sounded annoyed. Mr. Beebe felt hurt, for he had thought that she would like him to be told.
"I needn't say that it will go no further."
"Mother, Charlotte, Cecil, Freddy, you," said Lucy, playing a note for each person who knew, and then playing a sixth note.
sixth - sexto, sexto
"If you'll let me say so, I am very glad, and I am certain that you have done the right thing."
"So I hoped other people would think, but they don't seem to."
"I could see that Miss Bartlett thought it unwise."
"So does mother. Mother minds dreadfully."
"I am very sorry for that," said Mr. Beebe with feeling.
Mrs. Honeychurch, who hated all changes, did mind, but not nearly as much as her daughter pretended, and only for the minute. It was really a ruse of Lucy's to justify her despondency"a ruse of which she was not herself conscious, for she was marching in the armies of darkness.
justify - legitimar, justificar, absolver
despondency - desánimo; desesperanza, desesperación, descorazonamiento
marching in - marchar en (ej. fila)
"And Freddy minds."
"Still, Freddy never hit it off with Vyse much, did he? I gathered that he disliked the engagement, and felt it might separate him from you."
separate - separado, separar, disgregar
"Boys are so odd."
Minnie could be heard arguing with Miss Bartlett through the floor. Tea at the Beehive apparently involved a complete change of apparel. Mr. Beebe saw that Lucy"very properly"did not wish to discuss her action, so after a sincere expression of sympathy, he said, "I have had an absurd letter from Miss Alan. That was really what brought me over. I thought it might amuse you all."
arguing - discutiendo; argumentar, debatir, discutir
apparel - atavío, ropa
"How delightful!" said Lucy, in a dull voice.
For the sake of something to do, he began to read her the letter. After a few words her eyes grew alert, and soon she interrupted him with "Going abroad? When do they start?"
"Next week, I gather."
"Did Freddy say whether he was driving straight back?"
"No, he didn't."
"Because I do hope he won't go gossiping."
So she did want to talk about her broken engagement. Always complaisant, he put the letter away. But she, at once exclaimed in a high voice, "Oh, do tell me more about the Miss Alans! How perfectly splendid of them to go abroad!"
complaisant - complaciente
go abroad - Ir al extranjero
"I want them to start from Venice, and go in a cargo steamer down the Illyrian coast!"
cargo - carga
Illyrian - ilirio, ilirio
coast - costa, litoral
She laughed heartily. "Oh, delightful! I wish they'd take me."
"Has Italy filled you with the fever of travel? Perhaps George Emerson is right. He says that Italy is only an euphuism for Fate.'"
euphuism - eufuismo
"Oh, not Italy, but Constantinople. I have always longed to go to Constantinople. Constantinople is practically Asia, isn't it?"
Asia - Asia
Mr. Beebe reminded her that Constantinople was still unlikely, and that the Miss Alans only aimed at Athens, "with Delphi, perhaps, if the roads are safe." But this made no difference to her enthusiasm. She had always longed to go to Greece even more, it seemed. He saw, to his surprise, that she was apparently serious.
unlikely - poco probable; improbable, improbablemente
aimed - dirigido; apuntar
Delphi - Delfos
"I didn't realize that you and the Miss Alans were still such friends, after Cissie Villa."
"Oh, That's nothing; I assure you Cissie Villa's nothing to me; I would give anything to go with them."
That's nothing - Eso no es nada
"Would your mother spare you again so soon? You have scarcely been home three months."
"She must Spare me!" cried Lucy, in growing excitement. "I simply must go away. I have to." She ran her fingers hysterically through her hair. "Don't you see that I have to go away? I didn't realize at the time"and of course I want to see Constantinople so particularly."
Spare me - ahorrarle algo a alguien
excitement - emoción; entusiasmo
hysterically - histéricamente
"You mean that since you have broken off your engagement you feel""
"Yes, yes. I knew you'd understand."
Mr. Beebe did not quite understand. Why could not Miss Honeychurch repose in the bosom of her family? Cecil had evidently taken up the dignified line, and was not going to annoy her. Then it struck him that her family itself might be annoying. He hinted this to her, and she accepted the hint eagerly.
repose - reposo
taken up - se ha tomado
annoying - molesto; molestar, agobiar, jorobar
eagerly - con ganas; ansiosamente
"Yes, of course; to go to Constantinople until they are used to the idea and everything has calmed down."
calmed down - calmarse
"I am afraid it has been a bothersome business," he said gently.
bothersome - hostigoso, irritante, molestoso
"No, not at all. Cecil was very kind indeed; only"I had better tell you the whole truth, since you have heard a little"it was that he is so masterful. I found that he wouldn't let me go my own way. He would improve me in places where I can't be improved. Cecil won't let a woman decide for herself"in fact, he daren't. What nonsense I do talk! But that is the kind of thing."
masterful - Maestro
What nonsense - Qué tontería
"It is what I gathered from my own observation of Mr. Vyse; it is what I gather from all that I have known of you. I do sympathize and agree most profoundly. I agree so much that you must let me make one little criticism: Is it worth while rushing off to Greece?"
gather from - Recoger de
sympathize - simpatizar
profoundly - profundamente
criticism - críticas; crítica
"But I must go somewhere!" she cried. "I have been worrying all the morning, and here comes the very thing." She struck her knees with clenched fists, and repeated: "I must! And the time I shall have with mother, and all the money she spent on me last spring.
clenched - apretado; traba
You all think much too highly of me. I wish you weren't so kind." At this moment Miss Bartlett entered, and her nervousness increased. "I must get away, ever so far. I must know my own mind and where I want to go."
nervousness - nerviosidad, nerviosismo, intranquilidad
"Come along; tea, tea, tea," said Mr. Beebe, and bustled his guests out of the front-door. He hustled them so quickly that he forgot his hat. When he returned for it he heard, to his relief and surprise, the tinkling of a Mozart Sonata.
bustled - buscado; polisón, abundar
hustled - presionado; darse prisa, apurarse, enganar, engrupir
"She is playing again," he said to Miss Bartlett.
"Lucy can always play," was the acid reply.
"One is very thankful that she has such a resource. She is evidently much worried, as, of course, she ought to be. I know all about it. The marriage was so near that it must have been a hard struggle before she could wind herself up to speak."
thankful - agradecido
resource - recursos; recurso
Miss Bartlett gave a kind of wriggle, and he prepared for a discussion. He had never fathomed Miss Bartlett. As he had put it to himself at Florence, "she might yet reveal depths of strangeness, if not of meaning." But she was so unsympathetic that she must be reliable. He assumed that much, and he had no hesitation in discussing Lucy with her. Minnie was fortunately collecting ferns.
wriggle - retorcer
fathomed - entendido; braza
She opened the discussion with: "We had much better let the matter drop."
"I wonder."
"It is of the highest importance that there should be no gossip in Summer Street. It would be death to gossip about Mr. Vyse's dismissal at the present moment."
Mr. Beebe raised his eyebrows. Death is a strong word"surely too strong. There was no question of tragedy. He said: "Of course, Miss Honeychurch will make the fact public in her own way, and when she chooses. Freddy only told me because he knew she would not mind."
"I know," said Miss Bartlett civilly. "Yet Freddy ought not to have told even you. One cannot be too careful."
"Quite so."
"I do implore absolute secrecy. A chance word to a chattering friend, and""
chattering - Charlando; (chatter) Charlando
"Exactly." He was used to these nervous old maids and to the exaggerated importance that they attach to words. A rector lives in a web of petty secrets, and confidences and warnings, and the wiser he is the less he will regard them. He will change the subject, as did Mr. Beebe, saying cheerfully: "Have you heard from any Bertolini people lately? I believe you keep up with Miss Lavish. It is odd how we of that pension, who seemed such a fortuitous collection, have been working into one another's lives.
exaggerated - exagerado; exagerar
attach - acoplar; anexar, adjuntar
web - red, alma, membrana
secrets - secretos; secreto, arcano
confidences - confianzas; certeza, certeza propia, certidumbre, confidencia
warnings - advertencias; advertencia, aviso, precaución, cuidado
fortuitous - fortuito
Two, three, four, six of us"no, eight; I had forgotten the Emersons"have kept more or less in touch. We must really give the Signora a testimonial."
testimonial - testimonio; referencias
And, Miss Bartlett not favouring the scheme, they walked up the hill in a silence which was only broken by the rector naming some fern. On the summit they paused. The sky had grown wilder since he stood there last hour, giving to the land a tragic greatness that is rare in Surrey. Grey clouds were charging across tissues of white, which stretched and shredded and tore slowly, until through their final layers there gleamed a hint of the disappearing blue. Summer was retreating. The wind roared, the trees groaned, yet the noise seemed insufficient for those vast operations in heaven.
favouring - favorecer; favor
wilder - más salvaje; (wild) más salvaje
greatness - grandeza
charging - cargando; cargo, acusación, encargo, figura, acusar, cobrar
tissues - tejidos; tejido, panuelo, panuelo de papel, clínex
shredded - triturado; triza, jirón
layers - Capa
gleamed - brillaba; relucir, brillar, destellar
disappearing - desapareciendo; desaparecer
insufficient - insuficiente
operations - operaciones; operación, operación
The weather was breaking up, breaking, broken, and it is a sense of the fit rather than of the supernatural that equips such crises with the salvos of angelic artillery. Mr. Beebe's eyes rested on Windy Corner, where Lucy sat, practising Mozart. No smile came to his lips, and, changing the subject again, he said: "We shan't have rain, but we shall have darkness, so let us hurry on. The darkness last night was appalling."
equips - equipos; equipar, equiparse, preparar, dotar
crises - crisis
salvos - Salva
Artillery - artillería
They reached the Beehive Tavern at about five o'clock. That amiable hostelry possesses a verandah, in which the young and the unwise do dearly love to sit, while guests of more mature years seek a pleasant sanded room, and have tea at a table comfortably. Mr. Beebe saw that Miss Bartlett would be cold if she sat out, and that Minnie would be dull if she sat in, so he proposed a division of forces.
amiable - amable, afable
hostelry - Hostelería
possesses - poseer
verandah - veranda; porche
Dearly - Querido
more mature - más maduro
sanded - lijado; arena
have tea - tomar un té
be cold - estar frío, tener frío
Division - división, parte
They would hand the child her food through the window. Thus he was incidentally enabled to discuss the fortunes of Lucy.
incidentally - incidentalmente, casualmente, por cierto, a propósito
fortunes - ortunas; fortuna
"I have been thinking, Miss Bartlett," he said, "and, unless you very much object, I would like to reopen that discussion." She bowed. "Nothing about the past. I know little and care less about that; I am absolutely certain that it is to your cousin's credit. She has acted loftily and rightly, and it is like her gentle modesty to say that we think too highly of her.
reopen - reabrir, reabrirse
absolutely certain - absolutamente seguro
loftily - altivamente
modesty - modestia, pudor
But the future. Seriously, what do you think of this Greek plan?" He pulled out the letter again. "I don't know whether you overheard, but she wants to join the Miss Alans in their mad career. It's all"I can't explain"it's wrong."
Miss Bartlett read the letter in silence, laid it down, seemed to hesitate, and then read it again.
hesitate - vacilar, dudar, hesitar
"I can't see the point of it myself."
To his astonishment, she replied: "There I cannot agree with you. In it I spy Lucy's salvation."
spy - espía, chivato, espiar
Salvation - salvación
"Really. Now, why?"
"She wanted to leave Windy Corner."
"I know"but it seems so odd, so unlike her, so"I was going to say"selfish."
"It is natural, surely"after such painful scenes"that she should desire a change."
painful - doloroso, dolorido, adolorido, panish: t-needed
Here, apparently, was one of those points that the male intellect misses. Mr. Beebe exclaimed: "So she says herself, and since another lady agrees with her, I must own that I am partially convinced. Perhaps she must have a change. I have no sisters or"and I don't understand these things. But why need she go as far as Greece?"
male - masculino, macho, varón, macho, hombre
Convinced - convencido; convencer
"You may well ask that," replied Miss Bartlett, who was evidently interested, and had almost dropped her evasive manner. "Why Greece? (What is it, Minnie dear"jam?) Why not Tunbridge Wells? Oh, Mr. Beebe! I had a long and most unsatisfactory interview with dear Lucy this morning.
evasive - evasivo
I cannot help her. I will say no more. Perhaps I have already said too much. I am not to talk. I wanted her to spend six months with me at Tunbridge Wells, and she refused."
Mr. Beebe poked at a crumb with his knife.
crumb - miga, cacho, migaja, empanar
"But my feelings are of no importance. I know too well that I get on Lucy's nerves. Our tour was a failure. She wanted to leave Florence, and when we got to Rome she did not want to be in Rome, and all the time I felt that I was spending her mother's money"."
"Let us keep to the future, though," interrupted Mr. Beebe. "I want your advice."
"Very well," said Charlotte, with a choky abruptness that was new to him, though familiar to Lucy. "I for one will help her to go to Greece. Will you?"
abruptness - abrupto
Mr. Beebe considered.
"It is absolutely necessary," she continued, lowering her veil and whispering through it with a passion, an intensity, that surprised him. "I know"I know." The darkness was coming on, and he felt that this odd woman really did know. "She must not stop here a moment, and we must keep quiet till she goes.
lowering - Bajando; (lower) Bajando
intensity - intensidad
I trust that the servants know nothing. Afterwards"but I may have said too much already. Only, Lucy and I are helpless against Mrs. Honeychurch alone. If you help we may succeed. Otherwise""
Succeed - suceder, conseguir, tener éxito, heredar
"Otherwise"?"
"Otherwise," she repeated as if the word held finality.
finality - finalidad
"Yes, I will help her," said the clergyman, setting his jaw firm. "Come, let us go back now, and settle the whole thing up."
firm - firma; firme, sólido
Miss Bartlett burst into florid gratitude. The tavern sign"a beehive trimmed evenly with bees"creaked in the wind outside as she thanked him. Mr. Beebe did not quite understand the situation; but then, he did not desire to understand it, nor to jump to the conclusion of "another man" that would have attracted a grosser mind. He only felt that Miss Bartlett knew of some vague influence from which the girl desired to be delivered, and which might well be clothed in the fleshly form. Its very vagueness spurred him into knight-errantry. His belief in celibacy, so reticent, so carefully concealed beneath his tolerance and culture, now came to the surface and expanded like some delicate flower. "They that marry do well, but they that refrain do better.
florid - Florido
trimmed - recortado; recortar, orlar, ribetear
evenly - uniformemente, equitativamente, divisible exacto
bees - abejas; abeja
creaked - rujió; crujido, crujir, chirriar, rechinar
grosser - Más asqueroso; (gross); repulsivo, gruesa, bruto
delivered - entregado; liberar, parir, dar a luz, entregar
clothed - vestido; tela, pedazo de tela, trozo de tela, trapo, pano, facha
fleshly - carnal
vagueness - igualdad; vaguedad
spurred - espoleado; espuela
errantry - errantería
refrain - estribillo
So ran his belief, and he never heard that an engagement was broken off but with a slight feeling of pleasure. In the case of Lucy, the feeling was intensified through dislike of Cecil; and he was willing to go further"to place her out of danger until she could confirm her resolution of virginity. The feeling was very subtle and quite undogmatic, and he never imparted it to any other of the characters in this entanglement. Yet it existed, and it alone explains his action subsequently, and his influence on the action of others. The compact that he made with Miss Bartlett in the tavern, was to help not only Lucy, but religion also.
intensified - intensificado; intensificar
out of danger - fuera de peligro
confirm - confirmar
virginity - virginidad, doncellez
undogmatic - dogmático
entanglement - enredo
They hurried home through a world of black and grey. He conversed on indifferent topics: the Emersons'need of a housekeeper; servants; Italian servants; novels about Italy; novels with a purpose; could literature influence life? Windy Corner glimmered. In the garden, Mrs. Honeychurch, now helped by Freddy, still wrestled with the lives of her flowers.
conversed - conversado; conversar, charlar
housekeeper - ama de llaves, ama de casa
purpose - propósito, fin; razón
glimmered - resplandeció; luz tenue, titileo
wrestled - luchó; luchar
"It gets too dark," she said hopelessly. "This comes of putting off. We might have known the weather would break up soon; and now Lucy wants to go to Greece. I don't know what the world's coming to."
putting off - desanimar, aplazar, apagar
"Mrs. Honeychurch," he said, "go to Greece she must. Come up to the house and let's talk it over. Do you, in the first place, mind her breaking with Vyse?"
"Mr. Beebe, I'm thankful"simply thankful."
"So am I," said Freddy.
"Good. Now come up to the house."
They conferred in the dining-room for half an hour.
conferred - conferido; conferir, debatir, consultar
Lucy would never have carried the Greek scheme alone. It was expensive and dramatic"both qualities that her mother loathed. Nor would Charlotte have succeeded. The honours of the day rested with Mr. Beebe. By his tact and common sense, and by his influence as a clergyman"for a clergyman who was not a fool influenced Mrs.
loathed - odiado; detestar, repugnar, odiar
honours - onores; honradez
influenced - influenciado; influencia, influir, influenciar
Honeychurch greatly"he bent her to their purpose, "I don't see why Greece is necessary," she said; "but as you do, I suppose it is all right. It must be something I can't understand. Lucy! Let's tell her. Lucy!"
"She is playing the piano," Mr. Beebe said. He opened the door, and heard the words of a song:
"Look not thou on beauty's charming."
thou - tú; vos
"I didn't know that Miss Honeychurch sang, too."
"Sit thou still when kings are arming,
Kings - reyes; rey
Taste not when the wine-cup glistens"""
glistens - brilla; relucir, rielar
"It's a song that Cecil gave her. How odd girls are!"
"What's that?" called Lucy, stopping short.
"All right, dear," said Mrs. Honeychurch kindly. She went into the drawing-room, and Mr. Beebe heard her kiss Lucy and say: "I am sorry I was so cross about Greece, but it came on the top of the dahlias."
Rather a hard voice said: "Thank you, mother; That doesn't matter a bit."
That doesn't matter - Eso no importa
"And you are right, too"Greece will be all right; you can go if the Miss Alans will have you."
"Oh, splendid! Oh, thank you!"
Mr. Beebe followed. Lucy still sat at the piano with her hands over the keys. She was glad, but he had expected greater gladness. Her mother bent over her. Freddy, to whom she had been singing, reclined on the floor with his head against her, and an unlit pipe between his lips. Oddly enough, the group was beautiful. Mr. Beebe, who loved the art of the past, was reminded of a favourite theme, the Santa Conversazione, in which people who care for one another are painted chatting together about noble things"a theme neither sensual nor sensational, and therefore ignored by the art of to-day.
hands over - se entrega
gladness - alegría
reclined - reclinado; reclinarse
unlit - sin luz
oddly - extranamente; extranamente, curiosamente, sorprendentemente
Conversazione - Conversación
sensual - sensual
Why should Lucy want either to marry or to travel when she had such friends at home?
"Taste not when the wine-cup glistens,
Speak not when the people listens,"
she continued.
"Here's Mr. Beebe."
"Mr. Beebe knows my rude ways."
"It's a beautiful song and a wise one," said he. "Go on."
"It isn't very good," she said listlessly. "I forget why"harmony or something."
harmony - armonía, armonía
"I suspected it was unscholarly. It's so beautiful."
unscholarly - poco erudito
"The tune's right enough," said Freddy, "but the words are rotten. Why throw up the sponge?"
throw up - Vomitar
sponge - esponja, cafiche, gorrón, cafichear, gorronear, gallofear
"How stupidly you talk!" said his sister. The Santa Conversazione was broken up. After all, there was no reason that Lucy should talk about Greece or thank him for persuading her mother, so he said good-bye.
Freddy lit his bicycle lamp for him in the porch, and with his usual felicity of phrase, said: "This has been a day and a half."
porch - pórtico, porche
Felicity - felicidad
"Stop thine ear against the singer""
thine - tu, tuyo, tuya, el tuyo, la tuya
"Wait a minute; she is finishing."
"From the red gold keep thy finger;
thy - tu; vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras
Vacant heart and hand and eye
Easy live and quiet die."
"I love weather like this," said Freddy.
Mr. Beebe passed into it.
The two main facts were clear. She had behaved splendidly, and he had helped her. He could not expect to master the details of so big a change in a girl's life. If here and there he was dissatisfied or puzzled, he must acquiesce; she was choosing the better part.
splendidly - espléndidamente
acquiesce - acceder; consentir
"Vacant heart and hand and eye""
Perhaps the song stated "the better part" rather too strongly. He half fancied that the soaring accompaniment"which he did not lose in the shout of the gale"really agreed with Freddy, and was gently criticizing the words that it adorned:
stated - declarado; Estado, declarar, indicar
fancied - te apetece; capricho, antojo
accompaniment - acompanamiento; acompanamiento
gale - revuelo; vendaval, galerna
criticizing - criticando; criticar, culpar, juzgar
adorned - dornado; adornar, engalanar
"Vacant heart and hand and eye
Easy live and quiet die."
However, for the fourth time Windy Corner lay poised below him"now as a beacon in the roaring tides of darkness.
beacon - faro; baliza, almenara, cúspide, punto conspicuo
The Miss Alans were found in their beloved temperance hotel near Bloomsbury"a clean, airless establishment much patronized by provincial England. They always perched there before crossing the great seas, and for a week or two would fidget gently over clothes, guide-books, mackintosh squares, digestive bread, and other Continental necessaries. That there are shops abroad, even in Athens, never occurred to them, for they regarded travel as a species of warfare, only to be undertaken by those who have been fully armed at the Haymarket Stores. Miss Honeychurch, they trusted, would take care to equip herself duly.
temperance - templanza, temperancia
establishment - establecimiento, establishment
patronized - patrocinado; patrocinar, frecuentar
provincial - provincial, provinciano, paleto
Crossing - cruzando; cruce, crucero, edestrian; (cross); cruz, aspa
fidget - inquietarse; revolverse
necessaries - necesidades; necesario, menester
species - Especie
warfare - guerra
undertaken - emprendido; emprender, acometer
stores - tiendas; depósito, almacenar, conservar
equip - equipar, equiparse, preparar, dotar
Quinine could now be obtained in tabloids; paper soap was a great help towards freshening up one's face in the train. Lucy promised, a little depressed.
quinine - quinina
obtained - obtenido; obtener, coger
tabloids - los tabloides; tabloide
soap - jabón
freshening - Refrescar
"But, of course, you know all about these things, and you have Mr. Vyse to help you. A gentleman is such a stand-by."
Mrs. Honeychurch, who had come up to town with her daughter, began to drum nervously upon her card-case.
drum - tambor
"We think it so good of Mr. Vyse to spare you," Miss Catharine continued. "It is not every young man who would be so unselfish. But perhaps he will come out and join you later on."
"Or does his work keep him in London?" said Miss Teresa, the more acute and less kindly of the two sisters.
more acute - más agudo
"However, we shall see him when he sees you off. I do so long to see him."
"No one will see Lucy off," interposed Mrs. Honeychurch. "She doesn't like it."
"No, I hate seeings-off," said Lucy.
seeings - Viendo
"Really? How funny! I should have thought that in this case""
"Oh, Mrs. Honeychurch, you aren't going? It is such a pleasure to have met you!"
They escaped, and Lucy said with relief: "That's all right. We just got through that time."
got through - superar, terminar, comunicarse con, pasar por
But her mother was annoyed. "I should be told, dear, that I am unsympathetic. But I cannot see why you didn't tell your friends about Cecil and be done with it. There all the time we had to sit fencing, and almost telling lies, and be seen through, too, I dare say, which is most unpleasant."
fencing - esgrima, cerca, vallado, cerca, receptación; (fence); cerca
seen through - ver a través; calar a, apoyar a
Lucy had plenty to say in reply. She described the Miss Alans'character: they were such gossips, and if one told them, the news would be everywhere in no time.
"But why shouldn't it be everywhere in no time?"
"Because I settled with Cecil not to announce it until I left England. I shall tell them then. It's much pleasanter. How wet it is! Let's turn in here."
announce - anunciar, declarar
pleasanter - más agradable; agradable, placentero
"Here" was the British Museum. Mrs. Honeychurch refused. If they must take shelter, let it be in a shop. Lucy felt contemptuous, for she was on the tack of caring for Greek sculpture, and had already borrowed a mythical dictionary from Mr. Beebe to get up the names of the goddesses and gods.
tack - tachuela
sculpture - escultura, esculpir
borrowed - tomar prestado
mythical - mítico
goddesses - diosas; diosa
"Oh, well, let it be shop, then. Let's go to Mudie's. I'll buy a guide-book."
"You know, Lucy, you and Charlotte and Mr. Beebe all tell me I'm so stupid, so I suppose I am, but I shall never understand this hole-and-corner work. You've got rid of Cecil"well and good, and I'm thankful he's gone, though I did feel angry for the minute. But why not announce it? Why this hushing up and tip-toeing?"
hole - agujero
hushing up - callar, encubrir
toeing - dedo del pie, ortejo
"It's only for a few days."
"But why at all?"
Lucy was silent. She was drifting away from her mother. It was quite easy to say, "Because George Emerson has been bothering me, and if he hears I've given up Cecil may begin again""quite easy, and it had the incidental advantage of being true.
drifting - deriva, derrape, ir a la deriva, vagar, derivar, errar
incidental - incidental, fortuito
But she could not say it. She disliked confidences, for they might lead to self-knowledge and to that king of terrors"Light. Ever since that last evening at Florence she had deemed it unwise to reveal her soul.
self-knowledge - (self-knowledge) autoconocimiento
terrors - terrores; terror
deemed - considerado; considerar, concluir, estimar
Mrs. Honeychurch, too, was silent. She was thinking, "My daughter won't answer me; she would rather be with those inquisitive old maids than with Freddy and me. Any rag, tag, and bobtail apparently does if she can leave her home." And as in her case thoughts never remained unspoken long, she burst out with: "You're tired of Windy Corner."
rag - trapo
tag - etiqueta
bobtail - colín
unspoken - Deshablar
This was perfectly true. Lucy had hoped to return to Windy Corner when she escaped from Cecil, but she discovered that her home existed no longer. It might exist for Freddy, who still lived and thought straight, but not for one who had deliberately warped the brain. She did not acknowledge that her brain was warped, for the brain itself must assist in that acknowledgment, and she was disordering the very instruments of life. She only felt, "I do not love George; I broke off my engagement because I did not love George; I must go to Greece because I do not love George; it is more important that I should look up gods in the dictionary than that I should help my mother; everyone else is behaving very badly.
acknowledge - reconocer, acusar recibo
acknowledgment - reconocimiento, reconocimiento
disordering - desorden, disturbio, desenfreno, trastorno
instruments - instrumentos; instrumento, herramienta
She only felt irritable and petulant, and anxious to do what she was not expected to do, and in this spirit she proceeded with the conversation.
"Oh, mother, what rubbish you talk! Of course I'm not tired of Windy Corner."
"Then why not say so at once, instead of considering half an hour?"
She laughed faintly, "Half a minute would be nearer."
"Perhaps you would like to stay away from your home altogether?"
"Hush, mother! People will hear you"; for they had entered Mudie's. She bought Baedeker, and then continued: "Of course I want to live at home; but as we are talking about it, I may as well say that I shall want to be away in the future more than I have been. You see, I come into my money next year."
be away - está lejos
Tears came into her mother's eyes.
Driven by nameless bewilderment, by what is in older people termed "eccentricity," Lucy determined to make this point clear. "I've seen the world so little"I felt so out of things in Italy. I have seen so little of life; one ought to come up to London more"not a cheap ticket like to-day, but to stop. I might even share a flat for a little with some other girl."
nameless - innominado, sin nombre
termed - denominado; período, etapa
eccentricity - excentricidad
"And mess with typewriters and latch-keys," exploded Mrs. Honeychurch. "And agitate and scream, and be carried off kicking by the police. And call it a Mission"when no one wants you! And call it Duty"when it means that you can't stand your own home! And call it Work"when thousands of men are starving with the competition as it is! And then to prepare yourself, find two doddering old ladies, and go abroad with them."
typewriters - máquinas de escribir; máquina de escribir
latch - picaporte; pestillo
agitate - agitar, perturbar
scream - grito, gritar
carried off - se lo han llevado
kicking - pateando; dar un puntapié, golpear con el pie, dar una patada a
Starving - Muerto de hambre; (starve); morir de hambre, hambrear
competition - competencia; competición
"I want more independence," said Lucy lamely; she knew that she wanted something, and independence is a useful cry; we can always say that we have not got it. She tried to remember her emotions in Florence: those had been sincere and passionate, and had suggested beauty rather than short skirts and latch-keys. But independence was certainly her cue.
Independence - independencia
lamely - Tontamente
cue - taco; pie
"Very well. Take your independence and be gone. Rush up and down and round the world, and come back as thin as a lath with the bad food. Despise the house that your father built and the garden that he planted, and our dear view"and then share a flat with another girl."
lath - torneado; listón
Lucy screwed up her mouth and said: "Perhaps I spoke hastily."
screwed up - arrugado, torcido, arruinado, roto
"Oh, goodness!" her mother flashed. "How you do remind me of Charlotte Bartlett!"
flashed - flasheado; destello
"Charlotte?" flashed Lucy in her turn, pierced at last by a vivid pain.
pierced - perforado; atravesar, traspasar
vivid - vívida; vívido, vivo
"More every moment."
"I don't know what you mean, mother; Charlotte and I are not the very least alike."
"Well, I see the likeness. The same eternal worrying, the same taking back of words. You and Charlotte trying to divide two apples among three people last night might be sisters."
likeness - semejanza; retrato, trasunto
taking back - recuperar; retira; devolver
divide - desunir, dividir, repartir, división, divisoria
"What rubbish! And if you dislike Charlotte so, it's rather a pity you asked her to stop. I warned you about her; I begged you, implored you not to, but of course it was not listened to."
implored - imploró; implorar
"There you go."
"I beg your pardon?"
"Charlotte again, my dear; that's all; her very words."
Lucy clenched her teeth. "My point is that you oughtn't to have asked Charlotte to stop. I wish you would keep to the point." And the conversation died off into a wrangle.
died off - extinguido
wrangle - discutir; altercado, disputa, gresca, rina
She and her mother shopped in silence, spoke little in the train, little again in the carriage, which met them at Dorking Station. It had poured all day and as they ascended through the deep Surrey lanes showers of water fell from the over-hanging beech-trees and rattled on the hood. Lucy complained that the hood was stuffy. Leaning forward, she looked out into the steaming dusk, and watched the carriage-lamp pass like a search-light over mud and leaves, and reveal nothing beautiful. "The crush when Charlotte gets in will be abominable," she remarked. For they were to pick up Miss Bartlett at Summer Street, where she had been dropped as the carriage went down, to pay a call on Mr. Beebe's old mother. "We shall have to sit three a side, because the trees drop, and yet it isn't raining. Oh, for a little air!" Then she listened to the horse's hoofs""He has not told"he has not told." That melody was blurred by the soft road.
lanes - carriles; camino, carril
hanging - Colgando; (hang) Colgando
rattled - molesto; hacer sonar, hacer vibrar
hood - capucha
steaming - cocción al vapor, humeante; (steam); vapor
crush - aplastamiento, enamoramiento, aplastar, destripar, machacar
gets in - entra
blurred - borrosa; desdibujar, difuminar, borrar, manchar, esfumarse
soft - suave; blando
"Can't we have the hood down?" she demanded, and her mother, with sudden tenderness, said: "Very well, old lady, stop the horse." And the horse was stopped, and Lucy and Powell wrestled with the hood, and squirted water down Mrs. Honeychurch's neck. But now that the hood was down, she did see something that she would have missed"there were no lights in the windows of Cissie Villa, and round the garden gate she fancied she saw a padlock.
padlock - candado, candar, asegurar
"Is that house to let again, Powell?" she called.
"Yes, miss," he replied.
"Have they gone?"
"It is too far out of town for the young gentleman, and his father's rheumatism has come on, so he can't stop on alone, so they are trying to let furnished," was the answer.
far out - lejos; excéntrico, poco convencional
"They have gone, then?"
"Yes, miss, they have gone."
Lucy sank back. The carriage stopped at the Rectory. She got out to call for Miss Bartlett. So the Emersons had gone, and all this bother about Greece had been unnecessary. Waste! That word seemed to sum up the whole of life. Wasted plans, wasted money, wasted love, and she had wounded her mother.
sum up - resumir
wasted - desperdiciado; desperdiciar, malgastar
Was it possible that she had muddled things away? Quite possible. Other people had. When the maid opened the door, she was unable to speak, and stared stupidly into the hall.
Miss Bartlett at once came forward, and after a long preamble asked a great favour: might she go to church? Mr. Beebe and his mother had already gone, but she had refused to start until she obtained her hostess's full sanction, for it would mean keeping the horse waiting a good ten minutes more.
preamble - preámbulo
sanction - autorización, aprobación, decreto, sanción, ratificar
"Certainly," said the hostess wearily. "I forgot it was Friday. Let's all go. Powell can go round to the stables."
wearily - cansado; cansadamente
stables - Estable
"Lucy dearest""
"No church for me, thank you."
A sigh, and they departed. The church was invisible, but up in the darkness to the left there was a hint of colour. This was a stained window, through which some feeble light was shining, and when the door opened Lucy heard Mr. Beebe's voice running through the litany to a minute congregation.
stained - manchado; mancha, lamparón, tacha, mancilla, colorante
feeble - débil, endeble, feble, deficiente
litany - letanía, letanía
Even their church, built upon the slope of the hill so artfully, with its beautiful raised transept and its spire of silvery shingle"even their church had lost its charm; and the thing one never talked about"religion"was fading like all the other things.
transept - transepto
silvery - plateado, argénteo, argentino
shingle - teja; guijarro
She followed the maid into the Rectory.
Would she object to sitting in Mr. Beebe's study? There was only that one fire.
object to - oponerse a
She would not object.
Some one was there already, for Lucy heard the words: "A lady to wait, sir."
Old Mr. Emerson was sitting by the fire, with his foot upon a gout-stool.
gout - gota
"Oh, Miss Honeychurch, that you should come!" he quavered; and Lucy saw an alteration in him since last Sunday.
quavered - quavered; corchea, temblor, temblar
alteration - alteración, cambio, modificación
Not a word would come to her lips. George she had faced, and could have faced again, but she had forgotten how to treat his father.
"Miss Honeychurch, dear, we are so sorry! George is so sorry! He thought he had a right to try. I cannot blame my boy, and yet I wish he had told me first. He ought not to have tried. I knew nothing about it at all."
If only she could remember how to behave!
He held up his hand. "But you must not scold him."
scold - reganar; reganar, retar, renir
Lucy turned her back, and began to look at Mr. Beebe's books.
"I taught him," he quavered, "to trust in love. I said: When love comes, that is reality.'I said: Passion does not blind. No. Passion is sanity, and the woman you love, she is the only person you will ever really understand.'" He sighed: "True, everlastingly true, though my day is over, and though there is the result.
sanity - la cordura; cordura, sensatez
everlastingly - para siempre
Poor boy! He is so sorry! He said he knew it was madness when you brought your cousin in; that whatever you felt you did not mean. Yet""his voice gathered strength: he spoke out to make certain""Miss Honeychurch, do you remember Italy?"
madness - locura
Lucy selected a book"a volume of Old Testament commentaries. Holding it up to her eyes, she said: "I have no wish to discuss Italy or any subject connected with your son."
selected - seleccionado; selecto, seleccionar
volume - volumen
Old Testament - El Antiguo Testamento
commentaries - comentario, comentarios
"But you do remember it?"
"He has misbehaved himself from the first."
misbehaved - se portó mal; portarse mal, comportarse mal
"I only was told that he loved you last Sunday. I never could judge behaviour. I"I"suppose he has."
Feeling a little steadier, she put the book back and turned round to him. His face was drooping and swollen, but his eyes, though they were sunken deep, gleamed with a child's courage.
steadier - Más firme; (steady); firme, liso, fijo
swollen - inflamado; hinchar(se), inflar(se)
"Why, he has behaved abominably," she said. "I am glad he is sorry. Do you know what he did?"
"Not abominably,'" was the gentle correction. "He only tried when he should not have tried. You have all you want, Miss Honeychurch: you are going to marry the man you love. Do not go out of George's life saying he is abominable."
"No, of course," said Lucy, ashamed at the reference to Cecil. "Abominable'is much too strong. I am sorry I used it about your son. I think I will go to church, after all. My mother and my cousin have gone. I shall not be so very late""
"Especially as he has gone under," he said quietly.
"What was that?"
"Gone under naturally." He beat his palms together in silence; his head fell on his chest.
palms - palmeras; palma
"I don't understand."
"As his mother did."
"But, Mr. Emerson"Mr. Emerson"what are you talking about?"
"When I wouldn't have George baptized," said he.
baptized - bautizado; bautizar
Lucy was frightened.
"And she agreed that baptism was nothing, but he caught that fever when he was twelve and she turned round. She thought it a judgement." He shuddered. "Oh, horrible, when we had given up that sort of thing and broken away from her parents. Oh, horrible"worst of all"worse than death, when you have made a little clearing in the wilderness, planted your little garden, let in your sunlight, and then the weeds creep in again!
baptism - bautismo, bautizo
let in - hacer pasar; dejar entrar; permitir
weeds - Maleza; (weed) Maleza
creep in - Entrar a hurtadillas
A judgement! And our boy had typhoid because no clergyman had dropped water on him in church! Is it possible, Miss Honeychurch? Shall we slip back into the darkness for ever?"
"I don't know," gasped Lucy. "I don't understand this sort of thing. I was not meant to understand it."
"But Mr. Eager"he came when I was out, and acted according to his principles. I don't blame him or any one... but by the time George was well she was ill. He made her think about sin, and she went under thinking about it."
principles - principios; principio
sin - pecado
It was thus that Mr. Emerson had murdered his wife in the sight of God.
"Oh, how terrible!" said Lucy, forgetting her own affairs at last.
"He was not baptized," said the old man. "I did hold firm." And he looked with unwavering eyes at the rows of books, as if"at what cost!"he had won a victory over them. "My boy shall go back to the earth untouched."
unwavering - inquebrantable, firme, indefectible, constante
She asked whether young Mr. Emerson was ill.
"Oh"last Sunday." He started into the present. "George last Sunday"no, not ill: just gone under. He is never ill. But he is his mother's son. Her eyes were his, and she had that forehead that I think so beautiful, and he will not think it worth while to live. It was always touch and go. He will live; but he will not think it worth while to live. He will never think anything worth while. You remember that church at Florence?"
Lucy did remember, and how she had suggested that George should collect postage stamps.
postage - el franqueo; franqueo
"After you left Florence"horrible. Then we took the house here, and he goes bathing with your brother, and became better. You saw him bathing?"
"I am so sorry, but it is no good discussing this affair. I am deeply sorry about it."
"Then there came something about a novel. I didn't follow it at all; I had to hear so much, and he minded telling me; he finds me too old. Ah, well, one must have failures. George comes down to-morrow, and takes me up to his London rooms. He can't bear to be about here, and I must be where he is."
failures - fracasos; fallo, fracaso, fiasco, fracasado, avería
"Mr. Emerson," cried the girl, "don't leave at least, not on my account. I am going to Greece. Don't leave your comfortable house."
It was the first time her voice had been kind and he smiled. "How good everyone is! And look at Mr. Beebe housing me"came over this morning and heard I was going! Here I am so comfortable with a fire."
"Yes, but you won't go back to London. It's absurd."
"I must be with George; I must make him care to live, and down here he can't. He says the thought of seeing you and of hearing about you"I am not justifying him: I am only saying what has happened."
justifying - legitimar, justificar, absolver
"Oh, Mr. Emerson""she took hold of his hand""you mustn't. I've been bother enough to the world by now. I can't have you moving out of your house when you like it, and perhaps losing money through it"all on my account. You must stop! I am just going to Greece."
moving out - marcharse; mudarse de
"All the way to Greece?"
Her manner altered.
altered - alterado; cambiar, modificar, alterar
"To Greece?"
"So you must stop. You won't talk about this business, I know. I can trust you both."
"Certainly you can. We either have you in our lives, or leave you to the life that you have chosen."
"I shouldn't want""
"I suppose Mr. Vyse is very angry with George? No, it was wrong of George to try. We have pushed our beliefs too far. I fancy that we deserve sorrow."
beliefs - creencias; creencia
deserve - merecer, meritar
She looked at the books again"black, brown, and that acrid theological blue. They surrounded the visitors on every side; they were piled on the tables, they pressed against the very ceiling. To Lucy who could not see that Mr. Emerson was profoundly religious, and differed from Mr.
acrid - acida; acre, mordaz
surrounded - rodeado; circundar, envolver, cercar, rodear
piled - apilado; montón, pila
religious - religioso
differed - diferían; ser distinto
Beebe chiefly by his acknowledgment of passion"it seemed dreadful that the old man should crawl into such a sanctum, when he was unhappy, and be dependent on the bounty of a clergyman.
crawl - gatear; avanzar lentamente
sanctum - Sanctasanctórum
dependent - dependiente, dependiente
bounty - dádiva, donación, recompensa
More certain than ever that she was tired, he offered her his chair.
"No, please sit still. I think I will sit in the carriage."
"Miss Honeychurch, you do sound tired."
"Not a bit," said Lucy, with trembling lips.
"But you are, and there's a look of George about you. And what were you saying about going abroad?"
She was silent.
"Greece""and she saw that he was thinking the word over""Greece; but you were to be married this year, I thought."
"Not till January, it wasn't," said Lucy, clasping her hands. Would she tell an actual lie when it came to the point?
"I suppose that Mr. Vyse is going with you. I hope"it isn't because George spoke that you are both going?"
"No."
"I hope that you will enjoy Greece with Mr. Vyse."
"Thank you."
At that moment Mr. Beebe came back from church. His cassock was covered with rain. "That's all right," he said kindly. "I counted on you two keeping each other company. It's pouring again. The entire congregation, which consists of your cousin, your mother, and my mother, stands waiting in the church, till the carriage fetches it. Did Powell go round?"
cassock - sotana
entire - entero
fetches - ir por, ir a buscar, traer
"I think so; I'll see."
"No"of course, I'll see. How are the Miss Alans?"
"Very well, thank you."
"Did you tell Mr. Emerson about Greece?"
"I"I did."
"Don't you think it very plucky of her, Mr. Emerson, to undertake the two Miss Alans? Now, Miss Honeychurch, go back"keep warm. I think three is such a courageous number to go travelling." And he hurried off to the stables.
plucky - valiente, osado
undertake - emprender, acometer
keep warm - Mantenerse caliente
courageous - valiente
"He is not going," she said hoarsely. "I made a slip. Mr. Vyse does stop behind in England."
made a slip - hacer un desliz
Somehow it was impossible to cheat this old man. To George, to Cecil, she would have lied again; but he seemed so near the end of things, so dignified in his approach to the gulf, of which he gave one account, and the books that surrounded him another, so mild to the rough paths that he had traversed, that the true chivalry"not the worn-out chivalry of sex, but the true chivalry that all the young may show to all the old"awoke in her, and, at whatever risk, she told him that Cecil was not her companion to Greece.
cheat - enganar, estafar, timar
lied - Mentiste
Gulf - golfo
rough - aspero; áspero, aproximado, aproximativo, casi, turbulento
traversed - travesado; atravesar, recorrer
Risk - riesgo, checkpeligro, arriesgar, poner en riesgo
And she spoke so seriously that the risk became a certainty, and he, lifting his eyes, said: "You are leaving him? You are leaving the man you love?"
certainty - seguridad; certeza
lifting - levantando; levantar, alzar
"I"I had to."
"Why, Miss Honeychurch, why?"
Terror came over her, and she lied again. She made the long, convincing speech that she had made to Mr. Beebe, and intended to make to the world when she announced that her engagement was no more. He heard her in silence, and then said: "My dear, I am worried about you. It seems to me""dreamily; she was not alarmed""that you are in a muddle."
convincing - convincente; convencer
She shook her head.
"Take an old man's word; there's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world. It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the things that sound so dreadful. It is on my muddles that I look back with horror"on the things that I might have avoided. We can help one another but little. I used to think I could teach young people the whole of life, but I know better now, and all my teaching of George has come down to this: beware of muddle. Do you remember in that church, when you pretended to be annoyed with me and weren't? Do you remember before, when you refused the room with the view? Those were muddles"little, but ominous"and I am fearing that you are in one now.
muddles - lodos; mezclar, confundir, embrollar, zarabutear, machacar
fearing - temiendo; miedo, temor
She was silent. "Don't trust me, Miss Honeychurch. Though life is very glorious, it is difficult." She was still silent. "Life'wrote a friend of mine, is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.'I think he puts it well. Man has to pick up the use of his functions as he goes along"especially the function of Love." Then he burst out excitedly; "That's it; that's what I mean. You love George!" And after his long preamble, the three words burst against Lucy like waves from the open sea.
performance - endimiento; actuación, cumplimiento, ejecución, desempeno
violin - violín
function - función, cargo, fungir, servir, funcionar, marchar
open sea - mar abierto
"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you, and no other word expresses it. You won't marry the other man for his sake."
contradiction - contradicción, contrasentido
directly - directamente, en derechura
expresses - expresar
for his sake - por su bien
"How dare you!" gasped Lucy, with the roaring of waters in her ears. "Oh, how like a man!"I mean, to suppose that a woman is always thinking about a man."
"But you are."
She summoned physical disgust.
summoned - convocado; convocar
disgust - repugnar, dar asco, asquear, asco, repugnancia
"You're shocked, but I mean to shock you. It's the only hope at times. I can reach you no other way. You must marry, or your life will be wasted. You have gone too far to retreat. I have no time for the tenderness, and the comradeship, and the poetry, and the things that really matter, and for which you marry. I know that, with George, you will find them, and that you love him. Then be his wife.
wasted - Desperdiciar
retreat - retirarse, batirse en retirada
He is already part of you. Though you fly to Greece, and never see him again, or forget his very name, George will work in your thoughts till you die. It isn't possible to love and to part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal."
fly to - volar a
transmute - transmutar, trasladar; transmutarse, trasladarse
by experience - por experiencia
poets - poetas; poeta, poetisa
Lucy began to cry with anger, and though her anger passed away soon, her tears remained.
"I only wish poets would say this, too: love is of the body; not the body, but of the body. Ah! the misery that would be saved if we confessed that! Ah! for a little directness to liberate the soul! Your soul, dear Lucy! I hate the word now, because of all the cant with which superstition has wrapped it round. But we have souls. I cannot say how they came nor whither they go, but we have them, and I see you ruining yours. I cannot bear it. It is again the darkness creeping in; it is hell." Then he checked himself. "What nonsense I have talked"how abstract and remote! And I have made you cry!
misery - miseria, sinvivir, desgracia, desdicha, infortunio
confessed - confesó; confesar, panish: t-needed
liberate - liberar
cant - no puedes; hipocresía
creeping in - Entrar a hurtadillas
remote - remoto, control remoto
Dear girl, forgive my prosiness; marry my boy. When I think what life is, and how seldom love is answered by love"Marry him; it is one of the moments for which the world was made."
prosiness - profesionalidad
She could not understand him; the words were indeed remote. Yet as he spoke the darkness was withdrawn, veil after veil, and she saw to the bottom of her soul.
withdrawn - retirada; retirar(se)
"Then, Lucy""
"You've frightened me," she moaned. "Cecil"Mr. Beebe"the ticket's bought"everything." She fell sobbing into the chair. "I'm caught in the tangle. I must suffer and grow old away from him. I cannot break the whole of life for his sake. They trusted me."
sobbing - sollozando; sollozo, sollozante; (sob); hdp
A carriage drew up at the front-door.
"Give George my love"once only. Tell him muddle.'" Then she arranged her veil, while the tears poured over her cheeks inside.
"Lucy""
"No"they are in the hall"oh, please not, Mr. Emerson"they trust me""
"But why should they, when you have deceived them?"
deceived - enganado; enganar, decebir
Mr. Beebe opened the door, saying: "Here's my mother."
"You're not worthy of their trust."
"What's that?" said Mr. Beebe sharply.
"I was saying, why should you trust her when she deceived you?"
"One minute, mother." He came in and shut the door.
"I don't follow you, Mr. Emerson. To whom do you refer? Trust whom?"
"I mean she has pretended to you that she did not love George. They have loved one another all along."
Mr. Beebe looked at the sobbing girl. He was very quiet, and his white face, with its ruddy whiskers, seemed suddenly inhuman. A long black column, he stood and awaited her reply.
inhuman - inhumano
column - columna
awaited - esperado; esperar, aguantar
"I shall never marry him," quavered Lucy.
A look of contempt came over him, and he said, "Why not?"
contempt - desprecio, desdén, desgracia, deshonra, vergüenza, desacato
"Mr. Beebe"I have misled you"I have misled myself""
misled - enganado; propiciar equivocarse, desencaminar, enganar
"Oh, rubbish, Miss Honeychurch!"
"It is not rubbish!" said the old man hotly. "It's the part of people that you don't understand."
hotly - Calurosamente
Mr. Beebe laid his hand on the old man's shoulder pleasantly.
"Lucy! Lucy!" called voices from the carriage.
"Mr. Beebe, could you help me?"
He looked amazed at the request, and said in a low, stern voice: "I am more grieved than I can possibly express. It is lamentable, lamentable"incredible."
amazed - asombrado; pasmar, sorprender, asombrar
stern - severo, austero, serio
grieved - penado; afligirse, acongojarse
express - expresar
lamentable - lamentable
"What's wrong with the boy?" fired up the other again.
"Nothing, Mr. Emerson, except that he no longer interests me. Marry George, Miss Honeychurch. He will do admirably."
He walked out and left them. They heard him guiding his mother up-stairs.
guiding - Guiando; (guid) Guiando
"Lucy!" the voices called.
She turned to Mr. Emerson in despair. But his face revived her. It was the face of a saint who understood.
revived - evivido; revivir
"Now it is all dark. Now Beauty and Passion seem never to have existed. I know. But remember the mountains over Florence and the view. Ah, dear, if I were George, and gave you one kiss, it would make you brave. You have to go cold into a battle that needs warmth, out into the muddle that you have made yourself; and your mother and all your friends will despise you, oh, my darling, and rightly, if it is ever right to despise.
George still dark, all the tussle and the misery without a word from him. Am I justified?" Into his own eyes tears came. "Yes, for we fight for more than Love or Pleasure; there is Truth. Truth counts, Truth does count."
counts - cuenta; conde
"You kiss me," said the girl. "You kiss me. I will try."
He gave her a sense of deities reconciled, a feeling that, in gaining the man she loved, she would gain something for the whole world. Throughout the squalor of her homeward drive"she spoke at once"his salutation remained. He had robbed the body of its taint, the world's taunts of their sting; he had shown her the holiness of direct desire.
reconciled - reconciliado; reconciliar, avenir
gaining - Ganando; (gain) Ganando
homeward - hacia casa
robbed - robado; robar
taunts - burlas; mofarse (de), reírse (de); insultar
sting - picar; aguijón
She "never exactly understood," she would say in after years, "how he managed to strengthen her. It was as if he had made her see the whole of everything at once."
The Miss Alans did go to Greece, but they went by themselves. They alone of this little company will double Malea and plough the waters of the Saronic gulf. They alone will visit Athens and Delphi, and either shrine of intellectual song"that upon the Acropolis, encircled by blue seas; that under Parnassus, where the eagles build and the bronze charioteer drives undismayed towards infinity.
double - doble, doblado, bicapa, encorvado, doble, sosias, duplicar
plough - arado, Carro Mayor, arar, labrar, barbechar
Acropolis - Acrópolis
eagles - águilas; águila
bronze - bronce, broncíneo, broncínea, éneo, bronceado, tostado, pavonar
charioteer - uadriguero; cochero, auriga
undismayed - Indiferente
infinity - infinidad, infinito
Trembling, anxious, cumbered with much digestive bread, they did proceed to Constantinople, they did go round the world. The rest of us must be contented with a fair, but a less arduous, goal. Italiam petimus: we return to the Pension Bertolini.
proceed - continuar, proceder
contented with - contento con
arduous - arduo, riguroso
George said it was his old room.
"No, it isn't," said Lucy; "because it is the room I had, and I had your father's room. I forget why; Charlotte made me, for some reason."
He knelt on the tiled floor, and laid his face in her lap.
tiled - alicatado; teja; baldosa, azulejo
"George, you baby, get up."
"Why shouldn't I be a baby?" murmured George.
Unable to answer this question, she put down his sock, which she was trying to mend, and gazed out through the window. It was evening and again the spring.
sock - calcetín
mend - remiendo, remendar, reparar
"Oh, bother Charlotte," she said thoughtfully. "What can such people be made of?"
"Same stuff as parsons are made of."
"Nonsense!"
"Quite right. It is nonsense."
"Now you get up off the cold floor, or you'll be starting rheumatism next, and you stop laughing and being so silly."
"Why shouldn't I laugh?" he asked, pinning her with his elbows, and advancing his face to hers. "What's there to cry at? Kiss me here." He indicated the spot where a kiss would be welcome.
pinning - Pinchar; (pin) Pinchar
He was a boy after all. When it came to the point, it was she who remembered the past, she into whose soul the iron had entered, she who knew whose room this had been last year. It endeared him to her strangely that he should be sometimes wrong.
iron - hierro; férreo, planchar
endeared - amado; hacerse querer
"Any letters?" he asked.
"Just a line from Freddy."
"Now kiss me here; then here."
Then, threatened again with rheumatism, he strolled to the window, opened it (as the English will), and leant out. There was the parapet, there the river, there to the left the beginnings of the hills. The cab-driver, who at once saluted him with the hiss of a serpent, might be that very Phaethon who had set this happiness in motion twelve months ago.
threatened - amenazado; amenazar
beginnings - Comienzo
hiss - siseo, sisear
serpent - serpiente
A passion of gratitude"all feelings grow to passions in the South"came over the husband, and he blessed the people and the things who had taken so much trouble about a young fool. He had helped himself, it is true, but how stupidly!
blessed - bendecido; bendito; (bless) bendecido; bendito
All the fighting that mattered had been done by others"by Italy, by his father, by his wife.
"Lucy, you come and look at the cypresses; and the church, whatever its name is, still shows."
"San Miniato. I'll just finish your sock."
"Signorino, domani faremo uno giro," called the cabman, with engaging certainty.
engaging - atractivo; atraer, trabar conversación con, trabar batalla
George told him that he was mistaken; they had no money to throw away on driving.
throw away - Tirar a la basura
And the people who had not meant to help"the Miss Lavishes, the Cecils, the Miss Bartletts! Ever prone to magnify Fate, George counted up the forces that had swept him into this contentment.
Lavishes - lavidades; generoso, pródigo, dadivoso, derrochador
prone - postrado, de bruces, decúbito prono, propenso
magnify - aumentar; magnificar
counted up - contar, sumar
contentment - satisfacción
"Anything good in Freddy's letter?"
"Not yet."
His own content was absolute, but hers held bitterness: the Honeychurches had not forgiven them; they were disgusted at her past hypocrisy; she had alienated Windy Corner, perhaps for ever.
bitterness - amargo, amargura, amargor, acíbar
alienated - enajenado; alienar, enajenar
"What does he say?"
"Silly boy! He thinks he's being dignified. He knew we should go off in the spring"he has known it for six months"that if mother wouldn't give her consent we should take the thing into our own hands. They had fair warning, and now he calls it an elopement. Ridiculous boy""
consent - consentir, consentimiento, venia, anuencia
elopement - fuga; panish: t-needed
"Signorino, domani faremo uno giro""
"But it will all come right in the end. He has to build us both up from the beginning again. I wish, though, that Cecil had not turned so cynical about women. He has, for the second time, quite altered. Why will men have theories about women? I haven't any about men. I wish, too, that Mr. Beebe""
theories - teorías; teoría
"You may well wish that."
"He will never forgive us"I mean, he will never be interested in us again. I wish that he did not influence them so much at Windy Corner. I wish he hadn't"But if we act the truth, the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run."
"Perhaps." Then he said more gently: "Well, I acted the truth"the only thing I did do"and you came back to me. So possibly you know." He turned back into the room. "Nonsense with that sock." He carried her to the window, so that she, too, saw all the view.
They sank upon their knees, invisible from the road, they hoped, and began to whisper one another's names. Ah! it was worth while; it was the great joy that they had expected, and countless little joys of which they had never dreamt. They were silent.
dreamt - sonado; sueno, ensueno, sonar
"Signorino, domani faremo""
"Oh, bother that man!"
But Lucy remembered the vendor of photographs and said, "No, don't be rude to him." Then with a catching of her breath, she murmured: "Mr. Eager and Charlotte, dreadful frozen Charlotte. How cruel she would be to a man like that!"
frozen - congelado; congelar
"Look at the lights going over the bridge."
"But this room reminds me of Charlotte. How horrible to grow old in Charlotte's way! To think that evening at the rectory that she shouldn't have heard your father was in the house. For she would have stopped me going in, and he was the only person alive who could have made me see sense.
You couldn't have made me. When I am very happy""she kissed him""I remember on how little it all hangs. If Charlotte had only known, she would have stopped me going in, and I should have gone to silly Greece, and become different for ever."
hangs - cuelga; colgar
"But she did know," said George; "she did see my father, surely. He said so."
"Oh, no, she didn't see him. She was upstairs with old Mrs. Beebe, don't you remember, and then went straight to the church. She said so."
George was obstinate again. "My father," said he, "saw her, and I prefer his word. He was dozing by the study fire, and he opened his eyes, and there was Miss Bartlett. A few minutes before you came in. She was turning to go as he woke up. He didn't speak to her."
Then they spoke of other things"the desultory talk of those who have been fighting to reach one another, and whose reward is to rest quietly in each other's arms. It was long ere they returned to Miss Bartlett, but when they did her behaviour seemed more interesting. George, who disliked any darkness, said: "It's clear that she knew. Then, why did she risk the meeting? She knew he was there, and yet she went to church."
desultory - esporádico; incoherente
Reward - recompensa
They tried to piece the thing together.
As they talked, an incredible solution came into Lucy's mind. She rejected it, and said: "How like Charlotte to undo her work by a feeble muddle at the last moment." But something in the dying evening, in the roar of the river, in their very embrace warned them that her words fell short of life, and George whispered: "Or did she mean it?"
"Mean what?"
"Signorino, domani faremo uno giro""
Lucy bent forward and said with gentleness: "Lascia, prego, lascia. Siamo sposati."
prego - prenada
sposati - posati
"Scusi tanto, signora," he replied in tones as gentle and whipped up his horse.
"Buona sera"e grazie."
"Niente."
The cabman drove away singing.
"Mean what, George?"
He whispered: "Is it this? Is this possible? I'll put a marvel to you. That your cousin has always hoped. That from the very first moment we met, she hoped, far down in her mind, that we should be like this"of course, very far down. That she fought us on the surface, and yet she hoped. I can't explain her any other way. Can you? Look how she kept me alive in you all the summer; how she gave you no peace; how month after month she became more eccentric and unreliable.
fought - luchó; pelear (se), luchar
more eccentric - más excéntrico
The sight of us haunted her"or she couldn't have described us as she did to her friend. There are details"it burnt. I read the book afterwards. She is not frozen, Lucy, she is not withered up all through. She tore us apart twice, but in the rectory that evening she was given one more chance to make us happy. We can never make friends with her or thank her. But I do believe that, far down in her heart, far below all speech and behaviour, she is glad."
haunted - hechizado; frecuentar, espantar, desasosegar, inquietar
"It is impossible," murmured Lucy, and then, remembering the experiences of her own heart, she said: "No"it is just possible."
Youth enwrapped them; the song of Phaethon announced passion requited, love attained. But they were conscious of a love more mysterious than this. The song died away; they heard the river, bearing down the snows of winter into the Mediterranean.
attained - lcanzado; lograr, conseguir
more mysterious - más misterioso
bearing down - empujar; venirse encima; dominar
Mediterranean - mediterráneo