innocence - Unschuld; Harmlosigkeit
On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the academy of music in New York.
academy of music - Musikhochschule , Konservatorium
York - York
It was Madame Nilsson's first appearance that winter, and what the daily press had already learned to describe as "an exceptionally brilliant audience" had gathered to hear her, transported through the slippery, snowy streets in private broughams, in the spacious family landau, or in the humbler but more convenient "Brown coupe." To come to the Opera in a Brown coupe was almost as honourable a way of arriving as in one's own carriage; and departure by the same means had the immense advantage of enabling one (with a playful allusion to democratic principles) to scramble into the first Brown conveyance in the line, instead of waiting till the cold-and-gin congested nose of one's own coachman gleamed under the portico of the Academy.
appearance - Erscheinen, Auftritt, Aussehen
daily press - Tagespresse
exceptionally - Ausnahmsweise
brilliant - strahlend, brillant, genial, Brillant, Diamant
audience - Publikum, Zuschauer, Audienzen, Audienz
gathered - gesammelt; sammeln, versammeln
transported - transportiert; transportieren, befördern, Beförderung
slippery - schlüpfrig; rutschig, glitschig, aalglatt
snowy - verschneit; Schnee
private - privat; privat
spacious - geräumig; weiträumig
humbler - bescheidener; demütiger
more convenient - genehmere
coupe - Coupé
opera - Oper; (opus) Oper
almost - fast, beinahe, so gut wie
honourable - ehrenhaft
carriage - Kutsche; Gang, Haltung, Wagen, Frachtgeld, Fracht, Fuhrlohn
departure - Abreise; Abfahrt
immense - immens
advantage - Vorteil; Vorzug
enabling - Freigabe; berechtigen, befähigen, ermöglichen, anordnen
playful - spielerisch; verspielt
allusion - Anspielung, Allusion
democratic - demokratisch
principles - Grundsätze; Grundsatz, Prinzip
scramble - krabbeln; drängeln; verrühren, verquirlen, verwürfeln
Conveyance - Beförderung; Transport, Übertragung, Transportmittel
instead - stattdessen, anstatt
gin - Gin, Wacholderbranntwein
congested - überlastet; überfüllen
coachman - Kutscher
gleamed - schimmerte; Schimmer; durchschimmern, glänzen
portico - Säulengang; Portikus
Academy - Akademie, akademische Einrichtung
It was one of the great livery-stableman's most masterly intuitions to have discovered that Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it.
livery - Tracht, Kleid
stableman - Stallknecht
most masterly - meisterhafteste
intuitions - Intuitionen; Ahnung, Anschauung, Eingebung, Einfühlungsvermögen
discovered - entdeckt; entdecken, erleben, erfahren, dabei sein
amusement - Belustigung; Amüsement
When Newland Archer opened the door at the back of the club box the curtain had just gone up on the garden scene. There was no reason why the young man should not have come earlier, for he had dined at seven, alone with his mother and sister, and had lingered afterward over a cigar in the Gothic library with glazed black-walnut bookcases and finial-topped chairs which was the only room in the house where Mrs.
Archer - Bogenschütze; (arch) Bogenschütze
curtain - Vorhang
gone up - gestiegen
scene - Szene
dined - zu Abend gegessen; Lärm, Getöse; dröhnen
alone - allein, einsam, selbst, nur, ausschließlich
lingered - verweilte; herumlungern, verzögern, Zeit brauchen, verweilen
afterward - nachher
cigar - Zigarre; Glimmstängel
Gothic - Gotisch; Gothic
glazed - glasiert; Glasur, Lasur, Reif, glasieren, lasieren
walnut - Walnuss, Walnussbaum, Walnussholz, Nussbaumholz
bookcases - Bücherregale; Bücherregal
finial - Endspiel; Giebelblume, Firstblume, Kreuzblume, Dachschmuck
topped - getoppt; Oberteil, Spitze, Gipfel, Deckel, Kappe, Oberteil
Archer allowed smoking. But, in the first place, New York was a metropolis, and perfectly aware that in metropolises it was "not the thing" to arrive early at the opera; and what was or was not "the thing" played a part as important in Newland Archer's New York as the inscrutable totem terrors that had ruled the destinies of his forefathers thousands of years ago.
allowed - erlaubt; erlauben, zulassen, akzeptieren, erlauben, zulassen
smoking - rauchen; (smoke) rauchen
perfectly - perfekt, einwandfrei, vollkommen, durchaus
aware - wachsam, gewahr, bewusst, checkgewahr
metropolises - Metropolen; Metropole, Weltstadt, Metropole
inscrutable - undurchschaubar
totem - Totem
terrors - Schrecken, Grauen
destinies - Schicksale; Los, Geschick, Schicksal
forefathers - Vorväter; Vorfahre
The second reason for his delay was a personal one. He had dawdled over his cigar because he was at heart a dilettante, and thinking over a pleasure to come often gave him a subtler satisfaction than its realisation. This was especially the case when the pleasure was a delicate one, as his pleasures mostly were; and on this occasion the moment he looked forward to was so rare and exquisite in quality that"well, if he had timed his arrival in accord with the prima donna's stage-manager he could not have entered the Academy at a more significant moment than just as she was singing: "He loves me"he loves me not"HE LOVES ME!
delay - Verspätung, Verzögerung, Verzug
dawdled - getrödelt; trödeln, qualifier
at heart - im Grunde genommen, im Innersten
dilettante - Dilettant, Dilettantin, Amateur, Amateurin
subtler - subtiler; subtil, fast unmerklich, haarfein, dezent, feinsinnig
satisfaction - Befriedigung; Zufriedenheit; Satisfaktion, Genugtuung
realisation - Verwirklichung; Durchführung, Ausführung, Realisierung
especially - besonders, extra, speziell, außergewöhnlich, originell
case - Fall; Gehäuse, Prozess, Kiste, Fach
delicate - empfindlich, heikel, schwierig, feingliedrig, filigran
pleasures - Vergnügungen; Vergnügen
mostly - meistens, überwiegend, weitgehend, größtenteils
Occasion - Gelegenheit; Anlass
forward - nachsenden, fördern, befördern, versenden, senden; dreist
rare - selten; rar, blutig (Steak)
exquisite - exquisit, köstlich, auserlesen
quality - Qualität, Eigenschaft, Qualität
arrival - Ankunft
accord with - übereinstimmen mit
Prima - die Primaballerina
stage - Stufe, Etappe, Bühne
manager - Direktor, Direktorin, Manager, Managerin
entered - eingegeben; reingehen, hineingehen, hereingehen, eintreten
more significant - bedeutungsvollere
" and sprinkling the falling daisy petals with notes as clear as dew.
sprinkling - Berieselung; berieselnd; (sprinkle); sprühen; besprühen; Nieselregen
daisy - Gänseblümchen, Tausendschönchen, Tagesauge
petals - Blütenblätter; Blütenblatt
clear - klar, durchsichtig, hell, frei
dew - tauen; Tau
She sang, of course, "M'ama!
and not "he loves me," since an unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences. This seemed as natural to Newland Archer as all the other conventions on which his life was moulded: such as the duty of using two silver-backed brushes with his monogram in blue enamel to part his hair, and of never appearing in society without a flower (preferably a gardenia) in his buttonhole.
Since - Seit wann; seitdem, seither, weil, da
unalterable - unabänderlich
unquestioned - unbestritten
law - Gesetz, Jura, Rechtswissenschaft
musical - musikalisch; Musical
required - erforderlich; erfordern, brauchen, benötigen
German - Deutscher, Deutsche, Germane, Germanin, Achtelcicero, Deutsch
French - Französisch
Operas - Opern; Oper
Swedish - Schwedisch
translated - übersetzt; übersetzen, übertragen, verdolmetschen, dolmetschen
Italian - italienisch, italienischsprachig, italienischsprachlich
clearer - deutlicher; heller, anschaulichere; (clear); klar, durchsichtig
audiences - Publikum
seemed - schien; scheinen, dünken
conventions - Konferenzen; Kongress, Versammlung, Tagung, Abkommen
moulded - geformt; Heizform, Form; Gussform, Gießform, Moder; formen
such - solch, derartig, so ein
Duty - Die Pflicht; Pflicht; Schicht, Arbeitszeit, Zoll, Einfuhrsteuer
silver - versilbern; silbern, Silber; Silberbesteck
brushes - Bürste; glossaint-, Bürste, Busch
monogram - Monogramm
enamel - Schmelz, Schmelzglas, Emailmalerei; lackieren, glasieren
appearing - erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen
Society - Gesellschaft
preferably - vorzugsweise
gardenia - Gardenie
buttonhole - Knopfloch
"M'ama ... non m'ama ..." the prima donna sang, and "M'ama!", with a final burst of love triumphant, as she pressed the dishevelled daisy to her lips and lifted her large eyes to the sophisticated countenance of the little brown Faust-Capoul, who was vainly trying, in a tight purple velvet doublet and plumed cap, to look as pure and true as his artless victim.
non - nicht..
burst - geplatzt; platzen, zerplatzen, bersten, sprengen, Bersten
triumphant - triumphieren
pressed - gedrückt; (pre) vor..
dishevelled - zerzaust; in Unordnung bringen, herumschmeißen, verwirren
lips - Lippen; Lippe, Auslauf, Überlauf, Schnaupe, Ansatz
lifted - angehoben; Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern
sophisticated - raffiniert; verdrehen, verfälschen
countenance - Antlitz, Gesichtsausdruck, Miene, Unterstützung, Fassung
vainly - vergeblich
tight - knapp, eng, dicht, tight, fest
velvet - Samt
doublet - Dublette; Zweibiteinheit, Dipol
plumed - gefiedert; Pflaumenbaum; Pflaume, Zwetschke (österr.)
cap - Ventilkappe; Mütze, Haube, Kappe, Deckel; Laufflächenkrone
pure - bloß, rein
artless - kunstlos; schlicht, natürlich
victim - Opfer
Newland Archer, leaning against the wall at the back of the club box, turned his eyes from the stage and scanned the opposite side of the house. Directly facing him was the box of old Mrs. Manson Mingott, whose monstrous obesity had long since made it impossible for her to attend the Opera, but who was always represented on fashionable nights by some of the younger members of the family. On this occasion, the front of the box was filled by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lovell Mingott, and her daughter, Mrs. Welland; and slightly withdrawn behind these brocaded matrons sat a young girl in white with eyes ecstatically fixed on the stagelovers. As Madame Nilsson's "M'ama!" thrilled out above the silent house (the boxes always stopped talking during the Daisy Song) a warm pink mounted to the girl's cheek, mantled her brow to the roots of her fair braids, and suffused the young slope of her breast to the line where it met a modest tulle tucker fastened with a single gardenia. She dropped her eyes to the immense bouquet of lilies-of-the-valley on her knee, and Newland Archer saw her white-gloved finger-tips touch the flowers softly.
leaning - (to lean) sich an etwas lehnen
against - gegen, mit, wider
scanned - gescannt; scannen, abtasten, einscannen, skandieren, Abtastung
opposite side - Gegenseite
directly - direkt, gerade, unmittelbar
whose - wessen; dessen, deren, wem gehört/gehören?
monstrous - ungeheuerlich, monströs, grotesk, monsterhaft, monsterartig
obesity - Fettsucht, Übergewicht, Adipositas, Fettleibigkeit
impossible - unmöglich
attend - teilnehmen; (to attend) mit etwas verbunden sein
represented - vorstellen, darstellen, vertreten
fashionable - modisch, fashionable
slightly - ein wenig, leicht
withdrawn - zurückgezogen; annullieren, entziehen, abziehen, ausscheiden
brocaded - mit Brokat; Brokat, Brokatstoff, Seidenbrokat
matrons - Matronen; Hausmutter, Matrone
ecstatically - ekstatisch
fixed - repariert; reparieren, flicken, fixieren, befestigen
stagelovers - Liebhaber der Bühne
thrilled - aufgeregt; Nervenkitzel; erregen, erschauern, durchdringen
silent - still
mounted - montiert; Reittier, Berg, Lafette (Waffe); einbauen, aufsteigen
cheek - Frechheit; Backe, ormal, Stirn, Mick, Pumpenmick
mantled - mantelt; Mantel, Mantel, Hülle, Umhüllung, Mantel, Glühstrumpf
brow - Stirn; Braue, Augenbraue
roots - wurzeln; Haupt, Wurzel, Nullstelle [math.]
fair - gerecht, fair, heiter, schön, angemessen
braids - Zöpfe; Litze; flechten; Flechte, Paspel, Zopf
suffused - durchdrungen; überziehen, bedecken, durchfluten, erfüllen
slope - Steigung, Hang, Abhang, Ableitung
breast - Brust; -brust, Entenbrust
modest - bescheiden, maßvoll, klein, gering; (mod); bescheiden, maßvoll
tulle - Tüll
fastened - befestigen, festmachen
single - einzeln, einzig, allein, einheitlich
dropped - fallen gelassen; fallen lassen, senken, weglassen, aufgeben
bouquet - Blumenstrauß, Bouquet
lilies - Lilien; Lilie
Valley - Senke, Tal
gloved - Handschuhe; Handschuh
finger-tips - (finger-tips) Fingerspitzen
touch - anfassen, berühren, Berührung, Tasten, Spur
softly - sachte; leise
He drew a breath of satisfied vanity and his eyes returned to the stage.
breath - Atmen, Atmung, Atemzug, Atem, Atempause
satisfied - befriedigen, zufriedenstellen
vanity - Vergänglichkeit; Eitelkeit; Leere
No expense had been spared on the setting, which was acknowledged to be very beautiful even by people who shared his acquaintance with the Opera houses of Paris and Vienna. The foreground, to the footlights, was covered with emerald green cloth. In the middle distance symmetrical mounds of woolly green moss bounded by croquet hoops formed the base of shrubs shaped like orange-trees but studded with large pink and red roses.
expense - Kosten; Ausgabe, Aufwand, Verlust
spared - verschont; Sparring; Holm (Tragfläche); Holm (Rotorblatt); boxen
setting - Kontext; Einstellung; Vertonung; untergehend; (set); Seth
acknowledged - zur Kenntnis nehmen, erkennen, bekennen, anerkennen
acquaintance - Bekanntschaft, Umgang, Bekannter, Bekannte
Vienna - Wien
foreground - im Vordergrund; Vordergrund
footlights - Rampenlicht
covered - abgedeckt; Deckel, Abdeckung, Deckung, Versteck
emerald green - smaragdgrün
cloth - Stoff, Tuch
Middle - Mittelpunkt; Mitte; Mittel-, mittlere, mittig
distance - Distanz, Entfernung, Abstand, Ferne, Weite, entfernen
symmetrical - symmetrisch
mounds - Hügeln; Erdhügel, Erdwall, Hügel
woolly - wollig
moss - Moos; bemoosen
bounded - begrenzt; Sprung
croquet - Croquet, Crocket, Krocket
hoops - Reifen
base - Grundzahl, Unterlage, Basis, Grund; Bettrost
shrubs - Sträucher; Busch, Strauch, Staude
shaped - geformt; Zustand, Form, Form, Form, Gestalt, Form
studded - bespickt; übersäen, verzieren, verstreut sein
roses - Rosen; Rosa
Gigantic pansies, considerably larger than the roses, and closely resembling the floral pen-wipers made by female parishioners for fashionable clergymen, sprang from the moss beneath the rose-trees; and here and there a daisy grafted on a rose-branch flowered with a luxuriance prophetic of Mr. Luther Burbank's far-off prodigies.
gigantic - gigantisch, kolossal
pansies - Stiefmütterchen
Considerably - Erheblich; wesentlich, beträchtlich, beachtlich
closely - dicht, eng, nah, nahe
resembling - ähneln, gleichen
floral - blumig; floral, Blume
female - weiblich; Weib, Weibchen
parishioners - Gemeindemitglieder; Gemeindemitglied
clergymen - Pfarrer, Pastor, Kleriker, Geistlicher, Seelsorger, Seelenhirt
beneath - unter
rose - Rosa; (rise); Rosa
grafted - aufgepfropft; übertragen (med.), aufpfropfen
branch - Ast, Zweig, Abzweigung, (''rare'') tÄstelung
luxuriance - Luxus; Ăśppigkeit
prophetic - prophetisch
Mr - Herr
prodigies - Wunderkinder; Orakel, Wunder
In the centre of this enchanted garden Madame Nilsson, in white cashmere slashed with pale blue satin, a reticule dangling from a blue girdle, and large yellow braids carefully disposed on each side of her muslin chemisette, listened with downcast eyes to M.
enchanted - verzaubert; verzaubern, verzaubern
cashmere - Kaschmir
slashed - aufgeschlitzt; Schrägstrich, Schnitt, Schmarre; schlitzen
pale - Pfahl, blass; bleich (vor), blass (vor)
satin - Satin, Satinstoff, Satintuch
reticule - Fadenkreuz; Gitternetz
dangling - baumelnd; (dangle); baumeln
girdle - Gürtel, Hüfthalter
carefully - sorgfältig; vorsichtig
disposed - entsorgt; beseitigen, entsorgen, ordnen
side - Seite; Flanke, Rand, Mannschaft, Team
muslin - Musselin
downcast - niedergeschlagen, geknickt, entmutigt
Capoul's impassioned wooing, and affected a guileless incomprehension of his designs whenever, by word or glance, he persuasively indicated the ground floor window of the neat brick villa projecting obliquely from the right wing.
wooing - (woo) jemanden umwerben, werben
affected - betroffen; beeinträchtigen, eine Vorliebe haben für, bewohnen
guileless - arglos
incomprehension - Unverständnis; Unbegreiflichkeit
whenever - wann auch immer
by word - Sprichwort
glance - blicken; Blick, Streifblick, Glanz, Steinkohle
persuasively - überzeugend
indicated - angezeigt; anzeigen, anweisen, andeuten, anzeigen, andeuten
ground floor - Parterre
neat - ordentlich, sauber, geschickt, hübsch
brick - Ziegelstein; Backstein, Ziegel, externes Netzteil, bricken
villa - Villa, Anwesen, Landhaus, Herrenhaus
obliquely - schräg
Wing - Flügel, Schwinge, Gebäudeflügel, Tragfläche, tTragflügel
"The darling!" thought Newland Archer, his glance flitting back to the young girl with the lilies-of-the-valley. "She doesn't even guess what it's all about." And he contemplated her absorbed young face with a thrill of possessorship in which pride in his own masculine initiation was mingled with a tender reverence for her abysmal purity. "We'll read Faust together ... by the Italian lakes ...
darling - Liebling, Schatz, Schätzchen
flitting - hüpfend; wandernd; (flit); gaukeln
contemplated - in Erwägung gezogen; nachsinnen
absorbed - absorbiert; absorbieren, aufnehen
thrill - Aufregung; Nervenkitzel; erregen, erschauern, durchdringen
possessorship - Besitzverhältnisse
pride - Hochmut; Stolz, Trotz, Dünkel, Machtbewusstsein, Rudel
masculine - männlich, maskulin, Maskulinum; maskulines Genus
initiation - Einweihung; Initiation, Initiierung
mingled - vermengt; vermischen, vermengen, untermischen
tender - zärtlich; empfindlich, Ausschreibung, Angebot, zart; andienen
reverence - Ehrfurcht, Bewunderung, Verehrung, Hochachtung, Ehrerbietung
abysmal - abgründig, abgrundtief, erbärmlich, jämmerlich, unterirdisch
purity - Reinheit
lakes - Seen; Binnensee, See
he thought, somewhat hazily confusing the scene of his projected honey-moon with the masterpieces of literature which it would be his manly privilege to reveal to his bride. It was only that afternoon that May Welland had let him guess that she "cared" (New York's consecrated phrase of maiden avowal), and already his imagination, leaping ahead of the engagement ring, the betrothal kiss and the march from Lohengrin, pictured her at his side in some scene of old European witchery.
somewhat - etwas, einigermaßen
hazily - verschwommen; dunstig
confusing - verwirrend; verwirren, konfundieren, verwechseln, vermischen
honey - Schatz; Honig
moon - Mond, Erdtrabant, Erdsatellit
masterpieces - Meisterwerke; Meisterstück
literature - Literatur
manly - männlich
privilege - Privileg, Vergünstigung, privilegieren
reveal - enthüllen; offenbaren
bride - die Braut; Braut
consecrated - gesegnet; weihen
maiden - Jungfrau
avowal - Geständnis, Bekenntnis
imagination - Phantasie; Vorstellungskraft, Imagination, Einbildungskraft
leaping - hervorspringen, hüpfen, überspringen
ahead - voraus, vorne, vorn, oben, geradeaus
engagement ring - Verlobungsring
betrothal - Verlobung, Verlöbnis
kiss - küssen
European - europäisch; Europäer, Europäerin
witchery - Geisterbeschwörung
He did not in the least wish the future Mrs. Newland Archer to be a simpleton. He meant her (thanks to his enlightening companionship) to develop a social tact and readiness of wit enabling her to hold her own with the most popular married women of the "younger set," in which it was the recognised custom to attract masculine homage while playfully discouraging it.
wish - Wunsch; wünschen
simpleton - Einfaltspinsel, Simpel, Naivling
enlightening - erhellend; aufklären
companionship - Kameradschaft
develop - entwickeln
social - kontaktfreudig, gesellig, sozial, Sozial-, gesellschaftlich
tact - Takt, Taktgefühl
readiness - Bereitschaft
wit - Witz; nämlich, und zwar
hold - halten; innehaben
set - gesetzt; Seth
recognised - anerkannt; anerkennen
custom - Brauch, Gewohnheit, Sitte, Usus, Zoll, maßgeschneidert
attract - anziehen; anziehen (1; 2)
homage - Vasalleneid, Gefolgschaftsschwur, Vasallentreueschwur
playfully - spielerisch
discouraging - entmutigend; entmutigen, abschrecken, abraten, abraten von
If he had probed to the bottom of his vanity (as he sometimes nearly did) he would have found there the wish that his wife should be as worldly-wise and as eager to please as the married lady whose charms had held his fancy through two mildly agitated years; without, of course, any hint of the frailty which had so nearly marred that unhappy being's life, and had disarranged his own plans for a whole winter.
probed - sondiert; Untersuchung, Sonde, untersuchen
bottom - unten; Boden, Grund, Unterseite, passiv
nearly - beinahe, fast
worldly - weltlich
wise - weise; klug, vernünftig
eager - eifrig, erwartungsvoll, begierig
lady - Herrin des Hauses, Hausherrin, Ehefrau des Hausherrn
charms - Reize; Talisman; Charme, Zauberformel, Lieblichkeit; bezaubern
held - gehalten; innehaben
fancy - schick; extravagant, originell
mildly - sanft, mild
agitated - aufgewühlt; aufwühlen, aufrühren, rühren, schütteln, umrühren
hint - Hinweis, Tipp, Wink, Fingerzeig
frailty - Schwäche, Zerbrechlichkeit
marred - geschädigt; beschädigen, verunstalten
unhappy - unglücklich
disarranged - durcheinander; verwirren
How this miracle of fire and ice was to be created, and to sustain itself in a harsh world, he had never taken the time to think out; but he was content to hold his view without analysing it, since he knew it was that of all the carefully-brushed, white-waistcoated, button-hole-flowered gentlemen who succeeded each other in the club box, exchanged friendly greetings with him, and turned their opera-glasses critically on the circle of ladies who were the product of the system. In matters intellectual and artistic Newland Archer felt himself distinctly the superior of these chosen specimens of old New York gentility; he had probably read more, thought more, and even seen a good deal more of the world, than any other man of the number.
miracle - ein Wunder; Wunder, Mirakel
sustain - unterstützen; unterhalten, aufrechterhalten, versorgen
itself - von selbst, von allein, sich selbst
harsh - rau, harsch, unwirsch, scharf
think out - ausdenken
content - Inhalt; (to be content with) sich mit etwas begnügen
view - Aussicht; Anblick, Ansicht, Aufruf, View, sehen
analysing - analysieren
brushed - gebürstet; Bürste; glossaint-, Bürste, Busch
waistcoated - mit Gürtellinie; Weste, qualifier
button - Schaltfläche, Taster, Knopf, Taste
hole - Bohrung, Markierung, Höhle, Loch
gentlemen - Herr, Herr, Herr, meine Herren
succeeded - erfolgreich; nachfolgen, gelingen, geraten, nachfolgen
exchanged - ausgetauscht; austauschen, umtauschen, tauschen
greetings - Grüße; Gruß, Begrüßung
critically - kritisch
circle - Kreis, Zirkel, Augenringe, umkreisen, einkreisen
ladies - Damen; Herrin des Hauses, Hausherrin, Ehefrau des Hausherrn
system - System, Ordnung, Verbund, Akkolade
matters - zählt; Materie, Materie, Masse, Substanz, Stoff, Angelegenheit
intellectual - intellektuell; Intellektueller, Intellektuelle
artistic - künstlerisch, gestalterisch, kunstvoll
distinctly - deutlich
superior - überlegen, höher, höherstehend, übergeordnet, Vorgesetzter
specimens - Exemplare; Exemplar
gentility - Vornehmheit; vornehme Herkunft, vornehme Lebensart
deal - Menge, Handel, Teil, Abkommen
Singly they betrayed their inferiority; but grouped together they represented "New York," and the habit of masculine solidarity made him accept their doctrine on all the issues called moral. He instinctively felt that in this respect it would be troublesome"and also rather bad form"to strike out for himself.
singly - einzeln
betrayed - verraten, im Stich lassen, verraten, verraten, verraten
inferiority - Unterlegenheit; Minderwertigkeit
habit - Gepflogenheit, Angewohnheit
solidarity - Solidarität, Unterstützung
Accept - annehmen, abnehmen, akzeptieren, aufnehmen
doctrine - Doktrin; Lehre
issues - Probleme; ausgehen
moral - moralisch, sittlich, Moral
instinctively - instinktiv; unwillkürlich
respect - Achtung, Respekt, respektieren
troublesome - lästig
strike out - durchstreichen, ausholen, ausstreichen
"Well"upon my soul!" exclaimed Lawrence Lefferts, turning his opera-glass abruptly away from the stage. Lawrence Lefferts was, on the whole, the foremost authority on "form" in New York. He had probably devoted more time than any one else to the study of this intricate and fascinating question; but study alone could not account for his complete and easy competence. One had only to look at him, from the slant of his bald forehead and the curve of his beautiful fair moustache to the long patent-leather feet at the other end of his lean and elegant person, to feel that the knowledge of "form" must be congenital in any one who knew how to wear such good clothes so carelessly and carry such height with so much lounging grace.
upon - auf; mit
soul - Inbrunst, Seele, Gefühl, Herz
exclaimed - ausgerufen; ausrufen
abruptly - abrupt, plötzlich, unerwartet, abgerissen, abschüssig
foremost - vor allem
authority - Autorität; Autorität; Behörde
devoted - hingebungsvoll; widmen
intricate - verwickelt
fascinating - faszinierend; faszinieren, faszinieren, faszinieren, bezaubern
account - Rechnung, Bericht, Rechnung, Konto
competence - Kompetenz, Befähigung, Zuständigkeit, Sachkunde
slant - Neigung; Schräge, Hang, Abhang, schiefe Ebene
bald - kahl, glatzköpfig; q
forehead - Stirn
curve - Kurve; Linie; Kurven; biegen, verbiegen
moustache - Schnurrbart, Oberlippenbart, Schnauzbart, Schnauzer
patent-leather - (patent-leather) Lackleder
lean - knapp, schlank, hager, mager
knowledge - Wissen, Kenntnis
congenital - angeboren
carelessly - unachtsam
height - Höhe; Größe
lounging - faulenzend; (lounge); Lounge, Wartezimmer, Warteraum, Wohnzimmer
grace - Tischgebet; Anmut, Grazie, Aufschub, Fristverlängerung
As a young admirer had once said of him: "If anybody can tell a fellow just when to wear a black tie with evening clothes and when not to, it's Larry Lefferts." And on the question of pumps versus patent-leather "Oxfords" his authority had never been disputed.
admirer - Bewunderer, Bewundrerin, Bewunderin
Anybody - Ist da jemand; jemand, wer
fellow - Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche; Gefährte, Kerl
tie - Unentschieden; zusammenbinden
pumps - Pumps; Pumpe; aufpumpen, pumpen
versus - gegen
patent - Patent
leather - Leder; ledern
Oxfords - Oxford, Ochsenfurt
disputed - umstritten; Streit, Disput, Debatte, erörtern, bestreiten
"My God!" he said; and silently handed his glass to old Sillerton Jackson.
God - Gott
silently - leise; schweigend, still
Newland Archer, following Lefferts's glance, saw with surprise that his exclamation had been occasioned by the entry of a new figure into old Mrs. Mingott's box. It was that of a slim young woman, a little less tall than May Welland, with brown hair growing in close curls about her temples and held in place by a narrow band of diamonds. The suggestion of this headdress, which gave her what was then called a "Josephine look," was carried out in the cut of the dark blue velvet gown rather theatrically caught up under her bosom by a girdle with a large old-fashioned clasp.
surprise - Überraschung; Überraschung
exclamation - Ausruf; Exklamation
occasioned - veranlasst; Gelegenheit, Gelegenheit, Anlass
entry - Eintritt; Zutritt; Eingang; Flur; Eintrag; Element
figure - Abbildung; Figur; Gestalt; Ziffer; Form
slim - schlank, schmal, dünn
curls - Locken; Locke
temples - Schläfen; Tempel, Schläfe, Bethaus, Synagoge
narrow - eng, schmal, knapp
Diamonds - Diamanten; Stern, Diamant
suggestion - Anregung; Vorschlag; Suggestion
headdress - Kopfschmuck; Kopfbedeckung
dark blue - dunkelblau
gown - Gewand; Umhang, Umwurf, Überwurf, Kleid, Abendkleid, Robe
theatrically - theatralisch
caught - erwischt; Fang, Fang, Haken, Fang, fangen, fangen, einfangen
bosom - Busen, Brust, der Busenfreund (bosom buddy)
old-fashioned - (old-fashioned) altmodisch
clasp - Spange, Klammer, Schnalle, Griff, greifen
The wearer of this unusual dress, who seemed quite unconscious of the attention it was attracting, stood a moment in the centre of the box, discussing with Mrs. Welland the propriety of taking the latter's place in the front right-hand corner; then she yielded with a slight smile, and seated herself in line with Mrs. Welland's sister-in-law, Mrs. Lovell Mingott, who was installed in the opposite corner.
wearer - Trägerin
unusual - ungewöhnlich, unüblich, ungebräuchlich
unconscious - bewusstlos; spontan, unbewusst, unterbewusst, Unbewusstes
attention - Aufmerksamkeit, Beachtung, Wachsamkeit, Achtung, Habachtstellung
attracting - anziehend; anziehen, anziehen (1, 2)
propriety - Angemessenheit, Richtigkeit, Korrektheit, Ordnungsmäßigkeit
corner - Ecke, Winkel, in die Enge treiben
yielded - nachgegeben; hervorbringen, er/sie hat/hatte ergeben, weichen
Slight - geringfügig, leicht, unbedeutend
smile - Lächeln
seated - sitzend; Sitz, Sitzplatz, Sitzgelegenheit, Stuhl, Sitzmöbel
installed - installiert; installieren
Mr. Sillerton Jackson had returned the opera-glass to Lawrence Lefferts. The whole of the club turned instinctively, waiting to hear what the old man had to say; for old Mr. Jackson was as great an authority on "family" as Lawrence Lefferts was on "form." He knew all the ramifications of New York's cousinships; and could not only elucidate such complicated questions as that of the connection between the Mingotts (through the Thorleys) with the Dallases of South Carolina, and that of the relationship of the elder branch of Philadelphia Thorleys to the Albany Chiverses (on no account to be confused with the Manson Chiverses of University Place), but could also enumerate the leading characteristics of each family: as, for instance, the fabulous stinginess of the younger lines of Leffertses (the Long Island ones); or the fatal tendency of the Rushworths to make foolish matches; or the insanity recurring in every second generation of the Albany Chiverses, with whom their New York cousins had always refused to intermarry"with the disastrous exception of poor Medora Manson, who, as everybody knew .
ramifications - Auswirkungen; Verästelung, Verzweigung, Ramifikation
elucidate - aufklären; erläutern, verdeutlichen, erklären
complicated - kompliziert; komplizieren
connection - Verbindung, Verknüpfung, Anschluss
Dallases - Dallas
relationship - Beziehung, Verwandtschaft, Verhältnis
Philadelphia - Philadelphia
confused - verwirrt; verwirren, konfundieren, verwechseln, vermischen
enumerate - aufzählen
leading - führend; führen; (lead) führend; führen
characteristics - Eigenschaften; charakteristisch, bezeichnend, kennzeichnend
instance - Beispiel, Fall, Instanz
Fabulous - Fabelhaft; mythisch, unglaubhaft, nicht glaubwürdig, sagenhaft
stinginess - Knauserigkeit; Geiz, Knauserei
fatal - verhängnisvoll, fatal, tödlich
tendency - Tendenz (''not often used in this sense; one would rather use a verb such as " zu (...) neigen" or tendieren'')
foolish - dumm, närrisch, töricht
matches - Streichhölzer; Wettkampf, Kampf (Sport)
insanity - Wahnsinn
recurring - wiederkehrend; wiederkehren
generation - Generation, Geschlecht
whom - wen; wem; dem, der, den, die
refused - abgelehnt; Müll; abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen
intermarry - sich vermischen; untereinander heiraten
disastrous - katastrophal
exception - Ausnahme, Ausnahmebedingung, Exception
. but then her mother was a Rushworth.
In addition to this forest of family trees, Mr. Sillerton Jackson carried between his narrow hollow temples, and under his soft thatch of silver hair, a register of most of the scandals and mysteries that had smouldered under the unruffled surface of New York society within the last fifty years. So far indeed did his information extend, and so acutely retentive was his memory, that he was supposed to be the only man who could have told you who Julius Beaufort, the banker, really was, and what had become of handsome Bob Spicer, old Mrs. Manson Mingott's father, who had disappeared so mysteriously (with a large sum of trust money) less than a year after his marriage, on the very day that a beautiful Spanish dancer who had been delighting thronged audiences in the old Opera-house on the Battery had taken ship for Cuba. But these mysteries, and many others, were closely locked in Mr.
Addition - Zufügung, Hinzufügung, Zusatz, Addition, Summant
forest - Wald, Forst, Gehölz, Hain, aufforsten; (fore); Wald, Forst
hollow - hohl, dumpf
soft - sanft, mild, weich
thatch - Dachstroh
register - anmelden; Register; Register; Stilschicht, Stilebene
scandals - Skandale; Skandal
mysteries - Geheimnisse; Geheimnis
smouldered - geschwärmt; glimmen, schwelen
surface - Oberfläche; auftauchen; publik werden, ans Licht kommen
within - in, innerhalb
Last - letzte, zuletzt, letzter, vorig; dauern, andauern
indeed - tatsächlich; in der Tat, genau, allerdings, checkgewiss
extend - erweitern; ausdehnen, ausweiten
acutely - akut
retentive - zurückhaltend
memory - Gedächtnis; Erinnerung; Speicher
supposed - angenommen; annehmen, vermuten, vermeinen, vermuten, annehmen
banker - Bankhalter, Bankier, Bankkaufmann
handsome - gut aussehend; hübsch, stattlich, gutaussehend, ansehnlich
Bob - Troddel; tanzen (Boot); Bob (Frisur)
disappeared - verschwunden; verschwinden, entschwinden
mysteriously - geheimnisvoll, geheimnisvolle
sum - Betrag, Summe, Geldbetrag
trust - Vertrauen, Hoffnung, Trust, anschreiben
marriage - Ehe, Heirat, Hochzeit, Eheschließung
Spanish - spanisch; Spanisch; Spanier
delighting - erfreuen; Freude, Entzückung, Wohlgefallen
thronged - gedrängt; Menschengewühl
Battery - Batterie; Körperverletzung, tätlicher Angriff
ship - verschicken, verschiffen, abfertigen, befördern; Schiff
Cuba - Kuba
locked - gesperrt; Schloss
Jackson's breast; for not only did his keen sense of honour forbid his repeating anything privately imparted, but he was fully aware that his reputation for discretion increased his opportunities of finding out what he wanted to know.
keen - eifrig, scharf
sense of honour - Ehrgefühl
forbid - verbieten, untersagen, verweigern, vorenthalten
privately - privat
imparted - vermittelt; weitergeben, gewähren, mitteilen, vermitteln
fully - vollständig; völlig
reputation - Ansehen, Ruf, Klang, Bekanntheit
discretion - Diskretion, Takt, Verschwiegenheit, Angemessenheit
increased - erhöht; zunehmen, steigen, ansteigen, wachsen, anwachsen
opportunities - Möglichkeiten; Gelegenheit, Chance, Möglichkeit, Gelegenheit
finding out - herausfindend
The club box, therefore, waited in visible suspense while Mr. Sillerton Jackson handed back Lawrence Lefferts's opera-glass. For a moment he silently scrutinised the attentive group out of his filmy blue eyes overhung by old veined lids; then he gave his moustache a thoughtful twist, and said simply: "I didn't think the Mingotts would have tried it on."
therefore - deswegen, deshalb, darum, also (folglich), daher
visible - sichtbar
suspense - Hängen; Spannung, Anspannung
attentive - Aufmerksam
filmy - filmisch; duftig, hauchdünn
overhung - überhängend; überhängen, Ăśberhang; hervorstehen
veined - geädert; Vene, Ader, Geäder
lids - Deckeln; Deckel
thoughtful - nachdenklich, bedächtig, aufmerksam
twist - Zwirn; Biegung; Wendung; Twist; verziehen, drehen, wickeln
Simply - einfach
Newland Archer, during this brief episode, had been thrown into a strange state of embarrassment.
brief - kurz; prägnant; kurze Zusammenfassung; briefen, instruieren
episode - Episode, Folge
thrown - geworfen; Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe
strange - seltsam, sonderbar, komisch, verwunderlich, fremd, ausländisch
state - Umstände ;Status , Zustand , Stand , Staat ;staatlich;darlegen, festlegen, konstatieren, festsetzen;Bundesland
embarrassment - Verlegenheit, Peinlichkeit, Betretenheit
It was annoying that the box which was thus attracting the undivided attention of masculine New York should be that in which his betrothed was seated between her mother and aunt; and for a moment he could not identify the lady in the Empire dress, nor imagine why her presence created such excitement among the initiated.
annoying - stören, ärgern, belästigen, nerven, verägern, verdrießen
thus - also; auf diese Weise, so, demnach, folglich, dieses
undivided - ungeteilt
betrothed - Verlobter, Verlobte; (betroth); verloben; verloben
identify - identifizieren; gleichsetzen; identifizieren
Empire - Reich, Imperium, Kaiserreich, Kaisertum, Weltreich
nor - weder noch, auch nicht
presence - Anwesenheit
excitement - Aufregung, Begeisterung, Spannung, Erregung
among - unter, zwischen, untereinander
initiated - Eingeweihter, Eingeweihte, Initiierter, Initiierte
Then light dawned on him, and with it came a momentary rush of indignation. No, indeed; no one would have thought the Mingotts would have tried it on!
dawned - dämmerte; dämmern, Morgendämmerung, Dämmerung, Morgengrauen
momentary - Momentan
rush - stürzen, drängen, hetzen, rasen; Eile, Andrang
indignation - Empörung, Entrüstung
But they had; they undoubtedly had; for the low-toned comments behind him left no doubt in Archer's mind that the young woman was May Welland's cousin, the cousin always referred to in the family as "poor Ellen Olenska." Archer knew that she had suddenly arrived from Europe a day or two previously; he had even heard from Miss Welland (not disapprovingly) that she had been to see poor Ellen, who was staying with old Mrs. Mingott. Archer entirely approved of family solidarity, and one of the qualities he most admired in the Mingotts was their resolute championship of the few black sheep that their blameless stock had produced.
Undoubtedly - Zweifelsohne; zweifellos
low - tief, niedrig, nieder, leise (Stimme); muhen, blöken (Rind)
toned - getönt; Farbton, Klang, Umgangston, Ton
comments - Kommentare; kommentieren; Erläuterung, Anmerkung, Vermerk
mind - Verstand, Geist, Sinn, Bewusstsein, Gedächtnis, Gedanken
referred - verwiesen; überweisen (an)
suddenly - plötzlich, urplötzlich
previously - zuvor, vorher, früher, ehemals
disapprovingly - missbilligend
staying with - dabeibleibend
entirely - vollständig; ganz, total, entirely
approved - genehmigt; billigen, genehmigen, zusagen
qualities - Eigenschaften; Qualität, Qualität, Eigenschaft, Qualität
admired - bewundert; bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen
resolute - entschieden, entschlossen, resolut
championship - Meisterschaft
blameless - unschuldig; schuldlos, tadellosem, tadellos
stock - in Bausch und Bogen, Aktien, Inventar
produced - produziert; produzieren, herstellen, vorlegen, produzieren
There was nothing mean or ungenerous in the young man's heart, and he was glad that his future wife should not be restrained by false prudery from being kind (in private) to her unhappy cousin; but to receive Countess Olenska in the family circle was a different thing from producing her in public, at the Opera of all places, and in the very box with the young girl whose engagement to him, Newland Archer, was to be announced within a few weeks. No, he felt as old Sillerton Jackson felt; he did not think the Mingotts would have tried it on!
ungenerous - knauserig
heart - Herz, Herzstück
Glad - Erfreut; freudig, froh
restrained - zurückhaltend; zurückhalten
prudery - Prüderie
receive - bekommen, erhalten, empfangen, kriegen
Countess - Gräfin
family circle - Familienleben
producing - produzieren, herstellen, vorlegen, produzieren, Produkt
public - öffentlich; Publikum, Öffentlichkeit
engagement - Verpflichtung; Bindung; Verlobung, Verlöbnis, Gefecht
announced - angekündigt; ankündigen, verkünden, bekanntgeben, verkündigen
He knew, of course, that whatever man dared (within Fifth Avenue's limits) that old Mrs.
whatever - Jacke wie Hose; was immer, was auch immer, egal, naja, nebbich
dared - gewagt; sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern
avenue - Allee
limits - Begrenzung, Grenze, Obergrenze; begrenzen
Manson Mingott, the Matriarch of the line, would dare. He had always admired the high and mighty old lady, who, in spite of having been only Catherine Spicer of Staten Island, with a father mysteriously discredited, and neither money nor position enough to make people forget it, had allied herself with the head of the wealthy Mingott line, married two of her daughters to "foreigners" (an Italian marquis and an English banker), and put the crowning touch to her audacities by building a large house of pale cream-coloured stone (when brown sandstone seemed as much the only wear as a frock-coat in the afternoon) in an inaccessible wilderness near the Central Park.
Matriarch - Matriarchin
dare - sich getrauen, wagen, jemanden herausfordern
mighty - gewaltig, mächtig
spite - Bosheit; trotz
Catherine - Katharina
discredited - diskreditiert; in Misskredit bringen
neither - weder; weder X noch Y; keiner, keines
position - Stellung, Position, Arbeitsplatz, Stelle, positionieren
allied - vereinigen, verbinden; Bündnispartner, Verbündete
wealthy - wohlhabend, reich
foreigners - Ausländern; Ausländer, Ausländerin
crowning - Krönung; krönend
audacities - Kühnheiten; Kühnheit, Verwegenheit, Frechheit, Wagemut
sandstone - Sandstein
frock-coat - (frock-coat) Bratenrock
inaccessible - unzugänglich; unerreichbar
wilderness - Wildnis, Wüste
central - zentral, mittig
Old Mrs.
Mingott's foreign daughters had become a legend. They never came back to see their mother, and the latter being, like many persons of active mind and dominating will, sedentary and corpulent in her habit, had philosophically remained at home. But the cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there as a visible proof of her moral courage; and she throned in it, among pre-Revolutionary furniture and souvenirs of the Tuileries of Louis Napoleon (where she had shone in her middle age), as placidly as if there were nothing peculiar in living above Thirty-fourth Street, or in having French windows that opened like doors instead of sashes that pushed up.
foreign - Ausland; fremd, ausländisch
legend - Legende; Kartenlegende
active - aktiv; gewandt, flink, tätig, rührig
dominating - herrschen (über), emporragen (über); beherrschen, dominieren
sedentary - sesshaft
corpulent - korpulent
philosophically - philosophisch
remained - geblieben; Überrest (2), de
Parisian - Pariser, Pariserin, pariserisch
aristocracy - Aristokratie
Proof - Beweise; Beweis; polierte Platte; aufgehen lassen
moral courage - Zivilcourage
throned - thronte; Thron
pre - vor..
revolutionary - revolutionär; Revolutionär, Revolutionärin
furniture - Möbel
souvenirs - Andenken
shone - leuchtete; schimmern, wienern; Schein; putzen (Schuhe)
placidly - sanften, friedlichen, sanft
peculiar - eigentümlich; merkwürdig, seltsam
sashes - Schärpen; Schieberahmen, Schärpe
pushed - geschoben; schieben, drängen, stoßen
Every one (including Mr. Sillerton Jackson) was agreed that old Catherine had never had beauty"a gift which, in the eyes of New York, justified every success, and excused a certain number of failings. Unkind people said that, like her Imperial namesake, she had won her way to success by strength of will and hardness of heart, and a kind of haughty effrontery that was somehow justified by the extreme decency and dignity of her private life. Mr. Manson Mingott had died when she was only twenty-eight, and had "tied up" the money with an additional caution born of the general distrust of the Spicers; but his bold young widow went her way fearlessly, mingled freely in foreign society, married her daughters in heaven knew what corrupt and fashionable circles, hobnobbed with Dukes and Ambassadors, associated familiarly with Papists, entertained Opera singers, and was the intimate friend of Mme.
beauty - Schönheit; Schöner, Schöne, Prachtstück
gift - Geschenk, Präsent, Begabung, Talent, schenken
justified - gerechtfertigt; rechtfertigen, rechtfertigen, ausrichten
excused - entschuldigt; entschuldigen, verzeihen, sich entschuldigen
Certain - gewiss, sicher, irgendein, bestimmt
failings - Versäumnisse; Schwäche, Mangel, Fehler, Unzulänglichkeit
unkind - grausam, lieblos, unfreundlich, hart, ungefällig
Imperial - kaiserlich; imperial
namesake - Namensvetter
strength - Stärke, Kraft, Festigkeit, Mumm
hardness - Härte
haughty - hochmütig, stolz, überheblich, arrogant
effrontery - Dreistigkeit, Frechheit, Unverschämtheit
somehow - irgendwie
extreme - extrem; Extrem
decency - Anstand
dignity - Würde; Förmlichkeit; Amt
private life - Eigenleben (Privatleben), Privatleben
tied - gebunden; zusammenbinden
additional - zusätzlich
caution - Warnung, Vorsicht, Achtsamkeit, Behutsamkeit, Kaution, warnen
general - allgemein, generell, General
distrust - Misstrauen, Argwohn
Spicers - Spicer
bold - kräftig, kühn, klar, keck, heftig, deutlich, fett
widow - Witwe; Hurenkind
fearlessly - furchtlos, angstlos
freely - frei
Heaven - Der Himmel; Himmel, Firmament, Paradies
corrupt - korrupt; verderben, korrumpieren
circles - Kreis, Kreis, Kreis, Kreis, Zirkel, Kreis, Augenringe-p
hobnobbed - geplaudert; zwanglos unterhalten
Dukes - Herzog, Großherzog, Grossherzog
ambassadors - Botschafterinnen und Botschafter; Botschafter, Botschafter
associated - verbunden; Weggefährte, vereinigen
familiarly - Vertraut
Papists - Papisten; Papist, Papistin, Kathole, Katholin, papistisch
entertained - unterhalten
intimate - vertraut, innig, intim, vorsichtig andeuten
Taglioni; and all the while (as Sillerton Jackson was the first to proclaim) there had never been a breath on her reputation; the only respect, he always added, in which she differed from the earlier Catherine.
proclaim - verkünden, verkündigen, erklären
differed - unterschieden; sich unterscheiden
Mrs. Manson Mingott had long since succeeded in untying her husband's fortune, and had lived in affluence for half a century; but memories of her early straits had made her excessively thrifty, and though, when she bought a dress or a piece of furniture, she took care that it should be of the best, she could not bring herself to spend much on the transient pleasures of the table. Therefore, for totally different reasons, her food was as poor as Mrs. Archer's, and her wines did nothing to redeem it.
untying - aufbinden; losbinden, losmachen, aufklären, auflösen
Fortune - Fortuna; Schicksal, Glück, Vermögen
affluence - Überfluss, Reichtum, Wohlstand
memories - Erinnerungen; Gedächtnis
straits - die Meerenge; Meerenge, Enge, Straße
excessively - übermäßig; exzessiv
thrifty - sparsam
though - aber; trotzdem, doch, allerdings, obwohl, obgleich
took care - (take care) sich Mühe geben, sich hüten, achten auf
transient - vergänglich, vorübergehend, temporär, instationär
totally - total; vollständig, komplett, völlig, absolut
redeem - zurückkaufen; loslösen, freikaufen, befreien, einlösen
Her relatives considered that the penury of her table discredited the Mingott name, which had always been associated with good living; but people continued to come to her in spite of the "made dishes" and flat champagne, and in reply to the remonstrances of her son Lovell (who tried to retrieve the family credit by having the best chef in New York) she used to say laughingly: "What's the use of two good cooks in one family, now that I've married the girls and can't eat sauces?"
relatives - vergleichsweise, relativ, Verwandter, Blutsverwandter
considered - berücksichtigt; überlegen, überlegen, halten, betrachten
penury - Verarmung; geizige
good living - Wohlleben
continued - fortgesetzt; fortsetzen, weiterhin
champagne - Champagner; Champagne
reply - antworten, erwidern, Antwort, Entgegnung
remonstrances - Gegenargumente; Protest, Einspruch, Beschwerde
retrieve - abrufen; zurückholen, zurückerhalten, wiedererhalten
credit - Kredit; annehmen, für bare Münze nehmen, gutschreiben
chef - Chefkoch, Chefköchin, Küchenchef, Küchenchefin
laughingly - lachende
sauces - Soßen; Soße, Sauce, Beize (Tabakbeize)
Newland Archer, as he mused on these things, had once more turned his eyes toward the Mingott box.
mused - überlegt; Muse
toward - zu, in Richtung, nach, auf
He saw that Mrs. Welland and her sister-in-law were facing their semicircle of critics with the Mingottian APLOMB which old Catherine had inculcated in all her tribe, and that only May Welland betrayed, by a heightened colour (perhaps due to the knowledge that he was watching her) a sense of the gravity of the situation. As for the cause of the commotion, she sat gracefully in her corner of the box, her eyes fixed on the stage, and revealing, as she leaned forward, a little more shoulder and bosom than New York was accustomed to seeing, at least in ladies who had reasons for wishing to pass unnoticed.
semicircle - Halbkreis
critics - Kritiker, Kritiker, Kritikerin, Kritiker, Kritiker, Kritikerin
aplomb - Souveränität, Aplomb
inculcated - eingeschärft; einimpfen, einschärfen
tribe - Stamm, Volksstamm, Sippe, Volk
heightened - verschärft; erhöhen, vergrößern
Perhaps - vielleicht, wohl
due - fällig
sense - Sinn; Gefühl, Verstand, Bedeutung, wahrnehmen, empfinden
gravity - Bedenklichkeit, Ernst, Erdanziehung, Gravitation, Schwerkraft
cause - Ursache, Anlass, Grund, verursachen, auslösen, lassen
commotion - Aufruhr; Aufregung; Spektakel, Theater, Zirkus, Aufstand
gracefully - anmutig
revealing - aufschlussreich; gewagt
leaned - gelehnt; knapp, schlank, hager, mager
accustomed - Gewöhnt; gewöhnen, gewöhnen
wishing - (wish) wünschen, möchten; (wish); Wunsch; wünschen
pass - passen; (to pass) durchgehen, passieren, durchlaufen
unnoticed - unbemerkt
Few things seemed to Newland Archer more awful than an offence against "Taste," that far-off divinity of whom "Form" was the mere visible representative and vicegerent. Madame Olenska's pale and serious face appealed to his fancy as suited to the occasion and to her unhappy situation; but the way her dress (which had no tucker) sloped away from her thin shoulders shocked and troubled him.
awful - schrecklich, furchtbar, schrecklich (1), checkfurchtbar (1)
offence - Vergehen; Angriff, Verstoß (gegen), Beleidigung
taste - Geschmack, Schmecken, kosten, probieren
divinity - Göttlichkeit; Gottheit; Theologie
mere - einfach; nur, schier, bloß
representative - repräsentativ; Repräsentant, Repräsentantin, Vertreter
vicegerent - Stellvertreterin
serious - ernst, seriös, ernsthaft, schwerwiegend
appealed - appelliert; Revision, Wirkung, Anziehungskraft; reizen, zusagen
suited - geeignet; Anzug, Anzugträger, Farbe, passen, passen
sloped - Steigung, Hang, Abhang, Steigung, Steigung, Steigung, Ableitung
shoulders - schultern
shocked - schockiert; Schock, Betroffenheit, Empörung, Schlag, Stoß
troubled - beunruhigt; Ärger, Schwierigkeit, Anstrengung, Bemühung, Mühe
He hated to think of May Welland's being exposed to the influence of a young woman so careless of the dictates of Taste.
exposed - ausgesetzt; aufdecken, offenbaren, entblößen, bloßlegen
influence - Einfluss; Beeinflussung, Beeinflusser, beeinflussen
careless - unvorsichtig, unbedacht, unachtsam, leichtsinnig
dictates - diktiert; Diktat
"After all," he heard one of the younger men begin behind him (everybody talked through the Mephistopheles-and-Martha scenes), "after all, just WHAT happened?"
scenes - Szenen; Szene
"Well"she left him; nobody attempts to deny that."
attempts - versuchen, Versuch, Bestreben
deny - verweigern, leugnen;gegen jdn. retten
"He's an awful brute, isn't he?" continued the young enquirer, a candid Thorley, who was evidently preparing to enter the lists as the lady's champion.
brute - Tier, brutaler Kerl, brutal, Vieh
enquirer - Fragesteller, Fragender (der/die Fragende)
candid - unvoreingenommen, vorurteilsfrei, unparteiisch, freimütig
evidently - offensichtlich
enter - reingehen, hineingehen, hereingehen, eintreten
champion - Sieger, Siegerin, Gewinner, Gewinnerin
"The very worst; I knew him at Nice," said Lawrence Lefferts with authority. "A half-paralysed white sneering fellow"rather handsome head, but eyes with a lot of lashes. Well, I'll tell you the sort: when he wasn't with women he was collecting china. Paying any price for both, I understand."
paralysed - gelähmt; lahmlegen; lähmen
sneering - spöttisch; höhnisch, grinsend
lashes - Wimpern; Peitsche, Wimper; anbinden
sort - Sortierung, Gattung, Art, Sorte; sortieren, ordnen
wasn - Was
collecting - Sammeln; (collect); Sammeln
China - China, Porzellan
There was a general laugh, and the young champion said: "Well, then""?"
"Well, then; she bolted with his secretary."
bolted - verriegelt; Riegel, Ballen, Blitz, Bolzen; durchgehen (Pferd)
secretary - Sekretär, Sekretärin, Staatssekretär, Schreibsekretär
"Oh, I see." The champion's face fell.
"It didn't last long, though: I heard of her a few months later living alone in Venice. I believe Lovell Mingott went out to get her. He said she was desperately unhappy. That's all right"but this parading her at the Opera's another thing."
Venice - Venedig
desperately - verzweifelt
That's all right - Es ist schon in Ordnung.
parading - Parade; stolzieren; Exerzierplatz, Korso, Aufzug
"Perhaps," young Thorley hazarded, "she's too unhappy to be left at home."
hazarded - riskiert; Zufall, Gefahr, Hindernis
This was greeted with an irreverent laugh, and the youth blushed deeply, and tried to look as if he had meant to insinuate what knowing people called a "double entendre."
greeted - gegrüßt; grüßen, begrüßen
irreverent - pietätlos
youth - Jugend, Jugendlichkeit, Jugendzeit, Jugendlicher, Jugendliche
blushed - errötet; Schamröte; erröten, sich schämen
deeply - tief; zutiefst
insinuate - andeuten, unterstellen, insinuieren, einschmeicheln
double - doppelt; doppel-; doppellagig, zweilagig, gefüllt, kontra-
"Well"it's queer to have brought Miss Welland, anyhow," some one said in a low tone, with a side-glance at Archer.
queer - seltsam; unwohl; schwul, lesbisch, queer, Queers, Homosexueller
anyhow - irgendwie
tone - Farbton, Klang, Umgangston, Ton
side-glance - (side-glance) Seitenblick
"Oh, that's part of the campaign: Granny's orders, no doubt," Lefferts laughed. "When the old lady does a thing she does it thoroughly."
campaign - Einsatz, Feldzug, Heereszug, Kampagne, einsetzen
granny - Oma
doubt - bezweifeln, Zweifel
thoroughly - gründlich, vollkommen, total, durch und durch
The act was ending, and there was a general stir in the box. Suddenly Newland Archer felt himself impelled to decisive action. The desire to be the first man to enter Mrs.
act - handeln; Handlung, Tat, Akt, Gesetz, Akte, Spiel
stir - erschüttern, bewegen, sich rühren, verrühren; Aufregung
impelled - angetrieben; antreiben, vorantreiben, treiben, nötigen
decisive - entscheidend
desire - begehren; Begehren, Wunsch
Mingott's box, to proclaim to the waiting world his engagement to May Welland, and to see her through whatever difficulties her cousin's anomalous situation might involve her in; this impulse had abruptly overruled all scruples and hesitations, and sent him hurrying through the red corridors to the farther side of the house.
difficulties - Schwierigkeiten; Schwierigkeit
anomalous - anomal
involve - einbeziehen; umfassen, etwas komplizieren, gehen um, verwirren
impulse - Anstoß; Impuls, Triebkraft, Drang, innerer Antrieb, Kraftstoß
overruled - überstimmt; überstimmen, verwerfen
scruples - Skrupel
hesitations - Zögern
hurrying - Beeilung; beeilend, eilend; (hurry); Eile; beeilen
corridors - Korridore; Korridor, Gang, Durchgang, Flur, Diele, Korridor
As he entered the box his eyes met Miss Welland's, and he saw that she had instantly understood his motive, though the family dignity which both considered so high a virtue would not permit her to tell him so. The persons of their world lived in an atmosphere of faint implications and pale delicacies, and the fact that he and she understood each other without a word seemed to the young man to bring them nearer than any explanation would have done.
instantly - sofort; unmittelbar
motive - Motiv, Beweggrund
virtue - Tugend; Keuschheit
permit - Genehmigung; zulassen, erlauben; Erlaubnis, Erlaubnisschein
atmosphere - Atmosphäre
faint - leise, schwach, undeutlich, ohnmächtig werden
implications - Implikationen; Auswirkung, Folge, Tragweite, Bedeutung
delicacies - Köstlichkeiten; Feinheit, Zartheit, Delikatesse, Leckerbissen
explanation - Erläuterung, Erklärung, Ausführung
Her eyes said: "You see why Mamma brought me," and his answered: "I would not for the world have had you stay away."
mamma - die Mama
"You know my niece Countess Olenska?" Mrs. Welland enquired as she shook hands with her future son-in-law. Archer bowed without extending his hand, as was the custom on being introduced to a lady; and Ellen Olenska bent her head slightly, keeping her own pale-gloved hands clasped on her huge fan of eagle feathers.
niece - Nichte
enquired - nachgefragt; erfragen, nachforschen, abfragen, erkundigen
shook - geschüttelt; (to shake) erschüttern, schütteln
bowed - gebeugt; Verneigung (vor), Verbeugung; Bogen, Bug (Schiff)
extending - erweitern, ausdehnen, erweitern, ausdehnen, ausweiten
bent - verbogen; (to bend) sich niederbeugen, verbiegen
clasped - umklammert; Spange, Klammer, Schnalle, Griff, greifen
huge - riesig
fan - wedeln (Seitenruder); Fächer, Lüfter, Gebläse, Liebhaber
eagle - Adler, Eagle
feathers - Federn; Feder, Vogelfeder, befiedern
Having greeted Mrs. Lovell Mingott, a large blonde lady in creaking satin, he sat down beside his betrothed, and said in a low tone: "I hope you've told Madame Olenska that we're engaged? I want everybody to know"I want you to let me announce it this evening at the ball."
creaking - Knarren
beside - daneben; neben
engaged - verlobt; beschäftigen, anstellen, angreifen, anlegen, einrasten
announce - ankündigen, verkünden, bekanntgeben, verkündigen
Miss Welland's face grew rosy as the dawn, and she looked at him with radiant eyes. "If you can persuade Mamma," she said; "but why should we change what is already settled?" He made no answer but that which his eyes returned, and she added, still more confidently smiling: "Tell my cousin yourself: I give you leave. She says she used to play with you when you were children."
rosy - rosig, rosenfarbig
dawn - dämmern; Morgendämmerung, Morgengrauen
radiant - strahlend; Radiant
persuade - überzeugen (zu);überzeugen (von);jdn. breitschlagen
settled - erledigt; abklären
confidently - zuversichtlich
smiling - lächelnd; (smile); Lächeln
She made way for him by pushing back her chair, and promptly, and a little ostentatiously, with the desire that the whole house should see what he was doing, Archer seated himself at the Countess Olenska's side.
pushing back - zurückdrängend
promptly - unverzüglich; bereit
ostentatiously - ostentativ
"We DID use to play together, didn't we?" she asked, turning her grave eyes to his. "You were a horrid boy, and kissed me once behind a door; but it was your cousin Vandie Newland, who never looked at me, that I was in love with." Her glance swept the horse-shoe curve of boxes.
grave - Grab; feierlich, Gruft, massiv, würdig, ernst
horrid - schrecklich; entsetzlich, grässlich, gräulich, grauenvoll
kissed - geküsst; küssen
swept - gekehrt; fegen, kehren, fegen, rauschen, auf den Kopf stellen
"Ah, how this brings it all back to me"I see everybody here in knickerbockers and pantalettes," she said, with her trailing slightly foreign accent, her eyes returning to his face.
pantalettes - Pantaletten
trailing - Rückstand; folgen, verfolgen, nachstellen, nacheilen
accent - Dialekt, Akzent, Betonung; betonen, akzentuieren
Agreeable as their expression was, the young man was shocked that they should reflect so unseemly a picture of the august tribunal before which, at that very moment, her case was being tried. Nothing could be in worse taste than misplaced flippancy; and he answered somewhat stiffly: "Yes, you have been away a very long time."
agreeable - angenehm; verträglich, liebenswürdig, gefällig
expression - Ausdruck; Redensart, Miene
reflect - nachdenken; reflektieren, zurückspiegeln, sich spiegeln
unseemly - ungehörig; unpassend, unangebracht, unschicklich
tribunal - Tribunal, Gerichtshof, Gericht
misplaced - deplatziert; verlegen
flippancy - Schnoddrigkeit; Leichfertigkeit, fehlende Ernsthaftigkeit
stiffly - steif, kräftig
have been away - weggewesen
"Oh, centuries and centuries; so long," she said, "that I'm sure I'm dead and buried, and this dear old place is heaven;" which, for reasons he could not define, struck Newland Archer as an even more disrespectful way of describing New York society.
dead - tot, gestorben, leblos, bewegungslos, regungslos, erstarrt
buried - vergraben, verbergen, begraben
define - bestimmen; definieren
struck - angeschlagen; streichen, schlagen, prägen, streiken, scheinen
disrespectful - respektlos
It invariably happened in the same way.
invariably - ausnahmslos
Mrs. Julius Beaufort, on the night of her annual ball, never failed to appear at the Opera; indeed, she always gave her ball on an Opera night in order to emphasise her complete superiority to household cares, and her possession of a staff of servants competent to organise every detail of the entertainment in her absence.
annual - jährlich
failed - gescheitert; mangelhaft (Zensur 5)
appear - erscheinen, auftauchen, auftreten
emphasise - hervorheben, betonen, unterstreichen
superiority - Überlegenheit
household - Haushalt
possession - Gut; Besessenheit; Ballbesitz
staff - Stab
servants - Diener, Dienerin, Lakai, Kammerdiener, Zofe, Bediensteter
competent - zuständig
organise - gliedern, organisieren, einrichten, ordnen
entertainment - Unterhaltung
absence - Abwesenheit, Absenz, Fehlen, Absence
The Beauforts'house was one of the few in New York that possessed a ball-room (it antedated even Mrs.
possessed - besessen; besitzen, besitzen
antedated - antiquiert; vordatieren
Manson Mingott's and the Headly Chiverses'); and at a time when it was beginning to be thought "provincial" to put a "crash" over the drawing-room floor and move the furniture upstairs, the possession of a ball-room that was used for no other purpose, and left for three-hundred-and-sixty-four days of the year to shuttered darkness, with its gilt chairs stacked in a corner and its chandelier in a bag; this undoubted superiority was felt to compensate for whatever was regrettable in the Beaufort past.
provincial - Provinzler; provinziell, provinzial
crash - Absturz; Zusammenstoß, Krach, Zusammenbruch; zusammenbrechen
purpose - absicht, Absicht, Einsatzzweck, Zweck
shuttered - verriegelt; Verschließender, Verschließer, Fensterladen; q
darkness - Dunkelheit, Finsternis
gilt - vergoldet, vergoldete, vergolden; (gild) vergoldet, vergoldete
stacked - gestapelt; Stapel, Stapelspeicher, stapeln
chandelier - Kronleuchter
undoubted - unzweifelhaft
compensate - kompensieren; ausgleichen; eine Kompensation zahlen
regrettable - bedauerlich
Mrs. Archer, who was fond of coining her social philosophy into axioms, had once said: "We all have our pet common people"" and though the phrase was a daring one, its truth was secretly admitted in many an exclusive bosom. But the Beauforts were not exactly common; some people said they were even worse. Mrs. Beaufort belonged indeed to one of America's most honoured families; she had been the lovely Regina Dallas (of the South Carolina branch), a penniless beauty introduced to New York society by her cousin, the imprudent Medora Manson, who was always doing the wrong thing from the right motive. When one was related to the Mansons and the Rushworths one had a "droit de cite" (as Mr.
fond - (to be fond of sb/sth) jemanden/etwas gerne mögen
coining - prägen; Wortprägung, Wortschöpfung; (coin); Münze, Geldstück
Philosophy - Philosophie
axioms - Axiome; Axiom
pet - Haustier, Liebling
daring - gewagt; mutig; Wagemut, Kühnheit; (dare) gewagt; mutig; Wagemut
truth - Wahrheit, Treue
secretly - heimlich, insgeheim
admitted - zugelassen; einlassen, zulassen, zugeben, eingestehen, erlauben
exclusive - ausschließlich; exklusiv
exactly - genau; ganz genau
belonged - gehörte; zugehören; gehören (zu)
honoured - geehrt; Ehrung, Ehre; ehren; beehren, akzeptieren, annehmen
lovely - schön, hübsch, wunderbar, herrlich
Regina - Regina
Dallas - Dallas
penniless - mittellos, ohne Geld, ohne einen Pfennig
imprudent - unvorsichtig; unklug, unbedacht
related - verwandt; sich beziehen, erzählen, berichten
Droit - Recht
cite - zitieren
Sillerton Jackson, who had frequented the Tuileries, called it) in New York society; but did one not forfeit it in marrying Julius Beaufort?
frequented - frequentiert; häufig; aufsuchen
forfeit - verwirkt; Strafe; Pfand; verwirken, einbüßen, aufgeben
marrying - heiraten, trauen, sich verehelichen
The question was: who was Beaufort? He passed for an Englishman, was agreeable, handsome, ill-tempered, hospitable and witty. He had come to America with letters of recommendation from old Mrs.
passed - bestanden; (to pass) durchgehen, passieren, durchlaufen
Englishman - Engländer
ill - krank, siech, übel, schlecht, Übel
tempered - temperiert; Gereiztheit, Laune, Temperament
hospitable - gastfreundlich, gastfrei
witty - witzig, geistreich, originell
recommendation - Empfehlung
Manson Mingott's English son-in-law, the banker, and had speedily made himself an important position in the world of affairs; but his habits were dissipated, his tongue was bitter, his antecedents were mysterious; and when Medora Manson announced her cousin's engagement to him it was felt to be one more act of folly in poor Medora's long record of imprudences.
speedily - zügig; beeilt, schnell
affairs - Angelegenheiten; Angelegenheit, Angelegenheit, Scharmützel
habits - Gewohnheiten; Gepflogenheit, Angewohnheit
dissipated - verpufft; zerstreuen, zerteilen, verscheuchen, lösen, abbauen
tongue - Zunge, Lasche
Bitter - herb, rau, bitter
antecedents - früher, vorausgehend, vorgängig, voriger, vorige, voriges
mysterious - geheimnisvoll; mysteriös; rätselhaft
folly - Wahnsinn; Torheit, Narrheit, Dummheit, Tollheit
record - protokollieren, erfassen, aufzeichnen, aufnehmen; Akte
imprudences - Unvorsichtigkeiten; Leichtsinn, Nachlässigkeit
But folly is as often justified of her children as wisdom, and two years after young Mrs. Beaufort's marriage it was admitted that she had the most distinguished house in New York. No one knew exactly how the miracle was accomplished. She was indolent, passive, the caustic even called her dull; but dressed like an idol, hung with pearls, growing younger and blonder and more beautiful each year, she throned in Mr. Beaufort's heavy brown-stone palace, and drew all the world there without lifting her jewelled little finger. The knowing people said it was Beaufort himself who trained the servants, taught the chef new dishes, told the gardeners what hot-house flowers to grow for the dinner-table and the drawing-rooms, selected the guests, brewed the after-dinner punch and dictated the little notes his wife wrote to her friends.
wisdom - Weisheit
most distinguished - vornehmste
accomplished - vollendet; vollenden, vollenden, vollenden, vollenden
passive - passiv; leidend, leidentlich, passivisch, unterwürfig, Passiv
caustic - ätzend; zersetzend, beißend, scharf, bissig
dull - stumpf; fad, langweilig, matt, blöd, blöde
idol - Idol, Götze
hung - aufgehängt; hängen
pearls - Perlen; Perle, Perl
more beautiful - schönere
heavy - heftig, schwer, stark (Regen)
stone - Stein; Edelstein, Schmuckstein, Kern, steinigen
Palace - Palast; Schloss
lifting - Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern, Auftrieb geben, heben
jewelled - mit Juwelen; Edelstein, Juwel
finger - fingern
gardeners - Gärtner, Gärtnerin
selected - ausgewählt; auswählen
guests - Gäste; Gast, Gast, Gast, gastieren
brewed - gebraut; Gebräu; brauen, aufbrühen, im Anzug sein (Gewitter)
Punch - Kasperle; Stanze, Faustschlag
dictated - diktiert; Diktat
If he did, these domestic activities were privately performed, and he presented to the world the appearance of a careless and hospitable millionaire strolling into his own drawing-room with the detachment of an invited guest, and saying: "My wife's gloxinias are a marvel, aren't they? I believe she gets them out from Kew."
domestic - häuslich, Haus
performed - durchgeführt; verrichten, Arbeit leisten, Arbeit verrichten
millionaire - Millionär, Millionärin
strolling - spazieren; schlendernd, umherziehend; (stroll); Spaziergang
detachment - Abtrennung; Militäreinheit, Trennung, Abteilung
invited - eingeladen; auffordern, einladen
guest - Gast; gastieren
marvel - bewundern; wundern
Mrs. Beaufort, then, had as usual appeared in her box just before the Jewel Song; and when, again as usual, she rose at the end of the third act, drew her opera cloak about her lovely shoulders, and disappeared, New York knew that meant that half an hour later the ball would begin.
usual - gewöhnlich, üblich
appeared - erschienen; erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen, auftauchen
jewel - Edelstein, Juwel, Schmuckstück, Kleinod
third - dritte; Dritter, Dritte, Drittel, Drittel, Terz, dreiteilen
cloak - Umhang, Pelerine, Deckmantel, verhüllen
The Beaufort house was one that New Yorkers were proud to show to foreigners, especially on the night of the annual ball. The Beauforts had been among the first people in New York to own their own red velvet carpet and have it rolled down the steps by their own footmen, under their own awning, instead of hiring it with the supper and the ball-room chairs.
proud - stolz, prahlerisch
carpet - Teppich, Teppichboden, auslegen, bedecken
rolled - gerollt; Rolle, Roulade, Walze, Semmel; drehen, wälzen, wickeln
steps - Schritte; treten, treten (du trittst
footmen - Lakaien; Lakai
awning - Markise; Sonnenschutz; (awn); Granne
hiring - Einstellen; Vermietung, Verleih; Ăśberlassung
supper - Abendbrot; Abendessen
They had also inaugurated the custom of letting the ladies take their cloaks off in the hall, instead of shuffling up to the hostess's bedroom and recurling their hair with the aid of the gas-burner; Beaufort was understood to have said that he supposed all his wife's friends had maids who saw to it that they were properly coiffees when they left home.
inaugurated - eingeweiht; einführen, vereidigen
cloaks - Umhang, Pelerine, Deckmantel, verhüllen
hall - Flur, Korridor, Diele, Halle, Saal
shuffling - schlurfend, schiebend; (shuffle); Mischen, Mischeln, Schlurfen
hostess - Gastgeberin, Wirtin, Stewardess, Flugbegleiterin, Hostess
gas-burner - (gas-burner) Gasbrenner
maids - Dienstmädchen; Mädchen
properly - ordnungsgemäß, ordentlich, richtig, vernünftig
coiffees - Frisuren
Newland Archer, as became a young man of his position, strolled in somewhat late. He had left his overcoat with the silk-stockinged footmen (the stockings were one of Beaufort's few fatuities), had dawdled a while in the library hung with Spanish leather and furnished with Buhl and malachite, where a few men were chatting and putting on their dancing-gloves, and had finally joined the line of guests whom Mrs.
strolled - spazieren gegangen; Spaziergang, Bummel, spazieren gehen
overcoat - Mantel
silk - Seide
stockinged - auf Strümpfen
stockings - Strümpfe; Strumpf
fatuities - Fatuitäten; Einfältigkeit
furnished - eingerichtet; möblieren, einrichten, ausrüsten
malachite - Malachit; malachitfarben
chatting - Chatten; Unterhaltung, Plausch, Schwatz; sich unterhalten
putting on - umhängend
gloves - Handschuhe; Handschuh
finally - schließlich; endlich; definitiv, checkletztendlich
Beaufort was receiving on the threshold of the crimson drawing-room.
receiving - bekommen, erhalten, empfangen, kriegen, empfangen
threshold - Schwelle, Türschwelle
crimson - Karmesinrot; Purpur, Purpurrot, Karmesin, purpurn
Archer was distinctly nervous. He had not gone back to his club after the Opera (as the young bloods usually did), but, the night being fine, had walked for some distance up Fifth Avenue before turning back in the direction of the Beauforts'house. He was definitely afraid that the Mingotts might be going too far; that, in fact, they might have Granny Mingott's orders to bring the Countess Olenska to the ball.
nervous - nervös
gone back - zurückbegeben
bloods - anbluten
turning back - (turn back) umkehren
direction - Richtung; Führung; Regie
definitely - definitiv
From the tone of the club box he had perceived how grave a mistake that would be; and, though he was more than ever determined to "see the thing through," he felt less chivalrously eager to champion his betrothed's cousin than before their brief talk at the Opera.
perceived - wahrgenommen; wahrnehmen
determined - bestimmt; bestimmen, eingrenzen, festlegen
chivalrously - ritterlich
Wandering on to the bouton d'or drawing-room (where Beaufort had had the audacity to hang "Love Victorious," the much-discussed nude of Bouguereau) Archer found Mrs. Welland and her daughter standing near the ball-room door.
wandering - wandernd; (wander) irren, wandern
audacity - Kühnheit, Verwegenheit, Frechheit, Wagemut
hang - hängen
victorious - siegreich, obsiegend, triumphierend, triumphal, siegesstrahlend
nude - nackt, bloß, fleischfarben, hautfarben, Akt
Couples were already gliding over the floor beyond: the light of the wax candles fell on revolving tulle skirts, on girlish heads wreathed with modest blossoms, on the dashing aigrettes and ornaments of the young married women's coiffures, and on the glitter of highly glazed shirt-fronts and fresh glace gloves.
couples - Paare; Paar
gliding - Segelfliegen; Segelflug
beyond - darüber hinaus; jenseits
wax - das Wachs
candles - Kerzen; Kerze
revolving - drehend, rotierend; (revolve); drehen
girlish - mädchenhaft;Mädchen...
wreathed - bekränzt; winden
blossoms - blüht; Blüte, Blüte, Blütezeit, blühen, erblühen, blühen
dashing - schneidig; Bindestrich, Gedankenstrich, Querstrich, Strich
ornaments - Ornamente; Verzierung, musikalische Verzierung
coiffures - Frisuren; die Frisur
glitter - Glitter; glitzern
highly - am Höchsten, hoch
fresh - kess (frech), frisch, frech, pampig (ugs.)
Miss Welland, evidently about to join the dancers, hung on the threshold, her lilies-of-the-valley in her hand (she carried no other bouquet), her face a little pale, her eyes burning with a candid excitement. A group of young men and girls were gathered about her, and there was much hand-clasping, laughing and pleasantry on which Mrs.
burning - Verbrennen; brennend; Verbrennung; (burn) Verbrennen; brennend; Verbrennung
clasping - Umklammerung; klammernd, umklammernd; (clasp); Spange, Klammer
pleasantry - Freundlichkeit; Scherz, Hänselei
Welland, standing slightly apart, shed the beam of a qualified approval. It was evident that Miss Welland was in the act of announcing her engagement, while her mother affected the air of parental reluctance considered suitable to the occasion.
apart - auseinander; getrennt; beiseite; entzwei, in Stücke
shed - Schuppen; (to shed) vergießen, abstoßen, lsowerden
beam - Balken; Breite; Pflugbaum, Grindel, Strahl, strahlen, beamen
qualified - qualifiziert; qualifizieren, qualifizieren, qualifizieren
approval - Genehmigung, Billigung, Erlaubnis, Zustimmung
evident - offensichtlich; offenkundig
announcing - ankündigen, verkünden, bekanntgeben, verkündigen, verlauten
parental - elterlich
reluctance - Widerstreben, Widerwillen, Widerwille, Zögern, Zaudern
suitable - geeignet, passend, angemessen
Archer paused a moment. It was at his express wish that the announcement had been made, and yet it was not thus that he would have wished to have his happiness known. To proclaim it in the heat and noise of a crowded ball-room was to rob it of the fine bloom of privacy which should belong to things nearest the heart. His joy was so deep that this blurring of the surface left its essence untouched; but he would have liked to keep the surface pure too.
paused - innegehalten; pausieren, innehalten, pausieren, Pause
express - bekunden, Eilzug, Schnellzug, ausdrücklich; ausdrücken, äußern
announcement - Ankündigung; Bekanntmachung, Mitteilung
wished - gewollt; Wunsch, wünschen, wünschen
Happiness - Glücklich sein; Glück, Glücklichkeit, Fröhlichkeit
heat - Hitze, Wärme
noise - Lärm, Geräusch, Krach, Rauschen, Störung
crowded - überfüllt; Menschenmenge, Masse
rob - rauben, berauben, Raubbau treiben, ausrauben
bloom - blühen; Blüte, Blütenpracht, Duft
privacy - Zurückgezogenheit, Privatsphäre, Privatheit
belong - zugehören; gehören (zu)
joy - Wonne (Freude, Vergnügen); Freude (über)
deep - tief, tiefgründig, dunkel, Tiefe
blurring - verschwimmen, verwischen, verschmieren, verschwimmen
essence - Wesen; Essenz, Extrakt, Parfüm
untouched - unangetastet
It was something of a satisfaction to find that May Welland shared this feeling. Her eyes fled to his beseechingly, and their look said: "Remember, we're doing this because it's right."
fled - geflohen; fliehen, flüchten, fliehen, entfliehen, flüchten
beseechingly - anflehend
No appeal could have found a more immediate response in Archer's breast; but he wished that the necessity of their action had been represented by some ideal reason, and not simply by poor Ellen Olenska. The group about Miss Welland made way for him with significant smiles, and after taking his share of the felicitations he drew his betrothed into the middle of the ball-room floor and put his arm about her waist.
appeal - Berufung; Revision, Wirkung, Anziehungskraft; reizen, zusagen
immediate - sofortig; unmittelbar, immediat
response - Antwort
necessity - Notwendigkeit, Nezessität, Not, Bedürfnis
Ideal - ideal, bestmöglich, optimal, vollendet
significant - bedeutsam; signifikant, bedeutend
smiles - lächelt; Lächeln
felicitations - Glückwünsche; Glückwunsch
waist - Taille; Rumpf
"Now we shan't have to talk," he said, smiling into her candid eyes, as they floated away on the soft waves of the Blue Danube.
floated - getrieben; treiben, schwimmen, schweben, schwimmen, treiben
waves - Wellen; wehen, winken mit, flattern
Danube - Donau
She made no answer. Her lips trembled into a smile, but the eyes remained distant and serious, as if bent on some ineffable vision. "Dear," Archer whispered, pressing her to him: It was borne in on him that the first hours of being engaged, even if spent in a ball-room, had in them something grave and sacramental. What a new life it was going to be, with this whiteness, radiance, goodness at one's side!
trembled - gezittert; zittern, Zittern
distant - weit entfernt; abgelegen, abstehend, distanziert, entfernt
bent on - versessen sein
ineffable - unaussprechlich
vision - Sicht, Sehvermögen, Sehkraft, Augenlicht, Trugbild
whispered - geflüstert; Geflüster
pressing - auf etwas drücken, zusammendrücken, nachdrücklich
It was borne in on him - Es wurde ihm klar.
sacramental - Sakramentale
whiteness - Weiße, Weißheit, Weißsein
radiance - Ausstrahlung; Glanz
goodness - Güte, Gütigkeit
The dance over, the two, as became an affianced couple, wandered into the conservatory; and sitting behind a tall screen of tree-ferns and camellias Newland pressed her gloved hand to his lips.
affianced - verlobt; Verlobung; sich verloben
couple - Paar; einige, ein paar
wandered - gewandert; umherstreifen, umherstreichen, herumziehen, stromern
conservatory - Wintergarten; Konservatorium, Gewächshaus
screen - Schirm, Paravent, Sichtschutz, Insektengitter, Fliegengitter
ferns - Farne; Farn, Farnkraut
camellias - Kamelien; Kamelie
pressed - gedrückt; Presse (Maschine), Presse (Zeitung); drängen, drücken
"You see I did as you asked me to," she said.
"Yes: I couldn't wait," he answered smiling. After a moment he added: "Only I wish it hadn't had to be at a ball."
"Yes, I know." She met his glance comprehendingly. "But after all"even here we're alone together, aren't we?"
comprehendingly - Verständnisvoll
"Oh, dearest"always!" Archer cried.
cried - geweint hat; weinen, schreien, schreien, rufen, Weinen
Evidently she was always going to understand; she was always going to say the right thing.
The discovery made the cup of his bliss overflow, and he went on gaily: "The worst of it is that I want to kiss you and I can't." As he spoke he took a swift glance about the conservatory, assured himself of their momentary privacy, and catching her to him laid a fugitive pressure on her lips. To counteract the audacity of this proceeding he led her to a bamboo sofa in a less secluded part of the conservatory, and sitting down beside her broke a lily-of-the-valley from her bouquet. She sat silent, and the world lay like a sunlit valley at their feet.
discovery - Entdeckung
bliss - Glückseligkeit, Glück
overflow - überfließen, überlaufen, checküberfluten, überströmen
gaily - fröhlich; unbekümmert
swift - Mauersegler; schnell; Segler; Garnwinde
assured - gesichert; beteuerte, versicherte, versichert
catching - nehmend, fangend
laid - gelegt; richten (Tisch)
fugitive - auf der Flucht; Flüchtling; flüchtig, vorübergehend, kurzlebig
pressure - Druck; unter Druck setzen
counteract - entgegenwirken, bekämpfen
proceeding - Wie geht es weiter; fortsetzend, verfahrend; (proceed); vorgehen
led - geführt; LED; (lead) führen, anführen
bamboo - Bambus, Bambusrohr
sofa - Sofa, Couch
secluded - Abgelegen; absondern, abschließen
sitting down - hinsetzend
Lily - Lilie
lay - legen; richten (Tisch)
sunlit - sonnenbeschienen; sonnenbestrahlt
"Did you tell my cousin Ellen?" she asked presently, as if she spoke through a dream.
Presently - Gegenwärtig; sogleich
dream - Traum, Wunsch, träumen, wünschen
He roused himself, and remembered that he had not done so. Some invincible repugnance to speak of such things to the strange foreign woman had checked the words on his lips.
roused - geweckt; wachrufen, wecken
invincible - unbesiegbar
repugnance - Abneigung, Widerwille
"No"I hadn't the chance after all," he said, fibbing hastily.
chance - riskieren, zufällig geschehen; Chance, Zufall, Gelegenheit
fibbing - flunkere, aufschneiden, flunkern, schwindeln
hastily - hastig
"Ah." She looked disappointed, but gently resolved on gaining her point. "You must, then, for I didn't either; and I shouldn't like her to think""
disappointed - enttäuscht; enttäuschen, vorenthalten, berauben
gently - sanft
resolved - geklärt; auflösen, beschließen
gaining - zu gewinnen; gewinnend
either - auch nicht; beide; auch, ebenso, ebenfalls, entweder, entweder
shouldn - sollte
"Of course not. But aren't you, after all, the person to do it?"
She pondered on this. "If I'd done it at the right time, yes: but now that there's been a delay I think you must explain that I'd asked you to tell her at the Opera, before our speaking about it to everybody here. Otherwise she might think I had forgotten her. You see, she's one of the family, and she's been away so long that she's rather"sensitive."
pondered - nachgedacht; grübeln, überlegen, nachdenken
otherwise - sonst
sensitive - empfindlich, sensibel
Archer looked at her glowingly. "Dear and great angel! Of course I'll tell her." He glanced a trifle apprehensively toward the crowded ball-room. "But I haven't seen her yet. Has she come?"
glowingly - glühende
angel - Engel
glanced - geschaut; blicken, Blick, Streifblick, Glanz, Steinkohle
trifle - eine Lappalie; Trifle; Kleinigkeit, ein bisschen, ein wenig
apprehensively - Besorgniserregend
"No; at the last minute she decided not to."
"At the last minute?" he echoed, betraying his surprise that she should ever have considered the alternative possible.
echoed - widerhallt; Echo
betraying - verraten, im Stich lassen, verraten, verraten, verraten
alternative - alternativ; Alternative
"Yes. She's awfully fond of dancing," the young girl answered simply. "But suddenly she made up her mind that her dress wasn't smart enough for a ball, though we thought it so lovely; and so my aunt had to take her home."
awfully - furchtbar, entsetzlich
fond of dancing - tanzlustig
smart - klug; pfiffig, pfiffig, fesch, elegant, listig
"Oh, well"" said Archer with happy indifference. Nothing about his betrothed pleased him more than her resolute determination to carry to its utmost limit that ritual of ignoring the "unpleasant" in which they had both been brought up.
indifference - Gleichgültigkeit
determination - Bestimmung; Determination; Bestimmtheit; Feststellung; Entschluss; Unterscheidung
utmost - äußerst, höchst, Äußerstes, Möglichstes
limit - Begrenzung, Grenze, Obergrenze; begrenzen
Ritual - rituell; Ritual
ignoring - ignorieren, missachten
unpleasant - unangenehm
"She knows as well as I do," he reflected, "the real reason of her cousin's staying away; but I shall never let her see by the least sign that I am conscious of there being a shadow of a shade on poor Ellen Olenska's reputation."
reflected - reflektiert; reflektieren, zurückspiegeln, spiegeln
staying away - ausbleibend
shall - sollen
sign - Wert, Zeichen, Hinweistafel, Indiz; unterschreiben, signieren
conscious - bei Bewusstsein, wach, aufmerksam
shadow - Schatten; beschatten
shade - Schatten; Vorhang; Farbton; schattieren
In the course of the next day the first of the usual betrothal visits were exchanged. The New York ritual was precise and inflexible in such matters; and in conformity with it Newland Archer first went with his mother and sister to call on Mrs. Welland, after which he and Mrs. Welland and May drove out to old Mrs. Manson Mingott's to receive that venerable ancestress's blessing.
precise - präzise, genau, exakt, präzisieren
inflexible - unflexibel
conformity with - Ăśbereinstimmung gemäß
call on - jdn. aufsuchen;heranziehen (zu Diensten)
venerable - ehrwürdig, geschätzt, respektabel, verehrenswert
ancestress - Vorfahrin; Ahnfrau
blessing - Segen, Segnung, Segnen, Segnen; (bless); Segen, Segnung, Segnen
A visit to Mrs. Manson Mingott was always an amusing episode to the young man. The house in itself was already an historic document, though not, of course, as venerable as certain other old family houses in university place and lower Fifth Avenue. Those were of the purest 1830, with a grim harmony of cabbage-rose-garlanded carpets, rosewood consoles, round-arched fire-places with black marble mantels, and immense glazed book-cases of mahogany; whereas old Mrs. Mingott, who had built her house later, had bodily cast out the massive furniture of her prime, and mingled with the Mingott heirlooms the frivolous upholstery of the Second Empire. It was her habit to sit in a window of her sitting-room on the ground floor, as if watching calmly for life and fashion to flow northward to her solitary doors. She seemed in no hurry to have them come, for her patience was equalled by her confidence.
amusing - amüsant; amüsieren, vergnügen, belustigen, erheitern
historic - historisch, geschichtsträchtig
document - Unterlagen, Dokument, Aktenstück, Schriftstück, dokumentieren
university place - Studienplatz
lower - niedriger, niedrigerer, ausfahren (Fahrgestell); abdämpfen
those - die; jene
purest - am reinsten; bloß, rein
grim - makaber, grimmig
harmony - Harmonie, Einklang, Wohlklang, Harmonielehre
cabbage - stehlen; Kraut, kohl, Kohl, Kohlkopf
garlanded - mit Girlanden; Girlande, Girlande
carpets - Teppiche; Teppich, Teppichboden, auslegen, bedecken
rosewood - Palisanderholz; Rioalisander
consoles - Konsolen; trösten (mit), vertrösten; Bedienungsfeld, Gerät
arched - gewölbt; Bogen
marble - Marmor; Murmel; marmorieren
mantels - Kaminsimse; Kaminregal
cases - Fälle; Gehäuse, Prozess, Kiste, Fach
mahogany - Mahagoni; Mahagonibaum
whereas - wohingegen, wogegen, während, wobei
bodily - körperlich, Körper
cast - werfen; wegwerfen, hinwerfen, gießen, Cast, Besetzung, Ensemble
massive - massiv
prime - wichtigste
heirlooms - Erbstücke; Erbstück
frivolous - leichtsinnig
upholstery - Polstermöbel; Polsterung
sitting-room - (sitting-room) Wohnstube
ground - Masse (elektrisch); Erdboden, Grund, Boden
calmly - ruhig
fashion - Mode; Stil; fertigen, anfertigen
flow - Wasserführung; ich flösse, ich/er/sie floss (floß
northward - nordwärts
solitary - einsam, einzeln
hurry - Eile; beeilen
patience - Geduld
equalled - gleich, gleich, gleichen, gleichen, Gleichgestellter
confidence - Selbstgewissheit; Zuversicht; Vertrauen, Zutrauen
She was sure that presently the hoardings, the quarries, the one-story saloons, the wooden green-houses in ragged gardens, and the rocks from which goats surveyed the scene, would vanish before the advance of residences as stately as her own"perhaps (for she was an impartial woman) even statelier; and that the cobble-stones over which the old clattering omnibuses bumped would be replaced by smooth asphalt, such as people reported having seen in Paris. Meanwhile, as every one she cared to see came to HER (and she could fill her rooms as easily as the Beauforts, and without adding a single item to the menu of her suppers), she did not suffer from her geographic isolation.
hoardings - Plakate; hortend
quarries - Steinbrüche; stöbern; Beute, Jagdbeute, verfolgtes Wild
saloons - Salons; Kneipe, Salon; Beize (schweiz. Kneipe)
wooden - hölzern, Holz-
ragged - zottig, dilettantisch, struppig, zerlumpt; (rag) zottig
rocks - schaukeln, schütteln, rocken, sich wiegen (Boot); Geldstück
goats - Ziegen; Ziege, Geiß, Bock
surveyed - befragt; Umfrage, Untersuchung, Vermessung, überblicken
vanish - verschwinden, vergehen, sich verflüchtigen
advance - erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken, Fortschritt, Vorschuss
residences - Wohnsitze; Wohnsitz, Wohnort, Wohnhaus
stately - stattlich
impartial - unparteiisch
statelier - staatsmännisch; stattlich
cobble - Kopfsteinpflaster; schustern
stones - Steine; Stein, Stein, Edelstein, t+Schmuckstein, Stein, Kern
clattering - klappern, poltern, Geklapper, Gepolter, Klappern
omnibuses - Omnibusse; Omnibus, Bus
bumped - gestoßen; Schlag, Stoß, Bums, qualifier
replaced - ersetzt; zurückstellen, ersetzen
smooth - glatt; reibungslos, problemlos, glätten
asphalt - Asphalt; asphaltieren
Meanwhile - In der Zwischenzeit; währenddessen, inzwischen, derweil
easily - leicht
single item - Einzelposten
suppers - Abendbrot; Abendessen
suffer - leiden; erleiden
geographic - geografisch
isolation - Isolierung, Isolation
The immense accretion of flesh which had descended on her in middle life like a flood of lava on a doomed city had changed her from a plump active little woman with a neatly-turned foot and ankle into something as vast and august as a natural phenomenon.
accretion - Akkretion; Zunahme; Zuwachs
flesh - Fleisch; Haut, Leib, Fruchtfleisch, Fleischfarbe, zunehmen
descended - abstammen; absteigen, niedergehen, herunterkommen, herabsteigen
flood - Hochwasser; Flut; überschwemmen, überfluten, überfüllen
lava - Lava
doomed - dem Untergang geweiht; Bann, Urteil
plump - prall werden, prall machen; drall, vollschlank, mollig
neatly - sauber, ordentlich, geschickt
ankle - Knöchel, Fußknöchel
vast - riesig; beträchtlich, weit, ausgedehnt, enorm
natural phenomenon - Naturereignis , Naturerscheinung
She had accepted this submergence as philosophically as all her other trials, and now, in extreme old age, was rewarded by presenting to her mirror an almost unwrinkled expanse of firm pink and white flesh, in the centre of which the traces of a small face survived as if awaiting excavation. A flight of smooth double chins led down to the dizzy depths of a still-snowy bosom veiled in snowy muslins that were held in place by a miniature portrait of the late Mr. Mingott; and around and below, wave after wave of black silk surged away over the edges of a capacious armchair, with two tiny white hands poised like gulls on the surface of the billows.
accepted - akzeptiert; annehmen, abnehmen, akzeptieren, aufnehmen
submergence - Untertauchen
trials - Versuche; Erprobung, Prozess, Versuch, Probe
rewarded - belohnt; Belohnung, Lohn
mirror - Spiegel; Kopie
expanse - Fläche, Ausdehnung, Weite
firm - fest, straff (Busen), Fa. Firma, gesetzt, hart
traces - Spuren; Zeichen, Spur
survived - überlebt; überleben, überleben, überleben
awaiting - erwarten, harren, warten
excavation - Grabung; Ausgrabung g; Ausschachtung; Aushub; Ausgrabung
chins - Kinns; Kinn
dizzy - schwindelig, schwindelerregend, schwindlige
depths - Untiefen; Tiefe
veiled - verschleiert; Vorhang, Schleier, verschleiern, verhüllen
muslins - der Musselin
miniature - Miniatur, mittelalterliche Buchmalerei
portrait - Portrait, Porträt, Hochformat
wave - wehen, winken mit, flattern
surged - überschwemmt; Aufwallung, Schwall, Welle, Woge, Überspannung
edges - Kanten; Rand, Seite, Kante, Kante, Vorsprung, Klinge, Schneide
capacious - geräumig
armchair - Armsessel, Fauteuil, Polstersessel, Polsterstuhl
tiny - winzig; Kleinkind
poised - bereit; Gleichgewicht
gulls - Möwen; Möwe
billows - Woge, wabern, wogen, bauschen
The burden of Mrs.
burden - Belastung; Refrain, Last, Möller (Hüttenwesen); belasten
Manson Mingott's flesh had long since made it impossible for her to go up and down stairs, and with characteristic independence she had made her reception rooms upstairs and established herself (in flagrant violation of all the New York proprieties) on the ground floor of her house; so that, as you sat in her sitting-room window with her, you caught (through a door that was always open, and a looped-back yellow damask portiere) the unexpected vista of a bedroom with a huge low bed upholstered like a sofa, and a toilet-table with frivolous lace flounces and a gilt-framed mirror.
stairs - Stufe, Treppenstufe, Treppe
characteristic - charakteristisch, bezeichnend, kennzeichnend, typisch, Merkmal
Independence - Unabhängigkeit, checkSelbständigkeit
reception - Aufnahme, Empfang, Rezeption, checkAufnahme
established - etabliert; feststellen, etablieren, eröffnen, gründen
flagrant - schamlos, eklatant (Widerspruch), abscheulich
violation - Verstoß; Verletzung
proprieties - Anstandsregeln; Angemessenheit, Richtigkeit, Korrektheit
looped - geschleift; Schlaufe, Schlaufe, Schleife, Endlosschleife
damask - Damast, Damastgewebe
unexpected - unerwartet
vista - Aussicht
upholstered - gepolstert; polstern
toilet-table - (toilet-table) Toilettentisch
lace - schnüren, Spitze (Gewebe)
flounces - Volants; stolzieren
framed - gerahmt; ausarbeiten, entwerfen, einfassen, einrahmen, rahmen
Her visitors were startled and fascinated by the foreignness of this arrangement, which recalled scenes in French fiction, and architectural incentives to immorality such as the simple American had never dreamed of. That was how women with lovers lived in the wicked old societies, in apartments with all the rooms on one floor, and all the indecent propinquities that their novels described.
startled - erschrocken; aufschrecken, scheuen, erschrecken
fascinated - fasziniert; faszinieren, faszinieren, faszinieren, bezaubern
foreignness - Fremdheit
arrangement - Vereinbarung; Anordnung
recalled - zurückgerufen; zurückrufen, erinnern
fiction - Fiktion, Belletristik, Erfindung
architectural - Architektur
incentives - Anreize; Anreiz, Ansporn, Incentive
immorality - Unmoral; Immoralität, Sittenlosigkeit, Unsittlichkeit
simple - einfach, simpel
dreamed - geträumt; Traum, Traum, t+Wunsch, träumen, träumen, t+wünschen
lovers - Geliebte, Liebhaber, Liebhaberin
wicked - verrucht; böse; (wick) verrucht; böse
societies - Gesellschaften; Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft
indecent - unanständig, unkonventionell, unschicklich
propinquities - Angewohnheiten; Nähe
novels - Romane; Roman, originell
It amused Newland Archer (who had secretly situated the love-scenes of "Monsieur de Camors" in Mrs. Mingott's bedroom) to picture her blameless life led in the stage-setting of adultery; but he said to himself, with considerable admiration, that if a lover had been what she wanted, the intrepid woman would have had him too.
amused - amüsiert; amüsieren, vergnügen, belustigen, erheitern
situated - gelegen; aufstellen, unterbringen
adultery - Ehebruch
considerable - erheblich, beträchtlich, beachtlich
admiration - Bewunderung
lover - Geliebte, Liebhaber, Liebhaberin
intrepid - Unerschrocken
To the general relief the Countess Olenska was not present in her grandmother's drawing-room during the visit of the betrothed couple. Mrs. Mingott said she had gone out; which, on a day of such glaring sunlight, and at the "shopping hour," seemed in itself an indelicate thing for a compromised woman to do. But at any rate it spared them the embarrassment of her presence, and the faint shadow that her unhappy past might seem to shed on their radiant future. The visit went off successfully, as was to have been expected.
relief - Erleichterung, Befreiung, Linderung, Unterstützung
the betrothed - die Verlobten
gone out - ausgegangen
glaring - grell; Blendung, entrüstetes Starren, missbilligend anstarren
sunlight - Sonnenlicht
indelicate - taktlos
compromised - kompromittiert; Kompromiss, Ausgleich, sich einigen
rate - Wechselkurs, Devisenkurs, Kurs; Kommunalsteuer
spared - verschont; überflüssig, frei, sparsam, Ersatz; sparsam umgehen
Seem - scheinen, dünken
successfully - erfolgreich
expected - erwartet; erwarten, erwarten, erwarten
Old Mrs. Mingott was delighted with the engagement, which, being long foreseen by watchful relatives, had been carefully passed upon in family council; and the engagement ring, a large thick sapphire set in invisible claws, met with her unqualified admiration.
delighted - erfreut; Freude, Entzückung, Wohlgefallen
foreseen - vorhersehbar; vorhersehen, voraussehen
watchful - wachsam
Council - Rat
ring - Ring, Kreis
thick - dick; dicht; plump; mitten in
sapphire - Saphir
invisible - unsichtbar; versteckt
claws - Krallen; zerkratzen; Kralle, Fang (Vogelkralle), Klaue
"It's the new setting: of course it shows the stone beautifully, but it looks a little bare to old-fashioned eyes," Mrs. Welland had explained, with a conciliatory side-glance at her future son-in-law.
beautifully - schön
bare - knapp, kahl, nackt, bloß; entblößen, abnehmen, freimachen
fashioned - modisch; Mode, Stil, Mode, fertigen, anfertigen
conciliatory - versöhnlich
"Old-fashioned eyes? I hope you don't mean mine, my dear? I like all the novelties," said the ancestress, lifting the stone to her small bright orbs, which no glasses had ever disfigured. "Very handsome," she added, returning the jewel; "very liberal. In my time a cameo set in pearls was thought sufficient. But it's the hand that sets off the ring, isn't it, my Dear Mr. Archer?" and she waved one of her tiny hands, with small pointed nails and rolls of aged fat encircling the wrist like ivory bracelets.
mine - mein, meiner
novelties - Neuerungen; Neuheit, Neuartigkeit, Neuheit, neues Produkt
bright - fröhlich, aufgeweckt, leuchtend, klar, hell
orbs - Kugeln; Himmelskörper, Kugel
disfigured - verunstaltet; entstellen, verunstalten
liberal - freiheitlich; liberal; Liberaler
cameo - Camée, Kamee, Kurzauftritt, Cameo-Auftritt
sufficient - genügend, ausreichend, hinreichend
sets off - (set off) sich auf den Weg machen, anfangen
Dear Mr - Sehr geehrter Herr ...
waved - winkte; wehen, winken mit, flattern
nails - Nägel; nageln (derb. koitieren); annageln, Nagel, nageln
rolls - Brötchen; Rolle, Roulade, Walze, Semmel; drehen, wälzen
encircling - einkreisend; (encircle); umzingeln, einfassen
wrist - Handgelenk
ivory - Elfenbein, Elfenbeinfarbe, elfenbeinern, Elfenbein-
bracelets - Armbänder; Armband
"Mine was modelled in Rome by the great Ferrigiani. You should have May's done: no doubt he'll have it done, my child. Her hand is large"it's these modern sports that spread the joints"but the skin is white."And when's the wedding to be?" she broke off, fixing her eyes on Archer's face.
Rome - Rom
spread - verteilen; spreizen; ausstreuen, verbreiten, auftragen
joints - Gelenke; gemeinschaftlich, gemeinsam, gemeinsame, gemeinsamer
skin - Haut, tHäutchen, Design, Fell
wedding - (wedding day) Hochzeitstag; (wed); trauen, verheiraten
fixing - Reparieren; befestigend, fixierend
"Oh"" Mrs. Welland murmured, while the young man, smiling at his betrothed, replied: "As soon as ever it can, if only you'll back me up, Mrs. Mingott."
murmured - gemurmelt; Rauschen
replied - geantwortet; antworten, erwidern, Antwort, Entgegnung, Antwort
"We must give them time to get to know each other a little better, mamma," Mrs. Welland interposed, with the proper affectation of reluctance; to which the ancestress rejoined: "Know each other? Fiddlesticks! Everybody in New York has always known everybody.
interposed - zwischengeschaltet; zwischenschalten, dazwischenstellen
proper - richtig, passend, angemessen, eigentlich, Eigenname
affectation - Affektiertheit; Geschraubtheit
rejoined - wiedervereinigt; vereinigen
fiddlesticks - Purzelbäume; Geigenbogen
Let the young man have his way, my dear; don't wait till the bubble's off the wine. Marry them before Lent; I may catch pneumonia any winter now, and I want to give the wedding-breakfast."
bubble - Blase; Blase; blubbern
marry - heiraten, trauen, sich verehelichen
lent - verliehen; lieh
catch - Fang; Haken; fangen; einfangen; verstehen, begreifen, bekommen
pneumonia - Lungenentzündung; Pneumonie
These successive statements were received with the proper expressions of amusement, incredulity and gratitude; and the visit was breaking up in a vein of mild pleasantry when the door opened to admit the Countess Olenska, who entered in bonnet and mantle followed by the unexpected figure of Julius Beaufort.
successive - erfolgreich
received - bekommen, erhalten, empfangen, kriegen, empfangen
expressions - Ausdrücke; Ausdruck, Redensart, Ausdruck, Miene, Ausdruck
incredulity - Ungläubigkeit
gratitude - Dankbarkeit
breaking up - aufhackend
vein - Vene, Ader, Geäder, Goldader
mild - mild, ausgeglichen, checkzahm, schwach
admit - einlassen, zulassen, zugeben, eingestehen, erlauben, einweisen
bonnet - Haube; Motorhaube
mantle - Mantel, Hülle, Umhüllung, Glühstrumpf, Hirnrinde
There was a cousinly murmur of pleasure between the ladies, and Mrs. Mingott held out Ferrigiani's model to the banker. "Ha! Beaufort, this is a rare favour!" (She had an odd foreign way of addressing men by their surnames.)
cousinly - Cousin und Cousine
murmur - Rauschen, Murmeln, Gemurmel, Raunen, Herzgeräusch
pleasure - Vergnügen; Freude, Spaß, Wollust
ha - Das war jetzt aber ernst!
favour - Gefallen; begünstigen, bevorzugen
odd - einzeln; seltsam, merkwürdig, komisch, ungerade
surnames - Nachnamen; Nachname, Familienname
"Thanks. I wish it might happen oftener," said the visitor in his easy arrogant way. "I'm generally so tied down; but I met the Countess Ellen in Madison Square, and she was good enough to let me walk home with her."
generally - im Allgemeinen
square - quadratisch; Quadrat; Platz; Feld
"Ah"I hope the house will be gayer, now that Ellen's here!" cried Mrs. Mingott with a glorious effrontery. "Sit down"sit down, Beaufort: push up the yellow armchair; now I've got you I want a good gossip. I hear your ball was magnificent; and I understand you invited Mrs. Lemuel Struthers? Well"I've a curiosity to see the woman myself."
gayer - schwuler; vergnügt, schwul, homosexuell, lustig, heiter
glorious - ruhmvoll, glorreich, herrlich, prachtvoll
push - schieben, drängen, stoßen
gossip - Klatsch und Tratsch; Tratsche, Tratschtante, Klatschtante
magnificent - großartig; prächtig; ausgezeichnet
curiosity - Neugier, Neugierde, Kuriosität, Kuriosum
myself - mich selbst; mich
She had forgotten her relatives, who were drifting out into the hall under Ellen Olenska's guidance. Old Mrs. Mingott had always professed a great admiration for Julius Beaufort, and there was a kind of kinship in their cool domineering way and their short-cuts through the conventions.
drifting - treiben lassen; Drift, driften, treiben, irren, ziellos ziehen
guidance - Anleitung, Richtungsweisung, Handlungsempfehlung
professed - bekennt; bekennen
kinship - Verwandtschaft; Verwandtschaftsbeziehung
domineering - herrschsüchtig; tyrannisieren
Now she was eagerly curious to know what had decided the Beauforts to invite (for the first time) Mrs. Lemuel Struthers, the widow of Struthers's Shoe-polish, who had returned the previous year from a long initiatory sojourn in Europe to lay siege to the tight little citadel of New York. "Of course if you and Regina invite her the thing is settled. Well, we need new blood and new money"and I hear she's still very good-looking," the carnivorous old lady declared.
eagerly - eifrig
Curious - neugierig, sonderbar, merkwürdig
invite - auffordern, einladen
polish - Politur; polnisch; Polnisch
previous - früher; vorhergehend
initiatory - einleitend
sojourn - Aufenthalt; Unterkunft, Obdach, Übernachtungsmöglichkeit
siege - Belagerung
citadel - Zitadelle
blood - anbluten
carnivorous - fleischfressend
declared - erklärt; bekanntmachen, bekanntgeben, deklarieren, ausrufen
In the hall, while Mrs. Welland and May drew on their furs, Archer saw that the Countess Olenska was looking at him with a faintly questioning smile.
furs - Pelze; Fell, Pelz, Fell (gegerbt)
faintly - kaum, schwach, entfernt, leicht
"Of course you know already"about May and me," he said, answering her look with a shy laugh. "She scolded me for not giving you the news last night at the Opera: I had her orders to tell you that we were engaged"but I couldn't, in that crowd."
Shy - schüchtern, scheu, verlegen
scolded - gescholten; Beißzange, Xanthippe, beschimpfen, schelten, tadeln
crowd - Menschenmenge, Masse
The smile passed from Countess Olenska's eyes to her lips: she looked younger, more like the bold brown Ellen Mingott of his boyhood. "Of course I know; yes. And I'm so glad. But one doesn't tell such things first in a crowd." The ladies were on the threshold and she held out her hand.
boyhood - Jungenschaft; Kindheit, Jugend
"Good-bye; come and see me some day," she said, still looking at Archer.
Good-bye - (Good-bye) Auf Wiedersehen!;adieu, leb wohl, ade, lebewohl, ciao
some day - eines Tages, einst, irgendwann, dereinst
In the carriage, on the way down Fifth Avenue, they talked pointedly of Mrs. Mingott, of her age, her spirit, and all her wonderful attributes. No one alluded to Ellen Olenska; but Archer knew that Mrs. Welland was thinking: "It's a mistake for Ellen to be seen, the very day after her arrival, parading up Fifth Avenue at the crowded hour with Julius Beaufort"" and the young man himself mentally added: "And she ought to know that a man who's just engaged doesn't spend his time calling on married women.
pointedly - gezielt
spirit - Geist, Seele, Stimmung, Schnaps
attributes - Attribute; Eigenschaft, Merkmal
alluded - angedeutet; andeuten, erwähnen
mentally - geistig, psychisch, mental
But I daresay in the set she's lived in they do"they never do anything else." And, in spite of the cosmopolitan views on which he prided himself, he thanked heaven that he was a New Yorker, and about to ally himself with one of his own kind.
daresay - wagen Sie es; Ich möchte sagen.., Ich könnte mir denken..
Cosmopolitan - kosmopolitisch, weltbürgerlich
views - Ansichten; Aussicht, Aussicht, Anblick, Sicht, Ansicht, Aufruf
prided - Hochmut, Stolz, Hochmut, Trotz, Dünkel, Stolz, Stolz
ally - Verbündeten; vereinigen, verbinden; Bündnispartner, Verbündete
The next evening old Mr. Sillerton Jackson came to dine with the Archers.
dine - speisen
archers - Bogenschützen; Bogenschütze
Mrs. Archer was a shy woman and shrank from society; but she liked to be well-informed as to its doings. Her old friend Mr.
shrank - geschrumpft; schrumpfen, schrumpfen, abnehmen, drücken
informed - informiert; benachrichtigen, mitteilen, informieren
doings - tun, tuend
Sillerton Jackson applied to the investigation of his friends'affairs the patience of a collector and the science of a naturalist; and his sister, Miss Sophy Jackson, who lived with him, and was entertained by all the people who could not secure her much-sought-after brother, brought home bits of minor gossip that filled out usefully the gaps in his picture.
applied - angewendet; zutreffen, auflegen, anwenden, anlegen
investigation - Untersuchung
collector - Sammler, Sammlerin, Kassierer, Kollektor
naturalist - Naturforscher, Naturforscherin, Naturalist, Naturalistin
secure - sicher, geschützt, beschützt, zuverlässig
sought - gesucht; suchen
bits - Häppchen, Gebiss, Bit, Bissen
minor - minderjährig; gering, geringfügig, klein, unbedeutend
usefully - nützlich
gaps - Lücken; Zahnlücke; Lücke, Bresche, Leerstelle, Kluft
Therefore, whenever anything happened that Mrs. Archer wanted to know about, she asked Mr. Jackson to dine; and as she honoured few people with her invitations, and as she and her daughter Janey were an excellent audience, Mr. Jackson usually came himself instead of sending his sister.
invitations - Einladungen; Einladung, Einladen
excellent - ausgezeichnet, hervorragend, großartig
If he could have dictated all the conditions, he would have chosen the evenings when Newland was out; not because the young man was uncongenial to him (the two got on capitally at their club) but because the old anecdotist sometimes felt, on Newland's part, a tendency to weigh his evidence that the ladies of the family never showed.
conditions - Bedingungen; Bedingung, Kondition, Bedingung, Voraussetzung
uncongenial - unangenehm
capitally - kapitalistisch
anecdotist - Anekdotenerzähler
weigh - wiegen, wägen, abwiegen, auswiegen, abwägen, erwägen, lasten
evidence - Beweise; Beweis, Indiz, Beweismittel
Mr. Jackson, if perfection had been attainable on earth, would also have asked that Mrs. Archer's food should be a little better.
perfection - Vollkommenheit, Perfektion
attainable - realisierbar
earth - Erde, Land, Grund
But then New York, as far back as the mind of man could travel, had been divided into the two great fundamental groups of the Mingotts and Mansons and all their clan, who cared about eating and clothes and money, and the Archer-Newland-van-der-Luyden tribe, who were devoted to travel, horticulture and the best fiction, and looked down on the grosser forms of pleasure.
divided - geteilt; aufteilen, teilen, einteilen, teilen, dividieren
fundamental - Grundlage; grundlegend, fundamental, grundsätzlich
clan - Clan, Sippe
van - Lieferwagen; Van
horticulture - Gartenkultur, Hortikultur, Gartenbau
grosser - gröber; (gross) Brutto, dick, Br. Brutto
You couldn't have everything, after all. If you dined with the Lovell Mingotts you got canvas-back and terrapin and vintage wines; at Adeline Archer's you could talk about Alpine scenery and "The Marble Faun"; and luckily the Archer Madeira had gone round the Cape.
dined - zu Abend gegessen; speisen
canvas - Leinwand, Segeltuch
terrapin - Wasserschildkröte, Sumpfschildkröte
vintage - Traubenlese; Jahrgang; Jahrgang
Alpine - alpin
scenery - Landschaften; Landschaft; Kulisse
Faun - Faun, Faunus
luckily - glücklicherweise, auf glückliche Weise, mit Glück, zum Glück
gone round - umgangen
Cape - Umhang, Kap
Therefore when a friendly summons came from Mrs. Archer, Mr. Jackson, who was a true eclectic, would usually say to his sister: "I've been a little gouty since my last dinner at the Lovell Mingotts'"it will do me good to diet at Adeline's."
summons - Vorladungen; Vorladung; (summon) Vorladungen; Vorladung
Eclectic - eklektisch, vielseitig, heterogen, verschiedenartig, Eklektiker
gouty - Gicht
Mrs. Archer, who had long been a widow, lived with her son and daughter in West Twenty-eighth Street. An upper floor was dedicated to Newland, and the two women squeezed themselves into narrower quarters below. In an unclouded harmony of tastes and interests they cultivated ferns in Wardian cases, made macrame lace and wool embroidery on linen, collected American revolutionary glazed ware, subscribed to "Good Words," and read Ouida's novels for the sake of the Italian atmosphere. (They preferred those about peasant life, because of the descriptions of scenery and the pleasanter sentiments, though in general they liked novels about people in society, whose motives and habits were more comprehensible, spoke severely of Dickens, who "had never drawn a gentleman," and considered Thackeray less at home in the great world than Bulwer"who, however, was beginning to be thought old-fashioned.
Eighth - achte; Achtel
upper floor - Obergeschoss
dedicated - engagiert; widmen, widmen, sich widmen, widmen
squeezed - ausgequetscht; drücken, klemmen, pressen, quetschen, quetschen
themselves - selbst; sich; sich selber
narrower - Enger; eng, schmal, knapp
tastes - Geschmäcker; Geschmack, Schmecken
cultivated - kultiviert; kultivieren, anbauen, kultivieren, pflegen
macrame - Makramee
Wool - Wolle
embroidery - Stickerei, Sticken, Ausschmückung
linen - Wäsche; Leinen; Heimtextilien
collected - gesammelt; eintreiben (Schulden), sammeln, einsammeln
subscribed - abonniert; abonnieren
sake - (for your sake) deinetwegen, euretwegen, Ihretwegen, dir zuliebe
peasant - arm
pleasanter - angenehmer; angenehm
sentiments - Empfindungen; Gefühl
motives - Motiven; Motiv
comprehensible - nachvollziehbar
severely - ernsthaft
gentleman - Herr; Herr, meine Herren
Mrs. and Miss Archer were both great lovers of scenery. It was what they principally sought and admired on their occasional travels abroad; considering architecture and painting as subjects for men, and chiefly for learned persons who read Ruskin. Mrs. Archer had been born a Newland, and mother and daughter, who were as like as sisters, were both, as people said, "true Newlands"; tall, pale, and slightly round-shouldered, with long noses, sweet smiles and a kind of drooping distinction like that in certain faded Reynolds portraits. Their physical resemblance would have been complete if an elderly embonpoint had not stretched Mrs. Archer's black brocade, while Miss Archer's brown and purple poplins hung, as the years went on, more and more slackly on her virgin frame.
principally - grundsätzlich, im Prinzip, hauptsächlich
occasional - gelegentlich, okkasionell
abroad - Ausland
considering - in Betracht ziehen; entsprechend, unter Berücksichtigung
architecture - Architektur, Baustil
chiefly - hauptsächlich
round - runden; Kontrollgang, Runde, Rundgang, rund
shouldered - geschultert; schultern
sweet - Süßigkeit, Bonbon
drooping - hängend; durchhängen, herabhängen, herunterhängen, herabsinken
distinction - Unterscheidung; Unterschied; Auszeichnung
faded - verblasst; verfärben, Ausblendung; verblassen, nachlassen
Reynolds - Reinhold
portraits - Porträts; Portrait
physical - physisch, materiell, stofflich, physikalisch, körperlich
resemblance - Ähnlichkeit
elderly - ältere Menschen; älter, bejahrt, betagt
stretched - gestreckt; strecken, dehnen, langziehen, dehnen
brocade - Brokat, Brokatstoff, Seidenbrokat
poplins - Popeline, Popelin
slackly - schlaff; nachlassende
Virgin - Jungfrau; jungfräulich; nativ
frame - ausarbeiten, entwerfen, einfassen, einrahmen, festlegen
Mentally, the likeness between them, as Newland was aware, was less complete than their identical mannerisms often made it appear. The long habit of living together in mutually dependent intimacy had given them the same vocabulary, and the same habit of beginning their phrases "Mother thinks" or "Janey thinks," according as one or the other wished to advance an opinion of her own; but in reality, while Mrs.
likeness - Ähnlichkeit; Gestalt; Abbild
identical - identisch; eineiig
living together - zusammen lebend, zusammenlebend [alt]
mutually - gegenseitig
dependent - abhängig, angewiesen, Unterhaltsempfänger
intimacy - Intimität
vocabulary - Vokabeln, Wortschatz, Wortliste, Vokabular
according - nach; Übereinstimmung, Einvernehmen
reality - Wirklichkeit, Realität, checkRealität
Archer's serene unimaginativeness rested easily in the accepted and familiar, Janey was subject to starts and aberrations of fancy welling up from springs of suppressed romance.
serene - Gelassenheit; heiter
unimaginativeness - Fantasielosigkeit
rested - ausgeruht; Ruhe, Stütze, Lehne, ein Ăśbriges; bleiben, ruhen
familiar - vertraut; bekannt
aberrations - Fehlentwicklungen; Aberration, Abartigkeit, Abweichung
suppressed - unterdrückt; unterdrücken, unterdrücken, unterdrücken
romance - Romantik; Liebesgeschichte; qual
Mother and daughter adored each other and revered their son and brother; and Archer loved them with a tenderness made compunctious and uncritical by the sense of their exaggerated admiration, and by his secret satisfaction in it. After all, he thought it a good thing for a man to have his authority respected in his own house, even if his sense of humour sometimes made him question the force of his mandate.
adored - verehrt; anbeten, verehren, anbeten, verehren
revered - verehrt; ehren
tenderness - Zärtlichkeit
compunctious - Mitleid erregend
uncritical - unkritisch
exaggerated - Übertrieben; übertreiben
secret - Geheimnis
respected - respektiert; Achtung, Respekt, respektieren, respektieren
humour - Humor; Laune, Stimmung, Körpersaft
force - Kraft; zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen; Stärke, Macht, Einfluss
mandate - Mandat
On this occasion the young man was very sure that Mr. Jackson would rather have had him dine out; but he had his own reasons for not doing so.
Of course old Jackson wanted to talk about Ellen Olenska, and of course Mrs. Archer and Janey wanted to hear what he had to tell. All three would be slightly embarrassed by Newland's presence, now that his prospective relation to the Mingott clan had been made known; and the young man waited with an amused curiosity to see how they would turn the difficulty.
embarrassed - peinlich; verlegen machen, demütigen, kränken
prospective - voraussichtlich, zukünftig
relation - Beziehung; Relation; Verwandter, Verwandte, Verwandtschaft
made known - bekannt gemacht, bekanntgemacht [alt]
difficulty - Schwierigkeiten; Schwierigkeit
They began, obliquely, by talking about Mrs. Lemuel Struthers.
"It's a pity the Beauforts asked her," Mrs. Archer said gently. "But then Regina always does what he tells her; and BEAUFORT""
pity - Mitleid; schade; bemitleiden, Mitleid haben mit
"Certain nuances escape Beaufort," said Mr. Jackson, cautiously inspecting the broiled shad, and wondering for the thousandth time why Mrs. Archer's cook always burnt the roe to a cinder. (Newland, who had long shared his wonder, could always detect it in the older man's expression of melancholy disapproval.)
Nuances - Nuance, Nuance
escape - entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht
cautiously - behutsam; vorsichtig
inspecting - begutachten, untersuchen, inspizieren, inspizieren, prüfen
broiled - gegrillt; grillen
shad - Maifisch
wondering - und fragen sich; (wonder) sich wundern (über)
thousandth - tausendste; Tausendste; Tausendstel
burnt - angebrannt, verbrannt, brennen, verbrennen; (burn) angebrannt
roe - der Rogen
cinder - Asche; Schlacke, Zunder, verkohlen, verschwelen, einäschern
detect - finden, ermitteln, aufspüren, entdecken, erkennen
melancholy - Melancholie, Schwermut, Wehmut
disapproval - Missbilligung
"Oh, necessarily; Beaufort is a vulgar man," said Mrs. Archer. "My grandfather Newland always used to say to my mother: 'Whatever you do, don't let that fellow Beaufort be introduced to the girls.'But at least he's had the advantage of associating with gentlemen; in England too, they say.
necessarily - unbedingt
vulgar - vulgär, unfein, ungebildet, unanständig
associating with - (associate with) verkehren mit
It's all very mysterious"" She glanced at Janey and paused. She and Janey knew every fold of the Beaufort mystery, but in public Mrs. Archer continued to assume that the subject was not one for the unmarried.
fold - falten, zusammenlegen, verschränken (Arme); Falte, gefaltete
mystery - Geheimnis, Rätsel
assume - annehmen, voraussetzen, vermuten, unterstellen
unmarried - unverheiratet, ledig, solo; (unmarry); unverheiratet, ledig
"But this Mrs. Struthers," Mrs. Archer continued; "what did you say SHE was, Sillerton?"
"Out of a mine: or rather out of the saloon at the head of the pit. Then with Living Wax-Works, touring New England. After the police broke THAT up, they say she lived"" Mr. Jackson in his turn glanced at Janey, whose eyes began to bulge from under her prominent lids. There were still hiatuses for her in Mrs. Struthers's past.
saloon - Kneipe, Salon; Beize (schweiz. Kneipe)
pit - Fallgrube, Schachtgrube, Box (Sport)
touring - auf Tournee; reisend, bereisend; (tour) auf Tournee; reisend
bulge - Ausbuchtung, Beule, Delle, Wölbung, hervorstechen
hiatuses - Lücken; Lücke, Unterbrechung, Pause, Unterbrechung, Urlaub
"Then," Mr. Jackson continued (and Archer saw he was wondering why no one had told the butler never to slice cucumbers with a steel knife), "then Lemuel Struthers came along. They say his advertiser used the girl's head for the shoe-polish posters; her hair's intensely black, you know"the Egyptian style.
butler - Butler
slice - Brotscheibe, Anteil
cucumbers - Salatgurken; Gurke, Gurke, Salatgurke
steel - verstählen; Stahl
knife - Messer; messern
along - entlang, längs, weiter
advertiser - Werbender /Werbende, Werbetreibender /Werbetreibende
head for - anfliegen, Kurs nehmen auf
posters - Plakate; Poster, Plakat
intensely - intensiv
Egyptian - ägyptisch; Ägypter, Ägypterin, Ägyptisch
Anyhow, he"eventually"married her." There were volumes of innuendo in the way the "eventually" was spaced, and each syllable given its due stress.
volumes - Volumen
innuendo - Anspielung
syllable - Silbe
stress - Spannung; Stress; Betonung; beanspruchen; stressen; betonen
"Oh, well"at the pass we've come to nowadays, It doesn't matter," said Mrs. Archer indifferently. The ladies were not really interested in Mrs. Struthers just then; the subject of Ellen Olenska was too fresh and too absorbing to them. Indeed, Mrs. Struthers's name had been introduced by Mrs. Archer only that she might presently be able to say: "And Newland's new cousin"Countess Olenska? Was SHE at the ball too?"
nowadays - Heutzutage; gegenwärtig, zur Zeit, derzeitig, jetzt
It doesn't matter - Es macht nichts. Das ut nichts. Das schadet ja gar nichts.
indifferently - gleichgültig
absorbing - absorbieren, aufnehen
There was a faint touch of sarcasm in the reference to her son, and Archer knew it and had expected it. Even Mrs. Archer, who was seldom unduly pleased with human events, had been altogether glad of her son's engagement. ("Especially after that silly business with Mrs. Rushworth," as she had remarked to Janey, alluding to what had once seemed to Newland a tragedy of which his soul would always bear the scar.)
sarcasm - Sarkasmus
reference - Referenz; Quelle; referenzieren; sich beziehen
seldom - selten
unduly - unangemessen; über Gebühr, übermäßig
human - menschlich
altogether - ganz und gar, ohne Ausnahme, ausnahmslos, insgesamt
silly - doof, dumm, albern, Dummerchen
remarked - bemerkt; bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung
alluding - anspielend; andeuten, erwähnen
tragedy - Tragödie
bear - Bär; (to bear) ertragen, aushalten
scar - Narbe
There was no better match in New York than May Welland, look at the question from whatever point you chose. Of course such a marriage was only what Newland was entitled to; but young men are so foolish and incalculable"and some women so ensnaring and unscrupulous"that it was nothing short of a miracle to see one's only son safe past the Siren Isle and in the haven of a blameless domesticity.
match - Wettkampf, Kampf (Sport), Spiel (Sport); sich messen mit
entitled - berechtigt; betiteln, benennen, den Titel verleihen
incalculable - unberechenbar
ensnaring - umgarnen; fangen, verwickeln
unscrupulous - ohne Skrupel
safe - sicher, gefahrlos, Tresor, Safe, Geldschrank
siren - Sirene
Isle - Insel; Eiland
domesticity - Häuslichkeit
She had behaved beautifully"and in beautiful behaviour she was unsurpassed"during the call on Mrs. Welland; but Newland knew (and his betrothed doubtless guessed) that all through the visit she and Janey were nervously on the watch for Madame Olenska's possible intrusion; and when they left the house together she had permitted herself to say to her son: "I'm thankful that Augusta Welland received us alone."
behaved - benommen; benehmen
behaviour - Verhalten, Benehmen, Betragen; Fahrverhalten
unsurpassed - unübertroffen
doubtless - zweifelsfrei, zweifellos
nervously - nervös, erregbar, gereizt, hektisch
intrusion - Einmischung; Intrusion, Eindringen
permitted - erlaubt; zulassen, erlauben; Erlaubnis, Erlaubnisschein
thankful - dankbar
Augusta - Auguste
These indications of inward disturbance moved Archer the more that he too felt that the Mingotts had gone a little too far. But, as it was against all the rules of their code that the mother and son should ever allude to what was uppermost in their thoughts, he simply replied: "Oh, well, there's always a phase of family parties to be gone through when one gets engaged, and the sooner it's over the better.
indications - Hinweise; Anzeichen, Anzeige, Hinweis, Indiz
inward - innere; innen
disturbance - Störung; Störenfried, Geistesstörung
code - kodieren; Kode, Vorwahl, Code, Chiffre
allude - anspielen; andeuten, erwähnen
uppermost - ganz oben
thoughts - Gedanken; Gedanke
phase - Phase
At which his mother merely pursed her lips under the lace veil that hung down from her grey velvet bonnet trimmed with frosted grapes.
merely - bloß, lediglich, nur, schier
pursed - geschnürt; Geldbörse, Geldbeutel, Börse, Beutel, Portemonnaie
veil - Vorhang; Schleier; verschleiern, verhüllen
trimmed - zurechtgestutzt; kürzen, nachschneiden, schneiden, stutzen
frosted - gefrostet; mattiert; bereift; (frost); Reif; Frost; glasieren
grapes - Weintrauben; Traube, Weintraube, Weinbeere
Her revenge, he felt"her lawful revenge"would be to "draw" Mr. Jackson that evening on the Countess Olenska; and, having publicly done his duty as a future member of the Mingott clan, the young man had no objection to hearing the lady discussed in private"except that the subject was already beginning to bore him.
revenge - Rache; rächen
lawful - rechtmäßig; gesetzlich, legal, rechtsmäßig
publicly - öffentlich
objection - Beanstandung; Einwand, Widerspruch, Einspruch
Except - ausnehmen, ausklammern, ausschließen, widersprechen, außer
bore - langweilig; (to bear fruit) Früchte tragen; (bear) langweilig; (to bear fruit) Früchte tragen
Mr. Jackson had helped himself to a slice of the tepid filet which the mournful butler had handed him with a look as sceptical as his own, and had rejected the mushroom sauce after a scarcely perceptible sniff. He looked baffled and hungry, and Archer reflected that he would probably finish his meal on Ellen Olenska.
tepid - lauwarm
mournful - schwermütig; traurig, melancholisch, trübsinnig
sceptical - skeptisch
rejected - abgelehnt; verwerfen, ablehnen, zurückweisen
mushroom - Pilz, Schwamm, wuchern, Pilze ernten, Pilze sammeln
sauce - Soße, Sauce, Beize (Tabakbeize)
scarcely - knapp, kaum, wohl nicht, gerade erst
perceptible - wahrnehmbar, spürbar, fühlbar
sniff - schnüffeln, züngeln (for reptiles)
baffled - verblüfft; verblüffen, verdutzen, verwirren, ratlos machen
Mr. Jackson leaned back in his chair, and glanced up at the candlelit Archers, Newlands and van der Luydens hanging in dark frames on the dark walls.
candlelit - bei Kerzenlicht
hanging - (to hang) hängen, schweben; (hang) (to hang) hängen, schweben
frames - ausarbeiten, entwerfen, einfassen, einrahmen, rahmen, festlegen
"Ah, how your grandfather Archer loved a good dinner, my dear Newland!" he said, his eyes on the portrait of a plump full-chested young man in a stock and a blue coat, with a view of a white-columned country-house behind him. "Well"well"well ... I wonder what he would have said to all these foreign marriages!"
chested - mit Brustkorb; (chest) Kiste, Brustkasten, Brust, Koffer
columned - in Spalten
wonder - Wunder, Mirakel, wundern
marriages - Eheschließungen; Ehe, Heirat, Ehe, Hochzeit, Heirat
Mrs. Archer ignored the allusion to the ancestral cuisine and Mr. Jackson continued with deliberation: "No, she was NOT at the ball."
ignored - ignoriert; ignorieren, missachten
ancestral - Vorfahren
cuisine - Küche, Kochkunst
deliberation - Überlegungen; Abwägung
"Ah"" Mrs. Archer murmured, in a tone that implied: "She had that decency."
implied - angedeutet; implizieren, zur Folge haben, implizieren, bedeuten
"Perhaps the Beauforts don't know her," Janey suggested, with her artless malice.
suggested - vorgeschlagen; vorschlagen, vorschlagen
malice - Boshaftigkeit, Böse, Bosheit, Bösartigkeit
Mr. Jackson gave a faint sip, as if he had been tasting invisible Madeira. "Mrs. Beaufort may not"but Beaufort certainly does, for she was seen walking up Fifth Avenue this afternoon with him by the whole of New York."
sip - Schluck; Schlückchen; nippen
tasting - Verkostung; schmeckend
Certainly - sicherlich, zweifellos, gewiss, freilich
"Mercy"" moaned Mrs. Archer, evidently perceiving the uselessness of trying to ascribe the actions of foreigners to a sense of delicacy.
mercy - Barmherzigkeit, Erbarmen, Gnade, Mitleid
moaned - gestöhnt; Stöhnen
perceiving - wahrnehmend, merkend; (perceive); wahrnehmen
Uselessness - Nutzlosigkeit; Sinnlosigkeit
ascribe - zurückführen, zuschreiben
delicacy - Feinheit, Zartheit, Delikatesse, Leckerbissen, Köstlichkeit
"I wonder if she wears a round hat or a bonnet in the afternoon," Janey speculated. "At the Opera I know she had on dark blue velvet, perfectly plain and flat"like a night-gown."
speculated - spekuliert; spekulieren, Vermutungen anstellen, vermuten
plain - unscheinbar, einfach, vollständige, ehrlich
"Janey!" said her mother; and Miss Archer blushed and tried to look audacious.
audacious - kühn
"It was, at any rate, in better taste not to go to the ball," Mrs. Archer continued.
A spirit of perversity moved her son to rejoin: "I don't think it was a question of taste with her. May said she meant to go, and then decided that the dress in question wasn't smart enough."
perversity - Perversität
rejoin - wieder beitreten; vereinigen
Mrs. Archer smiled at this confirmation of her inference. "Poor Ellen," she simply remarked; adding compassionately: "We must always bear in mind what an eccentric bringing-up Medora Manson gave her. What can you expect of a girl who was allowed to wear black satin at her coming-out ball?"
smiled - gelächelt; Lächeln
confirmation - Bestätigung; Firmung
inference - Schlussfolgern, Schlussfolgerung, Inferenz
compassionately - mitfühlend
eccentric - exzentrisch, elliptisch, eiernd, außermittig, schrullig
bringing-up - (bringing-up) aufziehend
expect - erwarten
"Ah"don't I remember her in it!" said Mr. Jackson; adding: "Poor girl!" in the tone of one who, while enjoying the memory, had fully understood at the time what the sight portended.
sight - Sehenswürdigkeit, Gesicht, Visier, erblicken, anvisieren
portended - angedeutet; ankündigen, vorbedeuten, vorhersagen, deuten
"It's odd," Janey remarked, "that she should have kept such an ugly name as Ellen. I should have changed it to Elaine." She glanced about the table to see the effect of this.
ugly - hässlich
effect - Auswirkung, Eindruck, Effekt, Kraft
Her brother laughed. "Why Elaine?"
"I don't know; it sounds more"more Polish," said Janey, blushing.
blushing - errötend; (blush) errötend
"It sounds more conspicuous; and that can hardly be what she wishes," said Mrs. Archer distantly.
more conspicuous - auffälligere
hardly - hart, rau, kaum
wishes - Wunsch, wünschen, wünschen
distantly - aus der Ferne; entfernt
"Why not?" broke in her son, growing suddenly argumentative. "Why shouldn't she be conspicuous if she chooses? Why should she slink about as if it were she who had disgraced herself? She's 'poor Ellen'certainly, because she had the bad luck to make a wretched marriage; but I don't see that that's a reason for hiding her head as if she were the culprit."
argumentative - streitlustig
conspicuous - auffallend; auffällig, augenfällig, offensichtlich, sichtbar
slink - schleichen; Frühgeburt
disgraced - in Ungnade gefallen; Ungnade, Schande, Schande, Schmach
bad luck - Unglück , Pech
wretched - unglücklich; sehr schlecht, miserabel, wertlos
hiding - (to hide) verstecken, verbergen
culprit - Übeltäter; Beschuldigter, Missetäter, Schuldiger
"That, I suppose," said Mr. Jackson, speculatively, "is the line the Mingotts mean to take."
suppose - annehmen, vermuten, vermeinen
speculatively - spekulativ
The young man reddened. "I didn't have to wait for their cue, if that's what you mean, sir. Madame Olenska has had an unhappy life: that doesn't make her an outcast."
reddened - gerötet; erröten, röten
cue - Stichwort; Aufruf, Billardstock, Billardqueue
outcast - verstoßen; ausgestoßen
"There are rumours," began Mr. Jackson, glancing at Janey.
rumours - Gerüchte; Sage, Gerücht; munkeln
glancing - blickend; (glance); blicken; Blick, Streifblick, Glanz
"Oh, I know: the secretary," the young man took him up. "Nonsense, mother; Janey's grown-up. They say, don't they," he went on, "that the secretary helped her to get away from her brute of a husband, who kept her practically a prisoner? Well, what if he did? I hope there isn't a man among us who wouldn't have done the same in such a case."
nonsense - Blödsinn, Nonsens
practically - praktisch
prisoner - Gefangener, Gefangene, Häftling, Strafgefangener
Mr. Jackson glanced over his shoulder to say to the sad butler: "Perhaps ... that sauce ... just a little, after all""; then, having helped himself, he remarked: "I'm told she's looking for a house. She means to live here."
"I hear she means to get a divorce," said Janey boldly.
divorce - Scheidung, Ehescheidung, scheiden, scheiden lassen
boldly - kühn, tapfer
"I hope she will!" Archer exclaimed.
The word had fallen like a bombshell in the pure and tranquil atmosphere of the Archer dining-room. Mrs. Archer raised her delicate eye-brows in the particular curve that signified: "The butler"" and the young man, himself mindful of the bad taste of discussing such intimate matters in public, hastily branched off into an account of his visit to old Mrs. Mingott.
like a bombshell - granatenmäßig (ugs.)
tranquil - ruhig, gelassen
dining - Essen; Lärm, Getöse; dröhnen
raised - angehoben; Gehaltszulage; aufsteigen, anheben, erhöhen
brows - Augenbrauen; Brauen; (brow) Augenbrauen; Brauen
particular - besonders; speziell, bestimmt, spezifisch, genau
signified - bedeutet; Signifikat; (signify); bedeuten
mindful - achtsam; eingedenk, aufmerksam
branched off - abgezweigt
After dinner, according to immemorial custom, Mrs.
immemorial - seit Menschengedenken
Archer and Janey trailed their long silk draperies up to the drawing-room, where, while the gentlemen smoked below stairs, they sat beside a Carcel lamp with an engraved globe, facing each other across a rosewood work-table with a green silk bag under it, and stitched at the two ends of a tapestry band of field-flowers destined to adorn an "occasional" chair in the drawing-room of young Mrs. Newland Archer.
trailed - nachgezogen; folgen, verfolgen, nachstellen, nacheilen
draperies - Vorhänge; Vorhang
smoked - geraucht; Rauch
engraved - eingraviert; gravieren, meißeln, eingravieren
globe - Erde, Erdkugel, Globus
under it - darunter
stitched - genäht; Stich (Näh-), Stich (Schmerz); nähen, absteppen
tapestry - Wandteppich, Bildteppich, Bildwirkerei, Tapisserie
field - Feld, Gefilde, Heide, tHeideland
destined - bestimmt; bestimmen, vorbestimmen
adorn - schmücken, zieren, verzieren
While this rite was in progress in the drawing-room, Archer settled Mr. Jackson in an armchair near the fire in the Gothic library and handed him a cigar. Mr. Jackson sank into the armchair with satisfaction, lit his cigar with perfect confidence (it was Newland who bought them), and stretching his thin old ankles to the coals, said: "You say the secretary merely helped her to get away, my dear fellow? Well, he was still helping her a year later, then; for somebody met 'em living at Lausanne together.
rite - Richtig; Ritus, Brauch
progress - fortschreiten, Fortschritte machen, weiterkommen; Fortgang
sank - gesunken; sinken, senken, senken, versenken, Spüle, Spülbecken
stretching - strecken, dehnen, langziehen, dehnen
ankles - Knöchel, Fußknöchel
coals - Kohlen; Kohle, Steinkohle, Kohle, Kohle, Kohle
Newland reddened. "Living together? Well, why not? Who had the right to make her life over if she hadn't? I'm sick of the hypocrisy that would bury alive a woman of her age if her husband prefers to live with harlots."
hypocrisy - Heuchelei, Scheinheiligkeit, Hypokrisie, Doppelmoral
bury - vergraben, verbergen, begraben
alive - lebendig
harlots - Huren; Dirne, Hure, Nutte
He stopped and turned away angrily to light his cigar. "Women ought to be free"as free as we are," he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences.
angrily - verärgert, wütend
irritated - gereizt; reizen, irritieren, ärgern
measure - Maß; Messung, Maßstab, Takt, Maßnahme, messen, abmessen
terrific - großartig; fürchterlich, furchtbar, schrecklich
consequences - Folgen; Konsequenz, Folge, Konsequenz, Folge, Konsequenz
Mr. Sillerton Jackson stretched his ankles nearer the coals and emitted a sardonic whistle.
emitted - emittiert; emittieren, aussenden
sardonic - sardonisch
whistle - Pfeife, Trillerpfeife, Flöte, Pfeifen, Pfiff
"Well," he said after a pause, "apparently Count Olenski takes your view; for I never heard of his having lifted a finger to get his wife back."
pause - Eine Pause; pausieren, innehalten, Pause
apparently - offensichtlich, offenbar, scheinbar, anscheinend
count - rechnen, abzählen, zählen
As he dropped into his armchair near the fire his eyes rested on a large photograph of May Welland, which the young girl had given him in the first days of their romance, and which had now displaced all the other portraits on the table. With a new sense of awe he looked at the frank forehead, serious eyes and gay innocent mouth of the young creature whose soul's custodian he was to be.
displaced - verdrängt; umsiedeln, vertreiben, verschieben, verlagern
awe - Ehrfurcht; Staunen; einschüchtern
frank - freimütig, offen
gay - vergnügt, schwul, homosexuell, lustig, heiter
innocent - rein; unschuldig
creature - Wesen, Lebewesen, Fabelwesen
custodian - Hüter, Hüterin, Kustos, Schützer
That terrifying product of the social system he belonged to and believed in, the young girl who knew nothing and expected everything, looked back at him like a stranger through May Welland's familiar features; and once more it was borne in on him that marriage was not the safe anchorage he had been taught to think, but a voyage on uncharted seas.
terrifying - erschreckend; erschrecken
social system - Gesellschaftsform
Stranger - Ein Fremder; Fremde, Fremdling
features - Merkmale; Besonderheit, Charakteristikum
borne - getragen; (to bear) ertragen, aushalten
anchorage - Verankerung; Ankerplatz
Voyage - Die Reise; Reise
uncharted - unerkannt
The case of the Countess Olenska had stirred up old settled convictions and set them drifting dangerously through his mind. His own exclamation: "Women should be free"as free as we are," struck to the root of a problem that it was agreed in his world to regard as non-existent. "Nice" women, however wronged, would never claim the kind of freedom he meant, and generous-minded men like himself were therefore"in the heat of argument"the more chivalrously ready to concede it to them. Such verbal generosities were in fact only a humbugging disguise of the inexorable conventions that tied things together and bound people down to the old pattern. But here he was pledged to defend, on the part of his betrothed's cousin, conduct that, on his own wife's part, would justify him in calling down on her all the thunders of Church and State. Of course the dilemma was purely hypothetical; since he wasn't a blackguard Polish nobleman, it was absurd to speculate what his wife's rights would be if he WERE. But Newland Archer was too imaginative not to feel that, in his case and May's, the tie might gall for reasons far less gross and palpable. What could he and she really know of each other, since it was his duty, as a "decent" fellow, to conceal his past from her, and hers, as a marriageable girl, to have no past to conceal? What if, for some one of the subtler reasons that would tell with both of them, they should tire of each other, misunderstand or irritate each other?
stirred up - umgerührt
convictions - Überzeugungen; Überzeugung, Verurteilung
dangerously - Gefährlich
root - wurzeln; Haupt, Wurzel, Nullstelle [math.]
regard - schätzen, betrachten, berücksichtigen, achten; Aufmerksamkeit
existent - existent, existierend
claim - Anspruch; Rechtstitel, Behauptung, Mutung, beanspruchen
freedom - Freiheit
generous - großzügig, generös
minded - aufpassen; Verstand, t+Geist, t+Sinn, Bewusstsein
argument - Diskussion, Auseinandersetzung, Beweis
concede - Zugeständnisse machen; zugeben, zugestehen, einräumen, zulassen
verbal - wörtlich, verbal, mündlich, zeitwörtlich
generosities - Generositäten; Großzügigkeit, Generosität, Großmut
humbugging - Humbug, Unsinn, Betrug, Schwindel, Gauner, Halunke, Schwindler
disguise - Verkleidung; Tarnung; verstellen
inexorable - unaufhaltsam
bound - gebunden; Sprung; (bind); binden; verbinden, konnektieren
pattern - Muster, Schablone, Modell, Struktur, Schnittmuster
pledged - verpfändet; zusichern, versprechen, geloben, zusagen
defend - verteidigen
conduct - Leitung, Führung, leiten, führen, sich verhalten, sich benehmen
justify - rechtfertigen; ausrichten, justieren
thunders - donnert; Donner, Donnern
church - Kirche; Gottesdienst, Messe
state - Staat, Land, Bundesland, Zustand, erklären, darlegen, nennen
dilemma - Dilemma
purely - rein, bloß
hypothetical - hypothetisch
blackguard - Schurke
nobleman - Edelmann, Adeliger, Adliger, Aristokrat
absurd - absurd
speculate - spekulieren; Vermutungen anstellen; vermuten
imaginative - einfallsreich
gall - Galle
Gross - grob; brutto; brutto
palpable - spürbar; greifbar
decent - anständig, sittsam, (ganz) anständig
conceal - verbergen, verheimlichen, verschleiern, verschweigen
marriageable - heiratsfähig
tire - Reifen, Pneu (schweiz.); ermüden
misunderstand - missverstehen, falsch verstehen
irritate - reizen, irritieren, ärgern
He reviewed his friends'marriages"the supposedly happy ones"and saw none that answered, even remotely, to the passionate and tender comradeship which he pictured as his permanent relation with May Welland. He perceived that such a picture presupposed, on her part, the experience, the versatility, the freedom of judgment, which she had been carefully trained not to possess; and with a shiver of foreboding he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material and social interests held together by ignorance on the one side and hypocrisy on the other. Lawrence Lefferts occurred to him as the husband who had most completely realised this enviable ideal. As became the high-priest of form, he had formed a wife so completely to his own convenience that, in the most conspicuous moments of his frequent love-affairs with other men's wives, she went about in smiling unconsciousness, saying that "Lawrence was so frightfully strict"; and had been known to blush indignantly, and avert her gaze, when some one alluded in her presence to the fact that Julius Beaufort (as became a "foreigner" of doubtful origin) had what was known in New York as "another establishment."
reviewed - überprüft; Durchsicht, Nachprüfung, Überprüfung, Rezension
supposedly - Angeblich
none - kein, nichts, keines, keine, keiner, gar nicht
remotely - aus der Ferne
passionate - leidenschaftlich
comradeship - Kameradschaft
permanent - dauerhaft; permanent, ständig, beständig, unbefristet
presupposed - vorausgesetzt; erfordern, voraussetzen
Experience - Erlebnis, Erfahrung, Praxis
versatility - Vielseitigkeit, Einsatzvielfalt, vielseitige Anwendbarkeit
judgment - Urteil; Urteilsvermögen; Beurteilung; Richtspruch
possess - besitzen
shiver - Schauder, Schauer, zittern, frösteln
foreboding - eine Vorahnung; Ahnung, Vorahnung
Association - Assoziation, Verknüpfung, Zuordnung, Vereinigung
material - materiell; Material, Rohstoff
held together - zusammengehalten
ignorance - Unwissenheit, Unwissen, Nichtwissen
occurred - aufgetreten; passieren, vorkommen, stattfinden, vorkommen
completely - vollständig, völlig, ganz, vollumfänglich
realised - realisiert; erfassen, (Gewinn) erzielen, zu Geld machen
enviable - beneidenswert
priest - Priester, Priesterin, Pfarrer, Pfarrerin; (prey); Beute; lauern
convenience - Bequemlichkeit; Annehmlichkeit
most conspicuous - auffälligste
frequent - häufig; aufsuchen
unconsciousness - Bewusstlosigkeit; Unwissenheit
frightfully - furchtbar; schrecklich, schreckliche
strict - streng
blush - Schamröte; erröten, sich schämen
indignantly - entrüstet
avert - abwenden, verhindern
gaze - Blicken; anstarren
foreigner - Ausländer, Ausländerin; (foreign); fremd, ausländisch
doubtful - zweifelhaft; zweifelnd
origin - Ursprung, Anfang, Entstehung, Quelle, Herkunft
establishment - Einrichtung; Verankerung (von Rechten), Feststellung
Archer tried to console himself with the thought that he was not quite such an ass as Larry Lefferts, nor May such a simpleton as poor Gertrude; but the difference was after all one of intelligence and not of standards. In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs; as when Mrs.
console - Konsole; trösten (mit), vertrösten; Bedienungsfeld, Gerät
ass - Arsch, Esel, Dummkopf
intelligence - Intelligenz, Klugheit, intelligentes Leben
standards - Normen; üblich, standardmäßig, Standard, Standard, Banner
hieroglyphic - Hieroglyphen; hieroglyphisch
arbitrary - willkürlich, nach Ermessen, in freiem Ermessen
signs - Wert, Zeichen, Hinweistafel, Indiz; unterschreiben, signieren
Welland, who knew exactly why Archer had pressed her to announce her daughter's engagement at the Beaufort ball (and had indeed expected him to do no less), yet felt obliged to simulate reluctance, and the air of having had her hand forced, quite as, in the books on Primitive Man that people of advanced culture were beginning to read, the savage bride is dragged with shrieks from her parents'tent.
obliged - verpflichtet; verpflichten, einen Gefallen tun
simulate - simulieren, nachahmen
forced - gezwungen; zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen; Stärke, Macht
primitive - primitiv; Wortstamm & Stamm, Stammwort, Urwort
advanced - fortgeschritten; erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken
savage - Wilde; wild, wüst, unbebaut, unbändig, rasend
dragged - geschleppt; Planierschleppe; nachschleppen, schleppen, ziehen
shrieks - Schreie; Kreischen
tent - Zelt
The result, of course, was that the young girl who was the centre of this elaborate system of mystification remained the more inscrutable for her very frankness and assurance. She was frank, poor darling, because she had nothing to conceal, assured because she knew of nothing to be on her guard against; and with no better preparation than this, she was to be plunged overnight into what people evasively called "the facts of life."
elaborate - ausarbeiten; ausführlich, durchdacht, ausführen
mystification - Mystifizierung; Verblüffung
frankness - Offenheit
assurance - Sicherheit; Zusicherung, Versicherung, Zusage, Beteuerung
guard - Wächter; Parierstange; Schutz; schützen, bewachen
preparation - Vorbereitung; Präparat
plunged - stürzte; eintauchen, tauchen
overnight - über Nacht; von heute auf morgen; von einem Tag auf den anderen; q
evasively - ausweichend
The young man was sincerely but placidly in love. He delighted in the radiant good looks of his betrothed, in her health, her horsemanship, her grace and quickness at games, and the shy interest in books and ideas that she was beginning to develop under his guidance. (She had advanced far enough to join him in ridiculing the Idyls of the King, but not to feel the beauty of Ulysses and the Lotus Eaters.) She was straightforward, loyal and brave; she had a sense of humour (chiefly proved by her laughing at HIS jokes); and he suspected, in the depths of her innocently-gazing soul, a glow of feeling that it would be a joy to waken.
sincerely - aufrichtig
horsemanship - Pferdesport; Reitkunst
quickness - Schnelligkeit
ridiculing - lächerlich machen; verhöhnen, verspotten; Spott
king - König
lotus - Hornklee, Lotos, Lotosblume, Lotus
eaters - Esser
straightforward - geradlinig; aufrichtig, einfach, offen
loyal - loyal, treu
Brave - tapfer, mutig, Krieger
proved - er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten
jokes - Witz, Scherz, Streich, Witz, Spaß, Witz, scherzen, Witze machen
suspected - verdächtigt; vermuten, misstrauen, verdächtigen
innocently - unschuldig
gazing - starrt; anstarren
glow - glühen; abstrahlen; leuchten; Glühen
waken - wecken
But when he had gone the brief round of her he returned discouraged by the thought that all this frankness and innocence were only an artificial product. Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive guile. And he felt himself oppressed by this creation of factitious purity, so cunningly manufactured by a conspiracy of mothers and aunts and grandmothers and long-dead ancestresses, because it was supposed to be what he wanted, what he had a right to, in order that he might exercise his lordly pleasure in smashing it like an image made of snow.
discouraged - entmutigt; entmutigen, abschrecken, abraten, abraten von
artificial - künstlich
untrained - untrainiert
nature - Natur, Art
twists - Verdrehungen; Zwirn, Biegung, Wendung, Twist, verziehen, drehen
defences - Verteidigungsmaßnahmen; Verteidigung, Abwehr
instinctive - instinktiv
guile - List, Arglist
oppressed - unterdrückt; unterdrücken
creation - Erfindung, Werk, Kreation, Schöpfung
factitious - Erfunden
cunningly - schlau
manufactured - hergestellt; Produktion, Herstellung, Produkt, herstellen
conspiracy - Verschwörung, Konspiration
ancestresses - Ahnfrauen; Ahnfrau
lordly - herrschaftlich; fürstlich, adelig, einem Lord gemäß, vornehm
smashing - Krachen
image - Bild, Abbild, Image, Speicherabbild, Erscheinungsbild
There was a certain triteness in these reflections: they were those habitual to young men on the approach of their wedding day. But they were generally accompanied by a sense of compunction and self-abasement of which Newland Archer felt no trace. He could not deplore (as Thackeray's heroes so often exasperated him by doing) that he had not a blank page to offer his bride in exchange for the unblemished one she was to give to him.
triteness - Banalität, Plattheit (geistig)
reflections - Überlegungen; Reflexion, Abbild
habitual - gewohnheitsmäßig; gewohnt; gewöhnlich, habituell
approach - sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sein
accompanied - begleitet; begleiten, begleiten, begleiten, begleiten, geleiten
compunction - Gewissensbisse, Reue
self - Selbst
abasement - Erniedrigung
trace - verfolgen; Zeichen, Spur
deplore - bedauern
heroes - Helden; Held, Heldin, Kriegsheld, Held, Hauptfigur
exasperated - verärgert; verärgern, aufbringen, auf die Palme bringen
blank - ausdruckslos; unbeschrieben, unausgefüllt, Lücke, Leerzeichen
Exchange - austauschen, umtauschen, tauschen
unblemished - untadelig
He could not get away from the fact that if he had been brought up as she had they would have been no more fit to find their way about than the Babes in the Wood; nor could he, for all his anxious cogitations, see any honest reason (any, that is, unconnected with his own momentary pleasure, and the passion of masculine vanity) why his bride should not have been allowed the same freedom of experience as himself.
fit - passen; (to be fit) in Form sein
babes - Puppe
wood - Holz
anxious - ängstlich, besorgt
cogitations - Denkanstöße; Denkfähigkeit
honest - ehrlich, aufrichtig; (hon); ehrlich, aufrichtig
unconnected - unverbunden
passion - Leidenschaft, Passion
Such questions, at such an hour, were bound to drift through his mind; but he was conscious that their uncomfortable persistence and precision were due to the inopportune arrival of the Countess Olenska. Here he was, at the very moment of his betrothal"a moment for pure thoughts and cloudless hopes"pitchforked into a coil of scandal which raised all the special problems he would have preferred to let lie.
drift - Drift; driften, treiben, irren, ziellos ziehen, ziellos wandern
uncomfortable - unangenehm; unbequem, ungemütlich, unbehaglich
persistence - Beharrlichkeit; Ausdauer, Bestand, Beständigkeit
precision - Präzision, Genauigkeit, Messpräzision, Wiederholgenauigkeit
inopportune - unpassend
cloudless - wolkenlos
pitchforked - mit einer Mistgabel; Heugabel, Mistgabel
coil - Wendel, Spule, Wicklung; aufwickeln
Scandal - Skandal
lie - lügen; (lie down) sich hinlegen
"Hang Ellen Olenska!" he grumbled, as he covered his fire and began to undress. He could not really see why her fate should have the least bearing on his; yet he dimly felt that he had only just begun to measure the risks of the championship which his engagement had forced upon him.
grumbled - gemeckert; Gegrummel
undress - erman: sich ausziehen
fate - Schicksal, Los, Geschick
bearing - tragend, Manieren, Lager (Maschinenbau); (bear) tragend
dimly - undeutlich; trübe
only just - gerade erst
risks - Risiken; Risiko
A few days later the bolt fell.
bolt - Riegel, Ballen, Blitz, Bolzen; durchgehen (Pferd), sausen
The Lovell Mingotts had sent out cards for what was known as "a formal dinner" (that is, three extra footmen, two dishes for each course, and a Roman punch in the middle), and had headed their invitations with the words "To meet the Countess Olenska," in accordance with the hospitable American fashion, which treats strangers as if they were royalties, or at least as their ambassadors.
formal - formale, formell, formal
Roman - Römer; röm. römisch, römisch
accordance - Übereinstimmung
treats - Leckereien; behandeln, bewirten, einladen, heilen, kurieren
strangers - Fremde, Fremdling, Unbekannte
royalties - Tantiemen; Nutzungsgebühr, Tantieme
The guests had been selected with a boldness and discrimination in which the initiated recognised the firm hand of Catherine the Great. Associated with such immemorial standbys as the Selfridge Merrys, who were asked everywhere because they always had been, the Beauforts, on whom there was a claim of relationship, and Mr. Sillerton Jackson and his sister Sophy (who went wherever her brother told her to), were some of the most fashionable and yet most irreproachable of the dominant "young married" set; the Lawrence Leffertses, Mrs.
boldness - Kühnheit; Verwegenheit, Dreistigkeit, Mut
discrimination - Diskriminierung, Unterscheidung, Schlechterstellung
standbys - Bereitschaft, verlässliche und bewährte Sache, dranbleiben
everywhere - überall
wherever - wo auch immer
most fashionable - modischste
most irreproachable - untadeligste
dominant - dominant
Lefferts Rushworth (the lovely widow), the Harry Thorleys, the Reggie Chiverses and young Morris Dagonet and his wife (who was a van der Luyden). The company indeed was perfectly assorted, since all the members belonged to the little inner group of people who, during the long New York season, disported themselves together daily and nightly with apparently undiminished zest.
Harry - Harry
assorted - sortiert; gruppieren, zusammen stellen, sortieren
season - Jahreszeit, Saison; abschmecken (würzen), würzen
daily - tgl, tägl. täglich, tägliche, tagtäglich
nightly - jede Nacht; nächtlich
undiminished - unvermindert
zest - Schwung; Lust, Freude, Begeisterung, Genuss, Würze
Forty-eight hours later the unbelievable had happened; every one had refused the Mingotts'invitation except the Beauforts and old Mr. Jackson and his sister.
unbelievable - Unglaublich
invitation - Einladung, Einladen
The intended slight was emphasised by the fact that even the Reggie Chiverses, who were of the Mingott clan, were among those inflicting it; and by the uniform wording of the notes, in all of which the writers "regretted that they were unable to accept," without the mitigating plea of a "previous engagement" that ordinary courtesy prescribed.
intended - beabsichtigt; gedacht; (intend); beabsichtigen, vorhaben
emphasised - hervorgehoben; hervorheben, betonen, unterstreichen
inflicting - zufügen, de
uniform - gleichförmig, gleichmäßig, einheitlich, Uniform, Dienstkleidung
regretted - bedauert; bedauern, bereuen, leidtun, Reue, Bedauern
unable - unfähig, untauglich
mitigating - abschwächend; mildern, abschwächen, abmildern
plea - Plädoyer; Ersuchen, Flehen, Bitte, Appell, Entschuldigung
ordinary - Heroldsbild; gewöhnlich, normal
courtesy - Höflichkeit
prescribed - verschrieben; verschreiben, verordnen, vorschreiben, verordnen
New York society was, in those days, far too small, and too scant in its resources, for every one in it (including livery-stable-keepers, butlers and cooks) not to know exactly on which evenings people were free; and it was thus possible for the recipients of Mrs. Lovell Mingott's invitations to make cruelly clear their determination not to meet the Countess Olenska.
scant - spärlich, gering, dürftig, knapp
resources - Ressourcen; Betriebsmittel, Hilfsquelle, Ressource
stable - stabil; Rennstall (Pferdesport); dauerhaft, beständig, Stall
keepers - Hüter, Wächter, Hüter, Torwart, Tormann
butlers - Butler
recipients - Empfängern; Empfänger, Empfängerin, Empfänger
cruelly - grausam
The blow was unexpected; but the Mingotts, as their way was, met it gallantly. Mrs. Lovell Mingott confided the case to Mrs. Welland, who confided it to Newland Archer; who, aflame at the outrage, appealed passionately and authoritatively to his mother; who, after a painful period of inward resistance and outward temporising, succumbed to his instances (as she always did), and immediately embracing his cause with an energy redoubled by her previous hesitations, put on her grey velvet bonnet and said: "I'll go and see Louisa van der Luyden.
blow - (to blow) blasen, wehen, pusten
gallantly - galante
confided - anvertraut; vertrauen, einweihen, ins Vertrauen ziehen
aflame - in Flammen
outrage - Empörung; Untat, Gräueltat, (empörendes) Verbrechen
passionately - leidenschaftlich
authoritatively - autoritär
painful - schmerzhaft
resistance - Widerstand
outward - nach außen; äußerlich, auswärts
temporising - Zeit schinden; (temporise) Zeit schinden
succumbed to - erlag
instances - Instanzen; Beispiel
immediately - sofort, alsbald, unverzüglich, auf der Stelle
embracing - umarmen, annehmen, umarmen, Umarmung
energy - Energie
redoubled - verdoppelt; verdoppeln
The New York of Newland Archer's day was a small and slippery pyramid, in which, as yet, hardly a fissure had been made or a foothold gained. At its base was a firm foundation of what Mrs. Archer called "plain people"; an honourable but obscure majority of respectable families who (as in the case of the Spicers or the Leffertses or the Jacksons) had been raised above their level by marriage with one of the ruling clans.
pyramid - Pyramide
as yet - bislang, bis jetzt
fissure - Riss, Spalte, rissig werden
foothold - Fuß fassen; Halt, fester Stand
Gained - Gewonnen; Gewinn, Zunahme, Verstärkung; erwerben, gewinnen
foundation - Gründung; Grundlage; Fundament, Stiftung, Foundation
obscure - obskur, dunkel, vernebelt, finster
majority - Mehrheit, Majorität, Erwachsenenalter
respectable - respektabel; angesehen, geachtet
Jacksons - Jackson
level - Niveau; eben; auf gleicher Höhe
clans - Clan, Sippe
People, Mrs. Archer always said, were not as particular as they used to be; and with old Catherine Spicer ruling one end of Fifth Avenue, and Julius Beaufort the other, you couldn't expect the old traditions to last much longer.
traditions - Traditionen; Tradition, Überlieferung, qualifierrimeval, early
Firmly narrowing upward from this wealthy but inconspicuous substratum was the compact and dominant group which the Mingotts, Newlands, Chiverses and Mansons so actively represented. Most people imagined them to be the very apex of the pyramid; but they themselves (at least those of Mrs.
firmly - sicher, fest
narrowing - Verengung; einengend; (narrow) Verengung; einengend
upward - nach oben; ansteigend, aufwärts
inconspicuous - unauffällig
substratum - Substrat; Unterlage
compact - zusammengedrängt
actively - aktiv; active
apex - Gipfel; Spitze
Archer's generation) were aware that, in the eyes of the professional genealogist, only a still smaller number of families could lay claim to that eminence.
professional - Profi, Professioneller, Professionelle, Beruf
genealogist - Ahnenforscher, Ahnenforscherin, Genealoge, Genealogin
eminence - Eminenz
"Don't tell me," Mrs. Archer would say to her children, "all this modern newspaper rubbish about a New York aristocracy. If there is one, neither the Mingotts nor the Mansons belong to it; no, nor the Newlands or the Chiverses either. Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers were just respectable English or Dutch merchants, who came to the colonies to make their fortune, and stayed here because they did so well. One of your great-grandfathers signed the Declaration, and another was a general on Washington's staff, and received General Burgoyne's sword after the battle of Saratoga.
rubbish - Quatsch, Blödsinn, Unsinn, Mist, Müll
belong to it - dazugehören
Dutch - niederländisch, holländisch, Niederländisch, Holländisch
merchants - Kaufleute; Kaufmann, Kauffrau
colonies - Kolonien; Kolonie, Pflanzung, Pflanzstadt, Kolonie
signed - unterzeichnet; Wert, Zeichen, Hinweistafel
declaration - Erklärung, Deklaration
Washington - Washington
sword - Schwert; Schwertkämpfer, Schwertkämpferin
battle - sich schlagen, kämpfen; Schlacht, Kampf; Gefecht (Luftwaffe)
These are things to be proud of, but they have nothing to do with rank or class. New York has always been a commercial community, and there are not more than three families in it who can claim an aristocratic origin in the real sense of the word."
rank - (sozialer) Stand, Rang, Dienstgrad
commercial - Werbung; kommerziell
community - Gemeinschaft, Gesellschaft, Community, Gemeinde
aristocratic - aristokratisch
Mrs.
Archer and her son and daughter, like every one else in New York, knew who these privileged beings were: the Dagonets of Washington Square, who came of an old English county family allied with the Pitts and Foxes; the Lannings, who had intermarried with the descendants of Count de Grasse, and the van der Luydens, direct descendants of the first Dutch governor of Manhattan, and related by pre-revolutionary marriages to several members of the French and British aristocracy.
privileged - privilegiert; Privileg
beings - Wesen
county - Grafschaft; Landkreis, Bezirk
foxes - Füchse; Fuchs, qualifier
intermarried - miteinander verheiratet; untereinander heiraten
descendants - Nachkommen; Nachkomme, Nachkommin, Deszendent, Deszendentin
Direct - direkt, unmittelbar, beaufsichtigen, inszenieren, befehlen
governor - Gouverneur, Gouverneurin, Regler
several - mehrere, einige, verschiedene, checkeinige
British - Britisch; Briten, Brite, Britin
The Lannings survived only in the person of two very old but lively Miss Lannings, who lived cheerfully and reminiscently among family portraits and Chippendale; the Dagonets were a considerable clan, allied to the best names in Baltimore and Philadelphia; but the van der Luydens, who stood above all of them, had faded into a kind of super-terrestrial twilight, from which only two figures impressively emerged; those of Mr.
lively - lebendig, munter (lebhaft), lebhaft, quirlig
cheerfully - fröhlich, vergnügt, heiter
reminiscently - in Erinnerungen schwelgen
faded - verblasst; Mode, Trend, Modeerscheinung, Fimmel
super - todschick; bombig (ugs.)
terrestrial - irdisch, terrestrisch, Erde
twilight - Dämmerung, Zwielicht, Halbdunkel
figures - Zahlen; Abbildung, Figur, Gestalt, Ziffer, Form
impressively - eindrucksvoll
emerged - aufgetaucht; erscheinen, auftauchen, herauskommen, davonkommen
and Mrs. Henry van der Luyden.
Mrs. Henry van der Luyden had been Louisa Dagonet, and her mother had been the granddaughter of Colonel du Lac, of an old Channel Island family, who had fought under Cornwallis and had settled in Maryland, after the war, with his bride, Lady Angelica Trevenna, fifth daughter of the Earl of St. Austrey. The tie between the Dagonets, the du Lacs of Maryland, and their aristocratic Cornish kinsfolk, the Trevennas, had always remained close and cordial.
granddaughter - Enkelin
Colonel - Herr Oberst; Oberst
Channel - kanalisieren; Kanal
fought - gekämpft; Kampf, Schlacht
Maryland - Maryland
war - Krieg; Krieg führen
Angelica - Angelika; Engelwurz
earl - Graf
Lacs - Gummilack
Cornish - Cornwall; kornisch, Kornisch
kinsfolk - Verwandtschaft
cordial - herzlich; Sirup; Likör
Mr. and Mrs. van der Luyden had more than once paid long visits to the present head of the house of Trevenna, the Duke of St. Austrey, at his country-seat in Cornwall and at St. Austrey in Gloucestershire; and his Grace had frequently announced his intention of some day returning their visit (without the Duchess, who feared the Atlantic).
Duke - Herzog; Großherzog
seat - Sitz, Sitzplatz, Sitzgelegenheit, Stuhl, Sitzmöbel
Cornwall - Cornwall
frequently - häufig
intention - Absicht
Duchess - Herzogin
feared - gefürchtet; fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck
Atlantic - Atlantik; atlantisch
Mr. and Mrs. van der Luyden divided their time between Trevenna, their place in Maryland, and Skuytercliff, the great estate on the Hudson which had been one of the colonial grants of the Dutch government to the famous first Governor, and of which Mr. van der Luyden was still "Patroon." Their large solemn house in Madison Avenue was seldom opened, and when they came to town they received in it only their most intimate friends.
estate - Nachlass; Stand; Gut, Landgut
Colonial - kolonial
grants - Zuschüsse; gewähren, erteilen, bewilligen
government - staatlich;Regierung , Regierung , Landesregierung
solemn - feierlich; ernst
most intimate - innigst
"I wish you would go with me, Newland," his mother said, suddenly pausing at the door of the Brown coupe. "Louisa is fond of you; and of course it's on account of dear May that I'm taking this step"and also because, if we don't all stand together, there'll be no such thing as Society left."
pausing - pausierend; (pause); pausieren, innehalten, Pause
on account - auf Rechnung
step - treten, treten (du trittst
stand together - zusammenstehen [alt], zusammen stehen
Mrs. Henry van der Luyden listened in silence to her cousin Mrs. Archer's narrative.
silence - Stille, Schweigen, zum Schweigen bringen, Ruhe
narrative - erzählend, erzählerisch, in erzählender Form darlegend
It was all very well to tell yourself in advance that Mrs. van der Luyden was always silent, and that, though non-committal by nature and training, she was very kind to the people she really liked. Even personal experience of these facts was not always a protection from the chill that descended on one in the high-ceilinged white-walled Madison Avenue drawing-room, with the pale brocaded armchairs so obviously uncovered for the occasion, and the gauze still veiling the ormolu mantel ornaments and the beautiful old carved frame of Gainsborough's "Lady Angelica du Lac.
committal - Einweisung; Einlieferung, Verpflichtung, Ăśbergabe
by nature - von Natur aus
protection - Schutz
chill - chillen; Mutlosigkeit, Frostgefühl
ceilinged - an der Decke
the pale - die Grenze des Erlaubten
armchairs - Armsessel, Fauteuil, Polstersessel, Polsterstuhl, Sessel
Obviously - Offensichtlich; augenscheinlich
uncovered - aufgedeckt; aufdecken, enthüllen
gauze - Gaze, Mullbinde
veiling - Verschleierung; (veil) verschleiern
ormolu - odermolu
mantel - Kaminsims; Kaminregal
carved - geschnitzt; schneiden, tranchieren, zerlegen, schnitzen
lac - Gummilack
Mrs. van der Luyden's portrait by Huntington (in black velvet and Venetian point) faced that of her lovely ancestress. It was generally considered "as fine as a Cabanel," and, though twenty years had elapsed since its execution, was still "a perfect likeness." Indeed the Mrs. van der Luyden who sat beneath it listening to Mrs. Archer might have been the twin-sister of the fair and still youngish woman drooping against a gilt armchair before a green rep curtain. Mrs. van der Luyden still wore black velvet and Venetian point when she went into society"or rather (since she never dined out) when she threw open her own doors to receive it.
venetian - venezianisch; Venezianer, Venezianerin
elapsed - verstrichen; vergehen, verrinnen
execution - Ausführung; Hinrichtung
twin-sister - (twin-sister) Zwillingsschwester
youngish - jugendlich
rep - Vertreter; Ruf
threw - geworfen; Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe
Her fair hair, which had faded without turning grey, was still parted in flat overlapping points on her forehead, and the straight nose that divided her pale blue eyes was only a little more pinched about the nostrils than when the portrait had been painted. She always, indeed, struck Newland Archer as having been rather gruesomely preserved in the airless atmosphere of a perfectly irreproachable existence, as bodies caught in glaciers keep for years a rosy life-in-death.
turning grey - ergrauend
overlapping - Überschneidungen; überlappen, überlagern, überdecken
straight - gerade; aufrecht, aufrichtig, offen, ungeschminkt
pinched - eingeklemmt; kneifen
nostrils - Nasenlöcher; Nasenloch
gruesomely - grausam
preserved - Konserve, Eingemachtes
airless - luftlos
irreproachable - untadelig
existence - Existenz, Dasein
glaciers - Gletscher, Ferner, Kees
Death - Tod, Exitus, der Tod, Untergang
Like all his family, he esteemed and admired Mrs. van der Luyden; but he found her gentle bending sweetness less approachable than the grimness of some of his mother's old aunts, fierce spinsters who said "No" on principle before they knew what they were going to be asked.
esteemed - wertgeschätzt; Achtung, Ansehen
gentle - liebenswürdig; einfühlsam, sanftmütig, gemächlich, sachte
bending - beugend, biegend; (bend); beugen; biegen, durchbiegen, Kurve
sweetness - Süßigkeit; Süße
approachable - ansprechbar
grimness - Grimmigkeit
fierce - wild, heftig, bedrohlich
spinsters - Junggesellen; alte Jungfer, Junggesellin, unverheiratete Frau
on principle - aus Prinzip
Mrs. van der Luyden's attitude said neither yes nor no, but always appeared to incline to clemency till her thin lips, wavering into the shadow of a smile, made the almost invariable reply: "I shall first have to talk this over with my husband."
attitude - Haltung; Einstellung, Attitüde, Orientierung, Ausrichtung
incline - neigen; Neigung, Anstieg, Gefälle
clemency - Begnadigung; Milde, Barmherzigkeit, Güte, Gütigkeit, Nachsicht
wavering - schwankend; wankelmütig
invariable - unveränderlich
She and Mr. van der Luyden were so exactly alike that Archer often wondered how, after forty years of the closest conjugality, two such merged identities ever separated themselves enough for anything as controversial as a talking-over. But as neither had ever reached a decision without prefacing it by this mysterious conclave, Mrs. Archer and her son, having set forth their case, waited resignedly for the familiar phrase.
alike - ähneln; gleich; gleichermaßen
wondered - gewundert; Wunder
conjugality - Ehelichkeit
merged - zusammengeführt; zusammenlegen, zusammenfügen, zusammenführen
identities - Identitäten; Identität, Gleichheit, Übereinstimmung, Identität
separated - einzeln, getrennt, separat, getrennt, separat, trennen
controversial - umstritten
reached - erreicht; erzielen, greifen (nach), sich erstrecken; eintreffen
decision - Entscheidung, Beschluss
prefacing - Vorwort
conclave - Konklave; Klausurtagung, Klausur
set forth - darlegen
resignedly - Resigniert
Mrs. van der Luyden, however, who had seldom surprised any one, now surprised them by reaching her long hand toward the bell-rope.
surprised - überrascht; Überraschung, Überraschung
reaching - erreichen; erzielen, greifen (nach)
bell - Klingel, Schelle, Glocke
rope - Tau, Seil, Strang
"I think," she said, "I should like Henry to hear what you have told me."
A footman appeared, to whom she gravely added: "If Mr. van der Luyden has finished reading the newspaper, please ask him to be kind enough to come."
footman - Lakai
gravely - ernsthaft; ernst, ernstlich, schwerlich
She said "reading the newspaper" in the tone in which a Minister's wife might have said: "Presiding at a Cabinet meeting""not from any arrogance of mind, but because the habit of a life-time, and the attitude of her friends and relations, had led her to consider Mr. van der Luyden's least gesture as having an almost sacerdotal importance.
minister - Gesandter, Pastor, Minister
presiding - den Vorsitz haben, präsidieren
cabinet - Schrank, Wandschrank, Kabinett, Rat, Ministerrat
arrogance - Arroganz, Dünkel, Hochmut, Überheblichkeit
relations - Beziehungen; Beziehung, Relation, Relation, Verwandter
Consider - überlegen; halten; betrachten, in Betracht ziehen
gesture - Geste, Gebärde, gestikulieren, erman: (jemandem etwas) bedeuten
sacerdotal - sakraler Natur
importance - Bedeutung; Wichtigkeit, Belang
Her promptness of action showed that she considered the case as pressing as Mrs. Archer; but, lest she should be thought to have committed herself in advance, she added, with the sweetest look: "Henry always enjoys seeing you, dear Adeline; and he will wish to congratulate Newland."
promptness - Schnelligkeit, Promptheit, Pünktlichkeit
committed - verpflichtet; einweisen, einliefern, begehen, verbrechen
sweetest - am süßesten; Süßigkeit, Bonbon
congratulate - gratulieren, beglückwünschen
The double doors had solemnly reopened and between them appeared Mr. Henry van der Luyden, tall, spare and frock-coated, with faded fair hair, a straight nose like his wife's and the same look of frozen gentleness in eyes that were merely pale grey instead of pale blue.
solemnly - feierlich, festlich, ernst
reopened - wiedereröffnet; wiedereröffnen
spare - überflüssig, frei, sparsam, Ersatz; sparsam umgehen
frock - Kleid, Kutte
frozen - eingefroren; frieren
gentleness - Sanftheit; Sanftmut
Mr. van der Luyden greeted Mrs. Archer with cousinly affability, proffered to Newland low-voiced congratulations couched in the same language as his wife's, and seated himself in one of the brocade armchairs with the simplicity of a reigning sovereign.
affability - Freundlichkeit, Umgänglichkeit, Leutseligkeit
proffered - angeboten; anbieten
voiced - geäußert; äußern
congratulations - Glückwünsche; Glückwunsch, Beglückwünschung, Gratulation
couched - auf den Punkt gebracht; Liege
simplicity - Einfachheit
reigning - herrschend; Herrschaft, Regentschaft, Regentschaft, herrschen
sovereign - souverän
"I had just finished reading the Times," he said, laying his long finger-tips together. "In town my mornings are so much occupied that I find it more convenient to read the newspapers after luncheon."
laying - Auflegen, legend; (lay) Auflegen, legend
tips - Tipps; Tip
occupied - besetzt; in Anspruch nehmen, belegen, bewohnen, besetzen
Convenient - bequem, einfach, gelegen, genehm
luncheon - Mittagessen; Lunch, Mittagsessen, Mittagsrunde
"Ah, there's a great deal to be said for that plan"indeed I think my uncle Egmont used to say he found it less agitating not to read the morning papers till after dinner," said Mrs. Archer responsively.
agitating - aufgewühlt; aufwühlen, aufrühren, rühren, schütteln, umrühren
responsively - reaktionsschnell
"Yes: my good father abhorred hurry. But now we live in a constant rush," said Mr. van der Luyden in measured tones, looking with pleasant deliberation about the large shrouded room which to Archer was so complete an image of its owners.
abhorred - verabscheut; verabscheuen
constant - beständig, konstant, regelmäßig, stetig
measured - gemessen; Maß
tones - Töne; Farbton, Klang, Umgangston, Ton
pleasant - angenehm
shrouded - verhüllt; Leichentuch, Totenhemd
owners - Eigentümer; Inhaber, Besitzer, Besitzerin
"But I hope you HAD finished your reading, Henry?" his wife interposed.
"Quite"quite," he reassured her.
reassured - beruhigt; versichern, beruhigen
"Then I should like Adeline to tell you""
"Oh, it's really Newland's story," said his mother smiling; and proceeded to rehearse once more the monstrous tale of the affront inflicted on Mrs. Lovell Mingott.
proceeded - fortgefahren; vorgehen
rehearse - wiederholen; erzählen; üben, proben
Tale - Geschichte, Erzählung, Fabel
affront - beleidigen; Affront
inflicted - auferlegt; zufügen, de
"Of course," she ended, "Augusta Welland and Mary Mingott both felt that, especially in view of Newland's engagement, you and Henry OUGHT TO KNOW."
Mary - Maria, Maria
"Ah"" said Mr. van der Luyden, drawing a deep breath.
There was a silence during which the tick of the monumental ormolu clock on the white marble mantelpiece grew as loud as the boom of a minute-gun.
the tick - pünktlich (auf die Sekunde)
mantelpiece - Kaminsims
loud - laut
boom - Konjunktur, Ausleger (Kran), Baum; dröhnen, boomen
gun - Waffe; Geschütz, Gewehr, Knarre, Revolver
Archer contemplated with awe the two slender faded figures, seated side by side in a kind of viceregal rigidity, mouthpieces of some remote ancestral authority which fate compelled them to wield, when they would so much rather have lived in simplicity and seclusion, digging invisible weeds out of the perfect lawns of Skuytercliff, and playing Patience together in the evenings.
slender - schlank
viceregal - vizeköniglich
rigidity - Starrheit; Festigkeit
mouthpieces - Mundstücke; Sprechmuschel, Sprechkapsel, Mundstück
remote - ferngesteuert; fern, entfernt, abgelegen, fernbetrieb
compelled - gezwungen; zwingen, zwingen, nötigen, zwingen
wield - beherrschen; führen; ausüben
seclusion - Abgeschiedenheit, Abschottung, Absonderung
digging - grabend; (dig) grabend
weeds - Unkraut; (weed) aussondern
lawns - Rasenflächen; Liegewiese, Rasenplatz, Rasen
Mr. van der Luyden was the first to speak.
"You really think this is due to some"some intentional interference of Lawrence Lefferts's?" he enquired, turning to Archer.
intentional - vorsätzlich
interference - Einmischung; Interferenz, Störung, Eingriff
"I'm certain of it, sir. Larry has been going it rather harder than usual lately"if cousin Louisa won't mind my mentioning it"having rather a stiff affair with the postmaster's wife in their village, or some one of that sort; and whenever poor Gertrude Lefferts begins to suspect anything, and he's afraid of trouble, he gets up a fuss of this kind, to show how awfully moral he is, and talks at the top of his voice about the impertinence of inviting his wife to meet people he doesn't wish her to know.
lately - in letzter Zeit; neulich, kürzlich, letztlich
mentioning - zu erwähnen; Erwähnung, erwähnen
stiff - steif, starr, Steifer, Zechpreller, prellen, abspeisen
affair - Angelegenheit; Scharmützel; Ding; Beziehung, Affäre
Postmaster - Postmeister
suspect - vermuten; misstrauen; verdächtigen; einen Verdacht haben; Verdächtiger
trouble - Probleme; Ärger; Schwierigkeit; Anstrengung, Bemühung, Mühe
gets up - (get up) emporkommen, aufstehen
fuss - Aufregung; Lärm, Wirbel, Aufstand, Gehabe
top - oben; Oberteil, Spitze, Gipfel, Deckel, Kappe, Oberteil, Topp
voice - Stimme; äußern
impertinence - Unverfrorenheit; Unbedeutendheit, Unerheblichkeit
inviting - einladend; auffordern, einladen
He's simply using Madame Olenska as a lightning-rod; I've seen him try the same thing often before."
lightning-rod - (lightning-rod) Blitzableiter
"The LEFFERTSES!"" said Mrs. van der Luyden.
"The LEFFERTSES!"" echoed Mrs. Archer. "What would uncle Egmont have said of Lawrence Lefferts's pronouncing on anybody's social position? It shows what Society has come to."
pronouncing - auszusprechen; verkünden, aussprechen, pronunzieren, aussprechen
"We'll hope it has not quite come to that," said Mr. van der Luyden firmly.
"Ah, if only you and Louisa went out more!" sighed Mrs. Archer.
sighed - geseufzt; Seufzen, Seufzer, Säuseln (Wind); säuseln (Wind)
But instantly she became aware of her mistake. The van der Luydens were morbidly sensitive to any criticism of their secluded existence. They were the arbiters of fashion, the Court of last Appeal, and they knew it, and bowed to their fate. But being shy and retiring persons, with no natural inclination for their part, they lived as much as possible in the sylvan solitude of Skuytercliff, and when they came to town, declined all invitations on the plea of Mrs.
morbidly - morbide; morbid, krankhaft
criticism - Kritik, Tadel
arbiters - Schlichter, Schiedsrichter, Vermittler, Schiedsmann
Court - Hof, Hofstaat, Gericht, Gerichtshof, Platz, werben
retiring - in den Ruhestand gehen; pensionieren, zurücktreten
inclination - Neigung
sylvan - waldig
solitude - Einsamkeit, Alleinsein
declined - abgelehnt; Sinken
van der Luyden's health.
Newland Archer came to his mother's rescue. "Everybody in New York knows what you and cousin Louisa represent. that's why Mrs. Mingott felt she ought not to allow this slight on Countess Olenska to pass without consulting you."
rescue - retten; Rettung
represent - vorstellen, darstellen, vertreten
that's why - darum, deshalb, deswegen
allow - erlauben, zulassen, akzeptieren, mit einberechnen
consulting - Beratung; Rat halten, beraten, beratschlagen, beraten
Mrs. van der Luyden glanced at her husband, who glanced back at her.
"It is the principle that I dislike," said Mr. van der Luyden. "As long as a member of a well-known family is backed up by that family it should be considered"final."
principle - Grundsatz, Prinzip, Naturgesetz
dislike - Abneigung; Unbehagen; ablehnen
backed up - (back up) Sicherungskopie
"It seems so to me," said his wife, as if she were producing a new thought.
Seems - Scheint; scheinen, dünken
"I had no idea," Mr. van der Luyden continued, "that things had come to such a pass." He paused, and looked at his wife again. "It occurs to me, my dear, that the Countess Olenska is already a sort of relation"through Medora Manson's first husband. At any rate, she will be when Newland marries." He turned toward the young man. "Have you read this morning's Times, Newland?"
occurs - auftritt; passieren, vorkommen, stattfinden, vorkommen
marries - heiratet; heiraten, trauen, sich verehelichen
"Why, yes, sir," said Archer, who usually tossed off half a dozen papers with his morning coffee.
tossed - geworfen; Wurf, Münzwurf, werfen, werfen, verwerfen, wegwerfen
dozen - Dutzend; Dutzende (''of'': von)
Husband and wife looked at each other again. Their pale eyes clung together in prolonged and serious consultation; then a faint smile fluttered over Mrs. van der Luyden's face. She had evidently guessed and approved.
clung - geklammert; anschmiegen
prolonged - langwierig; ausdehnen, verlängern, hinauszögern
consultation - Beratung, Konsultation
fluttered - geflattert; flattern, wedeln
Mr. van der Luyden turned to Mrs. Archer. "If Louisa's health allowed her to dine out"I wish you would say to Mrs. Lovell Mingott"she and I would have been happy to"er"fill the places of the Lawrence Leffertses at her dinner." He paused to let the irony of this sink in. "As you know, this is impossible." Mrs. Archer sounded a sympathetic assent. "But Newland tells me he has read this morning's Times; therefore he has probably seen that Louisa's relative, the Duke of St. Austrey, arrives next week on the Russia. He is coming to enter his new sloop, the Guinevere, in next summer's International Cup Race; and also to have a little canvasback shooting at Trevenna.
irony - Ironie
sink - Waschbecken; sinken; senken, versenken, Spüle, Spülbecken
sounded a - ausgehorcht
sympathetic - sympathisch; mitfühlend
assent - zustimmen, behaupten
relative - vergleichsweise, relativ, Verwandter, Blutsverwandter, Verwandte
Russia - Russland
sloop - Slup, Schaluppe
International - international, zwischenstaatlich
race - um die Wette rennen; Rasse, Menschenschlag, Rennen
shooting - Schießen, Schießerei; (shoot); Schießen, Schießerei
Mr. van der Luyden paused again, and continued with increasing benevolence: "Before taking him down to Maryland we are inviting a few friends to meet him here"only a little dinner"with a reception afterward. I am sure Louisa will be as glad as I am if Countess Olenska will let us include her among our guests." He got up, bent his long body with a stiff friendliness toward his cousin, and added: "I think I have Louisa's authority for saying that she will herself leave the invitation to dine when she drives out presently: with our cards"of course with our cards."
increasing - zunehmen; steigernd, anwachsend, ansteigend
benevolence - Wohlwollen; Gutmütigkeit
friendliness - Freundlichkeit
Mrs. Archer, who knew this to be a hint that the seventeen-hand chestnuts which were never kept waiting were at the door, rose with a hurried murmur of thanks. Mrs. van der Luyden beamed on her with the smile of Esther interceding with Ahasuerus; but her husband raised a protesting hand.
chestnuts - Kastanie, Esskastanie, Kastanienbraun
hurried - eilig; Eile, beeilen
beamed - gebeamt; Balken, Balken, Breite, Pflugbaum, Grindel, Strahl
Esther - Esther, Esther, Ester, Esther
interceding - Fürsprache; bitten, verwenden, eingreifen, intervenieren
protesting - protestieren, demonstrieren, Einspruch erheben, Einwände äußern
"There is nothing to thank me for, dear Adeline; nothing whatever. This kind of thing must not happen in New York; it shall not, as long as I can help it," he pronounced with sovereign gentleness as he steered his cousins to the door.
pronounced - ausgeprägt; verkünden, aussprechen, pronunzieren, aussprechen
steered - Gesteuert; steuern, führen, lenken; junger Ochse, Rind
Two hours later, every one knew that the great C-spring barouche in which Mrs. van der Luyden took the air at all seasons had been seen at old Mrs. Mingott's door, where a large square envelope was handed in; and that evening at the Opera Mr.
seasons - Jahreszeiten; Jahreszeit, Saison; abschmecken (würzen), würzen
envelope - Umschlag; verhüllen; Kuvert, Versandtasche, Hüllenkurve
handed in - eingereicht
Sillerton Jackson was able to state that the envelope contained a card inviting the Countess Olenska to the dinner which the van der Luydens were giving the following week for their cousin, the Duke of St. Austrey.
contained - enthalten
Some of the younger men in the club box exchanged a smile at this announcement, and glanced sideways at Lawrence Lefferts, who sat carelessly in the front of the box, pulling his long fair moustache, and who remarked with authority, as the soprano paused: "No one but Patti ought to attempt the Sonnambula."
smile at - anlächeln
sideways - seitwärts; Seitenweg
pulling - herausziehen; (pull); ziehen
soprano - Sopran
attempt - versuchen; Versuch, Bestreben, Bestrebung, Anschlag, Attentat
It was generally agreed in New York that the Countess Olenska had "lost her looks."
She had appeared there first, in Newland Archer's boyhood, as a brilliantly pretty little girl of nine or ten, of whom people said that she "ought to be painted." Her parents had been continental wanderers, and after a roaming babyhood she had lost them both, and been taken in charge by her aunt, Medora Manson, also a wanderer, who was herself returning to New York to "settle down."
brilliantly - glänzend, brillant
Continental - kontinental
wanderers - Wanderer
roaming - wandern, umherziehen
babyhood - Babyzeit; Säuglingsalter
been taken in - hereingefallen
charge - Gebühr; Entgelt; Ladung; Last; Rempeln; beauftragen, belasten
settle down - einnisten, eingewöhnen, einleben
Poor Medora, repeatedly widowed, was always coming home to settle down (each time in a less expensive house), and bringing with her a new husband or an adopted child; but after a few months she invariably parted from her husband or quarrelled with her ward, and, having got rid of her house at a loss, set out again on her wanderings.
repeatedly - wiederholt
widowed - verwitwet; Witwe, Hurenkind
settle - regeln; abklären
less expensive - preiswerter
adopted - angenommen; adoptieren, annehmen, übernehmen
quarrelled - gestritten; sich streiten, zanken
ward - Station; abwehren, abhalten
rid - loswerden; befreien
Loss - Verlust, Ausfall; Kursverlust
wanderings - Wanderungen; (wander) irren, wandern, umherschweifen
As her mother had been a Rushworth, and her last unhappy marriage had linked her to one of the crazy Chiverses, New York looked indulgently on her eccentricities; but when she returned with her little orphaned niece, whose parents had been popular in spite of their regrettable taste for travel, people thought it a pity that the pretty child should be in such hands.
linked - verbunden; Verknüpfung, Gelenk, Bindeglied; verbinden
crazy - verrückt
indulgently - Nachsichtig
eccentricities - Exzentrizitäten; exzentrisches Verhalten
orphaned - verwaist; Waise, qualifier
But New York had so long resigned itself to Medora that only a few old ladies shook their heads over Ellen's gaudy clothes, while her other relations fell under the charm of her high colour and high spirits. She was a fearless and familiar little thing, who asked disconcerting questions, made precocious comments, and possessed outlandish arts, such as dancing a Spanish shawl dance and singing Neapolitan love-songs to a guitar. Under the direction of her aunt (whose real name was Mrs.
resigned - zurückgetreten; aufgeben, resignieren, abdanken
gaudy - knallig; grell, farbenprächtig
charm - Talisman; Charme, Zauberformel, Lieblichkeit; bezaubern
high spirits - Lebensfreude , Ausgelassenheit , Ăśbermut
fearless - furchtlos
disconcerting - beunruhigend; verwirren, stören, vereiteln, beunruhigen, de
precocious - frühreif
possessed - besessen; Schutzpolizeiaufgebote
outlandish - abwegig
shawl - Umschlagtuch; Schal
Neapolitan - Neapolitaner, neapolitanisch, Fürstückler-Eis
Thorley Chivers, but who, having received a Papal title, had resumed her first husband's patronymic, and called herself the Marchioness Manson, because in Italy she could turn it into Manzoni) the little girl received an expensive but incoherent education, which included "drawing from the model," a thing never dreamed of before, and playing the piano in quintets with professional musicians.
Papal - päpstlich
resumed - wiederaufgenommen; weiter; Lebenslauf; fortsetzen
patronymic - Vatersnamen; patronymisch; Vatername, Vatersname, Patronymikon
Marchioness - Marquise
Italy - Italien
incoherent - inkohärent
education - Ausbildung, Erziehung, Schulung, Unterricht
quintets - Quintette; Quintett
musicians - Musiker, q
Of course no good could come of this; and when, a few years later, poor Chivers finally died in a madhouse, his widow (draped in strange weeds) again pulled up stakes and departed with Ellen, who had grown into a tall bony girl with conspicuous eyes. For some time no more was heard of them; then news came of Ellen's marriage to an immensely rich Polish nobleman of legendary fame, whom she had met at a ball at the Tuileries, and who was said to have princely establishments in Paris, Nice and Florence, a yacht at Cowes, and many square miles of shooting in Transylvania.
madhouse - Irrenhaus, Irrenanstalt, Klapsmühle, Tollhaus
draped - drapiert; drapieren, drapieren
pulled - gezogen; ziehen, ziehen
stakes - Pfahl, Pflock, Marterpfahl, Scheiterhaufen, Anteil, Einsatz
departed - abgereist; verlassen, aufbrechen, verlassen, abweichen
bony - knöchern; grätig; knochig
immensely - immens
legendary - legendär
fame - Ruhm, Berühmtheit, Bekanntheit
princely - fürstlich
establishments - Niederlassungen; Verankerung (von Rechten), Feststellung
Florence - Florenz
yacht - Yacht, Jacht
She disappeared in a kind of sulphurous apotheosis, and when a few years later Medora again came back to New York, subdued, impoverished, mourning a third husband, and in quest of a still smaller house, people wondered that her rich niece had not been able to do something for her. Then came the news that Ellen's own marriage had ended in disaster, and that she was herself returning home to seek rest and oblivion among her kinsfolk.
sulphurous - schwefelhaltig
apotheosis - Gottwerdung, Apotheose, Vergötterung, Verherrlichung
subdued - gedämpft; unter Kontrolle bringen, unterwerfen, unterwerfen
impoverished - verarmt; arm
mourning - trauern; Trauer; Trauerkleidung
quest - Frage, Suche
disaster - Katastrophe; Desaster
returning home - heimgehend
seek - suchen
rest - Ruhe, Stütze, Lehne, ein Ăśbriges; bleiben, ruhen, ausruhen
oblivion - Vergessen; Vergessenheit
These things passed through Newland Archer's mind a week later as he watched the Countess Olenska enter the van der Luyden drawing-room on the evening of the momentous dinner. The occasion was a solemn one, and he wondered a little nervously how she would carry it off.
passed through - durchgelaufen
momentous - bedeutsam
She came rather late, one hand still ungloved, and fastening a bracelet about her wrist; yet she entered without any appearance of haste or embarrassment the drawing-room in which New York's most chosen company was somewhat awfully assembled.
fastening - Befestigung; befestigend, anbindend; (fasten); befestigen
bracelet - Armband
haste - Eile, Hast
assembled - montiert; zusammensetzen, versammeln, versammeln
In the middle of the room she paused, looking about her with a grave mouth and smiling eyes; and in that instant Newland Archer rejected the general verdict on her looks. It was true that her early radiance was gone. The red cheeks had paled; she was thin, worn, a little older-looking than her age, which must have been nearly thirty. But there was about her the mysterious authority of beauty, a sureness in the carriage of the head, the movement of the eyes, which, without being in the least theatrical, struck his as highly trained and full of a conscious power.
instant - sofort; augenblicklich, tafelfertig, Moment
verdict - Gerichtsurteil
cheeks - Wangen; Backe, qualifierormal, Backe, Stirn, Mick, Pumpenmick
paled - blass; Kumpel, Kamerad
sureness - Gewissheit
movement - Bewegung; Satz
theatrical - theatralisch, Theater
power - Macht, Kraft, Großmacht, Stärke, Strom
At the same time she was simpler in manner than most of the ladies present, and many people (as he heard afterward from Janey) were disappointed that her appearance was not more "stylish""for stylishness was what New York most valued. It was, perhaps, Archer reflected, because her early vivacity had disappeared; because she was so quiet"quiet in her movements, her voice, and the tones of her low-pitched voice. New York had expected something a good deal more reasonant in a young woman with such a history.
simpler - einfacher; (simple); einfach, simpel
manner - Art und Weise; Weise, Manier
stylishness - Eleganz
valued - wertgeschätzt; Wert, Wert, Wichtigkeit, Wert, Notenwert, Wert
vivacity - Lebendigkeit
movements - Bewegungen; Bewegung, Bewegung, Satz
pitched - gepitcht; werfen, festsetzen, errichten; Tonhöhe, Tonlage, Pech
reasonant - Vernünftig
The dinner was a somewhat formidable business. Dining with the van der Luydens was at best no light matter, and dining there with a Duke who was their cousin was almost a religious solemnity. It pleased Archer to think that only an old New Yorker could perceive the shade of difference (to New York) between being merely a Duke and being the van der Luydens'Duke. New York took stray noblemen calmly, and even (except in the Struthers set) with a certain distrustful hauteur; but when they presented such credentials as these they were received with an old-fashioned cordiality that they would have been greatly mistaken in ascribing solely to their standing in Debrett.
formidable - Beeindruckend; respekteinflößend, furchteinflößend
dining - Essen; speisen
matter - Materie; Masse, Substanz, Stoff, Angelegenheit, Anlass
religious - religiös, gläubig, Ordensmitglied, Ordensleute
solemnity - Feierlichkeit; Hochfest
perceive - wahrnehmen
stray - verirrt; Streuverlust; abirren, vagabundieren, streunen, irren
noblemen - Edelmann, Adeliger, Adliger, Aristokrat
distrustful - misstrauisch
hauteur - Hochmut
credentials - Berechtigungsnachweise; Berechtigungsnachweis, Zugangsdaten
cordiality - Herzlichkeit
greatly - sehr; außerordentlich, großartig
ascribing - zurückführen, zuschreiben, zuschreiben
solely - nur; einzig und allein; ausschließlich, exklusiv, alleinig
It was for just such distinctions that the young man cherished his old New York even while he smiled at it.
distinctions - Unterscheidungen; Unterschied, Auszeichnung
cherished - wertgeschätzt; hegen, wertschätzen
The van der Luydens had done their best to emphasise the importance of the occasion. The du Lac Sevres and the Trevenna George II plate were out; so was the van der Luyden "Lowestoft" (East India Company) and the Dagonet Crown Derby. Mrs. van der Luyden looked more than ever like a Cabanel, and Mrs. Archer, in her grandmother's seed-pearls and emeralds, reminded her son of an Isabey miniature.
George - Georg
plate - Teller; Platte (Druckplatte); Lagerplatte, Lochstein (Uhr)
India - Indien
crown - Zenit; krönen; Bombage (ballige Fläche), Zahnkrone; Baumkrone
Derby - Derby
seed - säen; Saatgut, Same, Saat, Samen
emeralds - Smaragde; Smaragd, Smaragdgrün
reminded - Erinnert; erinnern, in Erinnerung bringen
All the ladies had on their handsomest jewels, but it was characteristic of the house and the occasion that these were mostly in rather heavy old-fashioned settings; and old Miss Lanning, who had been persuaded to come, actually wore her mother's cameos and a Spanish blonde shawl.
handsomest - schönste; hübsch, stattlich, gutaussehend, ansehnlich, schmuck
jewels - Juwelen; Edelstein, Juwel
settings - Einstellungen; Kontext, Einstellung, Vertonung, untergehend
persuaded - überredet; überreden, gewinnen, verführen, bestechen
actually - Ja, also eigentlich ...;eigentlich, wirklich, tatsächlich
cameos - Gastauftritte; Camée, Kamee, Kurzauftritt, Cameo-Auftritt
The Countess Olenska was the only young woman at the dinner; yet, as Archer scanned the smooth plump elderly faces between their diamond necklaces and towering ostrich feathers, they struck him as curiously immature compared with hers. It frightened him to think what must have gone to the making of her eyes.
diamond - Stern, Diamant
necklaces - Halsketten; Halskette, Collier
towering - überragend; starker Rückhalt, Turm; emporragen, hochragen, ragen
ostrich - Strauß, Vogelstrauß
curiously - neugierige
immature - unreif, kindisch
frightened - verängstigt; Angst machen, erschrecken, schrecken, beängstigen
The Duke of St. Austrey, who sat at his hostess's right, was naturally the chief figure of the evening. But if the Countess Olenska was less conspicuous than had been hoped, the Duke was almost invisible. Being a well-bred man he had not (like another recent ducal visitor) come to the dinner in a shooting-jacket; but his evening clothes were so shabby and baggy, and he wore them with such an air of their being homespun, that (with his stooping way of sitting, and the vast beard spreading over his shirt-front) he hardly gave the appearance of being in dinner attire.
naturally - natürlich
chief - Häuptling, Oberhaupt, Chef
bred - gezüchtet; (breed) Zucht, Art, Rasse, Sorte; (breed); aufziehen
recent - jüngst, neu, kürzlich, frisch
ducal - herzoglich
shabby - schäbig
baggy - sackartig; ausgebeult
homespun - hausbacken, hausgemacht, schlicht, selbstgestrickt
stooping - Bücken; Buckel, sich beugen
beard - Bart; Alibifreundin
spreading - Ausbreitung; Verteilen, Verteilung, Verbreiten
attire - Anzug, Aufzug, Kleidung, Tracht, anziehen
He was short, round-shouldered, sunburnt, with a thick nose, small eyes and a sociable smile; but he seldom spoke, and when he did it was in such low tones that, despite the frequent silences of expectation about the table, his remarks were lost to all but his neighbours.
sunburnt - sonnenverbrannt; (sunburn); Sonnenbrand; Sonnenbrand bekommen
sociable - gesellig
despite - trotz
silences - Stille, Schweigen
expectation - Erwartung
remarks - Bemerkungen; bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung
When the men joined the ladies after dinner the Duke went straight up to the Countess Olenska, and they sat down in a corner and plunged into animated talk. Neither seemed aware that the Duke should first have paid his respects to Mrs. Lovell Mingott and Mrs. Headly Chivers, and the Countess have conversed with that amiable hypochondriac, Mr.
straight up - ungelogen;ohne Eis [Cocktails]
animated - animiert; lebendig, beseelt, bewegt, lebhaft, belebt, beleben
respects - respektiert; Achtung, Respekt, respektieren, respektieren
conversed - unterhielten; Umkehrung, umgekehrt, Gegenteil
amiable - liebenswürdig, liebenswert, gutmütig
hypochondriac - hypochondrisch; Hypochonder, Hypochonderin
Urban Dagonet of Washington Square, who, in order to have the pleasure of meeting her, had broken through his fixed rule of not dining out between January and April. The two chatted together for nearly twenty minutes; then the Countess rose and, walking alone across the wide drawing-room, sat down at Newland Archer's side.
Urban - städtisch, urban, Stadt
broken through - durchgebrochen
chatted - geplaudert; Unterhaltung, Plausch, Schwatz; sich unterhalten
wide - breit, weit
It was not the custom in New York drawing-rooms for a lady to get up and walk away from one gentleman in order to seek the company of another. Etiquette required that she should wait, immovable as an idol, while the men who wished to converse with her succeeded each other at her side.
etiquette - Etikette
immovable - unbeweglich
converse - Umkehrung, umgekehrt, Gegenteil
But the Countess was apparently unaware of having broken any rule; she sat at perfect ease in a corner of the sofa beside Archer, and looked at him with the kindest eyes.
unaware - ahnungslos; unwissend, nicht wissend, unaufmerksam, gedankenlos
ease - Leichtigkeit, Mühelosigkeit, Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit
"I want you to talk to me about May," she said.
Instead of answering her he asked: "You knew the Duke before?"
"Oh, yes"we used to see him every winter at Nice. He's very fond of gambling"he used to come to the house a great deal." She said it in the simplest manner, as if she had said: "He's fond of wild-flowers"; and after a moment she added candidly: "I think he's the dullest man I ever met."
gambling - Glücksspiel; (gamble); Glücksspiel, Hazardspiel, riskant
simplest - am einfachsten; einfach, simpel, einfach, simpel
wild - wild, rau
candidly - aufrichtig; offen
dullest - am langweiligsten; stumpf, fad, langweilig, matt, stumpf, blöd
This pleased her companion so much that he forgot the slight shock her previous remark had caused him. It was undeniably exciting to meet a lady who found the van der Luydens'Duke dull, and dared to utter the opinion.
companion - Begleiter, Freund, Liebhaber, Kamerad
shock - Schock, Betroffenheit, Empörung, Schlag, Stoß
remark - bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung
caused - verursacht; Ursache, Anlass, Grund, Sache, verursachen
undeniably - unbestreitbar
utter - Äußerlich; äußerst
He longed to question her, to hear more about the life of which her careless words had given him so illuminating a glimpse; but he feared to touch on distressing memories, and before he could think of anything to say she had strayed back to her original subject.
illuminating - erhellend; beleuchten, erhellen, illuminieren
Glimpse - Ein Blick; Blick; Aufblitzen, Aufleuchten, Schimmer, entdecken
distressing - beunruhigend; Kummer, Bedrängnis, Drangsal, Bekümmerung, Not
strayed - verirrt; Streuverlust; abirren, vagabundieren, streunen, irren
original - ursprünglich, ur-, original, originell, Original, ext
"May is a darling; I've seen no young girl in New York so handsome and so intelligent. Are you very much in love with her?"
intelligent - klug; intelligent
Newland Archer reddened and laughed. "As much as a man can be."
She continued to consider him thoughtfully, as if not to miss any shade of meaning in what he said, "Do you think, then, there is a limit?"
thoughtfully - nachdenklich, aufmerksam
"To being in love? If there is, I haven't found it!"
She glowed with sympathy. "Ah"it's really and truly a romance?"
glowed - geglüht; glühen, abstrahlen, leuchten, Glühen
sympathy - Mitleid, Mitgefühl, Empathie, Einfühlungsvermögen, Sympathie
truly - wirklich, wahrhaft, ehrlich, echt
"The most romantic of romances!"
most romantic - romantischste
romances - Romanzen; Liebesgeschichte; qual
"How delightful! And you found it all out for yourselves"it was not in the least arranged for you?"
delightful - reizvoll, entzückend, angenehm
arranged - vereinbart; arrangieren, systematisieren, aufstellen, ordnen
Archer looked at her incredulously. "Have you forgotten," he asked with a smile, "that in our country we don't allow our marriages to be arranged for us?"
incredulously - ungläubig
A dusky blush rose to her cheek, and he instantly regretted his words.
dusky - düster
"Yes," she answered, "I'd forgotten. You must forgive me if I sometimes make these mistakes. I don't always remember that everything here is good that was"that was bad where I've come from." She looked down at her Viennese fan of eagle feathers, and he saw that her lips trembled.
forgive - vergeben, verzeihen, entschuldigen
Viennese - Wiener, Wienerin, wienerisch, wienisch
"I'm so sorry," he said impulsively; "but you ARE among friends here, you know."
impulsively - impulsiv
"Yes"I know. Wherever I go I have that feeling. That's why I came home. I want to forget everything else, to become a complete American again, like the Mingotts and Wellands, and you and your delightful mother, and all the other good people here tonight. Ah, here's May arriving, and you will want to hurry away to her," she added, but without moving; and her eyes turned back from the door to rest on the young man's face.
The drawing-rooms were beginning to fill up with after-dinner guests, and following Madame Olenska's glance Archer saw May Welland entering with her mother. In her dress of white and silver, with a wreath of silver blossoms in her hair, the tall girl looked like a Diana just alight from the chase.
fill up - auffüllen, betanken (Kraftfahrzeug), vollfüllen
entering - eintreten; eingegeben; (enter); reingehen, hineingehen
wreath - Kranz, Gebinde, Helmwulst
Diana - Diana, Diana
alight - aussteigen; landen
chase - verfolgtes Wild, Verfolgung; jagen; Jagd (nach)
"Oh," said Archer, "I have so many rivals; you see she's already surrounded. There's the Duke being introduced."
rivals - Rivalen; Gegner, Rivale, Konkurrent, Gegnerin, Rivalin
surrounded - umgeben, umringen, umzingeln, umringen
"Then stay with me a little longer," Madame Olenska said in a low tone, just touching his knee with her plumed fan. It was the lightest touch, but it thrilled him like a caress.
touching - (to touch) anfassen, streifen, berühren; (touch); anfassen
plumed - gefiedert; Schadstofffahne, Abwasserfahne
caress - Liebkosung, Umarmung, Streicheln, liebkosen
"Yes, let me stay," he answered in the same tone, hardly knowing what he said; but just then Mr. van der Luyden came up, followed by old Mr. Urban Dagonet. The Countess greeted them with her grave smile, and Archer, feeling his host's admonitory glance on him, rose and surrendered his seat.
Host - Zeremonienmeister, Hausherr, Menge; Hostie; Gastgeber sein
admonitory - mahnend
surrendered - aufgegeben; kapitulieren, ergeben
Madame Olenska held out her hand as if to bid him goodbye.
bid - Angebot, reizen, Gebot, Bieten, bieten
"Tomorrow, then, after five"I shall expect you," she said; and then turned back to make room for Mr. Dagonet.
"Tomorrow"" Archer heard himself repeating, though there had been no engagement, and during their talk she had given him no hint that she wished to see him again.
As he moved away he saw Lawrence Lefferts, tall and resplendent, leading his wife up to be introduced; and heard Gertrude Lefferts say, as she beamed on the Countess with her large unperceiving smile: "But I think we used to go to dancing-school together when we were children"." Behind her, waiting their turn to name themselves to the Countess, Archer noticed a number of the recalcitrant couples who had declined to meet her at Mrs.
moved away - abgerückt
resplendent - prächtig
unperceiving - nicht wahrnehmen
noticed - bemerkt; Bekanntmachung, Benachrichtigung, Mitteilung
recalcitrant - widerspenstig, störrisch, bockig, aufsässig
Lovell Mingott's. As Mrs. Archer remarked: when the van der Luydens chose, they knew how to give a lesson. The wonder was that they chose so seldom.
The young man felt a touch on his arm and saw Mrs. van der Luyden looking down on him from the pure eminence of black velvet and the family diamonds. "It was good of you, dear Newland, to devote yourself so unselfishly to Madame Olenska. I told your cousin Henry he must really come to the rescue."
devote - widmen
unselfishly - uneigennützig
He was aware of smiling at her vaguely, and she added, as if condescending to his natural shyness: "I've never seen May looking lovelier. The Duke thinks her the handsomest girl in the room."
vaguely - undeutlich
condescending to - geruhend
shyness - Schüchternheit, Scheu, Scheuheit
lovelier - schöner; schön, hübsch, wunderbar, herrlich
The Countess Olenska had said "after five"; and at half after the hour Newland Archer rang the bell of the peeling stucco house with a giant wisteria throttling its feeble cast-iron balcony, which she had hired, far down West Twenty-third Street, from the vagabond Medora.
peeling - Schälen; (peel); Schälen
stucco - Putz, Wandputz, Putzmörtel, Stuck, Stuckarbeit
giant - Riese, Riesin, Gigant, Gigantin
wisteria - Glyzinie; Blauregen
Throttling - Drosselung; erdrosselnd, drosselnd
feeble - kraftlos, schwach, dürftig
cast-iron - (cast-iron) Gusseisen , Gusseisen
balcony - Balkon
hired - angestellt; leihen, Entgelt, anstellen, mieten; dingen
vagabond - Vagabund, Landstreicher, Landstreicherin
It was certainly a strange quarter to have settled in. Small dress-makers, bird-stuffers and "people who wrote" were her nearest neighbours; and further down the dishevelled street Archer recognised a dilapidated wooden house, at the end of a paved path, in which a writer and journalist called Winsett, whom he used to come across now and then, had mentioned that he lived.
makers - Macher, Hersteller, Fabrikant
stuffers - Füllmaterial; (stuff) stopfen, Zeug, Gewebe, Stopfen
further - fördern; weiter, ferner, des Weiteren
dilapidated - baufällig; ruinieren
paved - gepflastert; mit Platten auslegen, pflastern, bepflastern
path - Weg, Pfad
journalist - Journalist, Journalistin, Reporter
mentioned - erwähnt; Erwähnung, erwähnen
Winsett did not invite people to his house; but he had once pointed it out to Archer in the course of a nocturnal stroll, and the latter had asked himself, with a little shiver, if the humanities were so meanly housed in other capitals.
nocturnal - nachtaktiv; nächtlich
stroll - Spaziergang, Bummel, spazieren gehen, bummeln, schlendern
humanities - Geisteswissenschaften; Menschheit, Humanität, Menschlichkeit
meanly - geizig; gemein
Madame Olenska's own dwelling was redeemed from the same appearance only by a little more paint about the window-frames; and as Archer mustered its modest front he said to himself that the Polish Count must have robbed her of her fortune as well as of her illusions.
dwelling - Wohnung, Behausung; (dwell); leben, verbleiben, wohnen
redeemed - erlöst; zurückkaufen, loslösen, freikaufen, befreien, befreien
mustered - mustern; antreten lassen
robbed - ausgeraubt; rauben, berauben, Raubbau treiben, ausrauben
illusions - Illusionen; Illusion, Wahnvorstellung, Sinnestäuschung, Illusion
The young man had spent an unsatisfactory day. He had lunched with the Wellands, hoping afterward to carry off May for a walk in the Park. He wanted to have her to himself, to tell her how enchanting she had looked the night before, and how proud he was of her, and to press her to hasten their marriage.
unsatisfactory - nicht zufriedenstellend
carry off - abtragen, verschleppen
enchanting - bezaubernd; verzaubern, verzaubern
press - Presse (Maschine), Presse (Zeitung); drängen, drücken
hasten - hasten, beeilen
But Mrs. Welland had firmly reminded him that the round of family visits was not half over, and, when he hinted at advancing the date of the wedding, had raised reproachful eye-brows and sighed out: "Twelve dozen of everything"hand-embroidered""
hinted at - angespielt
advancing - fortschreitend; erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken
reproachful - vorwurfsvoll
embroidered - bestickt; sticken, ausschmücken
Packed in the family landau they rolled from one tribal doorstep to another, and Archer, when the afternoon's round was over, parted from his betrothed with the feeling that he had been shown off like a wild animal cunningly trapped.
packed - verpackt; packen, einpacken; packen (verstauen); Bündel, Meute
tribal - Stammesangehörige; Stamm
doorstep - Eingangsstufe, Türschwelle
shown off - geprotzt
trapped - gefangen; Fallgrube, Falle, Fahrt (im Bergwerk); einfangen
He supposed that his readings in anthropology caused him to take such a coarse view of what was after all a simple and natural demonstration of family feeling; but when he remembered that the Wellands did not expect the wedding to take place till the following autumn, and pictured what his life would be till then, a dampness fell upon his spirit.
readings - Lesungen; Lesen
anthropology - Anthropologie, Menschenkunde, Menschenlehre
coarse - grob, grobkörnig, derb, primitiv
demonstration - Demonstration, Vorführung, Kundgebung
till then - bis dahin, bis nachher
dampness - Feuchtigkeit
"Tomorrow," Mrs. Welland called after him, "we'll do the Chiverses and the Dallases"; and he perceived that she was going through their two families alphabetically, and that they were only in the first quarter of the alphabet.
alphabetically - alphabetisch
He had meant to tell May of the Countess Olenska's request"her command, rather"that he should call on her that afternoon; but in the brief moments when they were alone he had had more pressing things to say. Besides, it struck him as a little absurd to allude to the matter. He knew that May most particularly wanted him to be kind to her cousin; was it not that wish which had hastened the announcement of their engagement?
request - Anfrage; anfordern, erwünschen, verlangen nach, begehren
Command - Befehl, Kommando, befehlen, kommandieren, gebieten, beherrschen
besides - Außerdem; neben, neben
particularly - besonders
hastened - beeilt; hasten, beeilen
It gave him an odd sensation to reflect that, but for the Countess's arrival, he might have been, if not still a free man, at least a man less irrevocably pledged. But May had willed it so, and he felt himself somehow relieved of further responsibility"and therefore at liberty, if he chose, to call on her cousin without telling her.
sensation - Gefühl, Empfindung, Sensation
irrevocably - unwiderruflich
relieved - Erleichtert; erleichtern, lindern, entlasten, ablösen
responsibility - Verantwortung, Verantwortlichkeit
liberty - Freiheit
As he stood on Madame Olenska's threshold curiosity was his uppermost feeling. He was puzzled by the tone in which she had summoned him; he concluded that she was less simple than she seemed.
puzzled - verwirrt; Rätsel
summoned - vorgeladen; auffordern, vorladen
concluded - abgeschlossen; beenden, schließen, zu Ende führen, abschließen
The door was opened by a swarthy foreign-looking maid, with a prominent bosom under a gay neckerchief, whom he vaguely fancied to be Sicilian. She welcomed him with all her white teeth, and answering his enquiries by a head-shake of incomprehension led him through the narrow hall into a low firelit drawing-room. The room was empty, and she left him, for an appreciable time, to wonder whether she had gone to find her mistress, or whether she had not understood what he was there for, and thought it might be to wind the clock"of which he perceived that the only visible specimen had stopped.
swarthy - dunkelhäutig; dunkeln
maid - Dienstmädchen; Mädchen; Stubenmädchen
neckerchief - Halstuch
fancied - Lust gehabt; extravagant, originell
Sicilian - sizilianisch; Sizilianisch; Sizilianer, Sizilianerin
Enquiries - Nachfragen; Anfrage
shake - schütteln, erschüttern, händeschütteln, Schütteln, Milchshake
firelit - Feuerschein
empty - leer; leeren, entleeren, ausleeren, leer machen
appreciable - spürbar
whether - ob
Mistress - Frau, Meisterin, Herrscherin, Mätresse, Liebhaberin, Domina
wind - aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln, abspulen
specimen - Exemplar, Muster, Spezimen, Probe
He knew that the southern races communicated with each other in the language of pantomime, and was mortified to find her shrugs and smiles so unintelligible. at length she returned with a Lamp; and Archer, having meanwhile put together a phrase out of Dante and Petrarch, evoked the answer: "La signora e fuori; ma verra subito"; which he took to mean: "She's out"but you'll soon see."
southern - südlich, Süd
races - um die Wette rennen; Rasse, Menschenschlag, Rennen
communicated - kommuniziert; mitteilen, übermitteln, kommunizieren, kundtun
pantomime - Pantomime; pantomimisieren
mortified - gedemütigt; abtöten, töten, abtöten
shrugs - Schulterzucken
unintelligible - unverständlich
at length - schließlich, endlich, ausführlich
la - US-Bundesstaat
evoked - evoziert; hervorrufen
Signora - Frau
What he saw, meanwhile, with the help of the lamp, was the faded shadowy charm of a room unlike any room he had known.
shadowy - schattenhaft; schattig
unlike - im Gegensatz zu; ungleichartig, anders, ungleich
He knew that the Countess Olenska had brought some of her possessions with her"bits of wreckage, she called them"and these, he supposed, were represented by some small slender tables of dark wood, a delicate little Greek bronze on the chimney-piece, and a stretch of red damask nailed on the discoloured wallpaper behind a couple of Italian-looking pictures in old frames.
possessions - Besitztümer; Gut
wreckage - Wrackteile; Trümmer
Greek - griechisch; Griechisch, griechische Sprache, Grieche, Griechin
bronze - Bronze; bronzen
chimney - Kamin, Esse, Schlot, Schornstein, Spalte
stretch - strecken, dehnen, langziehen, dehnen
nailed on - angenagelt
discoloured - verfärbt; verfärben
wallpaper - Tapete; Hintergrundbild, Wallpaper, tapezieren
Newland Archer prided himself on his knowledge of Italian art. His boyhood had been saturated with Ruskin, and he had read all the latest books: John Addington Symonds, Vernon Lee's "Euphorion," the essays of P. G. Hamerton, and a wonderful new volume called "The Renaissance" by Walter Pater. He talked easily of Botticelli, and spoke of Fra Angelico with a faint condescension. But these pictures bewildered him, for they were like nothing that he was accustomed to look at (and therefore able to see) when he travelled in Italy; and perhaps, also, his powers of observation were impaired by the oddness of finding himself in this strange empty house, where apparently no one expected him.
saturated - gesättigt; sättigen, sättigen
Lee - Windschatten, Lee, Schutz
essays - Aufsätze; Versuch, Abhandlung
volume - Volumen; Lautstärke; Jahrgang; Band; Volume
Renaissance - Wiedergeburt
pater - (pat) tätscheln; (pat) (pat) tätscheln
condescension - Herablassung, Kondeszendenz
bewildered - verwirrt; verwirren, durcheinanderbringen
powers - Kräfte; Macht, Kraft, Macht, Macht, Großmacht, Kraft, Stärke
observation - Beobachtung; Bemerkung
impaired - beeinträchtigt; beeinträchtigen, schädigen
oddness - Seltsamkeiten; Sonderbarkeit
He was sorry that he had not told May Welland of Countess Olenska's request, and a little disturbed by the thought that his betrothed might come in to see her cousin. What would she think if she found him sitting there with the air of intimacy implied by waiting alone in the dusk at a lady's fireside?
disturbed - beunruhigt; stören
dusk - Abenddämmerung
fireside - Kamingespräch; Kaminecke
But since he had come he meant to wait; and he sank into a chair and stretched his feet to the logs.
logs - Protokolle; Logbuch; Log, Holzklotz
It was odd to have summoned him in that way, and then forgotten him; but Archer felt more curious than mortified. The atmosphere of the room was so different from any he had ever breathed that self-consciousness vanished in the sense of adventure. He had been before in drawing-rooms hung with red damask, with pictures "of the Italian school"; what struck him was the way in which Medora Manson's shabby hired house, with its blighted background of pampas grass and Rogers statuettes, had, by a turn of the hand, and the skilful use of a few properties, been transformed into something intimate, "foreign," subtly suggestive of old romantic scenes and sentiments.
more curious - neugierigere
breathed - geatmet; atmen, einatmen, hauchen
consciousness - Bewusstsein, Gewahrsein, Erkenntnis, Bewusstheit
vanished - verschwunden; verschwinden, vergehen, sich verflüchtigen
adventure - Abenteuer
blighted - verdorben; Braunfäule, Geißel, Seuche, Plage, Heimsuchung, Übel
background - Hintergrund
Pampas - Pampa
grass - Gras; Rasen; Spitzel; verpfeifen
Rogers - Rutger, Rüdiger
statuettes - Statuetten; Statuette
skilful - gewandt, gekonnt, geschickt, erfahren
properties - Eigenschaften; Eigentum
transformed - verwandelt; verwandeln, transformieren, umwandeln
subtly - subtil
suggestive - suggestiv
romantic - romantisch; Romantiker, Romantikerin
He tried to analyse the trick, to find a clue to it in the way the chairs and tables were grouped, in the fact that only two Jacqueminot roses (of which nobody ever bought less than a dozen) had been placed in the slender vase at his elbow, and in the vague pervading perfume that was not what one put on handkerchiefs, but rather like the scent of some far-off bazaar, a smell made up of Turkish coffee and ambergris and dried roses.
analyse - analysieren
trick - List, Falle, Finte, Trick, Trick
clue - Anhaltspunkt, Hinweis, Faden, Indiz, informieren, unterrichten
vase - Vase
elbow - Ellbogen; Rohrbogen; Ellbogenstoß; ellbögeln
vague - vage; nebelhaft, schwach, unklar, undeutlich
pervading - durchdringend; durchziehen
perfume - Duft; Parfüm, Duftstoff, Parfum, parfümieren
handkerchiefs - Taschentücher; Taschentuch
scent - Geruch, Duft, Parfüm, Parfum, Fährte, Geruch (1, 3)
bazaar - Basar, Markt
smell - Geruch; Geruchssinn, Riechen, stinken
Turkish - Türkisch
ambergris - Ambra, Amber
dried - getrocknet; trocken, trocken, trocknen, trocknen, t+abtrocknen
His mind wandered away to the question of what May's drawing-room would look like. He knew that Mr. Welland, who was behaving "very handsomely," already had his eye on a newly built house in East Thirty-ninth Street. The neighbourhood was thought remote, and the house was built in a ghastly greenish-yellow stone that the younger architects were beginning to employ as a protest against the brownstone of which the uniform hue coated New York like a cold chocolate sauce; but the plumbing was perfect. Archer would have liked to travel, to put off the housing question; but, though the Wellands approved of an extended European honeymoon (perhaps even a winter in Egypt), they were firm as to the need of a house for the returning couple. The young man felt that his fate was sealed: for the rest of his life he would go up every evening between the cast-iron railings of that greenish-yellow doorstep, and pass through a Pompeian vestibule into a hall with a wainscoting of varnished yellow wood.
behaving - benehmen
handsomely - gut aussehend; hübsch, hübsche
newly - neu
ninth - neunte; Neunter; Neuntel
neighbourhood - Viertel (Wohngegend), Nachbarschaft; Nähe, Stadtteil
ghastly - geisterhaft; grässlich, gespenstisch, haarsträubend
greenish - grünlich
architects - Architekten; Architekt, Architektin
employ - beschäftigen; einstellen, anstellen, anwerben, einsetzen
protest - protestieren, demonstrieren, Einspruch erheben, Einwände äußern
brownstone - rötlich brauner Sandstein
hue - Farbe, Tönung, Geschrei, Farbton
plumbing - Klempnerarbeiten; Verrohrung, Rohrleitung, Installation
put off - aufschieben;abgespiesen
extended - erweitert; erweitern, ausdehnen, erweitern, ausdehnen, ausweiten
honeymoon - Flitterwochen; Hochzeitsreise, flittern
Egypt - Ägypten
sealed - versiegelt; versiegeln; Siegel, Stempel, Seehund
every evening - allabendlich
iron - eisern; bügeln; in Eisen legen
railings - Geländer
pass through - durchfahren, durchlaufen, durchgehen, durchreisen
Pompeian - Pompejanisch
vestibule - Vestibül; Windfang, Vorraum; in large buildings: Vorhalle
wainscoting - Vertäfelung; (wainscot) Vertäfelung
varnished - lackiert; Lack, Firnis, Firnis, Lack, deirnis, lackieren
But beyond that his imagination could not travel. He knew the drawing-room above had a bay window, but he could not fancy how May would deal with it. She submitted cheerfully to the purple satin and yellow tuftings of the Welland drawing-room, to its sham Buhl tables and gilt vitrines full of modern Saxe. He saw no reason to suppose that she would want anything different in her own house; and his only comfort was to reflect that she would probably let him arrange his library as he pleased"which would be, of course, with "sincere" Eastlake furniture, and the plain new bookcases without glass doors.
bay window - Erkerfenster
submitted - vorgelegt; sich fügen, vorlegen, einreichen, unterwerfen
sham - Schwindel; Schein., Fälschung
vitrines - Vitrinen; Vitrine
comfort - Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit, Komfort, Trost, Tröstung
arrange - sich einigen (über);etwas in die Wege leiten;anordnen, einrichten, sortieren, übereinkommen
sincere - aufrichtig
The round-bosomed maid came in, drew the curtains, pushed back a log, and said consolingly: "Verra"verra." When she had gone Archer stood up and began to wander about. Should he wait any longer? His position was becoming rather foolish. Perhaps he had misunderstood Madame Olenska"perhaps she had not invited him after all.
bosomed - Busen, Busen, Brust, der Busenfreund
curtains - Vorhänge; Vorhang, Vorhang
pushed back - zurückgedrängt
log - Logbuch; Log, Holzklotz, Kloben (Holzklotz); aufzeichnen
consolingly - trösten
wander about - herumwandern, herumziehen, umherirren
misunderstood - missverstanden; missverstehen, falsch verstehen
Down the cobblestones of the quiet street came the ring of a stepper's hoofs; they stopped before the house, and he caught the opening of a carriage door. Parting the curtains he looked out into the early dusk. A street-lamp faced him, and in its light he saw Julius Beaufort's compact English brougham, drawn by a big roan, and the banker descending from it, and helping out Madame Olenska.
cobblestones - Kopfsteinpflaster; Katzenkopf, Katzenkopfpflasterstein
hoofs - Hufe; Huf
brougham - Kutsche
roan - rötlichgrau
descending from - hergestammt
helping out - aushelfend
Beaufort stood, hat in hand, saying something which his companion seemed to negative; then they shook hands, and he jumped into his carriage while she mounted the steps.
jumped - gesprungen; (to jump) springen, hüpfen
When she entered the room she showed no surprise at seeing Archer there; surprise seemed the emotion that she was least addicted to.
emotion - Emotionen; Gefühl, Empfindung
addicted - Süchtiger, Narkomane, süchtig machen
"How do you like my funny house?" she asked. "To me it's like heaven."
As she spoke she untied her little velvet bonnet and tossing it away with her long cloak stood looking at him with meditative eyes.
untied - ungebunden; losbinden, losmachen, aufklären, auflösen
tossing - Werfen; hin- und herschleudern
meditative - meditativ
"You've arranged it delightfully," he rejoined, alive to the flatness of the words, but imprisoned in the conventional by his consuming desire to be simple and striking.
delightfully - entzückend
flatness - Flachheit; Ebenheit
imprisoned - inhaftiert; einsperren, einkerkern
conventional - konventionell
consuming - konsumieren; verbrauchend, verbrauchen
striking - auffällig; (strike); streichen; schlagen; prägen; streiken; scheinen; die Fahne streichen; Strike; Streik; Schlag
"Oh, it's a poor little place. My relations despise it. But at any rate it's less gloomy than the van der Luydens'."
little place - Plätzchen
despise - verachten
gloomy - düster, finster, trübe, dunkel
The words gave him an electric shock, for few were the rebellious spirits who would have dared to call the stately home of the van der Luydens gloomy. Those privileged to enter it shivered there, and spoke of it as "handsome." But suddenly he was glad that she had given voice to the general shiver.
electric shock - elektrischer Schlag
rebellious - rebellisch
spirits - Geister; Geist, Seele, Geist, Stimmung, Schnaps, qualifier
shivered - gezittert; Schauder, Schauer, zittern, frösteln
"It's delicious"what you've done here," he repeated.
"I like the little house," she admitted; "but I suppose what I like is the blessedness of its being here, in my own country and my own town; and then, of being alone in it." She spoke so low that he hardly heard the last phrase; but in his awkwardness he took it up.
blessedness - Glückseligkeit; Seligkeit
awkwardness - Unbeholfenheit, Umständlichkeit, Ungeschicklichkeit, Plumpheit
"You like so much to be alone?"
"Yes; as long as my friends keep me from feeling lonely." She sat down near the fire, said: "Nastasia will bring the tea presently," and signed to him to return to his armchair, adding: "I see you've already chosen your corner."
lonely - einsam, alleinig, abgeschieden, öde
Leaning back, she folded her arms behind her head, and looked at the fire under drooping lids.
folded - falten, zusammenlegen, verschränken (Arme); Falte, gefaltete
"This is the hour I like best"don't you?"
don't you? - Du weißt doch, dass ...
A proper sense of his dignity caused him to answer: "I was afraid you'd forgotten the hour. Beaufort must have been very engrossing."
engrossing - fesselnd; beschlagnahmen, beanspruchen
She looked amused. "Why"have you waited long? Mr. Beaufort took me to see a number of houses"since it seems I'm not to be allowed to stay in this one." She appeared to dismiss both Beaufort and himself from her mind, and went on: "I've never been in a city where there seems to be such a feeling against living in des quartiers excentriques. What does it matter where one lives? I'm told this street is respectable."
dismiss - jdn. des Platzes verweisen;aufgeben, feuern (entlassen), vom Amt absetzen
des - Verschlüsselungsstandard
"It's not fashionable."
"Fashionable! Do you all think so much of that? Why not make one's own fashions? But I suppose I've lived too independently; at any rate, I want to do what you all do"I want to feel cared for and safe."
fashions - Moden; Mode, Stil, Mode, fertigen, anfertigen
independently - unabhängig
cared for - (care for) hegen, sorgen für
He was touched, as he had been the evening before when she spoke of her need of guidance.
touched - berührt; anfassen, berühren, rühren, Berührung, Berührung
"That's what your friends want you to feel. New York's an awfully safe place," he added with a flash of sarcasm.
flash - Blitzlicht; aufleuchten, blitzen, aufflammen
"Yes, isn't it? One feels that," she cried, missing the mockery. "Being here is like"like"being taken on a holiday when one has been a good little girl and done all one's lessons."
isn't it? - gell, gelle, gelt?
mockery - Spott und Hohn; Verspottung, Verhöhnung, Gespött, Lachnummer
The analogy was well meant, but did not altogether please him. He did not mind being flippant about New York, but disliked to hear any one else take the same tone. He wondered if she did not begin to see what a powerful engine it was, and how nearly it had crushed her. The Lovell Mingotts'dinner, patched up in extremis out of all sorts of social odds and ends, ought to have taught her the narrowness of her escape; but either she had been all along unaware of having skirted disaster, or else she had lost sight of it in the triumph of the van der Luyden evening.
analogy - Analogie
flippant - schnoddrig; schnodderig, vorlaut, frech, oberflächlich
disliked - nicht mochte; Unbehagen
powerful - mächtig
engine - Motor, Triebwerk, Antrieb
crushed - erdrückt; Schwarm, zerdrücken
patched up - ausgeflickt
sorts - Sorten; Sortierung, Gattung, Art, Sorte; sortieren, ordnen
odds - Quoten; einzeln, seltsam, merkwürdig, komisch, ungerade
narrowness - Engstirnigkeit; Enge, Beschränktheit
triumph - Sieg, Erfolg
Archer inclined to the former theory; he fancied that her New York was still completely undifferentiated, and the conjecture nettled him.
inclined - geneigt; neigen, neigen, neigen, Neigung, Anstieg, Gefälle
former - erstgenannt, ehem. ehemalig, frühere, früher
theory - Theorie
undifferentiated - undifferenziert
conjecture - Mutmaßungen; Vermutung, Verdacht, Mutmaßung, Hypothese
nettled - genervt; Nessel, Brennnessel
"Last night," he said, "New York laid itself out for you. The van der Luydens do nothing by halves."
"No: how kind they are! It was such a nice party. Every one seems to have such an esteem for them."
esteem - Achtung, Ansehen, Wertschätzung, schätzen
The terms were hardly adequate; she might have spoken in that way of a tea-party at the dear old Miss Lannings'.
terms - Bedingungen; Termin, Semester, Begriff; Spielzeit
adequate - angemessen, adäquat, entsprechend
"The van der Luydens," said Archer, feeling himself pompous as he spoke, "are the most powerful influence in New York society. Unfortunately"owing to her health"they receive very seldom."
pompous - pompös, schwülstig
unfortunately - leider, unglücklicherweise
owing to - aufgrund, dank, durch, infolge
She unclasped her hands from behind her head, and looked at him meditatively.
unclasped - ungeschnallt; aufmachen, loslassen
meditatively - meditativ
"Isn't that perhaps the reason?"
"The reason"?"
"For their great influence; that they make themselves so rare."
He coloured a little, stared at her"and suddenly felt the penetration of the remark. At a stroke she had pricked the van der Luydens and they collapsed. He laughed, and sacrificed them.
penetration - Durchdringung; Penetration
stroke - Schlaganfall; streicheln; Stoß, Schlag, Streich, Hub
pricked - gestochen; spitzer Gegenstand, Stich
collapsed - zusammengebrochen; einstürzen, kollabieren, zusammenfallen
sacrificed - geopfert; opfern, opfern, Opfer
Nastasia brought the tea, with handleless Japanese cups and little covered dishes, placing the tray on a low table.
handleless - grifflos
Japanese - japanisch; Japaner (Japanerin; Japanese ); Japanisch
tray - Tablett, Servierbrett
"But you'll explain these things to me"you'll tell me all I ought to know," Madame Olenska continued, leaning forward to hand him his cup.
"It's you who are telling me; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them."
ceased - eingestellt; aufhören, aufhören, einstellen
She detached a small gold cigarette-case from one of her bracelets, held it out to him, and took a cigarette herself. On the chimney were long spills for lighting them.
detached - losgelöst; entfernen, ablösen, lösen, loslösen, abtrennen
gold - Gold
cigarette-case - (cigarette-case) Zigarettenetui
spills - verschüttet; verschütten, schütten
"Ah, then we can both help each other. But I want help so much more. You must tell me just what to do."
It was on the tip of his tongue to reply: "Don't be seen driving about the streets with Beaufort"" but he was being too deeply drawn into the atmosphere of the room, which was her atmosphere, and to give advice of that sort would have been like telling some one who was bargaining for attar-of-roses in Samarkand that one should always be provided with arctics for a New York winter. New York seemed much farther off than Samarkand, and if they were indeed to help each other she was rendering what might prove the first of their mutual services by making him look at his native city objectively.
tip - Tipp; Tip
bargaining - verhandeln; Angebot
attar - Rosenöl; Blumenessenz
Samarkand - Samarkand
provided with - versehen mit
arctics - arktisch, arktisch, Arktis
rendering - wiedergebend, huldigend, Aufführung; (render) wiedergebend
Prove - er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten
mutual - wechselseitig, gegenseitig, beiderseitig, gemeinsam
services - Dienstleistungen; warten; Bedienung, Dienstleistung, Betrieb
native - gebürtig; einheimisch; nativ; Ureinwohner, Ureinwohnerin
Viewed thus, as through the wrong end of a telescope, it looked disconcertingly small and distant; but then from Samarkand it would.
viewed - angesehen; Aussicht, Aussicht, Anblick, Sicht, Ansicht, Aufruf
telescope - Teleskop, Fernrohr
disconcertingly - beunruhigend
A flame darted from the logs and she bent over the fire, stretching her thin hands so close to it that a faint halo shone about the oval nails. The light touched to russet the rings of dark hair escaping from her braids, and made her pale face paler.
flame - Flamme, poetic, anmachen
darted - geworfen; Pfeil, Satz
halo - Halo; Heiligenschein; Nimbus
oval - Oval
russet - Rotbraun; Renette; rostbraun
rings - Ringe; Ring, Kreis
escaping - fliehen; entgehen, entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht
paler - blasser; Kumpel, Kamerad
"There are plenty of people to tell you what to do," Archer rejoined, obscurely envious of them.
plenty - viel; Fülle, Überfluss
obscurely - undeutlich
envious - neidisch, neidvoll, betulich
"Oh"all my aunts? And my dear old Granny?" She considered the idea impartially. "They're all a little vexed with me for setting up for myself"poor Granny especially. She wanted to keep me with her; but I had to be free"" He was impressed by this light way of speaking of the formidable Catherine, and moved by the thought of what must have given Madame Olenska this thirst for even the loneliest kind of freedom.
impartially - unvoreingenommen
vexed - verärgert; ärgern, verärgern, reizen, irritieren, beunruhigen
impressed - beeindruckt; beeindrucken, prägen
thirst - Durst; dürsten
loneliest - am einsamsten; einsam, alleinig, abgeschieden, einsam, öde
But the idea of Beaufort gnawed him.
gnawed - abgenagt; nagen, kauen, knabbern, nagen, verfolgen, umtreiben
"I think I understand how you feel," he said. "Still, your family can advise you; explain differences; show you the way."
advise - raten, beraten, empfehlen, mitteilen, informieren
She lifted her thin black eyebrows. "Is New York such a labyrinth? I thought it so straight up and down"like Fifth Avenue. And with all the cross streets numbered!" She seemed to guess his faint disapproval of this, and added, with the rare smile that enchanted her whole face: "If you knew how I like it for just THAT"the straight-up-and-downness, and the big honest labels on everything!"
eyebrows - Augenbrauen; Braue, Augenbraue
labyrinth - Labyrinth
Cross - Kreuz; Kreuzzeichen; Kreuzung; Cross; Flanke; quer; entgegengesetzt
downness - Niedergeschlagenheit
labels - Etiketten; Etikett
He saw his chance. "Everything may be labelled"but everybody is not."
labelled - etikettiert; Etikett
"Perhaps. I may simplify too much"but you'll warn me if I do." She turned from the fire to look at him. "There are only two people here who make me feel as if they understood what I mean and could explain things to me: you and Mr. Beaufort."
simplify - vereinfachen; sich vereinfachen, einfacher werden
warn - warnen, mahnen
Archer winced at the joining of the names, and then, with a quick readjustment, understood, sympathised and pitied. So close to the powers of evil she must have lived that she still breathed more freely in their air. But since she felt that he understood her also, his business would be to make her see Beaufort as he really was, with all he represented"and abhor it.
winced - gezuckt; Zusammenzucken
readjustment - Reorganisation, Neuanpassung
pitied - bemitleidet; Mitleid
evil - böse; Sünde, übel, üblen, Ăśbel
breathed - geatmet; Atmen
abhor - verabscheuen
He answered gently: "I understand. But just at first don't let go of your old friends'hands: I mean the older women, your Granny Mingott, Mrs. Welland, Mrs. van der Luyden. They like and admire you"they want to help you."
admire - bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen
She shook her head and sighed. "Oh, I know"I know! But on condition that they don't hear anything unpleasant. Aunt Welland put it in those very words when I tried.... Does no one want to know the truth here, Mr. Archer? The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!" She lifted her hands to her face, and he saw her thin shoulders shaken by a sob.
on condition - unter der Auflage
loneliness - Einsamkeit
pretend - vorgeben, prätendieren, vortäuschen, so tun, als ob
shaken - geschüttelt; schütteln, erschüttern, schütteln, erschüttern
sob - schluchzen; Huso
"Madame Olenska!"Oh, don't, Ellen," he cried, starting up and bending over her. He drew down one of her hands, clasping and chafing it like a child's while he murmured reassuring words; but in a moment she freed herself, and looked up at him with wet lashes.
chafing - Scheuern; Reibungswärme, Schürfwunde, Verschleiß, Abnutzung
reassuring - beruhigend; versichern, beruhigen
wet - nass, feucht, befeuchten, durchnässen, nass machen
"Does no one cry here, either? I suppose there's no need to, in heaven," she said, straightening her loosened braids with a laugh, and bending over the tea-kettle. It was burnt into his consciousness that he had called her "Ellen""called her so twice; and that she had not noticed it. Far down the inverted telescope he saw the faint white figure of May Welland"in New York.
cry - weinen; schreien; rufen; Weinen; Schrei
straightening - richten (gerade biegen); gerade machen, gerade werden
loosened - gelockert; lösen, lockern
tea-kettle - (tea-kettle) Teekessel
inverted - invertiert; umkehren, invertieren
Suddenly Nastasia put her head in to say something in her rich Italian.
Madame Olenska, again with a hand at her hair, uttered an exclamation of assent"a flashing "Gia"gia""and the Duke of St. Austrey entered, piloting a tremendous blackwigged and red-plumed lady in overflowing furs.
uttered - geäußert; äußerst
flashing - Witterungsschutz; Blinken, Aufblinken
piloting - Piloten; lotsend, Steuerung (Flugzeug); (pilot); Pilot, Pilotin
tremendous - ungeheuerlich
blackwigged - schwarz gekleidet
overflowing - überschwemmt; überlaufend
"My dear Countess, I've brought an old friend of mine to see you"Mrs. Struthers. She wasn't asked to the party last night, and she wants to know you."
The Duke beamed on the group, and Madame Olenska advanced with a murmur of welcome toward the queer couple. She seemed to have no idea how oddly matched they were, nor what a liberty the Duke had taken in bringing his companion"and to do him justice, as Archer perceived, the Duke seemed as unaware of it himself.
oddly - Seltsam; einzeln, sonderbar
matched - übereinstimmen; Wettkampf, Kampf (Sport)
justice - Gerechtigkeit, Genugtuung, Justiz
"Of course I want to know you, my dear," cried Mrs. Struthers in a round rolling voice that matched her bold feathers and her brazen wig. "I want to know everybody who's young and interesting and charming. And the Duke tells me you like music"didn't you, Duke? You're a pianist yourself, I believe? Well, do you want to hear Sarasate play tomorrow evening at my house?
rolling - rollend, Walzen; (roll) rollend, Walzen
brazen - schamlos; messingen, aus Messing, Messing-, metallisch, metallen
wig - Perücke
charming - charmant; (charm); charmant
pianist - Pianist, Pianistin, Klavierspieler, Klavierspielerin
You know I've something going on every Sunday evening"it's the day when New York doesn't know what to do with itself, and so I say to it: 'Come and be amused.'And the Duke thought you'd be tempted by Sarasate. You'll find a number of your friends."
be tempted - in Versuchung kommen, in Versuchung sein
Madame Olenska's face grew brilliant with pleasure. "How kind! How good of the Duke to think of me!" She pushed a chair up to the tea-table and Mrs. Struthers sank into it delectably. "Of course I shall be too happy to come."
delectably - köstlich
"That's all right, my dear. And bring your young gentleman with you." Mrs. Struthers extended a hail-fellow hand to Archer. "I can't put a name to you"but I'm sure I've met you"I've met everybody, here, or in Paris or London. Aren't you in diplomacy? All the diplomatists come to me. You like music too? Duke, you must be sure to bring him."
hail - Hagel; jdm. zujubeln; (Hail to thee!) Wohl dir!, Sei gegrüßt!
diplomacy - Diplomatie
The Duke said "Rather" from the depths of his beard, and Archer withdrew with a stiffly circular bow that made him feel as full of spine as a self-conscious school-boy among careless and unnoticing elders.
withdrew - zurückgezogen; annullieren, entziehen, abziehen, ausscheiden
circular - Kreis
bow - verbeugen; Verneigung (vor), Verbeugung; Bogen, Bug (Schiff)
spine - Rückgrat, Wirbelsäule, Rücken, Stachel, Dorn
unnoticing - unbemerkt
elders - Ältere Menschen; Holunder, älterer
He was not sorry for the denouement of his visit: he only wished it had come sooner, and spared him a certain waste of emotion. As he went out into the wintry night, New York again became vast and imminent, and May Welland the loveliest woman in it. He turned into his florist's to send her the daily box of lilies-of-the-valley which, to his confusion, he found he had forgotten that morning.
denouement - Neuerung, Lösung
waste - Abfall; verschwenden
wintry - winterlich
imminent - unmittelbar bevorstehen
loveliest - am schönsten; schön, hübsch, wunderbar, herrlich
florist - Blumenhändler, Florist, Floristin
confusion - Verwirrung, Durcheinander, Konfusion, Verwechslung
As he wrote a word on his card and waited for an envelope he glanced about the embowered shop, and his eye lit on a cluster of yellow roses.
cluster - Anhäufung, Büschel, Gruppe, Haufen
He had never seen any as sun-golden before, and his first impulse was to send them to May instead of the lilies. But they did not look like her"there was something too rich, too strong, in their fiery beauty. In a sudden revulsion of mood, and almost without knowing what he did, he signed to the florist to lay the roses in another long box, and slipped his card into a second envelope, on which he wrote the name of the Countess Olenska; then, just as he was turning away, he drew the card out again, and left the empty envelope on the box.
Golden - golden, goldgelb
fiery - feurig, Feuer
sudden - plötzlich, jäh
revulsion - Abscheu, Widerwille, Ekel, Ekelgefühl, Ableitung, Revulsio
mood - Anwandlung, Stimmung, launisch
slipped - ausgerutscht; Versprecher; Rutschen (geradeaus); Lapsus
turning away - Abkehr
"They'll go at once?" he enquired, pointing to the roses.
The florist assured him that they would.
The next day he persuaded May to escape for a walk in the Park after luncheon. As was the custom in old-fashioned Episcopalian New York, she usually accompanied her parents to church on Sunday afternoons; but Mrs. Welland condoned her truancy, having that very morning won her over to the necessity of a long engagement, with time to prepare a hand-embroidered trousseau containing the proper number of dozens.
episcopalian - episkopalisch; bischöflichen
condoned - geduldet; nachsehen, entschuldigen, vergeben, hinwegsehen über
truancy - Schwänzen, Schwänzerei, Schulverweigerung, Schulschwänzen
trousseau - Aussteuer, Brautkiste
containing - enthalten
dozens - Dutzende; Dutzend
The day was delectable. The bare vaulting of trees along the Mall was ceiled with lapis lazuli, and arched above snow that shone like splintered crystals. It was the weather to call out May's radiance, and she burned like a young maple in the frost. Archer was proud of the glances turned on her, and the simple joy of possessorship cleared away his underlying perplexities.
delectable - köstlich, lecker, Leckerei, Köstlichkeit
vaulting - Voltigieren; (vault) Voltigieren
Mall - Einkaufszentrum
splintered - abgesplittert; Span, Splitter
crystals - Kristalle; Kristall, Kristall, Kristallglas
call out - herausrufen
burned - verbrannt; brennen, feuern, leuchten
maple - Ahorn
frost - Reif; Frost; glasieren
glances - blicken, Blick, Streifblick, Glanz, Steinkohle
cleared away - weggeräumt
underlying - zugrunde liegen
perplexities - Verwirrungen; Perplexität
"It's so delicious"waking every morning to smell lilies-of-the-valley in one's room!" she said.
"Yesterday they came late. I hadn't time in the morning""
"But your remembering each day to send them makes me love them so much more than if you'd given a standing order, and they came every morning on the minute, like one's music-teacher"as I know Gertrude Lefferts's did, for instance, when she and Lawrence were engaged."
standing order - Dauerauftrag
music-teacher - (music-teacher) Musiklehrerin ;Musiklehrer
"Ah"they would!" laughed Archer, amused at her keenness. He looked sideways at her fruit-like cheek and felt rich and secure enough to add: "When I sent your lilies yesterday afternoon I saw some rather gorgeous yellow roses and packed them off to Madame Olenska. Was that right?"
keenness - Eifer; Schärfe
gorgeous - fantastisch, großartig, herrlich, hinreißend
"How dear of you! Anything of that kind delights her. It's odd she didn't mention it: she lunched with us today, and spoke of Mr. Beaufort's having sent her wonderful orchids, and cousin Henry van der Luyden a whole hamper of carnations from Skuytercliff. She seems so surprised to receive flowers. Don't people send them in Europe? She thinks it such a pretty custom."
delights - Köstlichkeiten; Freude, Entzückung, Wohlgefallen
mention - Erwähnung; erwähnen
orchids - Orchideen; Orchidee, Knabenkraut
hamper - stören, behindern, hemmen, hindern; Geschenkkorb
carnations - Nelken; Gartennelke, Nelke, Nelke
"Oh, well, no wonder mine were overshadowed by Beaufort's," said Archer irritably. Then he remembered that he had not put a card with the roses, and was vexed at having spoken of them. He wanted to say: "I called on your cousin yesterday," but hesitated. If Madame Olenska had not spoken of his visit it might seem awkward that he should.
overshadowed - überschattet; überschatten, überschatten
irritably - gereizt
hesitated - gezögert; zögern, zögern, stammeln
awkward - peinlich; ungeschickt, unbeholfen, umständlich, tollpatschig
Yet not to do so gave the affair an air of mystery that he disliked. To shake off the question he began to talk of their own plans, their future, and Mrs. Welland's insistence on a long engagement.
shake off - abschütteln
insistence - Beharren; Beharrlichkeit, Insistenz, Eindringlichkeit
"If you call it long! Isabel Chivers and Reggie were engaged for two years: Grace and Thorley for nearly a year and a half. Why aren't we very well off as we are?"
It was the traditional maidenly interrogation, and he felt ashamed of himself for finding it singularly childish. No doubt she simply echoed what was said for her; but she was nearing her twenty-second birthday, and he wondered at what age "nice" women began to speak for themselves.
traditional - traditionell
maidenly - mädchenhaft
interrogation - Verhör; Befragung
felt ashamed - geschämt
singularly - singulär; singularisch
childish - kindgerecht; kindisch
"Never, if we won't let them, I suppose," he mused, and recalled his mad outburst to Mr. Sillerton Jackson: "Women ought to be as free as we are""
mad - wahnsinnig, verrückt, toll, irre
outburst - hervorbrechen; Ausbruch
It would presently be his task to take the bandage from this young woman's eyes, and bid her look forth on the world. But how many generations of the women who had gone to her making had descended bandaged to the family vault? He shivered a little, remembering some of the new ideas in his scientific books, and the much-cited instance of the Kentucky cave-fish, which had ceased to develop eyes because they had no use for them.
task - Pensum; beschäftigen, in Anspruch nehmen; Arbeit, Aufgabe
forth - weiter; heraus, hervor
generations - Generationen; Generation, Geschlecht
bandaged - bandagiert; Verband, bandagieren
family vault - Familiengruft
scientific - wissenschaftlich
cited - zitiert; zitieren
Kentucky - Kentucky
cave - nachgeben, aufgeben; Höhle
What if, when he had bidden May Welland to open hers, they could only look out blankly at blankness?
bidden - verboten; Angebot, reizen, Gebot, Bieten, bieten
blankly - ausdruckslos; leer
blankness - Leere
"We might be much better off. We might be altogether together"we might travel."
Her face lit up. "That would be lovely," she owned: she would love to travel. But her mother would not understand their wanting to do things so differently.
differently - anders
"As if the mere 'differently'didn't account for it!" the wooer insisted.
wooer - Liebeswerber, Verehrer, Freier
insisted - darauf bestanden; auf , bestehen
"Newland! You're so original!" she exulted.
exulted - gejubelt; jubeln, jauchzen
His heart sank, for he saw that he was saying all the things that young men in the same situation were expected to say, and that she was making the answers that instinct and tradition taught her to make"even to the point of calling him original.
instinct - Instinkt
tradition - Tradition, Überlieferung, rimeval, early
"Original! We're all as like each other as those dolls cut out of the same folded paper. We're like patterns stencilled on a wall. Can't you and I strike out for ourselves, May?"
dolls - Puppen; Puppe
patterns - Muster
stencilled - schabloniert; Schablone
strike - streichen; schlagen; prägen; streiken; scheinen; die Fahne streichen; Strike; Streik; Schlag
ourselves - uns selbst; uns
He had stopped and faced her in the excitement of their discussion, and her eyes rested on him with a bright unclouded admiration.
discussion - Diskussion, Erörterung, Besprechung
"Mercy"shall we elope?" she laughed.
elope - durchbrennen; ausreißen, weglaufen
"If you would""
"You DO love me, Newland! I'm so happy."
"But then"why not be happier?"
"We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?"
behave - benehmen
"Why not"why not"why not?"
She looked a little bored by his insistence. She knew very well that they couldn't, but it was troublesome to have to produce a reason. "I'm not clever enough to argue with you. But that kind of thing is rather"vulgar, isn't it?" she suggested, relieved to have hit on a word that would assuredly extinguish the whole subject.
produce - produzieren, herstellen, vorlegen, Produkt, Obst und Gemüse
clever - geschickt; clever, ausgekocht, patent, klug, gescheit
argue - diskutieren, erörtern, streiten, argumentieren
hit on - jdn. anmachen
assuredly - Sicherlich
extinguish - löschen; auslöschen, abschalten
"Are you so much afraid, then, of being vulgar?"
She was evidently staggered by this. "Of course I should hate it"so would you," she rejoined, a trifle irritably.
staggered - gestaffelt; Staffelung; abstufen, staffeln, wanken
He stood silent, beating his stick nervously against his boot-top; and feeling that she had indeed found the right way of closing the discussion, she went on light-heartedly: "Oh, did I tell you that I showed Ellen my ring? She thinks it the most beautiful setting she ever saw. There's nothing like it in the rue de la Paix, she said. I do love you, Newland, for being so artistic!"
beating - Schlagen, Prügel, Verprüglung, vernichtende Niederlage
stick - stich!, ich/er/sie stäche, ich/er/sie stach; Schläger
heartedly - von ganzem Herzen
rue - bereuen
The next afternoon, as Archer, before dinner, sat smoking sullenly in his study, Janey wandered in on him. He had failed to stop at his club on the way up from the office where he exercised the profession of the law in the leisurely manner common to well-to-do New Yorkers of his class. He was out of spirits and slightly out of temper, and a haunting horror of doing the same thing every day at the same hour besieged his brain.
sullenly - mürrisch, mürrischen
profession - Bekenntnis; Beruf, Profession, Profess, Gelübde
leisurely - gemütlich; gemächlich
temper - Gereiztheit, Laune, Temperament, Anlassen, Ausheizen
haunting - spuken; quälend
horror - Angst, Furcht, Horror, Grauen
besieged - belagert; belagern, einkesseln, umzingeln, umstellen, belagern
brain - Gehirn, Superhirn, Intelligenzbestie, Kopf, Verstand, Köpfchen
"Sameness"sameness!" he muttered, the word running through his head like a persecuting tune as he saw the familiar tall-hatted figures lounging behind the plate-glass; and because he usually dropped in at the club at that hour he had gone home instead. He knew not only what they were likely to be talking about, but the part each one would take in the discussion. The Duke of course would be their principal theme; though the appearance in Fifth Avenue of a golden-haired lady in a small canary-coloured brougham with a pair of black cobs (for which Beaufort was generally thought responsible) would also doubtless be thoroughly gone into.
sameness - Gleichheit, Gleichartigkeit, Gleichförmigkeit
muttered - gemurmelt; murmeln
persecuting - Verfolgung; verfolgen, schikanieren, bedrängen, peinigen
tune - Melodie; stimmen
dropped in - (drop in) Störsignal
Likely - gleicht, ähnlich, wahrscheinlich, voraussichtlich
principal theme - Hauptthema (Musik)
haired - behaart
Canary - Kanarienvogel; Kanariengelb
cobs - Maiskolben; männlicher Schwan
responsible - verantwortlich; vernünftig; verantwortungsvoll; zuverlässig
gone into - hineingegangen
Such "women" (as they were called) were few in New York, those driving their own carriages still fewer, and the appearance of Miss Fanny ring in Fifth Avenue at the fashionable hour had profoundly agitated society. Only the day before, her carriage had passed Mrs. Lovell Mingott's, and the latter had instantly rung the little bell at her elbow and ordered the coachman to drive her home. "What if it had happened to Mrs. van der Luyden?" people asked each other with a shudder. Archer could hear Lawrence Lefferts, at that very hour, holding forth on the disintegration of society.
carriages - Kutschen; Kutsche, Gang, Haltung, Wagen, Frachtgeld
Fanny - Fanny
ring in - einläuten, sich telefonisch melden, nach jemandem klingeln
profoundly - zutiefst; tief
rung - geläutet, Sprosse, Stufe; (ring) geläutet, Sprosse, Stufe
shudder - erschaudern; Schauder; (wohliger) Schauder; schaudern; zittern
holding - haltend; (hold) haltend
disintegration - Zersetzung; Zerfall
He raised his head irritably when his sister Janey entered, and then quickly bent over his book (Swinburne's "Chastelard""just out) as if he had not seen her. She glanced at the writing-table heaped with books, opened a volume of the "Contes Drolatiques," made a wry face over the archaic French, and sighed: "What learned things you read!"
heaped - gehäuft; Menschenmenge, Masse, Haufen, Haufe, Heap, Haufen
contes - Conte
wry - schief
archaic - archaisch, veraltet
"Well"?" he asked, as she hovered Cassandra-like before him.
hovered - schwebte; rütteln, verweilen, zögern, bewegen
Cassandra - Kassandra
"Mother's very angry."
"Angry? With whom? About what?"
"Miss Sophy Jackson has just been here. She brought word that her brother would come in after dinner: she couldn't say very much, because he forbade her to: he wishes to give all the details himself. He's with cousin Louisa van der Luyden now."
forbade - verbieten, untersagen, verweigern, vorenthalten, ablehnen
"For heaven's sake, my dear girl, try a fresh start. It would take an omniscient Deity to know what you're talking about."
For heaven's sake - Um Gottes willen!, Um Himmels willen!
omniscient - allwissend
Deity - Gott, Gottheit
"It's not a time to be profane, Newland.... Mother feels badly enough about your not going to church ..."
profane - weltlich; profan
badly - schlecht
With a groan he plunged back into his book.
groan - Stöhnen; Seufzen, Ächzen, Knarren
"NEWLAND! Do listen. Your friend Madame Olenska was at Mrs. Lemuel Struthers's party last night: she went there with the Duke and Mr. Beaufort."
Do listen - So höre doch! Hör' doch zu!
At the last clause of this announcement a senseless anger swelled the young man's breast. To smother it he laughed. "Well, What of it? I knew she meant to."
clause - Nebensatz; Teilsatz; Klausel
senseless - empfindungslos, ohne Gefühl, ohnmächtig, bewusstlos
anger - Ärger, Zorn, Wut, Groll
swelled - angeschwollen; Schwellen
smother - erdrücken; ersticken
What of it - Was ist schon dabei?
Janey paled and her eyes began to project. "You knew she meant to"and you didn't try to stop her? To warn her?"
paled - Pfahl, blass; bleich (vor), blass (vor)
"Stop her? Warn her?" He laughed again. "I'm not engaged to be married to the Countess Olenska!" The words had a fantastic sound in his own ears.
"You're marrying into her family."
"Oh, family"family!" he jeered.
jeered - verhöhnt; (to jeer) spotten, verhöhnen, sticheln
"Newland"don't you care about Family?"
care - kümmern; Sorgfalt, Aufbewahrung, Behandlung
"Not a brass farthing."
brass - Messingschild
farthing - Groschen, Heller, Pfifferling, Pfennig
"Nor about what cousin Louisa van der Luyden will think?"
"Not the half of one"if she thinks such old maid's rubbish."
old maid - alte Jungfer
"Mother is not an old maid," said his virgin sister with pinched lips.
He felt like shouting back: "Yes, she is, and so are the van der Luydens, and so we all are, when it comes to being so much as brushed by the wing-tip of Reality." But he saw her long gentle face puckering into tears, and felt ashamed of the useless pain he was inflicting.
shouting - Schreien, Geschrei; (shout); Schreien, Geschrei
puckering - Knautschen; Runzel
Tears - Tränen; zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
ashamed - schämen
useless - nutzlos, unnützlich, wertlos
pain - Schmerzen; Qual, Stich (Schmerz), Schmerz
"Hang Countess Olenska! Don't be a goose, Janey"I'm not her keeper."
goose - Gans
keeper - Hüter; Wächter, Hüter, Torwart, Tormann
"No; but you DID ask the Wellands to announce your engagement sooner so that we might all back her up; and if it hadn't been for that cousin Louisa would never have invited her to the dinner for the Duke."
"Well"what harm was there in inviting her? She was the best-looking woman in the room; she made the dinner a little less funereal than the usual van der Luyden banquet."
harm - Schaden
best-looking - (best-looking) ansehnlichst
funereal - Trauerspiel
banquet - Festmahl, Bankett, Gastmahl, Festessen
"You know cousin Henry asked her to please you: he persuaded cousin Louisa. And now they're so upset that they're going back to Skuytercliff tomorrow. I think, Newland, you'd better come down. You don't seem to understand how mother feels."
upset - verärgert; aufgebracht, aufgewühlt, verstimmt, gereizt, nervös
In the drawing-room Newland found his mother. She raised a troubled brow from her needlework to ask: "Has Janey told you?"
needlework - Handarbeit
"Yes." He tried to keep his tone as measured as her own. "But I can't take it very seriously."
seriously - ernst, ernsthaft
"Not the fact of having offended cousin Louisa and cousin Henry?"
offended - beleidigt; beleidigen, beleidigen, de
"The fact that they can be offended by such a trifle as Countess Olenska's going to the house of a woman they consider common."
"Consider"!"
"Well, who is; but who has good music, and amuses people on Sunday evenings, when the whole of New York is dying of inanition."
amuses - amüsiert; amüsieren, vergnügen, belustigen, erheitern
dying - (to die) sterben, umkommen; (dye) (to die) sterben, umkommen
"Good music? All I know is, there was a woman who got up on a table and sang the things they sing at the places you go to in Paris. There was smoking and champagne."
"Well"that kind of thing happens in other places, and the world still goes on."
"I don't suppose, dear, you're really defending the French Sunday?"
defending - verteidigen
"I've heard you often enough, mother, grumble at the English Sunday when we've been in London."
grumble - meckern; Gegrummel, Grummeln, Knurren, murren, brummen
"New York is neither Paris nor London."
"Oh, no, it's not!" her son groaned.
groaned - gestöhnt; Stöhnen
"You mean, I suppose, that society here is not as brilliant? You're right, I daresay; but we belong here, and people should respect our ways when they come among us. Ellen Olenska especially: she came back to get away from the kind of life people lead in brilliant societies."
You're right - Sie haben recht.
lead - führen, anführen, leiten;aus Blei;Aufmacher ;Anschlussdraht , Blei , Führung
Newland made no answer, and after a moment his mother ventured: "I was going to put on my bonnet and ask you to take me to see cousin Louisa for a moment before dinner." He frowned, and she continued: "I thought you might explain to her what you've just said: that society abroad is different .
ventured - gewagt; Wagnis
frowned - die Stirn gerunzelt; die Stirn runzeln
. that people are not as particular, and that Madame Olenska may not have realised how we feel about such things. It would be, you know, dear," she added with an innocent adroitness, "in Madame Olenska's interest if you did."
adroitness - Geschicklichkeit; Gewandtheit
"Dearest mother, I really don't see how we're concerned in the matter. The Duke took Madame Olenska to Mrs. Struthers's"in fact he brought Mrs. Struthers to call on her. I was there when they came. If the van der Luydens want to quarrel with anybody, the real culprit is under their own roof."
concerned - besorgt; Sorge, Anliegen
quarrel - sich streiten, zanken
roof - überdachen; Autodach, Dach
"Quarrel? Newland, did you ever know of cousin Henry's quarrelling? Besides, the Duke's his guest; and a stranger too. Strangers don't discriminate: how should they? Countess Olenska is a New Yorker, and should have respected the feelings of New York."
quarrelling - (quarell) sich streiten
discriminate - diskriminieren
feelings - Gefühle; Gefühl, Eindruck
"Well, then, if they must have a victim, you have my leave to throw Madame Olenska to them," cried her son, exasperated. "I don't see myself"or you either"offering ourselves up to expiate her crimes."
throw - Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe
offering - Angebot, Anerbieten, Opfer, Opfergabe; (offer); Angebot
expiate - sühnen; gutmachen, wiedergutmachen
crimes - Straftat, Verbrechen
"Oh, of course you see only the Mingott side," his mother answered, in the sensitive tone that was her nearest approach to anger.
The sad butler drew back the drawing-room portieres and announced: "Mr. Henry van der Luyden."
Mrs. Archer dropped her needle and pushed her chair back with an agitated hand.
needle - Nadel; hänseln
"Another lamp," she cried to the retreating servant, while Janey bent over to straighten her mother's cap.
retreating - den Rückzug antreten; Rückzug
servant - Diener, Dienerin, Lakai, Kammerdiener
straighten - begradigen; richten (gerade biegen); gerade machen
Mr. van der Luyden's figure loomed on the threshold, and Newland Archer went forward to greet his cousin.
loomed - aufgetaucht; Webstuhl; undeutlich sichtbar werden
greet - grüßen, begrüßen
"We were just talking about you, sir," he said.
Mr. van der Luyden seemed overwhelmed by the announcement. He drew off his glove to shake hands with the ladies, and smoothed his tall hat shyly, while Janey pushed an arm-chair forward, and Archer continued: "And the Countess Olenska."
overwhelmed - überwältigt; überwältigen, übermannen, überrumpeln, de
glove - Handschuh
shake hands - sich die Hand geben
smoothed - geglättet; glatt, reibungslos, problemlos, glatt, glatt, glatt
shyly - schüchtern
arm-chair - (arm-chair) Sessel
Mrs. Archer paled.
"Ah"a charming woman. I have just been to see her," said Mr. van der Luyden, complacency restored to his brow. He sank into the chair, laid his hat and gloves on the floor beside him in the old-fashioned way, and went on: "She has a real gift for arranging flowers. I had sent her a few carnations from Skuytercliff, and I was astonished.
complacency - Selbstgefälligkeit, Selbstzufriedenheit, Bequemlichkeit
restored - wiederhergestellt; wiederherstellen, restaurieren, restaurieren
arranging - arrangieren, systematisieren, aufstellen, ordnen, ordnen
astonished - erstaunt; erstaunen
Instead of massing them in big bunches as our head-gardener does, she had scattered them about loosely, here and there ... I can't say how. The Duke had told me: he said: 'Go and see how cleverly she's arranged her drawing-room.'And she has. I should really like to take Louisa to see her, if the neighbourhood were not so"unpleasant."
massing - Massierung; Messe (kirchlich), Gottesdienst, Menge
bunches - Trauben; Bund, qualifierlowers, Traube, bündeln, anordnen
gardener - Gärtner, Gärtnerin
scattered - verstreut; zerstreuen, zerstreuen, streuen, verstreuen
loosely - locker
cleverly - klug, pfiffig, schlau
A dead silence greeted this unusual flow of words from Mr. van der Luyden. Mrs. Archer drew her embroidery out of the basket into which she had nervously tumbled it, and Newland, leaning against the chimney-place and twisting a humming-bird-feather screen in his hand, saw Janey's gaping countenance lit up by the coming of the second lamp.
basket - Korb
tumbled - getrommelt; Sturz, Fall, Überschlag, Absturz, Purzelbaum, Rolle
twisting - (to twist) drehen
humming - Brummen; (to hum) summen, murmeln; (hum); Summen
feather - eine Feder; Feder, Vogelfeder, befiedern
gaping - klaffend; gähnend, angaffend; (gap) klaffend; gähnend, angaffend
"The fact is," Mr. van der Luyden continued, stroking his long grey leg with a bloodless hand weighed down by the Patroon's great signet-ring, "the fact is, I dropped in to thank her for the very pretty note she wrote me about my flowers; and also"but this is between ourselves, of course"to give her a friendly warning about allowing the Duke to carry her off to parties with him. I don't know if you've heard""
stroking - streichelnd; (stroke) streichelnd
bloodless - blutarm, bleich, unblutig, blutleer
weighed - gewogen; wiegen, wägen, abwiegen, auswiegen, abwägen, erwägen
signet-ring - (signet-ring) Siegelring
warning - Warnung, Mahnung, Achtung; (warn); warnen, mahnen
allowing - erlauben, zulassen, akzeptieren, erlauben, zulassen, erlauben
Mrs. Archer produced an indulgent smile. "Has the Duke been carrying her off to parties?"
indulgent - Nachsichtig
"You know what these English grandees are. They're all alike. Louisa and I are very fond of our cousin"but it's hopeless to expect people who are accustomed to the European courts to trouble themselves about our little republican distinctions. The Duke goes where he's amused." Mr. van der Luyden paused, but no one spoke. "Yes"it seems he took her with him last night to Mrs. Lemuel Struthers's. Sillerton Jackson has just been to us with the foolish story, and Louisa was rather troubled.
grandees - Granden; Grande, Grande
hopeless - hoffnungslos
Courts - Gerichte; Hof, Hof, Hof, Hofstaat, Hof, Gericht
Republican - republikanisch; Republikaner, Republikanerin
So I thought the shortest way was to go straight to Countess Olenska and explain"by the merest hint, you know"how we feel in New York about certain things. I felt I might, without indelicacy, because the evening she dined with us she rather suggested ... rather let me see that she would be grateful for guidance. And she WAS."
merest - nur, schier, bloß
indelicacy - Unempfindlichkeit; Unanständigkeit
grateful - dankbar, erkenntlich, wohltuend, zufrieden
Mr. van der Luyden looked about the room with what would have been self-satisfaction on features less purged of the vulgar passions. On his face it became a mild benevolence which Mrs. Archer's countenance dutifully reflected.
purged - geläutert; Säubern
passions - Leidenschaften; Leidenschaft, Passion, Leidenschaft, Passion
dutifully - pflichtbewusst
"How kind you both are, dear Henry"always! Newland will particularly appreciate what you have done because of dear May and his new relations."
appreciate - zu schätzen wissen, würdigen, verstehen, begreifen
She shot an admonitory glance at her son, who said: "Immensely, sir. But I was sure you'd like Madame Olenska."
shot - Schuss; (to shoot up) aufschießen
Mr. van der Luyden looked at him with extreme gentleness. "I never ask to my house, my dear Newland," he said, "any one whom I do not like. And so I have just told Sillerton Jackson." With a glance at the clock he rose and added: "But Louisa will be waiting. We are dining early, to take the Duke to the Opera."
After the portieres had solemnly closed behind their visitor a silence fell upon the Archer family.
"Gracious"how romantic!" at last broke explosively from Janey. No one knew exactly what inspired her elliptic comments, and her relations had long since given up trying to interpret them.
gracious - gnädig, gütig
explosively - explosiv
inspired - inspiriert; inspirieren, inspirieren, beatmen, einhauchen
elliptic - elliptisch
Interpret - interpretieren; dolmetschen, übersetzen
Mrs. Archer shook her head with a sigh. "Provided it all turns out for the best," she said, in the tone of one who knows how surely it will not. "Newland, you must stay and see Sillerton Jackson when he comes this evening: I really shan't know what to say to him."
sigh - Seufzen, Seufzer, Säuseln (Wind); säuseln (Wind)
provided - zur Verfügung gestellt; sorgen, den Unterhalt sichern, besorgen
surely - bestimmt, sicherlich
"Poor mother! But he won't come"" her son laughed, stooping to kiss away her frown.
frown - Stirnrunzeln; die Stirn runzeln
Some two weeks later, Newland Archer, sitting in abstracted idleness in his private compartment of the office of Letterblair, Lamson and Low, attorneys at law, was summoned by the head of the firm.
abstracted - abstrahiert; Auszug, Zusammenfassung, abstrakt, abstrakt
idleness - Untätigkeit, Stillstand, Müßiggang, Trägheit
compartment - Abteil; Postament
attorneys - Anwälte; Rechtsanwalt
Old Mr. Letterblair, the accredited legal adviser of three generations of New York gentility, throned behind his mahogany desk in evident perplexity. As he stroked his closeclipped white whiskers and ran his hand through the rumpled grey locks above his jutting brows, his disrespectful junior partner thought how much he looked like the Family Physician annoyed with a patient whose symptoms refuse to be classified.
accredited - akkreditiert; akkreditieren, akkreditieren
legal adviser - Rechtsberater
perplexity - Verwirrung; Perplexität
stroked - gestreichelt; streicheln; Stoß, Schlag, Streich, Hub
closeclipped - Abgeschlossen
whiskers - Schnurrhaare; Barthaar
rumpled - zerknittert; zerknittern
locks - Schlösser; Schloss
jutting - vorspringend; herausragen, hervorragen
junior - jünger
physician - Arzt, Ärztin, Mediziner, Medizinerin
annoyed - verärgert; stören, ärgern, belästigen, nerven, verägern
patient - geduldig; Patient, Patientin, Kranker, Kranke, Patiens
symptoms - Symptome; Symptom
refuse - Müll; abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen
classified - geordnet, eingestuft, klassifiziert; (classify); einordnen
"My dear sir"" he always addressed Archer as "sir"""I have sent for you to go into a little matter; a matter which, for the moment, I prefer not to mention either to Mr. Skipworth or Mr. Redwood." The gentlemen he spoke of were the other senior partners of the firm; for, as was always the case with legal associations of old standing in New York, all the partners named on the office letter-head were long since dead; and Mr.
Redwood - Mammutbaum
senior - älter
legal - juristisch, rechtlich, legal
associations - Vereinigungen; Assoziation, Verknüpfung, Zuordnung, Vereinigung
Letterblair, for example, was, professionally speaking, his own grandson.
professionally - professionell
grandson - Enkelsohn, Enkel, Großsohn
He leaned back in his chair with a furrowed brow. "For family reasons"" he continued.
furrowed - zerfurcht; Furche
Archer looked up.
"The Mingott family," said Mr. Letterblair with an explanatory smile and bow. "Mrs. Manson Mingott sent for me yesterday. Her grand-daughter the Countess Olenska wishes to sue her husband for divorce. Certain papers have been placed in my hands." He paused and drummed on his desk. "In view of your prospective alliance with the family I should like to consult you"to consider the case with you"before taking any farther steps."
explanatory - erklärend
grand - großartig, prächtig, groß, bedeutend
sue - verklagen
drummed - getrommelt; Trommel
alliance - Allianz, Zusammenschluss, Verbund
consult - Rat halten; beraten, beratschlagen, um Rat fragen
Archer felt the blood in his temples. He had seen the Countess Olenska only once since his visit to her, and then at the Opera, in the Mingott box. During this interval she had become a less vivid and importunate image, receding from his foreground as May Welland resumed her rightful place in it. He had not heard her divorce spoken of since Janey's first random allusion to it, and had dismissed the tale as unfounded gossip.
interval - Pause; Abstand, Zwischenraum, Intervall
vivid - lebendig, lebhaft, anschaulich
importunate - zudringlich, aufdringlich, lästig
receding - zurückgehen; zurücktreten
rightful - rechtmäßig
random - Rando; zufällig; Durchschnitts-; random
dismissed - entlassen, entlassen, abweisen, einstellen, zurückweisen
unfounded - unbegründet
Theoretically, the idea of divorce was almost as distasteful to him as to his mother; and he was annoyed that Mr. Letterblair (no doubt prompted by old Catherine Mingott) should be so evidently planning to draw him into the affair. After all, there were plenty of Mingott men for such jobs, and as yet he was not even a Mingott by marriage.
theoretically - theoretisch, prinzipiell, rein gedanklich, vom Gedanken her
distasteful - geschmacklos
prompted - veranlasst; Eingabeaufforderung, anleiten, antreiben
He waited for the senior partner to continue. Mr. Letterblair unlocked a drawer and drew out a packet. "If you will run your eye over these papers""
senior partner - Seniorchef
continue - fortsetzen, weiterhin
unlocked - freigeschaltet; aufschließen, entriegeln, entsperren (screen
drawer - Zeichner, Schublade, Aussteller
packet - Päckchen; paketieren; Datenpaket, Paket
Archer frowned. "I beg your pardon, sir; but just because of the prospective relationship, I should prefer your consulting Mr. Skipworth or Mr. Redwood."
beg - Männchen machen; etwas erbitten (von jemandem); bitten (um)
Pardon - Vergebung, Verzeihung, Begnadigung, verzeihen, vergeben
Mr. Letterblair looked surprised and slightly offended. It was unusual for a junior to reject such an opening.
reject - verwerfen, ablehnen, zurückweisen
He bowed. "I respect your scruple, sir; but in this case I believe true delicacy requires you to do as I ask. Indeed, the suggestion is not mine but Mrs. Manson Mingott's and her son's. I have seen Lovell Mingott; and also Mr. Welland. They all named you."
scruple - Skrupel
requires - erfordert; erfordern, brauchen, benötigen
Archer felt his temper rising. He had been somewhat languidly drifting with events for the last fortnight, and letting May's fair looks and radiant nature obliterate the rather importunate pressure of the Mingott claims. But this behest of old Mrs. Mingott's roused him to a sense of what the clan thought they had the right to exact from a prospective son-in-law; and he chafed at the role.
rising - steigend, aufgehend; (rise); steigend, aufgehend
languidly - träge; matt, schwache
fortnight - vierzehn Tage; vierzehn Tag age, zwei Wochen
obliterate - auslöschen, verwischen
claims - Ansprüche; Anspruch, Rechtstitel, Anspruch, Behauptung
behest - auf Geheiß; Geheiß, Befehl
exact - exakt, genau, fordern, abverlangen
chafed - aufgescheuert; Reibungswärme, Schürfwunde, Verschleiß
role - Rolle (Theater, Film), Funktion, Rolle
"Her uncles ought to deal with this," he said.
"They have. The matter has been gone into by the family. They are opposed to the Countess's idea; but she is firm, and insists on a legal opinion."
opposed - gegen; ablehnen, widersprechen
insists - darauf besteht; auf , bestehen
legal opinion - Rechtsgutachten
The young man was silent: he had not opened the packet in his hand.
"Does she want to marry again?"
"I believe it is suggested; but she denies it."
denies - leugnet; leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
"Then""
"Will you oblige me, Mr. Archer, by first looking through these papers? Afterward, when we have talked the case over, I will give you my opinion."
oblige - verpflichten; einen Gefallen tun
looking through - durchblickend
Archer withdrew reluctantly with the unwelcome documents. Since their last meeting he had half-unconsciously collaborated with events in ridding himself of the burden of Madame Olenska. His hour alone with her by the firelight had drawn them into a momentary intimacy on which the Duke of St. Austrey's intrusion with Mrs. Lemuel Struthers, and the Countess's joyous greeting of them, had rather providentially broken. Two days later Archer had assisted at the comedy of her reinstatement in the van der Luydens'favour, and had said to himself, with a touch of tartness, that a lady who knew how to thank all-powerful elderly gentlemen to such good purpose for a bunch of flowers did not need either the private consolations or the public championship of a young man of his small compass.
reluctantly - widerstrebend
unwelcome - unerwünscht
documents - Dokumente; Unterlagen, Dokument
unconsciously - unbewusst
collaborated - zusammengearbeitet; zusammenarbeiten, kollaborieren
ridding - Reiten; loswerden; befreien
firelight - Feuerschein
joyous - freudig
greeting - Gruß, Begrüßung; (greet); Gruß, Begrüßung
providentially - in der Vorsehung
assisted - assistiert; assistieren, helfen, beistehen, unterstützen
comedy - Komödie
reinstatement - Wiedereinsetzung
tartness - Schärfe; Säuerlichkeit, Bitterkeit
all-powerful - (all-powerful) allmächtig
bunch - Bund, lowers, Traube, bündeln, anordnen
consolations - Trostpflaster; Trost, Trostpreis
compass - Kompass
To look at the matter in this light simplified his own case and surprisingly furbished up all the dim domestic virtues. He could not picture May Welland, in whatever conceivable emergency, hawking about her private difficulties and lavishing her confidences on strange men; and she had never seemed to him finer or fairer than in the week that followed. He had even yielded to her wish for a long engagement, since she had found the one disarming answer to his plea for haste.
simplified - vereinfacht; vereinfachen, sich vereinfachen, einfacher werden
surprisingly - überraschenderweise
furbished - aufpoliert; putzen; blank putzen, polieren
dim - schummrig; trüb; dämmerig, dunkel
virtues - Tugenden; Tugend, Tugend, Keuschheit, Tugend
conceivable - denkbar
emergency - Notfall, Notlage, Notstand, Notdienst, Notaufnahme
hawking - verhökern; jagend, Beize (Jagd)
lavishing - freigiebig, verschwenderisch, überreich, üppig, verschleudern
confidences - Vertraulichkeiten; Selbstgewissheit, Zuversicht, Vertrauen
fairer - gerechter; gerecht, fair, heiter, schön, angemessen
wish for - etw. erhoffen
disarming - entwaffnend; entwaffnen, entwaffnen
"You know, when it comes to the point, your parents have always let you have your way ever since you were a little girl," he argued; and she had answered, with her clearest look: "Yes; and that's what makes it so hard to refuse the very last thing they'll ever ask of me as a little girl."
argued - argumentiert; diskutieren, erörtern, streiten, argumentieren
clearest - am deutlichsten; klar, durchsichtig, klar, hell, klar, frei
That was the old New York note; that was the kind of answer he would like always to be sure of his wife's making. If one had habitually breathed the New York air there were times when anything less crystalline seemed stifling.
habitually - gewohnheitsmäßig
crystalline - kristallin, kristallinisch, kristallen, Kristall
stifling - erstickend; (stifle) erstickend
The papers he had retired to read did not tell him much in fact; but they plunged him into an atmosphere in which he choked and spluttered. They consisted mainly of an exchange of letters between Count Olenski's solicitors and a French legal firm to whom the Countess had applied for the settlement of her financial situation.
retired - im Ruhestand; pensionieren, zurücktreten, sich zurückziehen
choked - gewürgt; erwürgen, erdrosseln, ersticken, überwältigen
spluttered - gestottert; stottern
consisted - bestand; zusammensetzend, besteht aus; bestehen (aus)
mainly - hauptsächlich
solicitors - Anwälte; Solicitor, de
applied for - angesucht
settlement - Regelung, Regulierung, Erledigung, Ansiedlung
financial - finanziell
There was also a short letter from the Count to his wife: after reading it, Newland Archer rose, jammed the papers back into their envelope, and reentered Mr. Letterblair's office.
jammed - verklemmt; stauen; Papierstau, Konfitüre, Stau
reentered - wiedereingetreten; wiedereintreten; Neueintritt
"Here are the letters, sir. If you wish, I'll see Madame Olenska," he said in a constrained voice.
constrained - gezwungen; behindern, einschränken, limitieren
"Thank you"thank you, Mr. Archer. Come and dine with me tonight if you're free, and we'll go into the matter afterward: in case you wish to call on our client tomorrow."
go into the matter - der Sache nachgehen
client - Endverbraucher, Konsument, Kunde, Kundin, Klient
Newland Archer walked straight home again that afternoon. It was a winter evening of transparent clearness, with an innocent young moon above the house-tops; and he wanted to fill his soul's lungs with the pure radiance, and not exchange a word with any one till he and Mr. Letterblair were closeted together after dinner.
clearness - Klarheit; Ăśbersichtlichkeit, Deutlichkeit
tops - Oberteil, Spitze, Gipfel, Deckel, Kappe, Oberteil
lungs - Lunge
closeted - verschlossen; Schrank, Wandschrank, Kammer, Abstellkammer
It was impossible to decide otherwise than he had done: he must see Madame Olenska himself rather than let her secrets be bared to other eyes. A great wave of compassion had swept away his indifference and impatience: she stood before him as an exposed and pitiful figure, to be saved at all costs from farther wounding herself in her mad plunges against fate.
secrets - Geheimnisse; Geheimnis
bared - entblößt; Takt; Schankstube; Latte (Sport); Balken, Leiste
compassion - Mitleid, Erbarmen, Mitgefühl
swept away - weggefegt
Impatience - Ungeduld
pitiful - Mitleid erregend; erbärmlich, kläglich, jämmerlich
saved - gerettet; retten, erretten, sichern, speichern, sparen
wounding - Verwundung; (wound) Verwundung
plunges - stürzt; eintauchen, tauchen
He remembered what she had told him of Mrs. Welland's request to be spared whatever was "unpleasant" in her history, and winced at the thought that it was perhaps this attitude of mind which kept the New York air so pure. "Are we only Pharisees after all?" he wondered, puzzled by the effort to reconcile his instinctive disgust at human vileness with his equally instinctive pity for human frailty.
be spared - von etw. verschont bleiben
Pharisees - Pharisäer, Pharisäerin
effort - Anstrengung, Aufwand
reconcile - versöhnen
disgust - Abscheu; ekeln; Ekel
vileness - Niedertracht, Widerwärtigkeit, Schändlichkeit, Abscheulichkeit
equally - gleichermaßen, gleichmäßig
For the first time he perceived how elementary his own principles had always been. He passed for a young man who had not been afraid of risks, and he knew that his secret love-affair with poor silly Mrs. Thorley Rushworth had not been too secret to invest him with a becoming air of adventure. But Mrs. Rushworth was "that kind of woman"; foolish, vain, clandestine by nature, and far more attracted by the secrecy and peril of the affair than by such charms and qualities as he possessed. When the fact dawned on him it nearly broke his heart, but now it seemed the redeeming feature of the case. The affair, in short, had been of the kind that most of the young men of his age had been through, and emerged from with calm consciences and an undisturbed belief in the abysmal distinction between the women one loved and respected and those one enjoyed"and pitied.
elementary - elementar
love-affair - (love-affair) Liebesverhältnis , Liebeshandel (veraltet)
invest - investieren; (Geld) anlegen (in)
vain - eitel; unnützlich
clandestine - heimlich
attracted - angezogen; anziehen, anziehen (1, 2)
secrecy - Geheimhaltung; Geheimniskrämerei, Geheimnistuerei
peril - Gefahr, Risiko
redeeming - erlösend; zurückkaufen, loslösen, freikaufen, befreien
feature - sich auszeichnen durch, gekennzeichnet sein durch;Merkmal , Besonderheit , Eigenschaft ;Feuilleton (Artikel);etw. darbieten
Calm - ruhig; windstill; Ruhe; Windstille; beruhigen, ruhig stellen
consciences - Gewissen
undisturbed - ungestört
belief - Glauben; Glaube
In this view they were sedulously abetted by their mothers, aunts and other elderly female relatives, who all shared Mrs. Archer's belief that when "such things happened" it was undoubtedly foolish of the man, but somehow always criminal of the woman. All the elderly ladies whom Archer knew regarded any woman who loved imprudently as necessarily unscrupulous and designing, and mere simple-minded man as powerless in her clutches. The only thing to do was to persuade him, as early as possible, to marry a nice girl, and then trust to her to look after him.
sedulously - eifrig
abetted - begünstigt; ermutigen, aufhetzen, anstiften, stützen, helfen
criminal - kriminell; Krimineller, Kriminelle, Verbrecher, Verbrecherin
regarded - betrachtet; schätzen, betrachten, berücksichtigen
imprudently - unvorsichtig
powerless - kraftlos; machtlos
clutches - kuppeln; Vogelgelege; Kupplung (Auto), Gelege
persuade - überreden, gewinnen, verführen, bestechen
look after - aufpassen, sich bemühen, pfleglich behandeln
In the complicated old European communities, Archer began to guess, love-problems might be less simple and less easily classified. Rich and idle and ornamental societies must produce many more such situations; and there might even be one in which a woman naturally sensitive and aloof would yet, from the force of circumstances, from sheer defencelessness and loneliness, be drawn into a tie inexcusable by conventional standards.
communities - Gemeinden; Gemeinschaft, Gesellschaft, Community, Gemeinde
idle - träge, nicht in Betrieb, faul, nutzlos, untätig; faulenzen
ornamental - Zier-, dekorativ, Zierpflanze
aloof - unnahbar; (ein Stück) entfernt, auf (etwas) Abstand
circumstances - Umstände; Umstand, Umstand
sheer - durchsichtig; scheren, ausreißen, gieren; rein, blank
defencelessness - Hilflosigkeit
inexcusable - unentschuldbar
On reaching home he wrote a line to the Countess Olenska, asking at what hour of the next day she could receive him, and despatched it by a messenger-boy, who returned presently with a word to the effect that she was going to Skuytercliff the next morning to stay over Sunday with the van der Luydens, but that he would find her alone that evening after dinner. The note was written on a rather untidy half-sheet, without date or address, but her hand was firm and free.
despatched - verschickt; Tötung
messenger - Kurier, Bote, Botschafter
stay over - übrigbleiben
untidy - unordentlich
sheet - Blatt, Bogen, Blech, Platte, Lage, Schicht, Schot
He was amused at the idea of her week-ending in the stately solitude of Skuytercliff, but immediately afterward felt that there, of all places, she would most feel the chill of minds rigorously averted from the "unpleasant."
minds - Köpfe; Verstand, t+Geist, t+Sinn, Bewusstsein
rigorously - rigoros
averted - abgewehrt; abwenden, abwenden, verhindern
He was at Mr. Letterblair's punctually at seven, glad of the pretext for excusing himself soon after dinner. He had formed his own opinion from the papers entrusted to him, and did not especially want to go into the matter with his senior partner. Mr. Letterblair was a widower, and they dined alone, copiously and slowly, in a dark shabby room hung with yellowing prints of "The Death of Chatham" and "The Coronation of Napoleon.
punctually - pünktliche, pünktlich
pretext - Vorwand, Deckmantel, fadenscheinige Begründung, Ausrede
excusing - entschuldigen, verzeihen, sich entschuldigen, entschuldigen
entrusted - anvertraut; anvertrauen
widower - Witwer
copiously - reichlich, umfassend, heftig
slowly - langsam
prints - drucken, Druckschrift, Schrift, Abdruck, Druck, Abzug, Kopie
coronation - Krönung
On the sideboard, between fluted Sheraton knife-cases, stood a decanter of Haut Brion, and another of the old Lanning port (the gift of a client), which the wastrel Tom Lanning had sold off a year or two before his mysterious and discreditable death in San Francisco"an incident less publicly humiliating to the family than the sale of the cellar.
sideboard - Anrichte, Sideboard, Büfett
fluted - geriffelt; Flöte, Kannelierung
decanter - Dekanter
port - Schlitz, Backbord, Portwein, Hafen; portieren, übertragen
wastrel - Verschwender
discreditable - diskreditiert
San - Speichernetzwerk
incident - Vorfall, Begebenheit, Ereignis, Geschehnis
humiliating - demütigend; demütigen, beschämen, erniedrigen
sale - Vertrieb, Verkauf; verkaufen
cellar - Keller
After a velvety oyster soup came shad and cucumbers, then a young broiled turkey with corn fritters, followed by a canvas-back with currant jelly and a celery mayonnaise. Mr. Letterblair, who lunched on a sandwich and tea, dined deliberately and deeply, and insisted on his guest's doing the same. Finally, when the closing rites had been accomplished, the cloth was removed, cigars were lit, and Mr.
velvety - samtig, samtweich, samtartig
oyster - Auster; Pfaffenschnittchen, Pfaffenstückchen
turkey - Pute, Puter, Truthahn, Truthenne
corn - Mais; Korn, Getreide, Hühnerauge
fritters - Beignets; Küchle, qualifier
currant - Korinthe; Johannisbeere, Ribisel, Johannisbeerstrauch
jelly - Wackelpudding, Wackelpeter; Gelee, Gallert
celery - Sellerie; Staudensellerie, Stangensellerie
Mayonnaise - Mayonnaise
deliberately - absichtlich
rites - Riten; Ritus, Brauch
removed - entfernt; entfernen, beseitigen, verdrängen, umziehen
cigars - Zigarren; Zigarre; Glimmstängel
Letterblair, leaning back in his chair and pushing the port westward, said, spreading his back agreeably to the coal fire behind him: "The whole family are against a divorce. And I think rightly."
pushing - schieben, drängen, stoßen
westward - westwärts
agreeably - zustimmen; angenehm
coal - Kohle, Steinkohle
rightly - zurecht, zu Recht, richtig
Archer instantly felt himself on the other side of the argument. "But why, sir? If there ever was a case""
"Well"what's the use? SHE'S here"he's there; the Atlantic's between them. She'll never get back a dollar more of her money than what he's voluntarily returned to her: their damned heathen marriage settlements take precious good care of that. As things go over there, Olenski's acted generously: he might have turned her out without a penny."
voluntarily - Freiwillig
damned - verdammt, verflucht; (damn); verdammen, verfluchen, ächten
heathen - heidnisch; barbarisch, unzivilisiert, Heide, Heidin, Barbar
settlements - Siedlungen; Regelung, Regulierung, Erledigung, Ansiedlung
precious - kostbar, wertvoll, süßlich, kitschig
acted - gehandelt; Handlung, Tat, Akt, Gesetz
generously - freigebige, großzügig, generös, dankenswerterweise
penny - Penny
The young man knew this and was silent.
"I understand, though," Mr. Letterblair continued, "that she attaches no importance to the money. Therefore, as the family say, why not let well enough alone?"
attaches - anbringt; anbringen
Archer had gone to the house an hour earlier in full agreement with Mr. Letterblair's view; but put into words by this selfish, well-fed and supremely indifferent old man it suddenly became the Pharisaic voice of a society wholly absorbed in barricading itself against the unpleasant.
agreement - Vereinbarung, Zustimmung, Einigkeit, Einvernehmen
Selfish - egoistisch, selbstsüchtig, egozentrisch, checkegoistisch
fed - abgefütterte, gefüttert; (feed) abgefütterte, gefüttert
supremely - überragend
indifferent - gleichgültig
wholly - ganz
absorbed in - vertieft in
barricading - Barrikade, Barrikade, verbarrikadieren
"I think that's for her to decide."
"H'm"have you considered the consequences if she decides for divorce?"
"You mean the threat in her husband's letter? What weight would that carry? It's no more than the vague charge of an angry blackguard."
threat - drohen; Bedrohung, Drohung
weight - Gewicht; beschweren, gewichten
"Yes; but it might make some unpleasant talk if he really defends the suit."
defends - verteidigt; verteidigen
suit - Anzug; Anzugträger; Farbe; passen
"Unpleasant"!" said Archer explosively.
Mr. Letterblair looked at him from under enquiring eyebrows, and the young man, aware of the uselessness of trying to explain what was in his mind, bowed acquiescently while his senior continued: "Divorce is always unpleasant."
enquiring - Erkundigen Sie sich; erfragen, nachforschen, abfragen
acquiescently - duldsam
"You agree with me?" Mr. Letterblair resumed, after a waiting silence.
"Naturally," said Archer.
"Well, then, I may count on you; the Mingotts may count on you; to use your influence against the idea?"
Archer hesitated. "I can't pledge myself till I've seen the Countess Olenska," he said at length.
pledge - zusichern, versprechen, geloben, zusagen, verpfänden, Gelöbnis
Length - Länge, Längenmaß, Pferdelänge
"Mr. Archer, I don't understand you. Do you want to marry into a family with a scandalous divorce-suit hanging over it?"
I don't understand - Ich verstehe nicht.
scandalous - skandalös
divorce-suit - (divorce-suit) Scheidungsklage
hanging over - überhängend
"I don't think that has anything to do with the case."
Mr. Letterblair put down his glass of port and fixed on his young partner a cautious and apprehensive gaze.
cautious - zurückhaltend; vorsichtig, zaghaft, behutsam
apprehensive - beunruhigt
Archer understood that he ran the risk of having his mandate withdrawn, and for some obscure reason he disliked the prospect. Now that the job had been thrust on him he did not propose to relinquish it; and, to guard against the possibility, he saw that he must reassure the unimaginative old man who was the legal conscience of the Mingotts.
Risk - Risiko; riskieren; wagen
prospect - Anwärter; Sicht, Perspektive, Aussicht, Erwartung, Chance
thrust - Stoß, Stich, Vorstoß, Schub, Schubkraft
propose - vorschlagen; einen Heiratsantrag machen; beabsichtigen
relinquish - verlassen, aufgeben, überlassen, abtreten, Verzicht leisten
possibility - Möglichkeit
reassure - versichern, beruhigen
unimaginative - phantasielos
conscience - Gewissen
"You may be sure, sir, that I shan't commit myself till I've reported to you; what I meant was that I'd rather not give an opinion till I've heard what Madame Olenska has to say."
commit - einweisen, einliefern, begehen, verbrechen, verüben
Mr. Letterblair nodded approvingly at an excess of caution worthy of the best New York tradition, and the young man, glancing at his watch, pleaded an engagement and took leave.
nodded - abgenickt; nicken, einnicken, Kopfnicken
approvingly - zustimmend
excess - Exzess; Überfluss; Überschuss, Übermaß, Völlerei
worthy - würdig
pleaded - plädiert; plädieren, bekennen, (dringend) bitten, anflehen
Old-fashioned New York dined at seven, and the habit of after-dinner calls, though derided in Archer's set, still generally prevailed. As the young man strolled up Fifth Avenue from Waverley Place, the long thoroughfare was deserted but for a group of carriages standing before the Reggie Chiverses'(where there was a dinner for the Duke), and the occasional figure of an elderly gentleman in heavy overcoat and muffler ascending a brownstone doorstep and disappearing into a gas-lit hall. Thus, as Archer crossed Washington Square, he remarked that old Mr. du Lac was calling on his cousins the Dagonets, and turning down the corner of West Tenth Street he saw Mr. Skipworth, of his own firm, obviously bound on a visit to the Miss Lannings.
derided - verhöhnt; verhöhnen, verlachen, verspotten, lustig machen über
prevailed - sich durchgesetzt; erman: die Vorherrschaft erringen (''over'' über)
thoroughfare - Durchfahrt, Durchgangsstraße, Hauptverkehrsstraße, Verkehrsader
deserted - Wüste, wüst, Ă–de; verlassen, desertieren, im Stich lassen
muffler - Schalldämpfer
ascending - aufsteigend; steigen, aufsteigen
disappearing - verschwinden, entschwinden, zum Verschwinden bringen
crossed - gekreuzt; Kreuz
turning down - umklappend
tenth - zehnten; zehnte
A little farther up Fifth Avenue, Beaufort appeared on his doorstep, darkly projected against a blaze of light, descended to his private brougham, and rolled away to a mysterious and probably unmentionable destination. It was not an Opera night, and no one was giving a party, so that Beaufort's outing was undoubtedly of a clandestine nature. Archer connected it in his mind with a little house beyond Lexington Avenue in which beribboned window curtains and flower-boxes had recently appeared, and before whose newly painted door the canary-coloured brougham of Miss Fanny Ring was frequently seen to wait.
darkly - düster; dunkle, dunkel
blaze - lodern; Lohe, Brand, Großbrand, brenne, Glut
unmentionable - unaussprechlich, unerwähnbar
destination - Zielort; Bestimmung; Reiseziel, Bestimmungsort
connected - verbunden; verbinden, anschließen, verbinden
beribboned - beribboniert
recently - in letzter Zeit; neulich, kürzlich, letztens, unlängst
Beyond the small and slippery pyramid which composed Mrs. Archer's world lay the almost unmapped quarter inhabited by artists, musicians and "people who wrote." These scattered fragments of humanity had never shown any desire to be amalgamated with the social structure.
composed - komponiert; zusammenstellen, zusammensetzen, komponieren
unmapped - nicht kartiert
inhabited - bewohnt; bewohnen
fragments - Fragmente; Fragment
humanity - die Menschheit; Menschheit; Humanität, Menschlichkeit
amalgamated - verschmolzen; fusionieren, mischen, verbinden, verquicken
structure - Struktur, Datenstruktur, strukturieren
In spite of odd ways they were said to be, for the most part, quite respectable; but they preferred to keep to themselves. Medora Manson, in her prosperous days, had inaugurated a "literary salon"; but it had soon died out owing to the reluctance of the literary to frequent it.
prosperous - wohlhabend
literary - literarisch
salon - Salon, Halle, Saal, Schönheitssalon
died out - ausgestorben
owing - geschuldet; schulden, schuldig sein, schulden, schuldig sein
Others had made the same attempt, and there was a household of Blenkers"an intense and voluble mother, and three blowsy daughters who imitated her"where one met Edwin Booth and Patti and William Winter, and the new Shakespearian actor George Rignold, and some of the magazine editors and musical and literary critics.
intense - intensiv; hochgradig
voluble - wortgewandt; gesprächig, redselig
blowsy - blasig
imitated - nachgeahmt; imitieren
booth - Stand, Messestand, Bude, Zelle, Nische
William - Wilhelm
Shakespearian - Shakespeare
editors - Redakteure; Herausgeber, Editor, Redakteur, Schriftleiter
Mrs. Archer and her group felt a certain timidity concerning these persons. They were odd, they were uncertain, they had things one didn't know about in the background of their lives and minds. Literature and art were deeply respected in the Archer set, and Mrs. Archer was always at pains to tell her children how much more agreeable and cultivated society had been when it included such figures as Washington Irving, Fitz-Greene Halleck and the poet of "The Culprit Fay.
timidity - Schüchternheit; Furchtsamkeit
concerning - Was bedeutet das; Sorge, Anliegen
uncertain - unsicher
pains - Schmerzen; Qual, Stich (Schmerz), Schmerz
poet - Dichter, Dichterin; i ormal
The most celebrated authors of that generation had been "gentlemen"; perhaps the unknown persons who succeeded them had gentlemanly sentiments, but their origin, their appearance, their hair, their intimacy with the stage and the Opera, made any old New York criterion inapplicable to them.
celebrated - gefeiert; feiern, zelebrieren, feiern, zelebrieren, halten
authors - Autoren; Autor, Autorin, Verfasser, Verfasserin, Schriftsteller
unknown - unbekannt; Unbekannte; Unbekannter
gentlemanly - gentlemanlike
criterion - Kriterium
inapplicable - unanwendbar
"When I was a girl," Mrs. Archer used to say, "we knew everybody between the Battery and Canal Street; and only the people one knew had carriages. It was perfectly easy to place any one then; now one can't tell, and I prefer not to try."
Canal - Kanal, Gang
Only old Catherine Mingott, with her absence of moral prejudices and almost parvenu indifference to the subtler distinctions, might have bridged the abyss; but she had never opened a book or looked at a picture, and cared for music only because it reminded her of gala nights at the Italiens, in the days of her triumph at the Tuileries. Possibly Beaufort, who was her match in daring, would have succeeded in bringing about a fusion; but his grand house and silk-stockinged footmen were an obstacle to informal sociability.
prejudices - Vorurteile; Vorurteil
parvenu - Emporkömmling, Parvenü, parvenühaft
bridged - überbrückt; überbrücken
abyss - Abgrund, Hölle
gala - die Festlichkeit
Possibly - vielleicht, eventuell, möglicherweise, negated: unmöglich
fusion - Schmelzen; Verschmelzen
obstacle - Hindernis, Hürde
informal - informell
sociability - Kontaktfreudigkeit; Gemütlichkeit
Moreover, he was as illiterate as old Mrs. Mingott, and considered "fellows who wrote" as the mere paid purveyors of rich men's pleasures; and no one rich enough to influence his opinion had ever questioned it.
Moreover - außerdem, überdies, des Weiteren, obendrein
illiterate - Analphabeten; analphabetisch; ungebildet, ungelehrt, Analphabet
fellows - Kameraden; Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche; Gefährte, Kerl
purveyors - Anbietern; Lieferant
Newland Archer had been aware of these things ever since he could remember, and had accepted them as part of the structure of his universe. He knew that there were societies where painters and poets and novelists and men of science, and even great actors, were as sought after as Dukes; he had often pictured to himself what it would have been to live in the intimacy of drawing-rooms dominated by the talk of Merimee (whose "Lettres a une Inconnue" was one of his inseparables), of Thackeray, Browning or William Morris. But such things were inconceivable in New York, and unsettling to think of. Archer knew most of the "fellows who wrote," the musicians and the painters: he met them at the Century, or at the little musical and theatrical clubs that were beginning to come into existence.
universe - Universum, Weltall
painters - Malern; Lackierer, Kunstmaler, Maler
poets - Dichter, Dichterin; iormal
novelists - Romanautoren; Romanautor, Romanautorin, Romanschreiber
dominated - beherrscht; herrschen (über), emporragen (über); beherrschen
une - nicht
inseparables - untrennbar, unteilbar, unzertrennlich
inconceivable - unvorstellbar
unsettling - beunruhigend; verwirren, beunruhigen
come into existence - entstehen
He enjoyed them there, and was bored with them at the Blenkers', where they were mingled with fervid and dowdy women who passed them about like captured curiosities; and even after his most exciting talks with Ned Winsett he always came away with the feeling that if his world was small, so was theirs, and that the only way to enlarge either was to reach a stage of manners where they would naturally merge.
bored with - überdrüssig
fervid - glühende
dowdy - unansehnlich; schäbig, unelegant, abgetragen
captured - gefangen genommen; Fang, Festnahme, Gefangennahme, Erfassung
curiosities - Kuriositäten; Neugier, Neugierde, Kuriosität, Kuriosum
most exciting - aufregendste
enlarge - vergrößern
reach - erreichen; erzielen, greifen (nach)
manners - Manieren; Weise, Manier
merge - verschmelzen; zusammenlegen, zusammenfügen, zusammenführen
He was reminded of this by trying to picture the society in which the Countess Olenska had lived and suffered, and also"perhaps"tasted mysterious joys. He remembered with what amusement she had told him that her grandmother Mingott and the Wellands objected to her living in a "Bohemian" quarter given over to "people who wrote.
suffered - gelitten; leiden, leiden, erleiden
tasted - geschmeckt; Geschmack, Schmecken
joys - Freuden; Wonne (Freude, Vergnügen); Freude (über)
objected to - beanstandete
Bohemian - Boheme; Böhme, Böhmin
It was not the peril but the poverty that her family disliked; but that shade escaped her, and she supposed they considered literature compromising.
poverty - Armut
escaped - entkommen; entgehen, entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht
compromising - kompromittierend; Kompromiss, Ausgleich, sich einigen
Nastasia opened the door, smiling mysteriously. On the bench in the hall lay a sable-lined overcoat, a folded opera hat of dull silk with a gold J. B. on the lining, and a white silk muffler: there was no mistaking the fact that these costly articles were the property of Julius Beaufort.
Bench - Bank, Sitzbank, Richter
sable - Zobel; Schwarz
costly - teuer, kostspielig
property - Eigentum, Besitz, Anwesen, Grundbesitz, Grundstück, Eigenschaft
The banker stood leaning against the mantelshelf, which was draped with an old embroidery held in place by brass candelabra containing church candles of yellowish wax. He had thrust his chest out, supporting his shoulders against the mantel and resting his weight on one large patent-leather foot. As Archer entered he was smiling and looking down on his hostess, who sat on a sofa placed at right angles to the chimney.
candelabra - Kandelaber; (candelabrum); Kandelaber
yellowish - gelblich
chest - Kiste, Brustkasten, Brust, Koffer
supporting - stützend, abstützend, unterstützend; (support) stützend
resting - basierend, anhaltend, ausruhend; (rest) basierend, anhaltend
angles - Winkeln; Angel
A table banked with flowers formed a screen behind it, and against the orchids and azaleas which the young man recognised as tributes from the Beaufort hot-houses, Madame Olenska sat half-reclined, her head propped on a hand and her wide sleeve leaving the arm bare to the elbow.
azaleas - Azaleen; Azalee
tributes - Tribute; Tribut, Tribut
reclined - zurückgelehnt; zurücklehnen, hinlegen, anlehnen
propped - gestützt; Stütze
sleeve - Ärmel; Hülse, Schutzhülle, Tülle, Köcher
"Lord love us"three whole days at Skuytercliff!" Beaufort was saying in his loud sneering voice as Archer entered. "You'd better take all your furs, and a hot-water-bottle."
Lord - Gebieter; Herr; herrschen
hot-water-bottle - (hot-water-bottle) Wärmflasche
"Why? Is the house so cold?" she asked, holding out her left hand to Archer in a way mysteriously suggesting that she expected him to kiss it.
holding out - ausharrend
suggesting - vorschlagen, vorschlagen
"No; but the missus is," said Beaufort, nodding carelessly to the young man.
Missus - Herrin; Frau
nodding - schlafend, nickend; (nod); nicken; einnicken; Kopfnicken
"But I thought her so kind. She came herself to invite me. Granny says I must certainly go."
"Granny would, of course. And I say It's a shame you're going to miss the little oyster supper I'd planned for you at Delmonico's next Sunday, with Campanini and Scalchi and a lot of jolly people."
It's a shame - Es ist eine Schande!
jolly - fröhlich; vergnügt, lustig
She looked doubtfully from the banker to Archer.
doubtfully - zweifelhaft; voller Zweifel, zweifelnd
"Ah"that does tempt me! Except the other evening at Mrs. Struthers's I've not met a single artist since I've been here."
tempt - in Versuchung führen, versuchen, locken
"What kind of artists? I know one or two painters, very good fellows, that I could bring to see you if you'd allow me," said Archer boldly.
"Painters? Are there painters in New York?" asked Beaufort, in a tone implying that there could be none since he did not buy their pictures; and Madame Olenska said to Archer, with her grave smile: "That would be charming. But I was really thinking of dramatic artists, singers, actors, musicians. My husband's house was always full of them."
implying - impliziert; implizieren, zur Folge haben, implizieren, bedeuten
dramatic - dramatisch
She said the words "my husband" as if no sinister associations were connected with them, and in a tone that seemed almost to sigh over the lost delights of her married life. Archer looked at her perplexedly, wondering if it were lightness or dissimulation that enabled her to touch so easily on the past at the very moment when she was risking her reputation in order to break with it.
sinister - unheimlich
perplexedly - verblüfft
lightness - Leichtigkeit
dissimulation - Verstellung, Verheimlichung
enabled - aktiviert; berechtigen, befähigen, ermöglichen, anordnen
risking - Risiko
"I do think," she went on, addressing both men, "that the imprevu adds to one's enjoyment. It's perhaps a mistake to see the same people every day."
enjoyment - Genuss, Vergnügen
"It's confoundedly dull, anyhow; New York is dying of dullness," Beaufort grumbled. "And when I try to liven it up for you, you go back on me. Come"think better of it! Sunday is your last chance, for Campanini leaves next week for Baltimore and Philadelphia; and I've a private room, and a Steinway, and they'll sing all night for me."
confoundedly - verwirrt
dullness - Langweiligkeit; Unlust, Dummheit
liven - beleben
"How delicious! May I think it over, and write to you tomorrow morning?"
She spoke amiably, yet with the least hint of dismissal in her voice. Beaufort evidently felt it, and being unused to dismissals, stood staring at her with an obstinate line between his eyes.
amiably - liebenswürdige, liebenswürdig
unused - unbenutzt
dismissals - Entlassungen; Wegschicken
obstinate - hartnäckig, starrköpfig, stur, widerspenstig, widerborstig
"Why not now?"
"It's too serious a question to decide at this late hour."
"Do you call it late?"
She returned his glance coolly. "Yes; because I have still to talk business with Mr. Archer for a little while."
coolly - kühl; gelassen
talk business - über Geschäfte reden
"Ah," Beaufort snapped. There was no appeal from her tone, and with a slight shrug he recovered his composure, took her hand, which he kissed with a practised air, and calling out from the threshold: "I say, Newland, if you can persuade the Countess to stop in town of course you're included in the supper," left the room with his heavy important step.
snapped - geschnappt; Knacken
shrug - Schulterzucken, Achselzucken, mit den Schultern zucken
recovered - erholt; wiederfinden, sich erholen, beikommen
composure - Gelassenheit, Fassung, Haltung, innere Ruhe
calling out - herausrufend
For a moment Archer fancied that Mr. Letterblair must have told her of his coming; but the irrelevance of her next remark made him change his mind.
irrelevance - Bedeutungslosigkeit, Unmaßgeblichkeit, Unbedeutendheit
"You know painters, then? You live in their milieu?" she asked, her eyes full of interest.
milieu - Milieu
"Oh, not exactly. I don't know that the arts have a milieu here, any of them; they're more like a very thinly settled outskirt."
thinly - dünn
outskirt - Außenbezirk, Stadtrand, Außenbereich, Vorort
"But you care for such things?"
"Immensely. When I'm in Paris or London I never miss an exhibition. I try to keep up."
exhibition - Ausstellung
She looked down at the tip of the little satin boot that peeped from her long draperies.
peeped - gepiepst; (peep hole) Schauloch; (to peep through) durchgucken
"I used to care immensely too: my life was full of such things. But now I want to try not to."
"You want to try not to?"
"Yes: I want to cast off all my old life, to become just like everybody else here."
Archer reddened. "You'll never be like everybody else," he said.
She raised her straight eyebrows a little. "Ah, don't say that. If you knew how I hate to be different!"
Her face had grown as sombre as a tragic mask. She leaned forward, clasping her knee in her thin hands, and looking away from him into remote dark distances.
sombre - dunkel, düster, finster, trübe, matt
tragic - tragisch
mask - Maske; abkleben (zum Schutz); abdecken, maskieren
looking away - wegblickend
distances - Entfernungen; Distanz, Entfernung, Abstand, Ferne, Weite
"I want to get away from it all," she insisted.
He waited a moment and cleared his throat. "I know. Mr. Letterblair has told me."
cleared - geklärt; klar, durchsichtig, klar, hell, klar, frei, klar
throat - Kehle, Rachen, Hals, Flaschenhals
"Ah?"
"That's the reason I've come. He asked me to"you see I'm in the firm."
She looked slightly surprised, and then her eyes brightened. "You mean you can manage it for me? I can talk to you instead of Mr. Letterblair? Oh, that will be so much easier!"
brightened - aufgehellt; aufhellen, schönen, aufhellen, aufhellen
manage it - es schaffen
Her tone touched him, and his confidence grew with his self-satisfaction. He perceived that she had spoken of business to Beaufort simply to get rid of him; and to have routed Beaufort was something of a triumph.
routed - geroutet; Rotte
"I am here to talk about it," he repeated.
She sat silent, her head still propped by the arm that rested on the back of the sofa. Her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress. She struck Archer, of a sudden, as a pathetic and even pitiful figure.
extinguished - ausgelöscht; löschen, auslöschen, auslöschen, abschalten
dimmed - abgeblendet; trüb; dämmerig, dunkel
pathetic - erbärmlich
"Now we're coming to hard facts," he thought, conscious in himself of the same instinctive recoil that he had so often criticised in his mother and her contemporaries. How little practice he had had in dealing with unusual situations! Their very vocabulary was unfamiliar to him, and seemed to belong to fiction and the stage. In face of what was coming he felt as awkward and embarrassed as a boy.
hard facts - nackte Tatsachen
recoil - Rückstoß; zurückschrecken; zurückschlagen
criticised - kritisiert; kritisieren, bemängeln, monieren, mäkeln
contemporaries - Zeitgenossen; zeitgenössisch, zeitgenössisch, modern, zeitnah
dealing - handelnd; (deal) handelnd
unfamiliar - ungewohnt
After a pause Madame Olenska broke out with unexpected vehemence: "I want to be free; I want to wipe out all the past."
broke out - (break out) ausbrechen
vehemence - Heftigkeit, Vehemenz
wipe out - auswischen, ausrotten, auslöschen, eliminieren
"I understand that."
Her face warmed. "Then you'll help me?"
"First"" he hesitated""perhaps I ought to know a little more."
She seemed surprised. "You know about my husband"my life with him?"
He made a sign of assent.
"Well"then"what more is there? In this country are such things tolerated? I'm a Protestant"our church does not forbid divorce in such cases."
tolerated - toleriert; tolerieren, dulden, vertragen
Protestant - Protestant, Protestantin, protestantisch, evangelisch
"Certainly not."
They were both silent again, and Archer felt the spectre of Count Olenski's letter grimacing hideously between them. The letter filled only half a page, and was just what he had described it to be in speaking of it to Mr. Letterblair: the vague charge of an angry blackguard. But how much truth was behind it? Only Count Olenski's wife could tell.
spectre - Schreckgespenst, Gespenst
grimacing - Grimasse, Grimassen schneiden
hideously - scheußlich, abscheuliche
"I've looked through the papers you gave to Mr. Letterblair," he said at length.
looked through - durchgeblickte
"Well"can there be anything more abominable?"
more abominable - scheußlichere
"No."
She changed her position slightly, screening her eyes with her lifted hand.
screening - Vorführung; Vorsorgeuntersuchung, Screening
"Of course you know," Archer continued, "that if your husband chooses to fight the case"as he threatens to""
fight - kämpfen; Kampf, Schlacht
Threatens - Bedroht; drohen, bedrohen, bedrohen, androhen
"Yes"?"
"He can say things"things that might be unpl"might be disagreeable to you: say them publicly, so that they would get about, and harm you even if""
disagreeable - unangenehm, unsympathisch
get about - herumgesprochen
"If"?"
"I mean: no matter how unfounded they were."
She paused for a long interval; so long that, not wishing to keep his eyes on her shaded face, he had time to imprint on his mind the exact shape of her other hand, the one on her knee, and every detail of the three rings on her fourth and fifth fingers; among which, he noticed, a wedding ring did not appear.
shaded - schattiert; Maifisch
imprint - Impressum; Erscheinungsvermerk, Abdruck, Gepräge; aufdrücken
shape - Zustand, Form, Gestalt, Form
fingers - fingern
"What harm could such accusations, even if he made them publicly, do me here?"
accusations - Anschuldigungen; Anklage, Beschuldigung
It was on his lips to exclaim: "My poor child"far more harm than anywhere else!" Instead, he answered, in a voice that sounded in his ears like Mr. Letterblair's: "New York society is a very small world compared with the one you've lived in. And it's ruled, in spite of appearances, by a few people with"well, rather old-fashioned ideas."
exclaim - ausrufen
anywhere - überall, irgendwo
appearances - Erscheinungen; Erscheinen
She said nothing, and he continued: "Our ideas about marriage and divorce are particularly old-fashioned. Our legislation favours divorce"our social customs don't."
Legislation - Gesetzgebung; Gesetz
favours - Gefälligkeiten; begünstigen, bevorzugen
customs - Brauch, Gewohnheit, Gewohnheit, Brauch, Sitte, Usus, Gewohnheit
"Never?"
"Well"not if the woman, however injured, however irreproachable, has appearances in the least degree against her, has exposed herself by any unconventional action to"to offensive insinuations""
injured - verletzt; verletzen, verletzen
degree - Abschluss; Diplom, akademischer Diplom, Grad, Winkelgrad
unconventional - unkonventionell
offensive - beleidigend; offensiv; Offensive, Angriff
insinuations - Andeutungen; Einschmeicheln
She drooped her head a little lower, and he waited again, intensely hoping for a flash of indignation, or at least a brief cry of denial. None came.
drooped - gesunken; durchhängen, herabhängen, herunterhängen, herabsinken
denial - Verweigerung; Leugnung, Dementi, Bestreitung, Abstreitung
A little travelling clock ticked purringly at her elbow, and a log broke in two and sent up a shower of sparks. The whole hushed and brooding room seemed to be waiting silently with Archer.
ticked - angekreuzt; ticken, normal (gut) laufen; Ticken, Zeichen, Zecke
purringly - schnurrend
sparks - Funken; Funke; aufkeimen lassen, entfachen
hushed - totgeschwiegen; verstummen, still werden, zum Schweigen bringen
brooding - grüblerisch, grübelnd; (brood); Brut; brüten, grübeln
"Yes," she murmured at length, "that's what my family tell me."
He winced a little. "It's not unnatural""
unnatural - unnatürlich
"OUR family," she corrected herself; and Archer coloured. "For you'll be my cousin soon," she continued gently.
"I hope so."
"And you take their view?"
He stood up at this, wandered across the room, stared with void eyes at one of the pictures against the old red damask, and came back irresolutely to her side. How could he say: "Yes, if what your husband hints is true, or if you've no way of disproving it?"
void - nichtig
irresolutely - unentschlossen
hints - Hinweise; Hinweis, Tipp, Wink, Fingerzeig, Anleitung, Andeutung
disproving - widerlegen
"Sincerely"" she interjected, as he was about to speak.
interjected - eingeworfen; einwerfen
He looked down into the fire. "Sincerely, then"what should you gain that would compensate for the possibility"the certainty"of a lot of beastly talk?"
gain - Gewinn, Zunahme, Verstärkung; erwerben, gewinnen, erlangen
certainty - Gewissheit
beastly - bestialisch; garstig
"But my freedom"is that nothing?"
It flashed across him at that instant that the charge in the letter was true, and that she hoped to marry the partner of her guilt. How was he to tell her that, if she really cherished such a plan, the laws of the State were inexorably opposed to it?
flashed - geflasht; aufleuchten, blitzen, aufflammen
guilt - Schuld
laws - Gesetze; Gesetz, Jura, Rechtswissenschaft
inexorably - unaufhaltsam
The mere suspicion that the thought was in her mind made him feel harshly and impatiently toward her. "But aren't you as free as air as it is?" he returned. "Who can touch you? Mr. Letterblair tells me the financial question has been settled""
suspicion - Verdacht, Argwohn, Verdächtigung
harshly - harsch
impatiently - Ungeduldig
"Oh, yes," she said indifferently.
"Well, then: is it worth while to risk what may be infinitely disagreeable and painful? Think of the newspapers"their vileness! It's all stupid and narrow and unjust"but one can't make over society."
worth - wert
infinitely - unendlich
stupid - dumm, doof, blöd, Dummkopf
unjust - ungerecht
make over - umarbeiten
"No," she acquiesced; and her tone was so faint and desolate that he felt a sudden remorse for his own hard thoughts.
acquiesced - geduldet; hinnehmen, einwilligen, dulden
desolate - verzweifelt; verlassen; verlassen
remorse - Reue, Gewissensbisse
"The individual, in such cases, is nearly always sacrificed to what is supposed to be the collective interest: people cling to any convention that keeps the family together"protects the children, if there are any," he rambled on, pouring out all the stock phrases that rose to his lips in his intense desire to cover over the ugly reality which her silence seemed to have laid bare.
individual - Individuum; einzeln, individuell, Einzel-
collective - Verbands.., gesammelt, Kollektiv; Sammelname
cling to - anschmiegen
convention - Konvention; Kongress, Versammlung, Tagung, Abkommen
protects - schützt; schützen, beschützen
rambled - geschwafelt; Abschweifen, umherziehen, spazieren, bummeln
pouring out - ausgießend
cover - Versicherungsdeckung ;überdecken;bespannen (mit Stoff ...), decken, überziehen;Ăśberzug , Umschlag , Hülle , Titel
Since she would not or could not say the one word that would have cleared the air, his wish was not to let her feel that he was trying to probe into her secret. Better keep on the surface, in the prudent old New York way, than risk uncovering a wound he could not heal.
probe into - in etw. nachfassen
Prudent - umsichtig, vorsichtig
uncovering - Freilegung; aufdecken, enthüllen
wound - anschießen, verwunden
heal - verheilen, abheilen, heilen
"It's my business, you know," he went on, "to help you to see these things as the people who are fondest of you see them. The Mingotts, the Wellands, the van der Luydens, all your friends and relations: if I didn't show you honestly how they judge such questions, it wouldn't be fair of me, would it?" He spoke insistently, almost pleading with her in his eagerness to cover up that yawning silence.
fondest - am liebsten; (to be fond of sb/sth) jemanden/etwas gerne mögen
honestly - ehrlich
judge - urteilen (nach), richten; Richter, Jurist
insistently - hartnäckig
pleading - flehend; flehentlich, Verteidigungsschrift
eagerness - Ungeduld; Eifer
cover up - zudecken, vertuschen
yawning - gähnt; (yawn) gähnen; (yawn); gähnen; Gähnen
She said slowly: "No; it wouldn't be fair."
The fire had crumbled down to greyness, and one of the lamps made a gurgling appeal for attention. Madame Olenska rose, wound it up and returned to the fire, but without resuming her seat.
crumbled - zerkrümelt; bröckeln, zerbröckeln, krümeln, zerkrümeln, Crumble
greyness - Grauen
gurgling - gurgelnd; (gurgle); gurgeln; Gurgeln
resuming - wieder aufnehmen; weiter; Lebenslauf; fortsetzen
Her remaining on her feet seemed to signify that there was nothing more for either of them to say, and Archer stood up also.
remaining - Überrest (2), de
signify - bedeuten
"Very well; I will do what you wish," she said abruptly. The blood rushed to his forehead; and, taken aback by the suddenness of her surrender, he caught her two hands awkwardly in his.
rushed - überstürzt; stürzen, drängen, hetzen, rasen; Eile, Andrang
taken aback - verblüfft, sprachlos, erstaunt, bestürzt
suddenness - Plötzlichkeit
surrender - kapitulieren, ergeben
awkwardly - unbeholfen, ungeschickt, umständlich, tapsig
"I"I do want to help you," he said.
"You do help me. Good night, my cousin."
He bent and laid his lips on her hands, which were cold and lifeless. She drew them away, and he turned to the door, found his coat and hat under the faint gas-light of the hall, and plunged out into the winter night bursting with the belated eloquence of the inarticulate.
lifeless - leblos
gas-light - (gas-light) Gasbeleuchtung
bursting - platzen, zerplatzen, bersten, sprengen, Bersten
eloquence - Redegewandtheit, Eloquenz, Sprachfertigkeit, Beredsamkeit
inarticulate - sprachlos, unfähig zu sprechen, undeutlich, unartikuliert
It was a crowded night at Wallack's theatre.
The play was "The Shaughraun," with Dion Boucicault in the title role and Harry Montague and Ada Dyas as the lovers. The popularity of the admirable English company was at its height, and the Shaughraun always packed the house. In the galleries the enthusiasm was unreserved; in the stalls and boxes, people smiled a little at the hackneyed sentiments and clap-trap situations, and enjoyed the play as much as the galleries did.
popularity - Popularität, Beliebtheit
admirable - bewundernswert
galleries - Galerien; Galerie, Galerie, Galerie, Galerie
enthusiasm - Begeisterung, Enthusiasmus, Schwärmerei
unreserved - ohne Vorbehalt
stalls - Stände; Strömungsabriss
hackneyed - abgedroschen; Lohnarbeiter
clap - Tripper, Beifall; klatschen
trap - eine Falle; Fallgrube, Falle, Fahrt (im Bergwerk); einfangen
There was one episode, in particular, that held the house from floor to ceiling. It was that in which Harry Montague, after a sad, almost monosyllabic scene of parting with Miss Dyas, bade her good-bye, and turned to go. The actress, who was standing near the mantelpiece and looking down into the fire, wore a gray cashmere dress without fashionable loopings or trimmings, moulded to her tall figure and flowing in long lines about her feet.
ceiling - Zimmerdecke; Zimmerdecke; (ceil) Zimmerdecke; Zimmerdecke
monosyllabic - einsilbig
bade - geboten
loopings - Schleifen ausführend, schlingelnd
trimmings - Garnituren; Beschneiden, Entgraten, Trimmung
flowing - fließend; Wasserführung; ich flösse, ich/er/sie floss (floß
Around her neck was a narrow black velvet ribbon with the ends falling down her back.
neck - knutschen; Genick, Zapfen (Wellenhals), Nacken
ribbon - Band; Farbband
falling down - umfallend
When her wooer turned from her she rested her arms against the mantel-shelf and bowed her face in her hands. On the threshold he paused to look at her; then he stole back, lifted one of the ends of velvet ribbon, kissed it, and left the room without her hearing him or changing her attitude. And on this silent parting the curtain fell.
shelf - Regal; Schelf
Stole - Gestohlen; (to steal) stehlen, klauen, rauben; (steal); stehlen
It was always for the sake of that particular scene that Newland Archer went to see "The Shaughraun." He thought the adieux of Montague and Ada Dyas as fine as anything he had ever seen Croisette and Bressant do in Paris, or Madge Robertson and Kendal in London; in its reticence, its dumb sorrow, it moved him more than the most famous histrionic outpourings.
Madge - Elster
reticence - Reserviertheit, Schweigsamkeit, Zurückhaltung
dumb - dumm; stumm, sprachlos, blöd, doof
sorrow - Kummer, Traurigkeit, Trauer, Sorge
histrionic - Schauspiel
outpourings - Ausschüttungen; Ausströmen, Erguss
On the evening in question the little scene acquired an added poignancy by reminding him"he could not have said why"of his leave-taking from Madame Olenska after their confidential talk a week or ten days earlier.
acquired - erworben; erwerben, erwerben, akquirieren
poignancy - Ergreifend; Schärfe, Schmerzlichkeit
reminding - erinnern, in Erinnerung bringen
confidential - vertraulich
It would have been as difficult to discover any resemblance between the two situations as between the appearance of the persons concerned. Newland Archer could not pretend to anything approaching the young English actor's romantic good looks, and Miss Dyas was a tall red-haired woman of monumental build whose pale and pleasantly ugly face was utterly unlike Ellen Olenska's vivid countenance. Nor were Archer and Madame Olenska two lovers parting in heart-broken silence; they were client and lawyer separating after a talk which had given the lawyer the worst possible impression of the client's case. Wherein, then, lay the resemblance that made the young man's heart beat with a kind of retrospective excitement? It seemed to be in Madame Olenska's mysterious faculty of suggesting tragic and moving possibilities outside the daily run of experience. She had hardly ever said a word to him to produce this impression, but it was a part of her, either a projection of her mysterious and outlandish background or of something inherently dramatic, passionate and unusual in herself.
discover - entdecken; erleben, erfahren, dabei sein
approaching - sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sein
pleasantly - angenehme, angenehm
utterly - völlig
lawyer - Rechtsanwalt, Rechtsanwältin
separating - einzeln, getrennt, separat, getrennt, separat, trennen
impression - Abdruck; Eindruck, Impression, Werbeeinblendung
wherein - worin
beat - Schlag ;jdn. bezwingen
retrospective - rückblickend, rückschauend, zurückblickend, rückwirkend
faculty - der Fakultät; Kollegium, Lehrpersonal, Fakultät, Vermögen
possibilities - Möglichkeiten; Möglichkeit
hardly ever - fast gar nicht, fast nie, niemals, nie
projection - Vorsprung; Projizieren, Projektion, Prognose, Vorhersage
inherently - von Natur aus
Archer had always been inclined to think that chance and circumstance played a small part in shaping people's lots compared with their innate tendency to have things happen to them. This tendency he had felt from the first in Madame Olenska. The quiet, almost passive young woman struck him as exactly the kind of person to whom things were bound to happen, no matter how much she shrank from them and went out of her way to avoid them. The exciting fact was her having lived in an atmosphere so thick with drama that her own tendency to provoke it had apparently passed unperceived. It was precisely the odd absence of surprise in her that gave him the sense of her having been plucked out of a very maelstrom: the things she took for granted gave the measure of those she had rebelled against.
circumstance - Umstand
shaping - Gestalten; Formgebung, formend, bildend; (shape); Zustand, Form
innate - angeboren, checkeigen, checkimmanent
avoid - ausweichen; meiden, fernbleiben, vermeiden, entkräften
drama - Drama, Schauspiel
provoke - provozieren, aufreizen, aufwühlen, aufhetzen
unperceived - unbemerkt
precisely - genau; präzise
plucked - gerupft; pflücken, abrupfen, zupfen, schlagen, rupfen, ausrupfen
maelstrom - Mahlstrom, Strudel
granted - gewährt; gewähren, erteilen, bewilligen
rebelled - rebelliert; Rebell; auflehnen, aufbäumen
Archer had left her with the conviction that Count Olenski's accusation was not unfounded. The mysterious person who figured in his wife's past as "the secretary" had probably not been unrewarded for his share in her escape. The conditions from which she had fled were intolerable, past speaking of, past believing: she was young, she was frightened, she was desperate"what more natural than that she should be grateful to her rescuer?
conviction - Überzeugung; Verurteilung
accusation - Anschuldigung; Anklage, Beschuldigung
figured - gedacht; Abbildung, Figur, Gestalt, Ziffer, Form
unrewarded - nicht belohnt
share in - teilhaben an, teilen;Anteil an
intolerable - unerträglich
desperate - verzweifelt bemüht, sehnsuchtsvoll verlangend, aussichtslos
more natural - naturgemäßere
rescuer - Retter, Retterin
The pity was that her gratitude put her, in the law's eyes and the world's, on a par with her abominable husband. Archer had made her understand this, as he was bound to do; he had also made her understand that simplehearted kindly New York, on whose larger charity she had apparently counted, was precisely the place where she could least hope for indulgence.
par - Pari
abominable - verabscheuungswürdig, verhasst, abscheulich, riesig, monströs
simplehearted - Einfaltspinsel
kindly - freundlich, freundlicherweise, gütig, liebenswürdig
charity - Nächstenliebe; Wohltätigkeit; Wohltätigkeitsorganisation
counted - gezählt; rechnen, abzählen, zählen
indulgence - Ablasshandel; Nachgiebigkeit, Nachsicht, Milde, Nachsichtigkeit
To have to make this fact plain to her"and to witness her resigned acceptance of it"had been intolerably painful to him. He felt himself drawn to her by obscure feelings of jealousy and pity, as if her dumbly-confessed error had put her at his mercy, humbling yet endearing her. He was glad it was to him she had revealed her secret, rather than to the cold scrutiny of Mr.
witness - etw. miterleben;erleben, bezeugen, Zeuge sein bei; miterleben
acceptance - Akzeptanz; Annahme; Vertrag
intolerably - unerträglich
jealousy - Eifersucht, Missgunst, Neid
dumbly - stumme
confessed - gestanden; gestehen, bekennen, verraten, beichten
error - Fehler; Irrtum; aussteigen; fehlschlagen, misslingen
humbling - demütigend; (humble) demütigend
endearing - liebenswert; teuer machen
revealed - aufgedeckt; enthüllen, offenbaren
scrutiny - Kontrolle; genaue Untersuchung, genaue Beobachtung
Letterblair, or the embarrassed gaze of her family. He immediately took it upon himself to assure them both that she had given up her idea of seeking a divorce, basing her decision on the fact that she had understood the uselessness of the proceeding; and with infinite relief they had all turned their eyes from the "unpleasantness" she had spared them.
assure - sichern; versichern
seeking - suchen
basing - Basierung; Bas
infinite - unendlich, endlos, unzählige
unpleasantness - Unannehmlichkeiten; Unannehmlichkeit, Unangenehmheit
"I was sure Newland would manage it," Mrs. Welland had said proudly of her future son-in-law; and old Mrs. Mingott, who had summoned him for a confidential interview, had congratulated him on his cleverness, and added impatiently: "Silly goose! I told her myself What nonsense it was. Wanting to pass herself off as Ellen Mingott and an old maid, when she has the luck to be a married woman and a Countess!"
manage - verwalten, leiten, hinbekommen, schaffen
proudly - stolze, stolz
congratulated - beglückwünscht; gratulieren, beglückwünschen
cleverness - Klugheit; Pfiffigkeit, Gewandtheit, Raffinesse
What nonsense - Was für Unsinn!
luck - Glück
These incidents had made the memory of his last talk with Madame Olenska so vivid to the young man that as the curtain fell on the parting of the two actors his eyes filled with tears, and he stood up to leave the theatre.
Incidents - Vorfälle; Vorfall, Begebenheit, Ereignis
In doing so, he turned to the side of the house behind him, and saw the lady of whom he was thinking seated in a box with the Beauforts, Lawrence Lefferts and one or two other men. He had not spoken with her alone since their evening together, and had tried to avoid being with her in company; but now their eyes met, and as Mrs.
Beaufort recognised him at the same time, and made her languid little gesture of invitation, it was impossible not to go into the box.
languid - träge; schwach
Beaufort and Lefferts made way for him, and after a few words with Mrs. Beaufort, who always preferred to look beautiful and not have to talk, Archer seated himself behind Madame Olenska. There was no one else in the box but Mr. Sillerton Jackson, who was telling Mrs. Beaufort in a confidential undertone about Mrs.
undertone - Unterton, Beigeschmack
Lemuel Struthers's last Sunday reception (where some people reported that there had been dancing). Under cover of this circumstantial narrative, to which Mrs. Beaufort listened with her perfect smile, and her head at just the right angle to be seen in profile from the stalls, Madame Olenska turned and spoke in a low voice.
cover - Deckel, Abdeckung, Versteck, Einband, agazine, Decke, Gedeck
circumstantial - Indizien; umstandsbezogen, umstandsmäßig, umständlich
right angle - rechter Winkel
profile - Profil, Benutzerprofil
"Do you think," she asked, glancing toward the stage, "he will send her a bunch of yellow roses tomorrow morning?"
Archer reddened, and his heart gave a leap of surprise. He had called only twice on Madame Olenska, and each time he had sent her a box of yellow roses, and each time without a card.
leap - hervorspringen, hüpfen, überspringen
She had never before made any allusion to the flowers, and he supposed she had never thought of him as the sender. Now her sudden recognition of the gift, and her associating it with the tender leave-taking on the stage, filled him with an agitated pleasure.
sender - Absender, Absenderin
recognition - Erkennen, Wiedererkennen, Erkennung, Anerkennung
associating - assoziieren; Weggefährte, vereinigen
"I was thinking of that too"I was going to leave the theatre in order to take the picture away with me," he said.
To his surprise her colour rose, reluctantly and duskily. She looked down at the mother-of-pearl opera-glass in her smoothly gloved hands, and said, after a pause: "What do you do while May is away?"
duskily - in der Dämmerung
pearl - Perle
smoothly - reibungslos; ruhig, weich
"I stick to my work," he answered, faintly annoyed by the question.
In obedience to a long-established habit, the Wellands had left the previous week for St. Augustine, where, out of regard for the supposed susceptibility of Mr. Welland's bronchial tubes, they always spent the latter part of the winter. Mr. Welland was a mild and silent man, with no opinions but with many habits. With these habits none might interfere; and one of them demanded that his wife and daughter should always go with him on his annual journey to the south.
obedience - Gehorsam, Folgsamkeit, Gehorsamkeit
Augustine - Augustinus; Augustin
susceptibility - Anfälligkeit; Empfänglichkeit; Suszeptibilität
bronchial - Bronchial.
tubes - Schläuche; Rohr
interfere - eingreifen, einmischen
demanded - gefordert; Nachfrage, Bedarf, Nachfrage, Anspruch, verlangen
To preserve an unbroken domesticity was essential to his peace of mind; he would not have known where his hair-brushes were, or how to provide stamps for his letters, if Mrs. Welland had not been there to tell him.
preserve - Konserve, Eingemachtes, Naturschutzgebiet, Naturreservat
unbroken - ungebrochen
essential - unerlässlich; essenziell, notwendig, unverzichtbar, wesentlich
peace - Ruhe, Frieden, Friede
provide - bieten; sorgen, den Unterhalt sichern, besorgen, beschaffen
stamps - Briefmarken; Stempel, Stempel, stempeln, freimachen
As all the members of the family adored each other, and as Mr. Welland was the central object of their idolatry, it never occurred to his wife and May to let him go to St. Augustine alone; and his sons, who were both in the law, and could not leave New York during the winter, always joined him for Easter and travelled back with him.
idolatry - Götzenanbetung; Abgötterei, Götzendienerei, Götzendienst
It was impossible for Archer to discuss the necessity of May's accompanying her father. The reputation of the Mingotts'family physician was largely based on the attack of pneumonia which Mr. Welland had never had; and his insistence on St. Augustine was therefore inflexible. Originally, it had been intended that May's engagement should not be announced till her return from Florida, and the fact that it had been made known sooner could not be expected to alter Mr. Welland's plans.
accompanying - begleiten, begleiten, begleiten, begleiten, geleiten, beiliegen
largely - groß, weitgehend, große
based - basiert; Bas
attack - Attacke, Angriff, Anfall, angreifen, attackieren
originally - ursprünglich
Florida - Florida
alter - verändern, ändern, wandeln, modifizieren, abändern
Archer would have liked to join the travellers and have a few weeks of sunshine and boating with his betrothed; but he too was bound by custom and conventions. Little arduous as his professional duties were, he would have been convicted of frivolity by the whole Mingott clan if he had suggested asking for a holiday in mid-winter; and he accepted May's departure with the resignation which he perceived would have to be one of the principal constituents of married life.
travellers - Reisender, Reisende
sunshine - Sonnenschein
arduous - mühsam, anstrengend, beschwerlich, erschöpfend, steil
duties - Pflichten; Pflicht, Schicht, Arbeitszeit, Zoll, Einfuhrsteuer
convicted - verurteilt; verurteilen, Sträfling
frivolity - Leichtsinn; Frivolität, Leichtfertigkeit
mid - mittler
resignation - Rücktritt, Niederlegung, Kündigung, Rücktrittserklärung
principal - Auftraggeber; hauptsächlich, Haupt-, wesentlich, Rektor
constituents - Wählerschaft; ausmachend, fest, Bestand-, verfassunggebend
He was conscious that Madame Olenska was looking at him under lowered lids. "I have done what you wished"what you advised," she said abruptly.
lowered - gesenkt; niedriger, niedrigerer
advised - raten, beraten, empfehlen, mitteilen, informieren, verständigen
"Ah"I'm glad," he returned, embarrassed by her broaching the subject at such a moment.
broaching - räumen; Stecheisen, anbrechen, anstechen, Räumnadel; abreiben
"I understand"that you were right," she went on a little breathlessly; "but sometimes life is difficult ... perplexing..."
breathlessly - atemlose
perplexing - verwirrend; verwirren
"I know."
"And I wanted to tell you that I DO feel you were right; and that I'm grateful to you," she ended, lifting her opera-glass quickly to her eyes as the door of the box opened and Beaufort's resonant voice broke in on them.
resonant - resonant, nachhallend, mitschwingend
Archer stood up, and left the box and the theatre.
Only the day before he had received a letter from May Welland in which, with characteristic candour, she had asked him to "be kind to Ellen" in their absence. "She likes you and admires you so much"and you know, though she doesn't show it, she's still very lonely and unhappy. I don't think Granny understands her, or uncle Lovell Mingott either; they really think she's much worldlier and fonder of society than she is. And I can quite see that New York must seem dull to her, though the family won't admit it. I think she's been used to lots of things we haven't got; wonderful music, and picture shows, and celebrities"artists and authors and all the clever people you admire. Granny can't understand her wanting anything but lots of dinners and clothes"but I can see that you're almost the only person in New York who can talk to her about what she really cares for.
candour - Offenheit, Aufrichtigkeit
admires - bewundert; bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen
fonder - zärtlicher; (to be fond of sb/sth) jemanden/etwas gerne mögen
celebrities - Berühmtheiten; berühmte Person, Prominenter, Prominente
His wise May"how he had loved her for that letter! But he had not meant to act on it; he was too busy, to begin with, and he did not care, as an engaged man, to play too conspicuously the part of Madame Olenska's champion. He had an idea that she knew how to take care of herself a good deal better than the ingenuous May imagined. She had Beaufort at her feet, Mr.
act on - einwirken auf
conspicuously - auffallend
ingenuous - unschuldig
van der Luyden hovering above her like a protecting deity, and any number of candidates (Lawrence Lefferts among them) waiting their opportunity in the middle distance. Yet he never saw her, or exchanged a word with her, without feeling that, after all, May's ingenuousness almost amounted to a gift of divination. Ellen Olenska was lonely and she was unhappy.
hovering - schwebend; rütteln, verweilen, zögern, bewegen
protecting - schützen, beschützen
candidates - Kandidaten; Kandidat, Kandidatin, Wahlbewerber, Wahlbewerberin
opportunity - Gelegenheit, Chance, Möglichkeit
ingenuousness - Unaufrichtigkeit; Offenheit
amounted to - betrug
divination - Weissagung; Wahrsagerei, Wahrsagen
As he came out into the lobby Archer ran across his friend Ned Winsett, the only one among what Janey called his "clever people" with whom he cared to probe into things a little deeper than the average level of club and chop-house banter.
lobby - Interessengruppe; Empfangshalle
probe - Tester , Probe , Tastkopf ;bei jdm. nachfassen
deeper - tiefer; tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tief, tiefgründig
average - mittlere, Havarie, durchschnittlich; Mittelwert bilden (aus)
chop - abhacken
banter - Geplänkel; Gelabere
He had caught sight, across the house, of Winsett's shabby round-shouldered back, and had once noticed his eyes turned toward the Beaufort box. The two men shook hands, and Winsett proposed a bock at a little German restaurant around the corner.
proposed - vorgeschlagen; vorschlagen, einen Heiratsantrag machen
bock - Bockbier
Archer, who was not in the mood for the kind of talk they were likely to get there, declined on the plea that he had work to do at home; and Winsett said: "Oh, well so have I for that matter, and I'll be the Industrious Apprentice too."
industrious - fleißig
apprentice - Lehrling, Auszubildender, Auszubildende, Azubi
They strolled along together, and presently Winsett said: "look here, what I'm really after is the name of the dark lady in that swell box of yours"with the Beauforts, wasn't she? The one your friend Lefferts seems so smitten by."
look here - hersehen
swell - anschwellen; Schwellen
smitten - verknallt; schlagen, schlagen
Archer, he could not have said why, was slightly annoyed. What the devil did Ned Winsett want with Ellen Olenska's name? And above all, why did he couple it with Lefferts's? It was unlike Winsett to manifest such curiosity; but after all, Archer remembered, he was a journalist.
devil - dem Teufel; Teufel, Satan, Teufelin, reizen, ärgern
manifest - manifest; Ladungsliste; Manifest; manifestieren
"It's not for an interview, I hope?" he laughed.
"Well"not for the press; just for myself," Winsett rejoined. "The fact is she's a neighbour of mine"queer quarter for such a beauty to settle in"and she's been awfully kind to my little boy, who fell down her area chasing his kitten, and gave himself a nasty cut. She rushed in bareheaded, carrying him in her arms, with his knee all beautifully bandaged, and was so sympathetic and beautiful that my wife was too dazzled to ask her name."
settle in - sich einleben;einziehen
chasing - ziselierend, jagend; (chas) ziselierend, jagend
kitten - Kätzchen, Kätzlein, Katzenbaby
nasty - abscheulich, böse, ekelhaft, scheußlich
bareheaded - ohne Kopfbedeckung
dazzled - geblendet; blenden, verblüffen, faszinieren, bezaubern, betören
A pleasant glow dilated Archer's heart. There was nothing extraordinary in the tale: any woman would have done as much for a neighbour's child. But it was just like Ellen, he felt, to have rushed in bareheaded, carrying the boy in her arms, and to have dazzled poor Mrs. Winsett into forgetting to ask who she was.
dilated - geweitet; dilatieren, weiten, vergrößern, erweitern, dehnen
extraordinary - außerordentlich, außergewöhnlich
"That is the Countess Olenska"a granddaughter of old Mrs. Mingott's."
"Whew"a Countess!" whistled Ned Winsett. "Well, I didn't know Countesses were so neighbourly. Mingotts ain't."
Whew - puh
whistled - gepfiffen; Pfeife, Trillerpfeife, Flöte, Pfeifen
countesses - Gräfinnen; Gräfin
neighbourly - nachbarschaftlich; nachbarlich
"They would be, if you'd let them."
"Ah, well"" It was their old interminable argument as to the obstinate unwillingness of the "clever people" to frequent the fashionable, and both men knew that there was no use in prolonging it.
interminable - unendlich
unwillingness - Unwilligkeit
prolonging - ausdehnen, verlängern, hinauszögern
"I wonder," Winsett broke off, "how a Countess happens to live in our slum?"
slum - Elendsviertel
"Because She doesn't care a hang about where she lives"or about any of our little social sign-posts," said Archer, with a secret pride in his own picture of her.
She doesn't care a hang - Das ist ihr völlig schnuppe.
hang about - herumlungern, herumdrücken
"H'm"been in bigger places, I suppose," the other commented. "Well, here's my corner."
commented - kommentiert; kommentieren; Erläuterung, Anmerkung, Vermerk
He slouched off across Broadway, and Archer stood looking after him and musing on his last words.
slouched - gekrümmt; herumlungern, herumhängen, Durchhänger, Schlafmütze
looking after - betreuend
musing - sinnend, grübelnd, nachgrübelnd, nachsinnend; (mus); sinnend
Ned Winsett had those flashes of penetration; they were the most interesting thing about him, and always made Archer wonder why they had allowed him to accept failure so stolidly at an age when most men are still struggling.
flashes - blinkt; aufleuchten, blitzen, aufflammen
most interesting - hochinteressant, interessanteste
failure - Versagen; Misserfolg, Ausfall, Verschlechterung, Misslingen
stolidly - beharrlich; sturen
struggling - sich abmühen; kämpfend, ringend; (struggle); Kampf, Gefecht
Archer had known that Winsett had a wife and child, but he had never seen them. The two men always met at the Century, or at some haunt of journalists and theatrical people, such as the restaurant where Winsett had proposed to go for a bock. He had given Archer to understand that his wife was an invalid; which might be true of the poor lady, or might merely mean that she was lacking in social gifts or in evening clothes, or in both. Winsett himself had a savage abhorrence of social observances: Archer, who dressed in the evening because he thought it cleaner and more comfortable to do so, and who had never stopped to consider that cleanliness and comfort are two of the costliest items in a modest budget, regarded Winsett's attitude as part of the boring "Bohemian" pose that always made fashionable people, who changed their clothes without talking about it, and were not forever harping on the number of servants one kept, seem so much simpler and less self-conscious than the others.
haunt - spuken; verfolgen; Treffpunkt
journalists - Journalisten; Journalist, Journalistin, Journalist
invalid - ungültig; zum Invaliden machen; Invalide, Kranken.., Kranke
lacking - Mangelhaft; ermangeln, fehlen
gifts - Geschenke; Geschenk
abhorrence - Abscheu, Ekel, Ekel
observances - Beobachtungen; Beachtung
comfortable - komfortabel, bequem, behaglich, kommod, gemütlich
cleanliness - Sauberkeit, Reinlichkeit
costliest - am teuersten; teuer, kostspielig
items - Gegenstände; Ding
budget - Budget, Etat, Haushalt
pose - Pose; aufwerfen, posieren, posen
forever - für immer, ewig, unaufhörlich, auf immer
harping - gequält; Harfe spielend; (harp); Harfe; auf (etwas) herumreiten
Nevertheless, he was always stimulated by Winsett, and whenever he caught sight of the journalist's lean bearded face and melancholy eyes he would rout him out of his corner and carry him off for a long talk.
nevertheless - nichtsdestoweniger, trotzdem, lauch wenn, dennoch
stimulated - stimuliert; stimulieren, stimulieren
bearded - bärtig; Bart, Alibifreundin
rout - Routine; Rotte
On the subject of "Hearth-fires" (as the paper was called) he was inexhaustibly entertaining; but beneath his fun lurked the sterile bitterness of the still young man who has tried and given up.
hearth - Feuerstelle, Herdboden, Grund, Kaminboden
inexhaustibly - unerschöpflich
entertaining - unterhaltsam; (entertain); unterhalten
lurked - lauerte; lauern, lauern
sterile - unfruchtbar; steril
bitterness - Bitterkeit, Bitternis
His conversation always made Archer take the measure of his own life, and feel how little it contained; but Winsett's, after all, contained still less, and though their common fund of intellectual interests and curiosities made their talks exhilarating, their exchange of views usually remained within the limits of a pensive dilettantism.
fund - Kapital, Fonds, finanzieren
exhilarating - erheiternd; beglücken, beschwingen, erregen, berauschen
pensive - nachdenklich, gedankenvoll, gedankenverloren
dilettantism - Dilettantismus
"The fact is, life isn't much a fit for either of us," Winsett had once said. "I'm down and out; nothing to be done about it. I've got only one ware to produce, and there's no market for it here, and won't be in my time. But you're free and you're well-off. Why don't you get into touch? There's only one way to do it: to go into politics."
fit for - geeignet zu
politics - Politik; diplomatisch
Archer threw his head back and laughed. There one saw at a flash the unbridgeable difference between men like Winsett and the others"Archer's kind. Every one in polite circles knew that, in America, "a gentleman couldn't go into politics." But, since he could hardly put it in that way to Winsett, he answered evasively: "Look at the career of the honest man in American politics! They don't want us."
unbridgeable - unüberbrückbar
polite - höflich
"Who's 'they'? Why don't you all get together and be 'they'yourselves?"
Archer's laugh lingered on his lips in a slightly condescending smile. It was useless to prolong the discussion: everybody knew the melancholy fate of the few gentlemen who had risked their clean linen in municipal or state politics in New York. The day was past when that sort of thing was possible: the country was in possession of the bosses and the emigrant, and decent people had to fall back on sport or culture.
condescending - herablassen, bevormunden, herablassend behandeln, zustimmen
prolong - ausdehnen; verlängern; hinauszögern
risked - riskiert; Risiko
Municipal - Städtisch; munizipal, Stadt
bosses - Chefs; Chef, Chefin, Oberhaupt
emigrant - Auswanderer, Auswanderin, Emigrant, Emigrantin
fall back - zurückfallen, herunterschalten, zurückschalten
"Culture! Yes"if we had it! But there are just a few little local patches, dying out here and there for lack of"well, hoeing and cross-fertilising: the last remnants of the old European tradition that your forebears brought with them. But you're in a pitiful little minority: you've got no centre, no competition, no audience.
patches - notdürftig reparieren, reparieren, einsetzen; Flicken
dying out - aussterbend
lack - ermangeln, fehlen
hoeing - Hacken; Hacke
remnants - Überreste; Rest, Überbleibsel
forebears - Vorfahren; Vorfahr, Ahn, Vorfahre
minority - Minderheit, Minorität
competition - Konkurrenz; Wettbewerb
You're like the pictures on the walls of a deserted house: 'The Portrait of a Gentleman.'You'll never amount to anything, any of you, till you roll up your sleeves and get right down into the muck. That, or emigrate ... God! If I could emigrate ..."
amount to - etw. gleichkommen;ausmachen, betragen, sich beziffern auf
roll up - aufkrempeln
sleeves - Ärmel, Hülse, Schutzhülle, Tülle, Köcher, Hülle, Muffe
muck - Dreck; Schlamm, Matsch, Schmiere, Schmadder, Mist
emigrate - auswandern, emigrieren
Archer mentally shrugged his shoulders and turned the conversation back to books, where Winsett, if uncertain, was always interesting. Emigrate! As if a gentleman could abandon his own country! One could no more do that than one could roll up one's sleeves and go down into the muck. A gentleman simply stayed at home and abstained.
shrugged - gezuckt; Schulterzucken
abandon - aufgeben; im Stich lassen, preisgeben, verlassen, abbrechen
roll - Rolle, Roulade, Walze, Semmel; drehen, wälzen, wickeln, rollen
abstained - sich der Stimme enthalten; verzichten, sich enthalten, abhalten
But you couldn't make a man like Winsett see that; and that was why the New York of literary clubs and exotic restaurants, though a first shake made it seem more of a kaleidoscope, turned out, in the end, to be a smaller box, with a more monotonous pattern, than the assembled atoms of Fifth Avenue.
exotic - exotisch; Exot
kaleidoscope - Kaleidoskop
more monotonous - eintönigern
atoms - Atome; Atom
The next morning Archer scoured the town in vain for more yellow roses. In consequence of this search he arrived late at the office, perceived that his doing so made no difference whatever to any one, and was filled with sudden exasperation at the elaborate futility of his life. Why should he not be, at that moment, on the sands of St. Augustine with May Welland? No one was deceived by his pretense of professional activity. In old-fashioned legal firms like that of which Mr. Letterblair was the head, and which were mainly engaged in the management of large estates and "conservative" investments, there were always two or three young men, fairly well-off, and without professional ambition, who, for a certain number of hours of each day, sat at their desks accomplishing trivial tasks, or simply reading the newspapers.
scoured - durchforstet; reinigen, umherstreifen
in vain - vergebens
consequence - Konsequenz, Folge
search - Suche; suchen, absuchen, durchsuchen
exasperation - Enttäuschung; Überforderung, Verzweiflung, Verbitterung, Frust
futility - Sinnlosigkeit, Vergeblichkeit
sands - Sande; Sand
deceived - getäuscht; betrügen, täuschen
pretense - Vortäuschung, Vorspiegelung, Vortäuschen, Anschein
firms - Firmen; fest, straff (Busen), Fa. Firma, gesetzt, hart
management - Verwaltung , Unternehmen , Leitung ;betriebswirtschaftlich
estates - Nachlässe; Stand, Gut
conservative - Konservativer, Konservative
investments - Investitionen; Investition, Anlage
fairly - gerecht
Ambition - Ehrgeiz, checkAmbition (5)
accomplishing - zu erreichen; vollenden, vollenden, vollenden, vollenden
trivial - unbedeutend, bedeutungslos, belanglos, geringfügig, trivial
tasks - Aufgaben; Pensum; beschäftigen, in Anspruch nehmen; Arbeit
Though it was supposed to be proper for them to have an occupation, the crude fact of money-making was still regarded as derogatory, and the law, being a profession, was accounted a more gentlemanly pursuit than business. But none of these young men had much hope of really advancing in his profession, or any earnest desire to do so; and over many of them the green mould of the perfunctory was already perceptibly spreading.
be proper for - sich eignen für
occupation - Beschäftigung, Beruf, Besatzung; Besetzung; q
crude - roh; einfach gestrickt, schlicht, grob gezimmert, nackt, pur
derogatory - abwertend
accounted - erklärt; Rechnung, Bericht, Rechnung, Konto
pursuit - Verfolgung
earnest - ernsthaft; gesetzt, ernst; (earn) ernsthaft; gesetzt, ernst
mould - Schimmel; Heizform, Form; Gussform, Gießform, Moder; formen
perfunctory - oberflächlich
perceptibly - spürbar
It made Archer shiver to think that it might be spreading over him too. He had, to be sure, other tastes and interests; he spent his vacations in European travel, cultivated the "clever people" May spoke of, and generally tried to "keep up," as he had somewhat wistfully put it to Madame Olenska.
wistfully - wehmütig
But once he was married, what would become of this narrow margin of life in which his real experiences were lived? He had seen enough of other young men who had dreamed his dream, though perhaps less ardently, and who had gradually sunk into the placid and luxurious routine of their elders.
margin - Seitenrand; Gewinnspanne, Gewinnmarge, Einschuss
experiences - Erfahrungen; Erlebnis
ardently - inbrünstig; feurige, heiß
gradually - nach und nach, allmählich, stufenweise, schrittweise
sunk - versenkt; nachlassen, untergehen, abgesackt
placid - ruhig, friedlich, sanft
luxurious - luxuriös
From the office he sent a note by messenger to Madame Olenska, asking if he might call that afternoon, and begging her to let him find a reply at his club; but at the club he found nothing, nor did he receive any letter the following day.
begging - bittend, bettelnd; (beg) bittend, bettelnd
This unexpected silence mortified him beyond reason, and though the next morning he saw a glorious cluster of yellow roses behind a florist's window-pane, he left it there. It was only on the third morning that he received a line by post from the Countess Olenska. To his surprise it was dated from Skuytercliff, whither the van der Luydens had promptly retreated after putting the Duke on board his steamer.
pane - Scheibe, Fensterscheibe
whither - wohin
retreated - zurückgezogen; Rückzug
board - Brett, Tafel
steamer - Dampfschiff, Dampfer
"I ran away," the writer began abruptly (without the usual preliminaries), "the day after I saw you at the play, and these kind friends have taken me in. I wanted to Be quiet, and think things over. You were right in telling me how kind they were; I feel myself so safe here. I wish that you were with us." She ended with a conventional "Yours sincerely," and without any allusion to the date of her return.
preliminaries - Präliminarien; vorläufig, vorbereitend
Be quiet - Sei doch mal still!
Yours sincerely - mit freundlichen Grüßen;MFG Mit freundlichen Grüßen
The tone of the note surprised the young man. What was Madame Olenska running away from, and why did she feel the need to be safe? His first thought was of some dark menace from abroad; then he reflected that he did not know her epistolary style, and that it might run to picturesque exaggeration. Women always exaggerated; and moreover she was not wholly at her ease in English, which she often spoke as if she were translating from the French.
running away - ausreißend
menace - Bedrohung; Landplage, androhen
from abroad - aus dem Ausland
epistolary - buchstabengetreu
picturesque - malerisch; q
exaggeration - Übertreibung
translating - übersetzen, übertragen, verdolmetschen, dolmetschen, übertragen
"Je me suis evadee"" put in that way, the opening sentence immediately suggested that she might merely have wanted to escape from a boring round of engagements; which was very likely true, for he judged her to be capricious, and easily wearied of the pleasure of the moment.
suis - Sie sind
engagements - Verpflichtung, Bindung, Verlobung, Verlöbnis
judged - verurteilt; urteilen (nach), richten; Richter, Jurist
capricious - kapriziös, launenhaft, unberechenbar, schrullig
wearied - müde, müde
It amused him to think of the van der Luydens'having carried her off to Skuytercliff on a second visit, and this time for an indefinite period. The doors of Skuytercliff were rarely and grudgingly opened to visitors, and a chilly week-end was the most ever offered to the few thus privileged. But Archer had seen, on his last visit to Paris, the delicious play of Labiche, "Le Voyage de M. Perrichon," and he remembered M.
indefinite - unbestimmt
rarely - selten
grudgingly - zähneknirschend; neidische
chilly - frostig, kalt, kühl
offered - angeboten; offerieren, anbieten, bieten, zeigen; Antrag
Perrichon's dogged and undiscouraged attachment to the young man whom he had pulled out of the glacier. The van der Luydens had rescued Madame Olenska from a doom almost as icy; and though there were many other reasons for being attracted to her, Archer knew that beneath them all lay the gentle and obstinate determination to go on rescuing her.
undiscouraged - nicht entmutigt
attachment - Attachment, Anhang, Dateianhang, Anlage
glacier - Gletscher, Ferner, Kees
rescued - gerettet; retten, Rettung
doom - Bann; Urteil, Verbannung, Strafe, Untergang, Tod, Schicksal
icy - eisig, Eis
rescuing - retten, Rettung
He felt a distinct disappointment on learning that she was away; and almost immediately remembered that, only the day before, he had refused an invitation to spend the following Sunday with the Reggie Chiverses at their house on the Hudson, a few miles below Skuytercliff.
distinct - deutlich
disappointment - Enttäuschung, Verdruss, Misserfolg, Fehlschlag, Reinfall
He had had his fill long ago of the noisy friendly parties at Highbank, with coasting, ice-boating, sleighing, long tramps in the snow, and a general flavour of mild flirting and milder practical jokes. He had just received a box of new books from his London book-seller, and had preferred the prospect of a quiet Sunday at home with his spoils.
noisy - lärmend; laut, geräuschvoll
coasting - im Leerlauf; Küstenschiffahrt
sleighing - Schlittenfahren; schlittend; (sleigh) Schlittenfahren; schlittend
Tramps - Landstreicher; Vagabund, Penner, Schlampe, Flittchen
flavour of - riechen nach, schmecken nach
flirting - flirtend; (flirt); Flirt; flirten, anbaggern, anmachen
milder - mild, ausgeglichen, de
practical - praktisch; Praktikum
seller - Verkäufer; Anbieter
spoils - plündern, ruinieren, verderben, kaputtmachen, verwöhnen
But he now went into the club writing-room, wrote a hurried telegram, and told the servant to send it immediately. He knew that Mrs. Reggie didn't object to her visitors'suddenly changing their minds, and that there was always a room to spare in her elastic house.
telegram - Telegramm
object to - Einspruch erheben gegen, beanstanden
elastic - dehnbar, elastisch, Gummiband
Newland Archer arrived at the Chiverses'on Friday evening, and on Saturday went conscientiously through all the rites appertaining to a week-end at Highbank.
conscientiously - Gewissenhaft
appertaining - zugehörig; gehören
In the morning he had a spin in the ice-boat with his hostess and a few of the hardier guests; in the afternoon he "went over the farm" with Reggie, and listened, in the elaborately appointed stables, to long and impressive disquisitions on the horse; after tea he talked in a corner of the firelit hall with a young lady who had professed herself broken-hearted when his engagement was announced, but was now eager to tell him of her own matrimonial hopes; and finally, about midnight, he assisted in putting a gold-fish in one visitor's bed, dressed up a burglar in the bath-room of a nervous aunt, and saw in the small hours by joining in a pillow-fight that ranged from the nurseries to the basement.
spin - durchdrehen, spinnen
hardier - widerstandsfähiger; abgehärtet, widerstandsfähig
elaborately - aufwendig
appointed - ernannt; bestimmen, festlegen, ausstatten, ausrüsten, festlegen
stables - Ställe; Rennstall (Pferdesport); dauerhaft, beständig, Stall
impressive - beeindruckend
disquisitions - Abhandlungen; Abhandlung
hearted - herzlichen; Herz, Herzstück
matrimonial - ehelich
dressed up - geschniegelt
burglar - Einbrecher, Einbrecherin, Dieb, Diebin
the small hours - frühe Morgenstunden
joining in - (join in) mitreden, sich beteiligen, mitmachen
pillow - Kopfkissen, Kissen; Ruhekissen
ranged - in Reichweite; Gebirgskette, Gebirge
nurseries - Kindergärten; Kinderstube, Kinderzimmer, Kindergarten
basement - Keller, Untergeschoss, Kellergeschoss, Grundgebirge
But on Sunday after luncheon he borrowed a cutter, and drove over to Skuytercliff.
borrowed - geliehen; leihen, entleihen
People had always been told that the house at Skuytercliff was an Italian villa. Those who had never been to Italy believed it; so did some who had. The house had been built by Mr. van der Luyden in his youth, on his return from the "grand tour," and in anticipation of his approaching marriage with Miss Louisa Dagonet.
Tour - Tournee; Arbeitsschicht, Umlauf, Tour
anticipation - Erwartung, Vorausahnung, Vorahnung, Vorfreude
It was a large square wooden structure, with tongued and grooved walls painted pale green and white, a Corinthian portico, and fluted pilasters between the windows. From the high ground on which it stood a series of terraces bordered by balustrades and urns descended in the steel-engraving style to a small irregular lake with an asphalt edge overhung by rare weeping conifers. To the right and left, the famous weedless lawns studded with "specimen" trees (each of a different variety) rolled away to long ranges of grass crested with elaborate cast-iron ornaments; and below, in a hollow, lay the four-roomed stone house which the first Patroon had built on the land granted him in 1612.
tongued - mit der Zunge; Zunge, Zunge, t+Lasche
grooved - gerillt; Rille, Nut, gewöhnlicher Gang, üblicher Ablauf
Corinthian - Korinthisch; Korinther
pilasters - Pilaster
series - Serie, Fernsehserie, Reihe
Terraces - Terrassen; Dachterrasse, Terrasse, Terrasse
bordered - umrandet; Grenze, Rand, Rand, Beet
balustrades - Balustraden; Balustrade
urns - Urnen; Urne, Urne
steel-engraving - (steel-engraving) Stahlstich
irregular - irregulär, unregelmäßig
lake - Binnensee, See
edge - Rand; Seite, Kante, Vorsprung, Klinge, Schneide, schieben
weeping - weinen; .; (weep) weinen
conifers - Koniferen; Nadelbaum; q
weedless - Unkrautfrei
variety - Vielfalt; Sorte; Varietät, Sprachform, Sprachvarietät
ranges - Bereiche; Gebirgskette, Gebirge
crested - gekrönt; Gipfel, Kamm, Haube, Krone, Helmzier, Zimir
Against the uniform sheet of snow and the greyish winter sky the Italian villa loomed up rather grimly; even in summer it kept its distance, and the boldest coleus bed had never ventured nearer than thirty feet from its awful front.
greyish - gräulich
sky - Himmel; (am) Firmament
grimly - grimmig
boldest - am kühnsten; kräftig, kühn, klar, keck, heftig, deutlich, fett
coleus - der Koleus
Now, as Archer rang the bell, the long tinkle seemed to echo through a mausoleum; and the surprise of the butler who at length responded to the call was as great as though he had been summoned from his final sleep.
tinkle - klingeln, klimpern, Klingeln, Telefonat, Anruf, Pipi
Echo - Echo, Widerhall, Tastaturecho, Bildschirmecho, widerhallen
mausoleum - Mausoleum
responded - geantwortet; antworten, reagieren
Happily Archer was of the family, and therefore, irregular though his arrival was, entitled to be informed that the Countess Olenska was out, having driven to afternoon service with Mrs. van der Luyden exactly three quarters of an hour earlier.
Happily - glücklicherweise, fröhlich, bereitwillig, gerne
service - warten; Bedienung, Dienstleistung, Betrieb
"Mr. van der Luyden," the butler continued, "is in, sir; but my impression is that he is either finishing his nap or else reading yesterday's Evening Post. I heard him say, sir, on his return from church this morning, that he intended to look through the Evening Post after luncheon; if you like, sir, I might go to the library door and listen""
nap - Nickerchen, Schläfchen
look through - durchgucken, durchblicken, durchsehen
But Archer, thanking him, said that he would go and meet the ladies; and the butler, obviously relieved, closed the door on him majestically.
majestically - majestätisch
A groom took the cutter to the stables, and Archer struck through the park to the high-road. The village of Skuytercliff was only a mile and a half away, but he knew that Mrs. van der Luyden never walked, and that he must keep to the road to meet the carriage.
groom - Bräutigam; Stallmeister, Stallknecht; loipen
Presently, however, coming down a foot-path that crossed the highway, he caught sight of a slight figure in a red cloak, with a big dog running ahead. He hurried forward, and Madame Olenska stopped short with a smile of welcome.
highway - Autobahn; Hauptstraße, Chaussee
"Ah, you've come!" she said, and drew her hand from her muff.
muff - Muff
The red cloak made her look gay and vivid, like the Ellen Mingott of old days; and he laughed as he took her hand, and answered: "I came to see what you were running away from."
Her face clouded over, but she answered: "Ah, well"you will see, presently."
clouded - getrübt; verschleiern
The answer puzzled him. "Why"do you mean that you've been overtaken?"
overtaken - überholt; überholen, aufholen, überholen
She shrugged her shoulders, with a little movement like Nastasia's, and rejoined in a lighter tone: "Shall we walk on? I'm so cold after the sermon. And what does it matter, now you're here to protect me?"
sermon - Predigt
protect - schützen, beschützen
The blood rose to his temples and he caught a fold of her cloak. "Ellen"what is it? You must tell me."
"Oh, presently"let's run a race first: my feet are freezing to the ground," she cried; and gathering up the cloak she fled away across the snow, the dog leaping about her with challenging barks. For a moment Archer stood watching, his gaze delighted by the flash of the red meteor against the snow; then he started after her, and they met, panting and laughing, at a wicket that led into the park.
freezing - einfrieren; frostig, affenkalt, Erstarren
gathering - Erfassung, Sammeln, Lese; (gather); sammeln, versammeln
challenging - herausfordernd; Herausforderung, Herausforderung
barks - bellt; Bellen
meteor - Meteor
panting - hechelnd; hecheln, keucheln
wicket - Türchen, Törchen, Pförtchen, Schlupftür, Fensterchen, Schalter
She looked up at him and smiled. "I knew you'd come!"
"That shows you wanted me to," he returned, with a disproportionate joy in their nonsense. The white glitter of the trees filled the air with its own mysterious brightness, and as they walked on over the snow the ground seemed to sing under their feet.
disproportionate - verhältniswidrig, unverhältnismäßige; überproportional (zu)
brightness - Funkeln, Glanz, Helligkeit, Aufgewecktheit
"Where did you come from?" Madame Olenska asked.
He told her, and added: "It was because I got your note."
After a pause she said, with a just perceptible chill in her voice: "May asked you to take care of me."
"I didn't need any asking."
"You mean"I'm so evidently helpless and defenceless? What a poor thing you must all think me! But women here seem not"seem never to feel the need: any more than the blessed in heaven."
helpless - hilflos
defenceless - schutzlos, wehrlos
blessed - gesegnet; selig; (bless); gesegnet; selig
He lowered his voice to ask: "What sort of a need?"
"Ah, Don't ask me! I don't speak your language," she retorted petulantly.
Don't ask - Frag lieber nicht!
retorted - erwiderte; Retorte; erwidern (scharf)
petulantly - bockig
The answer smote him like a blow, and he stood still in the path, looking down at her.
smote - erschlagen; schlagen, schlagen
"What did I come for, if I don't speak yours?"
"Oh, my friend"!" She laid her hand lightly on his arm, and he pleaded earnestly: "Ellen"why won't you tell me what's happened?"
lightly - leichtfertig; leicht
earnestly - ernsthaft
She shrugged again. "Does anything ever happen in heaven?"
He was silent, and they walked on a few yards without exchanging a word. Finally she said: "I will tell you"but where, where, where? One can't be alone for a minute in that great seminary of a house, with all the doors wide open, and always a servant bringing tea, or a log for the fire, or the newspaper! Is there nowhere in an American house where one may be by one's self? You're so shy, and yet you're so public.
yards - (der) Yard
exchanging - austauschen, umtauschen, tauschen
seminary - Seminar, Priesterseminar
nowhere - nirgendwo, nirgends
I always feel as if I were in the convent again"or on the stage, before a dreadfully polite audience that never applauds."
convent - Kloster
dreadfully - furchtbar
applauds - applaudiert; applaudieren, klatschen, Beifall klatschen, loben
"Ah, you don't like us!" Archer exclaimed.
They were walking past the house of the old Patroon, with its squat walls and small square windows compactly grouped about a central chimney. The shutters stood wide, and through one of the newly-washed windows Archer caught the light of a fire.
squat - hocken, kauern; Achsdruckentlastung
compactly - kompakt
shutters - Fensterläden; Verschließender, Verschließer, Fensterladen; q
"Why"the house is open!" he said.
She stood still. "No; only for today, at least. I wanted to see it, and Mr. van der Luyden had the fire lit and the windows opened, so that we might stop there on the way back from church this morning." She ran up the steps and tried the door. "It's still unlocked"what luck! Come in and we can have a quiet talk. Mrs. van der Luyden has driven over to see her old aunts at Rhinebeck and we shan't be missed at the house for another hour."
ran up - (run up) hochfahren, hissen
He followed her into the narrow passage. His spirits, which had dropped at her last words, rose with an irrational leap. The homely little house stood there, its panels and brasses shining in the firelight, as if magically created to receive them. A big bed of embers still gleamed in the kitchen chimney, under an iron pot hung from an ancient crane.
passage - Durchfahrt, Ăśbergang, Gang
irrational - irrational, irrationell, unvernünftig
homely - gemütlich; heimisch
panels - Tafeln; Verkleidung, Platte, Tafel, Paneel
brasses - Blechbläser; Messingschild
shining - glänzen; schimmern, wienern; Schein; putzen (Schuhe)
magically - magisch
embers - Glut; Asche
pot - Blumentopf
ancient - alt, uralt, antik
Crane - Kranich, Kran; den Kopf/Hals recken
Rush-bottomed arm-chairs faced each other across the tiled hearth, and rows of Delft plates stood on shelves against the walls. Archer stooped over and threw a log upon the embers.
bottomed - auf dem Boden; Boden, Grund, Unterseite, passiv
tiled - gekachelt; Kachel, Fliese; Dachziegel
rows - Reihen; Reihe, Zeile
plates - Teller; Platte (Druckplatte); Lagerplatte, Lochstein (Uhr)
shelves - Regale; Regal
stooped - gekrümmt; Buckel, sich beugen
Madame Olenska, dropping her cloak, sat down in one of the chairs. Archer leaned against the chimney and looked at her.
dropping - Fallenlassen; Kot; (drop) Fallenlassen; Kot
"You're laughing now; but when you wrote me you were unhappy," he said.
"Yes." She paused. "But I can't feel unhappy when you're here."
"I sha'n't be here long," he rejoined, his lips stiffening with the effort to say just so much and no more.
stiffening - Versteifung; (stiffen); aussteifen, versteifen, verstärken
"No; I know. But I'm improvident: I live in the moment when I'm happy."
improvident - unvorsichtig
The words stole through him like a temptation, and to close his senses to it he moved away from the hearth and stood gazing out at the black tree-boles against the snow. But it was as if she too had shifted her place, and he still saw her, between himself and the trees, drooping over the fire with her indolent smile.
temptation - Versuchung, Verführung
senses - Sinne; Sinn, Gefühl
boles - Baumstamm
shifted - verlagert; Schicht, Verschiebung, Verlagerung, Verstellung
Archer's heart was beating insubordinately. What if it were from him that she had been running away, and if she had waited to tell him so till they were here alone together in this secret room?
insubordinately - aufmüpfig
"Ellen, if I'm really a help to you"if you really wanted me to come"tell me what's wrong, tell me what it is you're running away from," he insisted.
He spoke without shifting his position, without even turning to look at her: if the thing was to happen, it was to happen in this way, with the whole width of the room between them, and his eyes still fixed on the outer snow.
shifting - Verschieben; wechseln; (shift); Schicht; Verschiebung
width - Breite, Weite
For a long moment she was silent; and in that moment Archer imagined her, almost heard her, stealing up behind him to throw her light arms about his neck. While he waited, soul and body throbbing with the miracle to come, his eyes mechanically received the image of a heavily-coated man with his fur collar turned up who was advancing along the path to the house. The man was Julius Beaufort.
stealing - stehlend, entwendend; (steal); stehlen, entwenden, klauen
throbbing - Pochen; klopfend; (throb); klopfen, schlagen, pochen, pulsieren
mechanically - mechanisch
heavily - schwerlich, stark
fur - Fell, Pelz, Fell (gegerbt)
collar - Kragen; Halskette; Halsband; Ring
"Ah"!" Archer cried, bursting into a laugh.
Madame Olenska had sprung up and moved to his side, slipping her hand into his; but after a glance through the window her face paled and she shrank back.
slipping - Ausrutschen; Versprecher; Rutschen (geradeaus); Lapsus
"So that was it?" Archer said derisively.
derisively - spöttisch
"I didn't know he was here," Madame Olenska murmured. Her hand still clung to Archer's; but he drew away from her, and walking out into the passage threw open the door of the house.
clung to - angeschmiegt
"Hallo, Beaufort"this way! Madame Olenska was expecting you," he said.
expecting - erwarten; werdende; (expect); erwarten
During his journey back to New York the next morning, Archer relived with a fatiguing vividness his last moments at Skuytercliff.
relived - wiedererlebt; wieder erleben
fatiguing - Ermüdend; Müdigkeit, Ermüdung, Schlappheit, Überdruss
vividness - Lebendigkeit
Beaufort, though clearly annoyed at finding him with Madame Olenska, had, as usual, carried off the situation high-handedly. His way of ignoring people whose presence inconvenienced him actually gave them, if they were sensitive to it, a feeling of invisibility, of nonexistence.
Clearly - Eindeutig; klar, deutlich
carried off - weggerafft
handedly - eigenhändig
inconvenienced - Unannehmlichkeit, lästig sein, stören
actually - eigentlich, tatsächlich, in Wirklichkeit, in Wahrheit
invisibility - Unsichtbarkeit
nonexistence - Nichtexistenz
Archer, as the three strolled back through the park, was aware of this odd sense of disembodiment; and humbling as it was to his vanity it gave him the ghostly advantage of observing unobserved.
disembodiment - Entkörperlichung
ghostly - geisterhaft, spukhaft
observing - Beobachtung; beobachten, beachten, halten, bemerken
unobserved - unbeobachtet
Beaufort had entered the little house with his usual easy assurance; but he could not smile away the vertical line between his eyes.
vertical - vertikal, senkrecht
It was fairly clear that Madame Olenska had not known that he was coming, though her words to Archer had hinted at the possibility; at any rate, she had evidently not told him where she was going when she left New York, and her unexplained departure had exasperated him. The ostensible reason of his appearance was the discovery, the very night before, of a "perfect little house," not in the market, which was really just the thing for her, but would be snapped up instantly if she didn't take it; and he was loud in mock-reproaches for the dance she had led him in running away just as he had found it.
hinted - angedeutet; Hinweis, Tipp, Wink, Fingerzeig, Anleitung
unexplained - unerklärt
ostensible - vorgeblich
Mock - Spott; Nachahmung, Imitation, Parodie, Veralberung, Prototyp
reproaches - Vorwürfe; Vorwurf, Schande, vorwerfen
"If only this new dodge for talking along a wire had been a little bit nearer perfection I might have told you all this from town, and been toasting my toes before the club fire at this minute, instead of tramping after you through the snow," he grumbled, disguising a real irritation under the pretence of it; and at this opening Madame Olenska twisted the talk away to the fantastic possibility that they might one day actually converse with each other from street to street, or even"incredible dream!
Dodge - ausweichen, beiseite springen, umgehen
wire - Draht, Ader, Wanze, Geld
bit - Häppchen, Gebiss, Bit
toasting - toastend, röstend; (toast) toastend, röstend
toes - Zehen; Zeh, Zehe, Zeh, Zehe, Spur, Vorspur (5)
fire at - beschießen
this minute - sofort, soeben, augenblicklich
tramping - (to tramp) trampeln, wandern, maschieren; (tramp); Vagabund
disguising - verkleidend; (disguise); Verkleidung; Tarnung; verstellen
irritation - Ärger, Irritation, Verärgerung
pretence - Vortäuschung; Vorwand
twisted - verdreht; Zwirn, Biegung, Wendung, Twist, verziehen, drehen
talk away - verplaudern
from one town to another. This struck from all three allusions to Edgar Poe and Jules Verne, and such platitudes as naturally rise to the lips of the most intelligent when they are talking against time, and dealing with a new invention in which it would seem ingenuous to believe too soon; and the question of the telephone carried them safely back to the big house.
allusions - Anspielungen; Anspielung, Allusion
Edgar - Edgar
platitudes - Plattitüden; Plattitüde, Plattitüde
rise - steigen; Kursanstieg; Aufgang, Gehaltszulage, Aufschwung
most intelligent - intelligenteste
invention - Erfindung; Erfinden; Einfallsreichtum; Invention
safely - sicher
Mrs. van der Luyden had not yet returned; and Archer took his leave and walked off to fetch the cutter, while Beaufort followed the Countess Olenska indoors.
fetch - holen, einfangen, abrufen, apportieren
indoors - in geschlossenen Räumen; Innen-, innerhalb des Hauses, Haus-
It was probable that, little as the van der Luydens encouraged unannounced visits, he could count on being asked to dine, and sent back to the station to catch the nine o'clock train; but more than that he would certainly not get, for it would be inconceivable to his hosts that a gentleman travelling without luggage should wish to spend the night, and distasteful to them to propose it to a person with whom they were on terms of such limited cordiality as Beaufort.
probable - glaubhaft, wahrscheinlich
encouraged - ermutigt; ermutigen, ermuntern, empfehlen
unannounced - unangekündigt
sent back - zurückgeschickt
Hosts - Zeremonienmeister, Hausherr, Menge; Hostie; Gastgeber sein
luggage - Gepäck, Gepäckstück, Reisegepäck, etaphorical
limited - begrenzt, beschränkt; (limit); begrenzt, beschränkt
Beaufort knew all this, and must have foreseen it; and his taking the long journey for so small a reward gave the measure of his impatience.
Reward - Belohnung, Lohn
He was undeniably in pursuit of the Countess Olenska; and Beaufort had only one object in view in his pursuit of pretty women. His dull and childless home had long since palled on him; and in addition to more permanent consolations he was always in quest of amorous adventures in his own set. This was the man from whom Madame Olenska was avowedly flying: the question was whether she had fled because his importunities displeased her, or because she did not wholly trust herself to resist them; unless, indeed, all her talk of flight had been a blind, and her departure no more than a manoeuvre.
childless - kinderlos
palled - verblasst; Kumpel, Kamerad
more permanent - parmanenteres
amorous - amourös
adventures - Abenteuern; Abenteuer
avowedly - erklärtermaßen
importunities - Möglichkeiten; Aufdringlichkeit, ständiges Bedrängen
displeased - unzufrieden; missfallen
resist - widerstehen, erwehren;gegen etw. bestehen
Unless - wenn nicht, es sei denn
blind - blind, unkritisch, ignorant, Jalousie, Blind, Blinder, Blinde
manoeuvre - manövrieren; Manöver
No, it was worse a thousand times if, judging Beaufort, and probably despising him, she was yet drawn to him by all that gave him an advantage over the other men about her: his habit of two continents and two societies, his familiar association with artists and actors and people generally in the world's eye, and his careless contempt for local prejudices. Beaufort was vulgar, he was uneducated, he was purse-proud; but the circumstances of his life, and a certain native shrewdness, made him better worth talking to than many men, morally and socially his betters, whose horizon was bounded by the Battery and the Central Park.
judging - urteilen (nach), richten; Richter, Jurist
despising - verachten
continents - Kontinente; Kontinent, Festland, Erdteil
contempt - Verachtung; Schande, Blamage, Mißachtung, Beamtenbeleidigung
uneducated - ungebildet
purse - Handtasche; Geldbörse, Geldbeutel
shrewdness - Scharfsinn; Schlauheit
morally - moralisch
socially - gesellschaftliche
horizon - Horizont
How should any one coming from a wider world not feel the difference and be attracted by it?
wider - breiter; breit, weit
Madame Olenska, in a burst of irritation, had said to Archer that he and she did not talk the same language; and the young man knew that in some respects this was true. But Beaufort understood every turn of her dialect, and spoke it fluently: his view of life, his tone, his attitude, were merely a coarser reflection of those revealed in Count Olenski's letter. This might seem to be to his disadvantage with Count Olenski's wife; but Archer was too intelligent to think that a young woman like Ellen Olenska would necessarily recoil from everything that reminded her of her past.
dialect - Dialekt, Mundart
fluently - fließend
coarser - gröber; grob, grobkörnig, grob, grob, derb, primitiv
reflection - Reflexion, Abbild, Reflektion, Abwägung
disadvantage - Nachteil
She might believe herself wholly in revolt against it; but what had charmed her in it would still charm her, even though it were against her will.
revolt - revoltieren; Revolte
charmed - verzaubert; Talisman; Charme, Zauberformel
Thus, with a painful impartiality, did the young man make out the case for Beaufort, and for Beaufort's victim. A longing to enlighten her was strong in him; and there were moments when he imagined that all she asked was to be enlightened.
impartiality - Unvoreingenommenheit, Unparteilichkeit, Objektivität
enlightened - aufgeklärt; aufklären
That evening he unpacked his books from London. The box was full of things he had been waiting for impatiently; a new volume of Herbert Spencer, another collection of the prolific Alphonse Daudet's brilliant tales, and a novel called "Middlemarch," as to which there had lately been interesting things said in the reviews. He had declined three dinner invitations in favour of this feast; but though he turned the pages with the sensuous joy of the book-lover, he did not know what he was reading, and one book after another dropped from his hand. Suddenly, among them, he lit on a small volume of verse which he had ordered because the name had attracted him: "The House of Life.
unpacked - ausgepackt; entpacken, auspacken
Spencer - Speiser
collection - Sammlung, Kollektion, Menge, Sammeln
prolific - produktiv
tales - Märchen; Geschichte, Erzählung, Fabel
novel - Roman, originell
Reviews - Bewertungen; Durchsicht, Nachprüfung, Überprüfung, Rezension
in favour - zugunsten [alt], zu Gunsten, für
feast - Festessen; Fest, Festgelage; feiern
sensuous - sinnenfreudig, sinnlich, sinnenhaft, sensorisch, Sinnes-
verse - Strophe
He took it up, and found himself plunged in an atmosphere unlike any he had ever breathed in books; so warm, so rich, and yet so ineffably tender, that it gave a new and haunting beauty to the most elementary of human passions. All through the night he pursued through those enchanted pages the vision of a woman who had the face of Ellen Olenska; but when he woke the next morning, and looked out at the brownstone houses across the street, and thought of his desk in Mr. Letterblair's office, and the family pew in Grace Church, his hour in the park of Skuytercliff became as far outside the pale of probability as the visions of the night.
ineffably - unaussprechlich
pursued - Verfolgt; verfolgen, folgen, beschreiten, nachjagen, nachgehen
pew - die Kirchenbank
probability - Wahrscheinlichkeit
visions - Visionen; Sicht, Sehvermögen
"Mercy, how pale you look, Newland!" Janey commented over the coffee-cups at breakfast; and his mother added: "Newland, dear, I've noticed lately that you've been coughing; I do hope you're not letting yourself be overworked?
at breakfast - beim Frühstück
coughing - hustend; (cough); husten; Husten
overworked - überarbeitet; mit Arbeit überlasten
" For it was the conviction of both ladies that, under the iron despotism of his senior partners, the young man's life was spent in the most exhausting professional labours"and he had never thought it necessary to undeceive them.
despotism - Despotie, Despotismus, Willkürherrschaft
exhausting - anstrengend; erschöpfen, dezimieren, erschöpfen, Auspuff, Abgas
labours - Arbeit, Arbeiter-p, gebären, arbeiten
necessary - nötig, notwendig, erforderlich, zwangsläufig, geboten
undeceive - nicht täuschen; aufklären
The next two or three days dragged by heavily. The taste of the usual was like cinders in his mouth, and there were moments when he felt as if he were being buried alive under his future. He heard nothing of the Countess Olenska, or of the perfect little house, and though he met Beaufort at the club they merely nodded at each other across the whist-tables.
cinders - Asche, Schlacke, Zunder, verkohlen, verschwelen, einäschern
whist - der Whist
It was not till the fourth evening that he found a note awaiting him on his return home. "Come late tomorrow: I must explain to you. Ellen." These were the only words it contained.
not till - nicht vor, erst wenn, erst als
return home - heimgehen
The young man, who was dining out, thrust the note into his pocket, smiling a little at the Frenchness of the "to you." After dinner he went to a play; and it was not until his return home, after midnight, that he drew Madame Olenska's missive out again and re-read it slowly a number of times. There were several ways of answering it, and he gave considerable thought to each one during the watches of an agitated night.
Pocket - Tasche
Frenchness - Französischsein
missive - Briefchen; Sendschreiben, Schrieb
That on which, when morning came, he finally decided was to pitch some clothes into a portmanteau and jump on board a boat that was leaving that very afternoon for St. Augustine.
pitch - werfen, festsetzen, errichten; Tonhöhe, Tonlage, Pech
portmanteau - Handkoffer
jump - (to jump) springen, hüpfen
When Archer walked down the sandy main street of St. Augustine to the house which had been pointed out to him as Mr. Welland's, and saw May Welland standing under a magnolia with the sun in her hair, he wondered why he had waited so long to come.
Sandy - sandig, sandfarben
magnolia - Magnolie
Here was the truth, here was reality, here was the life that belonged to him; and he, who fancied himself so scornful of arbitrary restraints, had been afraid to break away from his desk because of what people might think of his stealing a holiday!
scornful - verächtlich
restraints - Fesseln; Beschränkung, Zügelung, Einschränkung, Zwang
break away - abbrechen
Her first exclamation was: "Newland"has anything happened?" and it occurred to him that it would have been more "feminine" if she had instantly read in his eyes why he had come. But when he answered: "Yes"I found I had to see you," her happy blushes took the chill from her surprise, and he saw how easily he would be forgiven, and how soon even Mr. Letterblair's mild disapproval would be smiled away by a tolerant family.
feminine - feminin, weiblich
blushes - errötet; Schamröte; erröten, sich schämen
forgiven - vergeben, verzeihen, entschuldigen
Early as it was, the main street was no place for any but formal greetings, and Archer longed to be alone with May, and to pour out all his tenderness and his impatience. It still lacked an hour to the late Welland breakfast-time, and instead of asking him to come in she proposed that they should walk out to an old orange-garden beyond the town. She had just been for a row on the river, and the sun that netted the little waves with gold seemed to have caught her in its meshes.
pour out - ausschütten
lacked - gefehlt; Gummilack
Row - Rudern; Reihe, Zeile
netted - mit dem Netz; Netto-..
meshes - Maschen; Netz
Across the warm brown of her cheek her blown hair glittered like silver wire; and her eyes too looked lighter, almost pale in their youthful limpidity. As she walked beside Archer with her long swinging gait her face wore the vacant serenity of a young marble athlete.
blown - aufgeflogen; (to blow) blasen, wehen, pusten
glittered - glitzert; Glitter, glitzern
youthful - jugendlich, jung
limpidity - Laschheit; Klarheit
swinging - swingen; schaukelnd; (swing); schwingen, schaukeln, schwanken
gait - Gang, Gangart (eines Pferdes)
vacant - unbesetzt; frei, vakant, leer, nichtssagend, ausdruckslos
serenity - Gelassenheit, Gleichmut, Klarheit, Heiterkeit, Abgeklärtheit
athlete - Leichtathlet; Athlet, Athletin, Sportler, Sportlerin, Sportler
To Archer's strained nerves the vision was as soothing as the sight of the blue sky and the lazy river. They sat down on a bench under the orange-trees and he put his arm about her and kissed her. It was like drinking at a cold spring with the sun on it; but his pressure may have been more vehement than he had intended, for the blood rose to her face and she drew back as if he had startled her.
strained - angespannt; Spannung, starke Inanspruchnahme, Zug; anstrengen
nerves - Nerven; Nerv, Nerv, Nerv, Nerv, Nerv
soothing - erleichternd, lindernd, beruhigend; (sooth); Wahrheit
lazy - faul
"What is it?" he asked, smiling; and she looked at him with surprise, and answered: "Nothing."
A slight embarrassment fell on them, and her hand slipped out of his. It was the only time that he had kissed her on the lips except for their fugitive embrace in the Beaufort conservatory, and he saw that she was disturbed, and shaken out of her cool boyish composure.
Embrace - umarmen; annehmen, Umarmung
shaken out - ausgeschüttelt
boyish - jungenhaft, knabenhaft
"Tell me what you do all day," he said, crossing his arms under his tilted-back head, and pushing his hat forward to screen the sun-dazzle. To let her talk about familiar and simple things was the easiest way of carrying on his own independent train of thought; and he sat listening to her simple chronicle of swimming, sailing and riding, varied by an occasional dance at the primitive inn when a man-of-war came in. A few pleasant people from Philadelphia and Baltimore were picknicking at the inn, and the Selfridge Merrys had come down for three weeks because Kate Merry had had bronchitis.
Crossing - Kreuzung; Überfahrt; (cross); Kreuz; Kreuzzeichen; Kreuzung; Cross; Flanke; quer; entgegengesetzt
tilted - gekippt; Schärfedehnung, Höchstleistung
dazzle - blenden; verblüffen, faszinieren, bezaubern, betören, Blendlicht
carrying on - betreibend, Weiterführung
independent - unabhängig, selbständig
chronicle - Chronik
sailing - absegelnd, segelnd; (sail) absegelnd, segelnd
varied - abwechslungsreich; variieren, verändern, sich ändern, de
Inn - Gasthaus; Herberge
picknicking - Picknicken
merry - fröhlich, heiter
bronchitis - Bronchitis
They were planning to lay out a lawn tennis court on the sands; but no one but Kate and May had racquets, and most of the people had not even heard of the game.
lay out - (Garten) anlegen, aufbahren, auslegen
lawn tennis - Rasentennis
tennis court - Tennisplatz
racquets - der Schläger
All this kept her very busy, and she had not had time to do more than look at the little vellum book that Archer had sent her the week before (the "Sonnets from the Portuguese"); but she was learning by heart "How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix," because it was one of the first things he had ever read to her; and it amused her to be able to tell him that Kate Merry had never even heard of a poet called Robert Browning.
vellum - Pergament; Pergement, Velin
sonnets - Sonette; Sonett
Portuguese - portugiesisch; Portugiese, Portugiesin, Portugiesisch
by heart - auswendig
Robert - Robert, Rupprecht
Presently she started up, exclaiming that they would be late for breakfast; and they hurried back to the tumble-down house with its pointless porch and unpruned hedge of plumbago and pink geraniums where the Wellands were installed for the winter. Mr. Welland's sensitive domesticity shrank from the discomforts of the slovenly southern hotel, and at immense expense, and in face of almost insuperable difficulties, Mrs.
started up - aufgefahren
exclaiming - ausrufen
be late - zu spät kommen, sich verspäten
tumble - purzeln; Sturz, Fall, Überschlag, Absturz
pointless - stumpf; gegenstandslos, irrelevant, sinnlos, witzlos, zwecklos
porch - Vorbau, Vordach, Veranda
unpruned - ungeschnitten
hedge - Hecke
plumbago - Bleiwurz
geraniums - Geranien; Storchschnabel, Geranie
installed - installiert; installieren, einbauen
discomforts - Unannehmlichkeiten; Unbehagen
slovenly - schluderig, nachlässig, schlampig
insuperable - unüberwindbar
Welland was obliged, year after year, to improvise an establishment partly made up of discontented New York servants and partly drawn from the local African supply.
improvise - improvisieren
partly - teilweise, zum Teil
discontented - Unzufriedenheit
African - afrikanisch; Afrikaner, Afrikanerin
supply - Stellvertretung, Versorgung, Vorrat; liefern
"The doctors want my husband to feel that he is in his own home; otherwise he would be so wretched that the climate would not do him any good," she explained, winter after winter, to the sympathising Philadelphians and Baltimoreans; and Mr. Welland, beaming across a breakfast table miraculously supplied with the most varied delicacies, was presently saying to Archer: "You see, my dear fellow, we camp"we literally camp.
climate - Klima
beaming - Beamen; strahlend
miraculously - auf wundersame Weise
supplied - geliefert; Stellvertretung, Versorgung, Vorrat; liefern
Camp - lagern, zelten, campen, kampieren; Lager
literally - buchstäblich
I tell my wife and May that I want to teach them how to rough it."
rough - rau, grob, Rough
Mr. and Mrs. Welland had been as much surprised as their daughter by the young man's sudden arrival; but it had occurred to him to explain that he had felt himself on the verge of a nasty cold, and this seemed to Mr. Welland an all-sufficient reason for abandoning any duty.
Abandoning - Aufgeben; im Stich lassen, preisgeben, verlassen, abbrechen
"You can't be too careful, especially toward spring," he said, heaping his plate with straw-coloured griddle-cakes and drowning them in golden syrup. "If I'd only been as prudent at your age May would have been dancing at the Assemblies now, instead of spending her winters in a wilderness with an old invalid."
careful - vorsichtig, behutsam, sorgfältig
heaping - haufenweise; Menschenmenge, Masse, Haufen, Haufe, Heap, Haufen
straw - Halm, Strohhalm, Stroh, strohfarben, strohgelb, Stroh-
griddle - Kuchenblech
drowning - Ertrinken; (drown); ertrinken; ertränken; überwältigen
syrup - Sirup
assemblies - Versammlungen; Baugruppe, Versammlung, Versammlung
"Oh, but I love it here, Papa; you know I do. If only Newland could stay I should like it a thousand times better than New York."
papa - der Papa
"Newland must stay till he has quite thrown off his cold," said Mrs. Welland indulgently; and the young man laughed, and said he supposed there was such a thing as one's profession.
He managed, however, after an exchange of telegrams with the firm, to make his cold last a week; and it shed an ironic light on the situation to know that Mr. Letterblair's indulgence was partly due to the satisfactory way in which his brilliant young junior partner had settled the troublesome matter of the Olenski divorce. Mr. Letterblair had let Mrs.
managed - verwaltet; verwalten, leiten, hinbekommen, schaffen, schaffen
Telegrams - Telegramme; Telegramm
ironic - ironisch
satisfactory - befriedigend, zufriedenstellend
Welland know that Mr. Archer had "rendered an invaluable service" to the whole family, and that old Mrs. Manson Mingott had been particularly pleased; and one day when May had gone for a drive with her father in the only vehicle the place produced Mrs. Welland took occasion to touch on a topic which she always avoided in her daughter's presence.
rendered - erbracht; leisten, wiedergeben
invaluable - unbezahlbar
vehicle - Fahrzeug, Gefährt, Vehikel, Wagen
avoided - vermieden; ausweichen, meiden, fernbleiben, vermeiden
"I'm afraid Ellen's ideas are not at all like ours. She was barely eighteen when Medora Manson took her back to Europe"you remember the excitement when she appeared in black at her coming-out ball? Another of Medora's fads"really this time it was almost prophetic! That must have been at least twelve years ago; and since then Ellen has never been to America. No wonder she is completely Europeanised."
I'm afraid - leider, ich bedaure, ich fürchte
barely - kaum; gerade noch
fads - Modeerscheinungen; Mode, Trend, Modeerscheinung, Fimmel
"But European society is not given to divorce: Countess Olenska thought she would be conforming to American ideas in asking for her freedom." It was the first time that the young man had pronounced her name since he had left Skuytercliff, and he felt the colour rise to his cheek.
conforming - konform; entsprechen, passen, entsprechen, gerecht werden
Mrs. Welland smiled compassionately. "That is just like the extraordinary things that foreigners invent about us. They think we dine at two o'clock and countenance divorce! That is why it seems to me so foolish to entertain them when they come to New York. They accept our hospitality, and then they go home and repeat the same stupid stories."
invent - erfinden; ausdenken
entertain - jdn. zu Gast haben;bewirten, unterhalten
hospitality - Gastfreundlichkeit, Gastfreundschaft, Gastlichkeit, Gastgewerbe
Archer made no comment on this, and Mrs. Welland continued: "But we do most thoroughly appreciate your persuading Ellen to give up the idea. Her grandmother and her uncle Lovell could do nothing with her; both of them have written that her changing her mind was entirely due to your influence"in fact she said so to her grandmother.
comment - Kommentar; kommentieren; Erläuterung, Anmerkung, Vermerk
persuading - Überzeugen; überreden, gewinnen, verführen, bestechen
She has an unbounded admiration for you. Poor Ellen"she was always a wayward child. I wonder what her fate will be?"
unbounded - unbegrenzt
wayward - eigenwillig, eigensinnig, launisch, widerspenstig
"What we've all contrived to make it," he felt like answering. "If you'd all of you rather she should be Beaufort's mistress than some decent fellow's wife you've certainly gone the right way about it."
contrived - ausgeklügelt; ersinnen, entwerfen, bewerkstelligen
He wondered what Mrs. Welland would have said if he had uttered the words instead of merely thinking them. He could picture the sudden decomposure of her firm placid features, to which a lifelong mastery over trifles had given an air of factitious authority.
decomposure - Zersetzung
lifelong - lebenslänglich
mastery - Beherrschung; Meisterschaft
trifles - Lappalien; Trifle
Traces still lingered on them of a fresh beauty like her daughter's; and he asked himself if May's face was doomed to thicken into the same middle-aged image of invincible innocence.
thicken - eindicken; verdicken
Ah, no, he did not want May to have that kind of innocence, the innocence that seals the mind against imagination and the heart against experience!
Seals - versiegeln; Siegel, Stempel, Seehund
"I verily believe," Mrs. Welland continued, "that if the horrible business had come out in the newspapers it would have been my husband's death-blow. I don't know any of the details; I only ask not to, as I told poor Ellen when she tried to talk to me about it. Having an invalid to care for, I have to keep my mind bright and happy.
verily - wahrhaftig; wahrlich; gewiss, natürlich, sicher
horrible - schrecklich, abscheulich, fies, makaber
But Mr. Welland was terribly upset; he had a slight temperature every morning while we were waiting to hear what had been decided. It was the horror of his girl's learning that such things were possible"but of course, dear Newland, you felt that too. We all knew that you were thinking of May."
Terribly - Schrecklich; furchtbar
temperature - Temperatur; erhöhte Temperatur
"I'm always thinking of May," the young man rejoined, rising to cut short the conversation.
cut short - abbrechen, abkürzen
He had meant to seize the opportunity of his private talk with Mrs. Welland to urge her to advance the date of his marriage. But he could think of no arguments that would move her, and with a sense of relief he saw Mr. Welland and May driving up to the door.
seize - ergreifen, fassen, packen, beschlagnahmen, erfassen
urge - Drang; drängen, mahnen, treiben, anspornen, provozieren
arguments - Argumente; Diskussion, Auseinandersetzung, Beweis
His only hope was to plead again with May, and on the day before his departure he walked with her to the ruinous garden of the Spanish Mission. The background lent itself to allusions to European scenes; and May, who was looking her loveliest under a wide-brimmed hat that cast a shadow of mystery over her too-clear eyes, kindled into eagerness as he spoke of Granada and the Alhambra.
plead - plädieren, bekennen, (dringend) bitten, anflehen, beschwören
ruinous - ruinös; verderblich
mission - Auftrag; Mission
brimmed - umrandet; übersprudeln; Rand
kindled - entfacht; anzünden
Granada - Granada
"We might be seeing it all this spring"even the Easter ceremonies at Seville," he urged, exaggerating his demands in the hope of a larger concession.
ceremonies - Zeremonien; Zeremonie, feierliche Handlung, Ritual
Seville - Sevilla
urged - gedrängt; Drang, drängen, mahnen, treiben, anspornen
exaggerating - übertreiben
demands - Forderungen; Nachfrage, Bedarf, Nachfrage, Anspruch, verlangen
concession - gewährtes Grundstück; Eingeständnis; Einräumen, Zugeständnis
"Easter in Seville? And it will be Lent next week!" she laughed.
"Why shouldn't we be married in Lent?" he rejoined; but she looked so shocked that he saw his mistake.
"Of course I didn't mean that, dearest; but soon after Easter"so that we could sail at the end of April. I know I could arrange it at the office."
sail - segeln, abfahren (nach); Segel; schippern (ugs.), segeln
arrange - arrangieren, systematisieren, aufstellen, ordnen, einrichten
She smiled dreamily upon the possibility; but he perceived that to dream of it sufficed her. It was like hearing him read aloud out of his poetry books the beautiful things that could not possibly happen in real life.
dreamily - träumerisch; verträumte
sufficed - genügte; ausreichen, genügen, genug sein, reichen
read aloud - laut lesen
poetry - Dichtkunst, Poesie, checkDichtung, checkDichtkunst
"Oh, do go on, Newland; I do love your descriptions."
"But why should they be only descriptions? Why shouldn't we make them real?"
"We shall, dearest, of course; next year." Her voice lingered over it.
"Don't you want them to be real sooner? Can't I persuade you to break away now?"
She bowed her head, vanishing from him under her conniving hat-brim.
vanishing - verschwinden; (vanish) verschinden
conniving - hinterhältig; aushecken, verschwören, sich dumm stellen
brim - Krempe; übersprudeln; Rand
"Why should we dream away another year? Look at me, dear! Don't you understand how I want you for my wife?"
dream away - verträumen
For a moment she remained motionless; then she raised on him eyes of such despairing dearness that he half-released her waist from his hold. But suddenly her look changed and deepened inscrutably. "I'm not sure if I DO understand," she said. "Is it"is it because you're not certain of continuing to care for me?"
motionless - unbeweglich, reglos, bewegungslos
despairing - verzweifelt; verzweifeln, Verzweiflung
dearness - Entbehrlichkeit; Teuerheit
released - freigegeben; Freigabe, Freisetzung, Befreiung, Erlösung
deepened - vertieft; aushölen, vertiefen, zunehmen, vergrößern, vergrößern
inscrutably - undurchschaubar
continuing - fortsetzen, weiterhin
Archer sprang up from his seat. "My God"perhaps"I don't know," he broke out angrily.
sprang up - (spring up) aus dem Boden schießen, (Wind) aufkommen
May Welland rose also; as they faced each other she seemed to grow in womanly stature and dignity. Both were silent for a moment, as if dismayed by the unforeseen trend of their words: then she said in a low voice: "If that is it"is there some one else?"
womanly - weiblich, fraulich
stature - Körpergröße, Statur
dismayed - konsterniert; Furcht, Ohnmacht
unforeseen - unvorhergesehen
trend - Trend, Tendenz, Richtung
"Some one else"between you and me?" He echoed her words slowly, as though they were only half-intelligible and he wanted time to repeat the question to himself. She seemed to catch the uncertainty of his voice, for she went on in a deepening tone: "Let us talk frankly, Newland. Sometimes I've felt a difference in you; especially since our engagement has been announced."
intelligible - Verständlich
uncertainty - Unsicherheit, Ungewissheit
deepening - Vertiefung; aushölen, vertiefen, zunehmen, vergrößern
frankly - offen gesagt; ehrlich gesagt, um ehrlich zu sein
"Dear"what madness!" he recovered himself to exclaim.
madness - Wahnsinn, Verrücktheit, Tollheit
She met his protest with a faint smile. "If it is, it won't hurt us to talk about it." She paused, and added, lifting her head with one of her noble movements: "Or even if it's true: why shouldn't we speak of it? You might so easily have made a mistake."
hurt - weh tun, schmerzen, verletzen, quälen, verletzt
noble - edel; Adeliger, Adliger, Adelige, Adlige
He lowered his head, staring at the black leaf-pattern on the sunny path at their feet. "Mistakes are always easy to make; but if I had made one of the kind you suggest, is it likely that I should be imploring you to hasten our marriage?"
leaf - Blatt, Laubblatt, Platte
sunny - sonnig, heiter
suggest - vorschlagen
imploring - flehend; anflehen
She looked downward too, disturbing the pattern with the point of her sunshade while she struggled for expression. "Yes," she said at length. "You might want"once for all"to settle the question: it's one way."
downward - abwärts, nach unten, runter, nach unten gehend, absteigend
disturbing - beunruhigend; stören
sunshade - Sonnenschirm, Sonnenblende
struggled - gekämpft; Kampf, Gefecht
once for all - ein für alle mal (allemal), endgültig
Her quiet lucidity startled him, but did not mislead him into thinking her insensible. Under her hat-brim he saw the pallor of her profile, and a slight tremor of the nostril above her resolutely steadied lips.
lucidity - Klarheit, Luzidität, Deutlichkeit, Übersichtlichkeit
mislead - in die Irre führen, irreführen
insensible - unempfindlich
pallor - Blässe
tremor - Zittern; Tremor; Beben
nostril - Nasenloch
resolutely - Entschlossenheit
steadied - gefestigt; stetig, stetig, stabilisieren
"Well"?" he questioned, sitting down on the bench, and looking up at her with a frown that he tried to make playful.
She dropped back into her seat and went on: "You mustn't think that a girl knows as little as her parents imagine. One hears and one notices"one has one's feelings and ideas. And of course, long before you told me that you cared for me, I'd known that there was some one else you were interested in; every one was talking about it two years ago at Newport.
mustn - darf nicht
notices - Notizen; Bekanntmachung, Benachrichtigung, Mitteilung
And once I saw you sitting together on the verandah at a dance"and when she came back into the house her face was sad, and I felt sorry for her; I remembered it afterward, when we were engaged."
verandah - die Veranda
Her voice had sunk almost to a whisper, and she sat clasping and unclasping her hands about the handle of her sunshade. The young man laid his upon them with a gentle pressure; his heart dilated with an inexpressible relief.
whisper - Geflüster, Flüstern, Wispern
unclasping - Entklammerung; aufmachen, loslassen
handle - handhaben; Henkel, Hantel, Griff, Türklinke; abarbeiten
inexpressible - unaussprechlich
"My dear child"was THAT it? If you only knew the truth!"
She raised her head quickly. "Then there is a truth I don't know?"
He kept his hand over hers. "I meant, the truth about the old story you speak of."
"But that's what I want to know, Newland"what I ought to know. I couldn't have my happiness made out of a wrong"an unfairness"to somebody else. And I want to believe that it would be the same with you. What sort of a life could we build on such foundations?"
unfairness - Ungerechtigkeit, Unrecht
foundations - Stiftungen; Gründung, Grundlage, Fundament
Her face had taken on a look of such tragic courage that he felt like bowing himself down at her feet. "I've wanted to say this for a long time," she went on. "I've wanted to tell you that, when two people really love each other, I understand that there may be situations which make it right that they should"should go against public opinion.
courage - Courage, Herz, Mut, Tapferkeit
bowing - Verbeugung; (bow) sich vorbeugen; (bow) Verbeugung; (bow) sich vorbeugen
And if you feel yourself in any way pledged ... pledged to the person we've spoken of ... and if there is any way ... any way in which you can fulfill your pledge ... even by her getting a divorce ... Newland, don't give her up because of me!"
fulfill - erfüllen, einhalten
His surprise at discovering that her fears had fastened upon an episode so remote and so completely of the past as his love-affair with Mrs. Thorley Rushworth gave way to wonder at the generosity of her view. There was something superhuman in an attitude so recklessly unorthodox, and if other problems had not pressed on him he would have been lost in wonder at the prodigy of the Wellands'daughter urging him to marry his former mistress.
discovering - Entdeckung; entdecken, erleben, erfahren, dabei sein
fears - Ängste; fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck
gave way - wich
generosity - Großzügigkeit, Generosität, Großmut, Freizügigkeit, Edelmut
superhuman - übermenschlich
recklessly - leichtsinnig; rücksichtslos
prodigy - Orakel; Wunder; Wunderkind
urging - drängend; (urge); Drang; drängen, mahnen, treiben, anspornen
But he was still dizzy with the glimpse of the precipice they had skirted, and full of a new awe at the mystery of young-girlhood.
precipice - Abgrund, Steilhang
girlhood - Kindheit (eines Mädchens), Mädchenzeit
For a moment he could not speak; then he said: "There is no pledge"no obligation whatever"of the kind you think. Such cases don't always"present themselves quite as simply as ... But that's no matter ... I love your generosity, because I feel as you do about those things ... I feel that each case must be judged individually, on its own merits ... irrespective of stupid conventionalities ... I mean, each woman's right to her liberty"" He pulled himself up, startled by the turn his thoughts had taken, and went on, looking at her with a smile: "Since you understand so many things, dearest, can't you go a little farther, and understand the uselessness of our submitting to another form of the same foolish conventionalities?
obligation - Verpflichtung, Pflicht
individually - individuell
merits - Verdienste; Verdienst
irrespective of - unbeschadet
conventionalities - Konventionalitäten; Herkömmlichkeit
submitting - einreichen; vorschlagend
If there's no one and nothing between us, isn't that an argument for marrying quickly, rather than for more delay?"
She flushed with joy and lifted her face to his; as he bent to it he saw that her eyes were full of happy tears. But in another moment she seemed to have descended from her womanly eminence to helpless and timorous girlhood; and he understood that her courage and initiative were all for others, and that she had none for herself.
flushed - gespült; Wasserspülung, Wallung, Schwall; spülen
descended from - entstamme
timorous - ängstlich
initiative - Initiative
It was evident that the effort of speaking had been much greater than her studied composure betrayed, and that at his first word of reassurance she had dropped back into the usual, as a too-adventurous child takes refuge in its mother's arms.
reassurance - Beruhigung; Rückversicherung
adventurous - abenteuerlich
refuge - Zuflucht; Herberge
Archer had no heart to go on pleading with her; he was too much disappointed at the vanishing of the new being who had cast that one deep look at him from her transparent eyes. May seemed to be aware of his disappointment, but without knowing how to alleviate it; and they stood up and walked silently home.
alleviate - mildern, lindern, abschwächen
"Your cousin the Countess called on mother while you were away," Janey Archer announced to her brother on the evening of his return.
The young man, who was dining alone with his mother and sister, glanced up in surprise and saw Mrs. Archer's gaze demurely bent on her plate. Mrs. Archer did not regard her seclusion from the world as a reason for being forgotten by it; and Newland guessed that she was slightly annoyed that he should be surprised by Madame Olenska's visit.
demurely - züchtig
"She had on a black velvet polonaise with jet buttons, and a tiny green monkey muff; I never saw her so stylishly dressed," Janey continued. "She came alone, early on Sunday afternoon; luckily the fire was lit in the drawing-room. She had one of those new card-cases. She said she wanted to know us because you'd been so good to her."
polonaise - Polonäse, Polonaise
jet - Düsenflugzeug, Strahl, Düse; ausstoßen
buttons - Tasten; (button) Knopf; (button) Tasten; (button) Knopf
monkey - Affe, Äffin
stylishly - elegant, stilvoll
Newland laughed. "Madame Olenska always takes that tone about her friends. She's very happy at being among her own people again."
"Yes, so she told us," said Mrs. Archer. "I must say she seems thankful to be here."
"I hope you liked her, mother."
Mrs. Archer drew her lips together. "She certainly lays herself out to please, even when she is calling on an old lady."
lays - liegt; richten (Tisch)
"Mother doesn't think her simple," Janey interjected, her eyes screwed upon her brother's face.
screwed - verarscht; Schraube, Schraube, Schraube, Schiffsschraube
"It's just my old-fashioned feeling; dear May is my ideal," said Mrs. Archer.
"Ah," said her son, "they're not alike."
Archer had left St. Augustine charged with many messages for old Mrs. Mingott; and a day or two after his return to town he called on her.
charged - aufgeladen; Entgelt
The old lady received him with unusual warmth; she was grateful to him for persuading the Countess Olenska to give up the idea of a divorce; and when he told her that he had deserted the office without leave, and rushed down to St. Augustine simply because he wanted to see May, she gave an adipose chuckle and patted his knee with her puff-ball hand.
warmth - Wärme
adipose - adipös; fett
chuckle - leises Lachen, Glucksen, glucken (Henne); glucksen
patted - getätschelt; Pat
puff - pusten; Hauch
"Ah, ah"so you kicked over the traces, did you? And I suppose Augusta and Welland pulled long faces, and behaved as if the end of the world had come? But little May"she knew better, I'll be bound?"
kicked - getreten; treten, (Pferd) ausschlagen; Stoß
"I hoped she did; but after all she wouldn't agree to what I'd gone down to ask for."
"Wouldn't she indeed? And what was that?"
"I wanted to get her to promise that we should be married in April. What's the use of our wasting another year?"
promise - Versprechen
wasting - Verschwendung, Vergeudung; (wast) Verschwendung, Vergeudung
Mrs. Manson Mingott screwed up her little mouth into a grimace of mimic prudery and twinkled at him through malicious lids. "'Ask Mamma,'I suppose"the usual story. Ah, these Mingotts"all alike! Born in a rut, and you can't root 'em out of it. When I built this house you'd have thought I was moving to California! Nobody ever HAD built above Fortieth Street"no, says I, nor above the Battery either, before Christopher Columbus discovered America. No, no; not one of them wants to be different; they're as scared of it as the small-pox.
screwed up - (screw up) vermasseln, etwas versauen
grimace - Grimasse; Grimassen schneiden
mimic - nachahmen, nachäffen
twinkled - geglitzert; funkeln, zwinkern
malicious - bösartig
rut - Brunftzeit; Brunst, Brunft, Wagenspur
California - Kalifornien
fortieth - vierzigste; vierzigster, vierzigste, vierzigstel
Christopher - Christoph
Columbus - Kolumbus, Christoph Kolumbus, Christoph Columbus
scared - verängstigt; erschrocken, bange
pox - Pocken
Ah, my dear Mr. Archer, I thank my stars I'm nothing but a vulgar Spicer; but there's not one of my own children that takes after me but my little Ellen." She broke off, still twinkling at him, and asked, with the casual irrelevance of old age: "Now, why in the world didn't you marry my little Ellen?"
takes after - (take after) geraten nach
twinkling - Funkeln; kurzer Augenblick
casual - lässig; zufällig, beiläufig, gelegentlich, gleichgültig
Archer laughed. "For one thing, she wasn't there to be married."
"No"to be sure; more's the pity. And now it's too late; her life is finished." She spoke with the cold-blooded complacency of the aged throwing earth into the grave of young hopes. The young man's heart grew chill, and he said hurriedly: "Can't I persuade you to use your influence with the Wellands, Mrs. Mingott? I wasn't made for long engagements."
cold-blooded - (cold-blooded) kaltblütig
throwing - Werfen; (to throw) schmeißen; (throw) Werfen; (to throw) schmeißen
hurriedly - eilig, hastig, schleuning
Old Catherine beamed on him approvingly. "No; I can see that. You've got a quick eye. When you were a little boy I've no doubt you liked to be helped first." She threw back her head with a laugh that made her chins ripple like little waves. "Ah, here's my Ellen now!" she exclaimed, as the portieres parted behind her.
ripple - wellenförmig; Brummspannung, Welligkeit
Madame Olenska came forward with a smile. Her face looked vivid and happy, and she held out her hand gaily to Archer while she stooped to her grandmother's kiss.
"I was just saying to him, my dear: 'Now, why didn't you marry my little Ellen?'"
Madame Olenska looked at Archer, still smiling. "And what did he answer?"
"Oh, my darling, I leave you to find that out! He's been down to Florida to see his sweetheart."
sweetheart - Schätzchen; Schatz, herzensguter Mensch, Seele von Mensch
"Yes, I know." She still looked at him. "I went to see your mother, to ask where you'd gone. I sent a note that you never answered, and I was afraid you were ill."
He muttered something about leaving unexpectedly, in a great hurry, and having intended to write to her from St. Augustine.
unexpectedly - unerwartet, unerwarteterweise
"And of course once you were there you never thought of me again!" She continued to beam on him with a gaiety that might have been a studied assumption of indifference.
gaiety - Fröhlichkeit; Frohsinn, Glücklichsein
assumption - Vermutung; Übernahme; Annahme; Himmelfahrt
"If she still needs me, she's determined not to let me see it," he thought, stung by her manner. He wanted to thank her for having been to see his mother, but under the ancestress's malicious eye he felt himself tongue-tied and constrained.
stung - gestochen; Stachel, brennender Schmerz
"Look at him"in such hot haste to get married that he took French leave and rushed down to implore the silly girl on his knees! That's something like a lover"that's the way handsome Bob Spicer carried off my poor mother; and then got tired of her before I was weaned"though they only had to wait eight months for me!
implore - anflehen
weaned - entwöhnt; entwöhnen
But there"you're not a Spicer, young man; luckily for you and for May. It's only my poor Ellen that has kept any of their wicked blood; the rest of them are all model Mingotts," cried the old lady scornfully.
scornfully - verächtlich; verachtend
Archer was aware that Madame Olenska, who had seated herself at her grandmother's side, was still thoughtfully scrutinising him. The gaiety had faded from her eyes, and she said with great gentleness: "Surely, Granny, we can persuade them between us to do as he wishes."
Archer rose to go, and as his hand met Madame Olenska's he felt that she was waiting for him to make some allusion to her unanswered letter.
unanswered - unbeantwortet
"When can I see you?" he asked, as she walked with him to the door of the room.
"Whenever you like; but it must be soon if you want to see the little house again. I am moving next week."
A pang shot through him at the memory of his lamplit hours in the low-studded drawing-room. Few as they had been, they were thick with memories.
pang - Stechen, Schmerz
shot through - durchgeschossen
"Tomorrow evening?"
She nodded. "Tomorrow; yes; but early. I'm going out."
The next day was a Sunday, and if she were "going out" on a Sunday evening it could, of course, be only to Mrs. Lemuel Struthers's.
He felt a slight movement of annoyance, not so much at her going there (for he rather liked her going where she pleased in spite of the van der Luydens), but because it was the kind of house at which she was sure to meet Beaufort, where she must have known beforehand that she would meet him"and where she was probably going for that purpose.
annoyance - Ärger, Ärgernis, Verärgerung, Verdruss
going there - hingehend
beforehand - vorher
"Very well; tomorrow evening," he repeated, inwardly resolved that he would not go early, and that by reaching her door late he would either prevent her from going to Mrs. Struthers's, or else arrive after she had started"which, all things considered, would no doubt be the simplest solution.
inwardly - innerlich
prevent - verhindern, vorbeugen, etwas daran hindern (zu geschehen)
solution - Lösung
It was only half-past eight, after all, when he rang the bell under the wisteria; not as late as he had intended by half an hour"but a singular restlessness had driven him to her door. He reflected, however, that Mrs. Struthers's Sunday evenings were not like a ball, and that her guests, as if to minimise their delinquency, usually went early.
singular - einzeln; einzigartig; ungewöhnlich; singularisch; singulär; Einzahl
restlessness - Ruhelosigkeit, Unruhe
minimise - minimieren
delinquency - Straffälligkeit; Vergehen
The one thing he had not counted on, in entering Madame Olenska's hall, was to find hats and overcoats there. Why had she bidden him to come early if she was having people to dine? On a closer inspection of the garments besides which Nastasia was laying his own, his resentment gave way to curiosity. The overcoats were in fact the very strangest he had ever seen under a polite roof; and it took but a glance to assure himself that neither of them belonged to Julius Beaufort.
overcoats - Mäntel; Mantel
inspection - Inspektion, Prüfung
garments - Kleidungsstücke; Kleidungsstück
resentment - Ressentiments; Ressentiment, Abneigung, Missgunst, Ärger
Strangest - seltsam, sonderbar, komisch, verwunderlich, fremd, seltsam
One was a shaggy yellow ulster of "reach-me-down" cut, the other a very old and rusty cloak with a cape"something like what the French called a "Macfarlane." This garment, which appeared to be made for a person of prodigious size, had evidently seen long and hard wear, and its greenish-black folds gave out a moist sawdusty smell suggestive of prolonged sessions against bar-room walls. On it lay a ragged grey scarf and an odd felt hat of semiclerical shape.
shaggy - zottelig, zottig, zottelhaarig, struppig
ulster - Ulster
rusty - rostig, verrostet
garment - Kleidungsstück
prodigious - erstaunlich; ungeheuer, gewaltig, verwunderlich
size - Konfektionsgröße, Körpergröße, Format; ausmessen
folds - falten, zusammenlegen, verschränken (Arme); Falte, gefaltete
gave out - (give out) austeilen
moist - feucht
sawdusty - Sägemehlig
Sessions - Sitzung, Session, Sitzung, Session, Tagung
bar - Takt; Schankstube; Latte (Sport); Balken, Leiste, Stange, Strich
scarf - Halstuch, Schal
felt hat - Filzhut
semiclerical - semiklerikal
Archer raised his eyebrows enquiringly at Nastasia, who raised hers in return with a fatalistic "Gia!" as she threw open the drawing-room door.
enquiringly - fragend
fatalistic - fatalistisch
The young man saw at once that his hostess was not in the room; then, with surprise, he discovered another lady standing by the fire. This lady, who was long, lean and loosely put together, was clad in raiment intricately looped and fringed, with plaids and stripes and bands of plain colour disposed in a design to which the clue seemed missing.
standing by - beispringender
clad - kaschiert, gekleidet; (clothe); bekleiden, anziehen
raiment - Gewand; Kleidung
intricately - verwickelt
fringed - ausgefranst; Franse, Saum, Einfassung, Rand, Peripherie
plaids - Karos; schottisches Plaidtuch, kariert, Schottenstoff
stripes - gestreift; Streifen
Her hair, which had tried to turn white and only succeeded in fading, was surmounted by a Spanish comb and black lace scarf, and silk mittens, visibly darned, covered her rheumatic hands.
fading - (fade away) schwinden, verblassen, zerinnen
surmounted - Überwunden; überwinden
comb - Kamm
mittens - Fäustlinge; Fäustling, Fausthandschuh
visibly - sichtbar
darned - verflixt, ausgebessert; (darn) verflixt, ausgebessert
rheumatic - rheumatisch
Beside her, in a cloud of cigar-smoke, stood the owners of the two overcoats, both in morning clothes that they had evidently not taken off since morning.
cloud - Wolke; verschleiern
smoke - rauchen; Rauch
taken off - abgeflogen
In one of the two, Archer, to his surprise, recognised Ned Winsett; the other and older, who was unknown to him, and whose gigantic frame declared him to be the wearer of the "Macfarlane," had a feebly leonine head with crumpled grey hair, and moved his arms with large pawing gestures, as though he were distributing lay blessings to a kneeling multitude.
feebly - schwächlich; schwach
crumpled - zerknittert; knüllen, zerknittern
pawing - betatschen; Tatze, Pfote, Pranke
gestures - Gesten; Geste, Gebärde, Geste, gestikulieren
distributing - aufteilen, verteilen, ausliefern, verteilen, beliefern
blessings - Segnungen; Segen, Segnung, Segnen, Segen, Segnung, Segnen
kneeling - kniend, hinkniend; (kneel); knien
multitude - Vielfältigkeit; Vielzahl, Menge, Menschenmenge, Volk
These three persons stood together on the hearth-rug, their eyes fixed on an extraordinarily large bouquet of crimson roses, with a knot of purple pansies at their base, that lay on the sofa where Madame Olenska usually sat.
stood together - zusammengestanden [alt], zusammen gestanden
rug - Vorleger; Teppich, Brücke
extraordinarily - außerordentlich
knot - Knoten, Knäuel
lay on - aufstreichen, anschließen, sorgen für
"What they must have cost at this season"though of course it's the sentiment one cares about!" the lady was saying in a sighing staccato as Archer came in.
sentiment - Gefühlen; Gefühl
sighing - Seufzen, Seufzer, Säuseln (Wind); säuseln (Wind)
staccato - Stakkato; abgehackt
The three turned with surprise at his appearance, and the lady, advancing, held out her hand.
"Dear Mr. Archer"almost my cousin Newland!" she said. "I am the Marchioness Manson."
Archer bowed, and she continued: "My Ellen has taken me in for a few days. I came from Cuba, where I have been spending the winter with Spanish friends"such delightful distinguished people: the highest nobility of old Castile"how I wish you could know them! But I was called away by our dear great friend here, Dr. Carver. You don't know Dr. Agathon Carver, founder of the Valley of Love Community?"
distinguished - ausgezeichnet; unterscheiden, erkennen, auszeichnen
nobility - Adel, Aristokratie, Nobilität, Adeligkeit, Blaublütigkeit
Castile - Kastilien
carver - Schnitzer
founder - Gründer, Gießer, Begründer
Dr. Carver inclined his leonine head, and the Marchioness continued: "Ah, New York"New York"how little the life of the spirit has reached it! But I see you do know Mr. Winsett."
"Oh, yes"I reached him some time ago; but not by that route," Winsett said with his dry smile.
route - Route, Leitung, Strecke, Richtung; leiten, routen, lotsen
dry - trocken; trocknen, abtrocknen
The Marchioness shook her head reprovingly. "How do you know, Mr. Winsett? The spirit bloweth where it listeth."
reprovingly - vorwurfsvoll
bloweth - bläst
listeth - listet
"List"oh, list!" interjected Dr. Carver in a stentorian murmur.
"But do sit down, Mr. Archer. We four have been having a delightful little dinner together, and my child has gone up to dress. She expects you; she will be down in a moment. We were just admiring these marvellous flowers, which will surprise her when she reappears."
expects - erwartet; erwarten, erwarten, erwarten
admiring - bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen
marvellous - fabelhaft
reappears - wieder auftaucht; wieder erscheinen, wiederauftreten
Winsett remained on his feet. "I'm afraid I must be off. Please tell Madame Olenska that we shall all feel lost when she abandons our street. This house has been an oasis."
be off - geplatzt sein, fortgehen, weggehen, sich wegscheren, frei haben, weg sein
abandons - aufgibt; im Stich lassen, preisgeben, verlassen, abbrechen
oasis - Oase
"Ah, but she won't abandon YOU. Poetry and art are the breath of life to her. It IS poetry you write, Mr. Winsett?"
she won't - sie wird nicht
"Well, no; but I sometimes read it," said Winsett, including the group in a general nod and slipping out of the room.
nod - nicken; einnicken; Kopfnicken
"A caustic spirit"un peu sauvage. But so witty; Dr. Carver, you DO think him witty?"
un - VN, UN, UNO
"I never think of wit," said Dr. Carver severely.
"Ah"ah"you never think of wit! How merciless he is to us weak mortals, Mr. Archer! But he lives only in the life of the spirit; and tonight he is mentally preparing the lecture he is to deliver presently at Mrs. Blenker's. Dr. Carver, would there be time, before you start for the Blenkers'to explain to Mr.
merciless - unbarmherzig
weak - schwach; out, unschön, häßlich, uninteressant
mortals - sterblich, tödlich, Sterblicher, Sterbliche
lecture - Vortrag; Vorlesung
deliver - erlösen, befreien, gebären, liefern, abliefern
start for - aufbrechen nach
Archer your illuminating discovery of the Direct Contact? But no; I see it is nearly nine o'clock, and we have no right to detain you while so many are waiting for your message."
contact - Kontakt, Berührung, Verbindung, Kontaktlinse, berühren
detain - festhalten; verhaften
Dr. Carver looked slightly disappointed at this conclusion, but, having compared his ponderous gold time-piece with Madame Olenska's little travelling-clock, he reluctantly gathered up his mighty limbs for departure.
conclusion - Schluss, Ende, Abschluss, Ergebnis, Schlussfolgerung
ponderous - schwerfällig
limbs - Gliedmaßen; Schenkel (geol. Falte), Glied
"I shall see you later, dear friend?" he suggested to the Marchioness, who replied with a smile: "As soon as Ellen's carriage comes I will join you; I do hope the lecture won't have begun."
Dr. Carver looked thoughtfully at Archer. "Perhaps, if this young gentleman is interested in my experiences, Mrs. Blenker might allow you to bring him with you?"
"Oh, dear friend, if it were possible"I am sure she would be too happy. But I fear my Ellen counts on Mr. Archer herself."
fear - fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck, Befürchtung
counts - zählt; rechnen, abzählen, zählen
"That," said Dr. Carver, "is unfortunate"but here is my card." He handed it to Archer, who read on it, in Gothic characters:
unfortunate - unglücklich, unglückselig
read on - weitergelesen
characters - Figur, Person, Charakter, Charakter, Original
+"""""""""""""-+
| Agathon Carver |
| The Valley of Love |
| Kittasquattamy, N. Y. |
+"""""""""""""-+
Dr. Carver bowed himself out, and Mrs. Manson, with a sigh that might have been either of regret or relief, again waved Archer to a seat.
regret - bedauern, bereuen, leidtun, Reue, Bedauern
"Ellen will be down in a moment; and before she comes, I am so glad of this quiet moment with you."
Archer murmured his pleasure at their meeting, and the Marchioness continued, in her low sighing accents: "I know everything, dear Mr. Archer"my child has told me all you have done for her. Your wise advice: your courageous firmness"thank heaven it was not too late!"
accents - Akzente; Dialekt, Akzent, Betonung; betonen, akzentuieren
courageous - mutig
firmness - Stärke, Festigkeit
The young man listened with considerable embarrassment. Was there any one, he wondered, to whom Madame Olenska had not proclaimed his intervention in her private affairs?
proclaimed - verkündet; verkünden, verkündigen, erklären
intervention - Intervention, Eingriff
"Madame Olenska exaggerates; I simply gave her a legal opinion, as she asked me to."
exaggerates - übertreibt; übertreiben
"Ah, but in doing it"in doing it you were the unconscious instrument of"of"what word have we moderns for Providence, Mr. Archer?" cried the lady, tilting her head on one side and drooping her lids mysteriously. "Little did you know that at that very moment I was being appealed to: being approached, in fact"from the other side of the Atlantic!"
instrument - Instrument, Musikinstrument, Meßinstrument, Werkzeug, Dokument
Providence - Vorsehung, Providence
tilting - kippend; (tilt) kippend
approached - angesprochen; sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sein
She glanced over her shoulder, as though fearful of being overheard, and then, drawing her chair nearer, and raising a tiny ivory fan to her lips, breathed behind it: "By the Count himself"my poor, mad, foolish Olenski; who asks only to take her back on her own terms."
fearful - furchtbar; furchtsam, ängstlich, verängstigt
overheard - mitgehört; zufällig mit anhören
raising - Erhöhung; Erhebung; Großziehen, Aufziehen
"Good God!" Archer exclaimed, springing up.
"You are horrified? Yes, of course; I understand. I don't defend poor Stanislas, though he has always called me his best friend. He does not defend himself"he casts himself at her feet: in my person." She tapped her emaciated bosom. "I have his letter here."
horrified - entsetzt; entsetzen, erschrecken, schockieren
casts - gießt; werfen, wegwerfen, hinwerfen, gießen, Cast, Besetzung
tapped - angezapft; Wasserhahn; Schlacke abstechen
emaciated - ausgemergelt; abmagern, de
"A letter?"Has Madame Olenska seen it?" Archer stammered, his brain whirling with the shock of the announcement.
stammered - gestottert; stammeln, stottern, Stottern
whirling - wirbelnd; (whirl) strudeln, wirbeln; (whirl); wirbeln, lschnell
The Marchioness Manson shook her head softly. "Time"time; I must have time. I know my Ellen"haughty, intractable; shall I say, just a shade unforgiving?"
intractable - unlösbar; schwer handhabbar, verfahren, störrisch, stur
unforgiving - unversöhnlich
"But, Good heavens, to forgive is one thing; to go back into that hell""
Good heavens - Um Himmels willen!
hell - Hölle
"Ah, yes," the Marchioness acquiesced. "So she describes it"my sensitive child! But on the material side, Mr. Archer, if one may stoop to consider such things; do you know what she is giving up? Those roses there on the sofa"acres like them, under glass and in the open, in his matchless terraced gardens at Nice! Jewels"historic pearls: the Sobieski emeralds"sables,"but she cares nothing for all these! Art and beauty, those she does care for, she lives for, as I always have; and those also surrounded her. Pictures, priceless furniture, music, brilliant conversation"ah, that, my dear young man, if you'll excuse me, is what you've no conception of here!
stoop - Buckel, sich beugen
acres - Hektar; Morgen, Acker, Joch
matchless - unnachahmlich, unvergleichlich
terraced - terrassenförmig; Dachterrasse, Terrasse, Terrasse
sables - Zobel, Zobel, Schwarz, schwarz
priceless - preislos, unbezahlbar
Excuse - Wie bitte; entschuldigen, verzeihen, sich entschuldigen
no conception of - keine Ahnung von ...
And she had it all; and the homage of the greatest. She tells me she is not thought handsome in New York"good heavens! Her portrait has been painted nine times; the greatest artists in Europe have begged for the privilege. Are these things nothing? And the remorse of an adoring husband?"
heavens - Himmel, Firmament
begged - gebettelt; Männchen machen; etwas erbitten (von jemandem); bitten (um)
adoring - anbetend; anbeten, verehren, anbeten, verehren
As the Marchioness Manson rose to her climax her face assumed an expression of ecstatic retrospection which would have moved Archer's mirth had he not been numb with amazement.
climax - Höhepunkt, Orgasmus
assumed - angenommen; annehmen, voraussetzen, vermuten, unterstellen
ecstatic - ekstatisch
Retrospection - Rückblick; Erinnerung
mirth - Fröhlichkeit, Belustigung, Freude
numb - taub, benommen, betäubt, gefühllos
amazement - Erstaunen; Staunen, Verwunderung
He would have laughed if any one had foretold to him that his first sight of poor Medora Manson would have been in the guise of a messenger of Satan; but he was in no mood for laughing now, and she seemed to him to come straight out of the hell from which Ellen Olenska had just escaped.
foretold - vorausgesagt; vorhersagen
guise - Aufmachung; Gewand (fig.), Erscheinung, Gestalt
Satan - Satan, Teufel
straight out - glätten
"She knows nothing yet"of all this?" he asked abruptly.
Mrs. Manson laid a purple finger on her lips. "Nothing directly"but does she suspect? Who can tell? The truth is, Mr. Archer, I have been waiting to see you. From the moment I heard of the firm stand you had taken, and of your influence over her, I hoped it might be possible to count on your support"to convince you ..."
support - Rückendeckung, Auflage, Unterstützung; abstützen, befürworten
convince - überzeugen
"That she ought to go back? I would rather see her dead!" cried the young man violently.
violently - gewaltsam; gewalttätig
"Ah," the Marchioness murmured, without visible resentment. For a while she sat in her arm-chair, opening and shutting the absurd ivory fan between her mittened fingers; but suddenly she lifted her head and listened.
shutting - (to shut) schließen, zumachen
mittened - Fäustlinge
"Here she comes," she said in a rapid whisper; and then, pointing to the bouquet on the sofa: "Am I to understand that you prefer THAT, Mr. Archer? After all, marriage is marriage ... and my niece is still a wife..."
rapid - schnell; Stromschnelle
"What are you two plotting together, aunt Medora?" Madame Olenska cried as she came into the room.
plotting - Verschwörungen; Handlung, Plot, Ausdruck, Komplott
She was dressed as if for a ball. Everything about her shimmered and glimmered softly, as if her dress had been woven out of candle-beams; and she carried her head high, like a pretty woman challenging a roomful of rivals.
shimmered - schimmerte; schimmern
glimmered - schimmerte; Schimmer, glimmern
woven - gewebt; gewoben; (weave) gewebt; gewoben
candle - Kerze
beams - Balken, Balken, Breite, Pflugbaum, Grindel, Strahl, Balken
roomful - raumvoll
"We were saying, my dear, that here was something beautiful to surprise you with," Mrs. Manson rejoined, rising to her feet and pointing archly to the flowers.
archly - verschmitzt, schlau
Madame Olenska stopped short and looked at the bouquet. Her colour did not change, but a sort of white radiance of anger ran over her like summer lightning. "Ah," she exclaimed, in a shrill voice that the young man had never heard, "who is ridiculous enough to send me a bouquet? Why a bouquet? And why tonight of all nights? I am not going to a ball; I am not a girl engaged to be married. But some people are always ridiculous."
ran over - Ăśberfuhr
lightning - Blitzschlag; Blitz; Entladung
shrill - schrill; scharf
ridiculous - lächerlich
She turned back to the door, opened it, and called out: "Nastasia!"
The ubiquitous handmaiden promptly appeared, and Archer heard Madame Olenska say, in an Italian that she seemed to pronounce with intentional deliberateness in order that he might follow it: "Here"throw this into the dustbin!" and then, as Nastasia stared protestingly: "But no"it's not the fault of the poor flowers. Tell the boy to carry them to the house three doors away, the house of Mr.
ubiquitous - allgegenwärtig
handmaiden - Dienstmädchen
pronounce - auszusprechen; verkünden; aussprechen, pronunzieren
deliberateness - Überlegtheit; Besonnenheit
dustbin - Abfalleimer, Mülltonne
protestingly - protestierend
fault - Fehler; Schuld; Fehler, Charakterschwäche, Verfehlung
Winsett, the dark gentleman who dined here. His wife is ill"they may give her pleasure ... The boy is out, you say? Then, my dear one, run yourself; here, put my cloak over you and fly. I want the thing out of the house immediately! And, as you live, don't say they come from me!"
She flung her velvet opera cloak over the maid's shoulders and turned back into the drawing-room, shutting the door sharply. Her bosom was rising high under its lace, and for a moment Archer thought she was about to cry; but she burst into a laugh instead, and looking from the Marchioness to Archer, asked abruptly: "And you two"have you made friends!"
flung - geschleudert; Affäre (Liebesaffäre)
sharply - scharf, scharfzüngig, spitzzüngig
made friends - angefreundet
"It's for Mr. Archer to say, darling; he has waited patiently while you were dressing."
patiently - geduldig
"Yes"I gave you time enough: my hair wouldn't go," Madame Olenska said, raising her hand to the heaped-up curls of her chignon. "But that reminds me: I see Dr. Carver is gone, and you'll be late at the Blenkers'. Mr. Archer, will you put my aunt in the carriage?"
heaped-up - (heaped-up) geschüttet
chignon - Dutt, Haarknoten
reminds - Erinnert; erinnern, in Erinnerung bringen
She followed the Marchioness into the hall, saw her fitted into a miscellaneous heap of overshoes, shawls and tippets, and called from the doorstep: "Mind, the carriage is to be back for me at ten!" Then she returned to the drawing-room, where Archer, on re-entering it, found her standing by the mantelpiece, examining herself in the mirror.
fitted - angepasst; (to be fit) in Form sein
miscellaneous - Verschiedenes
heap - Menschenmenge, Masse, Haufen, Haufe, Heap
overshoes - Überschuhe; Überschuh
shawls - Schals; Schal
tippets - Pelerinen; Pelerine
examining - die Prüfung; untersuchen, untersuchen, untersuchen, prüfen
It was not usual, in New York society, for a lady to address her parlour-maid as "my dear one," and send her out on an errand wrapped in her own opera-cloak; and Archer, through all his deeper feelings, tasted the pleasurable excitement of being in a world where action followed on emotion with such Olympian speed.
parlour - Wohnzimmer, Stube; Sprechzimmer
errand - Besorgungen; Besorgung, Auftrag
wrapped - eingewickelt; einhüllen, einwickeln, wickeln, einpacken, hüllen
pleasurable - vergnüglich
Olympian - Olympionike; Olympian
Speed - Geschwindigkeit; Drehzahl, Gang, rasen, Tempo, Eile
Madame Olenska did not move when he came up behind her, and for a second their eyes met in the mirror; then she turned, threw herself into her sofa-corner, and sighed out: "There's time for a cigarette."
cigarette - Zigarette, Kippe
He handed her the box and lit a spill for her; and as the flame flashed up into her face she glanced at him with laughing eyes and said: "What do you think of me in a temper?"
spill - auslaufen; verschütten, erman: sich ergießen
Archer paused a moment; then he answered with sudden resolution: "It makes me understand what your aunt has been saying about you."
resolution - Entschlossenheit, Standfestigkeit, Vorsatz, Auflösung
"I knew she'd been talking about me. Well?"
"She said you were used to all kinds of things"splendours and amusements and excitements"that we could never hope to give you here."
splendours - Prachtstücke; Pracht; Brillanz
amusements - Vergnügungen; Amüsement
excitements - Aufregungen; Aufregung, Begeisterung, Spannung, Erregung, Reiz
Madame Olenska smiled faintly into the circle of smoke about her lips.
"Medora is incorrigibly romantic. It has made up to her for so many things!"
incorrigibly - unverbesserlich
Archer hesitated again, and again took his risk. "Is your aunt's romanticism always consistent with accuracy?"
romanticism - Romantik
consistent - konsequent
accuracy - Genauigkeit, Sorgfalt, Exaktheit, Richtigkeit
"You mean: does she speak the truth?" Her niece considered. "Well, I'll tell you: in almost everything she says, there's something true and something untrue. But why do you ask? What has she been telling you?"
untrue - unwahr
He looked away into the fire, and then back at her shining presence. His heart tightened with the thought that this was their last evening by that fireside, and that in a moment the carriage would come to carry her away.
looked away - weggeblickt
shining - glänzen; Schienbein; hinaufklettern
tightened - verschärft; anziehen
"She says"she pretends that Count Olenski has asked her to persuade you to go back to him."
pretends - so tut als ob; vorgeben, prätendieren, vortäuschen, so tun
Madame Olenska made no answer. She sat motionless, holding her cigarette in her half-lifted hand. The expression of her face had not changed; and Archer remembered that he had before noticed her apparent incapacity for surprise.
apparent - offensichtlich; offenbar
incapacity - Unfähigkeit
"You knew, then?" he broke out.
She was silent for so long that the ash dropped from her cigarette. She brushed it to the floor. "She has hinted about a letter: poor darling! Medora's hints""
ash - Esche, Asche
"Is it at your husband's request that she has arrived here suddenly?"
Madame Olenska seemed to consider this question also. "There again: one can't tell. She told me she had had a 'spiritual summons,'whatever that is, from Dr. Carver. I'm afraid she's going to marry Dr. Carver ... poor Medora, there's always some one she wants to marry. But perhaps the people in Cuba just got tired of her! I think she was with them as a sort of paid companion. Really, I don't know why she came."
spiritual - spirituell; geistig
"But you do believe she has a letter from your husband?"
Again Madame Olenska brooded silently; then she said: "After all, it was to be expected."
brooded - gegrübelt; Brut, brüten, brüten, grübeln
The young man rose and went to lean against the fireplace. A sudden restlessness possessed him, and he was tongue-tied by the sense that their minutes were numbered, and that at any moment he might hear the wheels of the returning carriage.
lean against - (Leiter) anlegen
fireplace - Kamin, Feuerstelle, Herd
wheels - Räder; Rad
"You know that your aunt believes you will go back?"
Madame Olenska raised her head quickly. A deep blush rose to her face and spread over her neck and shoulders. She blushed seldom and painfully, as if it hurt her like a burn.
painfully - schmerzhaft
burn - verbrennen; brennen, feuern, leuchten
"Many cruel things have been believed of me," she said.
cruel - schrecklich; grausam (gegen)
"Oh, Ellen"forgive me; I'm a fool and a brute!"
fool - dumme Gans, Dummkopf, Narr, Närrin
She smiled a little. "You are horribly nervous; you have your own troubles. I know you think the Wellands are unreasonable about your marriage, and of course I agree with you. In Europe people don't understand our long American engagements; I suppose they are not as calm as we are." She pronounced the "we" with a faint emphasis that gave it an ironic sound.
horribly - furchtbar; fürchterlich
troubles - Probleme; Ärger, Schwierigkeit, Anstrengung, Bemühung, Mühe
unreasonable - unvernünftig, kompromisslos, nicht nachvollziehbar, unklug
emphasis - Nachdruck, Eindringlichkeit, Emphase, Schwerpunkt
Archer felt the irony but did not dare to take it up. After all, she had perhaps purposely deflected the conversation from her own affairs, and after the pain his last words had evidently caused her he felt that all he could do was to follow her lead. But the sense of the waning hour made him desperate: he could not bear the thought that a barrier of words should drop between them again.
purposely - absichtlich
deflected - abgelenkt; ablenken, abfälschen, abwehren, ausweichen
lead - führen, anführen, leiten; aus Blei; Aufmacher; Anschlussdraht
waning - (wane) abnehmen, abflauen, schwinden; (wan) (wane) abnehmen
barrier - Sperre, Schranke
drop - fallen lassen, senken, weglassen, aufgeben
"Yes," he said abruptly; "I went south to ask May to marry me after Easter. There's no reason why we shouldn't be married then."
marry me - heirate mich
"And May adores you"and yet you couldn't convince her? I thought her too intelligent to be the slave of such absurd superstitions."
adores - verehrt; anbeten, verehren, anbeten, verehren
slave - Sklave, Sklavin, Sexsklave
superstitions - Aberglauben; Aberglaube
"She IS too intelligent"she's not their slave."
Madame Olenska looked at him. "Well, then"I don't understand."
Archer reddened, and hurried on with a rush. "We had a frank talk"almost the first. She thinks my impatience a bad sign."
"Merciful heavens"a bad sign?"
merciful - barmherzig
"She thinks it means that I can't trust myself to go on caring for her. She thinks, in short, I want to marry her at once to get away from some one that I"care for more."
Madame Olenska examined this curiously. "But if she thinks that"why isn't she in a hurry too?"
examined - untersucht; untersuchen, untersuchen, untersuchen, prüfen
"Because she's not like that: she's so much nobler. She insists all the more on the long engagement, to give me time""
nobler - edler; Adeliger, Adliger, Adelige, Adlige, Aristokrat
"Time to give her up for the other woman?"
"If I want to."
Madame Olenska leaned toward the fire and gazed into it with fixed eyes. Down the quiet street Archer heard the approaching trot of her horses.
gazed - gestarrt; anstarren
trot - trotten, laufen, traben
"That IS noble," she said, with a slight break in her voice.
break in - einbrechen
"Yes. But it's ridiculous."
"Ridiculous? Because you don't care for any one else?"
"Because I don't mean to marry any one else."
"Ah." There was another long interval. At length she looked up at him and asked: "This other woman"does she love you?"
"Oh, there's no other woman; I mean, the person that May was thinking of is"was never""
"Then, why, after all, are you in such haste?"
"There's your carriage," said Archer.
She half-rose and looked about her with absent eyes. Her fan and gloves lay on the sofa beside her and she picked them up mechanically.
absent - (absent-minded) abwesend, geistesabwesend, unaufmerksam
picked - ausgewählt; Foto
"Yes; I suppose I must be going."
"You're going to Mrs. Struthers's?"
"Yes." She smiled and added: "I must go where I am invited, or I should be too lonely. Why not come with me?"
Archer felt that at any cost he must keep her beside him, must make her give him the rest of her evening. Ignoring her question, he continued to lean against the chimney-piece, his eyes fixed on the hand in which she held her gloves and fan, as if watching to see if he had the power to make her drop them.
"May guessed the truth," he said. "There is another woman"but not the one she thinks."
Ellen Olenska made no answer, and did not move. After a moment he sat down beside her, and, taking her hand, softly unclasped it, so that the gloves and fan fell on the sofa between them.
She started up, and freeing herself from him moved away to the other side of the hearth. "Ah, don't make love to me! Too many people have done that," she said, frowning.
make love - Liebe machen
frowning - Stirnrunzeln; die Stirn runzeln
Archer, changing colour, stood up also: it was the bitterest rebuke she could have given him. "I have never made love to you," he said, "and I never shall. But you are the woman I would have married if it had been possible for either of us."
bitterest - am bittersten; herb, rau, bitter
rebuke - tadeln; Tadel, Anschiss, Rüge, Schelte
"Possible for either of us?" She looked at him with unfeigned astonishment. "And you say that"when it's you who've made it impossible?"
unfeigned - ungeheuchelt
astonishment - Staunen, Erstaunen, Verwunderung
He stared at her, groping in a blackness through which a single arrow of light tore its blinding way.
groping - Fummeln; tasten, tappen, herumtasten, begrapschen, grapschen
blackness - Schwärze
arrow - Richtungspfeil, Pfeil
tore - gerissen; (to tear) zerreißen, reißen
blinding - geblendet; blendend, grell; (blind); blind, unkritisch
"I'VE made it impossible"?"
"You, you, YOU!" she cried, her lip trembling like a child's on the verge of tears. "Isn't it you who made me give up divorcing"give it up because you showed me how selfish and wicked it was, how one must sacrifice one's self to preserve the dignity of marriage ... and to spare one's family the publicity, the scandal? And because my family was going to be your family"for May's sake and for yours"I did what you told me, what you proved to me that I ought to do.
lip - Lippe; Auslauf, Überlauf, Schnaupe, Ansatz
trembling - Zittern, Beben; (tremble); zittern; Zittern
divorcing - sich scheiden lassen; Scheidung, Ehescheidung, scheiden
sacrifice - opfern; Opfer
publicity - Öffentlichkeitsarbeit; Werbung
Ah," she broke out with a sudden laugh, "I've made no secret of having done it for you!"
She sank down on the sofa again, crouching among the festive ripples of her dress like a stricken masquerader; and the young man stood by the fireplace and continued to gaze at her without moving.
crouching - hockend; sich ducken (vor), kriechen; kauern, hocken
festive - festlich
ripples - plätschert; Brummspannung, Welligkeit
stricken - angeschlagen; ergriffen, heimgesucht, betroffen
masquerader - Maskenbildner; Maskenträger
stood by - beigesprungen
"Good God," he groaned. "When I thought""
"You thought?"
"Ah, don't ask me what I thought!"
Still looking at her, he saw the same burning flush creep up her neck to her face. She sat upright, facing him with a rigid dignity.
flush - Wasserspülung, Wallung, Schwall; spülen, ausspülen; rot werden
creep - Fiesling; kriechen; schleichen; Knilch, Widerling
upright - aufrecht; hochkant
rigid - steif, starr, rigide
"I do ask you."
"Well, then: there were things in that letter you asked me to read""
"My husband's letter?"
"Yes."
"I had nothing to fear from that letter: absolutely nothing! All I feared was to bring notoriety, scandal, on the family"on you and May."
absolutely - absolut, durchaus, total, unbedingt
notoriety - Notorität, schlechter Ruf, Allbekanntheit, traurige Berühmtheit
"Good God," he groaned again, bowing his face in his hands.
The silence that followed lay on them with the weight of things final and irrevocable. It seemed to Archer to be crushing him down like his own grave-stone; in all the wide future he saw nothing that would ever lift that load from his heart. He did not move from his place, or raise his head from his hands; his hidden eyeballs went on staring into utter darkness.
irrevocable - unwiderruflich
crushing - erdrückend; Schwarm, zerdrücken
lift - Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern, Auftrieb geben, heben
load - Last, Beschickung (Ladung), Belastung; beladen, ich lüde
raise - Gehaltszulage; aufsteigen, anheben, erhöhen, heranziehen
hidden - versteckt; verbergen, verheimlichen, verstecken, verdecken
eyeballs - Augäpfel; Augapfel, nach Augenmaß abschätzen
"At least I loved you"" he brought out.
brought out - herausgebracht
On the other side of the hearth, from the sofa-corner where he supposed that she still crouched, he heard a faint stifled crying like a child's. He started up and came to her side.
crouched - gehockt; sich ducken (vor), kriechen; kauern, hocken
stifled - erstickt; ersticken
crying - Weinen; (cry); weinen; schreien; rufen; Weinen; Schrei
"Ellen! What madness! Why are you crying? Nothing's done that can't be undone. I'm still free, and you're going to be." He had her in his arms, her face like a wet flower at his lips, and all their vain terrors shrivelling up like ghosts at sunrise. The one thing that astonished him now was that he should have stood for five minutes arguing with her across the width of the room, when just touching her made everything so simple.
undone - ungeschehen machen; öffnen, aufmachen, etwas rückgängig machen
shrivelling - schrumpfend, schrumpelten; (shrivel); schrumpeln, verschrumpeln
ghosts - Gespenst
sunrise - Sonnenaufgang
stood for - (stand for) bedeuten
arguing - diskutieren, erörtern, streiten, argumentieren
She gave him back all his kiss, but after a moment he felt her stiffening in his arms, and she put him aside and stood up.
aside - beiseite, zur Seite
"Ah, my poor Newland"I suppose this had to be. But it doesn't in the least alter things," she said, looking down at him in her turn from the hearth.
"It alters the whole of life for me."
alters - ändert; verändern, ändern, wandeln, modifizieren, abändern
"No, no"it mustn't, it can't. You're engaged to May Welland; and I'm married."
He stood up too, flushed and resolute. "Nonsense! It's too late for that sort of thing. We've no right to lie to other people or to ourselves. We won't talk of your marriage; but do you see me marrying May after this?"
She stood silent, resting her thin elbows on the mantelpiece, her profile reflected in the glass behind her. One of the locks of her chignon had become loosened and hung on her neck; she looked haggard and almost old.
elbows - Ellbogen, Rohrbogen, Ellbogenstoß, ellbögeln
haggard - verstört, abgezehrt, wild, abgehärmt
"I don't see you," she said at length, "putting that question to May. Do you?"
He gave a reckless shrug. "It's too late to do anything else."
reckless - rücksichtslos; waghalsig, unverantwortlich, unbekümmert
"You say that because it's the easiest thing to say at this moment"not because it's true. In reality it's too late to do anything but what we'd both decided on."
"Ah, I don't understand you!"
She forced a pitiful smile that pinched her face instead of smoothing it. "You don't understand because you haven't yet guessed how you've changed things for me: oh, from the first"long before I knew all you'd done."
smoothing - Glättung; glättend, gleitend
"All I'd done?"
"Yes. I was perfectly unconscious at first that people here were shy of me"that they thought I was a dreadful sort of person. It seems they had even refused to meet me at dinner. I found that out afterward; and how you'd made your mother go with you to the van der Luydens'; and how you'd insisted on announcing your engagement at the Beaufort ball, so that I might have two families to stand by me instead of one""
dreadful - furchtbar, schrecklich
At that he broke into a laugh.
"Just imagine," she said, "how stupid and unobservant I was! I knew nothing of all this till Granny blurted it out one day. New York simply meant peace and freedom to me: it was coming home. And I was so happy at being among my own people that every one I met seemed kind and good, and glad to see me. But from the very beginning," she continued, "I felt there was no one as kind as you; no one who gave me reasons that I understood for doing what at first seemed so hard and"unnecessary.
Just imagine - Denken Sie nur!
unobservant - unaufmerksam
blurted - geplatzt; herausplatzen, ausquatschen, ausplappern
unnecessary - nicht notwendig, unnötig
The very good people didn't convince me; I felt they'd never been tempted. But you knew; you understood; you had felt the world outside tugging at one with all its golden hands"and yet you hated the things it asks of one; you hated happiness bought by disloyalty and cruelty and indifference. That was what I'd never known before"and it's better than anything I've known."
tempted - in Versuchung; in Versuchung führen, versuchen, locken
tugging - zerrt; zerrend; (tug); zerren; schleppen; Ruck
disloyalty - Untreue; Illoyalität
cruelty - Grausamkeit, Quälerei
She spoke in a low even voice, without tears or visible agitation; and each word, as it dropped from her, fell into his breast like burning lead. He sat bowed over, his head between his hands, staring at the hearthrug, and at the tip of the satin shoe that showed under her dress. Suddenly he knelt down and kissed the shoe.
agitation - Aufregung; Aufwühlung, Agitation
knelt - kniete; knien
She bent over him, laying her hands on his shoulders, and looking at him with eyes so deep that he remained motionless under her gaze.
"Ah, don't let us undo what you've done!" she cried. "I can't go back now to that other way of thinking. I can't love you unless I give you up."
undo - öffnen, aufmachen, etwas rückgängig machen, annulieren
His arms were yearning up to her; but she drew away, and they remained facing each other, divided by the distance that her words had created. Then, abruptly, his anger overflowed.
yearning - Sehnsucht; (yearn) Sehnsucht
overflowed - übergelaufen; überfließen, überlaufen, überfließen, de
"And Beaufort? Is he to replace me?"
replace - zurückstellen; ersetzen
As the words sprang out he was prepared for an answering flare of anger; and he would have welcomed it as fuel for his own. But Madame Olenska only grew a shade paler, and stood with her arms hanging down before her, and her head slightly bent, as her way was when she pondered a question.
flare - aufflackern; Fackel, Leuchtfackel, Bengalo, Leuchtsignal
fuel - Kraftstoff; Brennstoff; betanken; anheizen, schüren
paler - blasser; Pfahl, blass; bleich (vor), blass (vor)
"He's waiting for you now at Mrs. Struthers's; why don't you go to him?" Archer sneered.
sneered - spöttisch; Spott; grinsen, spötteln
She turned to ring the bell. "I shall not go out this evening; tell the carriage to go and fetch the Signora Marchesa," she said when the maid came.
After the door had closed again Archer continued to look at her with bitter eyes. "Why this sacrifice? Since you tell me that you're lonely I've no right to keep you from your friends."
She smiled a little under her wet lashes. "I shan't be lonely now. I WAS lonely; I WAS afraid. But the emptiness and the darkness are gone; when I turn back into myself now I'm like a child going at night into a room where there's always a light."
emptiness - Leere, Leerheit
turn back - umkehren
Her tone and her look still enveloped her in a soft inaccessibility, and Archer groaned out again: "I don't understand you!"
enveloped - umhüllt; einhüllen, umhüllen
inaccessibility - Unerreichbarkeit; Unzugänglichkeit
"Yet you understand May!"
He reddened under the retort, but kept his eyes on her. "May is ready to give me up."
retort - Retorte; erwidern (scharf)
"What! Three days after you've entreated her on your knees to hasten your marriage?"
entreated - angefleht; ersuchen
"She's refused; that gives me the right""
"Ah, you've taught me what an ugly word that is," she said.
He turned away with a sense of utter weariness. He felt as though he had been struggling for hours up the face of a steep precipice, and now, just as he had fought his way to the top, his hold had given way and he was pitching down headlong into darkness.
weariness - Müdigkeit
steep - steil; einweichen, abschüssig
given way - gewichen
pitching - werfend, Stampfen (eines Schiffs); (pitch) werfend
headlong - kopflos; mit dem Kopf zuerst; kopfüber; Hals über Kopf
If he could have got her in his arms again he might have swept away her arguments; but she still held him at a distance by something inscrutably aloof in her look and attitude, and by his own awed sense of her sincerity. At length he began to plead again.
awed - ehrfürchtig; Ehrfurcht, Staunen
sincerity - Aufrichtigkeit, Ehrlichkeit
"If we do this now it will be worse afterward"worse for every one""
"No"no"no!" she almost screamed, as if he frightened her.
screamed - geschrien; Schrei, schreien
At that moment the bell sent a long tinkle through the house. They had heard no carriage stopping at the door, and they stood motionless, looking at each other with startled eyes.
Outside, Nastasia's step crossed the hall, the outer door opened, and a moment later she came in carrying a telegram which she handed to the Countess Olenska.
"The lady was very happy at the flowers," Nastasia said, smoothing her apron. "She thought it was her signor marito who had sent them, and she cried a little and said it was a folly."
apron - Schürze; Vorfeld; Fußsack
Signor - Herr
Her mistress smiled and took the yellow envelope. She tore it open and carried it to the lamp; then, when the door had closed again, she handed the telegram to Archer.
It was dated from St. Augustine, and addressed to the Countess Olenska. In it he read: "Granny's telegram successful. Papa and Mamma agree marriage after Easter. Am telegraphing Newland. Am too happy for words and love you dearly. Your grateful May."
successful - erfolgreich
telegraphing - telegraphieren; Telegraph, telegrafieren, depeschieren
Dearly - Liebevoll; teuer
Half an hour later, when Archer unlocked his own front-door, he found a similar envelope on the hall-table on top of his pile of notes and letters. The message inside the envelope was also from May Welland, and ran as follows: "Parents consent wedding Tuesday after Easter at twelve Grace Church eight bridesmaids please see Rector so happy love May."
pile - Haufen, Pfahl, Pulk
inside - Innenseite, Inneres, Innen-, Inner-, drinnen, hinein, innerhalb
consent - zustimmen, einwilligen, Zustimmung, Konsens, Einverständnis
bridesmaids - Brautjungfern; Brautjungfer
rector - Rektor
Archer crumpled up the yellow sheet as if the gesture could annihilate the news it contained. Then he pulled out a small pocket-diary and turned over the pages with trembling fingers; but he did not find what he wanted, and cramming the telegram into his pocket he mounted the stairs.
annihilate - auslöschen; vernichten
diary - Tagebuch
turned over - umgeblättert
cramming - stopfen, vollpacken, mästen, vollstopfen, büffeln, pauken
A light was shining through the door of the little hall-room which served Janey as a dressing-room and boudoir, and her brother rapped impatiently on the panel. The door opened, and his sister stood before him in her immemorial purple flannel dressing-gown, with her hair "on pins." Her face looked pale and apprehensive.
shining through - durchleuchtend
served - bedient; Angabe, dienen, servieren, aufschlagen
dressing-room - (dressing-room) Ankleidezimmer , Umkleideraum , Umkleide
rapped - gerappt; pochen, schlagen; Geplapper
panel - Verkleidung, Platte, Tafel, Paneel
flannel - Flanell
dressing-gown - (dressing-gown) Morgenrock , Schlafrock , Morgenmantel ;Bademantel (Morgenmantel)
pins - Stecknadeln; Zapfen, Bolzen
"Newland! I hope there's no bad news in that telegram? I waited on purpose, in case"" (No item of his correspondence was safe from Janey.)
on purpose - gewollt
item - Ding, Gegenstand, Stück, Artikel
correspondence - Briefwechsel, Korrespondenz
safe from - sicher vor
He took no notice of her question. "Look here"what day is Easter this year?"
notice - Bekanntmachung; Benachrichtigung, Mitteilung, Kündigungsfrist
She looked shocked at such unchristian ignorance. "Easter? Newland! Why, of course, the first week in April. Why?"
unchristian - unchristlich
"The first week?" He turned again to the pages of his diary, calculating rapidly under his breath. "The first week, did you say?" He threw back his head with a long laugh.
calculating - kalkulieren, berechnen, ausrechnen, rechnen, kalkulieren
rapidly - schnell
"For mercy's sake What's the matter?"
What's the matter? - Was ist (denn) los?
"Nothing's the matter, except that I'm going to be married in a month."
Janey fell upon his neck and pressed him to her purple flannel breast. "Oh Newland, how wonderful! I'm so glad! But, dearest, why do you keep on laughing? Do hush, or you'll wake Mamma."
Hush - Pst; verstummen, still werden, zum Schweigen bringen, Stille
The day was fresh, with a lively spring wind full of dust. All the old ladies in both families had got out their faded sables and yellowing ermines, and the smell of camphor from the front pews almost smothered the faint spring scent of the lilies banking the altar.
dust - Staub; entstauben, abstauben, ein Sandbad nehmen, sandbaden
ermines - Hermeline; Hermelin
camphor - Kampfer, q
pews - Kirchenbänke; die Kirchenbank
smothered - erdrückt; ersticken
altar - Altar
Newland Archer, at a signal from the sexton, had come out of the vestry and placed himself with his best man on the chancel step of Grace Church.
signal - Signal; Signal; signalisieren
sexton - Küster, Küsterin, Sigrist
vestry - Sakristei
chancel - Altarraum
The signal meant that the brougham bearing the bride and her father was in sight; but there was sure to be a considerable interval of adjustment and consultation in the lobby, where the bridesmaids were already hovering like a cluster of Easter blossoms. During this unavoidable lapse of time the bridegroom, in proof of his eagerness, was expected to expose himself alone to the gaze of the assembled company; and Archer had gone through this formality as resignedly as through all the others which made of a nineteenth century New York wedding a rite that seemed to belong to the dawn of history.
adjustment - Anpassen, geringfügiges Ändern, Anpassung, Regulierung
unavoidable - unvermeidlich
lapse - Entgleisung, Ausrutscher, Verfallen, Erlöschen, Verfall
bridegroom - Bräutigam
expose - entlarven; aufdecken, offenbaren, entblößen, bloßlegen
formality - Formalität; Formalie
nineteenth - neunzehnten; neunzehnte
Everything was equally easy"or equally painful, as one chose to put it"in the path he was committed to tread, and he had obeyed the flurried injunctions of his best man as piously as other bridegrooms had obeyed his own, in the days when he had guided them through the same labyrinth.
tread - Lauffläche; (to tread) betreten, schreiten
obeyed - gehorcht; gehorchen, befolgen
flurried - leichter) Schneefall, (lkurzer) Schneeschauer, Windstoß, Bö
injunctions - Unterlassungsklagen; Verfügung, Verfügen
piously - fromm, fromme
bridegrooms - Bräutigame; Bräutigam
guided - geführt; lenken, führen, anleiten, leiten; Handbuch, Anleitung
So far he was reasonably sure of having fulfilled all his obligations.
reasonably - vernünftig
fulfilled - erfüllt; erfüllen, ableisten, anfüllen, gerecht werden
obligations - Verpflichtungen; Verpflichtung, Pflicht, Verpflichtung
The bridesmaids'eight bouquets of white lilac and lilies-of-the-valley had been sent in due time, as well as the gold and sapphire sleeve-links of the eight ushers and the best man's cat's-eye scarf-pin; Archer had sat up half the night trying to vary the wording of his thanks for the last batch of presents from men friends and ex-lady-loves; the fees for the Bishop and the Rector were safely in the pocket of his best man; his own luggage was already at Mrs. Manson Mingott's, where the wedding-breakfast was to take place, and so were the travelling clothes into which he was to change; and a private compartment had been engaged in the train that was to carry the young couple to their unknown destination"concealment of the spot in which the bridal night was to be spent being one of the most sacred taboos of the prehistoric ritual.
bouquets - Sträuße; Blumenstrauß, Bouquet
lilac - fliederfarben; Flieder, Fliederbusch, Fliederbaum
sent in - eingesandt
links - Verknüpfung, Gelenk, Bindeglied; verbinden, binden; Kulisse
ushers - Platzanweiser, Gerichtsdiener, zuweisen, anweisen, führen
pin - Zapfen, Bolzen, Schraubendrehereinsatz; feststecken, anheften
vary - variieren; verändern; sich ändern, checkvariieren
batch - Charge; stapeln (Computer); Stapel, Stoß, Batch, Schub
ex - ab
fees - Gebühren; Gebühr
bishop - Läufer (Schach), Bischof
concealment - Verheimlichung; Verborgenheit, Geborgenheit
spot - Fleck, Punkt, Pickel, Pustel, Bisschen, Stelle, Ort, Werbespot
bridal - Brautschau; Hochzeit; bräutlich, hochzeitlich, Braut-, Hochzeit-
sacred - heilig
taboos - Tabus; Tabu
prehistoric - prähistorisch
"Got the ring all right?" whispered young van der Luyden Newland, who was inexperienced in the duties of a best man, and awed by the weight of his responsibility.
inexperienced - unerfahren
Archer made the gesture which he had seen so many bridegrooms make: with his ungloved right hand he felt in the pocket of his dark grey waistcoat, and assured himself that the little gold circlet (engraved inside: Newland to May, April "-, 187-) was in its place; then, resuming his former attitude, his tall hat and pearl-grey gloves with black stitchings grasped in his left hand, he stood looking at the door of the church.
waistcoat - Weste
circlet - Zirkel; Ring
pearl-grey - (pearl-grey) perlgrau
stitchings - Nähte; absteppend, nähend
grasped - begriffen; greifen, erfassen, begreifen, verstehen, erfassen
Overhead, Handel's March swelled pompously through the imitation stone vaulting, carrying on its waves the faded drift of the many weddings at which, with cheerful indifference, he had stood on the same chancel step watching other brides float up the nave toward other bridegrooms.
overhead - von oben, darüber, Überkopf-
pompously - pompös; prunkvoll, prunkvolle
imitation - Imitation, Nachahmung, Kopie, Imitat
weddings - Hochzeiten; (wedding day) Hochzeitstag
cheerful - fröhlich, vergnügt, freundlich
brides - Bräute; Braut
float - treiben, schwimmen, schweben, gleiten
nave - Kirchenschiff
"How like a first night at the Opera!" he thought, recognising all the same faces in the same boxes (no, pews), and wondering if, when the Last Trump sounded, Mrs. Selfridge Merry would be there with the same towering ostrich feathers in her bonnet, and Mrs. Beaufort with the same diamond earrings and the same smile"and whether suitable proscenium seats were already prepared for them in another world.
first night - Erstaufführung , Premiere
recognising - anerkennen
trump - Trumpf
earrings - Ohrringe; Ohrring
proscenium - Proszenium; Bühnenfassade
seats - Sitze; Sitz, Sitzplatz, Sitzgelegenheit, Stuhl, Sitzmöbel
After that there was still time to review, one by one, the familiar countenances in the first rows; the women's sharp with curiosity and excitement, the men's sulky with the obligation of having to put on their frock-coats before luncheon, and fight for food at the wedding-breakfast.
review - Durchsicht, Nachprüfung, Überprüfung, Rezension
countenances - Antlitze; Antlitz
sharp - scharf; scharfsinning; spitz, -is, hoch, stechend
sulky - mürrisch; schmollend, verdrossen, Sulky
"Too bad the breakfast is at old Catherine's," the bridegroom could fancy Reggie Chivers saying. "But I'm told that Lovell Mingott insisted on its being cooked by his own chef, so it ought to be good if one can only get at it." And he could imagine Sillerton Jackson adding with authority: "My dear fellow, haven't you heard? It's to be served at small tables, in the new English fashion."
Archer's eyes lingered a moment on the left-hand pew, where his mother, who had entered the church on Mr. Henry van der Luyden's arm, sat weeping softly under her Chantilly veil, her hands in her grandmother's ermine muff.
ermine - Hermelin; Hermelin
"Poor Janey!" he thought, looking at his sister, "even by screwing her head around she can see only the people in the few front pews; and they're mostly dowdy Newlands and Dagonets."
screwing - Vögelei (vulg.), Vögeln (vulg.); schraubend
On the hither side of the white ribbon dividing off the seats reserved for the families he saw Beaufort, tall and redfaced, scrutinising the women with his arrogant stare. Beside him sat his wife, all silvery chinchilla and violets; and on the far side of the ribbon, Lawrence Lefferts's sleekly brushed head seemed to mount guard over the invisible deity of "Good Form" who presided at the ceremony.
hither - her, hierher, hierhin
dividing - Aufteilen; abteilend, teilend; (divide); aufteilen, einteilen
reserved - Reservieren
redfaced - rotgesichtig
stare - starren, anstarren
silvery - silbrig, silberig, silberhell, silbern
chinchilla - Chinchilla; Chinchilla; (chinchillon); Chinchilla; Chinchilla
violets - Violett, Veilchen
sleekly - geschmeidig; glatte
mount - Reittier, Berg, Lafette (Waffe); einbauen, aufsteigen
presided - den Vorsitz haben, präsidieren
ceremony - Zeremonie, feierliche Handlung, Ritual, Feier
Archer wondered how many flaws Lefferts's keen eyes would discover in the ritual of his divinity; then he suddenly recalled that he too had once thought such questions important. The things that had filled his days seemed now like a nursery parody of life, or like the wrangles of mediaeval schoolmen over metaphysical terms that nobody had ever understood. A stormy discussion as to whether the wedding presents should be "shown" had darkened the last hours before the wedding; and it seemed inconceivable to Archer that grown-up people should work themselves into a state of agitation over such trifles, and that the matter should have been decided (in the negative) by Mrs.
flaws - Schwachstellen; Fehlerstelle, Fehler
nursery - Kinderstube, Kinderzimmer, Kindergarten, Kinderzimmer
parody - Parodie; parodieren
wrangles - Streitigkeiten; treiben, rangeln, streiten, Rangelei, Streit
mediaeval - mittelalterlich
metaphysical - metaphysisch
stormy - stürmisch
darkened - verdunkelt; verdunkeln, verdunkeln
Welland's saying, with indignant tears: "I should as soon turn the reporters loose in my house." Yet there was a time when Archer had had definite and rather aggressive opinions on all such problems, and when everything concerning the manners and customs of his little tribe had seemed to him fraught with world-wide significance.
indignant - entrüstet
reporters - Reportern; Reporter, Reporterin
loose - verlassen, lose, locker
definite - Definitiv
aggressive - aggressiv
fraught - angespannt; voll
significance - Bedeutung, Signifikanz (1)
"And all the while, I suppose," he thought, "real people were living somewhere, and real things happening to them ..."
somewhere - irgendwo; irgendwohin
"THERE THEY COME!" breathed the best man excitedly; but the bridegroom knew better.
excitedly - aufgeregt
The cautious opening of the door of the church meant only that Mr. Brown the livery-stable keeper (gowned in black in his intermittent character of sexton) was taking a preliminary survey of the scene before marshalling his forces. The door was softly shut again; then after another interval it swung majestically open, and a murmur ran through the church: "The family!"
gowned - bekleidet; Umhang, Umwurf, Überwurf, Kleid
intermittent - intermittierend
character - Figur, Person, Charakter, Original, Buchstabe, Zeichen
preliminary - vorläufig, vorbereitend
survey - Umfrage; Untersuchung; Vermessung; überblicken; untersuchen; abschätzen
marshalling - rangieren; Marshalling; (marshal); Marschall, Feldmarschall
forces - Kräfte; zwingen, forcieren, erzwingen; Stärke, Macht, Einfluss
shut - geschlossen; (to shut) schließen, zumachen
swung - geschwungen; schwingen, schaukeln, schwanken, schaukeln
Mrs. Welland came first, on the arm of her eldest son. Her large pink face was appropriately solemn, and her plum-coloured satin with pale blue side-panels, and blue ostrich plumes in a small satin bonnet, met with general approval; but before she had settled herself with a stately rustle in the pew opposite Mrs. Archer's the spectators were craning their necks to see who was coming after her. Wild rumours had been abroad the day before to the effect that Mrs. Manson Mingott, in spite of her physical disabilities, had resolved on being present at the ceremony; and the idea was so much in keeping with her sporting character that bets ran high at the clubs as to her being able to walk up the nave and squeeze into a seat.
plumes - Federn; Schadstofffahne, Abwasserfahne
rustle - Rascheln, Rauschen, Knistern
spectators - Zuschauer, Zuschauerin, Schaulustiger
craning - Kurbeln; Kranich, Kran; den Kopf/Hals recken
necks - Hälse; knutschen; Genick, Zapfen (Wellenhals), Nacken
disabilities - Behinderungen; Behinderung, Invalidität
present at - anwesend bei
bets - Wetteinsatz, wetten, Wette; riskieren
walk up - hinaufgehen
squeeze - drücken, klemmen, pressen, quetschen
It was known that she had insisted on sending her own carpenter to look into the possibility of taking down the end panel of the front pew, and to measure the space between the seat and the front; but the result had been discouraging, and for one anxious day her family had watched her dallying with the plan of being wheeled up the nave in her enormous Bath chair and sitting enthroned in it at the foot of the chancel.
Carpenter - Schreiner; Zimmermann, Zimmerfrau
taking down - abhängend
end panel - Endfeld , Schlusspaneel
dallying - trödeln
wheeled - auf Rädern; Rad
enormous - enorm, riesig
enthroned - inthronisiert; einsetzen
The idea of this monstrous exposure of her person was so painful to her relations that they could have covered with gold the ingenious person who suddenly discovered that the chair was too wide to pass between the iron uprights of the awning which extended from the church door to the curbstone. The idea of doing away with this awning, and revealing the bride to the mob of dressmakers and newspaper reporters who stood outside fighting to get near the joints of the canvas, exceeded even old Catherine's courage, though for a moment she had weighed the possibility. "Why, they might take a photograph of my child AND PUT IT IN THE PAPERS!
exposure - Exposition; Kontakt, Einwirkung, Lage, Witterung, Belichtung
ingenious - ingeniös, genial, findig
uprights - Stützen; aufrecht, hochkant, aufrecht
curbstone - Bordsteinkanten; Randstein, Bordstein
mob - Meute, Pöbel
dressmakers - Schneiderinnen; Schneiderin
fighting - (fight) kämpfen, sich streiten; (fight) (fight) kämpfen
exceeded - überschritten; überschreiten, hinausgehen über, übertreffen
take a photograph - fotografieren, photographieren [alt]
Mrs. Welland exclaimed when her mother's last plan was hinted to her; and from this unthinkable indecency the clan recoiled with a collective shudder. The ancestress had had to give in; but her concession was bought only by the promise that the wedding-breakfast should take place under her roof, though (as the Washington Square connection said) with the Wellands'house in easy reach it was hard to have to make a special price with Brown to drive one to the other end of nowhere.
unthinkable - unvorstellbar; undenkbar
indecency - Unanständigkeit
recoiled - zurückgeworfen; Rückstoß, zurückschrecken, zurückschlagen
give in - abtreten, nachgeben
easy reach - gute Verkehrsanbindung
special price - Sonderpreis
Though all these transactions had been widely reported by the Jacksons a sporting minority still clung to the belief that old Catherine would appear in church, and there was a distinct lowering of the temperature when she was found to have been replaced by her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Lovell Mingott had the high colour and glassy stare induced in ladies of her age and habit by the effort of getting into a new dress; but once the disappointment occasioned by her mother-in-law's non-appearance had subsided, it was agreed that her black Chantilly over lilac satin, with a bonnet of Parma violets, formed the happiest contrast to Mrs.
transactions - Transaktionen; Geschäftsabwicklung, Geschäftsdurchführung
widely - weit verbreitet; breit; entfernt
lowering - Senken; Abbau (von Kosten)
glassy - glasig, gläsern, glasartig
induced - veranlasst; dazu bringen, anstacheln, bewirken, verursachen
subsided - nachgelassen; einsinken, abklingen, nachlassen, abschwellen
contrast - Kontrast; Gegensatz, Unterschied, gegenüberstellen
Welland's blue and plum-colour. Far different was the impression produced by the gaunt and mincing lady who followed on Mr. Mingott's arm, in a wild dishevelment of stripes and fringes and floating scarves; and as this last apparition glided into view Archer's heart contracted and stopped beating.
plum - Pflaumenbaum; Pflaume, Zwetschke (österr.)
gaunt - knochig, dünn, hager, mager, abgemagert
mincing - Faschieren; zerhackend, affektiert; (mince); Hackfleisch
dishevelment - Entblößung; Verwirrung
fringes - Fransen; Franse, Saum, Einfassung, Rand, Peripherie, Randgruppe
floating - schwebend; schwimmend, fließend, gleiten
scarves - Schals; Halstuch, Schal
apparition - Erscheinung
glided - geglitten; gleiten, gleiten, gleiten lassen
contracted - unter Vertrag genommen; Vertrag
He had taken it for granted that the Marchioness Manson was still in Washington, where she had gone some four weeks previously with her niece, Madame Olenska. It was generally understood that their abrupt departure was due to Madame Olenska's desire to remove her aunt from the baleful eloquence of Dr. Agathon Carver, who had nearly succeeded in enlisting her as a recruit for the Valley of Love; and in the circumstances no one had expected either of the ladies to return for the wedding.
abrupt - abrupt, jäh, schroff, steil
remove - entfernen; beseitigen; verdrängen; umziehen
baleful - verderblich, unheilvoll
enlisting - eintragen
recruit - Rekrut; rekrutieren
For a moment Archer stood with his eyes fixed on Medora's fantastic figure, straining to see who came behind her; but the little procession was at an end, for all the lesser members of the family had taken their seats, and the eight tall ushers, gathering themselves together like birds or insects preparing for some migratory manoeuvre, were already slipping through the side doors into the lobby.
straining - anspannend, anstrengend; (strain) anspannend, anstrengend
procession - Prozession, Umzug
lesser - abzgl. abzüglich, weniger, kleiner, wenig
Insects - Insekten; Insekt
migratory - migratorisch
side doors - Seitentüren
"Newland"I say: SHE'S HERE!" the best man whispered.
Archer roused himself with a start.
A long time had apparently passed since his heart had stopped beating, for the white and rosy procession was in fact half way up the nave, the Bishop, the Rector and two white-winged assistants were hovering about the flower-banked altar, and the first chords of the Spohr symphony were strewing their flower-like notes before the bride.
winged - geflügelt; Flügel, t+Schwinge, Flügel, Flügel, t+Gebäudeflügel
assistants - Assistenten; helfend, hilfreich, Assistent, Mitarbeiter, Helfer
chords - Akkorde; Akkord, Sehne, Profilsehne, Tastenkombination
Symphony - Sinfonie, Symphonie
strewing - streuend, bestreuend; (strew); streuen
Archer opened his eyes (but could they really have been shut, as he imagined?), and felt his heart beginning to resume its usual task. The music, the scent of the lilies on the altar, the vision of the cloud of tulle and orange-blossoms floating nearer and nearer, the sight of Mrs.
resume - weiter; Lebenslauf; fortsetzen, wiedererlangen, wiederaufnehmen
Archer's face suddenly convulsed with happy sobs, the low benedictory murmur of the Rector's voice, the ordered evolutions of the eight pink bridesmaids and the eight black ushers: all these sights, sounds and sensations, so familiar in themselves, so unutterably strange and meaningless in his new relation to them, were confusedly mingled in his brain.
convulsed - verkrampft; erschüttern
sobs - schluchzt; Huso
benedictory - Segensspruch
evolutions - Weiterentwicklungen; Evolution, Evolution
sights - Sehenswürdigkeiten; Sehenswürdigkeit, Gesicht
sensations - Empfindungen; Gefühl
unutterably - unaussprechlich
meaningless - sinnlos, bedeutungslos
confusedly - verwirrt
"My God," he thought, "HAVE I got the ring?""and once more he went through the bridegroom's convulsive gesture.
convulsive - krampfhaft
Then, in a moment, May was beside him, such radiance streaming from her that it sent a faint warmth through his numbness, and he straightened himself and smiled into her eyes.
streaming - strömend; (stream); Bach; Strom; Datenstrom; strömen; streamen
numbness - Taubheit; Benommenheit
straightened - begradigt; richten (gerade biegen); gerade machen, gerade werden
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here," the Rector began ...
beloved - beliebt, geliebt, Liebe, Liebchen, Liebling; (belove); beliebt
The ring was on her hand, the Bishop's benediction had been given, the bridesmaids were a-poise to resume their place in the procession, and the organ was showing preliminary symptoms of breaking out into the Mendelssohn March, without which no newly-wedded couple had ever emerged upon New York.
benediction - Segensspruch; Segnung
poise - Gleichgewicht, Fassung, Gelassenheit, Haltung, Ausdruck, Poise
organ - Organ; Orgel
breaking out - ausbrechend
wedded - verheiratet; trauen, verheiraten, vermählen, heiraten
"Your arm"I SAY, GIVE HER YOUR ARM!" young Newland nervously hissed; and once more Archer became aware of having been adrift far off in the unknown. What was it that had sent him there, he wondered?
adrift - abtreibend
Perhaps the glimpse, among the anonymous spectators in the transept, of a dark coil of hair under a hat which, a moment later, revealed itself as belonging to an unknown lady with a long nose, so laughably unlike the person whose image she had evoked that he asked himself if he were becoming subject to hallucinations.
anonymous - Anonym
transept - Querschiff; Querhaus, Transept
belonging - Zugehörigkeit; gehörend
an unknown - eine Unbekannte (Mathematik)
laughably - lächerlich; ulkige
hallucinations - Halluzinationen; Halluzination, Wahnvorstellung
And now he and his wife were pacing slowly down the nave, carried forward on the light Mendelssohn ripples, the spring day beckoning to them through widely opened doors, and Mrs. Welland's chestnuts, with big white favours on their frontlets, curvetting and showing off at the far end of the canvas tunnel.
pacing - Taktung; Tempo, Stufe, Schritt
beckoning - heranwinken, herbeiwinken, winken, zuwinken, einladen
frontlets - Stirnband
curvetting - Krümmung; Bogensprung
showing off - protzend
tunnel - Tunnel, Stollen
The footman, who had a still bigger white favour on his lapel, wrapped May's white cloak about her, and Archer jumped into the brougham at her side. She turned to him with a triumphant smile and their hands clasped under her veil.
lapel - Revers; Klappe; Aufschlag, Jackenaufschlag, Mantelaufschlag
"Darling!" Archer said"and suddenly the same black abyss yawned before him and he felt himself sinking into it, deeper and deeper, while his voice rambled on smoothly and cheerfully: "Yes, of course I thought I'd lost the ring; no wedding would be complete if the poor devil of a bridegroom didn't go through that. But you DID keep me waiting, you know! I had time to think of every horror that might possibly happen."
yawned - gähnte; gähnen, Gähnen
sinking - sinken; Untergang; (sink); sinken; senken, versenken, Spüle
She surprised him by turning, in full Fifth Avenue, and flinging her arms about his neck. "But none ever CAN happen now, can it, Newland, as long as we two are together?"
flinging - Schleudern; Affäre (Liebesaffäre)
The old du Lac aunts at Rhinebeck had put their house at the disposal of the bridal couple, with a readiness inspired by the prospect of spending a week in New York with Mrs. Archer; and Archer, glad to escape the usual "bridal suite" in a Philadelphia or Baltimore hotel, had accepted with an equal alacrity.
disposal - Beseitigung, Entsorgung, Verfügung
bridal couple - Brautpaar , Brautleute
suite - Suite
Equal - Gleichberechtigt; gleich; gleichen; Gleichgestellter
alacrity - Eilfertigkeit; Eifer; Unverzüglichkeit
May was enchanted at the idea of going to the country, and childishly amused at the vain efforts of the eight bridesmaids to discover where their mysterious retreat was situated.
childishly - kindische, kindlich
efforts - Anstrengungen; Anstrengung, Aufwand
retreat - Rückzug
It was thought "very English" to have a country-house lent to one, and the fact gave a last touch of distinction to what was generally conceded to be the most brilliant wedding of the year; but where the house was no one was permitted to know, except the parents of bride and groom, who, when taxed with the knowledge, pursed their lips and said mysteriously: "Ah, they didn't tell us"" which was manifestly true, since there was no need to.
conceded - zugestanden; zugeben, zugestehen, einräumen, zugestehen
most brilliant - geistvollstem, geistvollste
taxed - besteuert; strapazieren, besteuern; Steuer (auf); Abgabe
manifestly - offenkundig
Once they were settled in their compartment, and the train, shaking off the endless wooden suburbs, had pushed out into the pale landscape of spring, talk became easier than Archer had expected. May was still, in look and tone, the simple girl of yesterday, eager to compare notes with him as to the incidents of the wedding, and discussing them as impartially as a bridesmaid talking it all over with an usher. At first Archer had fancied that this detachment was the disguise of an inward tremor; but her clear eyes revealed only the most tranquil unawareness.
shaking off - abschüttelnd
endless - endlos, unbegrenzt, unbeschränkt, unendlich
suburbs - Vorstädte; Vorstadt, Vorort, Stadtteil, Bezirk, Stadtbezirk
landscape - Landschaft; Querformat
compare notes - Erfahrungen austauschen
bridesmaid - Brautjungfer
usher - Platzanweiser; Gerichtsdiener; zuweisen, anweisen, führen
unawareness - Unkenntnis; Unwissenheit, Ignoranz
She was alone for the first time with her husband; but her husband was only the charming comrade of yesterday. There was no one whom she liked as much, no one whom she trusted as completely, and the culminating "lark" of the whole delightful adventure of engagement and marriage was to be off with him alone on a journey, like a grownup person, like a "married woman," in fact.
comrade - Kamerad; Genosse, Genossin
trusted - vertrauenswürdig; Vertrauen
culminating - gipfelnd; kulminieren, gipfeln, kulminieren, kulminieren
lark - Lerche
grownup - Erwachsener
It was wonderful that"as he had learned in the Mission garden at St.
Augustine"such depths of feeling could coexist with such absence of imagination. But he remembered how, even then, she had surprised him by dropping back to inexpressive girlishness as soon as her conscience had been eased of its burden; and he saw that she would probably go through life dealing to the best of her ability with each experience as it came, but never anticipating any by so much as a stolen glance.
coexist - koexistieren
inexpressive - nichtssagend
girlishness - Mädchenhaftigkeit, mädchenhaftes Aussehen, mädchenhaftes Wesen
eased - gelockert; EAS
ability - Fähigkeit
anticipating - vorausschauend; vorgreifen, voraussehen, vorausahnen
stolen - gestohlen; stehlen, entwenden, klauen, stehlen, stehlen, rauben
Perhaps that faculty of unawareness was what gave her eyes their transparency, and her face the look of representing a type rather than a person; as if she might have been chosen to pose for a Civic Virtue or a Greek goddess. The blood that ran so close to her fair skin might have been a preserving fluid rather than a ravaging element; yet her look of indestructible youthfulness made her seem neither hard nor dull, but only primitive and pure.
transparency - Durchsichtigkeit, Transparenz
representing - vorstellen, darstellen, vertreten
civic - zivilen; bürgerlich
goddess - Göttin, weibliche Gottheit, weiblicher Gott
preserving - Konservieren; Konserve, Eingemachtes
fluid - Fluid, Flüssigkeit, fließend
ravaging - verwüsten, zerstören, Verwüstung
element - Element; Bauelement
indestructible - unzerstörbar
youthfulness - Jugendlichkeit
In the thick of this meditation Archer suddenly felt himself looking at her with the startled gaze of a stranger, and plunged into a reminiscence of the wedding-breakfast and of Granny Mingott's immense and triumphant pervasion of it.
meditation - Meditation
reminiscence - Erinnern; Erinnerung an, Erinnerungen, Rückerinnerung
pervasion - Durchdringung
May settled down to frank enjoyment of the subject. "I was surprised, though"weren't you?"that aunt Medora came after all. Ellen wrote that they were neither of them well enough to take the journey; I do wish it had been she who had recovered! Did you see the exquisite old lace she sent me?"
weren - wer
He had known that the moment must come sooner or later, but he had somewhat imagined that by force of willing he might hold it at bay.
by force - zwangsweise
bay - Erker, Bucht, Gestell, Bellen
"Yes"I"no: yes, it was beautiful," he said, looking at her blindly, and wondering if, whenever he heard those two syllables, all his carefully built-up world would tumble about him like a house of cards.
blindly - blindlings
syllables - Silben; Silbe
built-up - (built-up) zugebaut
"Aren't you tired? It will be good to have some tea when we arrive"I'm sure the aunts have got everything beautifully ready," he rattled on, taking her hand in his; and her mind rushed away instantly to the magnificent tea and coffee service of Baltimore silver which the Beauforts had sent, and which "went" so perfectly with uncle Lovell Mingott's trays and side-dishes.
rattled - verunsichert; klappern, rasseln, erschüteln, knattern
trays - Tabletts; Tablett, Servierbrett
In the spring twilight the train stopped at the Rhinebeck station, and they walked along the platform to the waiting carriage.
platform - Plattform, Podest, Programm, Parteiprogramm, Grundsatzprogramm
"Ah, how awfully kind of the van der Luydens"they've sent their man over from Skuytercliff to meet us," Archer exclaimed, as a sedate person out of livery approached them and relieved the maid of her bags.
sedate - sediert; sedieren; ruhig stellen
"I'm extremely sorry, sir," said this emissary, "that a little accident has occurred at the Miss du Lacs': a leak in the water-tank. It happened yesterday, and Mr. van der Luyden, who heard of it this morning, sent a housemaid up by the early train to get the Patroon's house ready.
extremely - extrem, äußerst, krass
emissary - Emissär, Emissärin, Abgesandter
accident - Unfall; Zufall
leak - undicht
tank - Panzer, Wasserbecken, Behälter
housemaid - Hausmädchen
early train - Frühzug
It will be quite comfortable, I think you'll find, sir; and the Miss du Lacs have sent their cook over, so that it will be exactly the same as if you'd been at Rhinebeck."
Archer stared at the speaker so blankly that he repeated in still more apologetic accents: "It'll be exactly the same, sir, I do assure you"" and May's eager voice broke out, covering the embarrassed silence: "The same as Rhinebeck? The Patroon's house? But it will be a hundred thousand times better"won't it, Newland? It's too dear and kind of Mr. van der Luyden to have thought of it."
speaker - Sprecher, Sprecherin, Lautsprecher, Vorsitzender, Vorsitzende
apologetic - entschuldigend, apologetisch, reumütig
covering - Abdeckung; zudeckend; (cover); Deckel, Abdeckung, Versteck
And as they drove off, with the maid beside the coachman, and their shining bridal bags on the seat before them, she went on excitedly: "Only fancy, I've never been inside it"have you? The van der Luydens show it to so few people. But they opened it for Ellen, it seems, and she told me what a darling little place it was: she says it's the only house she's seen in America that she could imagine being perfectly happy in."
perfectly happy - wunschlos
"Well"that's what we're going to be, isn't it?" cried her husband gaily; and she answered with her boyish smile: "Ah, it's just our luck beginning"the wonderful luck we're always going to have together!"
just our luck - Pech gehabt
"Of course we must dine with Mrs. Carfry, dearest," Archer said; and his wife looked at him with an anxious frown across the monumental Britannia ware of their lodging house breakfast-table.
Britannia - Britannien
lodging - Unterbringung; Unterkunft; (lodge); Lodge; Loge; Biberburg; feststecken
In all the rainy desert of autumnal London there were only two people whom the Newland Archers knew; and these two they had sedulously avoided, in conformity with the old New York tradition that it was not "dignified" to force one's self on the notice of one's acquaintances in foreign countries.
rainy - regnerisch
desert - Wüste, wüst, Ă–de; verlassen, desertieren, im Stich lassen
autumnal - herbstlich
conformity - Konformität
dignified - würdevoll; ehren
acquaintances - Bekanntschaft, Umgang, Bekannter, Bekannte
foreign countries - Ausland
Mrs. Archer and Janey, in the course of their visits to Europe, had so unflinchingly lived up to this principle, and met the friendly advances of their fellow-travellers with an air of such impenetrable reserve, that they had almost achieved the record of never having exchanged a word with a "foreigner" other than those employed in hotels and railway-stations. Their own compatriots"save those previously known or properly accredited"they treated with an even more pronounced disdain; so that, unless they ran across a Chivers, a Dagonet or a Mingott, their months abroad were spent in an unbroken tete-a-tete.
unflinchingly - unerschrocken
advances - Vorschüsse; erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken, Fortschritt
impenetrable - undurchdringlich; undurchlässig
reserve - Reservieren, Bedenken, Vorbehalt, Reserviertheit, Reserve
achieved - erreicht; erreichen, realisieren, schaffen, erreichen, erlangen
employed - beschäftigt; einstellen, anstellen, anwerben, einsetzen
Railway - Eisenbahnlinie, Gleis, Eisenbahn
compatriots - Landsmänner; Landsmann, Landsmännin, Landsfrau, Volksgenosse
save - retten; erretten; sichern, speichern, sparen, aufbewahren (2)
treated - behandelt; behandeln, bewirten, einladen, heilen, kurieren
disdain - Verachtung, Geringschätzung (disrespect)
tete-a-tete - (tete-a-tete) vertraulich
But the utmost precautions are sometimes unavailing; and one night at Botzen one of the two English ladies in the room across the passage (whose names, dress and social situation were already intimately known to Janey) had knocked on the door and asked if Mrs. Archer had a bottle of liniment. The other lady"the intruder's sister, Mrs. Carfry"had been seized with a sudden attack of bronchitis; and Mrs. Archer, who never travelled without a complete family pharmacy, was fortunately able to produce the required remedy.
precautions - Vorsichtsmaßnahmen; Vorsorge, Vorsichtsmaßnahme
unavailing - vergeblich
intimately - vertraut
knocked - angeklopft; Klopfen
Liniment - Einreibemittel; Liniment
intruder - Eindringling
seized with - befallen
pharmacy - Apotheke, Drogerie, Pharmazie
fortunately - mit Glück, glücklich, zum Glück; Gott sei Dank
remedy - Abhilfe; Gegenmittel; Heilmittel; beheben
Mrs. Carfry was very ill, and as she and her sister Miss Harle were travelling alone they were profoundly grateful to the Archer ladies, who supplied them with ingenious comforts and whose efficient maid helped to nurse the invalid back to health.
comforts - Annehmlichkeiten; Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit, Komfort, Trost
efficient - effizient
When the Archers left Botzen they had no idea of ever seeing Mrs. Carfry and Miss Harle again. Nothing, to Mrs. Archer's mind, would have been more "undignified" than to force one's self on the notice of a "foreigner" to whom one had happened to render an accidental service. But Mrs. Carfry and her sister, to whom this point of view was unknown, and who would have found it utterly incomprehensible, felt themselves linked by an eternal gratitude to the "delightful Americans" who had been so kind at Botzen. With touching fidelity they seized every chance of meeting Mrs. Archer and Janey in the course of their continental travels, and displayed a supernatural acuteness in finding out when they were to pass through London on their way to or from the States. The intimacy became indissoluble, and Mrs.
render - leisten, wiedergeben
accidental - versehentlich, zufällig, Zufall, Versehen
incomprehensible - unverständlich
eternal - ewig
fidelity - Redlichkeit; Genauigkeit; Treue; Wiedergabetreue, Klangtreue
seized - beschlagnahmt; ergreifen, fassen, greifen, packen, ergreifen
displayed - angezeigt; Vorführung, Vorstellung, Display
supernatural - übernatürlich
acuteness - Schärfe; Akuität
States - Staaten; Staat, Staat, Land
indissoluble - unauflöslich
Archer and Janey, whenever they alighted at Brown's Hotel, found themselves awaited by two affectionate friends who, like themselves, cultivated ferns in Wardian cases, made macrame lace, read the memoirs of the Baroness Bunsen and had views about the occupants of the leading London pulpits. As Mrs. Archer said, it made "another thing of London" to know Mrs. Carfry and Miss Harle; and by the time that Newland became engaged the tie between the families was so firmly established that it was thought "only right" to send a wedding invitation to the two English ladies, who sent, in return, a pretty bouquet of pressed Alpine flowers under glass. And on the dock, when Newland and his wife sailed for England, Mrs. Archer's last word had been: "You must take May to see Mrs. Carfry."
alighted - Ausgestiegen; landen
awaited - erwartet; erwarten, harren, warten
affectionate - zärtlich
Memoirs - Memoiren-p, Lebenserinnerungen-p
Baroness - Baronin, Baronesse
occupants - Insassen; Besatzer, Besatzerin, Okkupant, Okkupantin, Bewohner
pulpits - Kanzeln; Kanzel; i
became engaged - verlobte
Dock - Hafenbecken; docken, andocken; Dock, Anklagebank
Sailed - Gesegelt; segeln, abfahren (nach); Segel; schippern (ugs.)
Newland and his wife had had no idea of obeying this injunction; but Mrs. Carfry, with her usual acuteness, had run them down and sent them an invitation to dine; and it was over this invitation that May Archer was wrinkling her brows across the tea and muffins.
obeying - gehorchen, befolgen
injunction - Unterlassungsanordnung; Verfügung, Verfügen, Anordnen
wrinkling - Faltenbildung; sich runzeln, runzlig (runzelig) werden, knittern
muffins - Muffin, Muffin
"It's all very well for you, Newland; you KNOW them. But I shall feel so shy among a lot of people I've never met. And what shall I wear?"
Newland leaned back in his chair and smiled at her. She looked handsomer and more Diana-like than ever. The moist English air seemed to have deepened the bloom of her cheeks and softened the slight hardness of her virginal features; or else it was simply the inner glow of happiness, shining through like a light under ice.
handsomer - Schöner; hübsch, stattlich, gutaussehend, ansehnlich, schmuck
softened - erweicht; aufweichen, weichen, aufweichen, weichen
virginal - jungfräulich; Virginal
"Wear, dearest? I thought a trunkful of things had come from Paris last week."
trunkful - Kofferraum voll
"Yes, of course. I meant to say that I shan't know WHICH to wear." She pouted a little. "I've never dined out in London; and I don't want to be ridiculous."
pouted - geschmollt; schmollen
He tried to enter into her perplexity. "But don't Englishwomen dress just like everybody else in the evening?"
enter into - einspringen
Englishwomen - Engländerinnen; Engländerin
"Newland! How can you ask such funny questions? When they go to the theatre in old ball-dresses and bare heads."
ball-dresses - (ball-dresses) Ballkleider
"Well, perhaps they wear new ball-dresses at home; but at any rate Mrs. Carfry and Miss Harle won't. They'll wear caps like my mother's"and shawls; very soft shawls."
caps - Mützen; Ventilkappe; Mütze, Haube, Kappe
"Yes; but how will the other women be dressed?"
"Not as well as you, dear," he rejoined, wondering what had suddenly developed in her Janey's morbid interest in clothes.
developed - entwickelt; entwickeln, entwickeln, entwickeln, entwickeln
morbid - morbide; morbid; krankhaft
She pushed back her chair with a sigh. "That's dear of you, Newland; but it doesn't help me much."
He had an inspiration. "Why not wear your wedding-dress? That can't be wrong, can it?"
inspiration - Einatmung, Einatmen, Einschnaufen, göttliche Eingebung
"Oh, dearest! If I only had it here! But it's gone to Paris to be made over for next winter, and Worth hasn't sent it back."
"Oh, well"" said Archer, getting up. "Look here"the fog's lifting. If we made a dash for the National Gallery we might manage to catch a glimpse of the pictures."
getting up - aufstehend
Fog - umnebeln, verschleiern; (dicker) Nebel, Nebel
Dash - Bindestrich, Gedankenstrich, Querstrich, Spurt, Sprint
national - national, Staats-, Staatsangehöriger, Staatsangehörige
gallery - Galerie
The Newland Archers were on their way home, after a three months'wedding-tour which May, in writing to her girl friends, vaguely summarised as "blissful."
summarised - zusammenfassen, verdichten
blissful - glückselig, beglückt
They had not gone to the Italian Lakes: on reflection, Archer had not been able to picture his wife in that particular setting. Her own inclination (after a month with the Paris dressmakers) was for mountaineering in July and swimming in August. This plan they punctually fulfilled, spending July at Interlaken and Grindelwald, and August at a little place called Etretat, on the Normandy coast, which some one had recommended as quaint and quiet. Once or twice, in the mountains, Archer had pointed southward and said: "There's Italy"; and May, her feet in a gentian-bed, had smiled cheerfully, and replied: "It would be lovely to go there next winter, if only you didn't have to be in New York.
mountaineering - Bergsteigen; (mountaineer); Bergbewohner, Bergbewohnerin
fulfilled - erfüllt; erfüllen, einhalten, erfüllen, erfüllen
Normandy - Normandie
coast - Küste
recommended - empfohlen; empfehlen, empfehlen
quaint - malerisch; wunderlich, originell, anheimelnd
southward - südwärts
gentian - Enzian
But in reality travelling interested her even less than he had expected. She regarded it (once her clothes were ordered) as merely an enlarged opportunity for walking, riding, swimming, and trying her hand at the fascinating new game of lawn tennis; and when they finally got back to London (where they were to spend a fortnight while he ordered HIS clothes) she no longer concealed the eagerness with which she looked forward to sailing.
enlarged - vergrößert; vergrößern
lawn - Liegewiese, Rasenplatz, Rasen
concealed - versteckt; verbergen, verheimlichen, verschleiern, verschweigen
In London nothing interested her but the theatres and the shops; and she found the theatres less exciting than the Paris cafes chantants where, under the blossoming horse-chestnuts of the Champs Elysees, she had had the novel experience of looking down from the restaurant terrace on an audience of "cocottes," and having her husband interpret to her as much of the songs as he thought suitable for bridal ears.
chantants - Sprechchöre
blossoming - erblühend; (blossom); Blüte; Blütezeit; blühen, erblühen
Champs - kauen
terrace - Dachterrasse; Häuserreihe; Häuserflucht; Stehtribüne; Stehplätze
Archer had reverted to all his old inherited ideas about marriage. It was less trouble to conform with the tradition and treat May exactly as all his friends treated their wives than to try to put into practice the theories with which his untrammelled bachelorhood had dallied. There was no use in trying to emancipate a wife who had not the dimmest notion that she was not free; and he had long since discovered that May's only use of the liberty she supposed herself to possess would be to lay it on the altar of her wifely adoration. Her innate dignity would always keep her from making the gift abjectly; and a day might even come (as it once had) when she would find strength to take it altogether back if she thought she were doing it for his own good.
reverted - rückgängig gemacht; rückgängig machen
inherited - geerbt; erben, übernehmen, erben, erben, vererben
conform - anpassen; entsprechen, passen, gerecht werden, genügen
treat - behandeln; bewirten, einladen, heilen, kurieren
theories - Theorien; Theorie, Theorie, Theorie, Theorie
untrammelled - ungehindert
bachelorhood - Junggesellenleben; Junggesellentum
dallied - getrödelt; trödeln
emancipate - emanzipieren
dimmest - am schwächsten; trüb; dämmerig, dunkel
notion - Ahnung, Ansicht, Auffassung, Begriff
wifely - fraulich
adoration - Anbetung
abjectly - unterwürfig; verwerfliche
But with a conception of marriage so uncomplicated and incurious as hers such a crisis could be brought about only by something visibly outrageous in his own conduct; and the fineness of her feeling for him made that unthinkable. Whatever happened, he knew, she would always be loyal, gallant and unresentful; and that pledged him to the practice of the same virtues.
conception - Empfängnis; Vorstellung, Konzeption
uncomplicated - Unkompliziert
incurious - uninteressiert
crisis - Krise
brought about - (bring about) zu Stande bringen, zustande [alt] bringen
fineness - Feinheit; Feingehalt
gallant - Galan (galanter Mann), galant, Verehrer
unresentful - nicht nachtragend
All this tended to draw him back into his old habits of mind. If her simplicity had been the simplicity of pettiness he would have chafed and rebelled; but since the lines of her character, though so few, were on the same fine mould as her face, she became the tutelary divinity of all his old traditions and reverences.
tended - gepflegt; abzielen
pettiness - Kleinlichkeit; Geringfügigkeit
tutelary - Vormundschaft; schützende
Reverences - Reverenzen; Ehrfurcht, Bewunderung, Verehrung, Hochachtung
Such qualities were scarcely of the kind to enliven foreign travel, though they made her so easy and pleasant a companion; but he saw at once how they would fall into place in their proper setting. He had No fear of being oppressed by them, for his artistic and intellectual life would go on, as it always had, outside the domestic circle; and within it there would be nothing small and stifling"coming back to his wife would never be like entering a stuffy room after a tramp in the open.
enliven - beleben, ermuntern
No fear - Keine Bange!
stuffy - stickig, verstopfte
tramp - Landstreicher; Vagabund, Penner, Schlampe, Flittchen
And when they had children the vacant corners in both their lives would be filled.
corners - Ecken; Ecke, Winkel, Ecke, Ecke, Ecke, in die Enge treiben
All these things went through his mind during their long slow drive from Mayfair to South Kensington, where Mrs. Carfry and her sister lived. Archer too would have preferred to escape their friends'hospitality: in conformity with the family tradition he had always travelled as a sight-seer and looker-on, affecting a haughty unconsciousness of the presence of his fellow-beings. Once only, just after Harvard, he had spent a few gay weeks at Florence with a band of queer Europeanised Americans, dancing all night with titled ladies in palaces, and gambling half the day with the rakes and dandies of the fashionable club; but it had all seemed to him, though the greatest fun in the world, as unreal as a carnival.
looker - Gucker; (look) Blick, siehe
affecting - beeinflussen; beeinträchtigen, eine Vorliebe haben für, bewohnen
Harvard - Harvard
palaces - Paläste; Palast; Schloss
rakes - harken, stochern; Harke, Rechen
dandies - Dandys; Dandy, Pinkel, prima, schön, gut
unreal - unwirklich, irreal
carnival - Fastnacht; Karneval, Fasching
These queer cosmopolitan women, deep in complicated love-affairs which they appeared to feel the need of retailing to every one they met, and the magnificent young officers and elderly dyed wits who were the subjects or the recipients of their confidences, were too different from the people Archer had grown up among, too much like expensive and rather malodorous hot-house exotics, to detain his imagination long. To introduce his wife into such a society was out of the question; and in the course of his travels no other had shown any marked eagerness for his company.
retailing - den Einzelhandel; (retail); Einzelhandel, Einzelhandelsabsatz
officers - Offiziere; Funktionär, Funktionärin, Beamter, Beamtin, Offizier
dyed - gefärbt; färben (Haar, Stoff)
wits - Verstand; nämlich, und zwar
malodorous - übelriechend
exotics - Exoten; exotisch, exotisch, Exot
marked - markiert; Markus, Markus, Markus
Not long after their arrival in London he had run across the Duke of St. Austrey, and the Duke, instantly and cordially recognising him, had said: "Look me up, won't you?
cordially - herzlich
"but no proper-spirited American would have considered that a suggestion to be acted on, and the meeting was without a sequel. They had even managed to avoid May's English aunt, the banker's wife, who was still in Yorkshire; in fact, they had purposely postponed going to London till the autumn in order that their arrival during the season might not appear pushing and snobbish to these unknown relatives.
spirited - temperamentvoll; Geist, Seele, Geist, Stimmung, Schnaps
acted on - eingewirkt
sequel - Fortsetzung, Folge
Yorkshire - Yorkshire
postponed - verschoben; verschieben, aufschieben, zurückstellen
snobbish - snobistisch; dünkelhaft, schnöselig, blasiert, großtuerisch
"Probably there'll be nobody at Mrs. Carfry's"London's a desert at this season, and you've made yourself much too beautiful," Archer said to May, who sat at his side in the hansom so spotlessly splendid in her sky-blue cloak edged with swansdown that it seemed wicked to expose her to the London grime.
Hansom - Kutsche
spotlessly - makellos; fleckenlose
splendid - glänzend; prächtig; hervorragend
sky-blue - (sky-blue) himmelblau
edged - kantig; Rand, Seite, Kante, Kante, Vorsprung, Klinge, Schneide
swansdown - Schwanendaune; Barchent
grime - Dreck; Schmutz, Ruß
"I don't want them to think that we dress like savages," she replied, with a scorn that Pocahontas might have resented; and he was struck again by the religious reverence of even the most unworldly American women for the social advantages of dress.
savages - wild, wild, wüst, unbebaut, unbändig, rasend, wütend, roh
scorn - verachten; verschmähen; verspotten; Verachtung
resented - verübelt; zurückgesandt; verübeln, übelnehmen
unworldly - weltfremd
advantages - Vorteile; Vorteil, Vorteil, Vorzug, Vorteil
"It's their armour," he thought, "their defence against the unknown, and their defiance of it." And he understood for the first time the earnestness with which May, who was incapable of tying a ribbon in her hair to charm him, had gone through the solemn rite of selecting and ordering her extensive wardrobe.
armour - Panzer, Rüstung
defence - Verteidigung, Abwehr
defiance - Trotzigkeit; Trotz, Auflehnung, Widerstand, offener Ungehorsam
earnestness - Ernsthaftigkeit; Ernst
incapable - nicht fähig; unfähig
tying - zusammenbinden
selecting - auswählen
extensive - umfangreich
wardrobe - Garderobe, Kleiderschrank
He had been right in expecting the party at Mrs. Carfry's to be a small one. Besides their hostess and her sister, they found, in the long chilly drawing-room, only another shawled lady, a genial Vicar who was her husband, a silent lad whom Mrs. Carfry named as her nephew, and a small dark gentleman with lively eyes whom she introduced as his tutor, pronouncing a French name as she did so.
shawled - umgeschlagen; Schal
genial - großartig
Vicar - Vikar
lad - Junge, Knabe, Bube, Bursche, junger Mann, Stallbursche
nephew - Neffe
tutor - Nachhilfelehrer; Privatunterricht geben; Lehrprogramm
Into this dimly-lit and dim-featured group May Archer floated like a swan with the sunset on her: she seemed larger, fairer, more voluminously rustling than her husband had ever seen her; and he perceived that the rosiness and rustlingness were the tokens of an extreme and infantile shyness.
featured - vorgeführt; Besonderheit, Charakteristikum
swan - Schwan
sunset - Sonnenuntergang; Lebensabend
voluminously - voluminös
rosiness - rosig
rustlingness - Rustikalität
tokens - Wertmarken; Zeichen
infantile - infantil
"What on earth will they expect me to talk about?" her helpless eyes implored him, at the very moment that her dazzling apparition was calling forth the same anxiety in their own bosoms. But beauty, even when distrustful of itself, awakens confidence in the manly heart; and the Vicar and the French-named tutor were soon manifesting to May their desire to put her at her ease.
implored - angefleht; anflehen
dazzling - schillernd; blendend, grell, umwerfend, betörend
anxiety - Ängste; Besorgnis, Angst, Sorge
bosoms - Busen, Busen, Brust, der Busenfreund
awakens - erwacht; aufwecken, wecken, aufwachen, erwachen, wach werden
manifesting - manifest, Ladungsliste, Manifest, manifestieren
The Vicar, after a glass of port, was obliged to hurry away to a meeting, and the shy nephew, who appeared to be an invalid, was packed off to bed. But Archer and the tutor continued to sit over their wine, and suddenly Archer found himself talking as he had not done since his last symposium with Ned Winsett. The Carfry nephew, it turned out, had been threatened with consumption, and had had to leave Harrow for Switzerland, where he had spent two years in the milder air of Lake Leman.
off to bed - schlafen gegangen
symposium - Fachtagung, Symposium, Symposion
threatened - bedroht; drohen, bedrohen, bedrohen, androhen
consumption - Konsum, Verzehr, Verbrauch, Aufnahme
Harrow - eggen; Egge
Switzerland - Die Schweiz; Schweiz
leman - Geliebter, Geliebte, Buhle
Being a bookish youth, he had been entrusted to M. Riviere, who had brought him back to England, and was to remain with him till he went up to Oxford the following spring; and M. Riviere added with simplicity that he should then have to look out for another job.
bookish - buchmäßig; gelehrte
remain - Überrest (2); Überreste (3); sterbliche Überreste (3); bleiben
Oxford - Oxford, Ochsenfurt
It seemed impossible, Archer thought, that he should be long without one, so varied were his interests and so many his gifts. He was a man of about thirty, with a thin ugly face (May would certainly have called him common-looking) to which the play of his ideas gave an intense expressiveness; but there was nothing frivolous or cheap in his animation.
expressiveness - Ausdruckskraft, Aussagekraft
animation - Belebung, Vitalisierung, Animation
His father, who had died young, had filled a small diplomatic post, and it had been intended that the son should follow the same career; but an insatiable taste for letters had thrown the young man into journalism, then into authorship (apparently unsuccessful), and at length"after other experiments and vicissitudes which he spared his listener"into tutoring English youths in Switzerland. Before that, however, he had lived much in Paris, frequented the Goncourt grenier, been advised by Maupassant not to attempt to write (even that seemed to Archer a dazzling honour!
diplomatic - diplomatisch
insatiable - unersättlich
journalism - Journalismus, Journalistik
authorship - Urheberschaft; Autorschaft
unsuccessful - erfolglos
experiments - Experimente; Experiment
vicissitudes - Wechselfälle; Unbeständigkeit, Wandel, Wandel, Wechsel
listener - Zuhörer, Zuhörerin, Beobachter
tutoring - Nachhilfeunterricht; Privatunterricht geben; Lehrprogramm
youths - Jugend, Jugendlichkeit, Jugend, Jugendzeit, Jugendlicher
honour - Ehrung, Ehre; ehren; beehren, akzeptieren, annehmen, honorieren
, and had often talked with Merimee in his mother's house. He had obviously always been desperately poor and anxious (having a mother and an unmarried sister to provide for), and it was apparent that his literary ambitions had failed. His situation, in fact, seemed, materially speaking, no more brilliant than Ned Winsett's; but he had lived in a world in which, as he said, no one who loved ideas need hunger mentally. As it was precisely of that love that poor Winsett was starving to death, Archer looked with a sort of vicarious envy at this eager impecunious young man who had fared so richly in his poverty.
ambitions - Ambitionen; Ehrgeiz, Ehrgeiz, de
materially - materiell
more brilliant - geistvollere
hunger - hungern; Hunger
Starving - Hungrig; hungernd; (starve); verhungern, Hungers sterben
vicarious - stellvertretend
envy - Neid; beneiden
impecunious - unbemittelt
richly - reich; wohlhabend
"You see, Monsieur, it's worth everything, isn't it, to keep one's intellectual liberty, not to enslave one's powers of appreciation, one's critical independence? It was because of that that I abandoned journalism, and took to so much duller work: tutoring and private secretaryship. There is a good deal of drudgery, of course; but one preserves one's moral freedom, what we call in French one's quant a soi. And when one hears good talk one can join in it without compromising any opinions but one's own; or one can listen, and answer it inwardly. Ah, good conversation"there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
enslave - versklaven
appreciation - Anerkennung, Würdigung, Dankbarkeit, Wertschätzung
critical - kritisch
abandoned - im Stich lassen, preisgeben, verlassen, abbrechen
duller - stumpfer; stumpf, fad, langweilig, matt, stumpf, blöd, blöde
secretaryship - Sekretariat
drudgery - Plackerei
preserves - Konserven; Konserve, Eingemachtes
call in - zuziehen (Arzt), hereinrufen, hinzuziehen
Quant - Bootsstange
join in - mitreden, sich beteiligen, mitmachen
breathing - Atmen, Atmung; (breath); Atmen, Atmung, Atemzug, Atem, Atempause
And so I have never regretted giving up either diplomacy or journalism"two different forms of the same self-abdication." He fixed his vivid eyes on Archer as he lit another cigarette. "Voyez-vous, Monsieur, to be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it? But, after all, one must earn enough to pay for the garret; and I confess that to grow old as a private tutor"or a 'private'anything"is almost as chilling to the imagination as a second secretaryship at Bucharest. Sometimes I feel I must make a plunge: an immense plunge. Do you suppose, for instance, there would be any opening for me in America"in New York?"
abdication - Abdankung
garret - Dachboden; Mansarde, Dachwohnung
earn - verdienen, sich einhandeln
confess - gestehen, bekennen, verraten, beichten
grow old - altern, alt werden
chilling - Abkühlung; Kälte verbreitend; (chill) Abkühlung; Kälte verbreitend
Bucharest - Bukarest
plunge - stürzen; eintauchen, tauchen
Archer looked at him with startled eyes. New York, for a young man who had frequented the Goncourts and Flaubert, and who thought the life of ideas the only one worth living! He continued to stare at M. Riviere perplexedly, wondering how to tell him that his very superiorities and advantages would be the surest hindrance to success.
superiorities - Überlegenheiten; Überlegenheit
hindrance - Behinderung, Hindernis
"New York"New York"but must it be especially New York?" he stammered, utterly unable to imagine what lucrative opening his native city could offer to a young man to whom good conversation appeared to be the only necessity.
lucrative - lukrativ
A sudden flush rose under M. Riviere's sallow skin. "I"I thought it your metropolis: is not the intellectual life more active there?" he rejoined; then, as if fearing to give his hearer the impression of having asked a favour, he went on hastily: "One throws out random suggestions"more to one's self than to others.
sallow - blass; farblos, blässlich, fahl, Salweide, bleich
metropolis - Metropole, Weltstadt
more active - aktivere
fearing - fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck, Befürchtung
hearer - Hörer, Zuhörer
throws out - (throw out) rauswerfen, hinauswerfen
suggestions - Vorschläge; Vorschlag, Suggestion
In reality, I see no immediate prospect"" and rising from his seat he added, without a trace of constraint: "But Mrs. Carfry will think that I ought to be taking you upstairs."
constraint - Einschränkung, Beschränkung, Restriktion, Zwang
During the homeward drive Archer pondered deeply on this episode. His hour with M. Riviere had put new air into his lungs, and his first impulse had been to invite him to dine the next day; but he was beginning to understand why married men did not always immediately yield to their first impulses.
homeward - nach Hause; (homeward journey) Heimfahrt, heimwärts
yield - Ertrag; hervorbringen, er/sie hat/hatte ergeben, weichen
impulses - Impulsen; Impuls, Triebkraft, Drang, innerer Antrieb, Kraftstoß
"That young tutor is an interesting fellow: we had some awfully good talk after dinner about books and things," he threw out tentatively in the hansom.
threw out - (throw out) rauswerfen, hinauswerfen
tentatively - vorläufig
May roused herself from one of the dreamy silences into which he had read so many meanings before six months of marriage had given him the key to them.
dreamy - verträumt, traumhaft, zum Träumen
meanings - Bedeutungen; Bedeutung, Sinn
"The little Frenchman? Wasn't he dreadfully common?" she questioned coldly; and he guessed that she nursed a secret disappointment at having been invited out in London to meet a clergyman and a French tutor. The disappointment was not occasioned by the sentiment ordinarily defined as snobbishness, but by old New York's sense of what was due to it when it risked its dignity in foreign lands.
Frenchman - Franzose, Schangel
coldly - kalt
clergyman - Pfarrer, Pastor, Kleriker, Geistlicher
defined - definiert; bestimmen, definieren, definieren
snobbishness - Snobismus
If May's parents had entertained the Carfrys in Fifth Avenue they would have offered them something more substantial than a parson and a schoolmaster.
more substantial - gehaltreichere
parson - Pfarrer; Pastor
schoolmaster - Schulmeister
But Archer was on edge, and took her up.
"Common"common WHERE?" he queried; and she returned with unusual readiness: "Why, I should say anywhere but in his school-room. Those people are always awkward in society. But then," she added disarmingly, "I suppose I shouldn't have known if he was clever."
queried - abgefragt; Frage, Abfrage, in Frage stellen, abfragen
disarmingly - entwaffnend
Archer disliked her use of the word "clever" almost as much as her use of the word "common"; but he was beginning to fear his tendency to dwell on the things he disliked in her. After all, her point of view had always been the same. It was that of all the people he had grown up among, and he had always regarded it as necessary but negligible.
dwell - leben, verbleiben, wohnen, verweilen
negligible - vernachlässigbar
Until a few months ago he had never known a "nice" woman who looked at life differently; and if a man married it must necessarily be among the nice.
"Ah"then I won't ask him to dine!" he concluded with a laugh; and May echoed, bewildered: "Goodness"ask the Carfrys'tutor?"
"Well, not on the same day with the Carfrys, if you prefer I shouldn't. But I did rather want another talk with him. He's looking for a job in New York."
Her surprise increased with her indifference: he almost fancied that she suspected him of being tainted with "foreignness."
tainted - verunreinigt; verderben
"A job in New York? What sort of a job? People don't have French tutors: what does he want to do?"
tutors - Tutoren; Privatunterricht geben; Lehrprogramm, Begleiter, Lehrer
"Chiefly to enjoy good conversation, I understand," her husband retorted perversely; and she broke into an appreciative laugh. "Oh, Newland, how funny! Isn't that FRENCH?"
appreciative - wertschätzend
On the whole, he was glad to have the matter settled for him by her refusing to take seriously his wish to invite M. Riviere. Another after-dinner talk would have made it difficult to avoid the question of New York; and the more Archer considered it the less he was able to fit M. Riviere into any conceivable picture of New York as he knew it.
refusing - Müll; abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen
He perceived with a flash of chilling insight that in future many problems would be thus negatively solved for him; but as he paid the hansom and followed his wife's long train into the house he took refuge in the comforting platitude that the first six months were always the most difficult in marriage.
insight - Einblick; Einsicht; Gespür, Kundenverständnis, Ahnung, Eingebung
negatively - Negativ
solved - gelöst; lösen
comforting - tröstlich; Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit, Komfort, Trost
platitude - Plattitüde
most difficult - schwierigste
"After that I suppose we shall have pretty nearly finished rubbing off each other's angles," he reflected; but the worst of it was that May's pressure was already bearing on the very angles whose sharpness he most wanted to keep.
rubbing off - abreibend
sharpness - Schärfe; Schärfe, Bildschärfe
The small bright lawn stretched away smoothly to the big bright sea.
The turf was hemmed with an edge of scarlet geranium and coleus, and cast-iron vases painted in chocolate colour, standing at intervals along the winding path that led to the sea, looped their garlands of petunia and ivy geranium above the neatly raked gravel.
turf - Grasnarbe; Rasen; Grassode
hemmed - gesäumt; säumen, einfassen, einsäumen, einschließen [Mil.]; Saum
scarlet - Scharlachrot, Scharlach
geranium - Storchschnabel; Geranie
vases - Vasen; Vase
intervals - Intervalle; Abstand, Zwischenraum, Intervall
winding - (wind) aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln
garlands - Girlanden; Girlande, Girlande
petunia - Petunie
ivy - Efeu
raked - geharkt; harken, stochern; Harke, Rechen
gravel - Kies, Schotter, Kiesel, schottern
The Newport Archery Club always held its August meeting at the Beauforts'. The sport, which had hitherto known no rival but croquet, was beginning to be discarded in favour of lawn-tennis; but the latter game was still considered too rough and inelegant for social occasions, and as an opportunity to show off pretty dresses and graceful attitudes the bow and arrow held their own.
Archery - Bogenschießen
hitherto - bis zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, bis jetzt, bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt
rival - Rivalen; Gegner, Rivale, Konkurrent, Gegnerin
discarded - entsorgt; verwerfen, abwerfen, ablegen
inelegant - unelegant
occasions - Anlässe; Gelegenheit, Gelegenheit, Anlass
show off - klotzen (protzig auftreten), prangen, angeben
graceful - anmutig, ansprechend, elegant, graziös
attitudes - Haltungen; Haltung, Einstellung, Attitüde, Orientierung
Archer looked down with wonder at the familiar spectacle. It surprised him that life should be going on in the old way when his own reactions to it had so completely changed. It was Newport that had first brought home to him the extent of the change. In New York, during the previous winter, after he and May had settled down in the new greenish-yellow house with the bow-window and the Pompeian vestibule, he had dropped back with relief into the old routine of the office, and the renewal of this daily activity had served as a link with his former self. Then there had been the pleasurable excitement of choosing a showy grey stepper for May's brougham (the Wellands had given the carriage), and the abiding occupation and interest of arranging his new library, which, in spite of family doubts and disapprovals, had been carried out as he had dreamed, with a dark embossed paper, Eastlake book-cases and "sincere" arm-chairs and tables.
spectacle - Spektakel, Schauspiel
reactions - Reaktionen; Reaktion, Reaktion, Reaktion
extent - Umfang, Ausdehnung, Ausmaß, Größe
renewal - Erneuerung
link - Verknüpfung, Gelenk, Bindeglied; verbinden, binden; Kulisse
showy - protzig, auffällig, schreiend, grell
abiding - dauernd, bleibend, beständig
doubts - bezweifeln, zweifeln, Zweifel
disapprovals - Missbilligungen; Missbilligung
embossed - geprägt; prägen
At the Century he had found Winsett again, and at the Knickerbocker the fashionable young men of his own set; and what with the hours dedicated to the law and those given to dining out or entertaining friends at home, with an occasional evening at the Opera or the play, the life he was living had still seemed a fairly real and inevitable sort of business.
inevitable - unvermeidlich, unabwendbar, zwangsläufig
But Newport represented the escape from duty into an atmosphere of unmitigated holiday-making. Archer had tried to persuade May to spend the summer on a remote island off the coast of Maine (called, appropriately enough, Mount Desert), where a few hardy Bostonians and Philadelphians were camping in "native" cottages, and whence came reports of enchanting scenery and a wild, almost trapper-like existence amid woods and waters.
unmitigated - ungemildert
hardy - abgehärtet, widerstandsfähig
Bostonians - Bostoner
camping - Camping, Zelten; (camp); Camping, Zelten
cottages - Hütten; Cottage
whence - woher; von daher
trapper - Fallensteller; Trapper
amid - inmitten; mitten unter
woods - Wälder; Holz
But the Wellands always went to Newport, where they owned one of the square boxes on the cliffs, and their son-in-law could adduce no good reason why he and May should not join them there. As Mrs.
cliffs - Klippen; Kliff, Felsvorsprung, Klippe
adduce - heranziehen; erbringen, anführen
Welland rather tartly pointed out, it was hardly worth while for May to have worn herself out trying on summer clothes in Paris if she was not to be allowed to wear them; and this argument was of a kind to which Archer had as yet found no answer.
tartly - säuerlich; sauer, herb
trying on - anprobierend
summer clothes - Sommersachen
May herself could not understand his obscure reluctance to fall in with so reasonable and pleasant a way of spending the summer. She reminded him that he had always liked Newport in his bachelor days, and as this was indisputable he could only profess that he was sure he was going to like it better than ever now that they were to be there together.
reasonable - vernünftig
bachelor - Junggeselle; Bachelor
indisputable - unbestreitbar
profess - bekennen
But as he stood on the Beaufort verandah and looked out on the brightly peopled lawn it came home to him with a shiver that he was not going to like it at all.
brightly - leuchtend; strahlend, hell
It was not May's fault, poor dear. If, now and then, during their travels, they had fallen slightly out of step, harmony had been restored by their return to the conditions she was used to. He had always foreseen that she would not disappoint him; and he had been right.
disappoint - enttäuschen; vorenthalten, berauben
He had married (as most young men did) because he had met a perfectly charming girl at the moment when a series of rather aimless sentimental adventures were ending in premature disgust; and she had represented peace, stability, comradeship, and the steadying sense of an unescapable duty.
charming girl - liebenswürdiges Mädchen, liebenswertes Mädchen
aimless - planlos, ziellos
ending in - auslautend
premature - frühreif; vorzeitig, verfrüht
stability - Stabilität
steadying - Beruhigung; stetig, stetig, stabilisieren
unescapable - unausweichlich
He could not say that he had been mistaken in his choice, for she had fulfilled all that he had expected. It was undoubtedly gratifying to be the husband of one of the handsomest and most popular young married women in New York, especially when she was also one of the sweetest-tempered and most reasonable of wives; and Archer had never been insensible to such advantages. As for the momentary madness which had fallen upon him on the eve of his marriage, he had trained himself to regard it as the last of his discarded experiments.
choice - Wahl; Auswahl; erlesen
gratifying - befriedigend; befriedigen, erfreuen
most reasonable - angemessenste, vernünftigste
eve - Vorabend
The idea that he could ever, in his senses, have dreamed of marrying the Countess Olenska had become almost unthinkable, and she remained in his memory simply as the most plaintive and poignant of a line of ghosts.
plaintive - traurig, wehleidig, klagend, Klage
poignant - spitz, zugespitzt, treffend, zutreffend, relevant, ergreifend
But all these abstractions and eliminations made of his mind a rather empty and echoing place, and he supposed that was one of the reasons why the busy animated people on the Beaufort lawn shocked him as if they had been children playing in a grave-yard.
abstractions - Abstraktionen; Abstraktion
eliminations - Ausscheidungen; Elimination, Elimination, Elimination
echoing - Echo
Yard - (der) Yard
He heard a murmur of skirts beside him, and the Marchioness Manson fluttered out of the drawing-room window. As usual, she was extraordinarily festooned and bedizened, with a limp Leghorn hat anchored to her head by many windings of faded gauze, and a little black velvet parasol on a carved ivory handle absurdly balanced over her much larger hatbrim.
festooned - festlich geschmückt; Feston
limp - schlaff; schlapp; hinken, lahmen
Leghorn - Leghorn
anchored - verankert; Anker
windings - Wicklungen; (wind) aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln
parasol - Sonnenschirm
absurdly - absurd; sinnwidrig
balanced - ausgeglichen; Ausgewogenheit, Bilanz, Saldo, Guthaben
hatbrim - Hutkrempe
"My dear Newland, I had no idea that you and May had arrived! You yourself came only yesterday, you say? Ah, business"business"professional duties ... I understand. Many husbands, I know, find it impossible to join their wives here except for the week-end." She cocked her head on one side and languished at him through screwed-up eyes. "But marriage is one long sacrifice, as I used often to remind my Ellen""
only yesterday - erst gestern
cocked - aufgespannt; Vogelmännchen; Gockel
languished - geschmachtet; ermatten, erschlaffen, siechen, schmachten
remind - erinnern, in Erinnerung bringen
Archer's heart stopped with the queer jerk which it had given once before, and which seemed suddenly to slam a door between himself and the outer world; but this break of continuity must have been of the briefest, for he presently heard Medora answering a question he had apparently found voice to put.
jerk - Trottel; Zuckung, Satz, Reflex, ruckweise; Wichser; erschüttern
slam - zuschlagen, hart anpacken, zuknallen; harte Kritik
continuity - Kontinuität; Stetigkeit
briefest - am kürzesten; kurz, prägnant, kurze Zusammenfassung, briefen
"No, I am not staying here, but with the Blenkers, in their delicious solitude at Portsmouth. Beaufort was kind enough to send his famous trotters for me this morning, so that I might have at least a glimpse of one of Regina's garden-parties; but this evening I go back to rural life. The Blenkers, dear original beings, have hired a primitive old farm-house at Portsmouth where they gather about them representative people ..." She drooped slightly beneath her protecting brim, and added with a faint blush: "This week Dr. Agathon Carver is holding a series of Inner Thought meetings there. A contrast indeed to this gay scene of worldly pleasure"but then I have always lived on contrasts!
trotters - Traber
rural - ländlich, dörflich
farm-house - (farm-house) Gutshaus
gather - sammeln, versammeln
meetings - Versammlung, Treffen, Sitzung
contrasts - Kontraste; Kontrast, Kontrast, Gegensatz, Kontrast, Unterschied
To me the only death is monotony. I always say to Ellen: Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins. But my poor child is going through a phase of exaltation, of abhorrence of the world. You know, I suppose, that she has declined all invitations to stay at Newport, even with her grandmother Mingott? I could hardly persuade her to come with me to the Blenkers', if you will believe it! The life she leads is morbid, unnatural. Ah, if she had only listened to me when it was still possible ... When the door was still open ... But shall we go down and watch this absorbing match? I hear your May is one of the competitors."
monotony - Eintönigkeit, Monotonie
Beware - Aufpassen; sich hüten (vor)
deadly - tödlich
sins - Sünden; Sünde, sündigen; eine Sünde begehen
exaltation - Erhöhen, Erhöhung
leads - führt; führen, anführen
competitors - Konkurrenten; Konkurrent, Konkurrentin, Wettkämpfer
There were all sorts of rumours afloat about Beaufort. In the spring he had gone off on a long cruise to the West Indies in his new steam-yacht, and it was reported that, at various points where he had touched, a lady resembling Miss Fanny Ring had been seen in his company. The steam-yacht, built in the Clyde, and fitted with tiled bath-rooms and other unheard-of luxuries, was said to have cost him half a million; and the pearl necklace which he had presented to his wife on his return was as magnificent as such expiatory offerings are apt to be. Beaufort's fortune was substantial enough to stand the strain; and yet the disquieting rumours persisted, not only in Fifth Avenue but in Wall Street.
afloat - schwimmend; schuldenfrei, über Wasser
gone off - (go off) losgehen
cruise - Seereise, Kreuzfahrt; eine Seereise machen
Steam - Wasserdampf, Kraft, Energie, dämpfen, dünsten
various - verschiedene
Clyde - Clyde
unheard - ungehört
luxuries - Luxusgüter; Luxus, Luxus, Luxus
necklace - Halskette, Collier, Halsband
expiatory - sühnen
offerings - Angebote; Angebot
apt - passend; Hochgeschwindigkeitszug; geeignet, begabt
substantial - wesentlich, essenziell, substanziell
strain - Belastung; Spannung, starke Inanspruchnahme, Zug; anstrengen
disquieting - beunruhigend; Beunruhigung, Unbehagen
persisted - fortbestehen; beharren
Some people said he had speculated unfortunately in railways, others that he was being bled by one of the most insatiable members of her profession; and to every report of threatened insolvency Beaufort replied by a fresh extravagance: the building of a new row of orchid-houses, the purchase of a new string of race-horses, or the addition of a new Meissonnier or Cabanel to his picture-gallery.
railways - Eisenbahnen; Eisenbahnlinie, Gleis
bled - geblutet; bluten, ausbluten, entlüften, Blutung, Beschnitt
most insatiable - unersättlichste
insolvency - Insolvenz, Zahlungsunfähigkeit
extravagance - Extravaganz; Ăśberspanntheit
Orchid - Orchidee, Knabenkraut
purchase - Einkauf, Anschaffung, kaufen, anschaffen
string - Schnur; Zeichenkette, String, Saite, auffädeln, einfädeln
picture-gallery - (picture-gallery) Gemäldegalerie
He advanced toward the Marchioness and Newland with his usual half-sneering smile. "Hullo, Medora! Did the trotters do their business? Forty minutes, eh? ... Well, that's not so bad, considering your nerves had to be spared." He shook hands with Archer, and then, turning back with them, placed himself on Mrs. Manson's other side, and said, in a low voice, a few words which their companion did not catch.
Hullo - Hallo!
eh - oder
The Marchioness replied by one of her queer foreign jerks, and a "Que voulez-vous?" which deepened Beaufort's frown; but he produced a good semblance of a congratulatory smile as he glanced at Archer to say: "You know May's going to carry off the first prize."
jerks - Idioten; Zuckung, Satz, Reflex, ruckweise; Wichser; erschüttern
semblance - Anschein
congratulatory - beglückwünschend
first prize - Hauptgewinn , Hauptpreis, Hauptgewinn
"Ah, then it remains in the family," Medora rippled; and at that moment they reached the tent and Mrs. Beaufort met them in a girlish cloud of mauve muslin and floating veils.
remains - bleibt; Überrest (2), de
rippled - gekräuselt; Brummspannung, Welligkeit
girlish - mädchenhaft, Mädchen
mauve - fliederfarben; blasslila; q airly uncommon also
veils - Vorhang, Schleier, verschleiern, verhüllen, verhüllen
May Welland was just coming out of the tent. In her white dress, with a pale green ribbon about the waist and a wreath of ivy on her hat, she had the same Diana-like aloofness as when she had entered the Beaufort ball-room on the night of her engagement.
aloofness - Unnahbarkeit; Zurückhaltung
In the interval not a thought seemed to have passed behind her eyes or a feeling through her heart; and though her husband knew that she had the capacity for both he marvelled afresh at the way in which experience dropped away from her.
capacity - Kapazität; Befugnis
marvelled - erstaunt; wundern
afresh - von neuem; neu, wieder
She had her bow and arrow in her hand, and placing herself on the chalk-mark traced on the turf she lifted the bow to her shoulder and took aim. The attitude was so full of a classic grace that a murmur of appreciation followed her appearance, and Archer felt the glow of proprietorship that so often cheated him into momentary well-being. Her rivals"Mrs. Reggie Chivers, the Merry girls, and divers rosy Thorleys, Dagonets and Mingotts, stood behind her in a lovely anxious group, brown heads and golden bent above the scores, and pale muslins and flower-wreathed hats mingled in a tender rainbow.
chalk - Kreide; Magnesiapulver
mark - Markus
traced - zurückverfolgt; Zeichen, Spur
bow to - sich unterwerfen, sich beugen
aim - zielen (auf); Ziel, Zweck; beabsichtigen
classic - klassisch; Klassiker
proprietorship - Eigentümerschaft; Eigentumsrecht, Eigentum
cheated - betrogen; schummeln, bescheißen (sl.), betrügen
divers - Taucher, Taucherin
scores - Punkte; Spielergebnis
wreathed - bekränzt; Kranz, Gebinde
rainbow - Regenbogen; bunt, vielfarbig
All were young and pretty, and bathed in summer bloom; but not one had the nymph-like ease of his wife, when, with tense muscles and happy frown, she bent her soul upon some feat of strength.
nymph - Nymphe; Nymphomanin
tense - angespannt; verkrampft, gespannt, nervös; spannen
muscles - Muskeln; Muskel
feat - Leistung; Kunststück
"Gad," Archer heard Lawrence Lefferts say, "not one of the lot holds the bow as she does"; and Beaufort retorted: "Yes; but that's the only kind of target she'll ever hit."
Gad - herumtreiben
holds - hält; innehaben
target - Zielscheibe, Schießscheibe, Ziel, zielen
hit - getroffen; schlagen
Archer felt irrationally angry. His host's contemptuous tribute to May's "niceness" was just what a husband should have wished to hear said of his wife. The fact that a coarseminded man found her lacking in attraction was simply another proof of her quality; yet the words sent a faint shiver through his heart. What if "niceness" carried to that supreme degree were only a negation, the curtain dropped before an emptiness?
irrationally - irrational
contemptuous - verächtlich; respektlos
tribute - Tribut
niceness - Nettigkeit
coarseminded - grobschlächtig
lacking - Mangelhaft; Gummilack
Attraction - Anziehung, Anziehungskraft, Reiz, Liebreiz, Attraktion
supreme - übergeordnet; höchster, oberster
negation - Verneinung, Negierung, Negation
As he looked at May, returning flushed and calm from her final bull's-eye, he had the feeling that he had never yet lifted that curtain.
Bull - Bulle, Stier
She took the congratulations of her rivals and of the rest of the company with the simplicity that was her crowning grace. No one could ever be jealous of her triumphs because she managed to give the feeling that she would have been just as serene if she had missed them. But when her eyes met her husband's her face glowed with the pleasure she saw in his.
jealous - eifersüchtig; eifrig, eifernd, neidisch
triumphs - Triumphe; Sieg, Erfolg
Mrs. Welland's basket-work pony-carriage was waiting for them, and they drove off among the dispersing carriages, May handling the reins and Archer sitting at her side.
pony - Pony (kleines Pferd)
dispersing - verstreut; zerstreuen, qualifier
handling - Handhabung; Fahrverhalten, Warenumschlag
reins - Zügel
The afternoon sunlight still lingered upon the bright lawns and shrubberies, and up and down Bellevue Avenue rolled a double line of victorias, dog-carts, landaus and "vis-a-vis," carrying well-dressed ladies and gentlemen away from the Beaufort garden-party, or homeward from their daily afternoon turn along the Ocean Drive.
shrubberies - Strauchrabatten; Strauchwerk
victorias - Viktoria, Victoria, Victoria, Viktoriasee
carts - Pferdewagen, Wagen, Karren
Ocean - Weltmeer, Ozean
"Shall we go to see Granny?" May suddenly proposed. "I should like to tell her myself that I've won the prize. There's lots of time before dinner."
prize - Prämie, Preis, Gewinn
Archer acquiesced, and she turned the ponies down Narragansett Avenue, crossed Spring Street and drove out toward the rocky moorland beyond. In this unfashionable region Catherine the Great, always indifferent to precedent and thrifty of purse, had built herself in her youth a many-peaked and cross-beamed cottage-orne on a bit of cheap land overlooking the bay. Here, in a thicket of stunted oaks, her verandahs spread themselves above the island-dotted waters. A winding drive led up between iron stags and blue glass balls embedded in mounds of geraniums to a front door of highly-varnished walnut under a striped verandah-roof; and behind it ran a narrow hall with a black and yellow star-patterned parquet floor, upon which opened four small square rooms with heavy flock-papers under ceilings on which an Italian house-painter had lavished all the divinities of Olympus.
ponies - Ponys; Pony (kleines Pferd)
Rocky - felsig
moorland - Heidemoor
unfashionable - unmodern
region - Gegend, Region, Raum, Gebiet, Bezirk
precedent - Präzedenz, Präzedenzfall, Präjudiz
peaked - einen Höhepunkt erreicht; Höchstwert, Pik (Berg), Spitze
cottage - Cottage, Häuschen, Kotten
overlooking - Übersicht, Überblick, bemerken
thicket - Dickicht, Gebüsch, Gestrüpp, Buschwerk
stunted - verkrüppelt; verkrüppeln; Kunststück
oaks - Eiche, Eiche, Eichenholz
verandahs - Verandas; die Veranda
dotted - gepunktet; stricheln; Punkt
stags - Hirsche; Hirsch, Hirschbock, Rothirsch, Fohlen
embedded - eingebettet; betten, einbetten, einbetten
striped - gestreift; Streifen
patterned - gemustert; Muster
parquet - Parkett; parkettieren
flock - Schwarm; (to flock together) sich rotten, sich zusammenrotten
ceilings - Decken; Zimmerdecke; Zimmerdecke
painter - Lackierer, Kunstmaler, Maler
lavished - freigiebig, verschwenderisch, überreich, üppig, verschleudern
divinities - Götter; Gottheit, Theologie
Olympus - Olymp
One of these rooms had been turned into a bedroom by Mrs. Mingott when the burden of flesh descended on her, and in the adjoining one she spent her days, enthroned in a large armchair between the open door and window, and perpetually waving a palm-leaf fan which the prodigious projection of her bosom kept so far from the rest of her person that the air it set in motion stirred only the fringe of the anti-macassars on the chair-arms.
adjoining - angrenzend
perpetually - auf Dauer
waving - (wave) wehen, winken mit, flattern; (wave) (wave) wehen
palm - Handfläche; Palme, Schaufel (am Geweih)
motion - Bewegung
stirred - gerührt; erschüttern, bewegen, sich rühren
fringe - Fransen; Franse, Saum, Einfassung, Rand, Peripherie, Randgruppe
anti - gegen; anti
macassars - Makassaren
Since she had been the means of hastening his marriage old Catherine had shown to Archer the cordiality which a service rendered excites toward the person served.
hastening - eilig; hasten, beeilen
excites - erregt; erregen, erregen, anregen gloss
She was persuaded that irrepressible passion was the cause of his impatience; and being an ardent admirer of impulsiveness (when it did not lead to the spending of money) she always received him with a genial twinkle of complicity and a play of allusion to which May seemed fortunately impervious.
irrepressible - unbändig
ardent - leidenschaftlich; feurig
impulsiveness - Impulsivität, impulsives Wesen
Twinkle - funkeln; zwinkern
complicity - Mittäterschaft, Mitschuld, Teilhaberschaft, Komplizenschaft
impervious - undurchlässig
She examined and appraised with much interest the diamond-tipped arrow which had been pinned on May's bosom at the conclusion of the match, remarking that in her day a filigree brooch would have been thought enough, but that there was no denying that Beaufort did things handsomely.
appraised - begutachtet; bewerten; abschätzen, auswerten, bewerten, taxieren
tipped - gekippt; Tip
pinned - angeheftet; Zapfen, Bolzen, Schraubendrehereinsatz; feststecken
remarking - bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung
filigree - Filigran
brooch - Brosche
denying - leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
"Quite an heirloom, in fact, my dear," the old lady chuckled. "You must leave it in fee to your eldest girl." She pinched May's white arm and watched the colour flood her face. "Well, well, what have I said to make you shake out the red flag? Ain't there going to be any daughters"only boys, eh? good gracious, look at her blushing again all over her blushes! What"can't I say that either? Mercy me"when my children beg me to have all those gods and goddesses painted out overhead I always say I'm too thankful to have somebody about me that NOTHING can shock!
heirloom - Erbstück; alte Sorte
chuckled - gekichert; leises Lachen, Glucksen, glucken (Henne); glucksen
fee - Gebühr
shake out - ausschütteln
flag - markieren, beflaggen, kennzeichnen; Kennzeichen, Platte, Flag
good gracious - oh du liebe Zeit
gods - Götter; Gott
goddesses - Göttinnen; Göttin, weibliche Gottheit, weiblicher Gott
Archer burst into a laugh, and May echoed it, crimson to the eyes.
"Well, now tell me all about the party, please, my dears, for I shall never get a straight word about it out of that silly Medora," the ancestress continued; and, as May exclaimed: "Cousin Medora? But I thought she was going back to Portsmouth?" she answered placidly: "So she is"but she's got to come here first to pick up Ellen.
pick - wählen; Hacke, Pickel, Spitzhacke, Dietrich, pflücken
Ah"you didn't know Ellen had come to spend the day with me? Such fol-de-rol, her not coming for the summer; but I gave up arguing with young people about fifty years ago. Ellen"ELLEN!" she cried in her shrill old voice, trying to bend forward far enough to catch a glimpse of the lawn beyond the verandah.
bend forward - sich bücken
There was no answer, and Mrs. Mingott rapped impatiently with her stick on the shiny floor. A mulatto maid-servant in a bright turban, replying to the summons, informed her mistress that she had seen "Miss Ellen" going down the path to the shore; and Mrs. Mingott turned to Archer.
stick on - ankleben
shiny - glänzend; leuchtend, funkelnd, wunderbar
mulatto - Mulatte, Mulattin
turban - Turban
replying - antworten, erwidern, Antwort, Entgegnung, Antwort
shore - Ufer, Stützbalken, Küste, Strebe
"run down and fetch her, like a good grandson; this pretty lady will describe the party to me," she said; and Archer stood up as if in a dream.
run down - überfahren;heruntergewirtschaftet
He had heard the Countess Olenska's name pronounced often enough during the year and a half since they had last met, and was even familiar with the main incidents of her life in the interval. He knew that she had spent the previous summer at Newport, where she appeared to have gone a great deal into society, but that in the autumn she had suddenly sub-let the "perfect house" which Beaufort had been at such pains to find for her, and decided to establish herself in Washington. There, during the winter, he had heard of her (as one always heard of pretty women in Washington) as shining in the "brilliant diplomatic society" that was supposed to make up for the social short-comings of the Administration.
sub - U-Boot; Unter..
establish - feststellen, etablieren, eröffnen, gründen, niederlassen
comings - Kommst du; einkehrend, kommend
administration - Verwaltung, Administration, Verabreichung
He had listened to these accounts, and to various contradictory reports on her appearance, her conversation, her point of view and her choice of friends, with the detachment with which one listens to reminiscences of some one long since dead; not till Medora suddenly spoke her name at the archery match had Ellen Olenska become a living presence to him again. The Marchioness's foolish lisp had called up a vision of the little fire-lit drawing-room and the sound of the carriage-wheels returning down the deserted street. He thought of a story he had read, of some peasant children in Tuscany lighting a bunch of straw in a wayside cavern, and revealing old silent images in their painted tomb ...
accounts - Konten; Rechnung, Bericht, Rechnung, Konto
contradictory - widersprüchlich
listens to - hört
reminiscences - Reminiszenzen; Erinnern
lisp - Lispelei; lispeln, zuzeln
Tuscany - Die Toskana; Toskana
wayside - Wegesrand; Wegrand
cavern - Höhle; große; Kaverne
images - Bilder; Bild
tomb - Grabmal, Gruft
The way to the shore descended from the bank on which the house was perched to a walk above the water planted with weeping willows. Through their veil Archer caught the glint of the Lime Rock, with its white-washed turret and the tiny house in which the heroic light-house keeper, Ida Lewis, was living her last venerable years.
bank on - sich verlassen auf, bauen auf
perched - hockt; Vogelstange; Barsch
willows - Weide, Weidenbaum
glint - funkeln; Glitzern
lime - Limette, Kalk, Linde, Lindenholz
Rock - schaukeln, schütteln, rocken, sich wiegen (Boot); Geldstück
turret - Revolver; Tourelle, Türmchen, Türmlein, Turm
heroic - heldenhaft, heroisch
Beyond it lay the flat reaches and ugly government chimneys of Goat Island, the bay spreading northward in a shimmer of gold to Prudence Island with its low growth of oaks, and the shores of Conanicut faint in the sunset haze.
Reaches - Erreicht; erzielen, greifen (nach), sich erstrecken; eintreffen
Government - Regierung; Rektion
chimneys - Schornsteine; Kamin, Esse, Schlot, Schornstein, Kamin, Schlot
goat - Ziege, Geiß, Bock
shimmer - schimmern
prudence - Klugheit, Umsicht, Besonnenheit
growth - Wachstum; Bewuchs, Vegetation, Bewucherung, Geschwulst
shores - Ufern; Ufer, Stützbalken, Küste, Strebe
haze - Schleier, Dunst, Dunstschleier; schikanieren
From the willow walk projected a slight wooden pier ending in a sort of pagoda-like summer-house; and in the pagoda a lady stood, leaning against the rail, her back to the shore. Archer stopped at the sight as if he had waked from sleep. That vision of the past was a dream, and the reality was what awaited him in the house on the bank overhead: was Mrs. Welland's pony-carriage circling around and around the oval at the door, was May sitting under the shameless Olympians and glowing with secret hopes, was the Welland villa at the far end of Bellevue Avenue, and Mr.
willow - Weide, Weidenbaum
pier - Seebrücke, Anlegestelle, Kai, Brückenpfeiler
pagoda - Pagode
summer-house - (summer-house) Gartenhaus
rail - Gleis, Schiene, Reling, Geländer
circling - umkreisend; (circle); Kreis, Zirkel, Augenringe, umkreisen
shameless - schamlos, unverschämt
Olympians - Olympioniken; Olympian
glowing - glühen, abstrahlen, leuchten, Glühen
Welland, already dressed for dinner, and pacing the drawing-room floor, watch in hand, with dyspeptic impatience"for it was one of the houses in which one always knew exactly what is happening at a given hour.
dyspeptic - dyspeptisch, magenkrank, missgestimmt, verdrießlich
"What am I? A son-in-law"" Archer thought.
The figure at the end of the pier had not moved. For a long moment the young man stood half way down the bank, gazing at the bay furrowed with the coming and going of sailboats, yacht-launches, fishing-craft and the trailing black coal-barges hauled by noisy tugs. The lady in the summer-house seemed to be held by the same sight. Beyond the grey bastions of Fort Adams a long-drawn sunset was splintering up into a thousand fires, and the radiance caught the sail of a catboat as it beat out through the channel between the Lime Rock and the shore.
gazing at - anstarrend
sailboats - Segelboote; Kutter, Segelboot
launches - lanciert; Markteinführung; anstoßen, starten (Rakete)
craft - Handwerk; Schlauheit, Durchtriebenheit, Gerissenheit, Gilde
barges - Lastkähne; Lastkahn, Schleppkahn
hauled - geschleppt; ziehen, schleppen, transportieren, befödern
tugs - Schlepper; zerren, zerren, schleppen, Ruck
bastions - Bastionen; Bastion, Bollwerk
fort - Festung, Fort, Stützpunkt
Adams - Adam, Adam
splintering - Absplitterung; Span, Splitter
catboat - Catboot
beat - schlagen; Schlag; jdn. bezwingen
Archer, as he watched, remembered the scene in the Shaughraun, and Montague lifting Ada Dyas's ribbon to his lips without her knowing that he was in the room.
"She doesn't know"she hasn't guessed. Shouldn't I know if she came up behind me, I wonder?" he mused; and suddenly he said to himself: "If she doesn't turn before that sail crosses the Lime Rock light I'll go back."
crosses - Kreuz
The boat was gliding out on the receding tide. It slid before the Lime Rock, blotted out Ida Lewis's little house, and passed across the turret in which the light was hung. Archer waited till a wide space of water sparkled between the last reef of the island and the stern of the boat; but still the figure in the summer-house did not move.
tide - Gezeiten, Ebbe
slid - gerutscht; glitt ab
blotted out - (blot out) ausmerzen (Erinnerung)
sparkled - funkelte; funkeln
reef - Segel reffen; Riff
stern - ernst, Heck
He turned and walked up the hill.
Hill - Hügel; Hang, Steigung, Steigung, Anstieg, häufeln
"I'm sorry you didn't find Ellen"I should have liked to see her again," May said as they drove home through the dusk. "But perhaps she wouldn't have cared"she seems so changed."
"Changed?" echoed her husband in a colourless voice, his eyes fixed on the ponies'twitching ears.
colourless - farblos
twitching - Zuckungen; zupfend, zupfen; (twitch) Zuckungen; zupfend, zupfen
"So indifferent to her friends, I mean; giving up New York and her house, and spending her time with such queer people. Fancy how hideously uncomfortable she must be at the Blenkers'! She says she does it to keep cousin Medora out of mischief: to prevent her marrying dreadful people. But I sometimes think we've always bored her."
mischief - Unfug, Unheil, Querulantentum
Archer made no answer, and she continued, with a tinge of hardness that he had never before noticed in her frank fresh voice: "After all, I wonder if she wouldn't be happier with her husband."
tinge - Färbung; tönen
He burst into a laugh. "Sancta simplicitas!" he exclaimed; and as she turned a puzzled frown on him he added: "I don't think I ever heard you say a cruel thing before."
"Cruel?"
"Well"watching the contortions of the damned is supposed to be a favourite sport of the angels; but I believe even they don't think people happier in hell."
contortions - Verrenkungen; Kontorsion
angels - Engeln; Engel
"It's a pity she ever married abroad then," said May, in the placid tone with which her mother met Mr. Welland's vagaries; and Archer felt himself gently relegated to the category of unreasonable husbands.
vagaries - Unwägbarkeiten; Unwägbarkeit, Laune
relegated - Abgestiegen; relegieren, zurück versetzen, verbannen (aus)
category - Kategorie
They drove down Bellevue Avenue and turned in between the chamfered wooden gate-posts surmounted by cast-iron lamps which marked the approach to the Welland villa.
turned in - (turn in) einreichen
chamfered - abgefräst; Fase, Abfasung, Abschrägung, Auskehlung, Hohlrinne
Gate - Tor, Flugsteig, Pforte, Schranke
Lights were already shining through its windows, and Archer, as the carriage stopped, caught a glimpse of his father-in-law, exactly as he had pictured him, pacing the drawing-room, watch in hand and wearing the pained expression that he had long since found to be much more efficacious than anger.
pained - schmerzhaft; Qual, Stich (Schmerz), Schmerz
efficacious - Wirksam
The young man, as he followed his wife into the hall, was conscious of a curious reversal of mood. There was something about the luxury of the Welland house and the density of the Welland atmosphere, so charged with minute observances and exactions, that always stole into his system like a narcotic. The heavy carpets, the watchful servants, the perpetually reminding tick of disciplined clocks, the perpetually renewed stack of cards and invitations on the hall table, the whole chain of tyrannical trifles binding one hour to the next, and each member of the household to all the others, made any less systematised and affluent existence seem unreal and precarious.
reversal - Umkehrung; Umschwung, Stornierung, Storno
luxury - Luxus
density - Dichte, Massendichte
exactions - Ausschreitungen; Eintreibung
narcotic - Rauschgift; narkotisierend, Betäubungsmittel, narkotisch
tick - ticken, normal (gut) laufen; Ticken, Zeichen, Zecke, Augenblick
disciplined - diszipliniert; Disziplin, Strafe, Bestrafung, Disziplin
renewed - erneuert; erneuern, erneuern
stack - Stapel; Stapelspeicher; stapeln
chain - Kette; anketten
tyrannical - tyrannisch
binding - verbindlich; Bindung; (bind); binden; verbinden, konnektieren
affluent - Reicher, Geldsack, reichlich, wohlhabend, begütert
precarious - prekär
But now it was the Welland house, and the life he was expected to lead in it, that had become unreal and irrelevant, and the brief scene on the shore, when he had stood irresolute, halfway down the bank, was as close to him as the blood in his veins.
irresolute - unentschlossen
halfway - auf halbem Weg; halbwegs
veins - Venen; Vene, Ader, Geäder
All night he lay awake in the big chintz bedroom at May's side, watching the moonlight slant along the carpet, and thinking of Ellen Olenska driving home across the gleaming beaches behind Beaufort's trotters.
awake - munter, wach; erwachen, aufwachen
chintz - Chintz
moonlight - Mondlicht, Mondschein, Mondenschein
gleaming - durchschimmernd, schimmernd, glänzend; (gleam) durchschimmernd
"A party for the Blenkers"the Blenkers?"
Mr. Welland laid down his knife and fork and looked anxiously and incredulously across the luncheon-table at his wife, who, adjusting her gold eye-glasses, read aloud, in the tone of high comedy:
laid down - hingelegt
fork - gabeln, aufspalten; Aufspaltung, Gabelung, Gabel
anxiously - ängstlich; besorgt, bang, unruhig
adjusting - Einstellen; anpassen, abstimmen, ausrichten, justieren
aloud - laut
"Professor and Mrs. Emerson Sillerton request the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. Welland's company at the meeting of the Wednesday Afternoon Club on August 25th at 3 o'clock punctually. To meet Mrs. and the Misses Blenker.
professor - Professor, Professorin, Professorsgattin, Bekenner, Bekennerin
"Red Gables, Catherine Street. R. S. V. P."
gables - Giebel, Gabel
"Good gracious"" Mr. Welland gasped, as if a second reading had been necessary to bring the monstrous absurdity of the thing home to him.
gasped - keuchte; keuchen, japsen, prusten, keuchen, Atemzug, Luftholen
absurdity - Absurdität
"Poor Amy Sillerton"you never can tell what her husband will do next," Mrs. Welland sighed. "I suppose he's just discovered the Blenkers."
Professor Emerson Sillerton was a thorn in the side of Newport society; and a thorn that could not be plucked out, for it grew on a venerable and venerated family tree. He was, as people said, a man who had had "every advantage." His father was Sillerton Jackson's uncle, his mother a Pennilow of Boston; on each side there was wealth and position, and mutual suitability. Nothing"as Mrs.
thorn - Dornen; Dorn
venerated - verehrt; anhimmeln, anbeten
family tree - Stammbaum
Boston - Boston
wealth - Reichtum, Vermögen, Fülle
suitability - Eignung, Brauchbarkeit
Welland had often remarked"nothing on earth obliged Emerson Sillerton to be an archaeologist, or indeed a Professor of any sort, or to live in Newport in winter, or do any of the other revolutionary things that he did. But at least, if he was going to break with tradition and flout society in the face, he need not have married poor Amy Dagonet, who had a right to expect "something different," and money enough to keep her own carriage.
nothing on earth - keine Macht der Welt
archaeologist - Archäologe, Archäologin
flout - sich hinwegsetzen über, missachten, pfeifen auf, verspotten
No one in the Mingott set could understand why Amy Sillerton had submitted so tamely to the eccentricities of a husband who filled the house with long-haired men and short-haired women, and, when he travelled, took her to explore tombs in Yucatan instead of going to Paris or Italy.
tamely - zahm
explore - erkunden; erforschen; untersuchen
tombs - Gräber; Grabmal
But there they were, set in their ways, and apparently unaware that they were different from other people; and when they gave one of their dreary annual garden-parties every family on the Cliffs, because of the Sillerton-Pennilow-Dagonet connection, had to draw lots and send an unwilling representative.
dreary - öde, trostlos, trüb, freudlos
"It's a wonder," Mrs. Welland remarked, "that they didn't choose the Cup Race day! Do you remember, two years ago, their giving a party for a black man on the day of Julia Mingott's the dansant? Luckily this time there's nothing else going on that I know of"for of course some of us will have to go."
Mr. Welland sighed nervously. "'Some of us,'my dear"more than one? Three o'clock is such a very awkward hour. I have to be here at half-past three to take my drops: it's really no use trying to follow Bencomb's new treatment if I don't do it systematically; and if I join you later, of course I shall miss my drive." At the thought he laid down his knife and fork again, and a flush of anxiety rose to his finely-wrinkled cheek.
drops - Tropfen; fallen lassen, senken, weglassen, aufgeben
treatment - Behandeln, Behandlung, Umgang
don't do it - Tun Sie das ja nicht!
systematically - systematisch
finely - fein
wrinkled - zerknittert; sich runzeln, runzlig (runzelig) werden, knittern
"There's no reason why you should go at all, my dear," his wife answered with a cheerfulness that had become automatic. "I have some cards to leave at the other end of Bellevue Avenue, and I'll drop in at about half-past three and stay long enough to make poor Amy feel that she hasn't been slighted.
cheerfulness - Fröhlichkeit, Frohsinn, Freundlichkeit
automatic - automatisch; Maschine
slighted - beleidigt; geringfügig, leicht, gering, unbedeutend, wenig
She glanced hesitatingly at her daughter. "And if Newland's afternoon is provided for perhaps May can drive you out with the ponies, and try their new russet harness."
hesitatingly - zögernd
harness - Gurtzeug; Geschirr, Pferdegeschirr, Gurt, Anschnallgurt
It was a principle in the Welland family that people's days and hours should be what Mrs. Welland called "provided for." The melancholy possibility of having to "kill time" (especially for those who did not care for whist or solitaire) was a vision that haunted her as the spectre of the unemployed haunts the philanthropist. Another of her principles was that parents should never (at least visibly) interfere with the plans of their married children; and the difficulty of adjusting this respect for May's independence with the exigency of Mr.
kill time - die Zeit vertreiben, die Zeit totschlagen
solitaire - Solitär
haunted - spuken, verfolgen, Treffpunkt
unemployed - arbeitslos; Arbeitsloser
haunts - Geister; spuken, verfolgen, Treffpunkt
philanthropist - Philanthrop, Philanthropin, Menschenfreund, Menschenfreundin
exigency - Erfordernisse, Anforderungen, Zwangslage, Notlage
Welland's claims could be overcome only by the exercise of an ingenuity which left not a second of Mrs. Welland's own time unprovided for.
overcome - überwunden; überwinden
ingenuity - Erfindungsreichtum; Einfallsreichtum, Findigkeit, Raffinesse
"Of course I'll drive with Papa"I'm sure Newland will find something to do," May said, in a tone that gently reminded her husband of his lack of response. It was a cause of constant distress to Mrs.
distress - Kummer, Bedrängnis, Drangsal, Bekümmerung, Not
Welland that her son-in-law showed so little foresight in planning his days. Often already, during the fortnight that he had passed under her roof, when she enquired how he meant to spend his afternoon, he had answered paradoxically: "Oh, I think for a change I'll just save it instead of spending it"" and once, when she and May had had to go on a long-postponed round of afternoon calls, he had confessed to having lain all the afternoon under a rock on the beach below the house.
foresight - Vorausschauend; Voraussicht, Hellsichtigkeit, Weitsicht
paradoxically - paradoxerweise
lain - (lie down) sich hinlegen
"Newland never seems to Look ahead," Mrs. Welland once ventured to complain to her daughter; and May answered serenely: "No; but you see it doesn't matter, because when there's nothing particular to do he reads a book."
Look ahead - vorausschauen, nach vorne schauen, voraussehen;Sieh dich vor!
complain - sich beschweren, klagen, sich beklagen, meckern
serenely - Gelassenheit
"Ah, yes"like his father!" Mrs. Welland agreed, as if allowing for an inherited oddity; and after that the question of Newland's unemployment was tacitly dropped.
oddity - Kuriosität; Seltsamkeit
unemployment - Arbeitslosigkeit, Werklosigkeit
tacitly - stillschweigend, stilles
Nevertheless, as the day for the Sillerton reception approached, May began to show a natural solicitude for his welfare, and to suggest a tennis match at the Chiverses', or a sail on Julius Beaufort's cutter, as a means of atoning for her temporary desertion. "I shall be back by six, you know, dear: Papa never drives later than that"" and she was not reassured till Archer said that he thought of hiring a run-about and driving up the island to a stud-farm to look at a second horse for her brougham.
solicitude - Fürsorge; Besorgnis, Besorgtheit
welfare - Wohlergehen, Wohlfahrt, Sozialhilfe
tennis match - Tennismatch
atoning - wiedergutmachen, kompensieren, gutmachen, Ersatz leisten, büßen
temporary - zeitweilig, temporär, vorübergehend, Zeitarbeitskraft
desertion - Fahnenflucht, Desertion, Desertation
stud - Gestüt; übersäen, verzieren, verstreut sein
They had been looking for this horse for some time, and the suggestion was so acceptable that May glanced at her mother as if to say: "You see he knows how to plan out his time as well as any of us."
acceptable - akzeptabel
The day was perfect. A breeze from the north drove little puffs of white cloud across an ultramarine sky, with a bright sea running under it. Bellevue Avenue was empty at that hour, and after dropping the stable-lad at the corner of Mill Street Archer turned down the Old Beach Road and drove across Eastman's Beach.
breeze - Brise, Hauch
puffs - pusten; Hauch
ultramarine - ultramarin, ultramarinblau, Ultramarinblau, Königsblau
Mill - Promille, 1/10 Prozent; Mühle, Fabrik; fräsen, anfräsen
turned down - umgeklappt
He had the feeling of unexplained excitement with which, on half-holidays at school, he used to start off into the unknown. Taking his pair at an easy gait, he counted on reaching the stud-farm, which was not far beyond Paradise Rocks, before three o'clock; so that, after looking over the horse (and trying him if he seemed promising) he would still have four golden hours to dispose of.
start off - anfangen
paradise - das Paradies; Paradies, Himmel
promising - vielversprechend; Versprechen
golden hours - glückliche Stunden
dispose of - verfügen über
As soon as he heard of the Sillerton's party he had said to himself that the Marchioness Manson would certainly come to Newport with the Blenkers, and that Madame Olenska might again take the opportunity of spending the day with her grandmother. At any rate, the Blenker habitation would probably be deserted, and he would be able, without indiscretion, to satisfy a vague curiosity concerning it. He was not sure that he wanted to see the Countess Olenska again; but ever since he had looked at her from the path above the bay he had wanted, irrationally and indescribably, to see the place she was living in, and to follow the movements of her imagined figure as he had watched the real one in the summer-house. The longing was with him day and night, an incessant undefinable craving, like the sudden whim of a sick man for food or drink once tasted and long since forgotten.
habitation - Wohnsitz; Wohnen; Behausung
indiscretion - Indiskretion
satisfy - befriedigen, zufriedenstellen
indescribably - Unbeschreiblich
incessant - ständig, unablässig, unaufhörlich
undefinable - undefinierbar
craving - Sehnsucht (nach); flehend, heftiges Verlangen; (crave); sehnen
whim - Laune
He could not see beyond the craving, or picture what it might lead to, for he was not conscious of any wish to speak to Madame Olenska or to hear her voice. He simply felt that if he could carry away the vision of the spot of earth she walked on, and the way the sky and sea enclosed it, the rest of the world might seem less empty.
carry away - mitreißen, davontragen, abtragen
enclosed - eingeschlossen; beifügen, einschliessen
He drove past grey-shingled farm-houses in orchards, past hay-fields and groves of oak, past villages with white steeples rising sharply into the fading sky; and at last, after stopping to ask the way of some men at work in a field, he turned down a lane between high banks of goldenrod and brambles.
shingled - geschindelt; kurzschneiden
orchards - Obstplantagen; Obstgarten, Obstwiese, Obstbaum
Hay - Heu
fields - Felder; Feld
groves - Hainen; Hain, Gehölz
oak - Eiche, Eichenholz, Eichen-
steeples - Kirchtürme; Kirchturm
ask the way - sich nach dem Weg erkundigen
lane - Fahrspur; Gasse; Spur, Route
goldenrod - Goldrute
brambles - Brombeersträucher; Brombeerstrauch
At the end of the lane was the blue glimmer of the river; to the left, standing in front of a clump of oaks and maples, he saw a long tumble-down house with white paint peeling from its clapboards.
glimmer - Schimmern; Schimmer; glimmern
clump - Klumpen; Büschel; Plumps
maples - Ahornbäume; Ahorn
On the road-side facing the gateway stood one of the open sheds in which the New Englander shelters his farming implements and visitors "hitch" their "teams." Archer, jumping down, led his pair into the shed, and after tying them to a post turned toward the house.
gateway - Einfahrt, Tor, Zugang, Gateway, Protokollumsetzer
sheds - Schuppen; (to shed) vergießen, abstoßen, lsowerden
Englander - Engländer
shelters - Schutzräume; Zuflucht, Obdach
implements - Geräte; Werkzeug
Hitch - Anhalter; Festmacher; Anhängerkupplung; Haken; mit einem Ruck ziehen; festmachen
jumping - (to jump) springen, hüpfen
The patch of lawn before it had relapsed into a hay-field; but to the left an overgrown box-garden full of dahlias and rusty rose-bushes encircled a ghostly summer-house of trellis-work that had once been white, surmounted by a wooden Cupid who had lost his bow and arrow but continued to take ineffectual aim.
patch - notdürftig reparieren, reparieren, einsetzen; Flicken
relapsed - rückfällig geworden; zurückfallen, sich verschlimmern
overgrown - überwuchert; überwuchern
dahlias - Dahlien; Dahlie
bushes - Büsche; Buchse, Strauch, Busch
encircled - eingekreist; umzingeln, einfassen
trellis - Spalier stehen; Gatter, Schmuckgitter, Ziergitter
Cupid - Amor, Cupido
ineffectual - unwirksam
Archer leaned for a while against the gate. No one was in sight, and not a sound came from the open windows of the house: a grizzled Newfoundland dozing before the door seemed as ineffectual a guardian as the arrowless Cupid. It was strange to think that this place of silence and decay was the home of the turbulent Blenkers; yet Archer was sure that he was not mistaken.
grizzled - nörgeln
Newfoundland - Neufundland
dozing - dösend; eindösen, einnicken; (doze) dösend; eindösen, einnicken
guardian - Wächter, Wache, Vormund, Erziehungsberechtigter
arrowless - pfeilfrei
decay - Verfall, Verwesung, Fäulnis, verfallen, verderben, faulen
For a long time he stood there, content to take in the scene, and gradually falling under its drowsy spell; but at length he roused himself to the sense of the passing time. Should he look his fill and then drive away? He stood irresolute, wishing suddenly to see the inside of the house, so that he might picture the room that Madame Olenska sat in.
drowsy - schläfrig; einschläfernd; müde, langweilig, verschlafen, dösig
passing - vorübergehend, verrinnend ''(poetic)'', hervorragend
drive away - wegjagen, vertreiben
There was nothing to prevent his walking up to the door and ringing the bell; if, as he supposed, she was away with the rest of the party, he could easily give his name, and ask permission to go into the sitting-room to write a message.
ringing - klingeln; kraftvoll, klar; (ring) klingeln; kraftvoll, klar
permission - Erlaubnis, Gestattung, Genehmigung
But instead, he crossed the lawn and turned toward the box-garden. As he entered it he caught sight of something bright-coloured in the summer-house, and presently made it out to be a pink parasol. The parasol drew him like a magnet: he was sure it was hers.
magnet - Magnet
He went into the summer-house, and sitting down on the rickety seat picked up the silken thing and looked at its carved handle, which was made of some rare wood that gave out an aromatic scent. Archer lifted the handle to his lips.
rickety - wackelig, wacklig, klapprig, gebrechlich, rachitisch
picked - ausgewählt; Hacke, Pickel, Spitzhacke, Dietrich, pflücken
silken - seidig; seiden
aromatic - aromatisch, würzig, duftend
He heard a rustle of skirts against the box, and sat motionless, leaning on the parasol handle with clasped hands, and letting the rustle come nearer without lifting his eyes. He had always known that this must happen ...
"Oh, Mr. Archer!" exclaimed a loud young voice; and looking up he saw before him the youngest and largest of the Blenker girls, blonde and blowsy, in bedraggled muslin. A red blotch on one of her cheeks seemed to show that it had recently been pressed against a pillow, and her half-awakened eyes stared at him hospitably but confusedly.
bedraggled - zerlumpt; durchnässen
blotch - Fleck; der Ausschlag
awakened - geweckt; aufwecken, wecken, aufwachen, erwachen, wach werden
hospitably - gastfreundlich
"Gracious"where did you drop from? I must have been sound asleep in the hammock. Everybody else has gone to Newport. Did you ring?" she incoherently enquired.
asleep - schlafen, schlafen
hammock - Hängematte; Bauminsel
incoherently - unzusammenhängend
Archer's confusion was greater than hers. "I"no"that is, I was just going to. I had to come up the island to see about a horse, and I drove over on a chance of finding Mrs. Blenker and your visitors. But the house seemed empty"so I sat down to wait."
Miss Blenker, shaking off the fumes of sleep, looked at him with increasing interest. "The house IS empty. Mother's not here, or the Marchioness"or anybody but me." Her glance became faintly reproachful. "Didn't you know that Professor and Mrs. Sillerton are giving a garden-party for mother and all of us this afternoon? It was too unlucky that I couldn't go; but I've had a sore throat, and mother was afraid of the drive home this evening.
shaking - schüttelnd, erschütternd; (shake); schütteln, erschüttern
fumes - Abgase; Rauch, Qualm, rauchen, qualmen, schäumen
unlucky - Pech gehabt; unglücklich; unglückbringend; ''usually expressed verbally:'' es bringen
sore throat - Halsentzündung , Halsweh
drive home - eintreiben (Vieh)
Did you ever know anything so disappointing? Of course," she added gaily, "I shouldn't have minded half as much if I'd known you were coming."
disappointing - enttäuschend; enttäuschen, vorenthalten, berauben
Symptoms of a lumbering coquetry became visible in her, and Archer found the strength to break in: "But Madame Olenska"has she gone to Newport too?"
lumbering - schwerfällig; (lumber) Gerümpel, Nutzholz
coquetry - Koketterie
Miss Blenker looked at him with surprise. "Madame Olenska"didn't you know she'd been called away?"
"Called away?""
"Oh, my best parasol! I lent it to that goose of a Katie, because it matched her ribbons, and the careless thing must have dropped it here. We Blenkers are all like that ... real Bohemians!" Recovering the sunshade with a powerful hand she unfurled it and suspended its rosy dome above her head.
ribbons - Bändchen; Band
bohemians - Bohemiens; böhmisch, Böhmin, Böhme
recovering - wiederfinden, sich erholen, beikommen
unfurled - entrollt; entfalten, entrollen, aufrollen
suspended - ausgesetzt; suspendieren, aufhängen, suspendieren, aufheben
dome - Kuppel
"Yes, Ellen was called away yesterday: she lets us call her Ellen, you know. A telegram came from Boston: she said she might be gone for two days. I do LOVE the way she does her hair, don't you?" Miss Blenker rambled on.
Archer continued to stare through her as though she had been transparent. All he saw was the trumpery parasol that arched its pinkness above her giggling head.
trumpery - Tand
pinkness - rosa
giggling - kichernd; (giggle); kichern; Gekicher
After a moment he ventured: "You don't happen to know why Madame Olenska went to Boston? I hope it was not on account of bad news?"
Miss Blenker took this with a cheerful incredulity. "Oh, I don't believe so. She didn't tell us what was in the telegram. I think she didn't want the Marchioness to know. She's so romantic-looking, isn't she? Doesn't she remind you of Mrs. Scott-Siddons when she reads 'Lady Geraldine's Courtship'? Did you never hear her?"
courtship - Umwerbung; Brautwerbung, Freien, Liebeswerben
Archer was dealing hurriedly with crowding thoughts. His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen. He glanced about him at the unpruned garden, the tumble-down house, and the oak-grove under which the dusk was gathering.
crowding - Überfüllung; Menschenmenge, Masse
unrolled - abgerollt; abrollen
dwindling - schrumpfen; schwinden
grove - Hain, Gehölz, Wäldchen
It had seemed so exactly the place in which he ought to have found Madame Olenska; and she was far away, and even the pink sunshade was not hers ...
He frowned and hesitated. "You don't know, I suppose"I shall be in Boston tomorrow. If I could manage to see her""
He felt that Miss Blenker was losing interest in him, though her smile persisted. "Oh, of course; how lovely of you! She's staying at the Parker House; it must be horrible there in this weather."
Parker - Parkaufseher
The next morning, when Archer got out of the Fall River train, he emerged upon a steaming midsummer Boston. The streets near the station were full of the smell of beer and coffee and decaying fruit and a shirt-sleeved populace moved through them with the intimate abandon of boarders going down the passage to the bathroom.
steaming - Dämpfen; dampfend; (steam); Wasserdampf, Kraft, Energie
midsummer - Hochsommer; Johannistag, Mittsommer
decaying - verrotten; Verfall, Verwesung, Fäulnis, verfallen, verderben
sleeved - mit Ärmeln; Ärmel, Hülse, Schutzhülle, Tülle, Köcher, Hülle
populace - der Bevölkerung; gemeine Volk, breite Masse, Pöbel
boarders - Internatsschüler, Internatsschülerin, Kostgänger, Pirat, Kaper
Archer found a cab and drove to the Somerset Club for breakfast. Even the fashionable quarters had the air of untidy domesticity to which no excess of heat ever degrades the European cities. Care-takers in calico lounged on the door-steps of the wealthy, and the Common looked like a pleasure-ground on the morrow of a Masonic picnic.
cab - Taxi, Fiaker
degrades - verschlechtert; degradieren, herabstufen, herunterstufen
takers - Abnehmer, Kunde
calico - Kattun, Kaliko
lounged - gefaulenzt; Lounge, Wartezimmer
morrow - morgen; Morgen
masonic - freimaurerisch
picnic - Picknick; Kinderspiel
If Archer had tried to imagine Ellen Olenska in improbable scenes he could not have called up any into which it was more difficult to fit her than this heat-prostrated and deserted Boston.
improbable - unwahrscheinlich
prostrated - niedergeworfen; niedergestreckt, niederwerfen, erniedrigen
He breakfasted with appetite and method, beginning with a slice of melon, and studying a morning paper while he waited for his toast and scrambled eggs. A new sense of energy and activity had possessed him ever since he had announced to May the night before that he had business in Boston, and should take the Fall River boat that night and go on to New York the following evening. It had always been understood that he would return to town early in the week, and when he got back from his expedition to Portsmouth a letter from the office, which fate had conspicuously placed on a corner of the hall table, sufficed to justify his sudden change of plan.
appetite - Appetit; Begierde, Lust
method - Methode; Verfahrensweise, Art und Weise, Weg
melon - Melone
morning paper - Morgenzeitung
toast - Toastbrot; Toast
scrambled eggs - Rührei , Eierspeise (österr.)
expedition - Expedition
He was even ashamed of the ease with which the whole thing had been done: it reminded him, for an uncomfortable moment, of Lawrence Lefferts's masterly contrivances for securing his freedom. But this did not long trouble him, for he was not in an analytic mood.
masterly - meisterhaft, virtuos
contrivances - Erfindungen; Vorrichtung, Maschinerie, Apparat, Behelf
securing - sicher, geschützt, beschützt, sicher, geschützt, sicher, sicher
analytic - analytisch
After breakfast he smoked a cigarette and glanced over the Commercial Advertiser. While he was thus engaged two or three men he knew came in, and the usual greetings were exchanged: it was the same world after all, though he had such a queer sense of having slipped through the meshes of time and space.
He looked at his watch, and finding that it was half-past nine got up and went into the writing-room. There he wrote a few lines, and ordered a messenger to take a cab to the Parker House and wait for the answer. He then sat down behind another newspaper and tried to calculate how long it would take a cab to get to the Parker House.
calculate - kalkulieren, berechnen, ausrechnen, sich etwas ausrechnen
"The lady was out, sir," he suddenly heard a waiter's voice at his elbow; and he stammered: "Out?"" as if it were a word in a strange language.
He got up and went into the hall. It must be a mistake: she could not be out at that hour. He flushed with anger at his own stupidity: why had he not sent the note as soon as he arrived?
stupidity - Dummheit
He found his hat and stick and went forth into the street. The city had suddenly become as strange and vast and empty as if he were a traveller from distant lands. For a moment he stood on the door-step hesitating; then he decided to go to the Parker House. What if the messenger had been misinformed, and she were still there?
hesitating - zögernd; zögern, zögern, stammeln
misinformed - Fehlinformationen; falsch informieren
He started to walk across the Common; and on the first bench, under a tree, he saw her sitting. She had a grey silk sunshade over her head"how could he ever have imagined her with a pink one? As he approached he was struck by her listless attitude: she sat there as if she had nothing else to do.
listless - lasch, lustlos, antriebslos
He saw her drooping profile, and the knot of hair fastened low in the neck under her dark hat, and the long wrinkled glove on the hand that held the sunshade. He came a step or two nearer, and she turned and looked at him.
"Oh""she said; and for the first time he noticed a startled look on her face; but in another moment it gave way to a slow smile of wonder and contentment.
contentment - Zufriedenheit, Genügsamkeit
"Oh""she murmured again, on a different note, as he stood looking down at her; and without rising she made a place for him on the bench.
"I'm here on business"just got here," Archer explained; and, without knowing why, he suddenly began to feign astonishment at seeing her. "But what on earth are you doing in this wilderness?" He had really no idea what he was saying: he felt as if he were shouting at her across endless distances, and she might vanish again before he could overtake her.
on business - geschäftlich, in Geschäften
feign - vorgeben, vortäuschen, vormachen, fingieren, ausdenken
shouting at - anschreiend
overtake - überholen; aufholen
"I? Oh, I'm here on business too," she answered, turning her head toward him so that they were face to face. The words hardly reached him: he was aware only of her voice, and of the startling fact that not an echo of it had remained in his memory. He had not even remembered that it was low-pitched, with a faint roughness on the consonants.
startling - verblüffend; überraschend, alarmierend, erschreckend
roughness - Rauheit, Grobheit
consonants - Konsonanten; Konsonant, Mitlaut, Konsonant, Mitlaut
"You do your hair differently," he said, his heart beating as if he had uttered something irrevocable.
"Differently? No"it's only that I do it as best I can when I'm without Nastasia."
"Nastasia; but isn't she with you?"
"No; I'm alone. For two days it was not worth while to bring her."
"You're alone"at the Parker House?"
She looked at him with a flash of her old malice. "Does it strike you as dangerous?"
"No; not dangerous""
"But unconventional? I see; I suppose it is." She considered a moment. "I hadn't thought of it, because I've just done something so much more unconventional." The faint tinge of irony lingered in her eyes. "I've just refused to take back a sum of money"that belonged to me."
take back - zurücknehmen
Archer sprang up and moved a step or two away. She had furled her parasol and sat absently drawing patterns on the gravel. Presently he came back and stood before her.
furled - aufgerollt; aufrollen, bergen, einrollen
absently - abwesend, in Abwesenheit
"Some one"has come here to meet you?"
"Yes."
"With this offer?"
She nodded.
"And you refused"because of the conditions?"
"I refused," she said after a moment.
He sat down by her again. "What were the conditions?"
"Oh, they were not onerous: just to sit at the head of his table now and then."
onerous - lästig
There was another interval of silence. Archer's heart had slammed itself shut in the queer way it had, and he sat vainly groping for a word.
slammed - zugeknallt; zuschlagen, hart anpacken, zuknallen; harte Kritik
"He wants you back"at any price?"
"Well"a considerable price. At least the sum is considerable for me."
He paused again, beating about the question he felt he must put.
"It was to meet him here that you came?"
She stared, and then burst into a laugh. "Meet him"my husband? HERE? At this season he's always at Cowes or Baden."
"He sent some one?"
"Yes."
"With a letter?"
She shook her head. "No; just a message. He never writes. I don't think I've had more than one letter from him." The allusion brought the colour to her cheek, and it reflected itself in Archer's vivid blush.
"Why does he never write?"
"Why should he? What does one have secretaries for?"
secretaries - Sekretärinnen; Sekretär, Sekretärin, Staatssekretär, Sekretär
The young man's blush deepened. She had pronounced the word as if it had no more significance than any other in her vocabulary. For a moment it was on the tip of his tongue to ask: "Did he send his secretary, then?" But the remembrance of Count Olenski's only letter to his wife was too present to him. He paused again, and then took another plunge.
remembrance - Erinnern; Erinnerung
"And the person?""
"The emissary? The emissary," Madame Olenska rejoined, still smiling, "might, for all I care, have left already; but he has insisted on waiting till this evening ... in case ... on the chance ..."
"And you came out here to think the chance over?"
"I came out to get a breath of air. The hotel's too stifling. I'm taking the afternoon train back to Portsmouth."
They sat silent, not looking at each other, but straight ahead at the people passing along the path. Finally she turned her eyes again to his face and said: "You're not changed."
straight ahead - geradeaus
He felt like answering: "I was, till I saw you again;" but instead he stood up abruptly and glanced about him at the untidy sweltering park.
sweltering - schwül; drückend; (swelter); schwitzen; Hitzewelle
"This is horrible. Why shouldn't we go out a little on the bay? There's a breeze, and it will be cooler. We might take the steamboat down to Point Arley." She glanced up at him hesitatingly and he went on: "On a Monday morning there won't be anybody on the boat. My train doesn't leave till evening: I'm going back to New York. Why shouldn't we?" he insisted, looking down at her; and suddenly he broke out: "Haven't we done all we could?"
steamboat - Dampfschiff, Dampfer
"Oh""she murmured again. She stood up and reopened her sunshade, glancing about her as if to take counsel of the scene, and assure herself of the impossibility of remaining in it. Then her eyes returned to his face. "You mustn't say things like that to me," she said.
counsel - Ratschläge; Beratung; Rat, Ratschlag, Anwalt, Anwältin
impossibility - Unmöglichkeit
"I'll say anything you like; or nothing. I won't open my mouth unless you tell me to. What harm can it do to anybody? All I want is to listen to you," he stammered.
She drew out a little gold-faced watch on an enamelled chain. "Oh, don't calculate," he broke out; "give me the day! I want to get you away from that man. At what time was he coming?"
enamelled - emailliert; Schmelz, Schmelzglas, Emailmalerei; lackieren
Her colour rose again. "At eleven."
"Then you must come at once."
"You needn't be afraid"if I don't come."
needn - brauchen nicht
"Nor you either"if you do. I swear I only want to hear about you, to know what you've been doing. It's a hundred years since we've met"it may be another hundred before we meet again."
swear - schwören
meet again - wiedersehen
She still wavered, her anxious eyes on his face. "Why didn't you come down to the beach to fetch me, the day I was at Granny's?" she asked.
wavered - wankte; wanken, zögern, schweben, flattern, schwanken
"Because you didn't look round"because you didn't know I was there. I swore I wouldn't unless you looked round." He laughed as the childishness of the confession struck him.
look round - umschauen
swore - geschworen; schwören
childishness - Kindereien; Kinderei
confession - Bekenntnis, Eingeständnis, Beichte
"But I didn't look round on purpose."
"On purpose?"
"I knew you were there; when you drove in I recognised the ponies. So I went down to the beach."
"To get away from me as far as you could?"
She repeated in a low voice: "To get away from you as far as I could."
He laughed out again, this time in boyish satisfaction. "Well, you see It's no use. I may as well tell you," he added, "that the business I came here for was just to find you. But, look here, we must start or we shall miss our boat."
It's no use - Es nützt nichts., Es bringt nichts.
"Our boat?" She frowned perplexedly, and then smiled. "Oh, but I must go back to the hotel first: I must leave a note""
"As many notes as you please. You can write here." He drew out a note-case and one of the new stylographic pens. "I've even got an envelope"you see how everything's predestined! There"steady the thing on your knee, and I'll get the pen going in a second. They have to be humoured; wait"" He banged the hand that held the pen against the back of the bench. "It's like jerking down the mercury in a thermometer: just a trick. Now try""
stylographic - stilografisch
predestined - prädestiniert; prädestinieren
steady - beständig; stetig; stabilisieren
humoured - belustigt; Humor, Laune, Humor, Stimmung, Körpersaft, Saft
banged - geknallt; Schlag, Knall; knallen (derb koitieren), schlagen
jerking - Ruckeln; stoßweise, zusammenzuckend
mercury - Quecksilber; Bingelkraut
thermometer - Thermometer, Wärmemesser, Temperaturmesser
She laughed, and bending over the sheet of paper which he had laid on his note-case, began to write. Archer walked away a few steps, staring with radiant unseeing eyes at the passersby, who, in their turn, paused to stare at the unwonted sight of a fashionably-dressed lady writing a note on her knee on a bench in the Common.
laid on - aufgestrichen
unseeing - nicht zu sehen
unwonted - ungewohnt
fashionably - modisch
Madame Olenska slipped the sheet into the envelope, wrote a name on it, and put it into her pocket. Then she too stood up.
They walked back toward Beacon Street, and near the club Archer caught sight of the plush-lined "herdic" which had carried his note to the Parker House, and whose driver was reposing from this effort by bathing his brow at the corner hydrant.
beacon - Leuchtfeuer; Bake, Orientierungspunkt
plush - Plüsch
herdic - herdisch
reposing - ruhend; ruhen
"I told you everything was predestined! Here's a cab for us. You see!" They laughed, astonished at the miracle of picking up a public conveyance at that hour, and in that unlikely spot, in a city where cab-stands were still a "foreign" novelty.
picking - Kommissionierung; pflücken; (pic) Kommissionierung; pflücken
public conveyance - öffentliches Verkehrsmittel
unlikely - unwahrscheinlich
novelty - Neuheit, Neuartigkeit, neues Produkt, Krimskrams
Archer, looking at his watch, saw that there was time to drive to the Parker House before going to the steamboat landing. They rattled through the hot streets and drew up at the door of the hotel.
Archer held out his hand for the letter. "Shall I take it in?" he asked; but Madame Olenska, shaking her head, sprang out and disappeared through the glazed doors. It was barely half-past ten; but what if the emissary, impatient for her reply, and not knowing how else to employ his time, were already seated among the travellers with cooling drinks at their elbows of whom Archer had caught a glimpse as she went in?
impatient - ungeduldig
He waited, pacing up and down before the herdic. A Sicilian youth with eyes like Nastasia's offered to shine his boots, and an Irish matron to sell him peaches; and every few moments the doors opened to let out hot men with straw hats tilted far back, who glanced at him as they went by.
shine - glänzen; schimmern, wienern; Schein; putzen (Schuhe)
Irish - Irisch
Matron - Oberin; Hausmutter, Matrone
peaches - Pfirsiche; Pfirsich; denunzieren
let out - durchgelassen;ausleben, herauslassen
straw hats - Strohhüte
He marvelled that the door should open so often, and that all the people it let out should look so like each other, and so like all the other hot men who, at that hour, through the length and breadth of the land, were passing continuously in and out of the swinging doors of hotels.
breadth - Weite; Breite
continuously - kontinuierlich
And then, suddenly, came a face that he could not relate to the other faces. He caught but a flash of it, for his pacings had carried him to the farthest point of his beat, and it was in turning back to the hotel that he saw, in a group of typical countenances"the lank and weary, the round and surprised, the lantern-jawed and mild"this other face that was so many more things at once, and things so different. It was that of a young man, pale too, and half-extinguished by the heat, or worry, or both, but somehow, quicker, vivider, more conscious; or perhaps seeming so because he was so different. Archer hung a moment on a thin thread of memory, but it snapped and floated off with the disappearing face"apparently that of some foreign business man, looking doubly foreign in such a setting.
relate - verbinden; sich beziehen, erzählen, berichten
typical - typisch, gewöhnlich
lank - schlaff; strähnig, dünn, schmächtig
weary - müde
lantern - Laterne
jawed - gekaut; Kiefer, Maul
worry - besorgt sein, sich Sorgen machen, besorgen, Sorge
vivider - lebendig, lebhaft, anschaulich
seeming - scheinbar; anscheinend, scheinend; (seem); scheinen, dünken
thread - Thema; Faden, Garn, Zwirn, Nähgarn
doubly - zweifach; doppelt
He vanished in the stream of passersby, and Archer resumed his patrol.
stream - Bach; Strom; Datenstrom; strömen; streamen
patrol - Patrouille, Streife
He did not care to be seen watch in hand within view of the hotel, and his unaided reckoning of the lapse of time led him to conclude that, if Madame Olenska was so long in reappearing, it could only be because she had met the emissary and been waylaid by him. At the thought Archer's apprehension rose to anguish.
unaided - ohne fremde Hilfe
reckoning - Rechenschaft ablegen; Abrechnung; (reckon) Rechenschaft ablegen; Abrechnung
conclude - beenden, schließen, zu Ende führen, abschließen, entscheiden
reappearing - wieder auftauchen; wieder erscheinen, wiederauftreten
waylaid - überfallen werden; wegelagern, auflauern, auflauern
apprehension - Befürchtungen; Greifen, Ergreifen, Fassen, Anfassen
anguish - Ängste; Pein, Angst, Qual
"If she doesn't come soon I'll go in and find her," he said.
The doors swung open again and she was at his side. They got into the herdic, and as it drove off he took out his watch and saw that she had been absent just three minutes. In the clatter of loose windows that made talk impossible they bumped over the disjointed cobblestones to the wharf.
been absent - gefehlt
clatter - klappern, poltern, Geklapper, Gepolter, Klappern
disjointed - unzusammenhängend; disjunkt, zertrennen
wharf - Werft; Kai, Wharf
Seated side by side on a bench of the half-empty boat they found that they had hardly anything to say to each other, or rather that what they had to say communicated itself best in the blessed silence of their release and their isolation.
release - Freigabe, Freisetzung, Befreiung, Erlösung
As the paddle-wheels began to turn, and wharves and shipping to recede through the veil of heat, it seemed to Archer that everything in the old familiar world of habit was receding also. He longed to ask Madame Olenska if she did not have the same feeling: the feeling that they were starting on some long voyage from which they might never return. But he was afraid to say it, or anything else that might disturb the delicate balance of her trust in him.
paddle - verhauen; planschen, watscheln, rudern, paddeln; Paddel
wharves - Häfen; Kai, Wharf
Shipping - Warenausgang (Bereich); Transport (Versand)
recede - zurückgehen; zurücktreten
disturb - stören
balance - Gleichgewicht; Ausgewogenheit; Bilanz, Saldo, Guthaben, Rest
In reality he had no wish to betray that trust. There had been days and nights when the memory of their kiss had burned and burned on his lips; the day before even, on the drive to Portsmouth, the thought of her had run through him like fire; but now that she was beside him, and they were drifting forth into this unknown world, they seemed to have reached the kind of deeper nearness that a touch may sunder.
betray - verraten; im Stich lassen, von etwas zeugen, verleiten
run through - durchströmen
nearness - Nähe
sunder - trennen
As the boat left the harbour and turned seaward a breeze stirred about them and the bay broke up into long oily undulations, then into ripples tipped with spray. The fog of sultriness still hung over the city, but ahead lay a fresh world of ruffled waters, and distant promontories with light-houses in the sun. Madame Olenska, leaning back against the boat-rail, drank in the coolness between parted lips.
harbour - Hafen, Zufluchtsort
seaward - seewärts
oily - ölig; ölhaltig
undulations - Wellenbewegungen; Wellenbewegung, Wellenform
spray - Sprühwasser, Gischt; bestäuben (bestäubt), sprühen, spritzen
sultriness - Schwüle
hung over - überhängte
ruffled - zerzaust; Rüsche, Krause
promontories - Vorgebirge; Landzunge
coolness - Kühle
She had wound a long veil about her hat, but it left her face uncovered, and Archer was struck by the tranquil gaiety of her expression. She seemed to take their adventure as a matter of course, and to be neither in fear of unexpected encounters, nor (what was worse) unduly elated by their possibility.
encounters - Begegnungen; treffen, begegnen, Begegnung, Treffen
elated - hocherfreut; beschwingen, ermutigen
In the bare dining-room of the inn, which he had hoped they would have to themselves, they found a strident party of innocent-looking young men and women"school-teachers on a holiday, the landlord told them"and Archer's heart sank at the idea of having to talk through their noise.
strident - schrill; gellend
landlord - Vermieter, Hauswirt
"This is hopeless"I'll ask for a private room," he said; and Madame Olenska, without offering any objection, waited while he went in search of it. The room opened on a long wooden verandah, with the sea coming in at the windows. It was bare and cool, with a table covered with a coarse checkered cloth and adorned by a bottle of pickles and a blueberry pie under a cage. No more guileless-looking cabinet particulier ever offered its shelter to a clandestine couple: Archer fancied he saw the sense of its reassurance in the faintly amused smile with which Madame Olenska sat down opposite to him.
checkered - schachbrettartig; Schachbrettmuster; karieren; Aufseher, Prüfer
adorned - geschmückt; schmücken, zieren, verzieren
pickles - Essiggurken; Essiggurke, Metallbeize; beizen
blueberry - Blaubeere, Heidelbeere
pie - Kuchen
cage - Käfig
particulier - besonders
shelter - Unterkunft; Zuflucht, Obdach, Zufluchtsort, Schutzraum
opposite to - gegenüber
A woman who had run away from her husband"and reputedly with another man"was likely to have mastered the art of taking things for granted; but something in the quality of her composure took the edge from his irony. By being so quiet, so unsurprised and so simple she had managed to brush away the conventions and make him feel that to seek to be alone was the natural thing for two old friends who had so much to say to each other....
reputedly - vermeintlich
mastered - gemeistert; Haupt.., Grund, Meister, führend
unsurprised - nicht überrascht
brush - Bürste; gloss aint-; Busch, Gebüsch, Gestrüpp, Lunte, Standarte
They lunched slowly and meditatively, with mute intervals between rushes of talk; for, the spell once broken, they had much to say, and yet moments when saying became the mere accompaniment to long duologues of silence.
mute - stumm; sprachlos; abdämpfen, dämpfen
rushes - eilt; stürzen, drängen, hetzen, rasen; Eile, Andrang
accompaniment - Begleitung
Archer kept the talk from his own affairs, not with conscious intention but because he did not want to miss a word of her history; and leaning on the table, her chin resting on her clasped hands, she talked to him of the year and a half since they had met.
chin - Kinn
She had grown tired of what people called "society"; New York was kind, it was almost oppressively hospitable; she should never forget the way in which it had welcomed her back; but after the first flush of novelty she had found herself, as she phrased it, too "different" to care for the things it cared about"and so she had decided to try Washington, where one was supposed to meet more varieties of people and of opinion.
oppressively - bedrückend
varieties - Sorten; Sorte, Varietät, Varietät, Sprachform, Sprachvarietät
And on the whole she should probably settle down in Washington, and make a home there for poor Medora, who had worn out the patience of all her other relations just at the time when she most needed looking after and protecting from matrimonial perils.
perils - Gefahren; Gefahr, Risiko
"But Dr. Carver"aren't you afraid of Dr. Carver? I hear he's been staying with you at the Blenkers'."
She smiled. "Oh, the Carver danger is over. Dr. Carver is a very clever man. He wants a rich wife to finance his plans, and Medora is simply a good advertisement as a convert."
danger - Gefahr, Risiko, Bedrohung; (dang); Gefahr, Risiko, Bedrohung
finance - Finanz, Finanzen, Geldwesen, Finanzwissenschaft
advertisement - Anzeige, Werbung, Annonce, Reklameanzeige
convert - konvertieren, umwandeln, Konvertit
"A convert to what?"
convert to - überführen in;bekehren
"To all sorts of new and crazy social schemes. But, do you know, they interest me more than the blind conformity to tradition"somebody else's tradition"that I see among our own friends. It seems stupid to have discovered America only to make it into a copy of another country." She smiled across the table. "Do you suppose Christopher Columbus would have taken all that trouble just to go to the Opera with the Selfridge Merrys?"
schemes - Schemata; Programm
copy - Kopie; Exemplar
Archer changed colour. "And Beaufort"do you say these things to Beaufort?" he asked abruptly.
changed colour - verfärbte
"I haven't seen him for a long time. But I used to; and he understands."
"Ah, it's what I've always told you; you don't like us. And you like Beaufort because he's so unlike us." He looked about the bare room and out at the bare beach and the row of stark white village houses strung along the shore. "We're damnably dull. We've no character, no colour, no variety."I wonder," he broke out, "why you don't go back?"
Stark - krass, schlicht, schier, rein, nackt, völlig
strung - bespannt; Schnur, Zeichenkette, String, Saite, String
damnably - verdammenswert; abscheulich
Her eyes darkened, and he expected an indignant rejoinder. But she sat silent, as if thinking over what he had said, and he grew frightened lest she should answer that she wondered too.
rejoinder - Gegenerwiderung, Duplik, schlagfertige Erwiderung
At length she said: "I believe it's because of you."
It was impossible to make the confession more dispassionately, or in a tone less encouraging to the vanity of the person addressed. Archer reddened to the temples, but dared not move or speak: it was as if her words had been some rare butterfly that the least motion might drive off on startled wings, but that might gather a flock about it if it were left undisturbed.
dispassionately - leidenschaftslos
encouraging - ermutigend; ermutigen, ermuntern, empfehlen
butterfly - Schmetterling
wings - Flügel, t+Schwinge, Flügel, Flügel, t+Gebäudeflügel, Flügel
"At least," she continued, "it was you who made me understand that under the dullness there are things so fine and sensitive and delicate that even those I most cared for in my other life look cheap in comparison. I don't know how to explain myself""she drew together her troubled brows""but it seems as if I'd never before understood with how much that is hard and shabby and base the most exquisite pleasures may be paid."
comparison - Vergleich, Komparation, Vergleichen, Vergleichung
most exquisite - auserlesenste
"Exquisite pleasures"it's something to have had them!" he felt like retorting; but the appeal in her eyes kept him silent.
retorting - entgegnen; Retorte; erwidern (scharf)
"I want," she went on, "to be perfectly honest with you"and with myself. For a long time I've hoped this chance would come: that I might tell you how you've helped me, what you've made of me""
Archer sat staring beneath frowning brows. He interrupted her with a laugh. "And what do you make out that you've made of me?"
interrupted - unterbrochen; unterbrechen
She paled a little. "Of you?"
"Yes: for I'm of your making much more than you ever were of mine. I'm the man who married one woman because another one told him to."
Her paleness turned to a fugitive flush. "I thought"you promised"you were not to say such things today."
paleness - Blässe, Blassheit, Bleichheit, Farblosigkeit
promised - versprochen; Versprechen
"Ah"how like a woman! None of you will ever see a bad business through!"
She lowered her voice. "IS it a bad business"for May?"
He stood in the window, drumming against the raised sash, and feeling in every fibre the wistful tenderness with which she had spoken her cousin's name.
drumming - trommeln; Trommel
sash - Schieberahmen, Schärpe
fibre - Faser
wistful - wehmütig
"For that's the thing we've always got to think of"haven't we"by your own showing?" she insisted.
"My own showing?" he echoed, his blank eyes still on the sea.
"Or if not," she continued, pursuing her own thought with a painful application, "if it's not worth while to have given up, to have missed things, so that others may be saved from disillusionment and misery"then everything I came home for, everything that made my other life seem by contrast so bare and so poor because no one there took account of them"all these things are a sham or a dream""
pursuing - verfolgend; (pursue); verfolgen, beschreiten, nachjagen
application - Anwendung; Anwendung, Applikation, App, Antrag, Bewerbung
disillusionment - Desillusionierung, Enttäuschung, Ernüchterung
misery - Misere, Elend
He turned around without moving from his place. "And in that case there's no reason on earth why you shouldn't go back?" he concluded for her.
Her eyes were clinging to him desperately. "Oh, IS there no reason?"
clinging to - anschmiegend
"Not if you staked your all on the success of my marriage. My marriage," he said savagely, "isn't going to be a sight to keep you here." She made no answer, and he went on: "What's the use? You gave me my first glimpse of a real life, and at the same moment you asked me to go on with a sham one. It's beyond human enduring"that's all."
staked - gepfählt; Pfahl, Pflock, Marterpfahl, Scheiterhaufen, Anteil
savagely - brutal
enduring - ausdauernd; ertragen, aushalten, dulden, von Bestand sein
"Oh, don't say that; when I'm enduring it!" she burst out, her eyes filling.
Her arms had dropped along the table, and she sat with her face abandoned to his gaze as if in the recklessness of a desperate peril. The face exposed her as much as if it had been her whole person, with the soul behind it: Archer stood dumb, overwhelmed by what it suddenly told him.
recklessness - Leichtsinnigkeit, Fahrlässigkeit, Gewagtheit
"You too"oh, all this time, you too?"
For answer, she let the tears on her lids overflow and run slowly downward.
Half the width of the room was still between them, and neither made any show of moving. Archer was conscious of a curious indifference to her bodily presence: he would hardly have been aware of it if one of the hands she had flung out on the table had not drawn his gaze as on the occasion when, in the little Twenty-third Street house, he had kept his eye on it in order not to look at her face. Now his imagination spun about the hand as about the edge of a vortex; but still he made no effort to draw nearer.
spun - gesponnen; durchdrehen, spinnen
vortex - Wirbel; Strudel
He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that was closer than his bones was not to be superficially satisfied. His one terror was to do anything which might efface the sound and impression of her words; his one thought, that he should never again feel quite alone.
caresses - Liebkosungen; Liebkosung, Umarmung, Streicheln
feeds - Zuführung, Papierzuführung, Zufuhr; verpflegen, hegen, zuführen
bones - Knochen
superficially - oberflächlich
terror - Schrecken, Grauen, schreckliche Furcht, Terror
efface - unkenntlich machen, unlesbar machen, verwischen, ausradieren
his one thought - sein einziger Gedanke
never again - nie wieder
But after a moment the sense of waste and ruin overcame him. There they were, close together and safe and shut in; yet so chained to their separate destinies that they might as well have been half the world apart.
ruin - Ruine, Ruin, Ruin, ruinieren, auf die Knie zwingen, vernichten
overcame - überwunden; überwinden
chained - angekettet; Kette, Kette, Kette, Kette, anketten, ketten
separate - einzeln, getrennt, separat, trennen
"What's the use"when you will go back?" he broke out, a great hopeless HOW ON EARTH CAN I KEEP YOU? crying out to her beneath his words.
crying out - aufschreiend
She sat motionless, with lowered lids. "Oh"I shan't go yet!"
"Not yet? Some time, then? Some time that you already foresee?"
foresee - vorhersehen, voraussehen
At that she raised her clearest eyes. "I promise you: not as long as you hold out. Not as long as we can look straight at each other like this."
hold out - hinstrecken (z. B. Hand), aushalten, ausharren
He dropped into his chair. What her answer really said was: "If you lift a finger you'll drive me back: back to all the abominations you know of, and all the temptations you half guess." He understood it as clearly as if she had uttered the words, and the thought kept him anchored to his side of the table in a kind of moved and sacred submission.
abominations - Abscheulichkeiten; Greuel, Abscheu, Abscheulichkeit
temptations - Versuchungen; Versuchung, Verführung, Versuchung
submission - Unterbreitung, Unterwerfung
"What a life for you!"" he groaned.
"Oh"as long as it's a part of yours."
"And mine a part of yours?"
She nodded.
"And that's to be all"for either of us?"
"Well; it IS all, isn't it?"
At that he sprang up, forgetting everything but the sweetness of her face. She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she had only to wait; so quietly that, as he came close, her outstretched hands acted not as a check but as a guide to him.
flee - fliehen, flüchten, entfliehen
quietly - ruhig, leise
outstretched - ausgestreckt; ausstrecken
Guide - Leitfaden; lenken, führen, anleiten, leiten; Handbuch
They fell into his, while her arms, extended but not rigid, kept him far enough off to let her surrendered face say the rest.
They may have stood in that way for a long time, or only for a few moments; but it was long enough for her silence to communicate all she had to say, and for him to feel that only one thing mattered. He must do nothing to make this meeting their last; he must leave their future in her care, asking only that she should keep fast hold of it.
communicate - mitteilen, übermitteln, kommunizieren, kundtun, weitergeben
mattered - von Bedeutung; Materie, Materie, Masse, Substanz, Stoff
"Don't"don't be unhappy," she said, with a break in her voice, as she drew her hands away; and he answered: "You won't go back"you won't go back?" as if it were the one possibility he could not bear.
"I won't go back," she said; and turning away she opened the door and led the way into the public dining-room.
The strident school-teachers were gathering up their possessions preparatory to a straggling flight to the wharf; across the beach lay the white steam-boat at the pier; and over the sunlit waters Boston loomed in a line of haze.
preparatory - vorbereitend
straggling - Nachzügler; umherstreifend; (straggle); abweichen, abschweifen
Once more on the boat, and in the presence of others, Archer felt a tranquillity of spirit that surprised as much as it sustained him.
tranquillity - Gelassenheit; Ruhe, Stille
sustained - unterhalten, aufrechterhalten, versorgen, unterhalten
The day, according to any current valuation, had been a rather ridiculous failure; he had not so much as touched Madame Olenska's hand with his lips, or extracted one word from her that gave promise of farther opportunities. Nevertheless, for a man sick with unsatisfied love, and parting for an indefinite period from the object of his passion, he felt himself almost humiliatingly calm and comforted. It was the perfect balance she had held between their loyalty to others and their honesty to themselves that had so stirred and yet tranquillized him; a balance not artfully calculated, as her tears and her falterings showed, but resulting naturally from her unabashed sincerity.
current - Strömung; Strom; gegenwärtig, aktuell, zeitnah
valuation - Bewertung
extracted - extrahiert; Auszug, Auszug, Extrakt
sick with - unwohl, krank an
unsatisfied - unzufrieden
humiliatingly - demütigend
comforted - getröstet; Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit, Komfort, Trost
loyalty - Treue, Loyalität
honesty - Ehrlichkeit; Mondviole, Silberblatt
tranquillized - beschwichtigt; beruhigen
artfully - listige, kunstvoll
calculated - berechnet; kalkulieren, berechnen, ausrechnen, rechnen
falterings - Schwankungen; schwankend
unabashed - ungeniert
It filled him with a tender awe, now the danger was over, and made him thank the fates that no personal vanity, no sense of playing a part before sophisticated witnesses, had tempted him to tempt her. Even after they had clasped hands for good-bye at the Fall River station, and he had turned away alone, the conviction remained with him of having saved out of their meeting much more than he had sacrificed.
fates - Schicksale; Schicksal
witnesses - Zeugnis
He wandered back to the club, and went and sat alone in the deserted library, turning and turning over in his thoughts every separate second of their hours together. It was clear to him, and it grew more clear under closer scrutiny, that if she should finally decide on returning to Europe"returning to her husband"it would not be because her old life tempted her, even on the new terms offered. No: she would go only if she felt herself becoming a temptation to Archer, a temptation to fall away from the standard they had both set up.
turning over - umblätternd
Standard - üblich, standardmäßig, Standard, Banner, Standarte
Her choice would be to stay near him as long as he did not ask her to come nearer; and it depended on himself to keep her just there, safe but secluded.
depended on - (depend on) angewiesen sein auf
In the train these thoughts were still with him. They enclosed him in a kind of golden haze, through which the faces about him looked remote and indistinct: he had a feeling that if he spoke to his fellow-travellers they would not understand what he was saying. In this state of abstraction he found himself, the following morning, waking to the reality of a stifling September day in New York. The heat-withered faces in the long train streamed past him, and he continued to stare at them through the same golden blur; but suddenly, as he left the station, one of the faces detached itself, came closer and forced itself upon his consciousness.
indistinct - undeutlich
abstraction - Abstraktion
withered - verwelkt; welken, verblühen, verdorren
streamed - gestreamt; Bach, Strom, Datenstrom, strömen, streamen
blur - verschwimmen, verwischen, verschmieren, unscharf machen
It was, as he instantly recalled, the face of the young man he had seen, the day before, passing out of the Parker House, and had noted as not conforming to type, as not having an American hotel face.
The same thing struck him now; and again he became aware of a dim stir of former associations. The young man stood looking about him with the dazed air of the foreigner flung upon the harsh mercies of American travel; then he advanced toward Archer, lifted his hat, and said in English: "Surely, Monsieur, we met in London?"
dazed - Benommenheit, betäuben
mercies - Barmherzigkeit, Erbarmen
"Ah, to be sure: in London!" Archer grasped his hand with curiosity and sympathy. "So you DID get here, after all?" he exclaimed, casting a wondering eye on the astute and haggard little countenance of young Carfry's French tutor.
casting - Gießerei, Abguss, Rollenbesetzung; (cast); werfen; wegwerfen
astute - gerissen, listig, scharfsinnig
"Oh, I got here"yes," M. Riviere smiled with drawn lips. "But not for long; I return the day after tomorrow." He stood grasping his light valise in one neatly gloved hand, and gazing anxiously, perplexedly, almost appealingly, into Archer's face.
grasping - greifen, erfassen, begreifen, verstehen, erfassen, Griff
valise - Reisekoffer; kleiner Handkoffer
appealingly - ansprechend
"I wonder, Monsieur, since I've had the good luck to run across you, if I might""
"I was just going to suggest it: come to luncheon, won't you? Down town, I mean: if you'll look me up in my office I'll take you to a very decent restaurant in that quarter."
M. Riviere was visibly touched and surprised. "You're too kind. But I was only going to ask if you would tell me how to reach some sort of conveyance. There are no porters, and no one here seems to listen""
porters - Gepäckträger, Pförtner, Portier
"I know: our American stations must surprise you. When you ask for a porter they give you chewing-gum. But if You'll come along I'll extricate you; and you must really lunch with me, you know."
porter - Gepäckträger, Pförtner, Portier; (port) Gepäckträger, Pförtner
chewing-gum - (chewing-gum) Kaugummi
You'll come - Sie kommen doch, oder?
extricate - befreien
The young man, after a just perceptible hesitation, replied, with profuse thanks, and in a tone that did not carry complete conviction, that he was already engaged; but when they had reached the comparative reassurance of the street he asked if he might call that afternoon.
hesitation - Zögern
profuse - übermäßig, enorm, reichlich, üppig
comparative - vergleichend; komparativ; verhältnismäßig, relativ, Höherstufe
Archer, at ease in the midsummer leisure of the office, fixed an hour and scribbled his address, which the Frenchman pocketed with reiterated thanks and a wide flourish of his hat. A horse-car received him, and Archer walked away.
at ease - ungezwungen
leisure - Muße; Freizeit
scribbled - gekritzelt; kritzeln; Kritzelei
pocketed - eingesteckt; Tasche
reiterated - wiederholen; reiterieren
flourish - gedeihen, blühen, spriessen, grünen
Punctually at the hour M. Riviere appeared, shaved, smoothed-out, but still unmistakably drawn and serious. Archer was alone in his office, and the young man, before accepting the seat he proffered, began abruptly: "I believe I saw you, sir, yesterday in Boston."
shaved - rasiert; rasieren
unmistakably - unmissverständlich
accepting - zu akzeptieren; annehmen, abnehmen, akzeptieren, aufnehmen
The statement was insignificant enough, and Archer was about to frame an assent when his words were checked by something mysterious yet illuminating in his visitor's insistent gaze.
insignificant - unbedeutend
insistent - beharrlich
"It is extraordinary, very extraordinary," M. Riviere continued, "that we should have met in the circumstances in which I find myself."
"What circumstances?" Archer asked, wondering a little crudely if he needed money.
crudely - grobschlächtig; ungehobelt
M. Riviere continued to study him with tentative eyes. "I have come, not to look for employment, as I spoke of doing when we last met, but on a special mission""
tentative - vorläufig, Versuch
employment - Anstellung; Beschäftigung, Erwerbstätigkeit, Arbeit, Gebrauch
special mission - Sonderauftrag
"Ah"!" Archer exclaimed. In a flash the two meetings had connected themselves in his mind. He paused to take in the situation thus suddenly lighted up for him, and M. Riviere also remained silent, as if aware that what he had said was enough.
lighted up - aufgeleuchtet
"A special mission," Archer at length repeated.
The young Frenchman, opening his palms, raised them slightly, and the two men continued to look at each other across the office-desk till Archer roused himself to say: "Do sit down"; whereupon M. Riviere bowed, took a distant chair, and again waited.
palms - Palmen; Palme, Schaufel (am Geweih)
office-desk - (office-desk) Büroschreibtisch
"It was about this mission that you wanted to consult me?" Archer finally asked.
M. Riviere bent his head. "Not in my own behalf: on that score I"I have fully dealt with myself. I should like"if I may"to speak to you about the Countess Olenska."
behalf - für; Vorteil, Nutzen, Interesse
score - Spielergebnis, Spielstand, Punktzahl, Partitur, anritzen
dealt - behandelt; Menge, Handel, Teil, Abkommen
Archer had known for the last few minutes that the words were coming; but when they came they sent the blood rushing to his temples as if he had been caught by a bent-back branch in a thicket.
rushing - hetzend, sausend; (rush) hetzend, sausend
"And on whose behalf," he said, "do you wish to do this?"
M. Riviere met the question sturdily. "Well"I might say HERS, if it did not sound like a liberty. Shall I say instead: on behalf of abstract justice?"
sturdily - robust; kräftig
abstract - Auszug, Zusammenfassung, abstrakt, trennen, entziehen
Archer considered him ironically. "In other words: you are Count Olenski's messenger?"
ironically - ironisch
He saw his blush more darkly reflected in M. Riviere's sallow countenance. "Not to YOU, Monsieur. If I come to you, it is on quite other grounds."
grounds - Gründe; Masse (elektrisch); Erdboden, Grund, Boden, geschliffen
"What right have you, in the circumstances, to BE on any other ground?" Archer retorted. "If you're an emissary you're an emissary."
The young man considered. "My mission is over: as far as the Countess Olenska goes, it has failed."
"I can't help that," Archer rejoined on the same note of irony.
"No: but you can help"" M. Riviere paused, turned his hat about in his still carefully gloved hands, looked into its lining and then back at Archer's face. "You can help, Monsieur, I am convinced, to make it equally a failure with her family."
Convinced - Überzeugt; überzeugen
Archer pushed back his chair and stood up. "Well"and by God I will!" he exclaimed. He stood with his hands in his pockets, staring down wrathfully at the little Frenchman, whose face, though he too had risen, was still an inch or two below the line of Archer's eyes.
pockets - Taschen; Tasche
wrathfully - zornig
risen - aufgestiegen; Kursanstieg; Aufgang, Gehaltszulage, Aufschwung
inch - Zoll (2, 54 cm), Zoll (Längenmaß)
M. Riviere paled to his normal hue: paler than that his complexion could hardly turn.
normal - normal; Normale
complexion - Teint, Gesichtsfarbe
"Why the devil," Archer explosively continued, "should you have thought"since I suppose you're appealing to me on the ground of my relationship to Madame Olenska"that I should take a view contrary to the rest of her family?"
appealing to - appellierend
contrary - entgegengesetzt, gegenläufig, entgegenstehend, ungünstig
The change of expression in M. Riviere's face was for a time his only answer. His look passed from timidity to absolute distress: for a young man of his usually resourceful mien it would have been difficult to appear more disarmed and defenceless. "Oh, Monsieur""
absolute - absolut; rein
resourceful - einfallsreich
mien - Miene
been difficult - schwer gefallen, schwergefallen [alt]
disarmed - entwaffnet; entwaffnen, entwaffnen
"I can't imagine," Archer continued, "why you should have come to me when there are others so much nearer to the Countess; still less why you thought I should be more accessible to the arguments I suppose you were sent over with."
more accessible - zugänglichere
M. Riviere took this onslaught with a disconcerting humility. "The arguments I want to present to you, Monsieur, are my own and not those I was sent over with."
onslaught - Angriff, Ansturm, Strum
humility - Bescheidenheit, Demut
"Then I see still less reason for listening to them."
M. Riviere again looked into his hat, as if considering whether these last words were not a sufficiently broad hint to put it on and be gone. Then he spoke with sudden decision. "Monsieur"will you tell me one thing? Is it my right to be here that you question? Or do you perhaps believe the whole matter to be already closed?"
sufficiently - ausreichend; hinreichend, genügend, zureichende
broad - breit, deutliche, großräumig
His quiet insistence made Archer feel the clumsiness of his own bluster. M. Riviere had succeeded in imposing himself: Archer, reddening slightly, dropped into his chair again, and signed to the young man to be seated.
clumsiness - Ungeschicklichkeit, Plumpheit, Unbeholfenheit
bluster - schimpfen; Getöse, Aufblasen, Aufplustern, Kraftmeierei
imposing - imposant; auferlegen, aufzwingen, auferlegen
reddening - Rötung; erröten, röten
"I beg your pardon: but why isn't the matter closed?"
M. Riviere gazed back at him with anguish. "You do, then, agree with the rest of the family that, in face of the new proposals I have brought, it is hardly possible for Madame Olenska not to return to her husband?"
proposals - Vorschläge; Vorschlag, Heiratsantrag
"Good God!" Archer exclaimed; and his visitor gave out a low murmur of confirmation.
"Before seeing her, I saw"at Count Olenski's request"Mr. Lovell Mingott, with whom I had several talks before going to Boston. I understand that he represents his mother's view; and that Mrs. Manson Mingott's influence is great throughout her family."
represents - repräsentiert; vorstellen, darstellen, vertreten
throughout - durchgehend; überall
Archer sat silent, with the sense of clinging to the edge of a sliding precipice. The discovery that he had been excluded from a share in these negotiations, and even from the knowledge that they were on foot, caused him a surprise hardly dulled by the acuter wonder of what he was learning. He saw in a flash that if the family had ceased to consult him it was because some deep tribal instinct warned them that he was no longer on their side; and he recalled, with a start of comprehension, a remark of May's during their drive home from Mrs.
clinging - anhaftend; anschmiegen
sliding - schiebend, abgleitend; (slid) schiebend, abgleitend
excluded - ausgeschlossen; ausschließen
negotiations - Verhandlungen; Verhandlung
dulled - abgestumpft; stumpf, fad, langweilig, matt, stumpf, blöd, blöde
acuter - scharf, spitz, akut
warned - gewarnt; warnen, mahnen, warnen
comprehension - Verständnis, Verstehen
Manson Mingott's on the day of the Archery Meeting: "Perhaps, after all, Ellen would be happier with her husband."
Archer looked up and met his visitor's anxious gaze. "Don't you know, Monsieur"is it possible you don't know"that the family begin to doubt if they have the right to advise the Countess to refuse her husband's last proposals?"
"The proposals you brought?"
"The proposals I brought."
It was on Archer's lips to exclaim that whatever he knew or did not know was no concern of M. Riviere's; but something in the humble and yet courageous tenacity of M. Riviere's gaze made him reject this conclusion, and he met the young man's question with another. "What is your object in speaking to me of this?"
concern - Bedenken; Sorge, Anliegen, Betroffenheit, Besorgnis, Konzern
humble - bescheiden; demütig, ergeben
tenacity - Hartnäckigkeit; Zähigkeit, Beharrlichkeit
He had not to wait a moment for the answer. "To beg you, Monsieur"to beg you with all the force I'm capable of"not to let her go back."Oh, don't let her!" M. Riviere exclaimed.
capable - fähig
Archer looked at him with increasing astonishment. There was no mistaking the sincerity of his distress or the strength of his determination: he had evidently resolved to let everything go by the board but the supreme need of thus putting himself on record. Archer considered.
on record - aktenkundig
"May I ask," he said at length, "if this is the line you took with the Countess Olenska?"
M. Riviere reddened, but his eyes did not falter. "No, Monsieur: I accepted my mission in good faith. I really believed"for reasons I need not trouble you with"that it would be better for Madame Olenska to recover her situation, her fortune, the social consideration that her husband's standing gives her."
falter - Wanken, wackeln, schwächeln, stolpern, straucheln, zögern
Faith - Glaube; Vertrauen
recover - wiederfinden, sich erholen, beikommen
consideration - Berücksichtigung; Erwägung, Überlegung, Rücksicht, Vergütung
"So I supposed: you could hardly have accepted such a mission otherwise."
"I should not have accepted it."
"Well, then"?" Archer paused again, and their eyes met in another protracted scrutiny.
protracted - langwierig; verlängern, sich ziehen, sich hinziehen
"Ah, Monsieur, after I had seen her, after I had listened to her, I knew she was better off here."
"You knew"?"
"Monsieur, I discharged my mission faithfully: I put the Count's arguments, I stated his offers, without adding any comment of my own. The Countess was good enough to listen patiently; she carried her goodness so far as to see me twice; she considered impartially all I had come to say. And it was in the course of these two talks that I changed my mind, that I came to see things differently."
discharged - entladen, entlassen, entlassen, entladen, Ablauf, Befreiung
faithfully - brav, glaubend, vertrauend, treu
stated - erklärt; Staat, Staat, Land
offers - Angebote; offerieren, anbieten, bieten, zeigen; Antrag, Offerte
"May I ask what led to this change?"
"Simply seeing the change in HER," M. Riviere replied.
"The change in her? Then you knew her before?"
The young man's colour again rose. "I used to see her in her husband's house. I have known Count Olenski for many years. You can imagine that he would not have sent a stranger on such a mission."
Archer's gaze, wandering away to the blank walls of the office, rested on a hanging calendar surmounted by the rugged features of the President of the United States. That such a conversation should be going on anywhere within the millions of square miles subject to his rule seemed as strange as anything that the imagination could invent.
calendar - Kalender
rugged - robust, schroff; (rug); Teppich, Brücke
President - Präsident, Präsidentin, Vorsitzender, Vorsitzende, Vorsitzer
United - Vereint; vereinen
"The change"what sort of a change?"
"Ah, Monsieur, if I could tell you!" M. Riviere paused. "Tenez"the discovery, I suppose, of what I'd never thought of before: that she's an American. And that if you're an American of HER kind"of your kind"things that are accepted in certain other societies, or at least put up with as part of a general convenient give-and-take"become unthinkable, simply unthinkable.
If Madame Olenska's relations understood what these things were, their opposition to her returning would no doubt be as unconditional as her own; but they seem to regard her husband's wish to have her back as proof of an irresistible longing for domestic life." M. Riviere paused, and then added: "Whereas it's far from being as simple as that."
opposition - Opposition
unconditional - bedingungslos
as proof - als Beweis
irresistible - unwiderstehlich
longing for - ersehnend
Archer looked back to the President of the United States, and then down at his desk and at the papers scattered on it. For a second or two he could not trust himself to speak. During this interval he heard M. Riviere's chair pushed back, and was aware that the young man had risen. When he glanced up again he saw that his visitor was as moved as himself.
United - Vereint; Einheit, Einheit
"Thank you," Archer said simply.
"There's nothing to thank me for, Monsieur: it is I, rather"" M. Riviere broke off, as if speech for him too were difficult. "I should like, though," he continued in a firmer voice, "to add one thing. You asked me if I was in Count Olenski's employ. I am at this moment: I returned to him, a few months ago, for reasons of private necessity such as may happen to any one who has persons, ill and older persons, dependent on him.
Speech - Sprache; Rede, Ansprache
firmer - fester, kräftiger; (firm) fester, kräftiger
But from the moment that I have taken the step of coming here to say these things to you I consider myself discharged, and I shall tell him so on my return, and give him the reasons. That's all, Monsieur."
coming here - herkommend
on my return - bei meiner Rückkehr
M. Riviere bowed and drew back a step.
"Thank you," Archer said again, as their hands met.
Every year on the fifteenth of October Fifth Avenue opened its shutters, unrolled its carpets and hung up its triple layer of window-curtains.
Fifteenth - fünfzehnte
triple - dreifach; verdreifachen
layer - durch Ableger vermehren, überlagern, schichten; Auflage
By the first of November this household ritual was over, and society had begun to look about and take stock of itself. By the fifteenth the season was in full blast, Opera and theatres were putting forth their new attractions, dinner-engagements were accumulating, and dates for dances being fixed. And punctually at about this time Mrs. Archer always said that New York was very much changed.
take stock - Inventur aufnehmen, Inventur machen
blast - schlagen, vernichten, sprengen; mit Wucht schießen; Bö
attractions - Attraktionen; Anziehung, Anziehungskraft, Reiz, Liebreiz
accumulating - anhäufen; aufstauen, sich vermehren
Observing it from the lofty stand-point of a non-participant, she was able, with the help of Mr. Sillerton Jackson and Miss Sophy, to trace each new crack in its surface, and all the strange weeds pushing up between the ordered rows of social vegetables. It had been one of the amusements of Archer's youth to wait for this annual pronouncement of his mother's, and to hear her enumerate the minute signs of disintegration that his careless gaze had overlooked.
lofty - erhaben; hoch
participant - Teilnehmer, Teilnehmerin
crack - Riss, Knall, Aufbruch, Bresche; aufbrechen, knallen, platzen
pronouncement - Verkündigung; Äußerung
overlooked - Übersicht, Überblick, bemerken
For New York, to Mrs. Archer's mind, never changed without changing for the worse; and in this view Miss Sophy Jackson heartily concurred.
heartily - von Herzen; herzlich
concurred - zugestimmt; übereinstimmen, zustimmen, übereinstimmen
Mr. Sillerton Jackson, as became a man of the world, suspended his judgment and listened with an amused impartiality to the lamentations of the ladies. But even he never denied that New York had changed; and Newland Archer, in the winter of the second year of his marriage, was himself obliged to admit that if it had not actually changed it was certainly changing.
lamentations - Wehklagen; Wehklage, Klage
denied - verweigert; leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
These points had been raised, as usual, at Mrs. Archer's Thanksgiving dinner. At the date when she was officially enjoined to give thanks for the blessings of the year it was her habit to take a mournful though not embittered stock of her world, and wonder what there was to be thankful for. At any rate, not the state of society; society, if it could be said to exist, was rather a spectacle on which to call down Biblical imprecations"and in fact, every one knew what the Reverend Dr.
thanksgiving - Thanksgiving, Erntedankfest, Erntedank
officially - offiziell
enjoined - auferlegt; auferlegen, vorschreiben, anordnen, ermahnen, mahnen
embittered - verbittert; verbittern; jdn. verbittern; etw. verschlimmern
exist - bestehen, existieren
Biblical - biblisch
imprecations - Verwünschungen; Verwünschung, Fluch
Reverend - Hochwürden
Ashmore meant when he chose a text from Jeremiah (chap. ii., verse 25) for his Thanksgiving sermon. Dr. Ashmore, the new Rector of St. Matthew's, had been chosen because he was very "advanced": his sermons were considered bold in thought and novel in language. When he fulminated against fashionable society he always spoke of its "trend"; and to Mrs. Archer it was terrifying and yet fascinating to feel herself part of a community that was trending.
Jeremiah - Jeremia, Jeremia, Jeremias
chap - Kerl; Bursche, Riss (in der Haut)
Matthew - Matthias, Matthäus, Matthäus, Matthäus
Sermons - Predigt
fulminated - fulminiert; donnern, wettern
trending - Trend, Tendenz, Richtung
"There's no doubt that Dr. Ashmore is right: there IS a marked trend," she said, as if it were something visible and measurable, like a crack in a house.
measurable - messbar
"It was odd, though, to preach about it on Thanksgiving," Miss Jackson opined; and her hostess drily rejoined: "Oh, he means us to give thanks for what's left."
preach - predigen, verkündigen
opined - geäußert; meinen
drily - trocken
Archer had been wont to smile at these annual vaticinations of his mother's; but this year even he was obliged to acknowledge, as he listened to an enumeration of the changes, that the "trend" was visible.
wont - nicht
acknowledge - zur Kenntnis nehmen, erkennen, bekennen, anerkennen
enumeration - Aufzählung
"The extravagance in dress"" Miss Jackson began. "Sillerton took me to the first night of the Opera, and I can only tell you that Jane Merry's dress was the only one I recognised from last year; and even that had had the front panel changed. Yet I know she got it out from Worth only two years ago, because my seamstress always goes in to make over her Paris dresses before she wears them."
Jane - Johanna
front panel - Kühlerblech (Autokühler)
seamstress - Näherin, Weißnäherin
"Ah, Jane Merry is one of US," said Mrs. Archer sighing, as if it were not such an enviable thing to be in an age when ladies were beginning to flaunt abroad their Paris dresses as soon as they were out of the custom house, instead of letting them mellow under lock and key, in the manner of Mrs. Archer's contemporaries.
flaunt - protzen, offen zeigen, zur Schau stellen, prunken
custom house - Zollhaus
mellow - zart, weich
lock - sperren; Schloss
"Yes; she's one of the few. In my youth," Miss Jackson rejoined, "it was considered vulgar to dress in the newest fashions; and Amy Sillerton has always told me that in Boston the rule was to put away one's Paris dresses for two years. Old Mrs. Baxter Pennilow, who did everything handsomely, used to import twelve a year, two velvet, two satin, two silk, and the other six of poplin and the finest cashmere.
put away - weglegen;weggelegt
import - importieren; Einfuhr
poplin - Popeline, Popelin
It was a standing order, and as she was ill for two years before she died they found forty-eight Worth dresses that had never been taken out of tissue paper; and when the girls left off their mourning they were able to wear the first lot at the Symphony concerts without looking in advance of the fashion."
tissue paper - Seidenpapier
looking in - hereinschauend
"Ah, well, Boston is more conservative than New York; but I always think it's a safe rule for a lady to lay aside her French dresses for one season," Mrs. Archer conceded.
more conservative - konservativere
lay aside - beiseite legen, weglegen
"It was Beaufort who started the new fashion by making his wife clap her new clothes on her back as soon as they arrived: I must say at times it takes all Regina's distinction not to look like ... like ..." Miss Jackson glanced around the table, caught Janey's bulging gaze, and took refuge in an unintelligible murmur.
bulging - Ausbeulen; Ausbuchtung, Beule, Delle, Wölbung, hervorstechen
"Like her rivals," said Mr. Sillerton Jackson, with the air of producing an epigram.
epigram - Epigramm, Sinngedicht
"Oh,"" the ladies murmured; and Mrs. Archer added, partly to distract her daughter's attention from forbidden topics: "Poor Regina! Her Thanksgiving hasn't been a very cheerful one, I'm afraid. Have you heard the rumours about Beaufort's speculations, Sillerton?"
distract - ablenken
forbidden - Verboten; verbieten, untersagen, verweigern, vorenthalten
speculations - Spekulationen; Spekulation, Betrachtung, Spekulation
Mr. Jackson nodded carelessly. Every one had heard the rumours in question, and he scorned to confirm a tale that was already common property.
scorned - verschmäht; verachten, verschmähen, verspotten, Verachtung
confirm - bestätigen, bekräftigen
A gloomy silence fell upon the party. No one really liked Beaufort, and it was not wholly unpleasant to think the worst of his private life; but the idea of his having brought financial dishonour on his wife's family was too shocking to be enjoyed even by his enemies. Archer's New York tolerated hypocrisy in private relations; but in business matters it exacted a limpid and impeccable honesty. It was a long time since any well-known banker had failed discreditably; but every one remembered the social extinction visited on the heads of the firm when the last event of the kind had happened.
dishonour - Entehrung; Schande; schänden
shocking - schockierend; Schock, Betroffenheit, Empörung, Schlag, Stoß
enemies - Feinde; Feind, Feindin, Gegner, Gegnerin, feindlich
exacted - gefordert; exakt, genau, exakt, genau, exakt, fordern
limpid - klar, durchsichtig
impeccable - makellos, einwandfrei, tadellos, fehlerfrei, unfehlbar
discreditably - anrüchig
extinction - Aussterben
It would be the same with the Beauforts, in spite of his power and her popularity; not all the leagued strength of the Dallas connection would save poor Regina if there were any truth in the reports of her husband's unlawful speculations.
leagued - gepachtet; Liga, Spielklasse, Bund
unlawful - rechtswidrig
The talk took refuge in less ominous topics; but everything they touched on seemed to confirm Mrs. Archer's sense of an accelerated trend.
ominous - ominös
accelerated - beschleunigt; beschleunigen, beschleunigen, eilen, beeilen
"Of course, Newland, I know you let dear May go to Mrs. Struthers's Sunday evenings"" she began; and May interposed gaily: "Oh, you know, everybody goes to Mrs. Struthers's now; and she was invited to Granny's last reception."
It was thus, Archer reflected, that New York managed its transitions: conspiring to ignore them till they were well over, and then, in all good faith, imagining that they had taken place in a preceding age. There was always a traitor in the citadel; and after he (or generally she) had surrendered the keys, what was the use of pretending that it was impregnable? Once people had tasted of Mrs.
transitions - Übergänge; Übergang
conspiring - eine Verschwörung; verschören
ignore - ignorieren, missachten
preceding - vorangegangen; vorangehen, vorausgehen
traitor - Verräter, Verräterin, Vaterlandsverräter, Vaterlandsverräterin
pretending - vorgeben, prätendieren, vortäuschen, so tun, als ob, tun
impregnable - uneinnehmbar
Struthers's easy Sunday hospitality they were not likely to sit at home remembering that her champagne was transmuted Shoe-Polish.
transmuted - umgewandelt; verwandeln, umwandeln
"I know, dear, I know," Mrs. Archer sighed. "Such things have to be, I suppose, as long as AMUSEMENT is what people go out for; but I've never quite forgiven your cousin Madame Olenska for being the first person to countenance Mrs. Struthers."
A sudden blush rose to young Mrs. Archer's face; it surprised her husband as much as the other guests about the table. "Oh, ELLEN"" she murmured, much in the same accusing and yet deprecating tone in which her parents might have said: "Oh, THE BLENKERS"."
accusing - anklagend; beschuldigen, anklagen
deprecating - abwertend; ablehnen, missbilligen, nicht gutheißen
It was the note which the family had taken to sounding on the mention of the Countess Olenska's name, since she had surprised and inconvenienced them by remaining obdurate to her husband's advances; but on May's lips it gave food for thought, and Archer looked at her with the sense of strangeness that sometimes came over him when she was most in the tone of her environment.
obdurate - verstockt; stur, hartnäckig
strangeness - Seltsamkeit; Fremdartigkeit, Fremdheit
environment - Umgebung, Umwelt, Umfeld
His mother, with less than her usual sensitiveness to atmosphere, still insisted: "I've always thought that people like the Countess Olenska, who have lived in aristocratic societies, ought to help us to keep up our social distinctions, instead of ignoring them."
sensitiveness - Feingefühl, Empfindlichkeit
May's blush remained permanently vivid: it seemed to have a significance beyond that implied by the recognition of Madame Olenska's social bad faith.
permanently - dauerhaft; stetig, für immer
"I've no doubt we all seem alike to foreigners," said Miss Jackson tartly.
"I don't think Ellen cares for society; but nobody knows exactly what she does care for," May continued, as if she had been groping for something noncommittal.
noncommittal - Unverbindlich
"Ah, well"" Mrs. Archer sighed again.
Everybody knew that the Countess Olenska was no longer in the good graces of her family. Even her devoted champion, old Mrs. Manson Mingott, had been unable to defend her refusal to return to her husband. The Mingotts had not proclaimed their disapproval aloud: their sense of solidarity was too strong. They had simply, as Mrs. Welland said, "let poor Ellen find her own level""and that, mortifyingly and incomprehensibly, was in the dim depths where the Blenkers prevailed, and "people who wrote" celebrated their untidy rites.
graces - Gnaden; Anmut, Tischgebete; (grace); Tischgebet; Anmut, Grazie
refusal - Ablehnung, Weigerung, Verweigerung
mortifyingly - demütigend
incomprehensibly - unverständlich
It was incredible, but it was a fact, that Ellen, in spite of all her opportunities and her privileges, had become simply "Bohemian." The fact enforced the contention that she had made a fatal mistake in not returning to Count Olenski. After all, a young woman's place was under her husband's roof, especially when she had left it in circumstances that ... well ... if one had cared to look into them ...
privileges - Privilegien; Privileg
enforced - durchgesetzt; vollstrecken, durchsetzen, durchsetzen (1), de
contention - Streitigkeiten; Streit; Behauptung
"Madame Olenska is a great favourite with the gentlemen," said Miss Sophy, with her air of wishing to put forth something conciliatory when she knew that she was planting a dart.
dart - Pfeil, Satz
"Ah, that's the danger that a young woman like Madame Olenska is always exposed to," Mrs. Archer mournfully agreed; and the ladies, on this conclusion, gathered up their trains to seek the carcel globes of the drawing-room, while Archer and Mr. Sillerton Jackson withdrew to the Gothic library.
mournfully - trauernd; traurig, klagend, trübsinnig
globes - Kugeln; Erde, Erdkugel, Globus
Once established before the grate, and consoling himself for the inadequacy of the dinner by the perfection of his cigar, Mr. Jackson became portentous and communicable.
grate - Gitter, Feuerrost, Rost; (Käse) reiben, rastern, vergittern
consoling - trösten (mit), vertrösten; Bedienungsfeld, Gerät, Tastatur
inadequacy - Unzulänglichkeiten; Unzulänglichkeit; Materialmangel; Ungenügen
portentous - bezeichnend
communicable - übertragbar
"If the Beaufort smash comes," he announced, "there are going to be disclosures."
smash - Krachen; Wucht; zerschellen, zerschmettern, zertrümmern
disclosures - Offenlegungen; Offenlegung, Enthüllung, Bekanntmachung
Archer raised his head quickly: he could never hear the name without the sharp vision of Beaufort's heavy figure, opulently furred and shod, advancing through the snow at Skuytercliff.
opulently - üppig
furred - bepelzt; Fell, Pelz, Fell (gegerbt)
"There's bound to be," Mr. Jackson continued, "the nastiest kind of a cleaning up. He hasn't spent all his money on Regina."
nastiest - am fiesesten; abscheulich, böse, ekelhaft, scheußlich, schlimm
cleaning up - aufputzend, Entsorgung (einer Stadt)
"Oh, well"that's discounted, isn't it? My belief is he'll pull out yet," said the young man, wanting to change the subject.
discounted - ermäßigt; nachlassen, Nachlass gewähren, einen Rabatt gewähren
pull - ziehen
"Perhaps"perhaps. I know he was to see some of the influential people today. Of course," Mr. Jackson reluctantly conceded, "it's to be hoped they can tide him over"this time anyhow. I shouldn't like to think of poor Regina's spending the rest of her life in some shabby foreign watering-place for bankrupts."
influential - einflussreich
bankrupts - Bankrotteure; bankrott, in
Archer said nothing. It seemed to him so natural"however tragic"that money ill-gotten should be cruelly expiated, that his mind, hardly lingering over Mrs. Beaufort's doom, wandered back to closer questions. What was the meaning of May's blush when the Countess Olenska had been mentioned?
gotten - bekommen
expiated - gesühnt; gutmachen, wiedergutmachen
Lingering - nachklingend, verweilend, zögernd; (linger); herumlungern
Four months had passed since the midsummer day that he and Madame Olenska had spent together; and since then he had not seen her. He knew that she had returned to Washington, to the little house which she and Medora Manson had taken there: he had written to her once"a few words, asking when they were to meet again"and she had even more briefly replied: "Not yet."
briefly - kurz
Since then there had been no farther communication between them, and he had built up within himself a kind of sanctuary in which she throned among his secret thoughts and longings. Little by little it became the scene of his real life, of his only rational activities; thither he brought the books he read, the ideas and feelings which nourished him, his judgments and his visions. Outside it, in the scene of his actual life, he moved with a growing sense of unreality and insufficiency, blundering against familiar prejudices and traditional points of view as an absent-minded man goes on bumping into the furniture of his own room.
communication - Kommunikation, Informationsaustausch, Mitteilung
sanctuary - Zufluchtsort; Zuflucht, Herberge, Asyl
longings - Sehnsüchte; sehnsüchtig, Sehnsucht, sehnend
rational - vernünftig
thither - dorthin, dahin
nourished - genährt; ernähren, nähren, aufziehen, erziehen, großziehen
judgments - Urteile; Urteil
actual life - tatsächliche Nutzungsdauer
unreality - Unwirklichkeit
insufficiency - Unzulänglichkeit; Insuffizienz
blundering - stolpern; pfuschend; (blunder); Patzer, Schnitzer, Fehler
bumping - Schlag, Stoß, Bums, qualifier
Absent"that was what he was: so absent from everything most densely real and near to those about him that it sometimes startled him to find they still imagined he was there.
densely - dichte, dicht
He became aware that Mr. Jackson was clearing his throat preparatory to farther revelations.
clearing - Klärung, Aufklärung, Lichtung, Rodung
revelations - Enthüllungen; Enthüllung, , Enthüllung, Offenbarung, Erkenntnis
"I don't know, of course, how far your wife's family are aware of what people say about"well, about Madame Olenska's refusal to accept her husband's latest offer."
Archer was silent, and Mr. Jackson obliquely continued: "It's a pity"it's certainly a pity"that she refused it."
"A pity? In God's name, why?"
Mr. Jackson looked down his leg to the unwrinkled sock that joined it to a glossy pump.
sock - Socken, Socke, Faustschlag
glossy - glänzend
pump - Pumps; Pumpe; aufpumpen, pumpen
"Well"to put it on the lowest ground"what's she going to live on now?"
lowest - niedrigsten; Lowe
"Now"?"
"If Beaufort""
Archer sprang up, his fist banging down on the black walnut-edge of the writing-table. The wells of the brass double-inkstand danced in their sockets.
fist - fausten; Faust
banging - Klopfen; Schlag, Knall; knallen (derb koitieren), schlagen
inkstand - Tintenfass; Schreibzeug, Tintenzeug
sockets - Steckdosen; Steckdose, Buchse, Fassung
"What the devil do you mean, sir?"
Mr. Jackson, shifting himself slightly in his chair, turned a tranquil gaze on the young man's burning face.
"Well"I have it on pretty good authority"in fact, on old Catherine's herself"that the family reduced Countess Olenska's allowance considerably when she definitely refused to go back to her husband; and as, by this refusal, she also forfeits the money settled on her when she married"which Olenski was ready to make over to her if she returned"why, what the devil do YOU mean, my dear boy, by asking me what I mean?
reduced - ermäßigt; reduzieren, herabsetzen, vermindern, abnehmen
allowance - Erlaubnis
forfeits - Pfändungen; Strafe, Pfand
Mr. Jackson good-humouredly retorted.
humouredly - auf humorvolle Weise
Archer moved toward the mantelpiece and bent over to knock his ashes into the grate.
knock - Klopfen; Schlag; schlagen
ashes - Esche, Asche
"I don't know anything of Madame Olenska's private affairs; but I don't need to, to be certain that what you insinuate""
"Oh, I don't: it's Lefferts, for one," Mr. Jackson interposed.
"Lefferts"who made love to her and got snubbed for it!" Archer broke out contemptuously.
snubbed - brüskiert; brüskieren, rüffeln
contemptuously - verächtlich
"Ah"DID he?" snapped the other, as if this were exactly the fact he had been laying a trap for. He still sat sideways from the fire, so that his hard old gaze held Archer's face as if in a spring of steel.
of steel - stählern (Nerven)
"Well, well: it's a pity she didn't go back before Beaufort's cropper," he repeated. "If she goes NOW, and if he fails, it will only confirm the general impression: which isn't by any means peculiar to Lefferts, by the way."
cropper - ein Schnitzer; Sturz
fails - versagt; mangelhaft (Zensur 5)
"Oh, she won't go back now: less than ever!" Archer had no sooner said it than he had once more the feeling that it was exactly what Mr. Jackson had been waiting for.
The old gentleman considered him attentively. "That's your opinion, eh? Well, no doubt you know. But everybody will tell you that the few pennies Medora Manson has left are all in Beaufort's hands; and how the two women are to keep their heads above water unless he does, I can't imagine. Of course, Madame Olenska may still soften old Catherine, who's been the most inexorably opposed to her staying; and old Catherine could make her any allowance she chooses. But we all know that she hates parting with good money; and the rest of the family have no particular interest in keeping Madame Olenska here.
attentively - aufmerksam zuhören; aufmerksam
pennies - Pfennige; Penny
soften - erweichen; aufweichen
Archer was burning with unavailing wrath: he was exactly in the state when a man is sure to do something stupid, knowing all the while that he is doing it.
wrath - Zorn, Wut, Ärger, Ingrimm, Vergeltung
do something stupid - eine Dummheit begehen, Quatsch machen
He saw that Mr. Jackson had been instantly struck by the fact that Madame Olenska's differences with her grandmother and her other relations were not known to him, and that the old gentleman had drawn his own conclusions as to the reasons for Archer's exclusion from the family councils. This fact warned Archer to go warily; but the insinuations about Beaufort made him reckless.
conclusions - Schlussfolgerungen; Schluss, Ende
exclusion - Exklusion, Ausgrenzung, Ausschluss
councils - Räte; Rat
warily - Vorsichtig
He was mindful, however, if not of his own danger, at least of the fact that Mr. Jackson was under his mother's roof, and consequently his guest. Old New York scrupulously observed the etiquette of hospitality, and no discussion with a guest was ever allowed to degenerate into a disagreement.
consequently - folglich
scrupulously - peinlich genau
observed - beobachtet; beobachten, beachten, halten, bemerken
degenerate - entartet; widernatürlich, dekadent, degeneriert, Asozialer
disagreement - Meinungsverschiedenheiten; Streit, Meinungsverschiedenheit
"Shall we go up and join my mother?" he suggested curtly, as Mr. Jackson's last cone of ashes dropped into the brass ashtray at his elbow.
curtly - schroff; knapp, kurz
cone - Kegel, Kegelmantel, Zapfen
ashtray - Aschenbecher
On the drive homeward May remained oddly silent; through the darkness, he still felt her enveloped in her menacing blush. What its menace meant he could not guess: but he was sufficiently warned by the fact that Madame Olenska's name had evoked it.
enveloped - umhüllt; verhüllen; Kuvert, Versandtasche, Hüllenkurve
menacing - bedrohlich; Landplage, androhen
They went upstairs, and he turned into the library. She usually followed him; but he heard her passing down the passage to her bedroom.
"May!" he called out impatiently; and she came back, with a slight glance of surprise at his tone.
"This lamp is smoking again; I should think the servants might see that it's kept properly trimmed," he grumbled nervously.
"I'm so sorry: it shan't happen again," she answered, in the firm bright tone she had learned from her mother; and it exasperated Archer to feel that she was already beginning to humour him like a younger Mr. Welland. She bent over to lower the wick, and as the light struck up on her white shoulders and the clear curves of her face he thought: "How young she is! For what endless years this life will have to go on!"
wick - der Docht
curves - Kurve, Kurve, Linie, Kurven, biegen, verbiegen
He felt, with a kind of horror, his own strong youth and the bounding blood in his veins. "Look here," he said suddenly, "I may have to go to Washington for a few days"soon; next week perhaps."
bounding - Begrenzung; Sprung
Her hand remained on the key of the lamp as she turned to him slowly. The heat from its flame had brought back a glow to her face, but it paled as she looked up.
brought back - wiedergebracht
"On business?" she asked, in a tone which implied that there could be no other conceivable reason, and that she had put the question automatically, as if merely to finish his own sentence.
automatically - automatisch
"On business, naturally. There's a patent case coming up before the Supreme Court"" He gave the name of the inventor, and went on furnishing details with all Lawrence Lefferts's practised glibness, while she listened attentively, saying at intervals: "Yes, I see."
inventor - Erfinder, Erfinderin
furnishing - einrichten; Einrichtungsgegenstände
glibness - Glattheit; Gewandtheit
listened attentively - aufgehorcht
"The change will do you good," she said simply, when he had finished; "and you must be sure to go and see Ellen," she added, looking him straight in the eyes with her cloudless smile, and speaking in the tone she might have employed in urging him not to neglect some irksome family duty.
employed - Beschäftigter, Arbeitnehmer, Angestellter
neglect - Vernachlässigung; vernachlässigen, verabsäumen, versäumen
irksome - lästig; belastend, verdrießlich, ermüdend
It was the only word that passed between them on the subject; but in the code in which they had both been trained it meant: "Of course you understand that I know all that people have been saying about Ellen, and heartily sympathise with my family in their effort to get her to return to her husband. I also know that, for some reason you have not chosen to tell me, you have advised her against this course, which all the older men of the family, as well as our grandmother, agree in approving; and that it is owing to your encouragement that Ellen defies us all, and exposes herself to the kind of criticism of which Mr. Sillerton Jackson probably gave you, this evening, the hint that has made you so irritable..
sympathise - mitfühlen
against this - hiergegen
approving - billigen, genehmigen, zusagen
encouragement - Ermutigung
defies - trotzt; herausfordern, die Stirn bieten, herausfordern, trotzen
exposes - entlarvt; aufdecken, offenbaren, entblößen, bloßlegen
irritable - reizbar
. Hints have indeed not been wanting; but since you appear unwilling to take them from others, I offer you this one myself, in the only form in which well-bred people of our kind can communicate unpleasant things to each other: by letting you understand that I know you mean to see Ellen when you are in Washington, and are perhaps going there expressly for that purpose; and that, since you are sure to see her, I wish you to do so with my full and explicit approval"and to take the opportunity of letting her know what the course of conduct you have encouraged her in is likely to lead to."
expressly - ausdrücklich
explicit - ausdrücklich, explizit
Her hand was still on the key of the lamp when the last word of this mute message reached him. She turned the wick down, lifted off the globe, and breathed on the sulky flame.
breathed on - angehaucht
"They smell less if one blows them out," she explained, with her bright housekeeping air. On the threshold she turned and paused for his kiss.
blows - Schläge; (to blow) blasen, wehen
housekeeping - Hauswirtschaft; Haushaltung, Hausarbeit
Wall Street, the next day, had more reassuring reports of Beaufort's situation. They were not definite, but they were hopeful. It was generally understood that he could call on powerful influences in case of emergency, and that he had done so with success; and that evening, when Mrs. Beaufort appeared at the Opera wearing her old smile and a new emerald necklace, society drew a breath of relief.
hopeful - hoffnungsvoll
influences - Einflüsse; Einfluss, Beeinflussung, Einfluss, Beeinflusser
case of emergency - Ernstfall
emerald - Smaragd; Smaragdgrün, smaragdfarben
New York was inexorable in its condemnation of business irregularities. So far there had been no exception to its tacit rule that those who broke the law of probity must pay; and every one was aware that even Beaufort and Beaufort's wife would be offered up unflinchingly to this principle. But to be obliged to offer them up would be not only painful but inconvenient.
condemnation - Verurteilung; Verdammung; Verdammnis
irregularities - Unregelmäßigkeiten; Unregelmäßigkeit, Unregelmäßigkeit
tacit - stillschweigend, impliziert, unausgesprochen
probity - Redlichkeit; Probität
be obliged - müssen
inconvenient - Unbequem
The disappearance of the Beauforts would leave a considerable void in their compact little circle; and those who were too ignorant or too careless to shudder at the moral catastrophe bewailed in advance the loss of the best ball-room in New York.
disappearance - Verschwinden
ignorant - unwissend; ignorant
catastrophe - eine Katastrophe; Katastrophe, Unglück
bewailed - beklagt; beklagen
Archer had definitely made up his mind to go to Washington. He was waiting only for the opening of the law-suit of which he had spoken to May, so that its date might coincide with that of his visit; but on the following Tuesday he learned from Mr. Letterblair that the case might be postponed for several weeks. Nevertheless, he went home that afternoon determined in any event to leave the next evening.
coincide - zusammenfallen; übereinstimmen
The chances were that May, who knew nothing of his professional life, and had never shown any interest in it, would not learn of the postponement, should it take place, nor remember the names of the litigants if they were mentioned before her; and at any rate he could no longer put off seeing Madame Olenska. There were too many things that he must say to her.
chances - Chancen; riskieren, zufällig geschehen; Chance, Zufall
professional life - Erwerbsleben , Arbeitsleben
learn of - erfahren
postponement - Aufschiebung; Aufschub, Verschiebung
litigants - Prozessparteien; Prozessführer
On the Wednesday morning, when he reached his office, Mr. Letterblair met him with a troubled face. Beaufort, after all, had not managed to "tide over"; but by setting afloat the rumour that he had done so he had reassured his depositors, and heavy payments had poured into the bank till the previous evening, when disturbing reports again began to predominate.
tide over - hinweghelfen über
rumour - Sage, Gerücht; munkeln
depositors - Einleger (fin), Kontoinhaber
payments - Zahlungen; Bezahlung, Zahlung
poured - geschüttet; schütten, einschenken, gießen
predominate - überwiegen; vorherrschen
In consequence, a run on the bank had begun, and its doors were likely to close before the day was over. The ugliest things were being said of Beaufort's dastardly manoeuvre, and his failure promised to be one of the most discreditable in the history of Wall Street.
ugliest - hässlichsten; Ugli
dastardly - heimtückisch
The extent of the calamity left Mr. Letterblair white and incapacitated. "I've seen bad things in my time; but nothing as bad as this. Everybody we know will be hit, one way or another. And what will be done about Mrs. Beaufort? What CAN be done about her? I pity Mrs. Manson Mingott as much as anybody: coming at her age, there's no knowing what effect this affair may have on her.
calamity - Verhängnis; Unheil, Kalamität
incapacitated - entmündigt; unfähig machen; kampfunfähig, hindern
She always believed in Beaufort"she made a friend of him! And there's the whole Dallas connection: poor Mrs. Beaufort is related to every one of you. Her only chance would be to leave her husband"yet how can any one tell her so? Her duty is at his side; and luckily she seems always to have been blind to his private weaknesses."
weaknesses - Schwächen; Schwäche, Schwäche, Faible
There was a knock, and Mr. Letterblair turned his head sharply. "What is it? I can't be disturbed."
A clerk brought in a letter for Archer and withdrew. Recognising his wife's hand, the young man opened the envelope and read: "Won't you please come up town as early as you can? Granny had a slight stroke last night. In some mysterious way she found out before any one else this awful news about the bank.
clerk - Angestellter; Büroangestellte, Buchhalter, Bürokaufmann
Uncle Lovell is away shooting, and the idea of the disgrace has made poor Papa so nervous that He has a temperature and can't leave his room. Mamma needs you dreadfully, and I do hope you can get away at once and go straight to Granny's."
disgrace - Ungnade, Schande, Schmach
He has a temperature - Er hat Fieber.
May looked pale but smiling: Dr. Bencomb, who had just come for the second time, took a more hopeful view, and Mrs. Mingott's dauntless determination to live and get well was already having an effect on her family. May led Archer into the old lady's sitting-room, where the sliding doors opening into the bedroom had been drawn shut, and the heavy yellow damask portieres dropped over them; and here Mrs. Welland communicated to him in horrified undertones the details of the catastrophe.
more hopeful - hoffnungsvollere
dauntless - unerschrocken, furchtlos
undertones - Untertöne; Unterton, Beigeschmack
It appeared that the evening before something dreadful and mysterious had happened. At about eight o'clock, just after Mrs. Mingott had finished the game of solitaire that she always played after dinner, the door-bell had rung, and a lady so thickly veiled that the servants did not immediately recognise her had asked to be received.
thickly - dick auftragen; dick
recognise - anerkennen
The butler, hearing a familiar voice, had thrown open the sitting-room door, announcing: "Mrs. Julius Beaufort""and had then closed it again on the two ladies. They must have been together, he thought, about an hour. When Mrs. Mingott's bell rang Mrs. Beaufort had already slipped away unseen, and the old lady, white and vast and terrible, sat alone in her great chair, and signed to the butler to help her into her room. She seemed, at that time, though obviously distressed, in complete control of her body and brain.
unseen - ungesehen; unbesehen, unsichtbar
distressed - verzweifelt; Kummer, Bedrängnis, Drangsal, Bekümmerung, Not
control - steuern, kontrollieren, regeln, Kontrolle, Kontrollen, Regelung
The mulatto maid put her to bed, brought her a cup of tea as usual, laid everything straight in the room, and went away; but at three in the morning the bell rang again, and the two servants, hastening in at this unwonted summons (for old Catherine usually slept like a baby), had found their mistress sitting up against her pillows with a crooked smile on her face and one little hand hanging limp from its huge arm.
went away - (go away) fortgehen, weichen, verreisen
sitting up - aufbleibend
pillows - Kopfkissen
crooked - schief; (to crook) sich krümmen
The stroke had clearly been a slight one, for she was able to articulate and to make her wishes known; and soon after the doctor's first visit she had begun to regain control of her facial muscles. But the alarm had been great; and proportionately great was the indignation when it was gathered from Mrs.
articulate - wortgewandt; artikulieren, deutlich aussprechen
regain - zurückgewinnen; wiedergewinnen
facial - Gesichtsbehandlung; Gesichts
alarm - Alarm, Alarmsignal, Alarmstimmung, Wecker, Alarm schlagen
proportionately - verhältnismäßig
Mingott's fragmentary phrases that Regina Beaufort had come to ask her"incredible effrontery!"to back up her husband, see them through"not to "desert" them, as she called it"in fact to induce the whole family to cover and condone their monstrous dishonour.
fragmentary - bruchstückhaft; fragmentarisch
induce - einleiten; dazu bringen, anstacheln, bewirken, verursachen
condone - dulden; nachsehen, entschuldigen, vergeben, hinwegsehen über
"I said to her: 'Honour's always been honour, and honesty honesty, in Manson Mingott's house, and will be till I'm carried out of it feet first,'" the old woman had stammered into her daughter's ear, in the thick voice of the partly paralysed. "And when she said: 'But my name, Auntie"my name's Regina Dallas,'I said: 'It was Beaufort when he covered you with jewels, and it's got to stay Beaufort now that he's covered you with shame.'"
auntie - Tantchen
shame - Schamgefühl; Scham, Schande
So much, with tears and gasps of horror, Mrs. Welland imparted, blanched and demolished by the unwonted obligation of having at last to fix her eyes on the unpleasant and the discreditable. "If only I could keep it from your father-in-law: he always says: 'Augusta, for pity's sake, don't destroy my last illusions'"and how am I to prevent his knowing these horrors?" the poor lady wailed.
gasps - keucht; keuchen, japsen, prusten, keuchen, Atemzug, Luftholen
blanched - blanchiert; bleichen
demolished - demoliert; abreißen, niederreißen
Fix - reparieren, flicken, fixieren, befestigen
destroy - zerstören, vernichten
horrors - Schrecken; Angst, Furcht, Horror, Grauen
wailed - geweint; jammern, wehklagen, klagen
"After all, Mamma, he won't have SEEN them," her daughter suggested; and Mrs. Welland sighed: "Ah, no; thank heaven he's safe in bed. And Dr. Bencomb has promised to keep him there till poor Mamma is better, and Regina has been got away somewhere."
got away - davongekommen
Archer had seated himself near the window and was gazing out blankly at the deserted thoroughfare. It was evident that he had been summoned rather for the moral support of the stricken ladies than because of any specific aid that he could render. Mr.
specific - spezifisch; Spezifik, Spezifikum, Besonderheit
aid - Hilfsmittel, Hilfe, Mithilfe; helfen, beispringen
Lovell Mingott had been telegraphed for, and messages were being despatched by hand to the members of the family living in New York; and meanwhile there was nothing to do but to discuss in hushed tones the consequences of Beaufort's dishonour and of his wife's unjustifiable action.
telegraphed - telegrafiert; Telegraph, telegrafieren, depeschieren
by hand - mit der Hand
unjustifiable - nicht zu rechtfertigen
Mrs. Lovell Mingott, who had been in another room writing notes, presently reappeared, and added her voice to the discussion. In THEIR day, the elder ladies agreed, the wife of a man who had done anything disgraceful in business had only one idea: to efface herself, to disappear with him. "There was the case of poor Grandmamma Spicer; your great-grandmother, May. Of course," Mrs. Welland hastened to add, "your great-grandfather's money difficulties were private"losses at cards, or signing a note for somebody"I never quite knew, because Mamma would never speak of it.
reappeared - wieder aufgetaucht; wieder erscheinen, wiederauftreten
disgraceful - eine Schande
disappear - verschwinden, entschwinden, zum Verschwinden bringen
grandmamma - Oma
hastened to - zugeeilt
great-grandfather - (great-grandfather) Urgroßvater
losses - Verluste; Verlust, Ausfall; Kursverlust
signing - unterschreiben; Verpflichtung; Unterzeichnung
But she was brought up in the country because her mother had to leave New York after the disgrace, whatever it was: they lived up the Hudson alone, winter and summer, till Mamma was sixteen. It would never have occurred to Grandmamma Spicer to ask the family to 'countenance'her, as I understand Regina calls it; though a private disgrace is nothing compared to the scandal of ruining hundreds of innocent people."
ruining - ruinieren; abwirtschaftend
"Yes, it would be more becoming in Regina to hide her own countenance than to talk about other people's," Mrs. Lovell Mingott agreed. "I understand that the emerald necklace she wore at the Opera last Friday had been sent on approval from Ball and Black's in the afternoon. I wonder if they'll ever get it back?"
more becoming - kleidsamere
hide - verbergen, verheimlichen, verstecken, verdecken
sent on - nachgeschickt
Archer listened unmoved to the relentless chorus. The idea of absolute financial probity as the first law of a gentleman's code was too deeply ingrained in him for sentimental considerations to weaken it. An adventurer like Lemuel Struthers might build up the millions of his Shoe Polish on any number of shady dealings; but unblemished honesty was the noblesse oblige of old financial New York. Nor did Mrs. Beaufort's fate greatly move Archer. He felt, no doubt, more sorry for her than her indignant relatives; but it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, even if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune.
unmoved - ungerührt, unbewegt
relentless - unnachgiebig, unbarmherzig, unnachsichtig, unerbittlich
chorus - Chor; Refrain, Kehrreim, Chorus
ingrained - tief verwurzelt; eingießen
considerations - Überlegungen; Erwägung, Überlegung, Überlegung, Rücksicht
weaken - schwächen, abschwächen, schwächeln
adventurer - Abenteurer, Abenteurerin, Thronbewerber, Thronbewerberin
shady - schattig; schattenspendend, Schatten, zwielichtig
dealings - Geschäfte; handelnd
noblesse - Vornehmheit
breakable - zerbrechlich
prosperity - Prosperität, Wohlstand
misfortune - Pech, Ungemach, Unglück, Unfall, Unheil
As Mr. Letterblair had said, a wife's place was at her husband's side when he was in trouble; but society's place was not at his side, and Mrs. Beaufort's cool assumption that it was seemed almost to make her his accomplice. The mere idea of a woman's appealing to her family to screen her husband's business dishonour was inadmissible, since it was the one thing that the Family, as an institution, could not do.
accomplice - Mittäter, Mittäterin, Komplize, Komplizin, Mitarbeiter
appealing - ansprechend; Revision, Wirkung, Anziehungskraft; reizen
inadmissible - unzulässig
Institution - Institution
The mulatto maid called Mrs. Lovell Mingott into the hall, and the latter came back in a moment with a frowning brow.
"She wants me to telegraph for Ellen Olenska. I had written to Ellen, of course, and to Medora; but now it seems that's not enough. I'm to telegraph to her immediately, and to tell her that she's to come alone."
Telegraph - Telegraph; telegrafieren, depeschieren
The announcement was received in silence. Mrs. Welland sighed resignedly, and May rose from her seat and went to gather up some newspapers that had been scattered on the floor.
"I suppose it must be done," Mrs. Lovell Mingott continued, as if hoping to be contradicted; and May turned back toward the middle of the room.
contradicted - widersprochen; widersprechen, widersprechen
"Of course it must be done," she said. "Granny knows what she wants, and we must carry out all her wishes. Shall I write the telegram for you, Auntie? If it goes at once Ellen can probably catch tomorrow morning's train." She pronounced the syllables of the name with a peculiar clearness, as if she had tapped on two silver bells.
bells - Glocken; Klingel, Schelle, Glocke
"Well, it can't go at once. Jasper and the pantry-boy are both out with notes and telegrams."
jasper - Jaspis
pantry - Speisekammer, Vorratskammer
May turned to her husband with a smile. "But here's Newland, ready to do anything. Will you take the telegram, Newland? There'll be just time before luncheon."
Archer rose with a murmur of readiness, and she seated herself at old Catherine's rosewood "Bonheur du Jour," and wrote out the message in her large immature hand. When it was written she blotted it neatly and handed it to Archer.
blotted - befleckt; Fleck, Klecks, Schandfleck, beflecken, kleckern
"What a pity," she said, "that you and Ellen will cross each other on the way!"Newland," she added, turning to her mother and aunt, "is obliged to go to Washington about a patent law-suit that is coming up before the Supreme Court. I suppose Uncle Lovell will be back by tomorrow night, and with Granny improving so much it doesn't seem right to ask Newland to give up an important engagement for the firm"does it?"
What a pity - Wie schade! So ein Pech!
She paused, as if for an answer, and Mrs. Welland hastily declared: "Oh, of course not, darling. Your Granny would be the last person to wish it." As Archer left the room with the telegram, he heard his mother-in-law add, presumably to Mrs. Lovell Mingott: "But why on earth she should make you telegraph for Ellen Olenska"" and May's clear voice rejoin: "Perhaps it's to urge on her again that after all her duty is with her husband."
presumably - Vermutlich
The outer door closed on Archer and he walked hastily away toward the telegraph office.
telegraph office - Telegraphenamt
"Ol-ol"howjer spell it, anyhow?" asked the tart young lady to whom Archer had pushed his wife's telegram across the brass ledge of the Western Union office.
tart - Torte
ledge - Leiste; Felsvorsprung
Western - westlich, West-, Western
Union - Vereinigung, Union, Verein, Verband
"Olenska"O-len-ska," he repeated, drawing back the message in order to print out the foreign syllables above May's rambling script.
ska - Ska
print - drucken; Druckschrift; Abdruck; Abzug; Kopie
rambling - Umherschweifen; langatmig, weitschweifend, abschweifend
script - Skript, Skriptum, Handschrift, Urschrift, Original, Drehbuch
"It's an unlikely name for a New York telegraph office; at least in this quarter," an unexpected voice observed; and turning around Archer saw Lawrence Lefferts at his elbow, pulling an imperturbable moustache and affecting not to glance at the message.
imperturbable - unerschütterlich
"Hallo, Newland: thought I'd catch you here. I've just heard of old Mrs. Mingott's stroke; and as I was on my way to the house I saw you turning down this street and nipped after you. I suppose you've come from there?"
nipped - gekniffen; kneifen, zwicken; flitzen
Archer nodded, and pushed his telegram under the lattice.
lattice - Gitterzaun, Gitterwerk, Gitter, Gatter
"Very bad, eh?" Lefferts continued. "Wiring to the family, I suppose. I gather it IS bad, if you're including Countess Olenska."
wiring - Verdrahtung; (wire); Draht, Ader, Wanze, Geld
Archer's lips stiffened; he felt a savage impulse to dash his fist into the long vain handsome face at his side.
stiffened - Versteift; aussteifen, versteifen, verstärken, ertüchtigen
"Why?" he questioned.
Lefferts, who was known to shrink from discussion, raised his eye-brows with an ironic grimace that warned the other of the watching damsel behind the lattice. Nothing could be worse "form" the look reminded Archer, than any display of temper in a public place.
shrink - Psychiater; schrumpfen, abnehmen, drücken
damsel - Mädchen, Jungfrau
display - Anzeige; Vorführung, Vorstellung, Display, Monitor, Bildschirm
Archer had never been more indifferent to the requirements of form; but his impulse to do Lawrence Lefferts a physical injury was only momentary. The idea of bandying Ellen Olenska's name with him at such a time, and on whatsoever provocation, was unthinkable. He paid for his telegram, and the two young men went out together into the street.
more indifferent - abgestumpftere
requirements - Anforderungen; Anforderung, Anforderung, Anforderung
injury - Verletzung, Wunde, Verwundung
bandying - spielen; verbreitend; (bandy) spielen; verbreitend
whatsoever - wie auch immer; überhaupt
provocation - Provokation
There Archer, having regained his self-control, went on: "Mrs. Mingott is much better: the doctor feels no anxiety whatever"; and Lefferts, with profuse expressions of relief, asked him if he had heard that there were beastly bad rumours again about Beaufort....
regained - wiedergewonnen; wiedergewinnen
self-control - (self-control) Selbstbeherrschung
That afternoon the announcement of the Beaufort failure was in all the papers. It overshadowed the report of Mrs. Manson Mingott's stroke, and only the few who had heard of the mysterious connection between the two events thought of ascribing old Catherine's illness to anything but the accumulation of flesh and years.
illness - Krankheit
accumulation - Anhäufung; Konkurrenz
The whole of New York was darkened by the tale of Beaufort's dishonour. There had never, as Mr. Letterblair said, been a worse case in his memory, nor, for that matter, in the memory of the far-off Letterblair who had given his name to the firm. The bank had continued to take in money for a whole day after its failure was inevitable; and as many of its clients belonged to one or another of the ruling clans, Beaufort's duplicity seemed doubly cynical. If Mrs. Beaufort had not taken the tone that such misfortunes (the word was her own) were "the test of friendship," compassion for her might have tempered the general indignation against her husband. As it was"and especially after the object of her nocturnal visit to Mrs. Manson Mingott had become known"her cynicism was held to exceed his; and she had not the excuse"nor her detractors the satisfaction"of pleading that she was "a foreigner.
clients - Kunden; Endverbraucher, Konsument, Kunde, Kundin, Klient
duplicity - Doppelspiel, Doppelzüngigkeit, Duplizität
cynical - zynisch
misfortunes - Unglücke; Pech
friendship - Freundschaft
cynicism - Zynismus
exceed - überschreiten, hinausgehen über, übertreffen, übersteigen
detractors - Lästerer, Verleumder, Lästermaul
It was some comfort (to those whose securities were not in jeopardy) to be able to remind themselves that Beaufort WAS; but, after all, if a Dallas of South Carolina took his view of the case, and glibly talked of his soon being "on his feet again," the argument lost its edge, and there was nothing to do but to accept this awful evidence of the indissolubility of marriage. Society must manage to get on without the Beauforts, and there was an end of it"except indeed for such hapless victims of the disaster as Medora Manson, the poor old Miss Lannings, and certain other misguided ladies of good family who, if only they had listened to Mr. Henry van der Luyden ...
securities - Wertpapiere; Sicherheit, Sicherheit, Schutz, Sicherheitsdienst
jeopardy - Gefährdung; Gefahr, Risiko
glibly - flüchtig; schlagfertige
indissolubility - Unauflöslichkeit; Unauflösbarkeit
hapless - unglücklich; unglückselig
victims - Opfer
Misguided - Irregeleitet; irreleiten, verleiten
"The best thing the Beauforts can do," said Mrs. Archer, summing it up as if she were pronouncing a diagnosis and prescribing a course of treatment, "is to go and live at Regina's little place in North Carolina. Beaufort has always kept a racing stable, and he had better breed trotting horses.
summing - summierend, resümierend; (sum) summierend, resümierend
diagnosis - Diagnose
prescribing - Verschreibungspflicht; verschreiben, verordnen, vorschreiben
racing - Rennen; (race); Rennen
breed - Rasse; aufziehen, erzeugen, züchten, sich paaren, brüten
trotting - trabte; traben; (trot) trabte; traben
I should say he had all the qualities of a successful horsedealer." Every one agreed with her, but no one condescended to enquire what the Beauforts really meant to do.
condescended to - geruhtest
enquire - erfragen, nachforschen, abfragen, erkundigen
The next day Mrs. Manson Mingott was much better: she recovered her voice sufficiently to give orders that no one should mention the Beauforts to her again, and asked"when Dr. Bencomb appeared"what in the world her family meant by making such a fuss about her health.
Mr. Welland, in particular, had the privilege of attracting her notice. Of her sons-in-law he was the one she had most consistently ignored; and all his wife's efforts to represent him as a man of forceful character and marked intellectual ability (if he had only "chosen") had been met with a derisive chuckle. But his eminence as a valetudinarian now made him an object of engrossing interest, and Mrs.
consistently - konsequent
forceful - energisch
derisive - spöttisch
valetudinarian - Valetudinarier; kränklich, kränkelnd, siechend, schwach
Mingott issued an imperial summons to him to come and compare diets as soon as his temperature permitted; for old Catherine was now the first to recognise that one could not be too careful about temperatures.
issued - ausgestellt; ausgehen
recognise that - eingestehen, dass, zugeben, dass
temperatures - Temperaturen; Temperatur, erhöhte Temperatur, Temperatur
Twenty-four hours after Madame Olenska's summons a telegram announced that she would arrive from Washington on the evening of the following day. At the Wellands', where the Newland Archers chanced to be lunching, the question as to who should meet her at Jersey City was immediately raised; and the material difficulties amid which the Welland household struggled as if it had been a frontier outpost, lent animation to the debate. It was agreed that Mrs. Welland could not possibly go to Jersey City because she was to accompany her husband to old Catherine's that afternoon, and the brougham could not be spared, since, if Mr. Welland were "upset" by seeing his mother-in-law for the first time after her attack, he might have to be taken home at a moment's notice. The Welland sons would of course be "down town," Mr.
chanced - riskieren, zufällig geschehen; Chance, Zufall, Gelegenheit
Jersey - Pullover, Jersey, Trikot
frontier - Grenze, Landesgrenze, Staatsgrenze
outpost - Vorposten; Außenposten
debate - Debatte; Diskussion; Streitgespräch; debattieren
accompany - begleiten, geleiten, beiliegen
at a moment's notice - jeden Augenblick
Lovell Mingott would be just hurrying back from his shooting, and the Mingott carriage engaged in meeting him; and one could not ask May, at the close of a winter afternoon, to go alone across the ferry to Jersey City, even in her own carriage. Nevertheless, it might appear inhospitable"and contrary to old Catherine's express wishes"if Madame Olenska were allowed to arrive without any of the family being at the station to receive her. It was just like Ellen, Mrs. Welland's tired voice implied, to place the family in such a dilemma. "It's always one thing after another," the poor lady grieved, in one of her rare revolts against fate; "the only thing that makes me think Mamma must be less well than Dr. Bencomb will admit is this morbid desire to have Ellen come at once, however inconvenient it is to meet her."
ferry - Fähre
inhospitable - ungastlich
grieved - getrauert; weh tun, kränken, bekümmern; sich grämen (über)
revolts - Revolten; revoltieren, Revolte
The words had been thoughtless, as the utterances of impatience often are; and Mr. Welland was upon them with a pounce.
thoughtless - gedankenlos; rücksichtslos
pounce - zuschlagen; bimsen
"Augusta," he said, turning pale and laying down his fork, "have you any other reason for thinking that Bencomb is less to be relied on than he was? Have you noticed that he has been less conscientious than usual in following up my case or your mother's?"
turning pale - erblassend
laying down - Niederlegung , hinlegend
relied - sich verlassen (auf)
conscientious - Gewissenhaft
It was Mrs. Welland's turn to grow pale as the endless consequences of her blunder unrolled themselves before her; but she managed to laugh, and take a second helping of scalloped oysters, before she said, struggling back into her old armour of cheerfulness: "My dear, how could you imagine such a thing? I only meant that, after the decided stand Mamma took about its being Ellen's duty to go back to her husband, it seems strange that she should be seized with this sudden whim to see her, when there are half a dozen other grandchildren that she might have asked for.
blunder - Patzer, Schnitzer, Fehler, Fehlgriff
A second helping - eine zweite Portion
scalloped - mit Wellenschliff; Jakobsmuschel, Pilgermuschel
Oysters - Austern; Auster, Auster, Pfaffenschnittchen
grandchildren - Enkelkinder; Enkel, Enkelkind
But we must never forget that Mamma, in spite of her wonderful vitality, is a very old woman."
vitality - Vitalität, Lebenskraft
Mr. Welland's brow remained clouded, and it was evident that his perturbed imagination had fastened at once on this last remark. "Yes: your mother's a very old woman; and for all we know Bencomb may not be as successful with very old people. As you say, my dear, it's always one thing after another; and in another ten or fifteen years I suppose I shall have the pleasing duty of looking about for a new doctor.
perturbed - beunruhigt; stören
It's always better to make such a change before it's absolutely necessary." And having arrived at this Spartan decision Mr. Welland firmly took up his fork.
Spartan - spartanisch
"But all the while," Mrs. Welland began again, as she rose from the luncheon-table, and led the way into the wilderness of purple satin and malachite known as the back drawing-room, "I don't see how Ellen's to be got here tomorrow evening; and I do like to have things settled for at least twenty-four hours ahead."
Archer turned from the fascinated contemplation of a small painting representing two Cardinals carousing, in an octagonal ebony frame set with medallions of onyx.
contemplation - Kontemplation; Betrachtung; Meditation; Erwarten
cardinals - Kardinäle; grundsätzlich, grundsätzlich, kardinalrot, Grundzahl
carousing - Zechgelage; Gelage abhalten, eine Gasterei veranstalten, zechen
octagonal - achteckig
ebony - Ebenholz; Ebenholz
medallions - Medaillons; Medaillon
onyx - Onyx
"Shall I fetch her?" he proposed. "I can easily get away from the office in time to meet the brougham at the ferry, if May will send it there." His heart was beating excitedly as he spoke.
Mrs. Welland heaved a sigh of gratitude, and May, who had moved away to the window, turned to shed on him a beam of approval. "So you see, Mamma, everything WILL be settled twenty-four hours in advance," she said, stooping over to kiss her mother's troubled forehead.
heaved - geworfen; heben, hieven, werfen, wuchten, schleudern
be settled - zum Austrag kommen (Streit)
May's brougham awaited her at the door, and she was to drive Archer to Union Square, where he could pick up a Broadway car to carry him to the office. As she settled herself in her corner she said: "I didn't want to worry Mamma by raising fresh obstacles; but how can you meet Ellen tomorrow, and bring her back to New York, when you're going to Washington?"
obstacles - Hindernisse; Hindernis
"Oh, I'm not going," Archer answered.
"Not going? Why, what's happened?" Her voice was as clear as a bell, and full of wifely solicitude.
"The case is off"postponed."
"Postponed? How odd! I saw a note this morning from Mr. Letterblair to Mamma saying that he was going to Washington tomorrow for the big patent case that he was to argue before the Supreme Court. You said it was a patent case, didn't you?"
"Well"that's it: the whole office can't go. Letterblair decided to go this morning."
"Then it's NOT postponed?" she continued, with an insistence so unlike her that he felt the blood rising to his face, as if he were blushing for her unwonted lapse from all the traditional delicacies.
"No: but my going is," he answered, cursing the unnecessary explanations that he had given when he had announced his intention of going to Washington, and wondering where he had read that clever liars give details, but that the cleverest do not. It did not hurt him half as much to tell May an untruth as to see her trying to pretend that she had not detected him.
cursing - Fluchen; verwünschend; (curs) Fluchen; verwünschend
explanations - Erklärungen; Erläuterung, Erklärung, Ausführung, Erklärung
liars - Lügner, Lügnerin
cleverest - am klügsten; geschickt, geschickt, clever, ausgekocht, patent
untruth - Unwahrheit
detected - entdeckt; finden, ermitteln, aufspüren, entdecken, erkennen
"I'm not going till later on: luckily for the convenience of your family," he continued, taking base refuge in sarcasm. As he spoke he felt that she was looking at him, and he turned his eyes to hers in order not to appear to be avoiding them. Their glances met for a second, and perhaps let them into each other's meanings more deeply than either cared to go.
avoiding - ausweichen, meiden, fernbleiben, vermeiden, entkräften
"Yes; it IS awfully convenient," May brightly agreed, "that you should be able to meet Ellen after all; you saw how much Mamma appreciated your offering to do it."
appreciated - gewürdigt; zu schätzen wissen, würdigen, zu schätzen wissen
offering to - erbietend
"Oh, I'm delighted to do it." The carriage stopped, and as he jumped out she leaned to him and laid her hand on his. "Good-bye, dearest," she said, her eyes so blue that he wondered afterward if they had shone on him through tears.
jumped out - herausgesprungen
He turned away and hurried across Union Square, repeating to himself, in a sort of inward chant: "It's all of two hours from Jersey City to old Catherine's. It's all of two hours"and it may be more."
chant - singen; Kirchenlied, Gesang
His wife's dark blue brougham (with the wedding varnish still on it) met Archer at the ferry, and conveyed him luxuriously to the Pennsylvania terminus in Jersey City.
varnish - Lack, Firnis, checkFirnis, lackieren, firnissen
conveyed - übermittelt; befördern, transportieren, verfrachten, befördern
luxuriously - luxuriös
Pennsylvania - Pennsylvanien, Pennsylvania
terminus - Endstation
It was a sombre snowy afternoon, and the gas-lamps were lit in the big reverberating station. As he paced the platform, waiting for the Washington express, he remembered that there were people who thought there would one day be a tunnel under the Hudson through which the trains of the Pennsylvania railway would run straight into New York.
reverberating - nachhallt; nachhallen, nachklingen, nachdröhnen
paced - schrittweise; Tempo, Stufe, Schritt
They were of the brotherhood of visionaries who likewise predicted the building of ships that would cross the Atlantic in five days, the invention of a flying machine, lighting by electricity, telephonic communication without wires, and other Arabian Night marvels.
brotherhood - Brüderlichkeit; Bruderschaft; Kammer
visionaries - Visionäre; visionär, unwirklich, seherisch, hellseherisch
likewise - ebenfalls
predicted - vorhergesagt; vorhersagen, prophezeien
ships - verschicken, verschiffen, abfertigen, befördern; Schiff
flying machine - Flugmaschine
electricity - Elektrizität; Strom
telephonic - Telefonisch
wires - Drähte; Draht, Draht, Ader, Wanze, Geld
Arabian - arabisch; Araber, Araberin
marvels - Erstaunen; wundern
"I don't care which of their visions comes true," Archer mused, "as long as the tunnel isn't built yet." In his senseless school-boy happiness he pictured Madame Olenska's descent from the train, his discovery of her a long way off, among the throngs of meaningless faces, her clinging to his arm as he guided her to the carriage, their slow approach to the wharf among slipping horses, laden carts, vociferating teamsters, and then the startling quiet of the ferry-boat, where they would sit side by side under the snow, in the motionless carriage, while the earth seemed to glide away under them, rolling to the other side of the sun.
descent - Abstieg, Runterweg, Herkunft, Abstammung, Verschlechterung
throngs - Scharen; Menschengewühl
laden - beladen, belastet, schwer; (lade); beladen, belastet, schwer
vociferating - lautstark; schreien
teamsters - Teamster; Lastwagenfahrer, Mannschaftsführer
ferry-boat - (ferry-boat) Fährboot , Fähre
glide - gleiten; gleiten lassen
It was incredible, the number of things he had to say to her, and in what eloquent order they were forming themselves on his lips ...
eloquent - wortgewandt
The clanging and groaning of the train came nearer, and it staggered slowly into the station like a prey-laden monster into its lair. Archer pushed forward, elbowing through the crowd, and staring blindly into window after window of the high-hung carriages. And then, suddenly, he saw Madame Olenska's pale and surprised face close at hand, and had again the mortified sensation of having forgotten what she looked like.
clanging - klirrend; (clang) klirrend
groaning - ächzend, stöhnend, Ächzen, Geächze
prey - Beute; lauern, auflauern
monster - Monster, Ungeheuer
lair - Versteck; lagern
pushed forward - vorgestoßen
elbowing - Ellbogeneinsatz; Ellbogen, Rohrbogen, Ellbogenstoß, ellbögeln
They reached each other, their hands met, and he drew her arm through his. "This way"I have the carriage," he said.
After that it all happened as he had dreamed. He helped her into the brougham with her bags, and had afterward the vague recollection of having properly reassured her about her grandmother and given her a summary of the Beaufort situation (he was struck by the softness of her: "Poor Regina!"). Meanwhile the carriage had worked its way out of the coil about the station, and they were crawling down the slippery incline to the wharf, menaced by swaying coal-carts, bewildered horses, dishevelled express-wagons, and an empty hearse"ah, that hearse!
recollection - Erinnern Sie sich; Erinnerung
summary - zusammenfassend; Zusammenfassung
softness - Weichheit
crawling - (crawl) krabbeln, kriechen; (crawl) (crawl) krabbeln, kriechen
menaced - bedroht; Landplage, androhen
swaying - schwankend; (sway); Schwingen, Schwenken, Hin- und Herschwingen
wagons - Waggons; Wagen, Bollerwagen
hearse - Leichenwagen
She shut her eyes as it passed, and clutched at Archer's hand.
clutched - umklammert; Vogelgelege; Kupplung (Auto), Gelege
"If only it doesn't mean"poor Granny!"
"Oh, no, no"she's much better"she's all right, really. There"we've passed it!" he exclaimed, as if that made all the difference. Her hand remained in his, and as the carriage lurched across the gang-plank onto the ferry he bent over, unbuttoned her tight brown glove, and kissed her palm as if he had kissed a relic. She disengaged herself with a faint smile, and he said: "You didn't expect me today?"
lurched - getaumelt; torkeln, taumeln
gang - Clique, Bande, Rotte, Gruppe; abgleichen
plank - ein Brett; Planke; Schwerpunkt
onto - auf
unbuttoned - aufgeknöpft; aufknöpfen
relic - Relikt; Reliquie
disengaged - losgelöst; ausklinken, aushaken, entkuppeln
"Oh, no."
"I meant to go to Washington to see you. I'd made all my arrangements"I very nearly crossed you in the train."
arrangements - Vereinbarungen; Anordnung
"Oh"" she exclaimed, as if terrified by the narrowness of their escape.
terrified - verängstigt; erschrecken
"Do you know"I hardly remembered you?"
"Hardly remembered me?"
"I mean: how shall I explain? I"it's always so. EACH TIME YOU HAPPEN TO ME ALL OVER AGAIN."
"Oh, yes: I know! I know!"
"Does it"do I too: to you?" he insisted.
She nodded, looking out of the window.
"Ellen"Ellen"Ellen!"
She made no answer, and he sat in silence, watching her profile grow indistinct against the snow-streaked dusk beyond the window. What had she been doing in all those four long months, he wondered? How little they knew of each other, after all!
streaked - gestreift; Schliere, Später Ginsterspanner, schlieren, flitzen
The precious moments were slipping away, but he had forgotten everything that he had meant to say to her and could only helplessly brood on the mystery of their remoteness and their proximity, which seemed to be symbolised by the fact of their sitting so close to each other, and yet being unable to see each other's faces.
helplessly - hilflose
brood - Brut; brüten, grübeln
remoteness - Abgeschiedenheit; Abgelegenheit
proximity - Nähe, Nachbarschaft
symbolised - symbolisiert; symbolisieren
"What a pretty carriage! Is it May's?" she asked, suddenly turning her face from the window.
"Yes."
"It was May who sent you to fetch me, then? How kind of her!"
He made no answer for a moment; then he said explosively: "Your husband's secretary came to see me the day after we met in Boston."
answer for - verantworten
In his brief letter to her he had made no allusion to M. Riviere's visit, and his intention had been to bury the incident in his bosom. But her reminder that they were in his wife's carriage provoked him to an impulse of retaliation. He would see if she liked his reference to Riviere any better than he liked hers to May!
reminder - Gedächtnisstütze; Mahnung, Mahnungbrief, Mahnschreiben
provoked - provoziert; provozieren, aufreizen, aufwühlen, aufhetzen
retaliation - Vergeltung
As on certain other occasions when he had expected to shake her out of her usual composure, she betrayed no sign of surprise: and at once he concluded: "He writes to her, then."
"M. Riviere went to see you?"
"Yes: didn't you know?"
"No," she answered simply.
"And you're not surprised?"
She hesitated. "Why should I be? He told me in Boston that he knew you; that he'd met you in England I think."
"Ellen"I must ask you one thing."
"Yes."
"I wanted to ask it after I saw him, but I couldn't put it in a letter. It was Riviere who helped you to get away"when you left your husband?"
His heart was beating suffocatingly. Would she meet this question with the same composure?
suffocatingly - erstickend
"Yes: I owe him a great debt," she answered, without the least tremor in her quiet voice.
owe - schulden, schuldig sein
debt - Schuld, Verbindlichkeit, Verpflichtung, Schulden
Her tone was so natural, so almost indifferent, that Archer's turmoil subsided. Once more she had managed, by her sheer simplicity, to make him feel stupidly conventional just when he thought he was flinging convention to the winds.
turmoil - Aufruhr, Tumult, Unruhe, Unordnung
stupidly - dummerweise, blöderweise
winds - Winde; aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln, abspulen
"I think you're the most honest woman I ever met!" he exclaimed.
most honest - ehrlichste
"Oh, no"but probably one of the least fussy," she answered, a smile in her voice.
fussy - wählerisch; pingelig, unruhig, kleinlich, übereifrig
"Call it what you like: you look at things as they are."
"Ah"I've had to. I've had to look at the Gorgon."
Gorgon - Gorgo, Gorgone
"Well"it hasn't blinded you! You've seen that she's just an old bogey like all the others."
blinded - geblendet; blind, blind, unkritisch, ignorant, blind, Jalousie
Bogey - Kobold
"She doesn't blind one; but she dries up one's tears."
dries up - verdorrt
The answer checked the pleading on Archer's lips: it seemed to come from depths of experience beyond his reach. The slow advance of the ferry-boat had ceased, and her bows bumped against the piles of the slip with a violence that made the brougham stagger, and flung Archer and Madame Olenska against each other. The young man, trembling, felt the pressure of her shoulder, and passed his arm about her.
bows - Bücklinge, Bögen; (bow) Bücklinge, Bögen
piles - Stapel; Haufen, Pfahl, Pulk
slip - Ausrutscher; Versprecher; Rutschen (geradeaus); Lapsus
violence - Gewalt, Gewalttaten, Gewalttätigkeiten
stagger - taumeln; Staffelung; abstufen, staffeln, wanken; (stag); Hirsch
"If you're not blind, then, you must see that this can't last."
"What can't?"
"Our being together"and not together."
"No. You ought not to have come today," she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. At the same moment the carriage began to move, and a gas-lamp at the head of the slip flashed its light into the window.
altered - Verändert; verändern, ändern, wandeln, modifizieren, abändern
She drew away, and they sat silent and motionless while the brougham struggled through the congestion of carriages about the ferry-landing. As they gained the street Archer began to speak hurriedly.
congestion - Staus; stockender Verkehr; leichter Stau; leichter Verkehrsstau
"Don't be afraid of me: you needn't squeeze yourself back into your corner like that. A stolen kiss isn't what I want. Look: I'm not even trying to touch the sleeve of your jacket. Don't suppose that I don't understand your reasons for not wanting to let this feeling between us dwindle into an ordinary hole-and-corner love-affair. I couldn't have spoken like this yesterday, because when we've been apart, and I'm looking forward to seeing you, every thought is burnt up in a great flame.
dwindle - schrumpfen; schwinden
But then you come; and you're so much more than I remembered, and what I want of you is so much more than an hour or two every now and then, with wastes of thirsty waiting between, that I can sit perfectly still beside you, like this, with that other vision in my mind, just quietly trusting to it to come true."
wastes - Abfälle; verschwenden
trusting - vertrauensvoll; Vertrauen
For a moment she made no reply; then she asked, hardly above a whisper: "What do you mean by trusting to it to come true?"
"Why"you know it will, don't you?"
"Your vision of you and me together?" She burst into a sudden hard laugh. "You choose your place well to put it to me!"
"Do you mean because we're in my wife's brougham? Shall we get out and walk, then? I don't suppose you mind a little snow?"
She laughed again, more gently. "No; I shan't get out and walk, because my business is to get to Granny's as quickly as I can. And you'll sit beside me, and we'll look, not at visions, but at realities."
realities - Realitäten; Wirklichkeit, Realität, Realität, Realität
"I don't know what you mean by realities. The only reality to me is this."
She met the words with a long silence, during which the carriage rolled down an obscure side-street and then turned into the searching illumination of Fifth Avenue.
side-street - (side-street) Nebenstraße
searching - Suche, suchen, absuchen, durchsuchen, suchen
illumination - Beleuchtung
"Is it your idea, then, that I should live with you as your mistress"since I can't be your wife?" she asked.
The crudeness of the question startled him: the word was one that women of his class fought shy of, even when their talk flitted closest about the topic. He noticed that Madame Olenska pronounced it as if it had a recognised place in her vocabulary, and he wondered if it had been used familiarly in her presence in the horrible life she had fled from. Her question pulled him up with a jerk, and he floundered.
crudeness - Grobheit; Rohheit, Roheit
flitted - geflattert; gaukeln
floundered - gestrampelt; sich abquälen, taumeln, stolpern
"I want"I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that"categories like that"won't exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the whole of life to each other; and nothing else on earth will matter."
categories - Kategorien; Kategorie, Kategorie
She drew a deep sigh that ended in another laugh. "Oh, my dear"where is that country? Have you ever been there?" she asked; and as he remained sullenly dumb she went on: "I know so many who've tried to find it; and, believe me, they all got out by mistake at wayside stations: at places like Boulogne, or Pisa, or Monte Carlo"and it wasn't at all different from the old world they'd left, but only rather smaller and dingier and more promiscuous.
by mistake - irrtümlich, aus Versehen, fälschlicherweise
dingier - düsterer; schmutzig, schäbige
promiscuous - promiskuitiv
He had never heard her speak in such a tone, and he remembered the phrase she had used a little while before.
"Yes, the Gorgon HAS dried your tears," he said.
"Well, she opened my eyes too; it's a delusion to say that she blinds people. What she does is just the contrary"she fastens their eyelids open, so that they're never again in the blessed darkness. Isn't there a Chinese torture like that? There ought to be. Ah, believe me, it's a miserable little country!"
delusion - Täuschung, Irreführung, Wahn, Wahnvorstellung
blinds - Jalousien; blind, blind, unkritisch, ignorant, blind, Jalousie
fastens - befestigt; befestigen, festmachen
eyelids - Augenlider; Augenlid
Chinese - chinesisch; Chinesen
torture - Folter; Tortur; foltern
miserable - unglücklich; elend, erbärmlich, jämmerlich, miserabel
The carriage had crossed Forty-second Street: May's sturdy brougham-horse was carrying them northward as if he had been a Kentucky trotter. Archer choked with the sense of wasted minutes and vain words.
sturdy - solide; robust; stabil
trotter - Traber
wasted - verschwendet; verschwenden
"Then what, exactly, is your plan for us?" he asked.
"For US? But there's no US in that sense! We're near each other only if we stay far from each other. Then we can be ourselves. Otherwise we're only Newland Archer, the husband of Ellen Olenska's cousin, and Ellen Olenska, the cousin of Newland Archer's wife, trying to be happy behind the backs of the people who trust them."
"Ah, I'm beyond that," he groaned.
"No, you're not! You've never been beyond. And I have," she said, in a strange voice, "and I know what it looks like there."
He sat silent, dazed with inarticulate pain. Then he groped in the darkness of the carriage for the little bell that signalled orders to the coachman. He remembered that May rang twice when she wished to stop. He pressed the bell, and the carriage drew up beside the curbstone.
groped - befummelt; tasten, tappen, herumtasten, begrapschen, grapschen
signalled - signalisiert; Signal
"Why are we stopping? This is not Granny's," Madame Olenska exclaimed.
"No: I shall get out here," he stammered, opening the door and jumping to the pavement. By the light of a street-lamp he saw her startled face, and the instinctive motion she made to detain him. He closed the door, and leaned for a moment in the window.
pavement - Bürgersteig; Asphalt, Pflaster
"You're right: I ought not to have come today," he said, lowering his voice so that the coachman should not hear. She bent forward, and seemed about to speak; but he had already called out the order to drive on, and the carriage rolled away while he stood on the corner.
drive on - weiterfahren
The snow was over, and a tingling wind had sprung up, that lashed his face as he stood gazing. Suddenly he felt something stiff and cold on his lashes, and perceived that he had been crying, and that the wind had frozen his tears.
tingling - Kribbeln; prickelnd, klingend; (tingle); kribbeln, prickeln
lashed - festgezurrt; Peitsche, Wimper; anbinden
He thrust his hands in his pockets, and walked at a sharp pace down Fifth Avenue to his own house.
pace - Tempo, Stufe, Schritt
That evening when Archer came down before dinner he found the drawing-room empty.
He and May were dining alone, all the family engagements having been postponed since Mrs. Manson Mingott's illness; and as May was the more punctual of the two he was surprised that she had not preceded him. He knew that she was at home, for while he dressed he had heard her moving about in her room; and he wondered what had delayed her.
more punctual - pünktlichere
preceded - vorausgegangen; vorangehen, vorausgehen
delayed - verzögert; Verspätung, Verzögerung, Verzug
He had fallen into the way of dwelling on such conjectures as a means of tying his thoughts fast to reality. Sometimes he felt as if he had found the clue to his father-in-law's absorption in trifles; perhaps even Mr. Welland, long ago, had had escapes and visions, and had conjured up all the hosts of domesticity to defend himself against them.
conjectures - Vermutungen; Vermutung, Verdacht, Mutmaßung, Vermutung
absorption - Absorption; Vertiefung
escapes - entkommt; entgehen, entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht
conjured up - beschwörtest, beschwörte
When May appeared he thought she looked tired. She had put on the low-necked and tightly-laced dinner-dress which the Mingott ceremonial exacted on the most informal occasions, and had built her fair hair into its usual accumulated coils; and her face, in contrast, was wan and almost faded. But she shone on him with her usual tenderness, and her eyes had kept the blue dazzle of the day before.
necked - verkniffen; knutschen; Genick, Zapfen (Wellenhals), Nacken
tightly - eng
laced - geschnürt; schnüren, Spitze (Gewebe)
ceremonial - feierlich; zeremoniell
most informal - unförmlichste
accumulated - angehäuft; aufstauen, sich vermehren
Coils - Spulen; Wendel, Spule, Wicklung; aufwickeln
wan - Großraumnetzwerk
"What became of you, dear?" she asked. "I was waiting at Granny's, and Ellen came alone, and said she had dropped you on the way because you had to rush off on business. There's nothing wrong?"
"Only some letters I'd forgotten, and wanted to get off before dinner."
"Ah"" she said; and a moment afterward: "I'm sorry you didn't come to Granny's"unless the letters were urgent."
urgent - dringend, dringlich, eilig
"They were," he rejoined, surprised at her insistence. "Besides, I don't see why I should have gone to your grandmother's. I didn't know you were there."
She turned and moved to the looking-glass above the mantel-piece. As she stood there, lifting her long arm to fasten a puff that had slipped from its place in her intricate hair, Archer was struck by something languid and inelastic in her attitude, and wondered if the deadly monotony of their lives had laid its weight on her also. Then he remembered that, as he had left the house that morning, she had called over the stairs that she would meet him at her grandmother's so that they might drive home together. He had called back a cheery "Yes!
fasten - befestigen, festmachen
inelastic - unelastisch
called over - hergerufen
called back - zurückberufene
cheery - fröhlich; heiter, froh
and then, absorbed in other visions, had forgotten his promise. Now he was smitten with compunction, yet irritated that so trifling an omission should be stored up against him after nearly two years of marriage. He was weary of living in a perpetual tepid honeymoon, without the temperature of passion yet with all its exactions. If May had spoken out her grievances (he suspected her of many) he might have laughed them away; but she was trained to conceal imaginary wounds under a Spartan smile.
trifling - unbedeutend; Leichtfertigkeit
omission - Unterlassung, Unterlassen, Auslassung
stored - gespeichert; Lager
perpetual - unbefristet, ewig, immerwährend, unaufhörlich
grievances - Missstände; Ärgernis
imaginary - eingebildet, imaginär
wounds - anschießen, verwunden
To disguise his own annoyance he asked how her grandmother was, and she answered that Mrs. Mingott was still improving, but had been rather disturbed by the last news about the Beauforts.
"What news?"
"It seems they're going to stay in New York. I believe he's going into an insurance business, or something. They're looking about for a small house."
insurance business - Versicherungsbranche , Versicherungswesen
small house - Häuschen
The preposterousness of the case was beyond discussion, and they went in to dinner. During dinner their talk moved in its usual limited circle; but Archer noticed that his wife made no allusion to Madame Olenska, nor to old Catherine's reception of her. He was thankful for the fact, yet felt it to be vaguely ominous.
preposterousness - Absurdität
They went up to the library for coffee, and Archer lit a cigar and took down a volume of Michelet. He had taken to history in the evenings since May had shown a tendency to ask him to read aloud whenever she saw him with a volume of poetry: not that he disliked the sound of his own voice, but because he could always foresee her comments on what he read.
In the days of their engagement she had simply (as he now perceived) echoed what he told her; but since he had ceased to provide her with opinions she had begun to hazard her own, with results destructive to his enjoyment of the works commented on.
hazard - Zufall; Gefahr; Hindernis; riskieren, hasardieren
destructive - zerstörerisch
Seeing that he had chosen history she fetched her workbasket, drew up an arm-chair to the green-shaded student lamp, and uncovered a cushion she was embroidering for his sofa. She was not a clever needle-woman; her large capable hands were made for riding, rowing and open-air activities; but since other wives embroidered cushions for their husbands she did not wish to omit this last link in her devotion.
fetched - geholt; holen, einfangen, abrufen, apportieren
workbasket - Arbeitskorb
shaded - schattiert; Schatten, Vorhang, Farbton, schattieren
embroidering - sticken, ausschmücken
rowing - rudernd; (row) rudernd
open-air - (open-air) unter freiem Himmel, im Freiem, Freilicht
cushions - Kissen
omit - weglassen, auslassen
devotion - Hingebung, Hingabe, Zuneigung, Zuwendung
She was so placed that Archer, by merely raising his eyes, could see her bent above her work-frame, her ruffled elbow-sleeves slipping back from her firm round arms, the betrothal sapphire shining on her left hand above her broad gold wedding-ring, and the right hand slowly and laboriously stabbing the canvas. As she sat thus, the lamplight full on her clear brow, he said to himself with a secret dismay that he would always know the thoughts behind it, that never, in all the years to come, would she surprise him by an unexpected mood, by a new idea, a weakness, a cruelty or an emotion.
laboriously - mühsam; mühselig
Stabbing - Messerstecherei; (stab); Messerstecherei
lamplight - Laternenlicht; Lampenlicht
dismay - Bestürzung; Furcht, Ohnmacht
weakness - Schwäche, Faible
She had spent her poetry and romance on their short courting: the function was exhausted because the need was past. Now she was simply ripening into a copy of her mother, and mysteriously, by the very process, trying to turn him into a Mr. Welland. He laid down his book and stood up impatiently; and at once she raised her head.
courting - Umwerben; huldigend, freiend; (court); Hof, Hofstaat, Gericht
function - Funktion, Funktionalität, Aufgabe, Feier
exhausted - erschöpft; erschöpfen, dezimieren, erschöpfen, Auspuff, Abgas
ripening - Reifung; (ripen); reifen; ausreifen
process - weiter verarbeiten, verarbeiten, entwickeln; Verfahren
"What's the matter?"
"The room is stifling: I want a little air."
After he had leaned out into the darkness for a few minutes he heard her say: "Newland! Do shut the window. You'll catch your death."
leaned out - hinausgebeugt
He pulled the sash down and turned back. "Catch my death!" he echoed; and he felt like adding: "But I've caught it already. I AM dead"I've been dead for months and months."
And suddenly the play of the word flashed up a wild suggestion. What if it were SHE who was dead! If she were going to die"to die soon"and leave him free! The sensation of standing there, in that warm familiar room, and looking at her, and wishing her dead, was so strange, so fascinating and overmastering, that its enormity did not immediately strike him.
overmastering - überwältigend; überwältigen, bezwingen
enormity - Ungeheuerlichkeit
He simply felt that chance had given him a new possibility to which his sick soul might cling. Yes, May might die"people did: young people, healthy people like herself: she might die, and set him suddenly free.
cling - klammern; anschmiegen
She glanced up, and he saw by her widening eyes that there must be something strange in his own.
widening - Verbreiterung; erman: sich weiten, erweitern, weiten, erweitern
"Newland! Are you ill?"
He shook his head and turned toward his arm-chair. She bent over her work-frame, and as he passed he laid his hand on her hair. "Poor May!" he said.
"Poor? Why poor?" she echoed with a strained laugh.
"Because I shall never be able to open a window without worrying you," he rejoined, laughing also.
worrying - beunruhigend; (worry) sorgen, sich Gedanken machen, quälen
For a moment she was silent; then she said very low, her head bowed over her work: "I shall never worry if you're happy."
"Ah, my dear; and I shall never be happy unless I can open the windows!"
"In THIS weather?" she remonstrated; and with a sigh he buried his head in his book.
remonstrated - remonstriert; protestieren, missbilligen, einwenden
Six or seven days passed. Archer heard nothing from Madame Olenska, and became aware that her name would not be mentioned in his presence by any member of the family. He did not try to see her; to do so while she was at old Catherine's guarded bedside would have been almost impossible.
seven days - siebentägig
guarded - bewacht; Wächter, Parierstange, Schutz, schützen, bewachen
bedside - am Krankenbett; Krankenbett
In the uncertainty of the situation he let himself drift, conscious, somewhere below the surface of his thoughts, of a resolve which had come to him when he had leaned out from his library window into the icy night. The strength of that resolve made it easy to wait and make no sign.
resolve - auflösen, beschließen
Then one day May told him that Mrs. Manson Mingott had asked to see him. There was nothing surprising in the request, for the old lady was steadily recovering, and she had always openly declared that she preferred Archer to any of her other grandsons-in-law. May gave the message with evident pleasure: she was proud of old Catherine's appreciation of her husband.
surprising - überraschend, verwunderlich
steadily - beständig; stetige, stet, zuverlässig
openly - offen, öffentlich
grandsons - Enkelsöhne; Enkelsohn, Enkel, Großsohn, Grosssohn
There was a moment's pause, and then Archer felt it incumbent on him to say: "All right. Shall we go together this afternoon?"
incumbent - Amtsinhaber; obligatorisch, Pflicht
go together - zusammen gehen, zusammengehen [alt]
His wife's face brightened, but she instantly answered: "Oh, you'd much better go alone. It bores Granny to see the same people too often."
bores - langweilig; (to bear fruit) Früchte tragen
Archer's heart was beating violently when he rang old Mrs. Mingott's bell. He had wanted above all things to go alone, for he felt sure the visit would give him the chance of saying a word in private to the Countess Olenska. He had determined to wait till the chance presented itself naturally; and here it was, and here he was on the doorstep.
Behind the door, behind the curtains of the yellow damask room next to the hall, she was surely awaiting him; in another moment he should see her, and be able to speak to her before she led him to the sick-room.
sick-room - (sick-room) Krankenzimmer
He wanted only to put one question: after that his course would be clear. What he wished to ask was simply the date of her return to Washington; and that question she could hardly refuse to answer.
But in the yellow sitting-room it was the mulatto maid who waited. Her white teeth shining like a keyboard, she pushed back the sliding doors and ushered him into old Catherine's presence.
keyboard - Tastatur, Klaviatur, Manual, Keyboard
ushered - eingeleitet; Platzanweiser, Gerichtsdiener, zuweisen, anweisen
The old woman sat in a vast throne-like arm-chair near her bed. Beside her was a mahogany stand bearing a cast bronze lamp with an engraved globe, over which a green paper shade had been balanced. There was not a book or a newspaper in reach, nor any evidence of feminine employment: conversation had always been Mrs. Mingott's sole pursuit, and she would have scorned to feign an interest in fancywork.
throne - Thron
sole - Seezunge, Sohle, einzig
fancywork - Ausgefallenes
Archer saw no trace of the slight distortion left by her stroke. She merely looked paler, with darker shadows in the folds and recesses of her obesity; and, in the fluted mob-cap tied by a starched bow between her first two chins, and the muslin kerchief crossed over her billowing purple dressing-gown, she seemed like some shrewd and kindly ancestress of her own who might have yielded too freely to the pleasures of the table.
distortion - Verzerrung, Verformung, Verwindung, Verdrehung
shadows - Schatten, beschatten, beschatten
recesses - Pausen; Vertiefung, Winkel, Aushöhlung, qualifier
starched - gestärkt; Stärke, Stärke, Steifheit, Wäschestärke, Wäschesteife
kerchief - Halstuch; Kopftuch
billowing - wogend; Woge, wabern, wogen, bauschen
shrewd - klug, clever, gewitzt, schlau, listig
She held out one of the little hands that nestled in a hollow of her huge lap like pet animals, and called to the maid: "Don't let in any one else. If my daughters call, say I'm asleep."
nestled - eingebettet; es sich gemütlich machen, anschmiegen
lap - Schoß
let in - hereinlassen;eingelassen
The maid disappeared, and the old lady turned to her grandson.
"My dear, am I perfectly hideous?" she asked gaily, launching out one hand in search of the folds of muslin on her inaccessible bosom. "My daughters tell me it doesn't matter at my age"as if hideousness didn't matter all the more the harder it gets to conceal!"
Launching - LANCIEREN; Markteinführung; anstoßen, starten (Rakete)
hideousness - Abscheulichkeit
"My dear, you're handsomer than ever!" Archer rejoined in the same tone; and she threw back her head and laughed.
"Ah, but not as handsome as Ellen!" she jerked out, twinkling at him maliciously; and before he could answer she added: "Was she so awfully handsome the day you drove her up from the ferry?"
jerked - gerissen; Zuckung, Satz, Reflex
maliciously - böswillig
He laughed, and she continued: "Was it because you told her so that she had to put you out on the way? In my youth young men didn't desert pretty women unless they were made to!" She gave another chuckle, and interrupted it to say almost querulously: "It's a pity she didn't marry you; I always told her so. It would have spared me all this worry. But who ever thought of sparing their grandmother worry?"
querulously - querulatorisch
sparing - schonen; überflüssig, frei, sparsam, Ersatz; sparsam umgehen
Archer wondered if her illness had blurred her faculties; but suddenly she broke out: "Well, it's settled, anyhow: she's going to stay with me, whatever the rest of the family say! She hadn't been here five minutes before I'd have gone down on my knees to keep her"if only, for the last twenty years, I'd been able to see where the floor was!"
blurred - verschwimmen, verwischen, verschmieren, verschwimmen
faculties - Fakultäten; Kollegium
Archer listened in silence, and she went on: "They'd talked me over, as no doubt you know: persuaded me, Lovell, and Letterblair, and Augusta Welland, and all the rest of them, that I must hold out and cut off her allowance, till she was made to see that it was her duty to go back to Olenski. They thought they'd convinced me when the secretary, or whatever he was, came out with the last proposals: handsome proposals I confess they were. After all, marriage is marriage, and money's money"both useful things in their way ..
and all the rest of them - und alle anderen
and I didn't know what to answer"" She broke off and drew a long breath, as if speaking had become an effort. "But the minute I laid eyes on her, I said: 'You sweet bird, you! Shut you up in that cage again? Never!'And now it's settled that she's to stay here and nurse her Granny as long as there's a Granny to nurse. It's not a gay prospect, but she doesn't mind; and of course I've told Letterblair that she's to be given her proper allowance."
The young man heard her with veins aglow; but in his confusion of mind he hardly knew whether her news brought joy or pain. He had so definitely decided on the course he meant to pursue that for the moment he could not readjust his thoughts. But gradually there stole over him the delicious sense of difficulties deferred and opportunities miraculously provided. If Ellen had consented to come and live with her grandmother it must surely be because she had recognised the impossibility of giving him up.
aglow - leuchten
pursue - verfolgen, beschreiten, nachjagen, nachgehen
readjust - nachjustieren; nachregeln, neu anpassen, nachstellen
deferred - aufgeschoben; verzögern, verschieben, aufschieben, zurückstellen
consented - zugestimmt; zustimmen, einwilligen, Zustimmung, Konsens
This was her answer to his final appeal of the other day: if she would not take the extreme step he had urged, she had at last yielded to half-measures. He sank back into the thought with the involuntary relief of a man who has been ready to risk everything, and suddenly tastes the dangerous sweetness of security.
measures - Maßnahmen; Maß
involuntary - unabsichtlich, unwillkürlich, ungewollt, unfreiwillig
Security - Sicherheit, Schutz, Sicherheitsdienst, Wertpapier
"She couldn't have gone back"it was impossible!" he exclaimed.
"Ah, my dear, I always knew you were on her side; and that's why I sent for you today, and why I said to your pretty wife, when she proposed to come with you: 'No, my dear, I'm pining to see Newland, and I don't want anybody to share our transports.'For you see, my dear"" she drew her head back as far as its tethering chins permitted, and looked him full in the eyes""you see, we shall have a fight yet. The family don't want her here, and they'll say it's because I've been ill, because I'm a weak old woman, that she's persuaded me.
pining - Sehnsucht; pineapple = Ananasa
transports - transportiert; transportieren, befördern, Beförderung
tethering - Strick, Haltegurt, Spannseil
I'm not well enough yet to fight them one by one, and you've got to do it for me."
"I?" he stammered.
"You. Why not?" she jerked back at him, her round eyes suddenly as sharp as pen-knives. Her hand fluttered from its chair-arm and lit on his with a clutch of little pale nails like bird-claws. "Why not?" she searchingly repeated.
knives - Messer
clutch - Vogelgelege; Kupplung (Auto), Gelege
searchingly - suchend; gründlich
Archer, under the exposure of her gaze, had recovered his self-possession.
"Oh, I don't count"I'm too insignificant."
"Well, you're Letterblair's partner, ain't you? You've got to get at them through Letterblair. Unless you've got a reason," she insisted.
"Oh, my dear, I back you to hold your own against them all without my help; but you shall have it if you need it," he reassured her.
"Then we're safe!" she sighed; and smiling on him with all her ancient cunning she added, as she settled her head among the cushions: "I always knew you'd back us up, because they never quote you when they talk about its being her duty to go home."
cunning - gerissen; schlau, clever, süß, niedlich
quote - Zitat; Anführungszeichen; zitieren; Preisangebot machen
He winced a little at her terrifying perspicacity, and longed to ask: "And May"do they quote her?" But he judged it safer to turn the question.
perspicacity - Weitblick, Scharfsinn, Auffassungsgabe, Auffassungsvermögen
safer - Sicherer; sicher, gefahrlos, sicher, sicher, sicher, Tresor
"And Madame Olenska? When am I to see her?" he said.
The old lady chuckled, crumpled her lids, and went through the pantomime of archness. "Not today. One at a time, please. Madame Olenska's gone out."
archness - Durchtriebenheit
He flushed with disappointment, and she went on: "She's gone out, my child: gone in my carriage to see Regina Beaufort."
She paused for this announcement to produce its effect. "That's what she's reduced me to already. The day after she got here she put on her best bonnet, and told me, as cool as a cucumber, that she was going to call on Regina Beaufort. 'I don't know her; who is she?'says I. 'She's your grand-niece, and a most unhappy woman,'she says. 'She's the wife of a scoundrel,'I answered. 'Well,'she says, 'and so am I, and yet all my family want me to go back to him.'Well, that floored me, and I let her go; and finally one day she said it was raining too hard to go out on foot, and she wanted me to lend her my carriage.
cucumber - Gurke, Salatgurke
scoundrel - Schurke, Gauner, Gaunerin, Halunke
lend - Verleihen; leihen
'What for?'I asked her; and she said: 'To go and see cousin Regina'"COUSIN! Now, my dear, I looked out of the window, and saw it wasn't raining a drop; but I understood her, and I let her have the carriage.... After all, Regina's a brave woman, and so is she; and I've always liked courage above everything."
Archer bent down and pressed his lips on the little hand that still lay on his.
"Eh"eh"eh! Whose hand did you think you were kissing, young man"your wife's, I hope?" the old lady snapped out with her mocking cackle; and as he rose to go she called out after him: "Give her her Granny's love; but you'd better not say anything about our talk."
kissing - küssen
mocking - spöttisch; (moc) spöttisch
cackle - Gackern, Gegacker
Archer had been stunned by old Catherine's news. It was only natural that Madame Olenska should have hastened from Washington in response to her grandmother's summons; but that she should have decided to remain under her roof"especially now that Mrs. Mingott had almost regained her health"was less easy to explain.
stunned - fassungslos; betäuben, verblüffen
Archer was sure that Madame Olenska's decision had not been influenced by the change in her financial situation. He knew the exact figure of the small income which her husband had allowed her at their separation. Without the addition of her grandmother's allowance it was hardly enough to live on, in any sense known to the Mingott vocabulary; and now that Medora Manson, who shared her life, had been ruined, such a pittance would barely keep the two women clothed and fed.
influenced - beeinflusst; Einfluss, Beeinflussung, Einfluss, Beeinflusser
income - Einkommen
separation - Trennung
ruined - ruiniert; Ruine, Ruin, Ruin, ruinieren, auf die Knie zwingen
pittance - ein Almosen; Hungerlohn; Almosen
clothed - bekleidet; Stoff, Tuch
Yet Archer was convinced that Madame Olenska had not accepted her grandmother's offer from interested motives.
interested motives - eigennützige Beweggründe
She had the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes, and indifferent to money; but she could go without many things which her relations considered indispensable, and Mrs. Lovell Mingott and Mrs. Welland had often been heard to deplore that any one who had enjoyed the cosmopolitan luxuries of Count Olenski's establishments should care so little about "how things were done.
heedless - rücksichtslos; unachtsam, achtlos, nicht beachtend, unaufmerksam
spasmodic - krampfhaft
fortunes - Schicksal
indispensable - unverzichtbar; ausnahmlos, grundsätzlich, unabdingbar
Moreover, as Archer knew, several months had passed since her allowance had been cut off; yet in the interval she had made no effort to regain her grandmother's favour. Therefore if she had changed her course it must be for a different reason.
He did not have far to seek for that reason. On the way from the ferry she had told him that he and she must remain apart; but she had said it with her head on his breast. He knew that there was no calculated coquetry in her words; she was fighting her fate as he had fought his, and clinging desperately to her resolve that they should not break faith with the people who trusted them. But during the ten days which had elapsed since her return to New York she had perhaps guessed from his silence, and from the fact of his making no attempt to see her, that he was meditating a decisive step, a step from which there was no turning back.
meditating - meditieren
At the thought, a sudden fear of her own weakness might have seized her, and she might have felt that, after all, it was better to accept the compromise usual in such cases, and follow the line of least resistance.
compromise - Kompromiss, Ausgleich, sich einigen, eine Abmachung machen
An hour earlier, when he had rung Mrs. Mingott's bell, Archer had fancied that his path was clear before him. He had meant to have a word alone with Madame Olenska, and failing that, to learn from her grandmother on what day, and by which train, she was returning to Washington. In that train he intended to join her, and travel with her to Washington, or as much farther as she was willing to go.
failing - scheitern; Schwäche, Mangel, Fehler
travel with - mitreisen
His own fancy inclined to Japan. At any rate she would understand at once that, wherever she went, he was going. He meant to leave a note for May that should cut off any other alternative.
Japan - Japan
He had fancied himself not only nerved for this plunge but eager to take it; yet his first feeling on hearing that the course of events was changed had been one of relief. Now, however, as he walked home from Mrs. Mingott's, he was conscious of a growing distaste for what lay before him.
nerved - genervt; Nerv, Nerv, Nerv, Nerv, Nerv
distaste - Abneigung; Widerwille
There was nothing unknown or unfamiliar in the path he was presumably to tread; but when he had trodden it before it was as a free man, who was accountable to no one for his actions, and could lend himself with an amused detachment to the game of precautions and prevarications, concealments and compliances, that the part required. This procedure was called "protecting a woman's honour"; and the best fiction, combined with the after-dinner talk of his elders, had long since initiated him into every detail of its code.
trodden - zertreten; (to tread) betreten, schreiten
accountable - rechenschaftspflichtig
prevarications - Ausflüchte; Verfehlung, Übertretung, Verstoß, Ausflucht
concealments - Verdeckungen; Verborgenheit, Geborgenheit
compliances - Konformitäten; Einwilligung, Fügsamkeit, Konformität
procedure - Verfahren, Verfahrensweise, [medizinischer] Eingriff, Prozess
combined - kombiniert; kombinieren, verbinden, vereinen
Now he saw the matter in a new light, and his part in it seemed singularly diminished. It was, in fact, that which, with a secret fatuity, he had watched Mrs. Thorley Rushworth play toward a fond and unperceiving husband: a smiling, bantering, humouring, watchful and incessant lie. A lie by day, a lie by night, a lie in every touch and every look; a lie in every caress and every quarrel; a lie in every word and in every silence.
diminished - vermindert; vermindern, verkleinern, reduzieren, verringern
fatuity - Fatuität; Einfältigkeit
bantering - Geplänkel; neckend, neckisch (neckend); (banter); Gelabere
humouring - Humorvoll; Humor, Laune, Humor, Stimmung, Körpersaft, Saft
by night - nachts
It was easier, and less dastardly on the whole, for a wife to play such a part toward her husband. A woman's standard of truthfulness was tacitly held to be lower: she was the subject creature, and versed in the arts of the enslaved. Then she could always plead moods and nerves, and the right not to be held too strictly to account; and even in the most strait-laced societies the laugh was always against the husband.
truthfulness - Wahrhaftigkeit
versed - versiert; Strophe
enslaved - versklavt; versklaven
moods - Stimmungen; Anwandlung, Stimmung, launisch
strictly - strenges, grundsätzlich, pingelig
Strait - Meerenge, Straße
laced - geschnürt; Gummilack
But in Archer's little world no one laughed at a wife deceived, and a certain measure of contempt was attached to men who continued their philandering after marriage. In the rotation of crops there was a recognised season for wild oats; but they were not to be sown more than once.
laughed at - angelacht
attached - befestigt; anbringen
philandering - schäkern; flirten
rotation - Rotation; Umdrehung
crops - Ernten; Ernte, Haarschnitt, Schnitt
oats - Hafer, Haber
sown - gesät; Sau; aussäen
Archer had always shared this view: in his heart he thought Lefferts despicable. But to love Ellen Olenska was not to become a man like Lefferts: for the first time Archer found himself face to face with the dread argument of the individual case. Ellen Olenska was like no other woman, he was like no other man: their situation, therefore, resembled no one else's, and they were answerable to no tribunal but that of their own judgment.
despicable - verachtenswert, gemein, niederträchtig, verabscheuungswürdig
dread - schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grausen
individual case - Einzelfall
resembled - ähnelte; ähneln, gleichen
answerable - verantworten
Yes, but in ten minutes more he would be mounting his own doorstep; and there were May, and habit, and honour, and all the old decencies that he and his people had always believed in ...
mounting - Befestigung; ersteigend, Halterung
decencies - Anstandsregeln; Anstand
At his corner he hesitated, and then walked on down Fifth Avenue.
Ahead of him, in the winter night, loomed a big unlit house. As he drew near he thought how often he had seen it blazing with lights, its steps awninged and carpeted, and carriages waiting in double line to draw up at the curbstone.
unlit - unbeleuchtet; nicht gezündet
blazing - lodernd; Lohe, Brand, Großbrand, brenne, Glut
awninged - geweckt
carpeted - mit Teppichboden; Teppich, Teppichboden, auslegen, bedecken
draw up - verfassen, entwerfen
It was in the conservatory that stretched its dead-black bulk down the side street that he had taken his first kiss from May; it was under the myriad candles of the ball-room that he had seen her appear, tall and silver-shining as a young Diana.
bulk - Masse; Großteil
myriad - Myriade; Unmenge, Myriaden, Unzahl, Vielzahl, unzählig
Now the house was as dark as the grave, except for a faint flare of gas in the basement, and a light in one upstairs room where the blind had not been lowered. As Archer reached the corner he saw that the carriage standing at the door was Mrs. Manson Mingott's. What an opportunity for Sillerton Jackson, if he should chance to pass!
Archer had been greatly moved by old Catherine's account of Madame Olenska's attitude toward Mrs. Beaufort; it made the righteous reprobation of New York seem like a passing by on the other side. But he knew well enough what construction the clubs and drawing-rooms would put on Ellen Olenska's visits to her cousin.
righteous - Rechtschaffenheit; rechtschaffen; gerecht, gerechtfertigt
reprobation - Verwerfung; Verurteilung
passing by - vorüberziehend
construction - Bau, Bauarbeit, Bauwerk, Bauwesen, Aufbau, Satzbau, Auslegung
He paused and looked up at the lighted window. No doubt the two women were sitting together in that room: Beaufort had probably sought consolation elsewhere. There were even rumours that he had left New York with Fanny Ring; but Mrs. Beaufort's attitude made the report seem improbable.
consolation - Trost; Trostpreis
elsewhere - anderswo
Archer had the nocturnal perspective of Fifth Avenue almost to himself. At that hour most people were indoors, dressing for dinner; and he was secretly glad that Ellen's exit was likely to be unobserved. As the thought passed through his mind the door opened, and she came out. Behind her was a faint light, such as might have been carried down the stairs to show her the way.
perspective - Aussicht; Perspektive
exit - aussteigen, Ausgang; Abgang, Ausgang, Ausstieg, Ende
She turned to say a word to some one; then the door closed, and she came down the steps.
"Ellen," he said in a low voice, as she reached the pavement.
She stopped with a slight start, and just then he saw two young men of fashionable cut approaching. There was a familiar air about their overcoats and the way their smart silk mufflers were folded over their white ties; and he wondered how youths of their quality happened to be dining out so early.
mufflers - Auspufftöpfe; Schalldämpfer
ties - Krawatten; zusammenbinden
Then he remembered that the Reggie Chiverses, whose house was a few doors above, were taking a large party that evening to see Adelaide Neilson in Romeo and Juliet, and guessed that the two were of the number. They passed under a lamp, and he recognised Lawrence Lefferts and a young Chivers.
Adelaide - Adelheid, Adelaide
Romeo - Romeo
A mean desire not to have Madame Olenska seen at the Beauforts'door vanished as he felt the penetrating warmth of her hand.
penetrating - durchdringend; eindringen, penetrieren, penetrieren
"I shall see you now"we shall be together," he broke out, hardly knowing what he said.
be together - zusammen sein, zusammensein [alt]
"Ah," she answered, "Granny has told you?"
While he watched her he was aware that Lefferts and Chivers, on reaching the farther side of the street corner, had discreetly struck away across Fifth Avenue. It was the kind of masculine solidarity that he himself often practised; now he sickened at their connivance. Did she really imagine that he and she could live like this? And if not, what else did she imagine?
discreetly - klug, diskrete
sickened - erkrankt; erkranken
connivance - Duldung; heimliches Einverständnis
"Tomorrow I must see you"somewhere where we can be alone," he said, in a voice that sounded almost angry to his own ears.
She wavered, and moved toward the carriage.
"But I shall be at Granny's"for the present that is," she added, as if conscious that her change of plans required some explanation.
"Somewhere where we can be alone," he insisted.
She gave a faint laugh that grated on him.
grated - gerieben; Gitter, Feuerrost, Rost; (Käse) reiben, rastern
"In New York? But there are no churches ... no monuments."
churches - Kirchen; Kirche, Kirche, Gottesdienst, t+Messe, t+Kirche
monuments - Denkmäler; Denkmal
"There's the Art Museum"in the Park," he explained, as she looked puzzled. "At half-past two. I shall be at the door ..."
She turned away without answering and got quickly into the carriage. As it drove off she leaned forward, and he thought she waved her hand in the obscurity. He stared after her in a turmoil of contradictory feelings. It seemed to him that he had been speaking not to the woman he loved but to another, a woman he was indebted to for pleasures already wearied of: it was hateful to find himself the prisoner of this hackneyed vocabulary.
obscurity - Dunkelheit, Unklarheit
indebted - verschuldet
hateful - hasserfüllt
"She'll come!" he said to himself, almost contemptuously.
Avoiding the popular "Wolfe collection," whose anecdotic canvases filled one of the main galleries of the queer wilderness of cast-iron and encaustic tiles known as the Metropolitan Museum, they had wandered down a passage to the room where the "Cesnola antiquities" mouldered in unvisited loneliness.
anecdotic - anekdotisch
canvases - Leinwände; Leinwand, Segeltuch
encaustic - Enkaustik
tiles - Fliesen; Kachel, Fliese; Dachziegel
metropolitan - Großstädter; hauptstädtisch; Frankreich, ???
Antiquities - Antiquitäten; Antike, Altertum
mouldered - vermodert; zerfallen; Gießer
unvisited - unbesucht
They had this melancholy retreat to themselves, and seated on the divan enclosing the central steam-radiator, they were staring silently at the glass cabinets mounted in ebonised wood which contained the recovered fragments of Ilium.
divan - Diwan
enclosing - beifügen, einschliessen
radiator - Strahler, Radiator, Kühler, Heizkörper
cabinets - Schränke; Schrank, Wandschrank, Kabinett
Ilium - Hüfte; Darmbein
"It's odd," Madame Olenska said, "I never came here before."
"Ah, well". Some day, I suppose, it will be a great Museum."
"Yes," she assented absently.
assented - zugestimmt; zustimmen, behaupten
She stood up and wandered across the room.
Archer, remaining seated, watched the light movements of her figure, so girlish even under its heavy furs, the cleverly planted heron wing in her fur cap, and the way a dark curl lay like a flattened vine spiral on each cheek above the ear. His mind, as always when they first met, was wholly absorbed in the delicious details that made her herself and no other. Presently he rose and approached the case before which she stood. Its glass shelves were crowded with small broken objects"hardly recognisable domestic utensils, ornaments and personal trifles"made of glass, of clay, of discoloured bronze and other time-blurred substances.
heron - Reiher
fur cap - Pelzmütze
curl - locken; Locke
flattened - abgeflacht; plätten, flachmachen, planieren, plattmachen
vine - Rebe; Kletterpflanze, Ranke
spiral - Spirale; Helix
shelves - Regale; Einbauplatte, Brennplatte; aufschieben, einstellen
recognisable - Erkennbar
utensils - Utensilien; Gerät
clay - Lehm, Ton, Asche
substances - Stoffe; Substanz, Stoff, Substanz, Substanz, Substanz
"It seems cruel," she said, "that after a while nothing matters ... any more than these little things, that used to be necessary and important to forgotten people, and now have to be guessed at under a magnifying glass and labelled: 'Use unknown.'"
magnifying glass - Lupe , Vergrößerungsglas
"Yes; but meanwhile""
"Ah, meanwhile""
As she stood there, in her long sealskin coat, her hands thrust in a small round muff, her veil drawn down like a transparent mask to the tip of her nose, and the bunch of violets he had brought her stirring with her quickly-taken breath, it seemed incredible that this pure harmony of line and colour should ever suffer the stupid law of change.
sealskin - Robbenfell; Seehundsfell
stirring - rührend; ergreifend, bewegend
"Meanwhile everything matters"that concerns you," he said.
concerns - Bedenken; Sorge, Anliegen
She looked at him thoughtfully, and turned back to the divan. He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes.
"What is it you wanted to tell me?" she asked, as if she had received the same warning.
"What I wanted to tell you?" he rejoined. "Why, that I believe you came to New York because you were afraid."
"Afraid?"
"Of my coming to Washington."
She looked down at her muff, and he saw her hands stir in it uneasily.
uneasily - unbehaglich
"Well"?"
"Well"yes," she said.
"You WERE afraid? You knew"?"
"Yes: I knew ..."
"Well, then?" he insisted.
"Well, then: this is better, isn't it?" she returned with a long questioning sigh.
"Better"?"
"We shall hurt others less. Isn't it, after all, what you always wanted?"
"To have you here, you mean"in reach and yet out of reach? To meet you in this way, on the sly? It's the very reverse of what I want. I told you the other day what I wanted."
on the sly - heimlich
reverse - umkehren; invers, umgedreht, Kehrseite
She hesitated. "And you still think this"worse?"
"A thousand times!" He paused. "It would be easy to lie to you; but the truth is I think it detestable."
detestable - verabscheuungswürdig
"Oh, so do I!" she cried with a deep breath of relief.
He sprang up impatiently. "Well, then"It's my turn to ask: what is it, in God's name, that you think better?"
It's my turn - Ich bin dran.
She hung her head and continued to clasp and unclasp her hands in her muff. The step drew nearer, and a guardian in a braided cap walked listlessly through the room like a ghost stalking through a necropolis. They fixed their eyes simultaneously on the case opposite them, and when the official figure had vanished down a vista of mummies and sarcophagi Archer spoke again.
unclasp - aufschließen; aufmachen, loslassen
braided - geflochten; Litze; flechten; Flechte, Paspel, Zopf
listlessly - lustlose, lustlos
ghost - Gespenst, Geist, Phantom, Spuk
stalking - stelzend; (stalk) stelzend
necropolis - Nekropolis, Nekropole, Totenstadt; (necropoli); Nekropolis
simultaneously - gleichzeitig
official - offiziell, amtlich, dienstlich, Beamter, Beamtin
mummies - Mumien; Mumie, Mutti; Mama, Mami, Mutti
sarcophagi - Sarkophage; Sarkophag
"What do you think better?"
Instead of answering she murmured: "I promised Granny to stay with her because it seemed to me that here I should be safer."
"From me?"
She bent her head slightly, without looking at him.
"Safer from loving me?"
Her profile did not stir, but he saw a tear overflow on her lashes and hang in a mesh of her veil.
tear - zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
mesh - Netz, Gitter, zusammenpassen, harmonisieren, zusammenfügen
"Safer from doing irreparable harm. Don't let us be like all the others!" she protested.
irreparable - irreparabel
protested - protestiert; protestieren, demonstrieren, Einspruch erheben
"What others? I don't profess to be different from my kind. I'm consumed by the same wants and the same longings."
consumed - verbraucht; verbrauchen, verzehren, verzehren, aufnehmen
She glanced at him with a kind of terror, and he saw a faint colour steal into her cheeks.
steal - stehlen, entwenden, klauen, rauben, Schnäppchen, Diebstahl
"Shall I"once come to you; and then go home?" she suddenly hazarded in a low clear voice.
The blood rushed to the young man's forehead. "Dearest!" he said, without moving. It seemed as if he held his heart in his hands, like a full cup that the least motion might overbrim.
overbrim - überkreuzen
Then her last phrase struck his ear and his face clouded. "Go home? What do you mean by going home?"
"Home to my husband."
"And you expect me to say yes to that?"
She raised her troubled eyes to his. "What else is there? I can't stay here and lie to the people who've been good to me."
"But that's the very reason why I ask you to come away!"
"And destroy their lives, when they've helped me to remake mine?"
remake - Neuauflage; Remake, Neuverfilmung
Archer sprang to his feet and stood looking down on her in inarticulate despair. It would have been easy to say: "Yes, come; come once." He knew the power she would put in his hands if she consented; there would be no difficulty then in persuading her not to go back to her husband.
despair - verzweifeln; Verzweiflung
But something silenced the word on his lips. A sort of passionate honesty in her made it inconceivable that he should try to draw her into that familiar trap. "If I were to let her come," he said to himself, "I should have to let her go again." And that was not to be imagined.
silenced - zum Schweigen gebracht; Stille, Schweigen
But he saw the shadow of the lashes on her wet cheek, and wavered.
"After all," he began again, "we have lives of our own.... There's no use attempting the impossible. You're so unprejudiced about some things, so used, as you say, to looking at the Gorgon, that I don't know why you're afraid to face our case, and see it as it really is"unless you think the sacrifice is not worth making."
attempting - versuchen, Versuch, Bestreben
unprejudiced - unvoreingenommen
She stood up also, her lips tightening under a rapid frown.
tightening - Verschärfung; anziehen
"Call it that, then"I must go," she said, drawing her little watch from her bosom.
She turned away, and he followed and caught her by the wrist. "Well, then: come to me once," he said, his head turning suddenly at the thought of losing her; and for a second or two they looked at each other almost like enemies.
"When?" he insisted. "Tomorrow?"
She hesitated. "The day after."
"Dearest"!" he said again.
She had disengaged her wrist; but for a moment they continued to hold each other's eyes, and he saw that her face, which had grown very pale, was flooded with a deep inner radiance. His heart beat with awe: he felt that he had never before beheld love visible.
flooded - überschwemmt; Flut, Flut, überschwemmen, überfluten, überfüllen
beheld - gesehen; betrachten, sehen, schauen, anschauen, ansehen
"Oh, I shall be late"good-bye. No, don't come any farther than this," she cried, walking hurriedly away down the long room, as if the reflected radiance in his eyes had frightened her. When she reached the door she turned for a moment to wave a quick farewell.
Farewell - Abschied nehmen; Lebewohl, Adieu, Abschied, Lebewohl sagen
Archer walked home alone. Darkness was falling when he let himself into his house, and he looked about at the familiar objects in the hall as if he viewed them from the other side of the grave.
The parlour-maid, hearing his step, ran up the stairs to light the gas on the upper landing.
"Is Mrs. Archer in?"
"No, sir; Mrs. Archer went out in the carriage after luncheon, and hasn't come back."
With a sense of relief he entered the library and flung himself down in his armchair. The parlour-maid followed, bringing the student lamp and shaking some coals onto the dying fire. When she left he continued to sit motionless, his elbows on his knees, his chin on his clasped hands, his eyes fixed on the red grate.
He sat there without conscious thoughts, without sense of the lapse of time, in a deep and grave amazement that seemed to suspend life rather than quicken it. "This was what had to be, then ... this was what had to be," he kept repeating to himself, as if he hung in the clutch of doom. What he had dreamed of had been so different that there was a mortal chill in his rapture.
suspend - suspendieren; aufhängen; aufheben, aussetzen, aufschieben
quicken - beschleunigen
mortal - sterblich; tödlich; Sterblicher, Sterbliche
rapture - Entrückung; Ekstase, Taumel, Verzückung, Entzücken
The door opened and May came in.
"I'm dreadfully late"you weren't worried, were you?" she asked, laying her hand on his shoulder with one of her rare caresses.
worried - besorgt sein, sich Sorgen machen, besorgen, Sorge
caresses - Liebkosungen; (care for) sich akk um jemanden/etwas kümmern
He looked up astonished. "Is it late?"
"After seven. I believe you've been asleep!" She laughed, and drawing out her hat pins tossed her velvet hat on the sofa. She looked paler than usual, but sparkling with an unwonted animation.
sparkling - glitzernd, funkelnd, prickelnd, sprudelnd; (sparkle); glitzernd
"I went to see Granny, and just as I was going away Ellen came in from a walk; so I stayed and had a long talk with her. It was ages since we'd had a real talk...." She had dropped into her usual armchair, facing his, and was running her fingers through her rumpled hair. He fancied she expected him to speak.
going away - fortgehend
running her - herlaufendem
"A really good talk," she went on, smiling with what seemed to Archer an unnatural vividness. "She was so dear"just like the old Ellen. I'm afraid I haven't been fair to her lately. I've sometimes thought""
Archer stood up and leaned against the mantelpiece, out of the radius of the lamp.
radius - Speiche, Radius, Halbmesser
"Yes, you've thought"?" he echoed as she paused.
"Well, perhaps I haven't judged her fairly. She's so different"at least on the surface. She takes up such odd people"she seems to like to make herself conspicuous. I suppose it's the life she's led in that fast European society; no doubt we seem dreadfully dull to her. But I don't want to judge her unfairly."
takes up - (take up) anlagern
unfairly - zu Unrecht; unfair
She paused again, a little breathless with the unwonted length of her speech, and sat with her lips slightly parted and a deep blush on her cheeks.
breathless - atemlos
Archer, as he looked at her, was reminded of the glow which had suffused her face in the Mission Garden at St. Augustine. He became aware of the same obscure effort in her, the same reaching out toward something beyond the usual range of her vision.
reaching out - hinausreichende
range - Reichweite; Gebirgskette, Gebirge, Gebirgszug, Herd, Spanne
"She hates Ellen," he thought, "and she's trying to overcome the feeling, and to get me to help her to overcome it."
The thought moved him, and for a moment he was on the point of breaking the silence between them, and throwing himself on her mercy.
"You understand, don't you," she went on, "why the family have sometimes been annoyed? We all did what we could for her at first; but she never seemed to understand. And now this idea of going to see Mrs. Beaufort, of going there in Granny's carriage! I'm afraid she's quite alienated the van der Luydens ..."
alienated - entfremdet; befremden, entfremden, entfremden
"Ah," said Archer with an impatient laugh. The open door had closed between them again.
"It's time to dress; we're dining out, aren't we?" he asked, moving from the fire.
She rose also, but lingered near the hearth. As he walked past her she moved forward impulsively, as though to detain him: their eyes met, and he saw that hers were of the same swimming blue as when he had left her to drive to Jersey City.
moved forward - vorgerückt
She flung her arms about his neck and pressed her cheek to his.
"You haven't kissed me today," she said in a whisper; and he felt her tremble in his arms.
tremble - zittern; Zittern
"At the court of the Tuileries," said Mr. Sillerton Jackson with his reminiscent smile, "such things were pretty openly tolerated."
reminiscent - Erinnern
The scene was the van der Luydens'black walnut dining-room in Madison Avenue, and the time the evening after Newland Archer's visit to the Museum of Art. Mr. and Mrs. van der Luyden had come to town for a few days from Skuytercliff, whither they had precipitately fled at the announcement of Beaufort's failure. It had been represented to them that the disarray into which society had been thrown by this deplorable affair made their presence in town more necessary than ever.
precipitately - überstürzt
disarray - Unordnung; Verwirrung
deplorable - bedauernswert
more necessary - notwendigere
It was one of the occasions when, as Mrs. Archer put it, they "owed it to society" to show themselves at the Opera, and even to open their own doors.
owed - geschuldet; schulden, schuldig sein, schulden, schuldig sein
"It will never do, my dear Louisa, to let people like Mrs. Lemuel Struthers think they can step into Regina's shoes. It is just at such times that new people push in and get a footing. It was owing to the epidemic of chicken-pox in New York the winter Mrs.
push in - Eindrücken
epidemic - Epidemie, Seuche, epidemisch
Struthers first appeared that the married men slipped away to her house while their wives were in the nursery. You and dear Henry, Louisa, must stand in the breach as you always have."
breach - Bruch; Verstoß, Bresche, Brechen
Mr. and Mrs. van der Luyden could not remain deaf to such a call, and reluctantly but heroically they had come to town, unmuffled the house, and sent out invitations for two dinners and an evening reception.
deaf - taub, gehörlos, die gehörlos
heroically - heldenhaft
On this particular evening they had invited Sillerton Jackson, Mrs. Archer and Newland and his wife to go with them to the Opera, where Faust was being sung for the first time that winter.
Nothing was done without ceremony under the van der Luyden roof, and though there were but four guests the repast had begun at seven punctually, so that the proper sequence of courses might be served without haste before the gentlemen settled down to their cigars.
done without - entbehrte
repast - Mahl, Mahlzeit
sequence - Reihenfolge; Sequenz
Archer had not seen his wife since the evening before. He had left early for the office, where he had plunged into an accumulation of unimportant business. In the afternoon one of the senior partners had made an unexpected call on his time; and he had reached home so late that May had preceded him to the van der Luydens', and sent back the carriage.
Now, across the Skuytercliff carnations and the massive plate, she struck him as pale and languid; but her eyes shone, and she talked with exaggerated animation.
The subject which had called forth Mr. Sillerton Jackson's favourite allusion had been brought up (Archer fancied not without intention) by their hostess. The Beaufort failure, or rather the Beaufort attitude since the failure, was still a fruitful theme for the drawing-room moralist; and after it had been thoroughly examined and condemned Mrs. van der Luyden had turned her scrupulous eyes on May Archer.
fruitful - fruchtbar
theme - Thema; Motiv; Theme; Stamm, Wortstamm
moralist - Moralist, Moralistin
condemned - Verurteilt; verurteilen, verurteilen, verdammen, verurteilen
scrupulous - skrupellos
"Is it possible, dear, that what I hear is true? I was told your grandmother Mingott's carriage was seen standing at Mrs. Beaufort's door." It was noticeable that she no longer called the offending lady by her Christian name.
noticeable - wahrnehmbar; auffällig
offending - beleidigend; beleidigen, beleidigen, de
Christian name - Vorname , Taufname , Rufname
May's colour rose, and Mrs. Archer put in hastily: "If it was, I'm convinced it was there without Mrs. Mingott's knowledge."
"Ah, you think"?" Mrs. van der Luyden paused, sighed, and glanced at her husband.
"I'm afraid," Mr. van der Luyden said, "that Madame Olenska's kind heart may have led her into the imprudence of calling on Mrs. Beaufort."
imprudence - Unvorsichtigkeit; Leichtsinn, Nachlässigkeit
"Or her taste for peculiar people," put in Mrs. Archer in a dry tone, while her eyes dwelt innocently on her son's.
dwelt - wohnte; leben, verbleiben, wohnen, verweilen
"I'm sorry to think it of Madame Olenska," said Mrs. van der Luyden; and Mrs. Archer murmured: "Ah, my dear"and after you'd had her twice at Skuytercliff!"
It was at this point that Mr. Jackson seized the chance to place his favourite allusion.
"At the Tuileries," he repeated, seeing the eyes of the company expectantly turned on him, "the standard was excessively lax in some respects; and if you'd asked where Morny's money came from"! Or who paid the debts of some of the Court beauties ..."
expectantly - erwartungsvoll
lax - locker
debts - Schuld, Verbindlichkeit, Verpflichtung, Schulden
beauties - Schönheiten; Schönheit, Schöner, Schönheit, Schöne, Prachtstück
"I hope, dear Sillerton," said Mrs. Archer, "you are not suggesting that we should adopt such standards?"
adopt - adoptieren; annehmen, übernehmen
"I never suggest," returned Mr. Jackson imperturbably. "But Madame Olenska's foreign bringing-up may make her less particular""
imperturbably - Unerschütterlich
"Ah," the two elder ladies sighed.
"Still, to have kept her grandmother's carriage at a defaulter's door!" Mr. van der Luyden protested; and Archer guessed that he was remembering, and resenting, the hampers of carnations he had sent to the little house in Twenty-third Street.
defaulter - säumiger Zahler; Schuldner
resenting - nachtragend; zurückgesandt; verübeln, übelnehmen
hampers - Warenkörbe; stören, behindern, hemmen, hindern; Geschenkkorb
"Of course I've always said that she looks at things quite differently," Mrs. Archer summed up.
summed up - (sum up) zusammen fassen, addieren, zusammenfassen
A flush rose to May's forehead. She looked across the table at her husband, and said precipitately: "I'm sure Ellen meant it kindly."
"Imprudent people are often kind," said Mrs. Archer, as if the fact were scarcely an extenuation; and Mrs. van der Luyden murmured: "If only she had consulted some one""
extenuation - Abschwächung
consulted - konsultiert; Rat halten, beraten, beratschlagen, beraten
"Ah, that she never did!" Mrs. Archer rejoined.
At this point Mr. van der Luyden glanced at his wife, who bent her head slightly in the direction of Mrs. Archer; and the glimmering trains of the three ladies swept out of the door while the gentlemen settled down to their cigars. Mr. van der Luyden supplied short ones on Opera nights; but they were so good that they made his guests deplore his inexorable punctuality.
glimmering - schimmernd, flimmernd; (glimmer); Schimmer; glimmern
punctuality - Pünktlichkeit
Archer, after the first act, had detached himself from the party and made his way to the back of the club box. From there he watched, over various Chivers, Mingott and Rushworth shoulders, the same scene that he had looked at, two years previously, on the night of his first meeting with Ellen Olenska.
He had half-expected her to appear again in old Mrs. Mingott's box, but it remained empty; and he sat motionless, his eyes fastened on it, till suddenly Madame Nilsson's pure soprano broke out into "M'ama, non m'ama ..."
Archer turned to the stage, where, in the familiar setting of giant roses and pen-wiper pansies, the same large blonde victim was succumbing to the same small brown seducer.
wiper - Scheibenwischer
succumbing to - erliegend
seducer - Verführer
From the stage his eyes wandered to the point of the horseshoe where May sat between two older ladies, just as, on that former evening, she had sat between Mrs. Lovell Mingott and her newly-arrived "foreign" cousin. As on that evening, she was all in white; and Archer, who had not noticed what she wore, recognised the blue-white satin and old lace of her wedding dress.
horseshoe - Hufeisen, Beschlag, beschlagen
It was the custom, in old New York, for brides to appear in this costly garment during the first year or two of marriage: his mother, he knew, kept hers in tissue paper in the hope that Janey might some day wear it, though poor Janey was reaching the age when pearl grey poplin and no bridesmaids would be thought more "appropriate."
tissue - Gewebe; Papier, Tuch, oilet paper
appropriate - angebracht, angemessen, passend, zugewiesen, anpassen, aneignen
It struck Archer that May, since their return from Europe, had seldom worn her bridal satin, and the surprise of seeing her in it made him compare her appearance with that of the young girl he had watched with such blissful anticipations two years earlier.
anticipations - Erwartungshaltung; Erwartung, Vorausahnung, Vorahnung
Though May's outline was slightly heavier, as her goddesslike build had foretold, her athletic erectness of carriage, and the girlish transparency of her expression, remained unchanged: but for the slight languor that Archer had lately noticed in her she would have been the exact image of the girl playing with the bouquet of lilies-of-the-valley on her betrothal evening. The fact seemed an additional appeal to his pity: such innocence was as moving as the trustful clasp of a child. Then he remembered the passionate generosity latent under that incurious calm.
outline - skizzieren; Umriss, Kontur, Skizze, Skizzierung, Umrisszeichnung
heavier - Schwerer; heftig, schwer, stark (Regen)
goddesslike - göttinnenhaft
athletic - athletisch, sportlich
erectness - Aufrechtheit; Geradheit
unchanged - unverändert
languor - Trägheit; Mattigkeit, Schwäche
trustful - vertrauensvoll
latent - latent
He recalled her glance of understanding when he had urged that their engagement should be announced at the Beaufort ball; he heard the voice in which she had said, in the Mission garden: "I couldn't have my happiness made out of a wrong"a wrong to some one else;" and an uncontrollable longing seized him to tell her the truth, to throw himself on her generosity, and ask for the freedom he had once refused.
uncontrollable - unkontrollierbar
Newland Archer was a quiet and self-controlled young man. Conformity to the discipline of a small society had become almost his second nature. It was deeply distasteful to him to do anything melodramatic and conspicuous, anything Mr. van der Luyden would have deprecated and the club box condemned as bad form.
controlled - kontrolliert; steuern, kontrollieren, regeln, Kontrolle
discipline - Disziplin; Strafe, Bestrafung, disziplinieren
melodramatic - melodramatisch
deprecated - Abgelehnt; ablehnen, missbilligen, nicht gutheißen
But he had become suddenly unconscious of the club box, of Mr. van der Luyden, of all that had so long enclosed him in the warm shelter of habit. He walked along the semi-circular passage at the back of the house, and opened the door of Mrs. van der Luyden's box as if it had been a gate into the unknown.
semi - halb..
at the back of the house - hinter dem Haus
"M'ama!" thrilled out the triumphant Marguerite; and the occupants of the box looked up in surprise at Archer's entrance. He had already broken one of the rules of his world, which forbade the entering of a box during a solo.
entrance - Eingang, Einfahrt, Antritt
solo - Solo; einzeln; ein Solo spielen; allein machen
Slipping between Mr. van der Luyden and Sillerton Jackson, he leaned over his wife.
"I've got a beastly headache; don't tell any one, but come home, won't you?" he whispered.
headache - Kopfschmerzen, Kopfweh, Kopfschmerz
May gave him a glance of comprehension, and he saw her whisper to his mother, who nodded sympathetically; then she murmured an excuse to Mrs. van der Luyden, and rose from her seat just as Marguerite fell into Faust's arms. Archer, while he helped her on with her Opera cloak, noticed the exchange of a significant smile between the older ladies.
whisper to - zuflüstern
sympathetically - wohlwollend
As they drove away May laid her hand shyly on his. "I'm so sorry you don't feel well. I'm afraid they've been overworking you again at the office."
drove away - (drive away) wegjagen, vertreiben
overworking - Überarbeitung; mit Arbeit überlasten
"No"it's not that: do you mind if I open the window?" he returned confusedly, letting down the pane on his side. He sat staring out into the street, feeling his wife beside him as a silent watchful interrogation, and keeping his eyes steadily fixed on the passing houses. At their door she caught her skirt in the step of the carriage, and fell against him.
letting down - (let down) niederlassen, herablassen
"Did you hurt yourself?" he asked, steadying her with his arm.
"No; but my poor dress"see how I've torn it!" she exclaimed. She bent to gather up a mud-stained breadth, and followed him up the steps into the hall. The servants had not expected them so early, and there was only a glimmer of gas on the upper landing.
torn - zerrissen; zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß
mud - Schmutz, Schlamm; Rollenspiel im Internet
stained - gefärbt; Fleck, Schandfleck, Fleck, beflecken, beizen
Archer mounted the stairs, turned up the light, and put a match to the brackets on each side of the library mantelpiece. The curtains were drawn, and the warm friendly aspect of the room smote him like that of a familiar face met during an unavowable errand.
brackets - Klammern; Böckchen, Winkel, Halter, Konsole
aspect - Aspekt, Aktionsart
unavowable - nicht zu verantworten
He noticed that his wife was very pale, and asked if he should get her some brandy.
brandy - Kognak, Brandy, Weinbrand, Branntwein, Kurzer
"Oh, no," she exclaimed with a momentary flush, as she took off her cloak. "But hadn't you better go to bed at once?" she added, as he opened a silver box on the table and took out a cigarette.
Archer threw down the cigarette and walked to his usual place by the fire.
"No; my head is not as bad as that." He paused. "And there's something I want to say; something important"that I must tell you at once."
She had dropped into an armchair, and raised her head as he spoke. "Yes, dear?" she rejoined, so gently that he wondered at the lack of wonder with which she received this preamble.
preamble - Präambel
"May"" he began, standing a few feet from her chair, and looking over at her as if the slight distance between them were an unbridgeable abyss. The sound of his voice echoed uncannily through the homelike hush, and he repeated: "There is something I've got to tell you ... about myself ..."
distance between - Abstand zwischen
uncannily - unheimlich
homelike - heimelig
She sat silent, without a movement or a tremor of her lashes. She was still extremely pale, but her face had a curious tranquillity of expression that seemed drawn from some secret inner source.
source - Quelle, Ursprung, belegen, beziehen
Archer checked the conventional phrases of self-accusal that were crowding to his lips. He was determined to put the case baldly, without vain recrimination or excuse.
accusal - Anschuldigung; Anklage
baldly - kahl, unverblümt
recrimination - Schuldzuweisungen; Erheben einer Gegenbeschuldigung; Gegenbeschuldigung
"Madame Olenska"" he said; but at the name his wife raised her hand as if to silence him. As she did so the gaslight struck on the gold of her wedding-ring.
gaslight - Gaslicht
"Oh, why should we talk about Ellen tonight?" she asked, with a slight pout of impatience.
pout - schmollen
"Because I ought to have spoken before."
Her face remained calm. "Is it really worth while, dear? I know I've been unfair to her at times"perhaps we all have. You've understood her, no doubt, better than we did: you've always been kind to her. But what does it matter, now It's all over?"
unfair - unfair, ungerecht
It's all over - Es ist zu Ende.
Archer looked at her blankly. Could it be possible that the sense of unreality in which he felt himself imprisoned had communicated itself to his wife?
"All over"what do you mean?" he asked in an indistinct stammer.
stammer - stammeln, stottern, Stottern
May still looked at him with transparent eyes. "Why"since she's going back to Europe so soon; since Granny approves and understands, and has arranged to make her independent of her husband""
approves - billigt; billigen, genehmigen, zusagen
She broke off, and Archer, grasping the corner of the mantelpiece in one convulsed hand, and steadying himself against it, made a vain effort to extend the same control to his reeling thoughts.
Reeling - Taumeln; Taumel; (reel); Spule; Haspel; Demoband; aufrollen; drehen
"I supposed," he heard his wife's even voice go on, "that you had been kept at the office this evening about the business arrangements. It was settled this morning, I believe." She lowered her eyes under his unseeing stare, and another fugitive flush passed over her face.
passed over - übertrat
He understood that his own eyes must be unbearable, and turning away, rested his elbows on the mantel-shelf and covered his face. Something drummed and clanged furiously in his ears; he could not tell if it were the blood in his veins, or the tick of the clock on the mantel.
unbearable - unerträglich
clanged - geklungen; schallen
furiously - wütend, heftig
May sat without moving or speaking while the clock slowly measured out five minutes. A lump of coal fell forward in the grate, and hearing her rise to push it back, Archer at length turned and faced her.
measured out - zugemessen
lump - Klumpen, Kloß, Stück (Würfelzucker )
"It's impossible," he exclaimed.
"Impossible"?"
"How do you know"what you've just told me?"
"I saw Ellen yesterday"I told you I'd seen her at Granny's."
"It wasn't then that she told you?"
"No; I had a note from her this afternoon."Do you want to see it?"
He could not find his voice, and she went out of the room, and came back almost immediately.
"I thought you knew," she said simply.
She laid a sheet of paper on the table, and Archer put out his hand and took it up. The letter contained only a few lines.
"May dear, I have at last made Granny understand that my visit to her could be no more than a visit; and she has been as kind and generous as ever. She sees now that if I return to Europe I must live by myself, or rather with poor Aunt Medora, who is coming with me. I am hurrying back to Washington to pack up, and we sail next week. You must be very good to Granny when I'm gone"as good as you've always been to me. Ellen.
pack up - zusammen packen, zusammenpacken [alt]
"If any of my friends wish to urge me to change my mind, please tell them it would be utterly useless."
Archer read the letter over two or three times; then he flung it down and burst out laughing.
The sound of his laugh startled him. It recalled Janey's midnight fright when she had caught him rocking with incomprehensible mirth over May's telegram announcing that the date of their marriage had been advanced.
fright - erschrecken; Angst, Schreck, Schrecken
Rocking - Kipphebel, schaukelnd; (roc) Kipphebel, schaukelnd
"Why did she write this?" he asked, checking his laugh with a supreme effort.
May met the question with her unshaken candour. "I suppose because we talked things over yesterday""
unshaken - unerschüttert
"What things?"
"I told her I was afraid I hadn't been fair to her"hadn't always understood how hard it must have been for her here, alone among so many people who were relations and yet strangers; who felt the right to criticise, and yet didn't always know the circumstances." She paused. "I knew you'd been the one friend she could always count on; and I wanted her to know that you and I were the same"in all our feelings."
criticise - kritisieren, bemängeln, monieren, mäkeln
She hesitated, as if waiting for him to speak, and then added slowly: "She understood my wishing to tell her this. I think she understands everything."
She went up to Archer, and taking one of his cold hands pressed it quickly against her cheek.
"My head aches too; good-night, dear," she said, and turned to the door, her torn and muddy wedding-dress dragging after her across the room.
aches - schmerzen; Schmerz
Muddy - trübe, schlammig
dragging - Planierschleppe; nachschleppen, schleppen, ziehen
It was, as Mrs. Archer smilingly said to Mrs. Welland, a great event for a young couple to give their first big dinner.
smilingly - lächelnde
The Newland Archers, since they had set up their household, had received a good deal of company in an informal way. Archer was fond of having three or four friends to dine, and May welcomed them with the beaming readiness of which her mother had set her the example in conjugal affairs.
conjugal - ehelich
Her husband questioned whether, if left to herself, she would ever have asked any one to the house; but he had long given up trying to disengage her real self from the shape into which tradition and training had moulded her. It was expected that well-off young couples in New York should do a good deal of informal entertaining, and a Welland married to an Archer was doubly pledged to the tradition.
disengage - auskuppeln; ausklinken, aushaken, entkuppeln
But a big dinner, with a hired chef and two borrowed footmen, with Roman punch, roses from Henderson's, and menus on gilt-edged cards, was a different affair, and not to be lightly undertaken. As Mrs.
undertaken - unternommen; unternehmen, ausführen, verpflichten
Archer remarked, the Roman punch made all the difference; not in itself but by its manifold implications"since it signified either canvas-backs or terrapin, two soups, a hot and a cold sweet, full decolletage with short sleeves, and guests of a proportionate importance.
manifold - Krümmer; vervielfältigen; Sammelrohr, mehrfach, vielfältig
decolletage - Dekolleté
proportionate - verhältnismäßig; proportionieren
It was always an interesting occasion when a young pair launched their first invitations in the third person, and their summons was seldom refused even by the seasoned and sought-after. Still, it was admittedly a triumph that the van der Luydens, at May's request, should have stayed over in order to be present at her farewell dinner for the Countess Olenska.
launched - gestartet; Markteinführung; anstoßen, starten (Rakete)
seasoned - gewürzt; Jahreszeit, Saison; abschmecken (würzen), würzen
admittedly - zugegebenermaßen
be present - dabei sein, vorliegen, dabeisein [alt]
The two mothers-in-law sat in May's drawing-room on the afternoon of the great day, Mrs. Archer writing out the menus on Tiffany's thickest gilt-edged bristol, while Mrs. Welland superintended the placing of the palms and standard lamps.
great day - Ehrentag
thickest - am dicksten; dick, dick, dicht, dick, plump, mitten in
superintended - beaufsichtigt; aufsehen
Archer, arriving late from his office, found them still there. Mrs. Archer had turned her attention to the name-cards for the table, and Mrs. Welland was considering the effect of bringing forward the large gilt sofa, so that another "corner" might be created between the piano and the window.
May, they told him, was in the dining-room inspecting the mound of Jacqueminot roses and maidenhair in the centre of the long table, and the placing of the Maillard bonbons in openwork silver baskets between the candelabra. On the piano stood a large basket of orchids which Mr. van der Luyden had had sent from Skuytercliff. Everything was, in short, as it should be on the approach of so considerable an event.
mound - Erdhügel, Erdwall
maidenhair - Jungfernhäutchen; Frauenhaarfarn, Frauenhaar, Venushaar
openwork - durchbrochen
baskets - Körbe; Korb
Mrs. Archer ran thoughtfully over the list, checking off each name with her sharp gold pen.
checking off - (check off) abhaken
"Henry van der Luyden"Louisa"the Lovell Mingotts"the Reggie Chiverses"Lawrence Lefferts and Gertrude"(yes, I suppose May was right to have them)"the Selfridge Merrys, Sillerton Jackson, Van Newland and his wife. (How time passes! It seems only yesterday that he was your best man, Newland)"and Countess Olenska"yes, I think that's all...."
passes - Pässe; (to pass) durchgehen, passieren, durchlaufen
Mrs. Welland surveyed her son-in-law affectionately. "No one can say, Newland, that you and May are not giving Ellen a handsome send-off."
affectionately - zärtlich
send-off - (send-off) losschicken, absenden
"Ah, well," said Mrs. Archer, "I understand May's wanting her cousin to tell people abroad that we're not quite barbarians."
barbarians - Barbaren; barbarisch, Barbar, Barbarin, Barbar, Barbar
"I'm sure Ellen will appreciate it. She was to arrive this morning, I believe. It will make a most charming last impression. The evening before sailing is usually so dreary," Mrs. Welland cheerfully continued.
most charming - anmutigste
Archer turned toward the door, and his mother-in-law called to him: "Do go in and have a peep at the table. And don't let May tire herself too much.
peep - piepsen; (peep hole) Schauloch; (to peep through) durchgucken
But he affected not to hear, and sprang up the stairs to his library. The room looked at him like an alien countenance composed into a polite grimace; and he perceived that it had been ruthlessly "tidied," and prepared, by a judicious distribution of ash-trays and cedar-wood boxes, for the gentlemen to smoke in.
alien - Außerirdische; Fremdling, Fremder, Fremde, Ausländer
composed - komponiert; compos
ruthlessly - ruchlos, rücksichtslos, unbarmherzig, unerbittlich
tidied - aufgeräumt; sauber, ordentlich, ordentlich, aufräumen, säubern
judicious - vernünftig
distribution - Verteilung; Distribution, Verbreitung, Austeilung, Aufteilung
cedar - Zeder; Zypressengewächs, Zedernholz
"Ah, well," he thought, "it's not for long"" and he went on to his dressing-room.
Ten days had passed since Madame Olenska's departure from New York. During those ten days Archer had had no sign from her but that conveyed by the return of a key wrapped in tissue paper, and sent to his office in a sealed envelope addressed in her hand.
This retort to his last appeal might have been interpreted as a classic move in a familiar game; but the young man chose to give it a different meaning. She was still fighting against her fate; but she was going to Europe, and she was not returning to her husband. Nothing, therefore, was to prevent his following her; and once he had taken the irrevocable step, and had proved to her that it was irrevocable, he believed she would not send him away.
interpreted - gedeutet; interpretieren, interpretieren, dolmetschen
This confidence in the future had steadied him to play his part in the present. It had kept him from writing to her, or betraying, by any sign or act, his misery and mortification. It seemed to him that in the deadly silent game between them the trumps were still in his hands; and he waited.
mortification - Kasteiung; Kränkung, Demütigung
deadly silent - totenstill
trumps - Trümpfe; Trumpf
There had been, nevertheless, moments sufficiently difficult to pass; as when Mr. Letterblair, the day after Madame Olenska's departure, had sent for him to go over the details of the trust which Mrs.
Manson Mingott wished to create for her granddaughter. For a couple of hours Archer had examined the terms of the deed with his senior, all the while obscurely feeling that if he had been consulted it was for some reason other than the obvious one of his cousinship; and that the close of the conference would reveal it.
deed - Tat, Akt, Werk, Urkunde, urkundlich übertragen; (dee); Tat, Akt
obvious - offensichtlich; selbstverständlich; deutlich; überdeutlich; offenbar; q
cousinship - Vetternschaft
conference - Konferenz, Tagung
"Well, the lady can't deny that it's a handsome arrangement," Mr. Letterblair had summed up, after mumbling over a summary of the settlement. "In fact I'm bound to say she's been treated pretty handsomely all round."
deny - leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
summed - summiert; Betrag, Summe, Geldbetrag
mumbling - Nuscheln; Genuschel, murmelnd; (mumble); murmeln, nuscheln
I'm bound to say - Ich muss sagen ...
"All round?" Archer echoed with a touch of derision. "Do you refer to her husband's proposal to give her back her own money?"
Derision - Hohn, Spott, Verhöhnung, Verspottung
refer - verweisen; überweisen (an)
proposal - Vorschlag; Heiratsantrag
Mr. Letterblair's bushy eyebrows went up a fraction of an inch. "My dear sir, the law's the law; and your wife's cousin was married under the French law. It's to be presumed she knew what that meant."
bushy - buschig
fraction - Fraktion; Bruchteil; Bruch
presumed - vermutet; annehmen, mutmaßen, vermuten
"Even if she did, what happened subsequently"." But Archer paused. Mr. Letterblair had laid his pen-handle against his big corrugated nose, and was looking down it with the expression assumed by virtuous elderly gentlemen when they wish their youngers to understand that virtue is not synonymous with ignorance.
corrugated - geriffelt; runzeln, wellen
virtuous - züchtig, tugendhaft, tugendsam
youngers - Jüngere; jünger
synonymous - bedeutungsgleich, gleichbedeutend, synonym, synonymisch
"My dear sir, I've no wish to extenuate the Count's transgressions; but"but on the other side ... I wouldn't put my hand in the fire ... well, that there hadn't been Tit for tat ... with the young champion...." Mr. Letterblair unlocked a drawer and pushed a folded paper toward Archer. "This report, the result of discreet enquiries .
extenuate - dämpfen, abschwächen
transgressions - Übertretungen; Transgression, Verstoß, Übertretung
Tit for tat - Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn.
discreet - diskret
." And then, as Archer made no effort to glance at the paper or to repudiate the suggestion, the lawyer somewhat flatly continued: "I don't say it's conclusive, you observe; far from it. But straws show ... and on the whole it's eminently satisfactory for all parties that this dignified solution has been reached."
repudiate - ablehnen; verleugnen (sb./sth.); abstreiten, zurückweisen
flatly - ganz einfach; kategorisch; ausdruckslos, emotionslos
conclusive - schlüssig
observe - beobachten; beachten, halten, bemerken
straws - Strohhalme; Halm, Strohhalm, Stroh
eminently - eminent
"Oh, eminently," Archer assented, pushing back the paper.
A day or two later, on responding to a summons from Mrs. Manson Mingott, his soul had been more deeply tried.
responding - antworten, reagieren
He had found the old lady depressed and querulous.
depressed - deprimiert; deprimieren
querulous - quengelig
"You know she's deserted me?" she began at once; and without waiting for his reply: "Oh, don't ask me why! She gave so many reasons that I've forgotten them all. My private belief is that she couldn't face the boredom. At any rate that's what Augusta and my daughters-in-law think. And I don't know that I altogether blame her. Olenski's a finished scoundrel; but life with him must have been a good deal gayer than it is in Fifth Avenue. Not that the family would admit that: they think Fifth Avenue is Heaven with the rue de la Paix thrown in. And poor Ellen, of course, has no idea of going back to her husband.
boredom - Langeweile
blame - jemadem die Schuld zuweisen
thrown in - eingeworfen
She held out as firmly as ever against that. So she's to settle down in Paris with that fool Medora.... Well, Paris is Paris; and you can keep a carriage there on next to nothing. But she was as gay as a bird, and I shall miss her." Two tears, the parched tears of the old, rolled down her puffy cheeks and vanished in the abysses of her bosom.
parched - ausgedörrt; ausdörren, ausdörren, rösten
puffy - aufgedunsen; geschwollen
abysses - Abgründe; Abgrund, Hölle, Abgrund, Abgrund
"All I ask is," she concluded, "that they shouldn't bother me any more. I must really be allowed to digest my gruel...." And she twinkled a little wistfully at Archer.
digest - digerieren, verdauen; Ăśbersicht; (dig) digerieren
gruel - Haferschleim, Mus
It was that evening, on his return home, that May announced her intention of giving a farewell dinner to her cousin. Madame Olenska's name had not been pronounced between them since the night of her flight to Washington; and Archer looked at his wife with surprise.
"A dinner"why?" he interrogated.
interrogated - verhört; verhören, vernehmen
Her colour rose. "But you like Ellen"I thought you'd be pleased."
"It's awfully nice"your putting it in that way. But I really don't see""
"I mean to do it, Newland," she said, quietly rising and going to her desk. "Here are the invitations all written. Mother helped me"she agrees that we ought to." She paused, embarrassed and yet smiling, and Archer suddenly saw before him the embodied image of the Family.
embodied - verkörpert; verkörpern, verkörpern
"Oh, all right," he said, staring with unseeing eyes at the list of guests that she had put in his hand.
When he entered the drawing-room before dinner May was stooping over the fire and trying to coax the logs to burn in their unaccustomed setting of immaculate tiles.
coax - schmeicheln, gut zureden; Koaxialkabel
unaccustomed - ungewohnt
immaculate - tadellos
The tall lamps were all lit, and Mr. van der Luyden's orchids had been conspicuously disposed in various receptacles of modern porcelain and knobby silver. Mrs.
receptacles - Gefäße; Gefäß
porcelain - Porzellan
knobby - knorrig; knotig, knubbelig, huckelig, höckerig
Newland Archer's drawing-room was generally thought a great success. A gilt bamboo jardiniere, in which the primulas and cinerarias were punctually renewed, blocked the access to the bay window (where the old-fashioned would have preferred a bronze reduction of the Venus of Milo); the sofas and arm-chairs of pale brocade were cleverly grouped about little plush tables densely covered with silver toys, porcelain animals and efflorescent photograph frames; and tall rosy-shaded lamps shot up like tropical flowers among the palms.
jardiniere - Blumenschale
primulas - Primeln; Primel
blocked - blockiert; Block, Block
access - Zutritt, Zugang, Einsicht, Zugriff; zugreifen
reduction - Reduktion, Reduzierung
Venus - Venus, Venus
sofas - Sofa
toys - Spielzeug
efflorescent - effloreszierend
tropical - tropisch
"I don't think Ellen has ever seen this room lighted up," said May, rising flushed from her struggle, and sending about her a glance of pardonable pride. The brass tongs which she had propped against the side of the chimney fell with a crash that drowned her husband's answer; and before he could restore them Mr. and Mrs. van der Luyden were announced.
Struggle - Kämpfen; Kampf, Gefecht, sich durchbeißen, sich schwer tun
pardonable - entschuldbar, verzeihlich
tongs - Zangen; Tong
drowned - ertrunken; ertrinken, ertränken, überwältigen
restore - wiederherstellen, restaurieren
The other guests quickly followed, for it was known that the van der Luydens liked to dine punctually. The room was nearly full, and Archer was engaged in showing to Mrs. Selfridge Merry a small highly-varnished Verbeckhoven "Study of Sheep," which Mr. Welland had given May for Christmas, when he found Madame Olenska at his side.
Christmas - Weihnachten
She was excessively pale, and her pallor made her dark hair seem denser and heavier than ever. Perhaps that, or the fact that she had wound several rows of amber beads about her neck, reminded him suddenly of the little Ellen Mingott he had danced with at children's parties, when Medora Manson had first brought her to New York.
denser - dichter; Höhlen
amber - Bernstein; Bernsteingelb; bernsteinen
beads - Perlen; Perle, Tropfen
The amber beads were trying to her complexion, or her dress was perhaps unbecoming: her face looked lustreless and almost ugly, and he had never loved it as he did at that minute. Their hands met, and he thought he heard her say: "Yes, we're sailing tomorrow in the Russia""; then there was an unmeaning noise of opening doors, and after an interval May's voice: "Newland! Dinner's been announced. Won't you please take Ellen in?"
unbecoming - unschicklich
lustreless - glanzlos
unmeaning - unbedeutend
Madame Olenska put her hand on his arm, and he noticed that the hand was ungloved, and remembered how he had kept his eyes fixed on it the evening that he had sat with her in the little Twenty-third Street drawing-room. All the beauty that had forsaken her face seemed to have taken refuge in the long pale fingers and faintly dimpled knuckles on his sleeve, and he said to himself: "If it were only to see her hand again I should have to follow her".
forsaken - im Stich gelassen; aufgeben
dimpled - Delle, Beule, Grübchen
knuckles - Fingerknöchel
It was only at an entertainment ostensibly offered to a "foreign visitor" that Mrs. van der Luyden could suffer the diminution of being placed on her host's left. The fact of Madame Olenska's "foreignness" could hardly have been more adroitly emphasised than by this farewell tribute; and Mrs. van der Luyden accepted her displacement with an affability which left no doubt as to her approval. There were certain things that had to be done, and if done at all, done handsomely and thoroughly; and one of these, in the old New York code, was the tribal rally around a kinswoman about to be eliminated from the tribe. There was nothing on earth that the Wellands and Mingotts would not have done to proclaim their unalterable affection for the Countess Olenska now that her passage for Europe was engaged; and Archer, at the head of his table, sat marvelling at the silent untiring activity with which her popularity had been retrieved, grievances against her silenced, her past countenanced, and her present irradiated by the family approval. Mrs.
ostensibly - scheinbar
diminution - Verkleinerung; Rückgang
adroitly - gekonnt; gewandte
emphasised - hervorgehoben; Nachdruck, Eindringlichkeit, Emphase
displacement - Verdrängung; Verstellung, Verlagerung, Vertreibung, Verschiebung
rally - Zusammenkunft, Rallye; um sich scharen; Sternfahrt; sammeln
kinswoman - Verwandtschaft; Verwandte, Angehörige, Landsfrau, Landsmännin
be eliminated - (im Sport) ausscheiden
affection - Zuneigung; Rührung
marvelling - Staunen; (marvel) Wunderding, Wunder; (marvel); wundern
untiring - unermüdlich
Retrieved - Zurückgeholt; zurückholen, zurückerhalten, wiedererhalten
countenanced - gebilligt; Antlitz
irradiated - bestrahlt; strahlen, bestrahlen
van der Luyden shone on her with the dim benevolence which was her nearest approach to cordiality, and Mr. van der Luyden, from his seat at May's right, cast down the table glances plainly intended to justify all the carnations he had sent from Skuytercliff.
plainly - klar und deutlich; klar
Archer, who seemed to be assisting at the scene in a state of odd imponderability, as if he floated somewhere between chandelier and ceiling, wondered at nothing so much as his own share in the proceedings. As his glance travelled from one placid well-fed face to another he saw all the harmless-looking people engaged upon May's canvas-backs as a band of dumb conspirators, and himself and the pale woman on his right as the centre of their conspiracy. And then it came over him, in a vast flash made up of many broken gleams, that to all of them he and Madame Olenska were lovers, lovers in the extreme sense peculiar to "foreign" vocabularies.
assisting - assistieren, helfen, beistehen, unterstützen, vorlegen, Vorlage
imponderability - Unwägbarkeit
proceedings - fortsetzend, verfahrend
harmless - harmlos, unschädlich, ungefährlich
conspirators - Verschwörer, Verschwörerin
gleams - schimmert; Schimmer; durchschimmern, glänzen
vocabularies - Vokabularien; Vokabeln-p, Wortschatz, Wortliste, Vokabular
He guessed himself to have been, for months, the centre of countless silently observing eyes and patiently listening ears; he understood that, by means as yet unknown to him, the separation between himself and the partner of his guilt had been achieved, and that now the whole tribe had rallied about his wife on the tacit assumption that nobody knew anything, or had ever imagined anything, and that the occasion of the entertainment was simply May Archer's natural desire to take an affectionate leave of her friend and cousin.
countless - unzählige; unzählig, unzählbar, zahllos
rallied - versammelt; Zusammenkunft
It was the old New York way of taking life "without effusion of blood": the way of people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency above courage, and who considered that nothing was more ill-bred than "scenes," except the behaviour of those who gave rise to them.
effusion of blood - Bluterguss
dreaded - gefürchtet; schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grausen
disease - Krankheit
As these thoughts succeeded each other in his mind Archer felt like a prisoner in the centre of an armed camp. He looked about the table, and guessed at the inexorableness of his captors from the tone in which, over the asparagus from Florida, they were dealing with Beaufort and his wife.
inexorableness - Unerbittlichkeiten
captors - Entführer, Fänger
asparagus - Spargel
"It's to show me," he thought, "what would happen to ME"" and a deathly sense of the superiority of implication and analogy over direct action, and of silence over rash words, closed in on him like the doors of the family vault.
deathly - tödlich
implication - Implikation; Auswirkung, Folge, Tragweite, Bedeutung, Andeutung
rash - Hautausschlag, voreilig, Ausschlag
vault - Tresor; sich wölben, überwölben
He laughed, and met Mrs. van der Luyden's startled eyes.
"You think it laughable?" she said with a pinched smile. "Of course poor Regina's idea of remaining in New York has its ridiculous side, I suppose;" and Archer muttered: "Of course."
laughable - lächerlich, lachhaft, zum Lachen
At this point, he became conscious that Madame Olenska's other neighbour had been engaged for some time with the lady on his right. At the same moment he saw that May, serenely enthroned between Mr. van der Luyden and Mr. Selfridge Merry, had cast a quick glance down the table.
It was evident that the host and the lady on his right could not sit through the whole meal in silence. He turned to Madame Olenska, and her pale smile met him. "Oh, do let's see it through," it seemed to say.
"Did you find the journey tiring?" he asked in a voice that surprised him by its naturalness; and she answered that, on the contrary, she had seldom travelled with fewer discomforts.
tiring - ermüdend, anstrengend; (tire); ermüdend, anstrengend
naturalness - Natürlichkeit
"Except, you know, the dreadful heat in the train," she added; and he remarked that she would not suffer from that particular hardship in the country she was going to.
hardship - Härtefall; Härte, Not, Entbehrung, Mühsal
"I never," he declared with intensity, "was more nearly frozen than once, in April, in the train between Calais and Paris."
intensity - Intensität
She said she did not wonder, but remarked that, after all, one could always carry an extra rug, and that every form of travel had its hardships; to which he abruptly returned that he thought them all of no account compared with the blessedness of getting away. She changed colour, and he added, his voice suddenly rising in pitch: "I mean to do a lot of travelling myself before long." A tremor crossed her face, and leaning over to Reggie Chivers, he cried out: "I say, Reggie, what do you say to a trip round the world: now, next month, I mean?
hardships - Nöte; Härte, Not, Entbehrung, Mühsal, Elend
getting away - davonkommend
before long - in kurzem
I'm game if you are"" at which Mrs. Reggie piped up that she could not think of letting Reggie go till after the Martha Washington Ball she was getting up for the Blind Asylum in Easter week; and her husband placidly observed that by that time he would have to be practising for the International Polo match.
piped - verrohrt; Kern
asylum - Asyl; psychiatrische Anstalt
polo - Polohemd
But Mr. Selfridge Merry had caught the phrase "round the world," and having once circled the globe in his steam-yacht, he seized the opportunity to send down the table several striking items concerning the shallowness of the Mediterranean ports. Though, after all, he added, it didn't matter; for when you'd seen Athens and Smyrna and Constantinople, what else was there?
circled - eingekreist; Kreis, Kreis, Kreis, Kreis, Zirkel, Kreis
shallowness - Oberflächlichkeit; Seichtheit
Mediterranean - Mittelmeer; mediterran
ports - Häfen; Schlitz, Backbord, Portwein, Hafen; portieren, übertragen
Athens - Athen
Constantinople - Konstantinopel
And Mrs. Merry said she could never be too grateful to Dr. Bencomb for having made them promise not to go to Naples on account of the fever.
Naples - Neapel
fever - Fieber, Temperaturerhöhung
"But you must have three weeks to do India properly," her husband conceded, anxious to have it understood that he was no frivolous globe-trotter.
And at this point the ladies went up to the drawing-room.
In the library, in spite of weightier presences, Lawrence Lefferts predominated.
weightier - gewichtiger; wichtig, schwergewichtig, wichtig
presences - Präsenzen; Anwesenheit
predominated - vorherrschte; vorherrschen
The talk, as usual, had veered around to the Beauforts, and even Mr. van der Luyden and Mr. Selfridge Merry, installed in the honorary arm-chairs tacitly reserved for them, paused to listen to the younger man's philippic.
veered - umgedreht; drehen, umspringen
honorary - ehrenamtlich; Ehren-, ehrenhalber
philippic - philippinisch; Philippika
Never had Lefferts so abounded in the sentiments that adorn Christian manhood and exalt the sanctity of the home. Indignation lent him a scathing eloquence, and it was clear that if others had followed his example, and acted as he talked, society would never have been weak enough to receive a foreign upstart like Beaufort"no, sir, not even if he'd married a van der Luyden or a Lanning instead of a Dallas. And what chance would there have been, Lefferts wrathfully questioned, of his marrying into such a family as the Dallases, if he had not already wormed his way into certain houses, as people like Mrs.
abounded in - gestrotzt
Christian - Christ, Christin, Christian, christlich
manhood - Menschentum, Menschsein, Menschheit, Männlichkeit, Mannsein
exalt - erheben; ehren; erhöhen
sanctity - Unantastbarkeit; Heiligkeit
scathing - vernichtend; Beleidigung
upstart - Emporkömmling, Parvenü, Neureicher, Angeber
wormed - entwurmt; Wurm, elender Wurm
Lemuel Struthers had managed to worm theirs in his wake? If society chose to open its doors to vulgar women the harm was not great, though the gain was doubtful; but once it got in the way of tolerating men of obscure origin and tainted wealth the end was total disintegration"and at no distant date.
worm - Wurm; elender Wurm
tolerating - tolerieren, dulden, vertragen
Total - Insgesamt; Gesamtbetrag, Gesamtsumme, ganz, komplett, total
"If things go on at this pace," Lefferts thundered, looking like a young prophet dressed by Poole, and who had not yet been stoned, "we shall see our children fighting for invitations to swindlers'houses, and marrying Beaufort's bastards."
thundered - gewittert; Donner, Donnern
prophet - Prophet, Prophetin
stoned - bekifft; Stein, Stein, Edelstein, t+Schmuckstein, Stein, Kern
swindlers - Schwindler, Schwindlerin, Gauner, Gaunerin, Betrüger, Betrügerin
bastards - Bastarde; Bastard, Bastardin, Bankert, Bastard, Mistkerl, Arsch
"Oh, I say"Draw it mild!" Reggie Chivers and young Newland protested, while Mr. Selfridge Merry looked genuinely alarmed, and an expression of pain and disgust settled on Mr. van der Luyden's sensitive face.
Draw it mild - Mach's mal halblang!
genuinely - wirklich
alarmed - beunruhigt; Alarm, Alarm, Alarmsignal
"Has he got any?" cried Mr. Sillerton Jackson, pricking up his ears; and while Lefferts tried to turn the question with a laugh, the old gentleman twittered into Archer's ear: "Queer, those fellows who are always wanting to set things right. The people who have the worst cooks are always telling you they're poisoned when they dine out. But I hear there are pressing reasons for our friend Lawrence's diatribe:"typewriter this time, I understand..
pricking - stechenden; (prick) stechenden
twittered - gezwitschert; Zwitschern
poisoned - vergiftet; Gift
diatribe - gehässiger Angriff, Hetze, Hetzrede, Hetzschrift
typewriter - Schreibmaschine
."
The talk swept past Archer like some senseless river running and running because it did not know enough to stop. He saw, on the faces about him, expressions of interest, amusement and even mirth. He listened to the younger men's laughter, and to the praise of the Archer Madeira, which Mr. van der Luyden and Mr.
laughter - Gelächter, Lachen
Praise - Gelobt; Lob; loben, preisen
Merry were thoughtfully celebrating. Through it all he was dimly aware of a general attitude of friendliness toward himself, as if the guard of the prisoner he felt himself to be were trying to soften his captivity; and the perception increased his passionate determination to be free.
celebrating - feiern, zelebrieren, feiern, zelebrieren, halten, feiern
captivity - Gefangenschaft
perception - Wahrnehmung
In the drawing-room, where they presently joined the ladies, he met May's triumphant eyes, and read in them the conviction that everything had "gone off" beautifully. She rose from Madame Olenska's side, and immediately Mrs. van der Luyden beckoned the latter to a seat on the gilt sofa where she throned. Mrs. Selfridge Merry bore across the room to join them, and it became clear to Archer that here also a conspiracy of rehabilitation and obliteration was going on. The silent organisation which held his little world together was determined to put itself on record as never for a moment having questioned the propriety of Madame Olenska's conduct, or the completeness of Archer's domestic felicity. All these amiable and inexorable persons were resolutely engaged in pretending to each other that they had never heard of, suspected, or even conceived possible, the least hint to the contrary; and from this tissue of elaborate mutual dissimulation Archer once more disengaged the fact that New York believed him to be Madame Olenska's lover. He caught the glitter of victory in his wife's eyes, and for the first time understood that she shared the belief.
beckoned - winkte; heranwinken, herbeiwinken, winken, zuwinken, einladen
rehabilitation - Rehabilitation, Wiederherstellung, Entlastung, Ehrenrettung
Obliteration - Zerstörung; Vernichtung, Auslöschung, Obliteration, Verödung
completeness - Vollständigkeit
Felicity - Felizitas, Felicitas
conceived - erdacht; konzipieren, erdenken, ersinnen, empfangen, verstehen
victory - Sieg
The discovery roused a laughter of inner devils that reverberated through all his efforts to discuss the Martha Washington ball with Mrs. Reggie Chivers and little Mrs. Newland; and so the evening swept on, running and running like a senseless river that did not know how to stop.
devils - Teufeln; Teufel, Satan, Teufel, Teufel, Teufel, Teufelin
reverberated - nachhallt; nachhallen, nachklingen, nachdröhnen
At length he saw that Madame Olenska had risen and was saying good-bye. He understood that in a moment she would be gone, and tried to remember what he had said to her at dinner; but he could not recall a single word they had exchanged.
recall - zurückrufen; erinnern
She went up to May, the rest of the company making a circle about her as she advanced. The two young women clasped hands; then May bent forward and kissed her cousin.
"Certainly our hostess is much the handsomer of the two," Archer heard Reggie Chivers say in an undertone to young Mrs. Newland; and he remembered Beaufort's coarse sneer at May's ineffectual beauty.
sneer - spotten; Spott; grinsen, spötteln
A moment later he was in the hall, putting Madame Olenska's cloak about her shoulders.
Through all his confusion of mind he had held fast to the resolve to say nothing that might startle or disturb her. Convinced that no power could now turn him from his purpose he had found strength to let events shape themselves as they would. But as he followed Madame Olenska into the hall he thought with a sudden hunger of being for a moment alone with her at the door of her carriage.
startle - aufschrecken, scheuen, erschrecken
"Is your carriage here?" he asked; and at that moment Mrs. van der Luyden, who was being majestically inserted into her sables, said gently: "We are driving dear Ellen home."
inserted - eingefügt; einsetzen, einfügen, einwerfen, Beilage
Archer's heart gave a jerk, and Madame Olenska, clasping her cloak and fan with one hand, held out the other to him. "Good-bye," she said.
"Good-bye"but I shall see you soon in Paris," he answered aloud"it seemed to him that he had shouted it.
shouted - geschrien; Schrei, Zuruf; rufen, schreien, laut schreien
"Oh," she murmured, "if you and May could come"!"
Mr. van der Luyden advanced to give her his arm, and Archer turned to Mrs. van der Luyden. For a moment, in the billowy darkness inside the big landau, he caught the dim oval of a face, eyes shining steadily"and she was gone.
billowy - wabbelig; wellig, wogend
As he went up the steps he crossed Lawrence Lefferts coming down with his wife. Lefferts caught his host by the sleeve, drawing back to let Gertrude pass.
"I say, old chap: do you mind just letting it be understood that I'm dining with you at the club tomorrow night? Thanks so much, you old brick! Good-night."
"It DID go off beautifully, didn't it?" May questioned from the threshold of the library.
Archer roused himself with a start. As soon as the last carriage had driven away, he had come up to the library and shut himself in, with the hope that his wife, who still lingered below, would go straight to her room. But there she stood, pale and drawn, yet radiating the factitious energy of one who has passed beyond fatigue.
driven away - (drive away) wegjagen, vertreiben
radiating - strahlen, ausstrahlen
fatigue - Müdigkeit, Ermüdung, Schlappheit, Überdruss
"May I come and talk it over?" she asked.
"Of course, if you like. But you must be awfully sleepy""
sleepy - schläfrig; verschlafen
"No, I'm not sleepy. I should like to sit with you a little."
"Very well," he said, pushing her chair near the fire.
She sat down and he resumed his seat; but neither spoke for a long time. At length Archer began abruptly: "Since you're not tired, and want to talk, there's something I must tell you. I tried to the other night"."
She looked at him quickly. "Yes, dear. Something about yourself?"
"About myself. You say you're not tired: well, I am. Horribly tired ..."
In an instant she was all tender anxiety. "Oh, I've seen it coming on, Newland! You've been so wickedly overworked""
wickedly - verrucht
"Perhaps it's that. Anyhow, I want to make a break""
"A break? To give up the law?"
"To go away, at any rate"at once. On a long trip, ever so far off"away from everything""
He paused, conscious that he had failed in his attempt to speak with the indifference of a man who longs for a change, and is yet too weary to welcome it. Do what he would, the chord of eagerness vibrated. "Away from everything"" he repeated.
longs for - ersehnt
chord - Akkord; Sehne; Profilsehne; Tastenkombination
vibrated - vibriert; vibrieren, Vibration
"Ever so far? Where, for instance?" she asked.
"Oh, I don't know. India"or Japan."
She stood up, and as he sat with bent head, his chin propped on his hands, he felt her warmly and fragrantly hovering over him.
warmly - herzlich
fragrantly - duftende, duftend
"As far as that? But I'm afraid you can't, dear ..." she said in an unsteady voice. "Not unless you'll take me with you." And then, as he was silent, she went on, in tones so clear and evenly-pitched that each separate syllable tapped like a little hammer on his brain: "That is, if the doctors will let me go ..
unsteady - wackelig; unstet
evenly - gleichmäßig; ausgeglichene
hammer - Hammer; Schlagstück, Hahn, Schlaghebel, tMalleus
but I'm afraid they won't. For you see, Newland, I've been sure since this morning of something I've been so longing and hoping for""
He looked up at her with a sick stare, and she sank down, all dew and roses, and hid her face against his knee.
hid - versteckt; (hide) verstecken
"Oh, my dear," he said, holding her to him while his cold hand stroked her hair.
There was a long pause, which the inner devils filled with strident laughter; then May freed herself from his arms and stood up.
"You didn't guess"?"
"Yes"I; no. That is, of course I hoped""
They looked at each other for an instant and again fell silent; then, turning his eyes from hers, he asked abruptly: "Have you told any one else?"
"Only Mamma and your mother." She paused, and then added hurriedly, the blood flushing up to her forehead: "That is"and Ellen. You know I told you we'd had a long talk one afternoon"and how dear she was to me."
flushing - Wasserspülung (Vorgang); Spülung, durchflutend
"Ah"" said Archer, his heart stopping.
He felt that his wife was watching him intently. "Did you MIND my telling her first, Newland?"
intently - angespannt, aufmerksam, konzentriert
"Mind? Why should I?" He made a last effort to collect himself. "But that was a fortnight ago, wasn't it? I thought you said you weren't sure till today."
collect - eintreiben (Schulden), sammeln, einsammeln
Her colour burned deeper, but she held his gaze. "No; I wasn't sure then"but I told her I was. And you see I was right!" she exclaimed, her blue eyes wet with victory.
Newland Archer sat at the writing-table in his library in East Thirty-ninth Street.
He had just got back from a big official reception for the inauguration of the new galleries at the Metropolitan Museum, and the spectacle of those great spaces crowded with the spoils of the ages, where the throng of fashion circulated through a series of scientifically catalogued treasures, had suddenly pressed on a rusted spring of memory.
official reception - Staatsempfang
inauguration - Amtseinführung, Inauguration
throng - Menschengewühl, Gedränge, Menschenmenge, Schwarm
circulated - in Umlauf gebracht; umlaufen, kreisen, zirkulieren, kursieren
scientifically - wissenschaftlich
catalogued - katalogisiert; Katalog, Liste, Katalog, Liste, Verzeichnis
treasures - Schatz, Schatz, Schatz, schätzen
rusted - verrostet; rosten, verrosten, einrosten; Rost (Eisen)
"Why, this used to be one of the old Cesnola rooms," he heard some one say; and instantly everything about him vanished, and he was sitting alone on a hard leather divan against a radiator, while a slight figure in a long sealskin cloak moved away down the meagrely-fitted vista of the old Museum.
meagrely - dürftig; mager
The vision had roused a host of other associations, and he sat looking with new eyes at the library which, for over thirty years, had been the scene of his solitary musings and of all the family confabulations.
musings - Grübeleien; sinnend, grübelnd, nachgrübelnd, nachsinnend
It was the room in which most of the real things of his life had happened. There his wife, nearly twenty-six years ago, had broken to him, with a blushing circumlocution that would have caused the young women of the new generation to smile, the news that she was to have a child; and there their eldest boy, Dallas, too delicate to be taken to church in midwinter, had been christened by their old friend the Bishop of New York, the ample magnificent irreplaceable Bishop, so long the pride and ornament of his diocese.
circumlocution - Umschreibungen; Umschweife
midwinter - Mitten im Winter; tiefster Winter, Mitte des Winters
christened - getauft; taufen, taufen
ample - reichlich; groß, umfangreich, üppig
irreplaceable - unersetzlich
ornament - Verzierung; musikalische Verzierung
diocese - Diözese, Bistum, Eparchie
There Dallas had first staggered across the floor shouting "Dad," while May and the nurse laughed behind the door; there their second child, Mary (who was so like her mother), had announced her engagement to the dullest and most reliable of Reggie Chivers's many sons; and there Archer had kissed her through her wedding veil before they went down to the motor which was to carry them to Grace Church"for in a world where all else had reeled on its foundations the "Grace Church wedding" remained an unchanged institution.
most reliable - verlässlichste
motor - Motor, Triebwerk, Antrieb
reeled - aufgespult; Spule, Haspel, Demoband
It was in the library that he and May had always discussed the future of the children: the studies of Dallas and his young brother Bill, Mary's incurable indifference to "accomplishments," and passion for sport and philanthropy, and the vague leanings toward "art" which had finally landed the restless and curious Dallas in the office of a rising New York architect.
incurable - unheilbar
accomplishments - Errungenschaften; Ausführung, Fertigkeit, Errungenschaft
philanthropy - Philanthropie; Philantropie, Menschenliebe, Nächstenliebe
leanings - Tendenzen; (to lean) sich an etwas lehnen, sich beugen
restless - unruhig; ruhelos, rastlos, checkunruhig
Architect - Architekt, Architektin
The young men nowadays were emancipating themselves from the law and business and taking up all sorts of new things.
emancipating - emanzipierend; emanzipieren
taking up - aufgreifend
If they were not absorbed in state politics or municipal reform, the chances were that they were going in for Central American archaeology, for architecture or landscape-engineering; taking a keen and learned interest in the prerevolutionary buildings of their own country, studying and adapting Georgian types, and protesting at the meaningless use of the word "Colonial." Nobody nowadays had "Colonial" houses except the millionaire grocers of the suburbs.
Reform - Reform; reformieren
archaeology - Archäologie, Altertumskunde
engineering - Technik; Ingenieurwissenschaft; q
prerevolutionary - vorrevolutionär
buildings - Bau, bildend, Erstellung, Gebäude
adapting - anpassen, angleichen, anwenden, einrichten, anpassen
Georgian - Georgisch
grocers - Lebensmittelhändler, Lebensmittelhändlerin, Kaufmann, Kauffrau
But above all"sometimes Archer put it above all"it was in that library that the Governor of New York, coming down from Albany one evening to dine and spend the night, had turned to his host, and said, banging his clenched fist on the table and gnashing his eye-glasses: "Hang the professional politician!
clenched - geballt; ballen
gnashing - knirschen
politician - Politiker, Politikerin
You're the kind of man the country wants, Archer. If the stable's ever to be cleaned out, men like you have got to lend a hand in the cleaning."
"Men like you"" how Archer had glowed at the phrase! How eagerly he had risen up at the call! It was an echo of Ned Winsett's old appeal to roll his sleeves up and get down into the muck; but spoken by a man who set the example of the gesture, and whose summons to follow him was irresistible.
Archer, as he looked back, was not sure that men like himself WERE what his country needed, at least in the active service to which Theodore Roosevelt had pointed; in fact, there was reason to think it did not, for after a year in the State Assembly he had not been re-elected, and had dropped back thankfully into obscure if useful municipal work, and from that again to the writing of occasional articles in one of the reforming weeklies that were trying to shake the country out of its apathy.
assembly - Montage; Baugruppe; Versammlung
elected - entscheiden, wählen, wählen, gewählt
thankfully - zum Glück; Gott sei Dank, glücklich
reforming - Reform, reformieren
weeklies - Wochenzeitungen; wöchentlich, wöchentlich, wöchentlich
apathy - Apathie
It was little enough to look back on; but when he remembered to what the young men of his generation and his set had looked forward"the narrow groove of money-making, sport and society to which their vision had been limited"even his small contribution to the new state of things seemed to count, as each brick counts in a well-built wall. He had done little in public life; he would always be by nature a contemplative and a dilettante; but he had had high things to contemplate, great things to delight in; and one great man's friendship to be his strength and pride.
groove - Rille, Nut, gewöhnlicher Gang, üblicher Ablauf, übliche Routine
contribution - Beitrag, finanziell inanzieller Beitrag, Beitrag, Beitragen
contemplative - nachdenklich, kontemplativ
contemplate - nachdenken; nachsinnen
delight in - sich freuen an
He had been, in short, what people were beginning to call "a good citizen." In New York, for many years past, every new movement, philanthropic, municipal or artistic, had taken account of his opinion and wanted his name. People said: "Ask Archer" when there was a question of starting the first school for crippled children, reorganising the Museum of Art, founding the Grolier Club, inaugurating the new Library, or getting up a new society of chamber music.
citizen - Staatsbürger, Staatsbürgerin, Einwohner
crippled - verkrüppelt; Krüppel, verkrüppeln, lahm legen, lähmen
reorganising - Umstrukturierung; neu organisieren, reorganisieren
founding - Gründung; Gründungs-, gründend; (found); Gründung; Gründungs-
inaugurating - Einweihung; einführen, vereidigen
chamber music - Kammermusik
His days were full, and they were filled decently. He supposed it was all a man ought to ask.
decently - anständig; annehmbar
Something he knew he had missed: the flower of life. But he thought of it now as a thing so unattainable and improbable that to have repined would have been like despairing because one had not drawn the first prize in a lottery. There were a hundred million tickets in HIS lottery, and there was only one prize; the chances had been too decidedly against him. When he thought of Ellen Olenska it was abstractly, serenely, as one might think of some imaginary beloved in a book or a picture: she had become the composite vision of all that he had missed. That vision, faint and tenuous as it was, had kept him from thinking of other women.
unattainable - unerreichbar, nicht machbar
repined - bereut; murren
lottery - Lotterie
decidedly - entschieden, deutlich, bestimmt
Abstractly - abstrakt
composite - Komposit; zusammengesetzt
tenuous - dürftig; nicht stichhaltig
He had been what was called a faithful husband; and when May had suddenly died"carried off by the infectious pneumonia through which she had nursed their youngest child"he had honestly mourned her. Their long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept the dignity of a duty: lapsing from that, it became a mere battle of ugly appetites. Looking about him, he honoured his own past, and mourned for it. After all, there was good in the old ways.
faithful - treu
infectious - ansteckend
mourned - betrauert; trauern
lapsing - Entgleisung, Ausrutscher, Verfallen
appetites - Appetit, Begierde, Lust
His eyes, making the round of the room"done over by Dallas with English mezzotints, Chippendale cabinets, bits of chosen blue-and-white and pleasantly shaded electric lamps"came back to the old Eastlake writing-table that he had never been willing to banish, and to his first photograph of May, which still kept its place beside his inkstand.
Electric - elektrisch; elektronisch, elektrisierend, Elektro-Auto
banish - verbannen, herauswerfen, vertreiben
There she was, tall, round-bosomed and willowy, in her starched muslin and flapping Leghorn, as he had seen her under the orange-trees in the Mission garden. And as he had seen her that day, so she had remained; never quite at the same height, yet never far below it: generous, faithful, unwearied; but so lacking in imagination, so incapable of growth, that the world of her youth had fallen into pieces and rebuilt itself without her ever being conscious of the change. This hard bright blindness had kept her immediate horizon apparently unaltered. Her incapacity to recognise change made her children conceal their views from her as Archer concealed his; there had been, from the first, a joint pretence of sameness, a kind of innocent family hypocrisy, in which father and children had unconsciously collaborated.
flapping - flattert; Klappe, klappen, Patte (an einer Tasche); Hosenklappe
unwearied - unermüdlich
rebuilt - wiederhergestellt; wiederaufbauen, umbauen
blindness - Blindheit
unaltered - unverfälscht
joint - Gelenk; gemeinschaftlich, gemeinsam, gemeinsame, gemeinsamer
And she had died thinking the world a good place, full of loving and harmonious households like her own, and resigned to leave it because she was convinced that, whatever happened, Newland would continue to inculcate in Dallas the same principles and prejudices which had shaped his parents'lives, and that Dallas in turn (when Newland followed her) would transmit the sacred trust to little Bill. And of Mary she was sure as of her own self. So, having snatched little Bill from the grave, and given her life in the effort, she went contentedly to her place in the Archer vault in St. Mark's, where Mrs. Archer already lay safe from the terrifying "trend" which her daughter-in-law had never even become aware of.
harmonious - harmonisch, übereinstimmend, sich in Übereinstimmung befindend
households - Haushalte; Haushalt
inculcate - einimpfen, einschärfen
transmit - übermitteln; senden (1); checkübertragen (2); checkweiterleiten (3)
snatched - geschnappt; klauen, stehlen, Reißen
contentedly - Zufrieden
Opposite May's portrait stood one of her daughter. Mary Chivers was as tall and fair as her mother, but large-waisted, flat-chested and slightly slouching, as the altered fashion required. Mary Chivers's mighty feats of athleticism could not have been performed with the twenty-inch waist that May Archer's azure sash so easily spanned.
waisted - tailliert; Taille, Rumpf
slouching - lümmeln; herumlungern, herumhängen, Durchhänger, Schlafmütze
feats - Kunststücke; Kunststück
athleticism - Sportlichkeit; Athletik
Azure - Blau
spanned - überspannt; umfassen; Spanne, Bereich, drehen
And the difference seemed symbolic; the mother's life had been as closely girt as her figure. Mary, who was no less conventional, and no more intelligent, yet led a larger life and held more tolerant views. There was good in the new order too.
symbolic - symbolisch, symbolträchtig
girt - Umfang, einfassen, gegürtet; (gird) Umfang, einfassen, gegürtet
more intelligent - intelligentere
more tolerant - tolerantere
The telephone clicked, and Archer, turning from the photographs, unhooked the transmitter at his elbow. How far they were from the days when the legs of the brass-buttoned messenger boy had been New York's only means of quick communication!
clicked - geklickt; Klick; anklicken, zuschnappen, klicken
unhooked - abgehängt; aufhaken, loshaken
transmitter - Sender; Sendegerät, Sendeanlage
buttoned - zugeknöpft; Schaltfläche, Taster, Knopf, Taste
"Chicago wants you."
Chicago - Chicago
Ah"it must be a long-distance from Dallas, who had been sent to Chicago by his firm to talk over the plan of the Lakeside palace they were to build for a young millionaire with ideas. The firm always sent Dallas on such errands.
long-distance - (long-distance) Fern...
talk over - besprechen
Lakeside - Seeufer
errands - Besorgungen; Besorgung, Auftrag, Besorgung
"Hallo, Dad"Yes: Dallas. I say"how do you feel about sailing on Wednesday? Mauretania: Yes, next Wednesday as ever is. Our client wants me to look at some Italian gardens before we settle anything, and has asked me to nip over on the next boat. I've got to be back on the first of June"" the voice broke into a joyful conscious laugh""so we must look alive. I say, Dad, I want your help: Do come."
nip - Schlückchen; kneifen, zwicken; flitzen
joyful - freudig, erfreulich, erfreut
Do come - Komm doch!
Dallas seemed to be speaking in the room: the voice was as near by and natural as if he had been lounging in his favourite arm-chair by the fire. The fact would not ordinarily have surprised Archer, for long-distance telephoning had become as much a matter of course as electric lighting and five-day Atlantic voyages. But the laugh did startle him; it still seemed wonderful that across all those miles and miles of country"forest, river, mountain, prairie, roaring cities and busy indifferent millions"Dallas's laugh should be able to say: "Of course, whatever happens, I must get back on the first, because Fanny Beaufort and I are to be married on the fifth.
near by - dabei, in der Nähe
voyages - Fahrten; Reise
prairie - Prärien; Prärie
roaring - brüllend; Gebrüll; (roar); brüllen; Tosen; Brüllen; Aufheulen
The voice began again: "Think it over? No, sir: not a minute. You've got to say yes now. Why not, I'd like to know? If you can allege a single reason"No; I knew it. Then it's a go, eh? Because I count on you to ring up the Cunard office first thing tomorrow; and you'd better book a return on a boat from Marseilles. I say, Dad; it'll be our last time together, in this kind of way". Oh, good! I knew you would."
allege - behaupten
Marseilles - Marseille
Chicago rang off, and Archer rose and began to pace up and down the room.
It would be their last time together in this kind of way: the boy was right. They would have lots of other "times" after Dallas's marriage, his father was sure; for the two were born comrades, and Fanny Beaufort, whatever one might think of her, did not seem likely to interfere with their intimacy.
comrades - Kameraden; Kamerad, Kamerad, Genosse, Genossin, Genosse
On the contrary, from what he had seen of her, he thought she would be naturally included in it. Still, change was change, and differences were differences, and much as he felt himself drawn toward his future daughter-in-law, it was tempting to seize this last chance of being alone with his boy.
tempting - verführerisch, verlockend
There was no reason why he should not seize it, except the profound one that he had lost the habit of travel. May had disliked to move except for valid reasons, such as taking the children to the sea or in the mountains: she could imagine no other motive for leaving the house in Thirty-ninth Street or their comfortable quarters at the Wellands'in Newport. After Dallas had taken his degree she had thought it her duty to travel for six months; and the whole family had made the old-fashioned tour through England, Switzerland and Italy. Their time being limited (no one knew why) they had omitted France. Archer remembered Dallas's wrath at being asked to contemplate Mont Blanc instead of Rheims and Chartres.
profound - tiefgründig; tiefgehend, profund
valid - gültig
omitted - ausgelassen; weglassen, auslassen
France - Frankreich
But Mary and Bill wanted mountain-climbing, and had already yawned their way in Dallas's wake through the English cathedrals; and May, always fair to her children, had insisted on holding the balance evenly between their athletic and artistic proclivities. She had indeed proposed that her husband should go to Paris for a fortnight, and join them on the Italian lakes after they had "done" Switzerland; but Archer had declined. "We'll stick together," he said; and May's face had brightened at his setting such a good example to Dallas.
cathedrals - Kathedralen; Kirche, Münster, Kathedrale, Dom
proclivities - Veranlagungen; Hang, Vorliebe, Schwäche, Neigung
stick together - zusammen halten, verkleben, zusammenhalten [alt]
Since her death, nearly two years before, there had been no reason for his continuing in the same routine. His children had urged him to travel: Mary Chivers had felt sure it would do him good to go abroad and "see the galleries." The very mysteriousness of such a cure made her the more confident of its efficacy. But Archer had found himself held fast by habit, by memories, by a sudden startled shrinking from new things.
go abroad - ins Ausland gehen
mysteriousness - Rätselhaftigkeit
cure - räuchern (Fleisch), heilen, abbinden (Leim); Kur, Heilung
more confident - zuversichtlichere
efficacy - Effektivität; Wirksamkeit
shrinking - schrumpfen, schrumpfen, abnehmen, drücken
Now, as he reviewed his past, he saw into what a deep rut he had sunk. The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. At least that was the view that the men of his generation had taken. The trenchant divisions between right and wrong, honest and dishonest, respectable and the reverse, had left so little scope for the unforeseen. There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level, and surveys the long windings of destiny.
unfitted - ungeeignet; untauglich, schlapp
trenchant - Scharfsinnig; schneidend; treffsicher, prägnant, beißend
divisions - Abteilungen; Teilung, Teil, Division, Abteilung, Division
dishonest - unehrlich
the reverse - das genaue Gegenteil
scope - Umfang; Zielfernrohr (am Gewehr); Bereich, Kompetenzbereich
rises - aufsteigt; Kursanstieg; Aufgang, Gehaltszulage, Aufschwung
surveys - Umfragen; Umfrage, Untersuchung, Vermessung, überblicken
destiny - das Schicksal; Los, Geschick, Schicksal
Archer hung there and wondered....
What was left of the little world he had grown up in, and whose standards had bent and bound him? He remembered a sneering prophecy of poor Lawrence Lefferts's, uttered years ago in that very room: "If things go on at this rate, our children will be marrying Beaufort's bastards."
prophecy - Prophezeiung, Weissagung
It was just what Archer's eldest son, the pride of his life, was doing; and nobody wondered or reproved.
reproved - gerügt; tadeln; rügen
Even the boy's Aunt Janey, who still looked so exactly as she used to in her elderly youth, had taken her mother's emeralds and seed-pearls out of their pink cotton-wool, and carried them with her own twitching hands to the future bride; and Fanny Beaufort, instead of looking disappointed at not receiving a "set" from a Paris jeweller, had exclaimed at their old-fashioned beauty, and declared that when she wore them she should feel like an Isabey miniature.
cotton-wool - (cotton-wool) Watte
jeweller - Bijouterie, Juwelier
Fanny Beaufort, who had appeared in New York at eighteen, after the death of her parents, had won its heart much as Madame Olenska had won it thirty years earlier; only instead of being distrustful and afraid of her, society took her joyfully for granted. She was pretty, amusing and accomplished: what more did any one want? Nobody was narrow-minded enough to rake up against her the half-forgotten facts of her father's past and her own origin. Only the older people remembered so obscure an incident in the business life of New York as Beaufort's failure, or the fact that after his wife's death he had been quietly married to the notorious Fanny Ring, and had left the country with his new wife, and a little girl who inherited her beauty.
joyfully - freudig
rake - harken, stochern; Harke, Rechen
notorious - notorisch
He was subsequently heard of in Constantinople, then in Russia; and a dozen years later American travellers were handsomely entertained by him in Buenos Ayres, where he represented a large insurance agency. He and his wife died there in the odour of prosperity; and one day their orphaned daughter had appeared in New York in charge of May Archer's sister-in-law, Mrs. Jack Welland, whose husband had been appointed the girl's guardian. The fact threw her into almost cousinly relationship with Newland Archer's children, and nobody was surprised when Dallas's engagement was announced.
insurance - Versicherung
agency - Wille; Agency; Agentur; Behörde
odour - Geruch
Jack - Hans, Hanns, Hannes, Hänsel
Nothing could more dearly give the measure of the distance that the world had travelled. People nowadays were too busy"busy with reforms and "movements," with fads and fetishes and frivolities"to bother much about their neighbours. And of what account was anybody's past, in the huge kaleidoscope where all the social atoms spun around on the same plane?
reforms - Reformen; Reform, reformieren
fetishes - Fetische; Fetisch, Fetisch, Fetisch
frivolities - Frivolitäten; Frivolität, Frivolität, Leichtfertigkeit
Newland Archer, looking out of his hotel window at the stately gaiety of the Paris streets, felt his heart beating with the confusion and eagerness of youth.
It was long since it had thus plunged and reared under his widening waistcoat, leaving him, the next minute, with an empty breast and hot temples.
reared - aufgezogen; Hinter.., hinterster, Heck, Rück..
He wondered if it was thus that his son's conducted itself in the presence of Miss Fanny Beaufort"and decided that it was not. "It functions as actively, no doubt, but the rhythm is different," he reflected, recalling the cool composure with which the young man had announced his engagement, and taken for granted that his family would approve.
conducted - durchgeführt; Leitung, Führung, leiten, führen, sich verhalten
functions - Funktionen; Funktion, Funktionalität, Funktion, Aufgabe
rhythm - Rhythmus
recalling - zurückrufen, erinnern
approve - billigen, genehmigen, zusagen
"The difference is that these young people take it for granted that they're going to get whatever they want, and that we almost always took it for granted that we shouldn't. Only, I wonder"the thing one's so certain of in advance: can it ever make one's heart beat as wildly?"
wildly - wild
It was the day after their arrival in Paris, and the spring sunshine held Archer in his open window, above the wide silvery prospect of the Place Vendome. One of the things he had stipulated"almost the only one"when he had agreed to come abroad with Dallas, was that, in Paris, he shouldn't be made to go to one of the newfangled "palaces."
stipulated - vorgeschrieben; vereinbaren
newfangled - neumodisch
"Oh, all right"of course," Dallas good-naturedly agreed. "I'll take you to some jolly old-fashioned place"the Bristol say"" leaving his father speechless at hearing that the century-long home of kings and emperors was now spoken of as an old-fashioned inn, where one went for its quaint inconveniences and lingering local colour.
naturedly - naturgemäß
speechless - sprachlos, fassungslos, stumm
Kings - Könige; König
emperors - Imperatoren; Kaiser, Imperator
inconveniences - Unannehmlichkeit, lästig sein, stören
Archer had pictured often enough, in the first impatient years, the scene of his return to Paris; then the personal vision had faded, and he had simply tried to see the city as the setting of Madame Olenska's life. Sitting alone at night in his library, after the household had gone to bed, he had evoked the radiant outbreak of spring down the avenues of horse-chestnuts, the flowers and statues in the public gardens, the whiff of lilacs from the flower-carts, the majestic roll of the river under the great bridges, and the life of art and study and pleasure that filled each mighty artery to bursting.
outbreak - Ausbruch, Auftreten, Entfesselung, sprunghafter Anstieg
avenues - Alleen; Allee
statues - Statuen; Statue, Standbild
whiff - riechen; Hauch
lilacs - Flieder, Fliederbusch, Fliederbaum, Fliederstrauch, Flieder
majestic - majestätisch
bridges - überbrücken, eine Brücke schlagen; Einschraubbrücke; Brücke
artery - Arterie, Schlagader
Now the spectacle was before him in its glory, and as he looked out on it he felt shy, old-fashioned, inadequate: a mere grey speck of a man compared with the ruthless magnificent fellow he had dreamed of being....
glory - Pracht, Herrlichkeit, Prunk, Gepränge, Ruhm
inadequate - unzureichend, unzulänglich, unangemessen, ungeeignet
speck - Fleckchen
ruthless - rücksichtslos; unbarmherzig, ruchlos
Dallas's hand came down cheerily on his shoulder. "Hullo, father: this is something like, isn't it?" They stood for a while looking out in silence, and then the young man continued: "By the way, I've got a message for you: the Countess Olenska expects us both at half-past five."
cheerily - fröhlich; froh
He said it lightly, carelessly, as he might have imparted any casual item of information, such as the hour at which their train was to leave for Florence the next evening. Archer looked at him, and thought he saw in his gay young eyes a gleam of his great-grandmother Mingott's malice.
gleam - Schimmer; durchschimmern, glänzen
"Oh, didn't I tell you?" Dallas pursued. "Fanny made me swear to do three things while I was in Paris: get her the score of the last Debussy songs, go to the Grand-Guignol and see Madame Olenska. You know she was awfully good to Fanny when Mr. Beaufort sent her over from Buenos Ayres to the Assomption. Fanny hadn't any friends in Paris, and Madame Olenska used to be kind to her and trot her about on holidays.
didn't I - Ich habe es dir ja gesagt!
I believe she was a great friend of the first Mrs. Beaufort's. And she's our cousin, of course. So I rang her up this morning, before I went out, and told her you and I were here for two days and wanted to see her."
Archer continued to stare at him. "You told her I was here?"
"Of course"why not?" Dallas's eye brows went up whimsically. Then, getting no answer, he slipped his arm through his father's with a confidential pressure.
whimsically - launisch
"I say, father: what was she like?"
Archer felt his colour rise under his son's unabashed gaze. "Come, own up: you and she were great pals, weren't you? Wasn't she most awfully lovely?"
pals - Kumpels; Kumpel, Kamerad
"Lovely? I don't know. She was different."
"Ah"there you have it! That's what it always comes to, doesn't it? When she comes, SHE'S DIFFERENT"and one doesn't know why. It's exactly what I feel about Fanny."
His father drew back a step, releasing his arm. "About Fanny? But, my dear fellow"I should hope so! Only I don't see""
releasing - Freigabe, Freisetzung, Befreiung, Erlösung
"Dash it, Dad, don't be prehistoric! Wasn't she"once"your Fanny?"
Dallas belonged body and soul to the new generation. He was the first-born of Newland and May Archer, yet it had never been possible to inculcate in him even the rudiments of reserve. "What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out," he always objected when enjoined to discretion. But Archer, meeting his eyes, saw the filial light under their banter.
first-born - (first-born) Erstling
rudiments - Rudimente; Grundlage, Rudiment
filial - kindlich; söhnlich
"My Fanny?"
"Well, the woman you'd have chucked everything for: only you didn't," continued his surprising son.
chucked - weggeschmissen; Spannfutter, Ansaugvorrichtung; erbrechen
"I didn't," echoed Archer with a kind of solemnity.
"No: you date, you see, dear old boy. But mother said""
"Your mother?"
"Yes: the day before she died. It was when she sent for me alone"you remember? She said she knew we were safe with you, and always would be, because once, when she asked you to, you'd given up the thing you most wanted."
Archer received this strange communication in silence. His eyes remained unseeingly fixed on the thronged sunlit square below the window. At length he said in a low voice: "She never asked me."
unseeingly - unbesehen
"No. I forgot. You never did ask each other anything, did you? And you never told each other anything. You just sat and watched each other, and guessed at what was going on underneath. A deaf-and-dumb asylum, in fact! Well, I back your generation for knowing more about each other's private thoughts than we ever have time to find out about our own.
underneath - darunter; unten; unterhalb
deaf-and-dumb - (deaf-and-dumb) taubstumm
I say, Dad," Dallas broke off, "you're not angry with me? If you are, let's make it up and go and lunch at Henri's. I've got to rush out to Versailles afterward."
Archer did not accompany his son to Versailles. He preferred to spend the afternoon in solitary roamings through Paris. He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of an inarticulate lifetime.
roamings - Umherstreifen
regrets - bedauern, bereuen, leidtun, Reue, Bedauern
lifetime - Leben, Lebensdauer, Lebenszeit, Ewigkeit
After a little while he did not regret Dallas's indiscretion. It seemed to take an iron band from his heart to know that, after all, some one had guessed and pitied.... And that it should have been his wife moved him indescribably. Dallas, for all his affectionate insight, would not have understood that. To the boy, no doubt, the episode was only a pathetic instance of vain frustration, of wasted forces. But was it really no more?
frustration - Frust, Frustration
wasted - verschwendet; (be) sich befinden, er/sie ist/war gewesen, lauten
For a long time Archer sat on a bench in the Champs Elysees and wondered, while the stream of life rolled by....
A few streets away, a few hours away, Ellen Olenska waited. She had never gone back to her husband, and when he had died, some years before, she had made no change in her way of living. There was nothing now to keep her and Archer apart"and that afternoon he was to see her.
He got up and walked across the Place de la Concorde and the Tuileries gardens to the Louvre. She had once told him that she often went there, and he had a fancy to spend the intervening time in a place where he could think of her as perhaps having lately been. For an hour or more he wandered from gallery to gallery through the dazzle of afternoon light, and one by one the pictures burst on him in their half-forgotten splendour, filling his soul with the long echoes of beauty.
Louvre - Lüftungsschlitz, Luftschlitz; Luftschlitz (Karosserie)
intervening - eingreifen, einschreiten, dazwischengehen, dazwischenfahren
splendour - Pracht; Brillanz
Echoes - Echos; Echo
After all, his life had been too starved....
starved - verhungert; verhungern, Hungers sterben, verhungern
Suddenly, before an effulgent Titian, he found himself saying: "But I'm only fifty-seven"" and then he turned away. For such summer dreams it was too late; but surely not for a quiet harvest of friendship, of comradeship, in the blessed hush of her nearness.
effulgent - leuchtend
Titian - Tizianrot
dreams - Traum, Traum, t+Wunsch, träumen, träumen, t+wünschen, träumen
harvest - Ernte; Frucht
He went back to the hotel, where he and Dallas were to meet; and together they walked again across the Place de la Concorde and over the bridge that leads to the Chamber of Deputies.
Bridge - überbrücken, eine Brücke schlagen; Einschraubbrücke; Brücke
chamber - Raum, Schlafzimmer, Kammer
deputies - Hilfssheriffs; Stellvertreter, Stellvertreterin, Deputierter
Dallas, unconscious of what was going on in his father's mind, was talking excitedly and abundantly of Versailles. He had had but one previous glimpse of it, during a holiday trip in which he had tried to pack all the sights he had been deprived of when he had had to go with the family to Switzerland; and tumultuous enthusiasm and cock-sure criticism tripped each other up on his lips.
abundantly - im Überfluss; reichlich
pack - packen, einpacken; packen (verstauen); Bündel, Meute, Rudel
deprived of - beraubt
tumultuous - stürmisch; tumultuarisch
cock - Vogelmännchen; Gockel, Hahn; erigierter Penis (vulg.), Pimmel
As Archer listened, his sense of inadequacy and inexpressiveness increased. The boy was not insensitive, he knew; but he had the facility and self-confidence that came of looking at fate not as a master but as an equal.
inexpressiveness - nichtssagend
insensitive - unsensibel
facility - Leichtigkeit; Einrichtung, Vorrichtung, Anlage
Master - Haupt.., Grund, Meister, führend, leitend; bewältigen, meistern
"That's it: they feel equal to things"they know their way about," he mused, thinking of his son as the spokesman of the new generation which had swept away all the old landmarks, and with them the sign-posts and the danger-signal.
spokesman - Sprecher, Sprecherin, Wortführer, Wortführerin
landmarks - Orientierungspunkte; Wahrzeichen
danger-signal - (danger-signal) Alarmsignal
Suddenly Dallas stopped short, grasping his father's arm. "Oh, by Jove," he exclaimed.
They had come out into the great tree-planted space before the Invalides. The dome of Mansart floated ethereally above the budding trees and the long grey front of the building: drawing up into itself all the rays of afternoon light, it hung there like the visible symbol of the race's glory.
space before - Papiertransport vor dem Druck
ethereally - ätherisch
budding - angehend, aufkeimend, im Erblühen
rays - Schimmer, Strahl; ausstrahlen
symbol - Symbol, Zeichen
Archer knew that Madame Olenska lived in a square near one of the avenues radiating from the Invalides; and he had pictured the quarter as quiet and almost obscure, forgetting the central splendour that lit it up. Now, by some queer process of association, that golden light became for him the pervading illumination in which she lived. For nearly thirty years, her life"of which he knew so strangely little"had been spent in this rich atmosphere that he already felt to be too dense and yet too stimulating for his lungs.
strangely - seltsame, merkwürdige
dense - dicht
stimulating - anregend; stimulieren, stimulieren
He thought of the theatres she must have been to, the pictures she must have looked at, the sober and splendid old houses she must have frequented, the people she must have talked with, the incessant stir of ideas, curiosities, images and associations thrown out by an intensely social race in a setting of immemorial manners; and suddenly he remembered the young Frenchman who had once said to him: "Ah, good conversation"there is nothing like it, is there?"
sober - nüchtern, besonnen, ernst, gedeckt, ernüchtern, ausnüchtern
Archer had not seen M. Riviere, or heard of him, for nearly thirty years; and that fact gave the measure of his ignorance of Madame Olenska's existence. More than half a lifetime divided them, and she had spent the long interval among people he did not know, in a society he but faintly guessed at, in conditions he would never wholly understand.
During that time he had been living with his youthful memory of her; but she had doubtless had other and more tangible companionship. Perhaps she too had kept her memory of him as something apart; but if she had, it must have been like a relic in a small dim chapel, where there was not time to pray every day....
tangible - greifbar, erfühlbar, konkret, erfassbar, begreifbar
chapel - Kapelle
Pray - Bitte bedenken Sie doch!; beten
They had crossed the Place des Invalides, and were walking down one of the thoroughfares flanking the building. It was a quiet quarter, after all, in spite of its splendour and its history; and the fact gave one an idea of the riches Paris had to draw on, since such scenes as this were left to the few and the indifferent.
thoroughfares - Durchgangsstraßen; Durchfahrt, Durchgangsstraße
flanking - in der Flanke angreifen, flankieren, Flanke, Flanke
draw on - zehren von
The day was fading into a soft sun-shot haze, pricked here and there by a yellow electric light, and passers were rare in the little square into which they had turned. Dallas stopped again, and looked up.
passers - Passanten; Passer
"It must be here," he said, slipping his arm through his father's with a movement from which Archer's shyness did not shrink; and they stood together looking up at the house.
It was a modern building, without distinctive character, but many-windowed, and pleasantly balconied up its wide cream-coloured front. On one of the upper balconies, which hung well above the rounded tops of the horse-chestnuts in the square, the awnings were still lowered, as though the sun had just left it.
distinctive - unverwechselbar
balconied - mit Balkon
balconies - Balkone; Balkon
rounded - gerundet; runden; Kontrollgang, Runde, Rundgang, rund
awnings - Markisen; Markise, Sonnenschutz
"I wonder which floor"?" Dallas conjectured; and moving toward the porte-cochere he put his head into the porter's lodge, and came back to say: "The fifth. It must be the one with the awnings."
conjectured - vermutet; Vermutung, Verdacht, Mutmaßung, Vermutung, Hypothese
porte - Pforte
Lodge - Lodge; Loge; Biberburg; feststecken, festklemmen, beherbergen
Archer remained motionless, gazing at the upper windows as if the end of their pilgrimage had been attained.
pilgrimage - Wallfahrt, Pilgerfahrt, pilgern
attained - erlangt; erreichen, erlangen
"I say, you know, it's nearly six," his son at length reminded him.
The father glanced away at an empty bench under the trees.
"I believe I'll sit there a moment," he said.
"Why"aren't you well?" his son exclaimed.
"Oh, perfectly. But I should like you, please, to go up without me."
Dallas paused before him, visibly bewildered. "But, I say, Dad: do you mean you won't come up at all?"
"I don't know," said Archer slowly.
"If you don't she won't understand."
"Go, my boy; perhaps I shall follow you."
Dallas gave him a long look through the twilight.
"But what on earth shall I say?"
"My dear fellow, don't you always know what to say?" his father rejoined with a smile.
"Very well. I shall say you're old-fashioned, and prefer walking up the five flights because you don't like lifts."
lifts - Aufzüge; Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern, Auftrieb geben
His father smiled again. "Say I'm old-fashioned: that's enough."
Dallas looked at him again, and then, with an incredulous gesture, passed out of sight under the vaulted doorway.
incredulous - ungläubig, skeptisch
vaulted - gewölbt; sich wölben, überwölben
doorway - Türöffnung
Archer sat down on the bench and continued to gaze at the awninged balcony. He calculated the time it would take his son to be carried up in the lift to the fifth floor, to ring the bell, and be admitted to the hall, and then ushered into the drawing-room. He pictured Dallas entering that room with his quick assured step and his delightful smile, and wondered if the people were right who said that his boy "took after him."
took after - (take after) geraten nach
Then he tried to see the persons already in the room"for probably at that sociable hour there would be more than one"and among them a dark lady, pale and dark, who would look up quickly, half rise, and hold out a long thin hand with three rings on it.... He thought she would be sitting in a sofa-corner near the fire, with azaleas banked behind her on a table.
"It's more real to me here than if I went up," he suddenly heard himself say; and the fear lest that last shadow of reality should lose its edge kept him rooted to his seat as the minutes succeeded each other.
more real - wirklicher
rooted - verwurzelt; wurzeln; Haupt, Wurzel, Nullstelle [math.]
He sat for a long time on the bench in the thickening dusk, his eyes never turning from the balcony. At length a light shone through the windows, and a moment later a man-servant came out on the balcony, drew up the awnings, and closed the shutters.
thickening - Dickwerden; Verdickungsmittel; (thicken); Dickwerden; Verdickungsmittel
shone through - durchleuchtete
At that, as if it had been the signal he waited for, Newland Archer got up slowly and walked back alone to his hotel.
A Note on the Text
The Age of Innocence first appeared in four large installments in The Pictorial Review, from July to October 1920. It was published that same year in book form by D. Appleton and Company in New York and in London. Wharton made extensive stylistic, punctuation, and spelling changes and revisions between the serial and book publication, and more than thirty subsequent changes were made after the second impression of the book edition had been run off.
installments - Ratenzahlungen; Rate, Abzahlung, Teilzahlung
pictorial - bildhaft; piktorialistisch; Illustrierte
published - veröffentlicht; herausgeben, publizieren, veröffentlichen
stylistic - stilistisch
punctuation - Satzzeichen, Interpunktion, Zeichensetzung
revisions - Revisionen; Nachprüfung, Durchsicht, Redigieren
serial - Serien-
publication - Veröffentlichung, Publikation
subsequent - anschließend, später, darauffolgend
edition - Ausgabe; Auflage
This authoritative text is reprinted from the Library of America edition of Novels by Edith Wharton, and is based on the sixth impression of the first edition, which incorporates the last set of extensive revisions that are obviously authorial.
authoritative - maßgebend
reprinted - nachgedruckt; Neuauflage, Neudruck, Nachdruck, neu auflegen
based - basiert; Grundzahl, Unterlage, Basis, Grund; Bettrost
sixth - sechste; Sechster; Sechstel; Sexte
incorporates - eingemeindet; zusammenschließen, vereinigen, aufnehmen
authorial - Autorschaft