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Table of Content

Chapter 1. A Lorn Milkmaid
Chapter 2. The Young Wife
Chapter 3. A Vision
Chapter 4. A Suggestion
Chapter 5. Conjuror Trendle
Chapter 6. A Second Attempt
Chapter 7. A Water-Side Hermit
Chapter 8. A Re-encounter

The Withered Arm Text

withered - verwelkt; welken, verblühen, verdorren

hardy - abgehärtet, widerstandsfähig

Chapter 1. A Lorn Milkmaid

Chapter - Kapitel, Abschnitt, Verband, Ortsverband, Sektion

Milkmaid - Milchmädchen, Melkerin

It was an eighty-cow dairy, and the troop of milkers, regular and supernumerary, were all at work; for, though the time of year was as yet but early April, the feed lay entirely in water-meadows, and the cows were "in full pail." The hour was about six in the evening, and three-fourths of the large, red, rectangular animals having been finished off, there was opportunity for a little conversation.

dairy - Molkerei; Milchladen; Molkereiprodukte, Milchprodukte, Milch

troop - Truppe

milkers - Melker, Melkerin

regular - regulär, regelmäßig, Gleichmäßig, normal, gewöhnlich, Stammgast

supernumerary - überzählig

though - aber; trotzdem, doch, allerdings, obwohl, obgleich

as yet - bislang, bis jetzt

feed - füttern; Zuführung, Papierzuführung, Zufuhr; verpflegen, hegen

lay - legen; richten (Tisch)

entirely - vollständig; ganz, total, entirely

meadows - Wiesen; Wiese, Weide, Aue

pail - Eimer

rectangular - rechteckig

opportunity - Gelegenheit, Chance, Möglichkeit

"He do bring home his bride tomorrow, I hear. They've come as far as Anglebury today."

bride - die Braut; Braut

The voice seemed to proceed from the belly of the cow called Cherry, but the speaker was a milking-woman, whose face was buried in the flank of that motionless beast.

voice - Stimme; äußern

seemed - schien; scheinen, dünken

proceed - fortfahren; vorgehen

belly - Bauch, Magen

cherry - Kirsche; Kirschbaum, Kirschenbaum, Kirschenholz

speaker - Sprecher, Sprecherin, Lautsprecher, Vorsitzender, Vorsitzende

whose - wessen; dessen, deren, wem gehört/gehören?

buried - vergraben, verbergen, begraben

flank - in der Flanke angreifen; flankieren; Flanke

motionless - unbeweglich, reglos, bewegungslos

beast - Tier, Bestie, Unmensch, Biest

"Hav'anybody seen her?" said another.

Anybody - Ist da jemand; jemand, wer

There was a negative response from the first. "Though they say she's a rosy-cheeked, tisty-tosty little body enough," she added; and as the milkmaid spoke she turned her face so that she could glance past her cow's tail to the other side of the barton, where a thin, fading woman of thirty milked somewhat apart from the rest.

response - Antwort

rosy - rosig, rosenfarbig

cheeked - die Wangen; Backe, qualifierormal, Backe, Stirn, Mick

glance - blicken; Blick, Streifblick, Glanz, Steinkohle

tail - Schwanz; Zipfel

side - Seite; Flanke, Rand, Mannschaft, Team

fading - (fade away) schwinden, verblassen, zerinnen

somewhat - etwas, einigermaßen

apart - auseinander; getrennt; beiseite; entzwei, in Stücke

rest - Ruhe, Stütze, Lehne, ein Ăśbriges; bleiben, ruhen, ausruhen

"Years younger than he, they say," continued the second, with also a glance of reflectiveness in the same direction.

continued - fortgesetzt; fortsetzen, weiterhin

reflectiveness - Nachdenklichkeit

direction - Richtung; Führung; Regie

Nothing more was said publicly about Farmer Lodge's wedding, but the first woman murmured under her cow to her next neighbour, "'Tis hard for she," signifying the thin worn milkmaid aforesaid.

publicly - öffentlich

Lodge - Lodge; Loge; Biberburg; feststecken, festklemmen, beherbergen

wedding - (wedding day) Hochzeitstag; (wed); trauen, verheiraten

murmured - gemurmelt; Rauschen

Tis - (it is) es ist; (Ti) (it is) es ist

signifying - bedeutend; (signify); bedeuten

aforesaid - vorerwähnt

"O no," said the second. "He ha'n't spoke to Rhoda Brook for years."

ha - Das war jetzt aber ernst!

brook - Bach

When the milking was done they washed their pails and hung them on a many-forked stand made of the peeled limb of an oak-tree, set upright in the earth, and resembling a colossal antlered horn. The majority then dispersed in various directions homeward. The thin woman who had not spoken was joined by a boy of twelve or thereabout, and the twain went away up the field also.

pails - Eimer

hung - aufgehängt; hängen

forked - verzweigt; gabeln, aufspalten; Aufspaltung, Gabelung, Gabel

peeled - geschält; schälen; Schale

limb - Gliedmaßen; Schenkel (geol. Falte), Glied

oak - Eiche, Eichenholz, Eichen-

set - gesetzt; Seth

upright - aufrecht; hochkant

earth - Erde, Land, Grund

resembling - ähneln, gleichen

colossal - kolossal

antlered - geweiht

horn - Horn; Waldhorn; Jagdhorn; Hupe, Trichter, Blech, Muschel

majority - Mehrheit, Majorität, Erwachsenenalter

dispersed - verstreut; zerstreuen, qualifier

various - verschiedene

directions - Richtungen; Richtung, Führung, Regie

homeward - nach Hause; (homeward journey) Heimfahrt, heimwärts

thereabout - etwa; daherum, dortherum, in der Gegend, um die Ecke

twain - zwei

went away - (go away) fortgehen, weichen, verreisen

field - Feld, Gefilde, Heide, tHeideland

Their course lay apart from that of the others, to a lonely spot high above the water-meads, and not far from the border of Egdon Heath, whose dark countenance was visible in the distance as they drew nigh to their home.

lonely - einsam, alleinig, abgeschieden, öde

spot - Fleck, Punkt, Pickel, Pustel, Bisschen, Stelle, Ort, Werbespot

meads - Met, Aue

border - Grenze; Rand; Beet, Streifen, begrenzen, angrenzen, säumen

Heath - Heide, Heide

countenance - Antlitz, Gesichtsausdruck, Miene, Unterstützung, Fassung

visible - sichtbar

distance - Distanz, Entfernung, Abstand, Ferne, Weite, entfernen

nigh - naht; nahe, nah bei, beinahe, nahezu

"They've just been saying down in barton that your father brings his young wife home from Anglebury tomorrow," the woman observed. "I shall want to send you for a few things to market, and you'll be pretty sure to meet 'em."

observed - beobachtet; beobachten, beachten, halten, bemerken

shall - sollen

"Yes, mother," said the boy. "Is father married then?"

"Yes.... You can give her a look, and tell me what's she's like, if you do see her."

"Yes, mother."

"If she's dark or fair, and if she's tall-as tall as I. And if she seems like a woman who has ever worked for a living, or one that has been always well off, and has never done anything, and shows marks of the lady on her, as I expect she do."

fair - gerecht, fair, heiter, schön, angemessen

Seems - Scheint; scheinen, dünken

marks - Zeichen; Markus, Markus, Markus

lady - Herrin des Hauses, Hausherrin, Ehefrau des Hausherrn

expect - erwarten

"Yes."

They crept up the hill in the twilight, and entered the cottage. It was built of mud-walls, the surface of which had been washed by many rains into channels and depressions that left none of the original flat face visible; while here and there in the thatch above a rafter showed like a bone protruding through the skin.

crept - gekrochen; kriechen, schleichen, schleichen, kriechen, Kriechen

Hill - Hügel; Hang, Steigung, Steigung, Anstieg, häufeln

twilight - Dämmerung, Zwielicht, Halbdunkel

entered - eingegeben; reingehen, hineingehen, hereingehen, eintreten

cottage - Cottage, Häuschen, Kotten

mud - Schmutz, Schlamm; Rollenspiel im Internet

surface - Oberfläche; auftauchen; publik werden, ans Licht kommen

channels - Kanäle; kanalisieren; Kanal

depressions - Depressionen; Senke, Depression, Depression, Abschwung

none - kein, nichts, keines, keine, keiner, gar nicht

original - ursprünglich, ur-, original, originell, Original, ext

thatch - Dachstroh

rafter - Dachsparren, Flößer, Sparren

bone - Knochen

protruding - herausragen, hervorragen, herausstehen, vorstehen, vorkragen

skin - Haut, tHäutchen, Design, Fell

She was kneeling down in the chimney-corner, before two pieces of turf laid together with the heather inwards, blowing at the red-hot ashes with her breath till the turves flamed. The radiance lit her pale cheek, and made her dark eyes, that had once been handsome, seem handsome anew.

kneeling - kniend, hinkniend; (kneel); knien

chimney - Kamin, Esse, Schlot, Schornstein, Spalte

corner - Ecke, Winkel, in die Enge treiben

turf - Grasnarbe; Rasen; Grassode

laid - gelegt; richten (Tisch)

heather - Besenheide, Heidekraut, Erika

inwards - innere, innen

blowing at - anblasend

ashes - Esche, Asche

breath - Atmen, Atmung, Atemzug, Atem, Atempause

turves - Truthähne

flamed - geflammt; Flamme, q

radiance - Ausstrahlung; Glanz

pale - Pfahl, blass; bleich (vor), blass (vor)

cheek - Frechheit; Backe, ormal, Stirn, Mick, Pumpenmick

handsome - gut aussehend; hübsch, stattlich, gutaussehend, ansehnlich

Seem - scheinen, dünken

anew - von neuem; erneut, abermals, neuerlich

"Yes," she resumed, "see if she is dark or fair, and if you can, notice if her hands be white; if not, see if they look as though she had ever done housework, or are milker's hands like mine."

resumed - wiederaufgenommen; weiter; Lebenslauf; fortsetzen

notice - Bekanntmachung; Benachrichtigung, Mitteilung, Kündigungsfrist

housework - Hausarbeit

mine - mein, meiner

The boy again promised, inattentively this time, his mother not observing that he was cutting a notch with his pocket-knife in the beech-backed chair.

promised - versprochen; Versprechen

inattentively - unaufmerksam

observing - Beobachtung; beobachten, beachten, halten, bemerken

notch - Kerbe, Nut, Furche, Einrückung, Einkerbung

pocket-knife - (pocket-knife) Taschenmesser

beech - Buche

Chapter 2. The Young Wife

The road from Anglebury to Holmstoke is in general level; but there is one place where a sharp ascent breaks its monotony. Farmers homeward-bound from the former market-town, who trot all the rest of the way, walk their horses up this short incline.

general - allgemein, generell, General

level - Niveau; eben; auf gleicher Höhe

sharp - scharf; scharfsinning; spitz, -is, hoch, stechend

ascent - erman: Anstieg g; Aufstieg g; Besteigung g; Aufstieg; Anhöhe; Steigung

monotony - Eintönigkeit, Monotonie

farmers - Bauern; Landwirt, Landwirtin; qualifier

bound - gebunden; Sprung; (bind); binden; verbinden, konnektieren

former - erstgenannt, ehem. ehemalig, frühere, früher

trot - trotten, laufen, traben

incline - neigen; Neigung, Anstieg, Gefälle

The next evening, while the sun was yet bright, a handsome new gig, with a lemon-coloured body and red wheels, was spinning westward along the level highway at the heels of a powerful mare. The driver was a yeoman in the prime of life, cleanly shaven like an actor, his face being toned to that bluish-vermilion hue which so often graces a thriving farmer's features when returning home after successful dealings in the town.

bright - fröhlich, aufgeweckt, leuchtend, klar, hell

gig - Auftritt; Gig (Beiboot, Ruderboot), Fischspeer

lemon - Zitrone; Zitronenbaum, Gurke, Krücke, Zitronengelb

wheels - Räder; Rad

spinning - Spinnen; (spinning-wheel) Spinnrad; (spin) Spinnen; (spinning-wheel) Spinnrad

westward - westwärts

along - entlang, längs, weiter

highway - Autobahn; Hauptstraße, Chaussee

powerful - mächtig

mare - Stute

yeoman - Freisasse

prime - wichtigste

cleanly - sauber, reinlich

shaven - rasiert; (shave); rasiert

toned - getönt; Farbton, Klang, Umgangston, Ton

bluish - bläulich

vermilion - Zinnoberrot; Zinnober

hue - Farbe, Tönung, Geschrei, Farbton

graces - Gnaden; Anmut, Tischgebete; (grace); Tischgebet; Anmut, Grazie

thriving - gedeihen; florierend, pulsierend; (thrive); gedeihen

features - Merkmale; Besonderheit, Charakteristikum

returning home - heimgehend

successful - erfolgreich

dealings - Geschäfte; handelnd

Beside him sat a woman, many years his junior-almost, indeed, a girl. Her face too was fresh in colour, but it was of a totally different quality-soft and evanescent, like the light under a heap of rose-petals.

beside - daneben; neben

junior - jünger

almost - fast, beinahe, so gut wie

indeed - tatsächlich; in der Tat, genau, allerdings, checkgewiss

fresh - kess (frech), frisch, frech, pampig (ugs.)

totally - total; vollständig, komplett, völlig, absolut

quality - Qualität, Eigenschaft, Qualität

soft - sanft, mild, weich

evanescent - flüchtig

heap - Menschenmenge, Masse, Haufen, Haufe, Heap

rose - Rosa; (rise); Rosa

petals - Blütenblätter; Blütenblatt

Few people travelled this way, for it was not a main road; and the long white riband of gravel that stretched before them was empty, save of one small scarce-moving speck, which presently resolved itself into the figure of a boy, who was creeping on at a snail's pace, and continually looking behind him-the heavy bundle he carried being some excuse for, if not the reason of, his dilatoriness.

gravel - Kies, Schotter, Kiesel, schottern

stretched - gestreckt; strecken, dehnen, langziehen, dehnen

empty - leer; leeren, entleeren, ausleeren, leer machen

save - retten; erretten; sichern, speichern, sparen, aufbewahren (2)

scarce - rar; spärlich

speck - Fleckchen

Presently - Gegenwärtig; sogleich

resolved - geklärt; auflösen, beschließen

itself - von selbst, von allein, sich selbst

figure - Abbildung; Figur; Gestalt; Ziffer; Form

creeping - schleichend; kriechen, schleichen, schleichen, kriechen

snail - Schnecke

pace - Tempo, Stufe, Schritt

continually - ständig, andauernd, immer wieder, immerzu

heavy - heftig, schwer, stark (Regen)

bundle - Bündel

Excuse - Wie bitte; entschuldigen, verzeihen, sich entschuldigen

dilatoriness - Dilatanz; Zaudern

When the bouncing gig-party slowed at the bottom of the incline above mentioned, the pedestrian was only a few yards in front. Supporting the large bundle by putting one hand on his hip, he turned and looked straight at the farmer's wife as though he would read her through and through, pacing along abreast of the horse.

bouncing - Springen; abprallen, hüpfen, auf und ab hüpfen, platzen, hüpfen

bottom - unten; Boden, Grund, Unterseite, passiv

above mentioned - obenerwähnt, oben erwähnt

pedestrian - Fußgänger-, Fuß-

yards - (der) Yard

supporting - stützend, abstützend, unterstützend; (support) stützend

Hip - Hipp; Hüfte

straight - gerade; aufrecht, aufrichtig, offen, ungeschminkt

pacing - Taktung; Tempo, Stufe, Schritt

abreast - übereinstimmend; beieinander, nebeneinander, auf dem Laufenden

The low sun was full in her face, rendering every feature, shade, and contour distinct, from the curve of her little nostril to the colour of her eyes.

low - tief, niedrig, nieder, leise (Stimme); muhen, blöken (Rind)

rendering - wiedergebend, huldigend, Aufführung; (render) wiedergebend

feature - sich auszeichnen durch, gekennzeichnet sein durch;Merkmal , Besonderheit , Eigenschaft ;Feuilleton (Artikel);etw. darbieten

shade - Schatten; Vorhang; Farbton; schattieren

contour - Kontur; Höhenlinie, Höhenlinien, Isohypse, Niveaulinie

distinct - deutlich

curve - Kurve; Linie; Kurven; biegen, verbiegen

nostril - Nasenloch

The farmer, though he seemed annoyed at the boy's persistent presence, did not order him to get out of the way; and thus the lad preceded them, his hard gaze never leaving her, till they reached the top of the ascent, when the farmer trotted on with relief in his lineaments-having taken no outward notice of the boy whatever.

annoyed - verärgert; stören, ärgern, belästigen, nerven, verägern

persistent - ausdauernd, hartnäckig, beharrlich, ständig, anhaltend

presence - Anwesenheit

thus - also; auf diese Weise, so, demnach, folglich, dieses

lad - Junge, Knabe, Bube, Bursche, junger Mann, Stallbursche

preceded - vorausgegangen; vorangehen, vorausgehen

gaze - Blicken; anstarren

reached - erreicht; erzielen, greifen (nach), sich erstrecken; eintreffen

top - oben; Oberteil, Spitze, Gipfel, Deckel, Kappe, Oberteil, Topp

trotted - getrabt; trotten, laufen, traben

relief - Erleichterung, Befreiung, Linderung, Unterstützung

lineaments - Züge; Zug, Charakterzug

outward - nach außen; äußerlich, auswärts

whatever - Jacke wie Hose; was immer, was auch immer, egal, naja, nebbich

"How that poor lad stared at me!" said the young wife.

"Yes, dear; I saw that he did."

"He is one of the village, I suppose?"

suppose - annehmen, vermuten, vermeinen

"One of the neighbourhood. I think he lives with his mother a mile or two off."

neighbourhood - Viertel (Wohngegend), Nachbarschaft; Nähe, Stadtteil

"He knows who we are, no doubt?"

doubt - bezweifeln, Zweifel

"O yes. You must expect to be stared at just at first, my pretty Gertrude."

"I do,-though I think the poor boy may have looked at us in the hope we might relieve him of his heavy load, rather than from curiosity."

relieve - Erleichterung; erleichtern; lindern; entlasten; ablösen; seine Notdurft verrichten

load - Last, Beschickung (Ladung), Belastung; beladen, ich lüde

curiosity - Neugier, Neugierde, Kuriosität, Kuriosum

"O no," said her husband off-handedly. "These country lads will carry a hundredweight once they get it on their backs; besides his pack had more size than weight in it.

handedly - eigenhändig

lads - Jungs; Junge, Knabe, Bube, Bursche, junger Mann, Stallbursche

hundredweight - Zentner

besides - Außerdem; neben, neben

pack - packen, einpacken; packen (verstauen); Bündel, Meute, Rudel

size - Konfektionsgröße, Körpergröße, Format; ausmessen

Now, then, another mile and I shall be able to show you our house in the distance-if it is not too dark before we get there." The wheels spun round, and particles flew from their periphery as before, till a white house of ample dimensions revealed itself, with farm-buildings and ricks at the back.

spun round - umspann

particles - Teilchen

periphery - Peripherie

as before - wie bisher, wie zuvor, wie vorher

ample - reichlich; groß, umfangreich, üppig

dimensions - Abmessungen; Dimension, Dimension, Dimension, Dimension

revealed - aufgedeckt; enthüllen, offenbaren

buildings - Bau, bildend, Erstellung, Gebäude

ricks - Getreide, Schober

Meanwhile the boy had quickened his pace, and turning up a by-lane some mile and half short of the white farmstead, ascended towards the leaner pastures, and so on to the cottage of his mother.

Meanwhile - In der Zwischenzeit; währenddessen, inzwischen, derweil

quickened - beflügelt; beschleunigen

turning up - aufbindend

lane - Fahrspur; Gasse; Spur, Route

farmstead - Bauernhaus; Gehöft

ascended - aufgestiegen; steigen, aufsteigen

towards - zu, in Richtung, nach, auf, zu, gegenüber, für, um, zwecks

leaner - schlanker; hagerer; (lean) schlanker; hagerer

pastures - Weide, weiden

She had reached home after her day's milking at the outlying dairy, and was washing cabbage at the door-way in the declining light. "Hold up the net a moment," she said, without preface, as the boy came up.

cabbage - stehlen; Kraut, kohl, Kohl, Kohlkopf

declining - Sinken

hold - halten; innehaben

net - vernetzen; netzartig, Tüll, Netto, Netz; einnetzen

preface - Vorwort, Vorrede

He flung down his bundle, held the edge of the cabbage-net, and as she filled its meshes with the dripping leaves she went on, "Well, did you see her?"

flung - geschleudert; Affäre (Liebesaffäre)

held - gehalten; innehaben

edge - Rand; Seite, Kante, Vorsprung, Klinge, Schneide, schieben

meshes - Maschen; Netz

dripping - tropft; Bratenfett; (drip) tropft; Bratenfett

"Yes; quite plain."

plain - unscheinbar, einfach, vollständige, ehrlich

"Is she ladylike?"

ladylike - damenhaft

"Yes; and more. A lady complete."

"Is she young?"

"Well, she's growed up, and her ways be quite a woman's."

growed - wuchs

"Of course. What colour is her hair and face?"

"Her hair is lightish, and her face as comely as a live doll's."

lightish - leicht

comely - anmutig; hübsch, ansehnlich

doll - Puppe

"Her eyes, then, are not dark like mine?"

"No-of a bluish turn, and her mouth is very nice and red; and when she smiles, her teeth show white."

smiles - lächelt; Lächeln

"Is she tall?" said the woman sharply.

sharply - scharf, scharfzüngig, spitzzüngig

"I couldn't see. She was sitting down."

sitting down - hinsetzend

"Then do you go to Holmstoke church tomorrow morning: she's sure to be there. Go early and notice her walking in, and come home and tell me if she's taller than I."

church - Kirche; Gottesdienst, Messe

"Very well, mother. But why don't you go and see for yourself?"

"I go to see her! I wouldn't look up at her if she were to pass my window this instant. She was with Mr. Lodge, of course. What did he say or do?"

pass - passen; (to pass) durchgehen, passieren, durchlaufen

instant - sofort; augenblicklich, tafelfertig, Moment

Mr - Herr

"Just the same as usual."

usual - gewöhnlich, üblich

"Took no notice of you?"

"None."

Next day the mother put a clean shirt on the boy, and started him off for Holmstoke church. He reached the ancient little pile when the door was just being opened, and he was the first to enter.

ancient - alt, uralt, antik

pile - Haufen, Pfahl, Pulk

enter - reingehen, hineingehen, hereingehen, eintreten

Taking his seat by the front, he watched all the parishioners file in. The well-to-do Farmer Lodge came nearly last; and his young wife, who accompanied him, walked up the aisle with the shyness natural to a modest woman who had appeared thus for the first time. As all other eyes were fixed upon her, the youth's stare was not noticed now.

seat - Sitz, Sitzplatz, Sitzgelegenheit, Stuhl, Sitzmöbel

parishioners - Gemeindemitglieder; Gemeindemitglied

file - Datei; Kartei, File, Aktenmappe, Reihe; ablegen (Briefe usw.)

nearly - beinahe, fast

Last - letzte, zuletzt, letzter, vorig; dauern, andauern

accompanied - begleitet; begleiten, begleiten, begleiten, begleiten, geleiten

aisle - Seitenschiff; Gang, Durchgang

shyness - Schüchternheit, Scheu, Scheuheit

modest - bescheiden, maßvoll, klein, gering; (mod); bescheiden, maßvoll

appeared - erschienen; erscheinen, auftauchen, erscheinen, auftauchen

fixed - repariert; reparieren, flicken, fixieren, befestigen

upon - auf; mit

youth - Jugend, Jugendlichkeit, Jugendzeit, Jugendlicher, Jugendliche

stare - starren, anstarren

noticed - bemerkt; Bekanntmachung, Benachrichtigung, Mitteilung

When he reached home his mother said, "Well?" before he had entered the room.

"She is not tall. She is rather short," he replied.

replied - geantwortet; antworten, erwidern, Antwort, Entgegnung, Antwort

"Ah!" said his mother, with satisfaction.

satisfaction - Befriedigung; Zufriedenheit; Satisfaktion, Genugtuung

"But she's very pretty-very. In fact, she's lovely." The youthful freshness of the yeoman's wife had evidently made an impression even on the somewhat hard nature of the boy.

lovely - schön, hübsch, wunderbar, herrlich

youthful - jugendlich, jung

freshness - Frische

evidently - offensichtlich

impression - Abdruck; Eindruck, Impression, Werbeeinblendung

nature - Natur, Art

"That's all I want to hear," said his mother quickly. "Now, spread the table-cloth. The hare you caught is very tender; but mind that nobody catches you.-You've never told me what sort of hands she had."

spread - verteilen; spreizen; ausstreuen, verbreiten, auftragen

table-cloth - (table-cloth) Tischdecke

Hare - Hase

caught - erwischt; Fang, Fang, Haken, Fang, fangen, fangen, einfangen

tender - zärtlich; empfindlich, Ausschreibung, Angebot, zart; andienen

mind - Verstand, Geist, Sinn, Bewusstsein, Gedächtnis, Gedanken

catches - fängt; Fang, Fang, Haken, Fang, fangen, fangen, einfangen

sort - Sortierung, Gattung, Art, Sorte; sortieren, ordnen

"I have never seen 'em. She never took off her gloves."

gloves - Handschuhe; Handschuh

"What did she wear this morning?"

"A white bonnet and a silver-coloured gown. It whewed and whistled so loud when it rubbed against the pews that the lady coloured up more than ever for very shame at the noise, and pulled it in to keep it from touching; but when she pushed into her seat, it whewed more than ever.

bonnet - Haube; Motorhaube

silver - versilbern; silbern, Silber; Silberbesteck

gown - Gewand; Umhang, Umwurf, Überwurf, Kleid, Abendkleid, Robe

whistled - gepfiffen; Pfeife, Trillerpfeife, Flöte, Pfeifen

loud - laut

rubbed - gerieben; reiben, reiben, abreiben, sich abreiben

against - gegen, mit, wider

pews - Kirchenbänke; die Kirchenbank

shame - Schamgefühl; Scham, Schande

noise - Lärm, Geräusch, Krach, Rauschen, Störung

pulled - gezogen; ziehen, ziehen

touching - (to touch) anfassen, streifen, berühren; (touch); anfassen

pushed - geschoben; schieben, drängen, stoßen

Mr. Lodge, he seemed pleased, and his waistcoat stuck out, and his great golden seals hung like a lord's; but she seemed to wish her noisy gown anywhere but on her."

waistcoat - Weste

stuck out - (stick out) herausragen, rausstrecken (ugs.), herausstehen

Golden - golden, goldgelb

Seals - versiegeln; Siegel, Stempel, Seehund

Lord - Gebieter; Herr; herrschen

wish - Wunsch; wünschen

noisy - lärmend; laut, geräuschvoll

anywhere - überall, irgendwo

"Not she! However, that will do now."

These descriptions of the newly-married couple were continued from time to time by the boy at his mother's request, after any chance encounter he had had with them. But Rhoda Brook, though she might easily have seen young Mrs. Lodge for herself by walking a couple of miles, would never attempt an excursion towards the quarter where the farmhouse lay. Neither did she, at the daily milking in the dairyman's yard on Lodge's outlying second farm, ever speak on the subject of the recent marriage.

newly - neu

couple - Paar; einige, ein paar

request - Anfrage; anfordern, erwünschen, verlangen nach, begehren

chance - riskieren, zufällig geschehen; Chance, Zufall, Gelegenheit

encounter - mit etw. in Berührung kommen;entgegentreten, sich begegnen, treffen auf;Begegnung , Treffen , Zusammenstoß

easily - leicht

attempt - versuchen; Versuch, Bestreben, Bestrebung, Anschlag, Attentat

excursion - Ausflug, Exkursion, Abschweifung, Exkurs, Digression

Farmhouse - Bauernhaus, Farmhaus

neither - weder; weder X noch Y; keiner, keines

daily - tgl, tägl. täglich, tägliche, tagtäglich

dairyman - Molkereibetrieb; Milchmann, Milchhändler

Yard - (der) Yard

recent - jüngst, neu, kürzlich, frisch

marriage - Ehe, Heirat, Hochzeit, Eheschließung

The dairyman, who rented the cows of Lodge and knew perfectly the tall milkmaid's history, with manly kindliness always kept the gossip in the cow-barton from annoying Rhoda. But the atmosphere thereabout was full of the subject during the first days of Mrs. Lodge's arrival; and from her boy's description and the casual words of the other milkers, Rhoda Brook could raise a mental image of the unconscious Mrs. Lodge that was realistic as a photograph.

rented - gemietet; Mietpreis, Wohnungsmiete, Hausmiete; anmieten

perfectly - perfekt, einwandfrei, vollkommen, durchaus

manly - männlich

kindliness - Freundlichkeit; Güte

gossip - Klatsch und Tratsch; Tratsche, Tratschtante, Klatschtante

annoying - stören, ärgern, belästigen, nerven, verägern, verdrießen

atmosphere - Atmosphäre

arrival - Ankunft

casual - lässig; zufällig, beiläufig, gelegentlich, gleichgültig

raise - Gehaltszulage; aufsteigen, anheben, erhöhen, heranziehen

mental - seelisch, geistig

image - Bild, Abbild, Image, Speicherabbild, Erscheinungsbild

unconscious - bewusstlos; spontan, unbewusst, unterbewusst, Unbewusstes

realistic - realistisch

Chapter 3. A Vision

vision - Sicht, Sehvermögen, Sehkraft, Augenlicht, Trugbild

One night, two or three weeks after the bridal return, when the boy was gone to bed, Rhoda sat a long time over the turf ashes that she had raked out in front of her to extinguish them. She contemplated so intently the new wife, as presented to her in her mind's eye over the embers, that she forgot the lapse of time. At last, wearied with her day's work, she too retired.

bridal - Brautschau; Hochzeit; bräutlich, hochzeitlich, Braut-, Hochzeit-

raked - geharkt; harken, stochern; Harke, Rechen

extinguish - löschen; auslöschen, abschalten

contemplated - in Erwägung gezogen; nachsinnen

intently - angespannt, aufmerksam, konzentriert

embers - Glut; Asche

lapse - Entgleisung, Ausrutscher, Verfallen, Erlöschen, Verfall

wearied - müde, müde

retired - im Ruhestand; pensionieren, zurücktreten, sich zurückziehen

But the figure which had occupied her so much during this and the previous days was not to be banished at night. For the first time Gertrude Lodge visited the supplanted woman in her dreams. Rhoda Brook dreamed-since her assertion that she really saw, before falling asleep, was not to be believed-that the young wife, in the pale silk dress and white bonnet, but with features shockingly distorted, and wrinkled as by age, was sitting upon her chest as she lay.

occupied - besetzt; in Anspruch nehmen, belegen, bewohnen, besetzen

previous - früher; vorhergehend

banished - verbannt; verbannen, herauswerfen, vertreiben

supplanted - verdrängt; verdrängen, ersetzen, ausstechen

dreams - Traum, Traum, t+Wunsch, träumen, träumen, t+wünschen, träumen

dreamed - geträumt; Traum, Traum, t+Wunsch, träumen, träumen, t+wünschen

Since - Seit wann; seitdem, seither, weil, da

assertion - Versicherung, Zusicherung, Behauptung, Beteuerung

falling asleep - (fall asleep) ich/er/sie schlief ein, einschlafen

the pale - die Grenze des Erlaubten

silk - Seide

shockingly - schockierende

distorted - verzerrt; verzerren, verzerren

wrinkled - zerknittert; sich runzeln, runzlig (runzelig) werden, knittern

chest - Kiste, Brustkasten, Brust, Koffer

The pressure of Mrs. Lodge's person grew heavier; the blue eyes peered cruelly into her face; and then the figure thrust forward its left hand mockingly, so as to make the wedding-ring it wore glitter in Rhoda's eyes. Maddened mentally, and nearly suffocated by pressure, the sleeper struggled; the incubus, still regarding her, withdrew to the foot of the bed, only, however, to come forward by degrees, resume her seat, and flash her left hand as before.

pressure - Druck; unter Druck setzen

heavier - Schwerer; heftig, schwer, stark (Regen)

peered - spähte; seinesgleichen, Beaufsichtigende; schielen, starren

cruelly - grausam

thrust - Stoß, Stich, Vorstoß, Schub, Schubkraft

mockingly - spöttisch

ring - Ring, Kreis

glitter - Glitter; glitzern

maddened - verärgert; rasend machen

mentally - geistig, psychisch, mental

suffocated - erstickt; ersticken, ersticken, würgen, ersticken

sleeper - Schwelle (Gleis), Schläfer

struggled - gekämpft; Kampf, Gefecht

incubus - Inkubus; Alptraum; Last, Kreuz

regarding - bezüglich; schätzen, betrachten, berücksichtigen

withdrew - zurückgezogen; annullieren, entziehen, abziehen, ausscheiden

come forward - vortreten

by degrees - nach und nach

resume - weiter; Lebenslauf; fortsetzen, wiedererlangen, wiederaufnehmen

flash - Blitzlicht; aufleuchten, blitzen, aufflammen

Gasping for breath, Rhoda, in a last desperate effort, swung out her right hand, seized the confronting spectre by its obtrusive left arm, and whirled it backward to the floor, starting up herself as she did so with a low cry.

gasping - keuchend; (gasp); keuchen; japsen, prusten, Atemzug, Luftholen

desperate - verzweifelt bemüht, sehnsuchtsvoll verlangend, aussichtslos

effort - Anstrengung, Aufwand

swung - geschwungen; schwingen, schaukeln, schwanken, schaukeln

seized - beschlagnahmt; ergreifen, fassen, greifen, packen, ergreifen

confronting - konfrontieren, entgegentreten, Sache, konfrontieren

spectre - Schreckgespenst, Gespenst

obtrusive - aufdringlich

whirled - gewirbelt; wirbeln, wirbeln, lschnell, Wirbeln

backward - zurück, nach hinten, rückwärts, zögerlich, gehemmt, rückständig

cry - weinen; schreien; rufen; Weinen; Schrei

"O, merciful heaven!" she cried, sitting on the edge of the bed in a cold sweat; "that was not a dream-she was here!"

merciful - barmherzig

Heaven - Der Himmel; Himmel, Firmament, Paradies

cried - geweint hat; weinen, schreien, schreien, rufen, Weinen

cold sweat - Angstschweiß

dream - Traum, Wunsch, träumen, wünschen

She could feel her antagonist's arm within her grasp even now-the very flesh and bone of it, as it seemed. She looked on the floor whither she had whirled the spectre, but there was nothing to be seen.

antagonist - Antagonist, Widersacher, Gegner

within - in, innerhalb

grasp - greifen, erfassen, begreifen, verstehen, Griff, Verständnis

flesh - Fleisch; Haut, Leib, Fruchtfleisch, Fleischfarbe, zunehmen

whither - wohin

Rhoda Brook slept no more that night, and when she went milking at the next dawn they noticed how pale and haggard she looked. The milk that she drew quivered into the pail; her hand had not calmed even yet, and still retained the feel of the arm. She came home to breakfast as wearily as if it had been supper-time.

dawn - dämmern; Morgendämmerung, Morgengrauen

haggard - verstört, abgezehrt, wild, abgehärmt

quivered - gezittert; zittern

calmed - beruhigt; ruhig, ruhig, windstill, Ruhe, Windstille, beruhigen

retained - zurückgehalten; behalten, festhalten

wearily - müde

supper - Abendbrot; Abendessen

"What was that noise in your chimmer, mother, last night?" said her son. "You fell off the bed, surely?"

chimmer - Schimmer

surely - bestimmt, sicherlich

"Did you hear anything fall? At what time?"

"Just when the clock struck two."

struck - angeschlagen; streichen, schlagen, prägen, streiken, scheinen

She could not explain, and when the meal was done went silently about her household work, the boy going afield on the farms. Between eleven and twelve the garden-gate clicked, and she lifted her eyes to the window. At the bottom of the garden, within the gate, stood the woman of her vision. Rhoda seemed transfixed.

silently - leise; schweigend, still

household - Haushalt

afield - im Ausland; weg, hinaus, abseits, jenseits

Gate - Tor, Flugsteig, Pforte, Schranke

clicked - geklickt; Klick; anklicken, zuschnappen, klicken

lifted - angehoben; Lüften (Bremse), Lift, Aufzug; fördern

transfixed - verblüfft; durchstechen, durchbohren

The impression remaining from the night's experience was still strong. Brook had almost expected to see the wrinkles, the scorn, and the cruelty on her visitor's face. She would have escaped an interview, had escape been possible.

remaining - Überrest (2), de

Experience - Erlebnis, Erfahrung, Praxis

expected - erwartet; erwarten, erwarten, erwarten

wrinkles - Falten; sich runzeln, runzlig (runzelig) werden, knittern

scorn - verachten; verschmähen; verspotten; Verachtung

cruelty - Grausamkeit, Quälerei

escaped - entkommen; entgehen, entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht

"I see I have come to the right house," said Mrs. Lodge, smiling. "But I was not sure till you opened the door."

smiling - lächelnd; (smile); Lächeln

The figure and action were those of the phantom; but her voice was so indescribably sweet, her glance so winning, her smile so tender, so unlike that of Rhoda's midnight visitant, that the latter could hardly believe the evidence of her senses. She was truly glad that she had not hidden away in sheer aversion, as she had been inclined to do.

those - die; jene

phantom - Gespenst; Phantom

indescribably - Unbeschreiblich

sweet - Süßigkeit, Bonbon

smile - Lächeln

unlike - im Gegensatz zu; ungleichartig, anders, ungleich

visitant - Besucher

hardly - hart, rau, kaum

evidence - Beweise; Beweis, Indiz, Beweismittel

senses - Sinne; Sinn, Gefühl

truly - wirklich, wahrhaft, ehrlich, echt

Glad - Erfreut; freudig, froh

hidden - versteckt; verbergen, verheimlichen, verstecken, verdecken

sheer - durchsichtig; scheren, ausreißen, gieren; rein, blank

aversion - Abneigung, Vorbehalt, Widerwillen, Aversion

inclined - geneigt; neigen, neigen, neigen, Neigung, Anstieg, Gefälle

"I walk a good deal," said Mrs. Lodge, "and your house is the nearest outside our own parish. I hope you are well. You don't look quite well."

deal - Menge, Handel, Teil, Abkommen

parish - Pfarrgemeinde, Gemeinde, Kirchenkreis

Rhoda said she was well enough; and, indeed, though the paler of the two, there was more of the strength that endures in her well-defined features and large frame, than in the soft-cheeked young woman before her. The conversation became quite confidential as regarded their powers and weaknesses; and when Mrs.

paler - blasser; Kumpel, Kamerad

strength - Stärke, Kraft, Festigkeit, Mumm

endures - überdauert; ertragen, aushalten, dulden, von Bestand sein

defined - definiert; bestimmen, definieren, definieren

frame - ausarbeiten, entwerfen, einfassen, einrahmen, festlegen

confidential - vertraulich

regarded - betrachtet; schätzen, betrachten, berücksichtigen

powers - Kräfte; Macht, Kraft, Macht, Macht, Großmacht, Kraft, Stärke

weaknesses - Schwächen; Schwäche, Schwäche, Faible

Lodge was leaving, Rhoda said, "I hope you will find this air agree with you, ma'am, and not suffer from the damp of the water-meads."

suffer - leiden; erleiden

damp - feucht; Feuchtigkeit; ersticken, dämpfen

The younger one replied that there was not much doubt of it, her general health being usually good. "Though, now you remind me," she added, "I have one little ailment which puzzles me. It is nothing serious, but I cannot make it out."

remind - erinnern, in Erinnerung bringen

ailment - Krankheit; Leiden

puzzles - Rätsel

serious - ernst, seriös, ernsthaft, schwerwiegend

She uncovered her left hand and arm; and their outline confronted Rhoda's gaze as the exact original of the limb she had beheld and seized in her dream. Upon the pink round surface of the arm were faint marks of an unhealthy colour, as if produced by a rough grasp. Rhoda's eyes became riveted on the discolorations; she fancied that she discerned in them the shape of her own four fingers.

uncovered - aufgedeckt; aufdecken, enthüllen

outline - skizzieren; Umriss, Kontur, Skizze, Skizzierung, Umrisszeichnung

confronted - konfrontiert; konfrontieren, entgegentreten, Sache

exact - exakt, genau, fordern, abverlangen

beheld - gesehen; betrachten, sehen, schauen, anschauen, ansehen

round - runden; Kontrollgang, Runde, Rundgang, rund

faint - leise, schwach, undeutlich, ohnmächtig werden

unhealthy - ungesund, gesundheitsschädlich

produced - produziert; produzieren, herstellen, vorlegen, produzieren

rough - rau, grob, Rough

riveted - genietet; Niet, vernieten, nieten, Aufmerksamkeit richten auf

discolorations - Verfärbungen; Verfärbung, Verfärbung, Fleck, Blutfleck

fancied - Lust gehabt; extravagant, originell

discerned - wahrgenommen; erkennen, wahrnehmen, bemerken, feststellen

shape - Zustand, Form, Gestalt, Form

fingers - fingern

"How did it happen?" she said mechanically.

mechanically - mechanisch

"I cannot tell," replied Mrs. Lodge, shaking her head. "One night when I was sound asleep, dreaming I was away in some strange place, a pain suddenly shot into my arm there, and was so keen as to awaken me. I must have struck it in the daytime, I suppose, though I don't remember doing so.

shaking - schüttelnd, erschütternd; (shake); schütteln, erschüttern

asleep - schlafen, schlafen

dreaming - phantasierend, träumend; (dream); Traum, Wunsch, träumen

strange - seltsam, sonderbar, komisch, verwunderlich, fremd, ausländisch

pain - Schmerzen; Qual, Stich (Schmerz), Schmerz

suddenly - plötzlich, urplötzlich

shot - Schuss; (to shoot up) aufschießen

keen - eifrig, scharf

awaken - erwecken; aufwecken, aufwachen, erwachen, wach werden

daytime - tagsüber; heller Tag, Tageszeit

She added, laughing, "I tell my dear husband that it looks just as if he had flown into a rage and struck me there. O, I daresay it will soon disappear."

rage - Wut, Zorn, Raserei, Rage, wüten

daresay - wagen Sie es; Ich möchte sagen.., Ich könnte mir denken..

disappear - verschwinden, entschwinden, zum Verschwinden bringen

"Ha, ha! Yes.... On what night did it come?"

Mrs. Lodge considered, and said it would be a fortnight ago on the morrow. "When I awoke I could not remember where I was," she added "till the clock striking two reminded me."

considered - berücksichtigt; überlegen, überlegen, halten, betrachten

fortnight - vierzehn Tage; vierzehn Tag age, zwei Wochen

morrow - morgen; Morgen

awoke - erwacht; munter, wach; erwachen, aufwachen

striking - auffällig; (strike); streichen; schlagen; prägen; streiken; scheinen; die Fahne streichen; Strike; Streik; Schlag

reminded - Erinnert; erinnern, in Erinnerung bringen

She had named the night and the hour of Rhoda's spectral encounter and Brook felt like a guilty thing. The artless disclosure startled her; she did not reason on the freaks of coincidence; and all the scenery of that ghastly night returned with double vividness to her mind.

spectral - spektral, Spektral-

encounter - treffen, begegnen, Begegnung, Treffen

guilty - schuldig

artless - kunstlos; schlicht, natürlich

disclosure - Offenlegung, Enthüllung, Bekanntmachung, Veröffentlichung

startled - erschrocken; aufschrecken, scheuen, erschrecken

freaks - Begeisterte, Missgeburt, irrer Typ

coincidence - zufälliges Zusammentreffen, Koinzidenz, Zufall

scenery - Landschaften; Landschaft; Kulisse

ghastly - geisterhaft; grässlich, gespenstisch, haarsträubend

double - doppelt; doppel-; doppellagig, zweilagig, gefüllt, kontra-

vividness - Lebendigkeit

"O, can it be," she said to herself, when her visitor had departed, "that I exercise a malignant power over people against my own will?" She knew that she had been slily called a witch since her fall; but never having understood why that particular stigma had been attached to her, it had passed disregarded. Could this be the explanation, and had such things as this ever happened before?

departed - abgereist; verlassen, aufbrechen, verlassen, abweichen

malignant - bösartig, malign

power - Macht, Kraft, Großmacht, Stärke, Strom

slily - schlampig; schlau

witch - Zauberin [f}, Hexe

particular - besonders; speziell, bestimmt, spezifisch, genau

stigma - Brandmal, Schandmal

attached - befestigt; anbringen

passed - bestanden; (to pass) durchgehen, passieren, durchlaufen

disregarded - nicht beachtet; Gleichgültigkeit, Nichtbeachten

explanation - Erläuterung, Erklärung, Ausführung

such - solch, derartig, so ein

Chapter 4. A Suggestion

suggestion - Anregung; Vorschlag; Suggestion

The summer drew on, and Rhoda Brook almost dreaded to meet Mrs. Lodge again, notwithstanding that her feeling for the young wife amounted wellnigh to affection. Something in her own individuality seemed to convict Rhoda of crime. Yet a fatality sometimes would direct the steps of the latter to the outskirts of Holmstoke whenever she left her house for any other purpose than her daily work; and hence it happened that their next encounter was out of doors.

dreaded - gefürchtet; schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grausen

notwithstanding - ungeachtet dessen

amounted - betrug; Anzahl, Menge, Betrag, Menge, beträgt

wellnigh - fast

affection - Zuneigung; Rührung

individuality - Individualität

convict - verurteilen; Sträfling

crime - Straftat; Verbrechen; Kriminalität

fatality - Todesfall; Verhängnis

Direct - direkt, unmittelbar, beaufsichtigen, inszenieren, befehlen

steps - Schritte; treten, treten (du trittst

outskirts - Außenbezirke; Außenbezirk, Stadtrand, Außenbereich, Vorort

whenever - wann auch immer

purpose - absicht, Absicht, Einsatzzweck, Zweck

hence - von hier, fort, von dannen, daher, deshalb

out of doors - im Freien

Rhoda could not avoid the subject which had so mystified her, and after the first few words she stammered, "I hope your-arm is well again, ma'am?" She had perceived with consternation that Gertrude Lodge carried her left arm stiffly.

avoid - ausweichen; meiden, fernbleiben, vermeiden, entkräften

mystified - verblüfft; verblüffen, irritieren

stammered - gestottert; stammeln, stottern, Stottern

perceived - wahrgenommen; wahrnehmen

consternation - Bestürzung, Fassungslosigkeit

stiffly - steif, kräftig

"No; it is not quite well. Indeed it is no better at all; it is rather worse. It pains me dreadfully sometimes."

pains - Schmerzen; Qual, Stich (Schmerz), Schmerz

dreadfully - furchtbar

"Will you let me see it?" said the milkwoman.

milkwoman - Milchfrau

Mrs. Lodge pushed up her sleeve and disclosed the place, which was a few inches above the wrist. As soon as Rhoda Brook saw it, she could hardly preserve her composure. There was nothing of the nature of a wound, but the arm at that point had a shrivelled look, and the outline of the four fingers appeared more distinct than at the former time.

sleeve - Ärmel; Hülse, Schutzhülle, Tülle, Köcher

disclosed - offengelegt; enthüllen, veröffentlichen, bekanntgeben

inches - Zoll (2, 54 cm), Zoll (Längenmaß)

wrist - Handgelenk

preserve - Konserve, Eingemachtes, Naturschutzgebiet, Naturreservat

composure - Gelassenheit, Fassung, Haltung, innere Ruhe

wound - anschießen, verwunden

shrivelled - geschrumpft; schrumpeln, verschrumpeln

Moreover, she fancied that they were imprinted in precisely the relative position of her clutch upon the arm in the trance; the first finger towards Gertrude's wrist, and the fourth towards her elbow.

Moreover - außerdem, überdies, des Weiteren, obendrein

imprinted - eingeprägt; Erscheinungsvermerk, Abdruck, Gepräge; aufdrücken

precisely - genau; präzise

relative - vergleichsweise, relativ, Verwandter, Blutsverwandter, Verwandte

position - Stellung, Position, Arbeitsplatz, Stelle, positionieren

clutch - Vogelgelege; Kupplung (Auto), Gelege

trance - Trance

finger - fingern

elbow - Ellbogen; Rohrbogen; Ellbogenstoß; ellbögeln

What the impress resembled seemed to have struck Gertrude herself since their last meeting. "It looks almost like finger-marks," she said; adding with a faint laugh, "my husband says it is as if some witch, or the devil himself, had taken hold of me there, and blasted the flesh."

impress - beeindrucken; prägen

resembled - ähnelte; ähneln, gleichen

devil - dem Teufel; Teufel, Satan, Teufelin, reizen, ärgern

taken hold - zugegriffen

blasted - gesprengt; schlagen, vernichten

Rhoda shivered. "That's fancy," she said hurriedly. "I wouldn't mind it, if I were you."

shivered - gezittert; Schauder, Schauer, zittern, frösteln

fancy - schick; extravagant, originell

hurriedly - eilig, hastig, schleuning

"I shouldn't so much mind it," said the younger, with hesitation, "if-if I hadn't a notion that it makes my husband-dislike me-no, love me less. Men think so much of personal appearance."

shouldn - sollte

hesitation - Zögern

notion - Ahnung, Ansicht, Auffassung, Begriff

dislike - Abneigung; Unbehagen; ablehnen

appearance - Erscheinen, Auftritt, Aussehen

"Some do-he for one."

"Yes; and he was very proud of mine, at first."

proud - stolz, prahlerisch

"Keep your arm covered from his sight."

covered - abgedeckt; Deckel, Abdeckung, Deckung, Versteck

sight - Sehenswürdigkeit, Gesicht, Visier, erblicken, anvisieren

"Ah-he knows the disfigurement is there!" She tried to hide the tears that filled her eyes.

disfigurement - Verunstaltung; Schönheitsfehler, Entstellung

hide - verbergen, verheimlichen, verstecken, verdecken

Tears - Tränen; zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß

"Well, ma'am, I earnestly hope it will go away soon."

earnestly - ernsthaft

In her secret heart Rhoda did not altogether object to a slight diminution of her successor's beauty, by whatever means it had come about; but she did not wish to inflict upon her physical pain. For though this pretty young woman had rendered impossible any reparation which Lodge might have made Rhoda for his past conduct, everything like resentment at the unconscious usurpation had quite passed away.

secret - Geheimnis

heart - Herz, Herzstück

altogether - ganz und gar, ohne Ausnahme, ausnahmslos, insgesamt

object to - Einspruch erheben gegen, beanstanden

Slight - geringfügig, leicht, unbedeutend

diminution - Verkleinerung; Rückgang

successor - Nachfolger, Nachfolgerin, Erbe

beauty - Schönheit; Schöner, Schöne, Prachtstück

come about - zustandegekommen [alt], zu Stande gekommen;sich ergeben

inflict - auferlegen; zufügen, checkverhängen

physical - physisch, materiell, stofflich, physikalisch, körperlich

rendered - erbracht; leisten, wiedergeben

impossible - unmöglich

reparation - Reparation, Entschädigung, Wiedergutmachung, Reparatur

conduct - Leitung, Führung, leiten, führen, sich verhalten, sich benehmen

resentment - Ressentiments; Ressentiment, Abneigung, Missgunst, Ärger

"They tell me there is possibly one way by which I might be able to find out the cause, and so perhaps the cure, of it," replied the other anxiously. "It is by going to some clever man over in Egdon Heath. They did not know if he was still alive-and I cannot remember his name at this moment; but they said that you knew more of his movements than anybody else hereabout, and could tell me if he were still to be consulted. Dear me-what was his name?

Possibly - vielleicht, eventuell, möglicherweise, negated: unmöglich

cause - Ursache, Anlass, Grund, verursachen, auslösen, lassen

Perhaps - vielleicht, wohl

cure - räuchern (Fleisch), heilen, abbinden (Leim); Kur, Heilung

anxiously - ängstlich; besorgt, bang, unruhig

clever - geschickt; clever, ausgekocht, patent, klug, gescheit

alive - lebendig

movements - Bewegungen; Bewegung, Bewegung, Satz

hereabout - hier in der Gegend; hier herum

consulted - konsultiert; Rat halten, beraten, beratschlagen, beraten

But you know."

"Not Conjuror Trendle?" said her thin companion, turning pale.

Conjuror - Beschwörer

companion - Begleiter, Freund, Liebhaber, Kamerad

turning pale - erblassend

"Trendle-yes. Is he alive?"

"I believe so," said Rhoda, with reluctance.

reluctance - Widerstreben, Widerwillen, Widerwille, Zögern, Zaudern

"Why do you call him conjuror?"

"Well-they say-they used to say he was a-he had powers other folks have not."

folks - Leute; Volk

"The place on my arm is so mysterious! I don't really believe in such men, but I should not mind just visiting him, from curiosity-though on no account must my husband know. Is it far to where he lives?"

mysterious - geheimnisvoll; mysteriös; rätselhaft

on no account - in keinem Fall, unter (gar) keinen Umständen

"Yes-five miles," said Rhoda backwardly. "In the heart of Egdon."

backwardly - rückwärtsgewandt; rückständig

"Well, I should have to walk. Could not you go with me to show me the way-say tomorrow afternoon?"

"O, not I-that is," the milkwoman murmured, with a start of dismay. Again the dread seized her that something to do with her fierce act in the dream might be revealed, and her character in the eyes of the most useful friend she had ever had be ruined irretrievably.

dismay - Bestürzung; Furcht, Ohnmacht

dread - schaudern, grauen, gruseln, grausen

fierce - wild, heftig, bedrohlich

character - Figur, Person, Charakter, Original, Buchstabe, Zeichen

ruined - ruiniert; Ruine, Ruin, Ruin, ruinieren, auf die Knie zwingen

irretrievably - unwiederbringlich

Mrs. Lodge urged, and Rhoda finally assented, though with much misgiving. Sad as the journey would be to her, she could not conscientiously stand in the way of a possible remedy for her patron's strange affliction. It was agreed that, to escape suspicion of their mystic intent, they should meet at the edge of the heath at the corner of a plantation which was visible from the spot where they now stood.

urged - gedrängt; Drang, drängen, mahnen, treiben, anspornen

finally - schließlich; endlich; definitiv, checkletztendlich

assented - zugestimmt; zustimmen, behaupten

misgiving - Befürchtungen; Zweifel; (misgive) Befürchtungen; Zweifel

conscientiously - Gewissenhaft

remedy for - Mittel gegen

patron - Schirmherr, Patron, Mäzen, Kunde, Inhaber, Stammkunde

affliction - Bedrängnis; Leiden, Behinderung

escape - entgehen, ausweichen, davonkommen, Flucht

suspicion - Verdacht, Argwohn, Verdächtigung

mystic - mystisch; Mystiker, Mystikerin

intent - Absicht

plantation - Plantage

Chapter 5. Conjuror Trendle

Rhoda started just before the time of day mentioned between them, and half-an-hour's brisk walking brought her to the south-eastern extension of the Egdon tract of country, where the fir plantation was. A slight figure, cloaked and veiled, was already there. Rhoda recognized, almost with a shudder, that Mrs. Lodge bore her left arm in a sling.

mentioned - erwähnt; Erwähnung, erwähnen

brisk - lebhaft, rege, vital, anregend

eastern - Osten; östlich, Ost

extension - Ausdehnung, Erweiterung, Bedeutungserweiterung, Verlängerung

tract - Traktat; Gebiet, Teil

fir - Tanne, Tannenbaum

cloaked - getarnt; Umhang, Pelerine, Deckmantel, verhüllen

veiled - verschleiert; Vorhang, Schleier, verschleiern, verhüllen

recognized - ich/er/sie erkannte, anerkennen, erkennen

shudder - erschaudern; Schauder; (wohliger) Schauder; schaudern; zittern

bore - langweilig; (to bear fruit) Früchte tragen; (bear) langweilig; (to bear fruit) Früchte tragen

sling - Schleuder; Armschlinge

They hardly spoke to each other, and immediately set out on their climb into the interior of this solemn country, which stood high above the rich alluvial soil they had left half-an-hour before. It was a long walk; thick clouds made the atmosphere dark, though it was as yet only early afternoon; and the wind howled dismally over the hills of the heath.

immediately - sofort, alsbald, unverzüglich, auf der Stelle

interior - inner; Interieur, Inneres, Innenraum, offener Kern

solemn - feierlich; ernst

soil - Boden, (Erd-) Boden; beflecken, beschmutzen, schmutzig machen

thick - dick; dicht; plump; mitten in

clouds - Wolken; verschleiern

wind - aufspulen, rollen, blasen, aufwickeln, abspulen

howled - geheult; Heulen

dismally - trostlos, düstere

hills - Hügeln; Hügel, Hang, Steigung, Steigung, Anstieg, häufeln

Rhoda had a strange dislike to walking on the side of her companion where hung the afflicted arm, moving round to the other when inadvertently near it.

afflicted - behaftet; bekümmern

inadvertently - versehentlich

Conjuror Trendle was at home when they arrived, having in fact seen them descending into his valley. He was a grey-bearded man, with a reddish face, and he looked singularly at Rhoda the first moment he beheld her. Mrs. Lodge told him her errand; and then with words of self-disparagement he examined her arm.

descending - absteigend; absteigen, niedergehen, herunterkommen, herabsteigen

Valley - Senke, Tal

bearded - bärtig; Bart, Alibifreundin

reddish - rötlich

singularly - singulär; singularisch

errand - Besorgungen; Besorgung, Auftrag

self - Selbst

disparagement - Verunglimpfung, Herabsetzung, Herabwürdigung

examined - untersucht; untersuchen, untersuchen, untersuchen, prüfen

"Medicine can't cure it," he said promptly. "'Tis the work of an enemy."

Medicine - Medizin; Heilkunst, Heilkunde, Arznei

promptly - unverzüglich; bereit

enemy - Feind, Feindin, Gegner, Gegnerin, feindlich

Rhoda shrank into herself, and drew back.

shrank - geschrumpft; schrumpfen, schrumpfen, abnehmen, drücken

"An enemy? What enemy?" asked Mrs. Lodge.

He shook his head. "That's best known to yourself," he said. "If you like, I can show the person to you, though I shall not myself know who it is. I can do no more; and don't wish to do that."

shook - geschüttelt; (to shake) erschüttern, schütteln

myself - mich selbst; mich

She pressed him; on which he told Rhoda to wait outside where she stood, and took Mrs. Lodge into the room. It opened immediately from the door; and, as the latter remained ajar, Rhoda Brook could see the proceedings without taking part in them. He brought a tumbler from the dresser, nearly filled it with water, and fetching an egg, prepared it in some private way; after which he broke it on the edge of the glass, so that the white went in and the yolk remained.

pressed - gedrückt; (pre) vor..

remained - geblieben; Überrest (2), de

ajar - angelehnt; halboffen, einen Spalt offen

proceedings - fortsetzend, verfahrend

tumbler - Trinkglas, Tumbler, Glasbecher, Tümmler

fetching - abholen; holen, einfangen, abrufen, apportieren

private - privat; privat

yolk - Dotter, Eidotter, Eigelb, Gelbei

As it was getting gloomy, he took the glass and its contents to the window, and told Gertrude to watch them closely. They leant over the table together, and the milkwoman could see the opaline hue of the egg-fluid changing form as it sank in the water, but she was not near enough to define the shape that it assumed.

gloomy - düster, finster, trübe, dunkel

Contents - Inhalt; (to be content with) sich mit etwas begnügen

closely - dicht, eng, nah, nahe

leant - angelehnt; knapp, schlank, hager, mager

opaline - Opalin

fluid - Fluid, Flüssigkeit, fließend

sank - gesunken; sinken, senken, senken, versenken, Spüle, Spülbecken

define - bestimmen; definieren

assumed - angenommen; annehmen, voraussetzen, vermuten, unterstellen

"Do you catch the likeness of any face or figure as you look?" demanded the conjuror of the young woman.

catch - Fang; Haken; fangen; einfangen; verstehen, begreifen, bekommen

likeness - Ähnlichkeit; Gestalt; Abbild

demanded - gefordert; Nachfrage, Bedarf, Nachfrage, Anspruch, verlangen

She murmured a reply, in tones so low as to be inaudible to Rhoda, and continued to gaze intently into the glass. Rhoda turned, and walked a few steps away.

reply - antworten, erwidern, Antwort, Entgegnung

tones - Töne; Farbton, Klang, Umgangston, Ton

inaudible - nicht hörbar

When Mrs. Lodge came out, and her face was met by the light, it appeared exceedingly pale-as pale as Rhoda's-against the sad dun shades of the upland's garniture. Trendle shut the door behind her, and they at once started homeward together. But Rhoda perceived that her companion had quite changed.

exceedingly - übermäßig; überaus, äußerst, außerordentlich, ungemein

dun - mahnen

shades - Schattierungen; Maifisch

upland - Hochland

garniture - Pfändung; Garnitur

shut - geschlossen; (to shut) schließen, zumachen

"Did he charge much?" she asked tentatively.

charge - Gebühr; Entgelt; Ladung; Last; Rempeln; beauftragen, belasten

tentatively - vorläufig

"O no-nothing. He would not take a farthing," said Gertrude.

farthing - Groschen, Heller, Pfifferling, Pfennig

"And what did you see?" inquired Rhoda.

inquired - nachgefragt; erkundigen

"Nothing I-care to speak of." The constraint in her manner was remarkable; her face was so rigid as to wear an oldened aspect, faintly suggestive of the face in Rhoda's bed-chamber.

care - kümmern; Sorgfalt, Aufbewahrung, Behandlung

constraint - Einschränkung, Beschränkung, Restriktion, Zwang

manner - Art und Weise; Weise, Manier

remarkable - bemerkenswert, verwunderlich, denkwürdig, beachtenswert

rigid - steif, starr, rigide

oldened - gealtert; altern

aspect - Aspekt, Aktionsart

faintly - kaum, schwach, entfernt, leicht

suggestive - suggestiv

chamber - Raum, Schlafzimmer, Kammer

"Was it you who first proposed coming here?" Mrs. Lodge suddenly inquired, after a long pause. "How very odd, if you did!"

proposed - vorgeschlagen; vorschlagen, einen Heiratsantrag machen

coming here - herkommend

pause - Eine Pause; pausieren, innehalten, Pause

odd - einzeln; seltsam, merkwürdig, komisch, ungerade

"No. But I am not sorry we have come, all things considered," she replied. For the first time a sense of triumph possessed her, and she did not altogether deplore that the young thing at her side should learn that their lives had been antagonized by other influences than their own.

sense - Sinn; Gefühl, Verstand, Bedeutung, wahrnehmen, empfinden

triumph - Sieg, Erfolg

possessed - besessen; besitzen, besitzen

deplore - bedauern

antagonized - angefeindet; antagonisieren, entgegenwirken, bekämpfen

influences - Einflüsse; Einfluss, Beeinflussung, Einfluss, Beeinflusser

The subject was no more alluded to during the long and dreary walk home. But in some way or other a story was whispered about the many-dairied lowland that winter that Mrs. Lodge's gradual loss of the use of her left arm was owing to her being "overlooked" by Rhoda Brook.

alluded - angedeutet; andeuten, erwähnen

dreary - öde, trostlos, trüb, freudlos

whispered - geflüstert; Geflüster

dairied - gemolken

Lowland - Tiefebene, Tiefland, Flachland

gradual - allmählich, graduell, schrittweise zunehmend

Loss - Verlust, Ausfall; Kursverlust

owing to - aufgrund, dank, durch, infolge

overlooked - Übersicht, Überblick, bemerken

The latter kept her own counsel about the incubus, but her face grew sadder and thinner; and in the spring she and her boy disappeared from the neighbourhood of Holmstoke.

counsel - Ratschläge; Beratung; Rat, Ratschlag, Anwalt, Anwältin

disappeared - verschwunden; verschwinden, entschwinden

Chapter 6. A Second Attempt

Half-a-dozen years passed away, and Mr. and Mrs. Lodge's married experience sank into prosiness, and worse. The farmer was usually gloomy and silent: the woman whom he had wooed for her grace and beauty was contorted and disfigured in the left limb; moreover, she had brought him no child, which rendered it likely that he would be the last of a family who had occupied that valley for some two hundred years.

dozen - Dutzend; Dutzende (''of'': von)

prosiness - Wohlstand

silent - still

whom - wen; wem; dem, der, den, die

wooed - umworben; umwerben, werben, locken

grace - Tischgebet; Anmut, Grazie, Aufschub, Fristverlängerung

contorted - verzerrt; verzerren

disfigured - verunstaltet; entstellen, verunstalten

Likely - gleicht, ähnlich, wahrscheinlich, voraussichtlich

He thought of Rhoda Brook and her son; and feared this might be a judgment from heaven upon him.

feared - gefürchtet; fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck

judgment - Urteil; Urteilsvermögen; Beurteilung; Richtspruch

"You want somebody to cheer you," he observed. "I once thought of adopting a boy; but he is too old now. And he is gone away I don't know where."

cheer - anfeuern, jauchzen, aufmuntern, jubeln

adopting - adoptieren, annehmen, übernehmen

gone away - fortgegangen

Gertrude guessed to whom he alluded; for Rhoda Brook's story had in the course of years become known to her; though not a word had ever passed between her husband and herself on the subject. Neither had she ever spoken to him of her visit to Conjuror Trendle, and of what was revealed to her, or she thought was revealed to her, by that solitary heath-man. She had never revisited Trendle since she had been conducted to the house of the solitary by Rhoda against her will; but it now suddenly occurred to Gertrude that she would, in a last desperate effort at deliverance from this seeming curse, again seek out the man, if he yet lived.

solitary - einsam, einzeln

revisited - wieder besuchen

conducted - durchgeführt; Leitung, Führung, leiten, führen, sich verhalten

occurred - aufgetreten; passieren, vorkommen, stattfinden, vorkommen

deliverance - Auslieferung, Abgabe, Erlösung, Befreiung

seeming - scheinbar; anscheinend, scheinend; (seem); scheinen, dünken

curse - verfluchen, fluchen, verdammen; Fluch

seek - suchen

He was entitled to a certain credence, for the indistinct form he had raised in the glass had undoubtedly resembled the only woman in the world who-as she now knew, though not then-could have a reason for bearing her ill-will. The visit should be paid.

entitled - berechtigt; betiteln, benennen, den Titel verleihen

Certain - gewiss, sicher, irgendein, bestimmt

credence - Glaubwürdigkeit; Glauben, Vertrauen, Beglaubigung, Empfehlung

indistinct - undeutlich

raised - angehoben; Gehaltszulage; aufsteigen, anheben, erhöhen

Undoubtedly - Zweifelsohne; zweifellos

bearing - tragend, Manieren, Lager (Maschinenbau); (bear) tragend

ill-will - (ill-will) Groll

This time she went alone, though she nearly got lost on the heath, and roamed a considerable distance out of her way.

alone - allein, einsam, selbst, nur, ausschließlich

got lost - (get lost) sich verirren, abhanden kommen, verloren gehen

roamed - durchstreiften; wandern, umherziehen

considerable - erheblich, beträchtlich, beachtlich

"You can send away warts and other excrescences, I know," she said; "why can't you send away this?" And the arm was uncovered.

send away - wegschicken

warts - Warzen; Warze

excrescences - Auswüchse; Wucherung [med.]

"You think too much of my powers!" said Trendle. "This is of the nature of a blight, not of the nature of a wound; and if you ever do throw it off, it will be all at once."

blight - Feuerbrand; Braunfäule; Geißel, Seuche, Plage, Heimsuchung

throw - Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe

"If I only could!"

"There is only one chance of doing it known to me. It has never failed in kindred afflictions,-that I can declare. But it is hard to carry out, and especially for a woman."

failed - gescheitert; mangelhaft (Zensur 5)

kindred - Stammesbrüder, Stammesgeschwister, Artgenossen, verwandt

afflictions - Bedrängnisse; Leiden

declare - bekanntmachen, bekanntgeben, deklarieren, ausrufen, aussagen

especially - besonders, extra, speziell, außergewöhnlich, originell

"Tell me!" said she.

"You must touch with the limb the neck of a man who's been hanged."

touch - anfassen, berühren, Berührung, Tasten, Spur

neck - knutschen; Genick, Zapfen (Wellenhals), Nacken

hanged - aufgehängt

She started a little at the image he had raised.

"Before he's cold-just after he's cut down," continued the conjuror impassively.

cut down - umgehaut;(Baum) fällen;(Ausgaben) einschränken

impassively - teilnahmslos

"How can that do good?"

do good - Wohltun

"It will turn the blood and change the constitution. But, as I say, to do it is hard. You must get into jail, and wait for him when he's brought off the gallows. Lots have done it, though perhaps not such pretty women as you. I used to send dozens for skin complaints. But that was in former times. The last I sent was in '13-near twenty years ago."

blood - anbluten

constitution - Verfassen, Verfassung, Konstitution, Grundgesetz

jail - im Gefängnis; Gefängnis

gallows - Galgen; (gallow) Galgen

dozens - Dutzende; Dutzend

complaints - Beschwerden; Klage, Anzeige, Monierung, Reklamation

in former times - früher, ehemals

He had no more to tell her; and, when he had put her into a straight track homeward, turned and left her, refusing all money as at first.

straight track - gerades Gleis

refusing - Müll; abweisen, verweigern, abschlagen, ablehnen

A Ride

The communication sank deep into Gertrude's mind. Her nature was rather a timid one; and probably of all remedies that the white wizard could have suggested there was not one which would have filled her with so much aversion as this, not to speak of the immense obstacles in the way of its adoption.

communication - Kommunikation, Informationsaustausch, Mitteilung

deep - tief, tiefgründig, dunkel, Tiefe

timid - furchtsam, zaghaft, zögerlich, schüchtern

remedies - Gegenmittel

wizard - Zauberer, Magier, Hexenmeister, Assistent

suggested - vorgeschlagen; vorschlagen, vorschlagen

immense - immens

obstacles - Hindernisse; Hindernis

adoption - Adoption

Casterbridge, the county-town, was a dozen or fifteen miles off; and though in those days, when men were executed for horse-stealing, arson, and burglary, an assize seldom passed without a hanging, it was not likely that she could get access to the body of the criminal unaided. And the fear of her husband's anger made her reluctant to breathe a word of Trendle's suggestion to him or to anybody about him.

county - Grafschaft; Landkreis, Bezirk

executed - ausgeführt; hinrichten, ausführen, durchführen, ausführen

stealing - stehlend, entwendend; (steal); stehlen, entwenden, klauen

arson - Brandstiftung

burglary - Einbruch, Einbruchdiebstahl

assize - zu entscheiden

seldom - selten

hanging - (to hang) hängen, schweben; (hang) (to hang) hängen, schweben

access - Zutritt, Zugang, Einsicht, Zugriff; zugreifen

criminal - kriminell; Krimineller, Kriminelle, Verbrecher, Verbrecherin

unaided - ohne fremde Hilfe

fear - fürchten, befürchten, Angst haben; Furcht, Schreck, Befürchtung

anger - Ärger, Zorn, Wut, Groll

reluctant - zögernd

breathe - atmen; einatmen; hauchen

She did nothing for months, and patiently bore her disfigurement as before. But her woman's nature, craving for renewed love, through the medium of renewed beauty (she was but twenty-five), was ever stimulating her to try what, at any rate, could hardly do her any harm.

patiently - geduldig

craving - Sehnsucht (nach); flehend, heftiges Verlangen; (crave); sehnen

renewed - erneuert; erneuern, erneuern

medium - Medium; mittelgroß

stimulating - anregend; stimulieren, stimulieren

rate - Wechselkurs, Devisenkurs, Kurs; Kommunalsteuer

harm - Schaden

"What came by a spell will go by a spell surely," she would say. Whenever her imagination pictured the act she shrank in terror from the possibility of it: then the words of the conjuror, "it will turn your blood," were seen to be capable of a scientific no less than a ghastly interpretation; the mastering desire returned, and urged her on again.

imagination - Phantasie; Vorstellungskraft, Imagination, Einbildungskraft

act - handeln; Handlung, Tat, Akt, Gesetz, Akte, Spiel

terror - Schrecken, Grauen, schreckliche Furcht, Terror

possibility - Möglichkeit

capable - fähig

scientific - wissenschaftlich

interpretation - Interpretation, Auslegung, Deutung, Dolmetschen

mastering - Bewältigung, Meisterung; (master); Bewältigung, Meisterung

desire - begehren; Begehren, Wunsch

Her determination received a fillip from learning that two epileptic children had attended from this very village of Holmstoke many years before with beneficial results, though the experiment had been strongly condemned by the neighbouring clergy. April, May, June, passed; and it is no overstatement to say that by the end of the last-named month Gertrude wellnigh longed for the death of a fellow-creature.

determination - Bestimmung; Determination; Bestimmtheit; Feststellung; Entschluss; Unterscheidung

received - bekommen, erhalten, empfangen, kriegen, empfangen

fillip - Ansporn; Schnalzen

epileptic - epileptisch, fallsüchtig, Epileptiker, Epileptikerin

attended - teilgenommen; (to attend) mit etwas verbunden sein

beneficial - nützlich

experiment - Experiment, Versuch, experimentieren

strongly - stark

condemned - Verurteilt; verurteilen, verurteilen, verdammen, verurteilen

clergy - Geistlichkeit, Klerus

overstatement - Übertreibung; Ăśbertreibung

longed for - ersehnte

Death - Tod, Exitus, der Tod, Untergang

fellow - Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche; Gefährte, Kerl

creature - Wesen, Lebewesen, Fabelwesen

Instead of her formal prayers each night, her unconscious prayer was, "O Lord, hang some guilty or innocent person soon!"

instead - stattdessen, anstatt

formal - formale, formell, formal

prayers - Gebete; (the Lord's Prayer) Paternoster

hang - hängen

innocent - rein; unschuldig

The assizes were in July and there was to be one execution-only one-for arson; Her greatest problem was not how to get to Casterbridge, but what means she should adopt for obtaining admission to the jail.

execution - Ausführung; Hinrichtung

adopt - adoptieren; annehmen, übernehmen

obtaining - zu erhalten; erlangen, erhalten, bestehen

admission - Zulassung, Aufnahme, Einlass, Anerkennung

Though access for such purposes had formerly never been denied, the custom had fallen into desuetude; and in contemplating her possible difficulties, she was again almost driven to fall back upon her husband. But, on sounding him about the assizes, he was so uncommunicative, so more than usually cold, that she did not proceed, and decided that whatever she did she would do alone.

purposes - Zwecke; absicht, Absicht, Einsatzzweck, Zweck

Formerly - früher, ehemals

denied - verweigert; leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren

custom - Brauch, Gewohnheit, Sitte, Usus, Zoll, maßgeschneidert

desuetude - Unfruchtbarkeit

contemplating - nachgedacht; nachsinnen

difficulties - Schwierigkeiten; Schwierigkeit

fall back - zurückfallen, herunterschalten, zurückschalten

uncommunicative - unkommunikativ

Fortune, obdurate hitherto, showed her unexpected favour. On the Thursday before the Saturday fixed for the execution, Lodge remarked to her that he was going away from home for another day or two on business at a fair, and that he was sorry he could not take her with him.

Fortune - Fortuna; Schicksal, Glück, Vermögen

obdurate - verstockt; stur, hartnäckig

hitherto - bis zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, bis jetzt, bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt

unexpected - unerwartet

favour - Gefallen; begünstigen, bevorzugen

remarked - bemerkt; bemerken; Anmerkung, Bemerkung

going away - fortgehend

on business - geschäftlich, in Geschäften

She exhibited on this occasion so much readiness to stay at home that he looked at her in surprise. Time had been when she would have shown deep disappointment at the loss of such a jaunt. However, he lapsed into his usual taciturnity, and on the day named left Holmstoke.

exhibited - ausgestellt; zeigen, zur Schau stellen, ausstellen, vorzeigen

Occasion - Gelegenheit; Anlass

readiness - Bereitschaft

surprise - Überraschung; Überraschung

disappointment - Enttäuschung, Verdruss, Misserfolg, Fehlschlag, Reinfall

jaunt - Ausflugsfahrt; Ausflug, Vergnügungsfahrt, Spritztour

lapsed - verjährt; Runden

taciturnity - Wortkargheit; Schweigsamkeit

It was now her turn. She at first had thought of driving, but on reflection held that driving would not do, since it would necessitate her keeping to the turnpike-road, and so increase by tenfold the risk of her ghastly errand being found out. She decided to ride, and avoid the beaten track, notwithstanding that in her husband's stables there was no animal just at present which by any stretch of imagination could be considered a lady's mount, in spite of his promise before marriage to always keep a mare for her.

reflection - Reflexion, Abbild, Reflektion, Abwägung

necessitate - erforderlich ist; erfordern, zwingen

turnpike - Schlagbaum; Drehschranke; Mautstraße

increase by - vergrößern um

tenfold - verzehnfachen; zehnfach

Risk - Risiko; riskieren; wagen

beaten - besiegt; Schlag; jdn. bezwingen

track - Spur; Fußspur; Fußsohle; Trampelpfad; Bahn, Strecke, Kurs

stables - Ställe; Rennstall (Pferdesport); dauerhaft, beständig, Stall

stretch - strecken, dehnen, langziehen, dehnen

mount - Reittier, Berg, Lafette (Waffe); einbauen, aufsteigen

spite - Bosheit; trotz

promise - Versprechen

He had, however, many cart-horses, fine ones of their kind; and among the rest was a serviceable creature, an equine Amazon, with a back as broad as a sofa, on which Gertrude had occasionally taken an airing when unwell. This horse she chose.

cart - Pferdewagen, Wagen, Karren

among - unter, zwischen, untereinander

serviceable - brauchbar, nutzerfreundlich, praktisch, reparierbar

equine - Pferden; Pferd

Amazon - Amazone

broad - breit, deutliche, großräumig

sofa - Sofa, Couch

Occasionally - gelegentlich

unwell - unwohl

On Friday afternoon one of the men brought it round. She was dressed, and before going down looked at her shrivelled arm. "Ah!" she said to it, "if it had not been for you this terrible ordeal would have been saved me!"

ordeal - Tortur; Gottesurteil, Feuerprobe

saved - gerettet; retten, erretten, sichern, speichern, sparen

When strapping up the bundle in which she carried a few articles of clothing, she took occasion to say to the servant, "I take these in case I should not get back tonight from the person I am going to visit. Don't be alarmed if I am not in by ten, and close up the house as usual.

strapping - Umreifung; drall (Mädchen), stramm (Kind)

articles of clothing - Kleidungsstücke

servant - Diener, Dienerin, Lakai, Kammerdiener

case - Fall; Gehäuse, Prozess, Kiste, Fach

be alarmed - sich ängstigen (um)

close up - Großaufnahme

I shall be at home tomorrow for certain." She meant then to privately tell her husband: the deed accomplished was not like the deed projected. He would almost certainly forgive her.

privately - privat

deed - Tat, Akt, Werk, Urkunde, urkundlich übertragen; (dee); Tat, Akt

accomplished - vollendet; vollenden, vollenden, vollenden, vollenden

Certainly - sicherlich, zweifellos, gewiss, freilich

forgive - vergeben, verzeihen, entschuldigen

And then the pretty palpitating Gertrude Lodge went from her husband's homestead; but though her goal was Casterbridge she did not take the direct route thither through Stickleford. Her cunning course at first was in precisely the opposite direction.

palpitating - Herzklopfen; unregelmäßig schlagen, pochen, klopfen

homestead - Eigenheim, Gehöft, Siedlerhof, Heimstätte

goal - Ziel; Tor; ein Tor schießen

route - Route, Leitung, Strecke, Richtung; leiten, routen, lotsen

thither - dorthin, dahin

cunning - gerissen; schlau, clever, süß, niedlich

opposite direction - Gegenrichtung

As soon as she was out of sight, however, she turned to the left, by a road which led into Egdon, and on entering the heath wheeled round, and set out in the true course, due westerly. When it was almost dusk, Gertrude reached the White Hart, the first inn of the town on that side.

entering - eintreten; eingegeben; (enter); reingehen, hineingehen

wheeled - auf Rädern; Rad

due - fällig

westerly - westlich; Westwind

dusk - Abenddämmerung

Hart - Hirsch

Inn - Gasthaus; Herberge

"What is going on there?" she asked of the ostler.

ostler - Stallknecht, Stallbursche

"Making the rope for tomorrow."

rope - Tau, Seil, Strang

She throbbed responsively, and contracted her arm.

throbbed - geklopft; klopfen, schlagen, pochen, klopfen, pulsieren, Pochen

responsively - reaktionsschnell

contracted - unter Vertrag genommen; Vertrag

"'Tis sold by the inch afterwards," the man continued. "I could get you a bit, miss, for nothing, if you'd like?"

inch - Zoll (2, 54 cm), Zoll (Längenmaß)

bit - Häppchen, Gebiss, Bit

She hastily repudiated any such wish, all the more from a curious creeping feeling that the condemned wretch's destiny was becoming interwoven with her own; and having engaged a room for the night, sat down to think.

hastily - hastig

repudiated - abgelehnt; verleugnen (sb./sth.), abstreiten, leugnen

Curious - neugierig, sonderbar, merkwürdig

wretch - Unglückliche; das Wesen

destiny - das Schicksal; Los, Geschick, Schicksal

interwoven - verwoben; verweben, verflechten, durchweben, einweben

engaged - verlobt; beschäftigen, anstellen, angreifen, anlegen, einrasten

Up to this time she had formed but the vaguest notions about her means of obtaining access to the prison. The words of the cunning-man returned to her mind. He had implied that she should use her beauty, impaired though it was, as a pass-key.

vaguest - am vagesten; nebelhaft, schwach, unklar, undeutlich, ungenau

notions - Vorstellungen; Ahnung, Ansicht, Auffassung, Begriff, Denkbild

prison - Gefängnis, Knast, Haft, Gefangenschaft

implied - angedeutet; implizieren, zur Folge haben, implizieren, bedeuten

impaired - beeinträchtigt; beeinträchtigen, schädigen

In her inexperience she knew little about jail functionaries; she had heard of a high-sheriff and an under-sheriff, but dimly only. She knew, however, that there must be a hangman, and to the hangman she determined to apply.

inexperience - Unerfahrenheit

functionaries - Funktionäre; Funktionär, Funktionärin

sheriff - Sheriff

dimly - undeutlich; trübe

hangman - Henker; Galgenmännchen

determined - bestimmt; bestimmen, eingrenzen, festlegen

apply - gelten; zutreffen, auflegen, anwenden, anlegen

Chapter 7. A Water-Side Hermit

Hermit - Einsiedler, Eremit, Klausner

At this date, and for several years after, there was a hangman to almost every jail. Gertrude found, on inquiry, that the Casterbridge official dwelt in a lonely cottage by a deep slow river flowing under the cliff on which the prison buildings were situate-the stream being the self-same one, though she did not know it, which watered the Stickleford and Holmstoke meads lower down in its course.

several - mehrere, einige, verschiedene, checkeinige

inquiry - Anfrage, Erkundigung, Abfrage, Untersuchung, Erforschung

official - offiziell, amtlich, dienstlich, Beamter, Beamtin

dwelt - wohnte; leben, verbleiben, wohnen, verweilen

flowing - fließend; Wasserführung; ich flösse, ich/er/sie floss (floß

cliff - Kliff, Felsvorsprung, Klippe

situate - verorten; aufstellen, unterbringen

stream - Bach; Strom; Datenstrom; strömen; streamen

lower - niedriger, niedrigerer, ausfahren (Fahrgestell); abdämpfen

Having changed her dress, and before she had eaten or drunk-for she could not take her ease till she had ascertained some particulars-Gertrude pursued her way by a path along the water-side to the cottage indicated. Passing thus the outskirts of the jail, she discerned on the level roof over the gateway three rectangular lines against the sky, where the specks had been moving in her distant view; she recognized what the erection was, and passed quickly on.

ease - Leichtigkeit, Mühelosigkeit, Behaglichkeit, Bequemlichkeit

ascertained - festzustellen; feststellen

particulars - Einzelheiten; speziell, bestimmt, spezifisch, genau, einzeln

pursued - Verfolgt; verfolgen, folgen, beschreiten, nachjagen, nachgehen

path - Weg, Pfad

indicated - angezeigt; anzeigen, anweisen, andeuten, anzeigen, andeuten

passing - vorübergehend, verrinnend ''(poetic)'', hervorragend

roof - überdachen; Autodach, Dach

gateway - Einfahrt, Tor, Zugang, Gateway, Protokollumsetzer

sky - Himmel; (am) Firmament

specks - Flecken; Fleckchen

distant - weit entfernt; abgelegen, abstehend, distanziert, entfernt

view - Aussicht; Anblick, Ansicht, Aufruf, View, sehen

erection - Errichtung; Erektion

Another hundred yards brought her to the executioner's house, which a boy pointed out. It stood close to the same stream, and was hard by a weir, the waters of which emitted a steady roar.

executioner - Henker, Scharfrichter, Henkerin, Scharfrichterin

weir - Wehr; Fischwehr

emitted - emittiert; emittieren, aussenden

steady - beständig; stetig; stabilisieren

roar - brüllen; Tosen; Brüllen; Aufheulen

While she stood hesitating the door opened, and an old man came forth shading a candle with one hand. Locking the door on the outside, he turned to a flight of wooden steps fixed against the end of the cottage, and began to ascend them, this being evidently the staircase to his bedroom.

hesitating - zögernd; zögern, zögern, stammeln

forth - weiter; heraus, hervor

shading - Schattierung; Schraffierung, Dunkeltönung

candle - Kerze

locking - Sperren; Schloss

wooden - hölzern, Holz-

ascend - steigen, aufsteigen

staircase - Treppe

Gertrude hastened forward, but by the time she reached the foot of the ladder he was at the top. She called to him loudly enough to be heard above the roar of the weir; he looked down and said, "What d'ye want here?"

hastened - beeilt; hasten, beeilen

forward - nachsenden, fördern, befördern, versenden, senden; dreist

ladder - Leiter; Laufmasche

loudly - lautstark; laut

ye - ja; euch, ihr, dir, du

"To speak to you a minute."

The candle-light, such as it was, fell upon her imploring, pale, upturned face, and Davies (as the hangman was called) backed down the ladder. "I was just going to bed," he said; "'Early to bed and early to rise,'but I don't mind stopping a minute for such a one as you. Come into house." He reopened the door, and preceded her to the room within.

imploring - flehend; anflehen

upturned - umgedreht; Aufwärtstrend

Davies - Davy

rise - steigen; Kursanstieg; Aufgang, Gehaltszulage, Aufschwung

I don't mind - Meinetwegen!

reopened - wiedereröffnet; wiedereröffnen

The implements of his daily work, which was that of a jobbing gardener, stood in a corner, and seeing probably that she looked rural, he said, "If you want me to undertake country work I can't come, for I never leave Casterbridge for gentle nor simple-not I. My real calling is officer of justice," he added formally.

implements - Geräte; Werkzeug

gardener - Gärtner, Gärtnerin

rural - ländlich, dörflich

undertake - unternehmen, ausführen, verpflichten

gentle - liebenswürdig; einfühlsam, sanftmütig, gemächlich, sachte

nor - weder noch, auch nicht

simple - einfach, simpel

officer - Funktionär, Funktionärin, Beamter, Beamtin, Offizier, Offizierin

justice - Gerechtigkeit, Genugtuung, Justiz

formally - förmlich; ausdrücklich, formell

"Yes, yes! That's it. Tomorrow!"

"Ah! I thought so. Well, what's the matter about that? 'Tis no use to come here about the knot-folks Do come continually, but I tell 'em one knot is as merciful as another if ye keep it under the ear. Is the unfortunate man a relation; or, I should say, perhaps" (looking at her dress) "a person who's been in your employ?"

matter - Materie; Masse, Substanz, Stoff, Angelegenheit, Anlass

knot - Knoten, Knäuel

Do come - Komm doch!

unfortunate - unglücklich, unglückselig

relation - Beziehung; Relation; Verwandter, Verwandte, Verwandtschaft

employ - beschäftigen; einstellen, anstellen, anwerben, einsetzen

"No. What time is the execution?"

"The same as usual-twelve o'clock, or as soon after as the London mail-coach gets in. We always wait for that, in case of a reprieve."

mail - Post versenden; Post, post

coach - Kutsche; Wagen; Trainer, Trainerin, Coach, Coachin, Reisebus

gets in - (get in) einsteigen, (Vorrat) anlegen

reprieve - Begnadigung, Strafaufschub, Galgenfrist, Gnadenfrist

"O-a reprieve-I hope not!" she said involuntarily.

involuntarily - unfreiwillig

"Well,-hee, hee!-as a matter of business, so do I! But still, if ever a young fellow deserved to be let off, this one does; only just turned eighteen, and only present by chance when the rick was fired. Howsomever, there's not much risk of it, as they are obliged to make an example of him, there having been so much destruction of property that way lately."

deserved - Verdient; verdienen

let off - abgelassen;abfeuern, aussteigen lassen

only just - gerade erst

by chance - zufällig

rick - Getreide, Schober

obliged - verpflichtet; verpflichten, einen Gefallen tun

destruction - Zerstörung, Vernichtung

property - Eigentum, Besitz, Anwesen, Grundbesitz, Grundstück, Eigenschaft

lately - in letzter Zeit; neulich, kürzlich, letztlich

"I mean," she explained, "that I want to touch him for a charm, a cure of an affliction, by the advice of a man who has proved the virtue of the remedy."

charm - Talisman; Charme, Zauberformel, Lieblichkeit; bezaubern

proved - er/sie hat/hatte bewiesen, beweisen, erhärten

virtue - Tugend; Keuschheit

remedy - Abhilfe; Gegenmittel; Heilmittel; beheben

"O yes, miss! Now I understand. I've had such people come in past years. But it didn't strike me that you looked of a sort to require blood-turning. What's the complaint? The wrong kind for this, I'll be bound."

strike - streichen; schlagen; prägen; streiken; scheinen; die Fahne streichen; Strike; Streik; Schlag

require - erfordern; brauchen, benötigen

complaint - Beschwerde; Klage, Anzeige, Monierung, Reklamation

"My arm." She reluctantly showed the withered skin.

reluctantly - widerstrebend

"Ah!-'tis all a-scram!" said the hangman, examining it.

scram - abhauen

examining - die Prüfung; untersuchen, untersuchen, untersuchen, prüfen

"Yes," said she.

"Well," he continued, with interest, "that is the class o'subject, I'm bound to admit. I like the look of the place; it is truly as suitable for the cure as any I ever saw. 'Twas a knowing-man that sent 'ee, whoever he was."

admit - einlassen, zulassen, zugeben, eingestehen, erlauben, einweisen

suitable - geeignet, passend, angemessen

Twas - Das war; Zeitarbeitsunternehmen

Whoever - wer immer, wer auch immer

"You can contrive for me all that's necessary?" she said breathlessly.

contrive - ausdenken; ersinnen; entwerfen; bewerkstelligen

necessary - nötig, notwendig, erforderlich, zwangsläufig, geboten

breathlessly - atemlose

"You should really have gone to the governor of the jail, and your doctor with 'ee, and given your name and address-that's how it used to be done, if I recollect. Still, perhaps, I can manage it for a trifling fee."

governor - Gouverneur, Gouverneurin, Regler

recollect - Erinnern Sie sich; sich erinnern an

manage it - es schaffen

trifling - unbedeutend; Leichtfertigkeit

fee - Gebühr

"O, thank you! I would rather do it this way, as I should like it kept private."

"Lover not to know, eh?"

lover - Geliebte, Liebhaber, Liebhaberin

eh - oder

"No-husband."

"Aha! Very well. I'll get 'ee a touch of the corpse."

Aha - aha

corpse - Leiche, Leichnam

"Where is it now?" she said, shuddering.

shuddering - Schütteln; schaudernd; (shudder); Schauder; (wohliger) Schauder; schaudern; zittern

"It?-he, you mean; he's living yet. Just inside that little small winder up there in the glum." He signified the jail on the cliff above.

inside - Innenseite, Inneres, Innen-, Inner-, drinnen, hinein, innerhalb

winder - Aufwickler

glum - deprimiert, mürrisch, verdrießlich, bedrückt

signified - bedeutet; Signifikat; (signify); bedeuten

She thought of her husband and her friends. "Yes, of course," she said; "and how am I to proceed?"

He took her to the door. "Now, do you be waiting at the little wicket in the wall, that you'll find up there in the lane, not later than one o'clock. I will open it from the inside, as I shan't come home to dinner till he's cut down. Good-night. Be punctual; and if you don't want anybody to know 'ee, wear a veil. Ah-once I had such a daughter as you!"

wicket - Türchen, Törchen, Pförtchen, Schlupftür, Fensterchen, Schalter

punctual - pünktlich

veil - Vorhang; Schleier; verschleiern, verhüllen

She went away, and climbed the path above, to assure herself that she would be able to find the wicket next day. Its outline was soon visible to her-a narrow opening in the outer wall of the prison precincts. The steep was so great that, having reached the wicket, she stopped a moment to breathe; and, looking back upon the water-side cot, saw the hangman again ascending his outdoor staircase.

assure - sichern; versichern

narrow - eng, schmal, knapp

outer wall - Außenmauer

precincts - Bezirke; umschlossener Bezirk, Einkaufsfußgängerzone

steep - steil; einweichen, abschüssig

cot - Kinderbett; Hütte; Feldbett

ascending - aufsteigend; steigen, aufsteigen

outdoor - Außen-, außerhalb des Hauses, im Freien, Freiluft-

He entered the loft or chamber to which it led, and in a few minutes extinguished his light.

loft - Dachboden, Dachgeschoss

led - geführt; LED; (lead) führen, anführen

extinguished - ausgelöscht; löschen, auslöschen, auslöschen, abschalten

The town clock struck ten, and she returned to the White Hart as she had come.

Chapter 8. A Re-encounter

It was one o'clock on Saturday. Gertrude Lodge, having been admitted to the jail as above described, was sitting in a waiting-room within the second gate, which stood under a classic archway of ashlar, then comparatively modern, and bearing the inscription, "County Jail: 1793." This had been the façade she saw from the heath the day before. Near at hand was a passage to the roof on which the gallows stood.

admitted - zugelassen; einlassen, zulassen, zugeben, eingestehen, erlauben

classic - klassisch; Klassiker

archway - Torbogen, Arkade, Bogengang

ashlar - Quaderstein, Werkstein

comparatively - vergleichsweise

inscription - Inschrift; Aufschrift, Münzaufschrift, Widmung

façade - Fassade

passage - Durchfahrt, Ăśbergang, Gang

The town was thronged, and the market suspended; but Gertrude had seen scarcely a soul. Having kept her room till the hour of the appointment, she had proceeded to the spot by a way which avoided the open space below the cliff where the spectators had gathered; but she could, even now, hear the multitudinous babble of their voices, out of which rose at intervals the hoarse croak of a single voice uttering the words, "Last dying speech and confession!

thronged - gedrängt; Menschengewühl

suspended - ausgesetzt; suspendieren, aufhängen, suspendieren, aufheben

scarcely - knapp, kaum, wohl nicht, gerade erst

soul - Inbrunst, Seele, Gefühl, Herz

appointment - Ernennung, Berufung, Termin, Verabredung

proceeded - fortgefahren; vorgehen

avoided - vermieden; ausweichen, meiden, fernbleiben, vermeiden

spectators - Zuschauer, Zuschauerin, Schaulustiger

gathered - gesammelt; sammeln, versammeln

multitudinous - Vielfältig

babble - brabbeln, murmeln, schwätzen, plappern, babbeln, plätschern

voices - Stimmen; äußern

intervals - Intervalle; Abstand, Zwischenraum, Intervall

hoarse - heiser

croak - Quaken; krächzen; krepieren, abkratzen

single - einzeln, einzig, allein, einheitlich

uttering - auszusprechen; (utter) auszusprechen

dying - (to die) sterben, umkommen; (dye) (to die) sterben, umkommen

Speech - Sprache; Rede, Ansprache

confession - Bekenntnis, Eingeständnis, Beichte

There had been no reprieve, and the execution was over; but the crowd still waited to see the body taken down.

crowd - Menschenmenge, Masse

taken down - abgehängt

Soon the persistent girl heard a trampling overhead, then a hand beckoned to her, and, following directions, she went out and crossed the inner paved court beyond the gatehouse, her knees trembling so that she could scarcely walk. One of her arms was out of its sleeve, and only covered by her shawl.

trampling - zerstampfend, Getrampel, trampelnd; (trample); trampeln

overhead - von oben, darüber, Überkopf-

beckoned - winkte; heranwinken, herbeiwinken, winken, zuwinken, einladen

crossed - gekreuzt; Kreuz

paved - gepflastert; mit Platten auslegen, pflastern, bepflastern

Court - Hof, Hofstaat, Gericht, Gerichtshof, Platz, werben

beyond - darüber hinaus; jenseits

gatehouse - Pförtnerhaus

trembling - Zittern, Beben; (tremble); zittern; Zittern

shawl - Umschlagtuch; Schal

On the spot at which she had now arrived were two trestles, and before she could think of their purpose she heard heavy feet descending stairs somewhere at her back. Turn her head she would not, or could not, and, rigid in this position, she was conscious of a rough coffin passing her shoulder, borne by four men.

trestles - Böcke; Bock, Gestell

stairs - Stufe, Treppenstufe, Treppe

somewhere - irgendwo; irgendwohin

conscious - bei Bewusstsein, wach, aufmerksam

coffin - Sarg, einsargen

borne - getragen; (to bear) ertragen, aushalten

It was open, and in it lay the body of a young man, wearing the smockfrock of a rustic, and fustian breeches. The corpse had been thrown into the coffin so hastily that the skirt of the smockfrock was hanging over. The burden was temporarily deposited on the trestles.

rustic - rustikal

fustian - Barchent

breeches - Reithosen; Schwanzschraube

thrown - geworfen; Wurf; werfen (du wirfst, er wirft), ich/er/sie würfe

hanging over - überhängend

burden - Belastung; Refrain, Last, Möller (Hüttenwesen); belasten

temporarily - vorübergehend

deposited - deponiert; Ablagerung, Vorkommen

By this time the young woman's state was such that a grey mist seemed to float before her eyes, on account of which, and the veil she wore, she could scarcely discern anything: it was as though she had nearly died, but was held up by a sort of galvanism.

state - Umstände ;Status , Zustand , Stand , Staat ;staatlich;darlegen, festlegen, konstatieren, festsetzen;Bundesland

mist - Nebel

float - treiben, schwimmen, schweben, gleiten

on account - auf Rechnung

discern - erkennen, wahrnehmen, bemerken, feststellen

galvanism - Galvanismus

"Now!" said a voice close at hand, and she was just conscious that the word had been addressed to her.

By a last strenuous effort she advanced, at the same time hearing persons approaching behind her. She bared her poor cursed arm; and Davies, uncovering the face of the corpse, took Gertrude's hand, and held it so that her arm lay across the dead man's neck, upon a line the colour of an unripe blackberry, which surrounded it.

strenuous - anstrengend

advanced - fortgeschritten; erhöhen, erheben, befördern, vorrücken

approaching - sich nähern, nahekommen, ähnlich sein

bared - entblößt; Takt; Schankstube; Latte (Sport); Balken, Leiste

cursed - verflucht, verfluchte; (curs) verflucht, verfluchte

uncovering - Freilegung; aufdecken, enthüllen

dead - tot, gestorben, leblos, bewegungslos, regungslos, erstarrt

unripe - nicht reif; unreif

blackberry - Brombeerstrauch; Brombeere

surrounded - umgeben, umringen, umzingeln, umringen

Gertrude shrieked: "the turn o'the blood," predicted by the conjuror, had taken place. But at that moment a second shriek rent the air of the enclosure: it was not Gertrude's, and its effect upon her was to make her start round.

shrieked - geschrien; Kreischen

predicted - vorhergesagt; vorhersagen, prophezeien

rent - Mietpreis, Wohnungsmiete, Hausmiete; anmieten; (rend); zerreißen

enclosure - Anlage, Beilage, Beilegen, Beifügen, Hinzufügen, Gehege

effect - Auswirkung, Eindruck, Effekt, Kraft

Immediately behind her stood Rhoda Brook, her face drawn, and her eyes red with weeping. Behind Rhoda stood Gertrude's own husband; his countenance lined, his eyes dim, but without a tear.

weeping - weinen; .; (weep) weinen

dim - schummrig; trüb; dämmerig, dunkel

tear - zerreißen, ich/er/sie/es riss, riß

"D-n you! what are you doing here?" he said hoarsely.

hoarsely - heiser

"Hussy-to come between us and our child now!" cried Rhoda. "This is the meaning of what Satan showed me in the vision! You are like her at last!" And clutching the bare arm of the younger woman, she pulled her unresistingly back against the wall. Immediately Brook had loosened her hold the fragile young Gertrude slid down against the feet of her husband. When he lifted her up she was unconscious.

Hussy - Flittchen, Schlampe, Luder

Satan - Satan, Teufel

clutching - Umklammern; Vogelgelege; Kupplung (Auto), Gelege

bare - knapp, kahl, nackt, bloß; entblößen, abnehmen, freimachen

unresistingly - unwiderstehlich

loosened - gelockert; lösen, lockern

fragile - fragil, zerbrechlich

slid - gerutscht; glitt ab

The mere sight of the twain had been enough to suggest to her that the dead young man was Rhoda's son. At that time the relatives of an executed convict had the privilege of claiming the body for burial, if they chose to do so; and it was for this purpose that Lodge was awaiting the inquest with Rhoda. He had been summoned by her as soon as the young man was taken in the crime, and at different times since; and he had attended in court during the trial. This was the "holiday" he had been indulging in of late.

mere - einfach; nur, schier, bloß

suggest - vorschlagen

relatives - vergleichsweise, relativ, Verwandter, Blutsverwandter

privilege - Privileg, Vergünstigung, privilegieren

claiming - behauptet; Anspruch, Rechtstitel, Anspruch, Behauptung

burial - Beerdigung; Begräbnis

awaiting - erwarten, harren, warten

inquest - Untersuchung, gerichtliche Untersuchung

summoned - vorgeladen; auffordern, vorladen

trial - Erprobung, Prozess, Versuch, Probe

indulging in - nachhängend

The two wretched parents had wished to avoid exposure; and hence had come themselves for the body, a wagon and sheet for its conveyance and covering being in waiting outside.

wretched - unglücklich; sehr schlecht, miserabel, wertlos

wished - gewollt; Wunsch, wünschen, wünschen

exposure - Exposition; Kontakt, Einwirkung, Lage, Witterung, Belichtung

themselves - selbst; sich; sich selber

wagon - Waggon; Wagen; Bollerwagen

sheet - Blatt, Bogen, Blech, Platte, Lage, Schicht, Schot

Conveyance - Beförderung; Transport, Übertragung, Transportmittel

covering - Abdeckung; zudeckend; (cover); Deckel, Abdeckung, Versteck

Gertrude's case was so serious that it was deemed advisable to call to her the surgeon who was at hand. She was taken out of the jail into the town; but she never reached home alive. Her delicate vitality, sapped perhaps by the paralysed arm, collapsed under the double shock that followed the severe strain, physical and mental, to which she had subjected herself during the previous twenty-four hours.

deemed - als; halten, erachten, erachten, ansehen

advisable - ratsam

surgeon - Chirurg, Chirurgin, Wundarzt

delicate - empfindlich, heikel, schwierig, feingliedrig, filigran

vitality - Vitalität, Lebenskraft

sapped - ausgeschöpft; Trottel, Saft

paralysed - gelähmt; lahmlegen; lähmen

collapsed - zusammengebrochen; einstürzen, kollabieren, zusammenfallen

shock - Schock, Betroffenheit, Empörung, Schlag, Stoß

severe - schwerwiegend; streng

strain - Belastung; Spannung, starke Inanspruchnahme, Zug; anstrengen

Her blood had been "turned" indeed-too far. Her death took place in the town three days after.

Her husband was never seen in Casterbridge again; once only in the old market-place at Anglebury, which he had so much frequented, and very seldom in public anywhere. Burdened at first with moodiness and remorse, he eventually changed for the better, and appeared as a chastened and thoughtful man.

frequented - frequentiert; häufig; aufsuchen

public - öffentlich; Publikum, Öffentlichkeit

burdened - belastet; Refrain, Last, Möller (Hüttenwesen); belasten

moodiness - Launenhaftigkeit

remorse - Reue, Gewissensbisse

chastened - gezüchtigt; züchtigen

thoughtful - nachdenklich, bedächtig, aufmerksam

Soon after attending the funeral of his poor young wife he took steps towards giving up the farms in Holmstoke and the adjoining parish, and, having sold every head of his stock, he went away to Port-Bredy, at the other end of the county, living there in solitary lodgings till his death two years later of a painless decline. It was then found that he had bequeathed the whole of his not inconsiderable property to a reformatory for boys, subject to the payment of a small annuity to Rhoda Brook, if she could be found to claim it.

attending - teilnehmen; Oberarzt; (attend) teilnehmen; Oberarzt

funeral - Bestattung, Beerdigung, Begräbnis

adjoining - angrenzend

stock - in Bausch und Bogen, Aktien, Inventar

port - Schlitz, Backbord, Portwein, Hafen; portieren, übertragen

lodgings - Unterbringung; Unterkunft

painless - schmerzlos, schmerzfrei

decline - Sinken, Fall, Gefälle, Abnahme, Rückgang, Schwächung

bequeathed - vererbt; hinterlassen, vererben, vermachen, aussetzen

inconsiderable - unbedeutend

reformatory - Erziehungsanstalt, Besserungsanstalt

payment - Bezahlung

annuity - Leibrente; Annuität, Rente

claim - Anspruch; Rechtstitel, Behauptung, Mutung, beanspruchen

For some time she could not be found; but eventually she reappeared in her old parish,-absolutely refusing, however, to have anything to do with the provision made for her.

reappeared - wieder aufgetaucht; wieder erscheinen, wiederauftreten

absolutely - absolut, durchaus, total, unbedingt

provision - Bestimmung; Vorrat

Her monotonous milking at the dairy was resumed, and followed for many long years, till her form became bent, and her once abundant dark hair white and worn away at the forehead-perhaps by long pressure against the cows. Here, sometimes, those who knew her experience would stand and observe her, and wonder what sombre thoughts were beating inside that impassive, wrinkled brow, to the rhythm of the alternating milk-streams.

monotonous - eintönig

bent - verbogen; (to bend) sich niederbeugen, verbiegen

abundant - im Überfluss

forehead - Stirn

observe - beobachten; beachten, halten, bemerken

wonder - Wunder, Mirakel, wundern

sombre - dunkel, düster, finster, trübe, matt

thoughts - Gedanken; Gedanke

beating - Schlagen, Prügel, Verprüglung, vernichtende Niederlage

impassive - teilnahmslos

brow - Stirn; Braue, Augenbraue

rhythm - Rhythmus

alternating - alternierend, wechselnd, abwechselnd, Wechsel-, jeweils anderer

streams - Bach, Strom, Datenstrom, strömen, streamen


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