Английский язык с Энтони Хоупом. Узник Зенды / Anthony Hope. The Prisoner Of Zenda - стр. 72
Then back we went through the streets to the Palace (потом мы возвращались по улицам к дворцу), and I heard them cheering Black Michael (и я слышал, как приветствовали Черного Михаэля); but he, Fritz told me, sat biting his nails like a man in a reverie (но он, как сказал мне Фриц, сидел и грыз ногти, как человек, /погрузившийся/ в раздумья; reverie – мечтание; задумчивость), and even his own friends said that he should have made a braver show (и даже его друзья говорили, что ему бы следовало принять более храбрый вид; show – показ, демонстрация; внешний вид).
But neither in the face of the princess nor in that of any other did I see the least doubt or questioning. Yet, had I and the King stood side by side, she could have told us in an instant, or, at least, on a little consideration. But neither she nor anyone else dreamed or imagined that I could be other than the King. So the likeness served, and for an hour I stood there, feeling as weary and blasé as though I had been a king all my life; and everybody kissed my hand, and the ambassadors paid me their respects, among them old Lord Topham, at whose house in Grosvenor Square I had danced a score of times. Thank heaven, the old man was as blind as a bat, and did not claim my acquaintance.
Then back we went through the streets to the Palace, and I heard them cheering Black Michael; but he, Fritz told me, sat biting his nails like a man in a reverie, and even his own friends said that he should have made a braver show.
I was in a carriage now, side by side with the Princess Flavia (теперь я сидел в карете, бок о бок с принцессой Флавией), and a rough fellow cried out (и какой-то грубый тип выкрикнул; fellow – парень, малый; тип /презр./):
“And when’s the wedding?” and as he spoke another struck him in the face (и когда свадьба? – и когда он это произнес, другой ударил его в лицо), crying “Long live Duke Michael (крича: да здравствует герцог Михаэль)!” and the princess coloured – it was an admirable tint (а принцесса залилась краской – то был восхитительный румянец;