shrewd [ʃru:d], mariner ['mærɪnə], knew [nju:], object /гл./ [əb'dʒekt], pounds [paʊndz]
He had been advised by a shrewd old mariner of Bristol whom he knew, and who knew the ways of the Chersonese, who predicted that every penny invested would be returned with a shilling to boot.
As the year wore on Sarah became more and more disturbed in her mind. Eric was always at hand to make love to her in his own persistent, masterful manner, and to this she did not object. Only one letter came from Abel, to say that his venture had proved successful, and that he had sent some two hundred pounds to the bank at Bristol, and was trading with fifty pounds still remaining in goods for China, whither the Star of the Sea was bound and whence she would return to Bristol.
He suggested that Eric's share of the venture should be returned to him with his share of the profits (он предложил вернуть Эрику его долю в этом предприятии и /еще/ часть прибыли; share – доля, часть; пай; profit – польза, выгода; profits – прибыль, доход). This proposition was treated with anger by Eric (это предложение Эрик вопринял с гневом; to treat – обращаться, относиться /к кому-л. как-л./; рассматривать, трактовать), and as simply childish by Sarah's mother (а мать Сары просто-таки как нечто несерьезное; childish – детский, ребяческий; несерьезный; child – дитя).
More than six months had since then elapsed (более шести месяцев прошло с тех пор; then – тогда; то время, та пора; to elapse – проходить, пролетать /о времени/), but no other letter had come (но других писем не пришло), and Eric's hopes which had been dashed down by the letter from Pahang, began to rise again (и надежды Эрика, которые были разбиты тем письмом из Паханга, снова начали возрождаться; to dash – бросать/ся/; разбивать/ся/, разрушать; to rise – подниматься; воскресать, возрождаться). He perpetually assailed Sarah with an “if (он постоянно атаковал Сару своими «если!»; perpetual – вечный; бесконечный, постоянный)!” If Abel did not return, would she then marry him (если Абель не вернется, тогда она выйдет за него /Эрика/)? If the 11th April went by without Abel being in the port (если пройдет одиннадцатое апреля, а Абель не будет в порту: «без того, чтобы Абель был в порту»), would she give him over (она его бросит; to give over – /разг./ прекращать /делать что-л./; отказываться /от кого-л./, ставить крест /на ком-л./)?
profits ['prɒfɪts], anger ['æŋɡə], months [mʌnθs], perpetually [pə'peʧʊəlɪ]
He suggested that Eric's share of the venture should be returned to him with his share of the profits. This proposition was treated with anger by Eric, and as simply childish by Sarah's mother.
More than six months had since then elapsed, but no other letter had come, and Eric's hopes which had been dashed down by the letter from Pahang, began to rise again. He perpetually assailed Sarah with an “if!” If Abel did not return, would she then marry him? If the 11th April went by without Abel being in the port, would she give him over?
If Abel had taken his fortune, and married another girl on the head of it (если Абель взял свое состояние и женился с ним на другой девушке; fortune – счастье, удача; богатство, состояние; head – голова; вершина, верхняя часть /чего-л./), would she marry him, Eric, as soon as the truth were known (она выйдет за него, Эрика, как только правда станет известна)? And so on in an endless variety of possibilities (и так далее в бесконечном разнообразии возможностей = с бесчисленным множеством вариантов; variety – многообразие; ряд, множество). The power of the strong will and the determined purpose over the woman's weaker nature became in time manifest (власть сильной воли и твердой решительности над слабым женским характером стала со временем заметной; power – сила; влияние, власть; determined – решительный; непреклонный; to determine – определять; решать, принимать решение; purpose – цель, намерение; воля, целеустремленность). Sarah began to lose her faith in Abel (Сара начала терять веру в Абеля = разуверяться в Абеле) and to regard Eric as a possible husband (и рассматривать Эрика в качестве возможного мужа); and a possible husband is in a woman's eye different to all other men (а возможный муж в глазах женщины отличается от всех остальных мужчин; different – другой, отличный от). A new affection for him began to arise in her breast (новая любовь к нему начала