The Haunting of Bly Manor / Призраки усадьбы Блай. Книга для чтения на английском языке

There was something in them that always made one “catch,” and I caught, at any rate, now so effectually that I stopped as short as if one of the trees of the park had fallen across the road. There was something new, on the spot, between us, and he was perfectly aware that I recognized it, though, to enable me to do so, he had no need to look a whit less candid and charming than usual. I could feel in him how he already, from my at first finding nothing to reply, perceived the advantage he had gained. I was so slow to find anything that he had plenty of time, after a minute, to continue with his suggestive but inconclusive smile: “You know, my dear, that for a fellow to be with a lady always—!” His “my dear” was constantly on his lips for me, and nothing could have expressed more the exact shade of the sentiment with which I desired to inspire my pupils than its fond familiarity.

But, oh, how I felt that at present I must pick my own phrases! I remember that, to gain time, I tried to laugh, and I seemed to see in the beautiful face with which he watched me how ugly and queer I looked.

He neither blanched nor winked. The whole thing was virtually out between us. “Ah, of course, she’s a jolly, �perfect’ lady; but, after all, I’m a fellow, don’t you see? that’s—well, getting on.”[100 - I’m a fellow, don’t you see? that’s—well, getting on. – Понимаете, я же мальчик, который… ну… растет?]

I lingered there with him an instant ever so kindly.

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