“Do you know what time it is?” Rosemary asked.
“It’s about half-past one.”
They faced the seascape together momentarily.
“It’s not a bad time,” said Dick Diver. “It’s not one of worst times of the day.”
He looked at her and for a moment she lived in the bright blue worlds of his eyes, eagerly and confidently. Then he shouldered his last piece of junk and went up to his car, and Rosemary came out of the water, shook out her peignoir and walked up to the hotel.
Примечания
1
the East – here: the Eastern states of the USA
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the Civil War – the American Civil War of 1861–1865 between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America (11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860)
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New Haven – Americans associate New Haven with Yale University – a private university in New Haven, Connecticut; the third oldest university in the United States, founded in 1701, it was named for Elihu Yale, a British philanthropist.
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Teutonic = Germanic; Teutonic peoples were peoples of the Germanic group of the Indo-European family.
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the Great War – World War I of 1914—1918
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West Egg village – a residential area of Long Island
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Midas – in Greco-Roman legend, a foolish and greedy king of Phrygia who wished everything he touched turn into gold
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Morgan – John Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), a prominent American financier and industrialist
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Maecenas – Gaius Maecenas (70 BC—8 BC), a Roman diplomat, statesman and patron of Virgil and Horace, the most famous ancient Roman poets
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Long Island Sound – the arm of the Atlantic Ocean between the states of New York and Connecticut in the north and Long Island in the south; Long Island is an island in the Atlantic Ocean in the southeast of New York state, parallel to the shore of Connecticut.
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the egg in the Columbus story – the egg crushed flat at one end; here: the unusual shape of the formation of land.
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yards – yard is a unit of length equal to 0.9144 metre
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Hotel de Ville = city hall (French)
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Normandy – a historic region in northern France with its own culture, and a long and rich history
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acres – acre is a unit of land measurement equal to 4.047 square metres
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East Egg – an area of Long Island
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Lake Forest – a city in Lake county in northeastern Illinois, first settled in 1835
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Georgian Colonial (style) – various styles in architecture and decorative arts in 1714–1830, between George I and the death of George IV, kings of Great Britain
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mile – unit of distance equal to 1.609 km
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claret – red Bordeaux wine from the region of the city of Bordeaux, known since Roman times
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Nordics, the Nordic race – Northern European peoples of Scandinavia, Finland and Iceland; a Northern physical type is blond, tall, bony.
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the Cunard or White Star Line – the Cunard White Star Line Ltd., the first regular Atlantic steamship line between England and North America, founded by Sir Samuel Cunard (1787–1865)
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feet – pl. from foot – unit of length equal to 30.48 cm
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the Saturday Evening Post – American weekly journal published in Philadelphia from 1821 till 1969
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rotogravure – a kind of gravure printed by means of transferring liquid ink from depressions in the printing plate to the paper
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Asheville – a city in the Blue Ridge Mountains in west-central Carolina, first settled in 1794
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Hot Springs – a city and spa resort in central Arkansas
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Palm Beach – a resort town in southeastern Florida
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Louisville – the largest city of Kentucky, first settled in 1773
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Doctor T. J. Eckleburg – the billboard with the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, an optometrist, erected to promote his business; in the novel, the empty eyes on the billboard became the symbol of the post-war America.
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the Fourth of July – Independence Day, the United States national holiday
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muslin – cotton fabric, first made in the city of Mosul in what is now Iraq
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Town Tattle – the name of a newspaper
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John D. Rockefeller (1839—1937) – a prominent American industrialist and philanthropist
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the West Hundreds – the hundredth streets in the west of New York City
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Versailles – Palace of Versailles, the former French royal residence, built in 1631–1634 in the city of Versailles in northern France, 16 km west-southwest of Paris
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Simon Called Peter – the name of the popular novel by Robert Keable (1887–1927) of the early 1920s; the title is an allusion to Saint Peter the Apostle whose original name was Simon.
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Kaiser Wilhelm – Wilhelm II (1859–1941), German emperor and King of Prussia till the end of World War I (1918)
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Monte Carlo – a resort on the French Riviera in Monaco, known for its casino opened in 1861
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Marseilles – a city in southern France and one of the major ports on the Mediterranean Sea
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Brook’n Bridge – Brooklyn Bridge that connects Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, to Manhattan
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Tribune – here: the ‘New York Herald Tribune,’ an American daily newspaper
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Castile – a historic region in central Spain
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the Follies – a popular variety show
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Gothic – a style in architecture, painting and sculpture in Western and Central Europe from the 12
th
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Stoddard Lectures – popular illustrated lectures about various countries by John L. Stoddard (1850–1931)
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Belasco – David Belasco (1853–1931), American playwright, theatrical producer and innovator
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banjoes – banjo is a stringed musical instrument of African origin
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Carnegie Hall – a historic concert hall in New York City, opened in 1891, named for Andrew Carnegie, its founder and first owner
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Jersey City – a city in northeastern New Jersey, located on a peninsula between the Hudson and the Hackensack rivers opposite Manhattan Island
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Von Hindenburg – Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), German field marshal during World War I and then, in 1925–1934, the second president of Germany (of the so called Weimar Republic)
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Maine – the US state in the northeast, one of the original New England states
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American Legion – organization of United States war veterans, founded in 1919
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Bois de Boulogne – a large park on the Seine River west of Paris, founded in 1852
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the Argonne Forest – the place of final battles on the Western front in eastern France during World War I
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Lewis guns – machine guns widely used during World War I, invented by Isaac Newton Lewis (1859–1931)
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Montenegro – one of the Balkan states on the Adriatic Sea
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Trinity Quad – here: Trinity College, founded in 1554
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the Grand Canal – the main waterway of Venice
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Astoria – a commercial, industrial and residential area on Long Island
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the Queensboro Bridge – the bridge over the East River in New York City
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Blackwell’s Island – the former name of Roosevelt Island on the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens in New York City
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highballs – highball is a cocktail of whisky mixed with soda and ice, served in a tall glass
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the World’s Series – baseball championship of the two professional leagues: the American League and the National League; first held in 1903.
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Sauterne – natural sweet wine from the district of Sauterne in France
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the South Seas – a part of the Pacific Ocean where the Marquesas Islands, Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa and the Gilbert Islands are located
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Santa Barbara – a city on the Pacific Coast in southwestern California, founded in 1602 and named for the patron saint of mariners
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Ventura – a city on the Pacific Coast in southern California, founded in 1782
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Cannes – a resort city on the French Riviera in southeastern France
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Deauville – a fashionable resort in northern France
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Coney Island – an amusement area in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City
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Clay – Henry Clay (1777–1852), American statesman noted for his system of economic stability and prosperity
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Castle Rackrent – a historical novel by Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), Anglo-Irish writer
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Kant – Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), German philosopher, the author of many works on the theory of knowledge, ethics and aesthetics, one of the greatest philosophers of all time
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Marie Antoinette (1755—1793) – queen of France, wife of Louis XVI of France; she was imprisoned and executed during the French Revolution.
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Restoration – Bourbon Restoration of 1814–1830 when the Bourbon monarchs were restored to the throne
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Chartreuse – liqueur made from more than 130 plants by the monks of La Grande Chartreuse in France
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pompadour – a man’s hairstyle in which hair is combed back without a parting (US)
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Lake Superior – the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America, located on the US-Canadian border
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Platonic conception – here: idealistic conception; Plato (428 BC—328 BC) was one of the greatest ancient Greek philosophers, the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle.
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Lutheran – from Lutheranism, one of the five main branches of Protestantism (the branch of Western Christianity)
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College of St. Olaf’s = St. Olaf College, a private higher educational institution in southeastern Minnesota, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; it was founded in 1874 by Norwegian immigrants, and named for Saint Olaf, the patron saint of Norway.
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seventy-five – here: 1875
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Madame de Maintenon (1635—1719) – the second wife and untitled queen of Louis XIV of France, noted for her piety and philanthropy
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the West Indies – a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea from the ocean
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Trimalchio – a fictional character, a very rich and vulgar person from ‘The Satyricon’ by Gaius Petronius Arbiter, Roman author
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quart – measure of liquid capacity equal to 1.13 litre in Britain, and 0.94 litre in the USA
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mint julep – a drink of whisky mixed with water, sugar, mint and ice
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Mendelssohn – Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), German composer, conductor and pianist of the early Romantic period
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Memphis – a city in southwestern Tennessee on the border with Arkansas and Mississippi
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Kapiolani – a resort area in Honolulu, the capital and the main port of Hawaii
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Atlantic City – a resort city on the Atlantic coast in southeastern New Jersey
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Montreal – a city in southeastern Canada, the capital of Quebec province
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‘Beale Street Blues’ – a song by W. C. Handy (1873–1958), Afro-American composer who integrated blues into ragtime music
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Hempstead – a town in the west-central part of Long Island in New York state
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Southampton – a town along the shore of eastern Long Island in southeastern New York state
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coroner – an official who investigates the cases of violent or suspicious death
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James J. Hill (1838—1916) – America financier and founder of Great Northern Railway Company (1890)
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Hopalong Cassidy – a fictional cowboy created by Clarence E. Mulford (1883–1917), who later appeared in a number of American TV series, westerns and radio programs
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‘Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on’ – a line from the poem ‘Rain’ by Edward Thomas (1878–1917), English writer, critic, essayist and poet
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the Ohio – the major river of the east-central United States, one of the tributaries of the Mississippi River
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El Greco – byname of Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541–1614), Spanish painter, sculptor and architect of Greek origin, one of the greatest dramatic painters of all time
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fêtes = holiday, festival (French); fun.
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the French Riviera – the Mediterranean coast between Cannes in France and the border with Italy
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Hôtel des Étrangers = Hotel for Foreigners (French)
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the Maures – mountains in southeastern France, the part of the Maritime Alps that separate the Riviera from Provence
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Provençal France – Provence, a historical and cultural region in southeastern France
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French windows – large windows serving as windows and doors opening to the balcony or a garden
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Buick – a car of the Buick line, named for David Buick (1854–1929), the first American automobile manufacturer and the founder of the Buick Manufacturing Company
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Victorian England – England in 1837–1901 at the times of Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
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monocle – a single eyeglass held by the muscles around the eye
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a pair of tights – a man’s bathing-suit of the first decades of the 20
th
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flotte = fleet (French)
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Golfe Juan – a town on the French Riviera 7 km from Cannes
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peignoir – a woman’s light dressing gown
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Latin young man – an Italian, French or Spanish young man
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Sorrento – a town in southern Italy
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Antheil – George Antheil (1900–1959), American composer, the author of ultramodern music
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Joyce – James Joyce (1882–1941), Irish novelist who introduced new literary methods into his works
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Ulysses – the best known novel by James Joyce, first published in 1922