Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 11
Cynthia, of all people, took to watching the tanner's son, and listening to the brief colloquies he had with other men at Jonah Winch's store, when she went there to buy things for the parsonage; and it seemed to her that Jock had not been altogether wrong, and that there was in the man an indefinable but very compelling force.
Cynthia, de entre todas las personas, se dedicó a observar al hijo del curtidor, y a escuchar las breves conversaciones que él tenía con otros hombres en la tienda de Jonah Winch, cuando ella iba allí a comprar cosas para la rectoría; y le parecía que Jock no había estado del todo equivocado, y que había en aquel hombre una fuerza indefinible pero muy poderosa.
And when a woman begins to admit that a man has force, her curiosity usually increases.
Y cuando una mujer comienza a admitir que un hombre tiene fuerza, su curiosidad generalmente aumenta.
On one or two of these occasions Cynthia had been startled to find his eyes fixed upon her, and though the feeling she had was closely akin to fear, she found something distinctly pleasurable in it.
En una o dos de estas ocasiones Cynthia se había sobresaltado al encontrar sus ojos fijos en ella, y aunque el sentimiento que experimentaba era muy parecido al miedo, encontraba en él algo claramente placentero.
May came, and the pools dried up, the orchards were pink and white, the birches and the maples were all yellow-green on the mountain sides against the dark pines, and Cynthia was driving the minister's gig to Brampton.
Llegó mayo, y los charcos se secaron, los huertos estaban rosados y blancos, los abedules y los arces eran todos de un verde amarillento en las laderas de las montañas contra los oscuros pinos, y Cynthia conducía el cabriolé del pastor hacia Brampton.
Ahead of her, in the canon made by the road between the great woods, strode an uncouth but powerful figure--coonskin cap, homespun breeches tucked into boots, and all.
Ante ella, en el cañón formado por el camino entre los grandes bosques, avanzaba a grandes pasos una figura tosca pero poderosa: gorro de piel de mapache, calzones de tela casera metidos en las botas, y todo lo demás.
The gig slowed down, and Cynthia began to tremble with that same delightful fear.
El cabriolé redujo la marcha, y Cynthia comenzó a temblar con ese mismo miedo delicioso.
She knew it must be wicked, because she liked it so much.
Sabía que debía de ser algo malo, porque le gustaba demasiado.
Unaccountable thing!
¡Cosa inexplicable!
She felt all akin to the nature about her, and her blood was coursing as the sap rushes through a tree.
Se sentía completamente en sintonía con la naturaleza que la rodeaba, y su sangre corría como la savia que fluye por un árbol.
She would not speak to him; of that she was sure, and equally sure that he would not speak to her.
Ella no le hablaría; de eso estaba segura, y de igual manera segura de que él no le hablaría a ella.
Vocabulary
- de
- Of; from; about; by
- entre
- Between; among; in the midst of
- todas
- All; every (feminine plural)
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- personas
- People; persons; individuals
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; himself; herself
- dedicó
- Dedicated; devoted oneself to something
- observar
- To observe; to watch; to notice carefully
- al
- To the; at the (contraction of a+el)
- hijo
- Son; male child or offspring
- del
- Of the; from the (contraction of de+el)
- escuchar
- To listen; to hear; to pay attention to
- breves
- Brief; short; concise in duration or length
- conversaciones
- Conversations; talks; exchanges of dialogue
- que
- That; which; who; what (relative pronoun)
- él
- He; him; that male person or thing
- tenía
- Had; possessed; owned (imperfect tense)
- con
- With; accompanied by; in the company of
- otros
- Others; different people or things
- hombres
- Men; male humans; mankind in general
- en
- In; on; at; inside; within a place
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- tienda
- Store; shop; tent; retail establishment
- cuando
- When; at what time; at the time that
- ella
- She; her; that female person or thing
- iba
- Went; was going (imperfect tense of ir)
- allí
- There; in that place; to that location
- comprar
- To buy; to purchase; to acquire for money
- cosas
- Things; objects; matters; items or affairs
- para
- For; in order to; toward; by (preposition)
- le
- To him; to her; to you (indirect object)
- parecía
- Seemed; appeared; looked like (imperfect)
- no
- No; not; negation; denial of something
- había
- Had; was (imperfect of haber auxiliary verb)
- estado
- Been; state; condition; past participle of estar
- todo
- All; everything; whole; complete in entirety
- equivocado
- Wrong; mistaken; incorrect; misguided
- aquel
- That; that one (distant demonstrative adjective)
- hombre
- Man; male human; mankind; person of male
- una
- A; an; one (feminine indefinite article)
- fuerza
- Force; strength; power; might; vigor
- pero
- But; however; yet; although; still
- muy
- Very; quite; extremely; greatly in degree
- poderosa
- Powerful; mighty; strong (feminine adjective form)
- mujer
- Woman; female; lady; wife or woman
- comienza
- Begins; starts; commences an action or process
- admitir
- To admit; to allow; to accept as true
- un
- A; an; one (masculine indefinite article)
- tiene
- Has; possesses; owns; holds something
- su
- His; her; its; your (possessive adjective)
- curiosidad
- Curiosity; interest; desire to know or learn
- generalmente
- Generally; usually; commonly; ordinarily in most cases
- aumenta
- Increases; grows; rises; becomes larger or greater
- estas
- These; these ones (feminine plural demonstrative)
- ocasiones
- Occasions; times; instances; particular moments or events
- encontrar
- To find; to encounter; to meet or discover
- sus
- His; her; its; their; your (plural possessive)
- ojos
- Eyes; organs of sight; visual perception
- fijos
- Fixed; steady; permanent; directed without moving
- aunque
- Although; though; even if; albeit; however
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- sentimiento
- Feeling; emotion; sentiment; sense of emotion
- experimentaba
- Experienced; felt; underwent (imperfect tense)
- era
- Was; existed; being (imperfect of ser)
- parecido
- Similar; alike; resembling; looking like something
- miedo
- Fear; fright; terror; feeling of being afraid
- encontraba
- Found; encountered; discovered (imperfect tense)
- algo
- Something; anything; some thing or matter
- claramente
- Clearly; plainly; obviously; distinctly; without ambiguity
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