Dracula — Page 6
" She smiled, and gave some message to an elderly man in white shirt-sleeves, who had followed her to the door.
Ella sonrió y dio algún mensaje a un anciano en mangas de camisa blanca, que la había seguido hasta la puerta.
He went, but immediately returned with a letter:--
Él se fue, pero regresó inmediatamente con una carta:
"My Friend.--Welcome to the Carpathians.
«Mi amigo. Bienvenido a los Cárpatos.
I am anxiously expecting you.
Le espero con ansias.
Sleep well to-night.
Duerma bien esta noche.
At three to-morrow the diligence will start for Bukovina; a place on it is kept for you.
Mañana a las tres la diligencia partirá hacia Bucovina; le tiene reservado un asiento.
At the Borgo Pass my carriage will await you and will bring you to me.
En el paso de Borgo mi carruaje le esperará y le traerá a mí.
I trust that your journey from London has been a happy one, and that you will enjoy your stay in my beautiful land.
Confío en que su viaje desde Londres haya sido feliz y en que disfrutará de su estancia en mi hermosa tierra.
"Your friend, "DRACULA."
«Su amigo, «DRÁCULA.»
_4 May._--I found that my landlord had got a letter from the Count, directing him to secure the best place on the coach for me;
_4 de mayo._--Descubrí que mi posadero había recibido una carta del Conde, indicándole que me reservara el mejor asiento en el coche;
but on making inquiries as to details he seemed somewhat reticent, and pretended that he could not understand my German.
pero al hacerle preguntas sobre los detalles pareció algo reticente y fingió que no entendía mi alemán.
This could not be true, because up to then he had understood it perfectly; at least, he answered my questions exactly as if he did.
Esto no podía ser cierto, porque hasta entonces lo había entendido perfectamente; al menos, respondía a mis preguntas exactamente como si lo entendiera.
He and his wife, the old lady who had received me, looked at each other in a frightened sort of way.
Él y su esposa, la anciana que me había recibido, se miraron el uno al otro de una manera asustada.
He mumbled out that the money had been sent in a letter, and that was all he knew.
Murmuró que el dinero había sido enviado en una carta, y que eso era todo lo que sabía.
When I asked him if he knew Count Dracula, and could tell me anything of his castle, both he and his wife crossed themselves, and, saying that they knew nothing at all, simply refused to speak further.
Cuando le pregunté si conocía al Conde Drácula y si podía decirme algo sobre su castillo, tanto él como su esposa se santiguaron y, diciendo que no sabían absolutamente nada, simplemente se negaron a seguir hablando.
Vocabulary
- sonrió
- Past tense of sonreír; she smiled
- dio
- Past tense of dar; she gave
- algún
- Adjective meaning 'some' or 'any'
- mensaje
- A written or spoken communication; message
- anciano
- An elderly man; old person
- mangas
- Sleeves of a shirt or garment
- camisa
- A shirt worn on the upper body
- había
- Imperfect form of haber; auxiliary verb 'had'
- seguido
- Past participle of seguir; followed someone or something
- hasta
- Preposition meaning 'until' or 'up to'
- puerta
- A door or entrance to a building
- fue
- Past tense of ir or ser; he went
- regresó
- Past tense of regresar; he returned
- inmediatamente
- Adverb meaning 'immediately' or 'right away'
- carta
- A letter written and sent to someone
- amigo
- A male friend or companion
- Bienvenido
- Greeting meaning 'welcome' to a place
- Cárpatos
- The Carpathian mountain range in Eastern Europe
- espero
- First person of esperar; I wait or expect
- ansias
- Intense longing or eagerness; used in 'con ansias'
- Duerma
- Formal imperative of dormir; sleep well tonight
- noche
- The period of darkness; night
- Mañana
- Adverb meaning 'tomorrow'; also noun for morning
- diligencia
- A horse-drawn stagecoach for passenger travel
- partirá
- Future tense of partir; will depart or leave
- hacia
- Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'in the direction of'
- reservado
- Past participle of reservar; reserved or booked
- asiento
- A seat or place to sit down
- paso
- A mountain pass or a step or pace
- carruaje
- A horse-drawn carriage for transportation
- esperará
- Future tense of esperar; will wait for someone
- traerá
- Future tense of traer; will bring someone
- Confío
- First person of confiar; I trust or hope
- viaje
- A trip or journey from one place to another
- desde
- Preposition meaning 'from' or 'since'
- haya
- Subjunctive of haber; auxiliary verb 'has been'
- sido
- Past participle of ser; been
- feliz
- Adjective meaning 'happy' or 'pleasant'
- disfrutará
- Future tense of disfrutar; will enjoy something
- estancia
- A stay or sojourn in a place
- hermosa
- Feminine adjective meaning 'beautiful' or 'lovely'
- tierra
- Land, earth, or a specific territory or country
- mayo
- The fifth month of the year; May
- Descubrí
- Past tense of descubrir; I discovered or found out
- posadero
- An innkeeper who manages a roadside inn
- recibido
- Past participle of recibir; received a letter or message
- Conde
- A nobleman with the title of count
- indicándole
- Gerund of indicar with pronoun; indicating or instructing him
- reservara
- Imperfect subjunctive of reservar; that he reserve
- mejor
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'better' or 'best'
- coche
- A car or carriage used for transportation
- hacerle
- Infinitive hacer with pronoun; to ask or make him
- preguntas
- Questions asked to obtain information
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'about', 'on', or 'over'
- detalles
- Specific pieces of information; details
- pareció
- Past tense of parecer; seemed or appeared to be
- algo
- Pronoun or adverb meaning 'something' or 'somewhat'
- reticente
- Reluctant or unwilling to speak or share information
- fingió
- Past tense of fingir; he pretended or feigned
- entendía
- Imperfect of entender; he used to understand
- alemán
- The German language or a German person
- podía
- Imperfect of poder; was able to or could
- cierto
- Adjective meaning 'certain', 'true', or 'sure'
- entonces
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'at that time'
- entendido
- Past participle of entender; understood something
- perfectamente
- Adverb meaning 'perfectly' or 'very well'
- menos
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'less' or 'fewer'
- respondía
- Imperfect of responder; he was responding or answered
- exactamente
- Adverb meaning 'exactly' or 'precisely'
- entendiera
- Imperfect subjunctive of entender; as if he understood
- esposa
- A wife or married female partner
- anciana
- An elderly woman; feminine form of anciano
- miraron
- Past tense of mirar; they looked at each other
- manera
- A way, manner, or style of doing something
- asustada
- Feminine adjective meaning 'frightened' or 'scared'
- Murmuró
- Past tense of murmurar; he or she murmured softly
- dinero
- Money used for buying goods and services
- enviado
- Past participle of enviar; sent or dispatched
- sabía
- Imperfect of saber; he knew or used to know
- pregunté
- Past tense of preguntar; I asked a question
- conocía
- Imperfect of conocer; he knew or was familiar with
- decirme
- Infinitive decir with pronoun; to tell me something
- castillo
- A large fortified medieval stone building; castle
- tanto
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'so much' or 'as much'
- santiguaron
- Past tense of santiguar; they made the sign of cross
- diciendo
- Gerund of decir; saying or telling something
- sabían
- Imperfect of saber; they knew or used to know
- absolutamente
- Adverb meaning 'absolutely' or 'completely' or 'nothing at all'
- nada
- Pronoun meaning 'nothing' or adverb 'not at all'
- simplemente
- Adverb meaning 'simply' or 'just'
- negaron
- Past tense of negar; they refused or denied something
- seguir
- Infinitive meaning 'to continue' or 'to follow'
- hablando
- Gerund of hablar; speaking or talking to someone
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