The King in Yellow — Page 3
He laid down his hammer and read me the history of the suit, traced since 1450 from owner to owner until it was acquired by Thomas Stainbridge.
Er legte seinen Hammer nieder und las mir die Geschichte des Rüstzeugs vor, das seit 1450 von Besitzer zu Besitzer verfolgt worden war, bis es von Thomas Stainbridge erworben wurde.
When his superb collection was sold, this client of Hawberk's bought the suit, and since then the search for the missing greave had been pushed until it was, almost by accident, located in Paris.
Als seine hervorragende Sammlung verkauft wurde, kaufte dieser Kunde von Hawberk das Rüstzeug, und seitdem war die Suche nach der fehlenden Beinschiene vorangetrieben worden, bis sie fast zufällig in Paris gefunden wurde.
Then for the first time I took a personal interest in Hawberk.
Da nahm ich zum ersten Mal persönliches Interesse an Hawberk.
Constance asked me if I had seen the ceremonies at the Lethal Chamber.
Constance fragte mich, ob ich die Zeremonien an der Tödlichen Kammer gesehen hatte.
She herself had noticed cavalry passing up Broadway that morning, and had wished to see the inauguration, but her father wanted the banner finished, and she had stayed at his request.
Sie selbst hatte an jenem Morgen Kavallerie den Broadway hinaufziehen sehen und hatte die Einweihungsfeier sehen wollen, aber ihr Vater wollte das Banner fertiggestellt haben, und sie war auf seine Bitte hin geblieben.
I rose and picked up my hat and cane.
Ich stand auf und nahm meinen Hut und meinen Stock.
Vocabulary
- Er
- He; male third-person singular pronoun
- legte
- Laid down; past tense of legen
- seinen
- His; possessive adjective masculine accusative
- Hammer
- Hammer; tool for striking or construction
- nieder
- Down; downward direction or adverb particle
- und
- And; basic conjunction connecting words or clauses
- las
- Read aloud; past tense of lesen
- mir
- Me; dative pronoun for indirect object
- die
- The; definite article feminine or plural
- Geschichte
- Story; narrative account or history
- des
- Of the; genitive article masculine or neuter
- vor
- Before; preposition for location or time
- das
- The; definite article neuter or relative pronoun
- seit
- Since; preposition indicating time duration
- von
- Of; preposition indicating possession or origin
- Besitzer
- Owner; person who possesses something
- zu
- To; preposition with multiple grammatical functions
- verfolgt
- Traced; past participle of verfolgen pursue
- worden
- Been; past participle of werden for passive
- war
- Was; past tense of sein to be
- bis
- Until; preposition indicating temporal limit
- es
- It; neuter pronoun third-person singular
- erworben
- Acquired; past participle of erwerben obtain
- wurde
- Was; past tense of werden become
- Als
- When; conjunction for temporal or conditional clauses
- seine
- His; possessive adjective nominative or accusative
- hervorragende
- Outstanding; adjective meaning excellent or prominent
- Sammlung
- Collection; group of gathered items
- verkauft
- Sold; past tense or participle of verkaufen
- kaufte
- Bought; past tense of kaufen to purchase
- dieser
- This; demonstrative adjective masculine nominative
- Kunde
- Customer; person who buys goods
- seitdem
- Since then; temporal adverb indicating thereafter
- Suche
- Search; seeking or looking for something
- nach
- After; preposition for location or sequence
- der
- The; definite article feminine or genitive
- fehlenden
- Missing; adjective form of fehlen lack
- sie
- She or they; feminine or plural pronoun
- fast
- Almost; adverb indicating near-approximation
- zufällig
- Accidentally; adverb meaning by chance
- in
- In; preposition for location or time
- gefunden
- Found; past participle of finden discover
- Da
- Then; adverb indicating sequential action
- nahm
- Took; past tense of nehmen to take
- ich
- I; first-person singular nominative pronoun
- zum
- To the; contraction of zu and dem
- ersten
- First; ordinal number adjective
- Mal
- Time; noun meaning instance or occasion
- persönliches
- Personal; adjective meaning individual or private
- Interesse
- Interest; feeling of concern or curiosity
- an
- At; preposition indicating location or object
- fragte
- Asked; past tense of fragen to ask
- mich
- Me; accusative pronoun first-person singular
- ob
- If; conjunction for conditional or indirect questions
- Zeremonien
- Ceremonies; formal rituals or observances
- Tödlichen
- Deadly; adjective meaning lethal or fatal
- Kammer
- Chamber; enclosed room or compartment
- gesehen
- Seen; past participle of sehen to see
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben to have
- Sie
- You; formal singular or plural pronoun
- selbst
- Self; pronoun emphasizing identity or independence
- jenem
- That; demonstrative pronoun dative masculine
- Morgen
- Morning; time of day at sunrise
- Kavallerie
- Cavalry; military troops on horseback
- den
- The; definite article masculine accusative
- hinaufziehen
- Draw upward; verb meaning to pull up
- wollen
- Want; verb expressing desire or intention
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