The King in Yellow — Page 4
In the following winter began that agitation for the repeal of the laws prohibiting suicide which bore its final fruit in the month of April, 1920, when the first Government Lethal Chamber was opened on Washington Square.
No inverno seguinte começou aquela agitação pelo revogação das leis que proibiam o suicídio, que deu seus frutos finais no mês de abril de 1920, quando a primeira Câmara Letal do Governo foi inaugurada na Washington Square.
I had walked down that day from Dr. Archer's house on Madison Avenue, where I had been as a mere formality.
Naquele dia eu havia caminhado desde a casa do Dr. Archer na Madison Avenue, onde estivera por mera formalidade.
Ever since that fall from my horse, four years before, I had been troubled at times with pains in the back of my head and neck, but now for months they had been absent, and the doctor sent me away that day saying there was nothing more to be cured in me.
Desde aquela queda do meu cavalo, quatro anos antes, eu havia sido atormentado às vezes por dores na nuca e no pescoço, mas agora há meses elas haviam desaparecido, e o médico me dispensou naquele dia dizendo que não havia mais nada a ser curado em mim.
It was hardly worth his fee to be told that; I knew it myself.
Mal valia seus honorários ser informado disso; eu mesmo já sabia.
Still I did not grudge him the money.
Ainda assim, não me importei em pagar-lhe o dinheiro.
What I minded was the mistake which he made at first.
O que me incomodava era o erro que ele havia cometido no início.
When they picked me up from the pavement where I lay unconscious, and somebody had mercifully sent a bullet through my horse's head, I was carried to Dr. Archer, and he, pronouncing my brain affected, placed me in his private asylum where I was obliged to endure treatment for insanity.
Quando me recolheram da calçada onde eu jazia inconsciente, e alguém havia misericordiosamente enviado uma bala pela cabeça do meu cavalo, fui levado ao Dr. Archer, e ele, declarando que meu cérebro estava afetado, colocou-me em seu asilo particular, onde fui obrigado a suportar tratamento para a loucura.
At last he decided that I was well, and I, knowing that my mind had always been as sound as his, if not sounder, "paid my tuition" as he jokingly called it, and left.
Por fim ele decidiu que eu estava bem, e eu, sabendo que minha mente sempre havia sido tão sã quanto a dele, se não mais sã, "paguei minha mensalidade" como ele jocosamente chamava, e parti.
Vocabulary
- No
- In; at; on (preposition indicating location or time)
- inverno
- Winter season of the year
- seguinte
- Following; next in sequence or order
- começou
- Began; started; commenced an action or event
- aquela
- That; that one (feminine demonstrative pronoun)
- agitação
- Agitation; excitement; state of being disturbed
- pelo
- By the; through the (contraction of per+o)
- das
- Of the; from the (feminine plural contraction)
- leis
- Laws; rules established by government authority
- que
- That; which; relative pronoun introducing clause
- proibiam
- Prohibited; forbade; banned or disallowed actions
- suicídio
- Suicide; intentional act of ending one's life
- deu
- Gave; yielded; produced results or outcomes
- seus
- His; her; their; your (possessive pronoun)
- frutos
- Fruits; results; outcomes of actions or processes
- finais
- Final; last; occurring at the end
- no
- In the; at the (masculine singular contraction)
- mês
- Month; period of approximately thirty days
- de
- Of; from; indicating possession or origin
- abril
- April; fourth month of the calendar year
- quando
- When; at what time; at which time
- primeira
- First; earliest; preceding all others in order
- Câmara
- Chamber; room; legislative assembly or parliament
- do
- Of the; from the (masculine singular)
- Governo
- Government; state authority or ruling administration
- foi
- Was; past tense of ser (to be)
- inaugurada
- Inaugurated; officially opened for first use
- na
- In the; at the (feminine singular)
- Square
- Square; open plaza; public urban space
- Naquele
- In that; on that (contraction of em+aquele)
- dia
- Day; twenty-four hour period or daytime
- eu
- I; first person singular pronoun
- havia
- Had; there was; past tense of haver
- caminhado
- Walked; traveled on foot for distance
- desde
- Since; from; beginning from a point
- casa
- House; home; dwelling place or residence
- Dr
- Doctor; abbreviated title for medical professional
- Avenue
- Avenue; street; wide urban thoroughfare or road
- onde
- Where; at what place; in which location
- estivera
- Had been; past perfect of estar (to be)
- por
- For; by; through; indicating reason or means
- mera
- Mere; simple; only; nothing more than
- formalidade
- Formality; formal procedure or ceremonial requirement
- Desde
- Since; from; beginning point in time
- queda
- Fall; drop; descent from higher position
- meu
- My; mine; possessive pronoun first person
- cavalo
- Horse; large domesticated mammal used for riding
- quatro
- Four; number between three and five
- anos
- Years; plural of year; twelve month periods
- antes
- Before; previously; in time prior to
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser (to be)
- às
- To the; at the; at feminine hour
- vezes
- Times; occasions; instances or occurrences
- dores
- Pains; aches; physical or emotional suffering
- pescoço
- Neck; body part connecting head to torso
- mas
- But; however; introducing contrasting statement
- agora
- Now; at the present time or moment
- há
- There is; there are; ago; for duration
- meses
- Months; plural of month; time periods
- elas
- They; them; feminine third person plural
- haviam
- Had; past perfect plural of haver
- desaparecido
- Disappeared; vanished; ceased to be visible
- médico
- Doctor; physician; medical professional who treats patients
- me
- Me; myself; first person object pronoun
- dispensou
- Dismissed; excused; freed from obligation or duty
- naquele
- In that; on that; in that one
- dizendo
- Saying; telling; speaking words or expressing thoughts
- não
- Not; no; negation or refusal particle
- mais
- More; additional; greater quantity or degree
- nada
- Nothing; not anything; zero or absence
- ser
- To be; exist; fundamental copular verb
- curado
- Cured; healed; treated and recovered from illness
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