The King in Yellow — Page 2
But I knew in my heart that all would come right, and that I should arrange their future as I expected to arrange that of my kind doctor, John Archer.
Mas eu sabia no fundo do meu coração que tudo se resolveria, e que eu deveria arranjar o futuro deles assim como esperava arranjar o do meu bondoso médico, John Archer.
However, I should never have troubled myself about visiting them just then, had it not been, as I say, that the music of the tinkling hammer had for me this strong fascination.
No entanto, eu nunca teria me preocupado em visitá-los naquele momento, se não fosse, como digo, que a música do martelo tilintante exercia sobre mim uma forte fascinação.
I would sit for hours, listening and listening, and when a stray sunbeam struck the inlaid steel, the sensation it gave me was almost too keen to endure.
Eu ficava sentado por horas, ouvindo e ouvindo, e quando um raio de sol perdido incidia sobre o aço incrustado, a sensação que me dava era quase intensa demais para suportar.
My eyes would become fixed, dilating with a pleasure that stretched every nerve almost to breaking, until some movement of the old armourer cut off the ray of sunlight, then, still thrilling secretly, I leaned back and listened again to the sound of the polishing rag, swish! swish! rubbing rust from the rivets.
Meus olhos ficavam fixos, dilatando-se com um prazer que esticava cada nervo quase até o ponto de ruptura, até que algum movimento do velho armeiro cortava o raio de luz solar, então, ainda vibrando secretamente, eu me recostava e ouvia novamente o som do pano de polir, swish! swish! esfregando a ferrugem dos rebites.
Constance worked with the embroidery over her knees, now and then pausing to examine more closely the pattern in the coloured plate from the Metropolitan Museum.
Constance trabalhava com o bordado sobre os joelhos, parando de vez em quando para examinar mais de perto o padrão na estampa colorida do Museu Metropolitano.
"Who is this for?" I asked.
"Para quem é isto?" eu perguntei.
Hawberk explained, that in addition to the treasures of armour in the Metropolitan Museum of which he had been appointed armourer, he also had charge of several collections belonging to rich amateurs.
Hawberk explicou que, além dos tesouros de armaduras no Museu Metropolitano do qual havia sido nomeado armeiro, ele também tinha sob sua responsabilidade várias coleções pertencentes a ricos amadores.
This was the missing greave of a famous suit which a client of his had traced to a little shop in Paris on the Quai d'Orsay.
Esta era a greava desaparecida de uma famosa armadura que um de seus clientes havia rastreado até uma pequena loja em Paris no Quai d'Orsay.
He, Hawberk, had negotiated for and secured the greave, and now the suit was complete.
Ele, Hawberk, havia negociado e adquirido a greava, e agora a armadura estava completa.
Vocabulary
- Mas
- But; however; yet
- eu
- I; first person singular pronoun
- sabia
- Knew; past tense of saber
- no
- In the; contraction of em+o
- fundo
- Bottom; depth; deep part of something
- do
- Of the; contraction of de+o
- meu
- My; possessive adjective first person
- coração
- Heart; organ or center of emotions
- que
- That; which; relative or subordinate conjunction
- tudo
- Everything; all things collectively
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; if
- resolveria
- Would resolve; conditional past tense form
- deveria
- Should; ought to; conditional form of dever
- arranjar
- Arrange; fix; find a solution
- futuro
- Future; time to come ahead
- deles
- Their; theirs; possessive pronoun third person
- assim
- Thus; so; in this manner
- como
- How; as; like; in what manner
- esperava
- Hoped; expected; past tense of esperar
- bondoso
- Kind; benevolent; showing goodness and sympathy
- médico
- Doctor; physician; medical professional
- No
- In the; contraction of em+o
- entanto
- However; yet; nevertheless; on the other hand
- nunca
- Never; at no time; not ever
- teria
- Would have; conditional form of ter
- me
- Me; myself; first person object pronoun
- preocupado
- Worried; concerned; troubled about something
- em
- In; at; on; preposition of location
- visitá-los
- Visit them; infinitive with object pronoun
- naquele
- In that; in that place or time
- momento
- Moment; instant; point in time
- não
- No; not; negation particle
- fosse
- Were; subjunctive form of ser
- digo
- Say; I say; present tense of dizer
- música
- Music; artistic arrangement of organized sounds
- martelo
- Hammer; tool for hitting nails
- exercia
- Exercised; exerted; past tense of exercer
- sobre
- On; about; concerning; preposition
- mim
- Me; myself; prepositional pronoun first person
- uma
- A; an; feminine indefinite article
- forte
- Strong; intense; having great power
- fascinação
- Fascination; strong attraction or interest
- Eu
- I; first person singular pronoun
- ficava
- Stayed; remained; past tense of ficar
- sentado
- Sitting; seated; past participle of sentar
- por
- For; by; through; preposition
- horas
- Hours; plural of hora; periods of time
- ouvindo
- Listening; hearing; present participle of ouvir
- quando
- When; at what time; temporal conjunction
- um
- A; an; masculine indefinite article
- raio
- Ray; beam of light; lightning
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession
- sol
- Sun; star at center of solar system
- perdido
- Lost; strayed; missing or misplaced
- aço
- Steel; hard alloy of iron and carbon
- sensação
- Sensation; feeling; physical perception or emotion
- dava
- Gave; past tense of dar
- era
- Was; past tense of ser
- quase
- Almost; nearly; very close to
- intensa
- Intense; strong; extreme in degree
- demais
- Too much; excessively; more than enough
- suportar
- Support; bear; endure; tolerate
- Meus
- My; possessive adjective masculine plural
- olhos
- Eyes; organs of sight; plural of olho
- ficavam
- Stayed; remained; past tense plural of ficar
- fixos
- Fixed; stationary; not moving or changing
- com
- With; accompanying; preposition
- prazer
- Pleasure; enjoyment; satisfaction or delight
- esticava
- Stretched; extended; past tense of esticar
- cada
- Each; every; one by one
- nervo
- Nerve; bundle of fibers conducting impulses
- até
- Until; up to; as far as
- ponto
- Point; dot; spot; degree or extent
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