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A Room with a View | Progressive Translation Books for Croatian A1-B2 Learners

A Room with a View | Progressive Translation Books for Croatian A1-B2 Learners

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ChapterITheBertolini
“TheSignorahad
nema
nobusinesstodoit,”saidMissBartlett,“nobusinessatall.
Shepromisedussouthrooms
s
withaviewclosetogether,insteadofwhich
ovdje
herearenorthrooms,lookinginto
je
acourtyard,andalong
put
wayapart.
Oh,Lucy!”
“AndaCockney,besides!”
saidLucy,
koji
whohadbeenfurthersaddenedbytheSignora’sunexpected
naglasak
accent.
“ItmightbeLondon.”
Shelookedatthe
dva
tworowsofEnglishpeople
koji
whoweresittingatthetable;
attherowofwhitebottlesof
vode
waterandredbottlesof
vina
winethatranbetweentheEnglishpeople;
attheportraitsofthelateQueen
i
andthelatePoetLaureate
koji
thathungbehindtheEnglishpeople,
teško
heavilyframed;
atthenoticeoftheEnglish
crkve
church(Rev.
CuthbertEager,M.A.
Oxon.),
to
thatwastheonlyother
ukras
decorationofthewall.
“Charlotte,don’tyoufeel,too,
da
thatwemightbeinLondon?
Ican
teško
hardlybelievethatallkindsof
drugih
otherthingsarejustoutside.
Isupposeitisone’sbeingsotired.”
“This
meso
meathassurelybeenusedforsoup,”saidMissBartlett,layingdownherfork.
“I
želim
wantsotoseetheArno.
Na
TheroomstheSignorapromisedusinherletterwouldhavelookedover
na
theArno.
TheSignorahadnobusinesstodoitatall.
Oh,itisashame!”
“Anynookdoesforme,”MissBartlettcontinued;
“butitdoes
čini
seemhardthatyoushouldn’t
imati
haveaview.”
Lucyfelt
da
thatshehadbeenselfish.
“Charlotte,youmustn’t
razmaziti
spoilme:
ofcourse,you
morate
mustlookovertheArno,
previše
too.
Imeantthat.
The
prva
firstvacantroominthefront—”
“Youmusthaveit,”saidMissBartlett,partof
čiji
whosetravellingexpenseswerepaidbyLucy’smother—apieceofgenerositytowhichshemade
mnogo
manyatactfulallusion.
“No,
ne
no.Youmusthaveit.”
“Iinsistonit.
Your
majka
motherwouldneverforgiveme,Lucy.”
“Shewouldneverforgiveme.”
Theladies’voicesgrewanimated,and—ifthe
tužna
sadtruthbeowned—alittlepeevish.
Theyweretired,
i
andundertheguiseofunselfishnesstheywrangled.
Neki
Someoftheirneighboursinterchangedglances,and
jedan
oneofthem—oneoftheill-bred
ljudi
peoplewhomonedoesmeetabroad—leant
naprijed
forwardoverthetableand
zapravo
actuallyintrudedintotheirargument.
Hesaid:.
“I
imam
haveaview,Ihaveaview.”
MissBartlettwasstartled.
Općenito
Generallyatapensionpeoplelookedthemoverfora
dan
dayortwobeforespeaking,
i
andoftendidnotfindout
da
thattheywould“do”tilltheyhadgone.
Sheknew
da
thattheintruderwasill-bred,
čak
evenbeforesheglancedat
ga
him.
Hewasanoldman,of
teške
heavybuild,withafair,shavenface
i
andlargeeyes.
Therewas
nešto
somethingchildishinthoseeyes,
iako
thoughitwasnotthechildishnessofsenility.
What
točno
exactlyitwasMissBartlettdidnotstoptoconsider,forher
pogled
glancepassedontohis
odjeću
clothes.
Thesedidnotattracther.
Hewas
vjerojatno
probablytryingtobecomeacquainted
s
withthembeforetheygotintothe
plivanje
swim.
Sosheassumedadazed
izraz
expressionwhenhespoketo
njom
her,andthensaid:
“Aview?
Oh,aview!
How
divan
delightfulaviewis!”
“Thisismyson,”saidtheoldman;
“hisname’sGeorge.
Hehasaviewtoo.”
“Ah,”saidMissBartlett,repressingLucy,whowasaboutto
govoriti
speak.
“WhatImean,”hecontinued,“is
da
thatyoucanhaveourrooms,
a
andwe’llhaveyours.
We’llchange.”
Thebetterclassoftouristwasshockedatthis,
i
andsympathizedwiththenew-comers.
MissBartlett,in
odgovor
reply,openedhermouthaslittleas
moguće
possible,andsaid“Thankyouvery
puno
muchindeed;
thatisoutofthequestion.”
“Why?”
saidtheoldman,
s
withbothfistsonthetable.
“Becauseitisquiteoutofthequestion,
hvala
thankyou.”
“Yousee,wedon’tliketotake—”
beganLucy.
Her
rođak
cousinagainrepressedher.
“Butwhy?”
hepersisted.
“Womenlikelookingataview;
mendon’t.”
I
Andhethumpedwithhisfists
kao
likeanaughtychild,andturnedtohis
sinu
son,saying,“George,persuadethem!”
“It’sso
očito
obvioustheyshouldhavetherooms,”saidthe
sin
son.
“There’snothingelsetosay.”
Hedidnotlookattheladiesashespoke,
ali
buthisvoicewasperplexed
i
andsorrowful.
Lucy,too,wasperplexed;
ali
butshesawthattheywereinforwhatisknownas“quiteascene,”
i
andshehadanoddfeeling
da
thatwhenevertheseill-bredtouristsspokethe
natjecanje
contestwidenedanddeepenedtillitdealt,notwithrooms
i
andviews,butwith—well,with
nešto
somethingquitedifferent,whoseexistenceshehadnotrealized
prije
before.
NowtheoldmanattackedMissBartlett
gotovo
almostviolently:
Whyshouldshenotchange?
Whatpossible
prigovor
objectionhadshe?
Theywouldclearoutin
pola
halfanhour.
MissBartlett,
iako
thoughskilledinthedelicaciesofconversation,was
bespomoćan
powerlessinthepresenceofbrutality.
Itwas
nemoguće
impossibletosnubanyoneso
odvratno
gross.
Herfacereddenedwithdispleasure.
Shelooked
oko
aroundasmuchastosay,“Areyou
svi
alllikethis?”
Andtwo
male
littleoldladies,whoweresitting
dalje
furtherupthetable,withshawlshanging
preko
overthebacksofthechairs,lookedback,
jasno
clearlyindicating“Wearenot;
wearegenteel.”
“Eatyour
večeru
dinner,dear,”shesaidtoLucy,
i
andbegantotoyagain
s
withthemeatthatshehad
jednom
oncecensured.
Lucymumbledthatthoseseemed
vrlo
veryoddpeopleopposite.
“Eatyour
večeru
dinner,dear.
Thispensionisa
neuspjeh
failure.
To-morrowwewillmakeachange.”
Jedva
Hardlyhadsheannouncedthisfelldecision
kad
whenshereversedit.
Thecurtainsatthe
kraju
endoftheroomparted,
i
andrevealedaclergyman,stout
ali
butattractive,whohurriedforwardtotakehis
mjesto
placeatthetable,cheerfullyapologizingforhislateness.
Lucy,whohadnot
još
yetacquireddecency,atoncerosetoher
noge
feet,exclaiming:
“Oh,oh!
Why,it’sMr.Beebe!
Oh,
kako
howperfectlylovely!
Oh,Charlotte,wemust
prestati
stopnow,howeverbadtherooms
su
are.
Oh!”
MissBartlettsaid,
sa
withmorerestraint:.
“Howdoyoudo,Mr.Beebe?
Iexpect
da
thatyouhaveforgottenus:
MissBartlett
i
andMissHoneychurch,whowereatTunbridgeWells
kad
whenyouhelpedtheVicarofSt.Peter’sthat
vrlo
verycoldEaster.”
Theclergyman,
koji
whohadtheairofoneon
je
aholiday,didnotremembertheladies
sasvim
quiteasclearlyastheyremembered
ga
him.
Buthecameforwardpleasantly
dovoljno
enoughandacceptedthechairintowhichhewasbeckonedbyLucy.
“Iamso
drago
gladtoseeyou,”saidthe
djevojka
girl,whowasinastateofspiritual
gladi
starvation,andwouldhavebeen
drago
gladtoseethewaiterifher
rođak
cousinhadpermittedit.
“Justfancy
kako
howsmalltheworldis.
SummerStreet,
također
too,makesitsospeciallyfunny.”
“MissHoneychurchlivesinthe
župi
parishofSummerStreet,”saidMissBartlett,fillingupthe
prazninu
gap,“andshehappenedtotellmeinthecourseofconversationthatyouhave
upravo
justacceptedtheliving—”.
“Yes,Iheardfrom
majke
mothersolastweek.
Shedidn’tknow
da
thatIknewyouatTunbridgeWells;
ali
butIwrotebackatonce,
i
andIsaid:
‘Mr.
Beebeis—’”.
“Quiteright,”saidtheclergyman.
“ImoveintotheRectoryatSummer
Streetu
StreetnextJune.
Iam
sreće
luckytobeappointedtosuchacharmingneighbourhood.”
“Oh,
kako
howgladIam!
The
ime
nameofourhouseisWindyCorner.”
Mr.Beebebowed.
“Thereis
majka
motherandmegenerally,andmy
brat
brother,thoughit’snotoftenwegethimtoch——
The
crkva
churchisratherfaroff,Imean.”
“Lucy,dearest,letMr.Beebeeathisdinner.”
“Iameating
ga
it,thankyou,andenjoyingit.”
HepreferredtotalktoLucy,whoseplayingheremembered,
radije
ratherthantoMissBartlett,who
vjerojatno
probablyrememberedhissermons.
Heaskedthegirl
li
whethersheknewFlorencewell,
i
andwasinformedatsomelength
da
thatshehadneverbeen
tamo
therebefore.
Itisdelightfulto
savjetovati
adviseanewcomer,andhewas
prvi
firstinthefield.
“Don’t
zanemariti
neglectthecountryround,”his
savjet
adviceconcluded.
“Thefirstfine
popodne
afternoondriveuptoFiesole,
i
androundbySettignano,or
nešto
somethingofthatsort.”
“No!”
cried
je
avoicefromthetopofthetable.
“Mr.
Beebe,youarewrong.
Thefirstfineafternoonyourladies
moraju
mustgotoPrato.”
“That
dama
ladylookssoclever,”whisperedMissBartletttohercousin.
“Weareinluck.”
I
And,indeed,aperfecttorrentofinformationburston
njih
them.
Peopletoldthemwhatto
vide
see,whentoseeit,howtostoptheelectrictrams,howtogetridofthebeggars,howmuchto
daju
giveforavellumblotter,howmuchthe
mjesto
placewouldgrowuponthem.
The
Pension
PensionBertolinihaddecided,almostenthusiastically,thattheywould
učiniti
do.
Whicheverwaytheylooked,kindladiessmiled
i
andshoutedatthem.
And
iznad
aboveallrosethevoiceofthecleverlady,crying:
“Prato!
They
moraju
mustgotoPrato.
That
mjesto
placeistoosweetlysqualidforwords.
I
volim
loveit;
Irevelinshakingoffthetrammelsofrespectability,asyouknow.”
TheyoungmannamedGeorgeglancedattheclever
damu
lady,andthenreturnedmoodilytohis
tanjur
plate.
Obviouslyheandhis
otac
fatherdidnotdo.
Lucy,inthemidstofhersuccess,found
vrijeme
timetowishtheydid.
Itgavehernoextra
zadovoljstvo
pleasurethatanyoneshouldbeleftinthe
hladnoći
cold;
andwhensherosetogo,sheturned
natrag
backandgavethetwooutsiders
je
anervouslittlebow.
The
otac
fatherdidnotseeit;
the
sin
sonacknowledgedit,notbyanotherbow,butbyraisinghiseyebrows
i
andsmiling;
heseemedtobesmiling
preko
acrosssomething.
Shehastenedafterhercousin,whohad
već
alreadydisappearedthroughthecurtains—curtainswhichsmote
jedan
oneintheface,andseemedheavy
s
withmorethancloth.
BeyondthemstoodtheunreliableSignora,bowinggood-eveningtoherguests,andsupportedby’Enery,her
mali
littleboy,andVictorier,her
kći
daughter.
Itmadeacurious
mali
littlescene,thisattemptoftheCockneytoconveythegrace
i
andgenialityoftheSouth.
I
Andevenmorecuriouswasthedrawing-room,
koji
whichattemptedtorivalthesolid
udobnost
comfortofaBloomsburyboarding-house.
Was
ovo
thisreallyItaly?
MissBartlettwas
već
alreadyseatedonatightlystuffedarm-chair,
koji
whichhadthecolourandthecontoursof
je
atomato.
ShewastalkingtoMr.Beebe,andasshespoke,herlong
uska
narrowheaddrovebackwardsandforwards,
polako
slowly,regularly,asthoughsheweredemolishingsomeinvisibleobstacle.
“Wearemostgratefultoyou,”shewassaying.
“The
prva
firsteveningmeanssomuch.
Kad
Whenyouarrivedwewereinforapeculiarlymauvaisquartd’heure.”
Heexpressedhis
žaljenje
regret.
“Doyou,byanychance,knowthe
ime
nameofanoldman
koji
whosatoppositeusatdinner?”
“Emerson.”
“Ishea
prijatelj
friendofyours?”
“Wearefriendly—as
jedan
oneisinpensions.”
“ThenIwill
reći
saynomore.”
Hepressedher
vrlo
veryslightly,andshesaid
više
more.
“Iam,asitwere,”sheconcluded,“thechaperonofmyyoungcousin,Lucy,
i
anditwouldbeaserious
stvar
thingifIputher
pod
underanobligationtopeopleofwhomweknow
ništa
nothing.
Hismannerwassomewhatunfortunate.
IhopeIactedforthebest.”
“Youacted
vrlo
verynaturally,”saidhe.
Heseemedthoughtful,
a
andafterafewmomentsadded:
“Allthesame,Idon’tthink
mnogo
muchharmwouldhavecomeofaccepting.”
“No
štete
harm,ofcourse.
Butwecouldnotbe
pod
underanobligation.”
“Heis
prilično
ratherapeculiarman.”
Againhehesitated,
a
andthensaidgently:
“Ithinkhewouldnottakeadvantageofyour
prihvaćanje
acceptance,norexpectyoutoshow
zahvalnost
gratitude.
Hehasthemerit—ifitisone—ofsaying
točno
exactlywhathemeans.
Hehasroomshedoesnotvalue,
a
andhethinksyouwouldvalue
ih
them.
Henomorethoughtofputtingyou
pod
underanobligationthanhethoughtofbeing
pristojan
polite.
Itissodifficult—at
barem
least,Ifinditdifficult—to
razumjeti
understandpeoplewhospeakthetruth.”
Lucywaspleased,
i
andsaid:
“Iwashoping
da
thathewasnice;
Idoso
uvijek
alwayshopethatpeoplewillbenice.”
“Ithinkheis;
lijepo
niceandtiresome.
Idifferfromhimon
gotovo
almosteverypointofanyimportance,
i
andso,Iexpect—Imay
reći
sayIhope—youwilldiffer.
Ali
Buthisisatypeonedisagrees
s
withratherthandeplores.
Whenhe
prvi
firstcameherehenotunnaturally
staviti
putpeople’sbacksup.
Hehasno
takta
tactandnomanners—Idon’tmeanbythatthathehas
loše
badmanners—andhewillnot
zadržati
keephisopinionstohimself.
We
skoro
nearlycomplainedabouthimtoourdepressingSignora,
ali
butIamgladto
reći
saywethoughtbetterofit.”
“AmItoconclude,”saidMissBartlett,“thatheisaSocialist?”
Mr.
Beebeacceptedtheconvenient
riječ
word,notwithoutaslighttwitchingofthelips.
“And
vjerojatno
presumablyhehasbroughtuphis
sina
sontobeaSocialist,too?”
“I
jedva
hardlyknowGeorge,forhehasn’tlearntto
govoriti
talkyet.