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Somerset Maugham. The Luncheon. Ч.4

"весело" - "gaily"
"искусство" - "art"
"литература" - "literature"
"счет" - "bill"
"прибывать" - "to arrive"
"привычка" - "habit"
"ошибка" - "mistake"
"отмахнуться" - "to wave aside"
"жест" - "gesture"
"легкая закуска" - "bite"
"гигантский" - "giant"
"спаржа" - "asparagus"
"ужасно" - "horribly"
"дорогой" - "expensive"
"рот" - "mouth"
"истекать слюной" - "to water"
"вид" - "sight"
"широкий" - "broad"
"заверять" - "to assure"
"великолепный" - "splendid"
"нежный" - "tender"
"чудо" - "marvel"
"нисколько" - "not in the least"
"голодный" - "hungry"
"вздыхать" - "to sigh"
"настаивать" - "to insist"

Somerset Maugham. The Luncheon

Part 4

She ate the caviar and she ate the salmon. She talked gaily of art and literature and music. But I wondered what the bill would come to. When my mutton chop arrived she said:

‘I see that you're in the habit of eating a heavy luncheon. I'm sure it's a mistake. Why don't you follow my example and just eat one thing? I'm sure you'd feel much better then.’

‘I am only going to eat one thing,’ I said, as the waiter came again with the menu. She waved him aside with a light gesture.

‘No, no, I never eat anything for luncheon. Just a bite, I never want more than that. I can't eat anything more unless they had some of those giant asparagus. I should be sorry to leave Paris without having some of them.’

My heart sank. I had seen them in the shops and I knew that they were horribly expensive. My mouth had often watered at the sight of them. ‘Madame wants to know if you have any of those giant asparagus,’ I asked the waiter.I hoped he would say no. A happy smile spread over his broad face, and he assured me that they had some so large, so splendid, so tender, that it was a marvel.

‘I'm not in the least hungry,’ my guest sighed, ‘but if you insist I don't mind having some asparagus.’

I ordered them.

‘Aren't you going to have any?’

‘No, I never eat asparagus.’

‘I know there are people who don't like them.’