What with the vagrant blood in her and the heritage compounded of many races, Jees Uck developed a wonderful young beauty. Bizarre, perhaps, it was, and Oriental enough to puzzle any passing ethnologist. A lithe and slender grace characterized her. Beyond a quickened lilt to the imagination, the contribution of the Celt was in no wise apparent. It might possibly have put the warm blood under her skin, which made her face less swart and her body fairer; but that, in turn, might have come from Shpack, the Big Fat, who inherited the colour of his Slavonic father. And, finally, she had great, blazing black eyes — the half-caste eye, round, full-orbed, and sensuous, which marks the collision of the dark races with the light. Also, the white blood in her, combined with her knowledge that it was in her, made her, in a way, ambitious. Otherwise by upbringing and in outlook on life, she was wholly and utterly a Toyaat Indian.

One winter, when she was a young woman (однажды зимой, когда она была молодой женщиной), Neil Bonner came into her life (в ее жизнь вошел Нил Боннер). But he came into her life (но он вошел в ее жизнь), as he had come into the country, somewhat reluctantly (так же, как он вошел в провинцию, несколько неохотно; reluctant — делающий что-либо с большой неохотой, по принуждению; сопротивляющийся). In fact, it was very much against his will, coming into the country (по сути, приезд в провинцию был во многом вопреки его желанию). Between a father who clipped coupons and cultivated roses (между отцом, который стриг купоны и разводил розы; coupon — доход по ценным бумагам, фиксированный процент), and a mother who loved the social round (и матерью, которая любила светское общество), Neil Bonner had gone rather wild (Нил Боннер вел себя довольно необузданно: «весьма одичал»). He was not vicious (он не был порочным), but a man with meat in his belly and without work in the world has to expend his energy somehow (но мужчине с мясом в животе и без работы в мире приходится каким-то образом тратить свою энергию), and Neil Bonner was such a man (а Нил Боннер был таким мужчиной). And he expended his energy in such a fashion and to such extent (и он так и в такой степени тратил свою энергию) that when the inevitable climax came (что когда настала неизбежная кульминация), his father, Neil Bonner, senior, crawled out of his roses in a panic and looked on his son with a wondering eye (его отец, Нил Боннер-старший, выполз из своих роз в панике и посмотрел на своего сына удивленным взором). Then he hied himself away to a crony of kindred pursuits (потом он поспешил к закадычному другу родственной профессии; to hie — поэт., шутл. спешить; торопиться; crony — близкий, закадычный друг; pursuit — преследование; гонение, погоня; стремление; поиски; ) занятие, дело; профессия), with whom he was wont to confer over coupons and roses (с которым он имел обыкновение обсуждать купоны и розы; wont — имеющий обыкновение /чаще с инф./), and between the two the destiny of young Neil Bonner was made manifest (и между /ними/ двумя была сделана ясной = прояснена судьба молодого Нила Боннера; manifest — очевидный, явный, ясный). He must go away, on probation, to live down his harmless follies (он должен уйти на испытательный срок, чтобы искупить свои безобидные глупости; probation — испытание, стажировка; испытательный срок; to live down — загладить, искупить /своим поведением, образом жизни/; folly — глупость; глупый поступок или идея; безрассудный поступок или поведение) in order that he might live up to their own excellent standard (чтобы он мог быть достойным их собственных превосходных стандартов; to live up to — жить, действовать согласно /принципам и т. п./; быть достойным /чего-либо/).

One winter, when she was a young woman, Neil Bonner came into her life. But he came into her life, as he had come into the country, somewhat reluctantly. In fact, it was very much against his will, coming into the country. Between a father who clipped coupons and cultivated roses, and a mother who loved the social round, Neil Bonner had gone rather wild. He was not vicious, but a man with meat in his belly and without work in the world has to expend his energy somehow, and Neil Bonner was such a man. And he expended his energy in such a fashion and to such extent that when the inevitable climax came, his father, Neil Bonner, senior, crawled out of his roses in a panic and looked on his son with a wondering eye. Then he hied himself away to a crony of kindred pursuits, with whom he was wont to confer over coupons and roses, and between the two the destiny of young Neil Bonner was made manifest. He must go away, on probation, to live down his harmless follies in order that he might live up to their own excellent standard.

This determined upon (когда было порешено на этом), and young Neil a little repentant and a great deal ashamed (а молодой Нил /был/ немного раскаявшимся и очень устыдившимся), the rest was easy (остальное было легко). The cronies were heavy stockholders in the P. C. Company (закадычные друзья были крупными акционерами компании «Пасифик Коуст»^[9]). The P. C. Company owned fleets of river-steamers and ocean-going craft (компания «Пасифик Коуст» владела флотами речных пароходов и океанских судов), and, in addition to farming the sea, exploited a hundred thousand square miles or so of the land (и вдобавок к возделыванию моря, эксплуатировала сотню тысяч квадратных миль или около того суши) that, on the maps of geographers, usually occupies the white spaces (которая на картах географов обычно занимает белые пространства; space — пространство; место, территория; площадь; район, сектор). So the P. C. Company sent young Neil Bonner north (таким образом компания «Пасифик Коуст» отправила молодого Нила Боннера на север), where the white spaces are (туда, где есть белые пространства), to do its work and to learn to be good like his father (выполнять для нее работу и научиться быть добропорядочным, как его отец). "Five years of simplicity, close to the soil and far from temptation, will make a man of him (пять лет умеренности, рядом с землей и далеко от соблазнов сделают из него человека; simplicity — непритязательность, простота, скромность, умеренность)," said old Neil Bonner, and forthwith crawled back among his roses (сказал старый Нил Боннер и тотчас заполз обратно среди = в свои розы). Young Neil set his jaw (молодой Боннер сжал челюсти; to set one's jaw — сжимать челюсти), pitched his chin at the proper angle, and went to work (выставил свой подбородок под надлежащим углом и отправился на работу). As an underling he did his work well and gained the commendation of his superiors (в качестве мелкого чиновника он хорошо выполнял свою работу и приобрел доверие своих начальников). Not that he delighted in the work (не то чтобы он получал удовольствие от работы; to delight — наслаждаться, получать удовольствие), but that it was the one thing that prevented him from going mad (но она была единственным, что не давало ему сойти с ума; to prevent smb. from doing smth. — мешать кому-либо сделать что-либо, не давать кому-либо делать что-либо; to go mad — сойти с ума).

This determined upon, and young Neil a little repentant and a great deal ashamed, the rest was easy. The cronies were heavy stockholders in the P. C. Company. The P. C. Company owned fleets of river-steamers and ocean-going craft, and, in addition to farming the sea, exploited a hundred thousand square miles or so of the land that, on the maps of geographers, usually occupies the white spaces. So the P. C. Company sent young Neil Bonner north, where the white spaces are, to do its work and to learn to be good like his father. "Five years of simplicity, close to the soil and far from temptation, will make a man of him," said old Neil Bonner, and forthwith crawled back among his roses. Young Neil set his jaw, pitched his chin at the proper angle, and went to work. As an underling he did his work well and gained the commendation of his superiors. Not that he delighted in the work, but that it was the one thing that prevented him from going mad.