He returned to America in 1868, having been gone a little over two years. He had visited the capitals of twenty-two countries and talked with five emperors, eleven kings, three princes, a shah, a khan, and a sultan. At that time Fitz-Norman estimated his own wealth at one billion dollars. One fact worked consistently against the disclosure of his secret. No one of his larger diamonds remained in the public eye for a week before being invested with a history of enough fatalities, amours, revolutions, and wars to have occupied it from the days of the first Babylonian Empire.
From 1870 until his death in 1900 (c 1870 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π° Π΄ΠΎ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ Π² 1900 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ), the history of Fitz-Norman Washington was a long epic in gold (ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ Π€ΠΈΡ-ΠΠΎΡΠΌΠ°Π½Π° ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π³ΡΠΎΠ½Π° Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΉ: Β«Π΄Π»ΠΈΠ½Π½ΠΎΠΉΒ» ΠΏΠΎΡΠΌΠΎΠΉ, Π½Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π·ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΡΠΌΠΈ Π±ΡΠΊΠ²Π°ΠΌΠΈ). There were side issues, of course (Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ, ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ, /ΠΈ/ Π²ΡΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΠΏΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠΈΡ) β he evaded the surveys (ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠΊΠ»ΠΎΠ½ΡΠ»ΡΡ ΠΎΡ ΡΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΎΠΊ), he married a Virginia lady, by whom he had a single son (ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π½Π° ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π²ΠΈΡΠ³ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π»Π΅Π΄ΠΈ, ΠΎΡ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ Ρ Π½Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΡΠ½), and he was compelled, due to a series of unfortunate complications (ΠΈ Π±ΡΠ» Π²ΡΠ½ΡΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½, Π²ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΡΠ΄Π° Π΄ΠΎΡΠ°Π΄Π½ΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ; unfortunate β Π½Π΅ΡΠ΄Π°ΡΠ»ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΉ; Π½Π΅ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠ»ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΉ; Π½Π΅ΡΠ΄Π°ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠΊΠΎΡΠ±Π½ΡΠΉ, ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, Π·Π°ΡΠ»ΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΠΎΠΆΠ°Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ), to murder his brother (ΡΠ±ΠΈΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ°ΡΠ°), whose unfortunate habit of drinking himself into an indiscreet stupor (ΡΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΡΠ°Π΄Π½Π°Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ²ΡΡΠΊΠ° Π½Π°ΠΏΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ Π΄ΠΎ Π±Π΅ΡΠΏΠ°ΠΌΡΡΡΡΠ²Π° ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊ: Β«Π½Π°ΠΏΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ Π΄ΠΎ Π½Π΅Π±Π»Π°Π³ΠΎΡΠ°Π·ΡΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΉ/Π½Π΅ΡΠ΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π±Π΅ΡΡΠΎΠ·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈΒ»; discreet β ΠΎΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, ΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠ½ΡΠΉ /ΠΎΡΠΎΠ±Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎ Π² ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ /; Π±Π»Π°Π³ΠΎΡΠ°Π·ΡΠΌΠ½ΡΠΉ) had several times endangered their safety (Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ ΡΠ°Π· = Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠ³ΡΠΎΠΆΠ°Π»Π° ΠΈΡ Π±Π΅Π·ΠΎΠΏΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ). But very few other murders stained these happy years of progress and expansion (Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΎ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΡ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠΉΡΡΠ² = Π² ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΎ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠΉΡΡΠ² ΠΎΠΌΡΠ°ΡΠ°Π»ΠΎ ΡΡΠΈ ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠ»ΠΈΠ²ΡΠ΅ Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ³ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ°/Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ ΠΈ ΡΠ°Π·Π²ΠΈΡΠΈΡ/ΡΠΎΡΡΠ°; stain β ΠΏΡΡΠ½ΠΎ; to stain β ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡ; ΠΏΡΡΠ½Π°ΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΈΡΡ).
issue ['ISH], ['IsjH], whom [hHm], endanger [In'deInGq]
From 1870 until his death in 1900, the history of Fitz-Norman Washington was a long epic in gold. There were side issues, of course β he evaded the surveys, he married a Virginia lady, by whom he had a single son, and he was compelled, due to a series of unfortunate complications, to murder his brother, whose unfortunate habit of drinking himself into an indiscreet stupor had several times endangered their safety. But very few other murders stained these happy years of progress and expansion.
Just before he died he changed his policy (Π½Π΅Π·Π°Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π³ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ: Β«Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΒ» ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ» ΡΠ²ΠΎΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠΈΠΊΡ/ΡΡΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΈΡ), and with all but a few million dollars of his outside wealth bought up rare minerals in bulk (ΠΈ Π½Π° Π²ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ Π²Π½Π΅ΡΠ½Π΅Π΅ ΡΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠ΅, Π·Π° ΠΈΡΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΌΠΈΠ»Π»ΠΈΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠ² Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π»Π°ΡΠΎΠ², Π½Π°ΠΊΡΠΏΠΈΠ» ΠΎΠΏΡΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΌΠΈΠ½Π΅ΡΠ°Π»ΠΎΠ²/ΡΡΠ΄; bulk β Π³ΡΡΠ΄Π°, ΠΊΠΈΠΏΠ°; ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠ°; in bulk β ΠΎΠΏΡΠΎΠΌ, Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΠ°ΡΡΠΈΡΠΌΠΈ; Π² Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅), which he deposited in the safety vaults of banks all over the world, marked as bric-Γ -brac (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ» Π² Ρ ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΠ° Π±Π°Π½ΠΊΠΎΠ² ΠΏΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΌΠΈΡΡ, Π·Π°ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΈΡΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π²: Β«ΠΎΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ²/ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ²Β» ΠΈΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π°Π½ΡΠΈΠΊΠ²Π°ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΊΠΎΠ»Π»Π΅ΠΊΡΠΈΠΈ; vault β ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²Π°Π», ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΡΠ΅Π±; ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π΄Π»Ρ Ρ ΡΠ°Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ). His son, Braddock Tarleton Washington, followed this policy on an even more tensive scale (Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΡΠ½, ΠΡΡΠ΄Π΄ΠΎΠΊ Π’Π°ΡΠ»ΡΠΎΠ½ ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π³ΡΠΎΠ½, ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°Π» ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΈΠΈ Ρ Π΅ΡΠ΅ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΌ: Β«Π½Π°ΠΏΡΡΠΆΠ΅Π½Π½ΡΠΌΒ» ΡΠ°Π·ΠΌΠ°Ρ ΠΎΠΌ; scale β ΡΠΊΠ°Π»Π°; ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΡΠ°Π± /ΠΊΠ°ΡΡΡ ΠΈ Ρ. ΠΏ./; ΠΎΡ Π²Π°Ρ, ΡΠ°Π·ΠΌΠ°Ρ , ΡΡΠ΅ΠΏΠ΅Π½Ρ, ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΡΠ°Π±Ρ). The minerals were converted into the rarest of all elements β radium (ΠΌΠΈΠ½Π΅ΡΠ°Π»Ρ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½Ρ Π² ΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΠ°ΠΉΡΠΈΠΉ ΠΈΠ· Π²ΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠ»Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΎΠ² β ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΠΉ) β so that the equivalent of a billion dollars in gold could be placed in a receptacle no bigger than a cigar box (ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠΊΠ²ΠΈΠ²Π°Π»Π΅Π½Ρ ΠΌΠΈΠ»Π»ΠΈΠ°ΡΠ΄Π° Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π»Π°ΡΠΎΠ² Π·ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ Π±ΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½ Π² Ρ ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ /ΡΠ°Π·ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΎΠΌ/ Π½Π΅ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠ΅ ΡΠΈΠ³Π°ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΠ±ΠΊΠΈ).
wealth [welT], tensive ['tensIve], equivalent [I'kwIvqlqnt]
Just before he died he changed his policy, and with all but a few million dollars of his outside wealth bought up rare minerals in bulk, which he deposited in the safety vaults of banks all over the world, marked as bric-Γ -brac. His son, Braddock Tarleton Washington, followed this policy on an even more tensive scale. The minerals were converted into the rarest of all elements β radium β so that the equivalent of a billion dollars in gold could be placed in a receptacle no bigger than a cigar box.
When Fitz-Norman had been dead three years (ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π· ΡΡΠΈ Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π° ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ Π€ΠΈΡ-ΠΠΎΡΠΌΠ°Π½Π°: Β«ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π€ΠΈΡ-ΠΠΎΡΠΌΠ°Π½ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ² /ΡΠΆΠ΅/ ΡΡΠΈ Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°Β») his son, Braddock, decided that the business had gone far enough (Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΡΠ½ ΠΡΡΠ΄Π΄ΠΎΠΊ ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ», ΡΡΠΎ Π΄Π΅Π»ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ° ΡΠ²ΠΎΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ: Β«Π΄Π΅Π»ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄Π²ΠΈΠ½ΡΠ»ΠΎΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΡΡΠ°ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎ Π΄Π°Π»Π΅ΠΊΠΎΒ»). The amount of wealth that he and his father had taken out of the mountain (Π±ΠΎΠ³Π°ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎ: Β«ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ Π±ΠΎΠ³Π°ΡΡΡΠ²Π°Β», ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ΅ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΈ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΠ·Π²Π»Π΅ΠΊΠ»ΠΈ ΠΈΠ· Π³ΠΎΡΡ) was beyond all exact computation (Π½Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π°Π²Π°Π»ΠΎΡΡ ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ: Β«Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π·Π° ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅Π»Π°ΠΌΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ-Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡΒ»). He kept a note-book in cipher (ΠΎΠ½ Π²Π΅Π» Π·Π°ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΡ Π·Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠΆΠΊΡ; cipher β ΡΠΈΡΡ, ΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½ΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΡ) in which he set down the approximate quantity of radium in each of the thousand banks he patronized (Π² ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡ Π·Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠ²Π°Π»/Π·Π°Π½ΠΎΡΠΈΠ» ΠΏΡΠΈΠ±Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΡ Π² ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈΠ· ΡΡΡΡΡΠΈ Π±Π°Π½ΠΊΠΎΠ², ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½Π½ΡΠΌ ΠΊΠ»ΠΈΠ΅Π½ΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ½ Π±ΡΠ»; to patronize β Π·Π°Π±ΠΎΡΠΈΡΡΡΡ; ΠΎΠΏΠ΅ΠΊΠ°ΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠΊΡΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ; Π±ΡΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½Π½ΡΠΌ ΠΊΠ»ΠΈΠ΅Π½ΡΠΎΠΌ), and recorded the alias under which it was held (ΠΈ Π·Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΡΠ²Π°Π» ΠΏΡΠ΅Π²Π΄ΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΌ, ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΌ ΠΎΠ½ Π±ΡΠ» /ΡΠ°ΠΌ/ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½; to hold β Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΡ; Ρ ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΡ /Π² Π±Π°Π½ΠΊΠ΅/). Then he did a very simple thing β he sealed up the mine (Π·Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π°Π» ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΡΡ Π²Π΅ΡΡ β ΠΎΠ½ Π·Π°ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΠ°Π»/Π·Π°ΠΊΡΡΠ» /ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈ Π°Π»ΠΌΠ°Π·Π½ΡΠ΅/ ΠΊΠΎΠΏΠΈ).
cipher ['saIfq], radium ['reIdIqm], seal [sJl]
When Fitz-Norman had been dead three years his son, Braddock, decided that the business had gone far enough. The amount of wealth that he and his father had taken out of the mountain was beyond all exact computation. He kept a note-book in cipher in which he set down the approximate quantity of radium in each of the thousand banks he patronized, and recorded the alias under which it was held. Then he did a very simple thing β he sealed up the mine.
He sealed up the mine. What had been taken out of it (/ΡΠΎ/ ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΠΈΠ·Π²Π»Π΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎ ΠΈΠ· Π½ΠΈΡ ) would support all the Washingtons yet to be born in unparalleled luxury for generations (Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΠΎΠ±Π΅ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΡ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π³ΡΠΎΠ½Π°ΠΌ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΌ Π΅ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡΡΡ, Π±Π΅ΡΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΡΠΎΡΠΊΠΎΡΡ Π½Π° Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°: Β«/ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ΅/ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡΒ»; to support β ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ; ΡΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΡ /ΠΌΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ/; ΠΎΠ±Π΅ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ). His one care must be the protection of his secret (Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π·Π°Π±ΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ ΡΠΎΡ ΡΠ°Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅: Β«Π·Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ°/ΠΎΡ ΡΠ°Π½Π°Β» ΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½Ρ), lest in the possible panic attendant on its discovery (Π΄Π°Π±Ρ Π² ΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ°Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ΅, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠ³Π»Π° ΡΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π΅Π΅ ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΡΡΡΠΈΡ: Β«Π² Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠ°Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ΅, ΡΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ²ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ Π΅Π΅ ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΡΡΡΠΈΡΒ»; lest β ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ/Π΄Π°Π±Ρ Π½Π΅) he should be reduced with all the property-holders in the world to utter poverty (ΠΎΠ½ Π²ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅ ΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ: Β«Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈΒ» ΠΌΠΈΡΠ°, Π½Π΅ ΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π±Ρ Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡ; to reduce β ΠΎΡΠ»Π°Π±Π»ΡΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΆΠ°ΡΡ; Π΄ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ /Π΄ΠΎ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ-Π». Ρ ΡΠ΄ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΡ/).
This was the family among whom John T. Unger was staying (ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ²Π° Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΡ, Ρ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ Π³ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠ» ΠΠΆΠΎΠ½ Π’. ΠΠ½Π³Π΅Ρ). This was the story he heard (ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ²Π° Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ½ ΡΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π») in his silver-walled living-room the morning after his arrival (Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ Π³ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Ρ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π±ΡΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π°ΠΌΠΈ Π½Π° /ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΡΡΠ΅Π΅/ ΡΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΅Π·Π΄Π°; wall β ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π°).
support [sq'pLt], unparalleled [An'pxrqleld], heard [hWd]
He sealed up the mine. What had been taken out of it would support all the Washingtons yet to be born in unparalleled luxury for generations. His one care must be the protection of his secret, lest in the possible panic attendant on its discovery he should be reduced with all the property-holders in the world to utter poverty.
This was the family among whom John T. Unger was staying. This was the story he heard in his silver-walled living-room the morning after his arrival.
V
After breakfast, John found his way out the great marble entrance (ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ Π·Π°Π²ΡΡΠ°ΠΊΠ° ΠΠΆΠΎΠ½ Π²ΡΡΠ΅Π» ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π· Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ°Π» /Π½Π° ΡΠ»ΠΈΡΡ/; entrance β Π²Ρ ΠΎΠ΄, Π²Ρ ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π°Ρ Π΄Π²Π΅ΡΡ), and looked curiously at the scene before him (ΠΈ Ρ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΏΡΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠΌ ΡΡΠ°Π» ΠΎΡΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ /ΠΎΡΠΊΡΡΠ²ΡΠΈΠΉΡΡ/ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π΄ Π½ΠΈΠΌ Π²ΠΈΠ΄). The whole valley, from the diamond mountain to the steep granite cliff five miles away (Π²ΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠ½Π° β ΠΎΡ Π°Π»ΠΌΠ°Π·Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π³ΠΎΡΡ Π΄ΠΎ ΠΊΡΡΡΠΎΠΉ/ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Π³ΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΊΠ°Π»Ρ Π² ΠΏΡΡΠΈ ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΡΡ /ΠΎΡ Π·Π°ΠΌΠΊΠ°/), still gave off a breath of golden haze (Π²ΡΠ΅ Π΅ΡΠ΅ Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π»Π°: Π·ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΉ Π΄ΡΠΌΠΊΠΎΠΉ; breath β Π΄ΡΡ Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅) which hovered idly above the fine sweep of lawns and lakes and gardens (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ²ΠΎ Π²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Π°/ΠΏΠ°ΡΠΈΠ»Π° Π½Π°Π΄ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ Π»ΡΠ³ΠΎΠ², ΠΎΠ·Π΅Ρ ΠΈ ΡΠ°Π΄ΠΎΠ²). Here and there clusters of elms made delicate groves of shade (ΡΠ°ΠΌ ΠΈ ΡΡΠΌ ΠΊΡΠΏΡ Π²ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ² ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·ΠΎΠ²ΡΠ²Π°Π»ΠΈ ΠΈΠ·ΡΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΡΡΠ΅ ΡΠΎΡΠΈ), contrasting strangely with the tough masses of pine forest (ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΡΡΡΡΠΈΠ΅ Ρ ΠΏΠ»ΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π»Π΅ΡΠ°) that held the hills in a grip of dark-blue green (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠ°Π»ΠΈ = ΡΠΆΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠΌΠΈ Ρ ΠΎΠ»ΠΌΡ Π² ΡΠΈΡΠΊΠ°Ρ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ½ΠΎ-ΡΠΈΠ½Π΅ΠΉ Π·Π΅Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈ; grip β ΡΡ Π²Π°ΡΡΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅; ΡΠΆΠ°ΡΠΈΠ΅; Ρ Π²Π°ΡΠΊΠ°; ΡΠΈΡΠΊΠΈ, Π·Π°ΠΆΠΈΠΌ). Even as John looked (ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠ°Π· ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΠΆΠΎΠ½ ΡΠΌΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π» /Π½Π° Π²ΡΠ΅ ΡΡΠΎ/) he saw three fawns in single file patter out from one clump about a half mile away (ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π» ΠΏΡΠΈΠ±Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ Π² ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠΌΠΈΠ»Π΅ /ΠΎΡ Π·Π°ΠΌΠΊΠ°/ ΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡ ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π½Π΅ΠΉ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅ Π²ΡΡΠΊΠΎΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ Π·Π° Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈΠ· ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡ Π·Π°ΡΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ΠΉ; file β ΡΡΠ΄, ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π½Π³Π°; ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ½Π½Π°; patter β cΡΡΡΠ°ΡΡ, Π±Π°ΡΠ°Π±Π°Π½ΠΈΡΡ /Π½Π°ΠΏΡ. ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π΅/; ΡΠΎΠΏΠΎΡΠ°ΡΡ, ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΡ, ΡΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ°ΡΡ) and disappear with awkward gayety into the black-ribbed half-light of another (ΠΈ ΠΈΡΡΠ΅Π·Π»ΠΈ Ρ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠ»ΡΠΆΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡΡΡΡ Π² ΡΠ΅Π±ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΌ/ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΠ°ΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠΌΡΠ°ΠΊΠ΅ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΡ /Π·Π°ΡΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ΠΉ/; rib β ΡΠ΅Π±ΡΠΎ). John would not have been surprised to see a goat-foot (Π½Π΅ ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠ²ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π±Ρ, Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Ρ ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π» ΡΠ°Π²Π½Π°: Β«ΠΊΠΎΠ·Π»ΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΒ») piping his way among the trees (ΠΈΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π½Π° ΡΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈ ΡΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΈ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ΅Π²; pipe β ΡΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Ρ, Π΄ΡΠ΄ΠΊΠ°, ΡΠ²ΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΊ; to pipe oneβs way β ΠΈΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΡ Π½Π° Ρ ΠΎΠ΄Ρ; ΠΈΠ΄ΡΠΈ ΠΈΠ³ΡΠ°Ρ) or to catch a glimpse of pink nymph-skin and flying yellow hair between the greenest of the green leaves (ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π·Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ» ΠΌΠ΅Π»ΡΠΊΠ½ΡΠ²ΡΡΡ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆ ΡΠ°ΠΌΡΡ Π·Π΅Π»Π΅Π½ΡΡ ΠΈΠ· /Π²ΡΠ΅Ρ / Π·Π΅Π»Π΅Π½ΡΡ Π»ΠΈΡΡΡΠ΅Π² ΡΠΎΠ·ΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΠΊΠΎΠΆΡ Π½ΠΈΠΌΡΡ ΠΈ /Π΅Π΅/ ΡΠ°Π·Π²Π΅Π²Π°ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ΡΡ ΠΆΠ΅Π»ΡΡΠ΅ Π²ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΡΡ; to fly β Π»Π΅ΡΠ°ΡΡ).
breath [breT], hover ['hOvq], awkward ['Lkwqd]
After breakfast, John found his way out the great marble entrance, and looked curiously at the scene before him. The whole valley, from the diamond mountain to the steep granite cliff five miles away, still gave off a breath of golden haze which hovered idly above the fine sweep of lawns and lakes and gardens. Here and there clusters of elms made delicate groves of shade, contrasting strangely with the tough masses of pine forest that held the hills in a grip of dark-blue green. Even as John looked he saw three fawns in single file patter out from one clump about a half mile away and disappear with awkward gayety into the black-ribbed half-light of another. John would not have been surprised to see a goat-foot piping his way among the trees or to catch a glimpse of pink nymph-skin and flying yellow hair between the greenest of the green leaves.
In some such cool hope he descended the marble steps (Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ±Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ·ΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π½Π°Π΄Π΅ΠΆΠ΄ΠΎΠΉ /Π² Π΄ΡΡΠ΅/ ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠΏΡΡΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ ΠΌΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΡΡΡΠΏΠ΅Π½ΡΠΌ; cool β ΠΏΡΠΎΡ Π»Π°Π΄Π½ΡΠΉ; Π½Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΡΡΠΈΠΌΡΠΉ; Π½Π°Π³Π»ΡΠΉ, Π½Π°Ρ Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ), disturbing faintly the sleep of two silky Russian wolfhounds at the bottom (ΡΠ»Π΅Π³ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠΆΠΈΠ² ΡΠΎΠ½ Π΄Π²ΡΡ ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π±ΠΎΡΠ·ΡΡ Ρ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΊΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΡΡ /Π»Π΅ΠΆΠ°Π²ΡΠΈΡ / Π²Π½ΠΈΠ·Ρ; silk β ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΊ), and set off along a walk of white and blue brick (ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅Π» ΠΏΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠΊΠ΅ ΠΈΠ· Π±Π΅Π»ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈ ΡΠΈΠ½Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΊΠΈΡΠΏΠΈΡΠ°) that seemed to lead in no particular direction (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ Π²Π΅Π»Π° Π½Π΅Π²Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠΎ ΠΊΡΠ΄Π°: Β«ΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»ΠΎΡΡ, Π½Π΅ Π²Π΅Π»Π° Π½ΠΈ Π² ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΌ Π½Π°ΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈΒ»).