obscene [Ob'sI(:)n], baffle ['bxfl], meow [mjH], thought [TLt], blood [blAd], munch [mAnC]
βIt slept in her room,β Drogan said. βShe treated it like a baby...'Is oo hungwy, darwing? Does oo need to go out and do poopoos!' Obscene, coming from an old baffle-ax like my sister. I think it woke her up, meowing. She got his dish. She used to say that Sam didn't really like his Friskies unless they were wetted down with a little milk. So she was planning to go downstairs. The cat was rubbing against her legs. She was old, not too steady on her feet. Half asleep. They got to the head of the stairs and the cat got in front of her... tripped her ...β
Yes, it could have happened that way, Halston thought. In his mind's eye he saw the old woman falling forward and outward, too shocked to scream. The Friskies spraying out as she tumbled head over heels to the bottom, the bowl smashing. At last she comes to rest at the bottom, the old bones shattered, the eyes glaring, the nose and ears trickling blood. And the purring cat begins to work its way down the stairs, contentedly munching Little Friskies...
βWhat did the coroner say (ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π» ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ; coroner β ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Π΅Ρ, ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ, ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡΠΈΠΉ Π΄ΠΎΠ·Π½Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π² ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΡΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ)?β he asked Drogan. βDeath by accident, of course (ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π² ΡΠ΅Π·ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΠ΅ Π½Π΅ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°Ρ, ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ). But I knew (Π½ΠΎ Ρ-ΡΠΎ Π·Π½Π°Π»; to know).β
βWhy didn't you get rid of the cat then (ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ Π²Ρ Π½Π΅ ΠΈΠ·Π±Π°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΡ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΊΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ)? With Amanda gone (ΡΠΆΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ ΠΠΌΠ°Π½Π΄Ρ: Β«ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΠΌΠ°Π½Π΄Π° ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ»Π°Β»; to go β ΠΈΠ΄ΡΠΈ; ΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡ; ΡΠΌΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ; gone β ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠΉ)?β
Because Carolyn Broadmoor had threatened to leave if he did, apparently (ΠΎΡΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π½ΠΎ, ΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠΌΡ ΡΡΠΎ ΠΡΡΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉΠ½ ΠΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΌΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ³ΡΠΎΠ·ΠΈΠ»Π° ΡΠ΅Ρ Π°ΡΡ, Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΠ½ /ΡΡΠΎ/ ΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π°Π΅Ρ; to leave β ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΈΠ΄Π°ΡΡ; ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΆΠ°ΡΡ). She was hysterical, obsessed with the subject (ΠΎΠ½Π° Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ, ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π½Π° ΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΊΠΎΡΠ΅: Β«ΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠΈΠΌΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΎΠΉΒ»;to obsess β Π·Π°Π²Π»Π°Π΄Π΅Π²Π°ΡΡ /ΠΎ Π½Π°Π²ΡΠ·ΡΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π΅/). She was a sick woman (ΠΎΠ½Π° Π±ΡΠ»Π° Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΉ), and she was nutty on the subject of spiritualism (ΠΈ ΠΎΠ½Π° ΡΠ²ΠΈΡ Π½ΡΠ»Π°ΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅ ΡΠΏΠΈΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ°; nut β ΠΎΡΠ΅Ρ ; /ΡΠ°Π·Π³./ ΡΡΠ΄Π°ΠΊ, βΠΏΡΠΈΡ β). A Hartford medium had told her (ΠΌΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΡΠΌ ΠΈΠ· Π₯Π°ΡΡΡΠΎΡΠ΄Π° ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π» Π΅ΠΉ) (for a mere twenty dollars) (Π²ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π·Π° Π΄Π²Π°Π΄ΡΠ°ΡΡ Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π»Π°ΡΠΎΠ²) that Amanda's soul had entered Sam's feline body (ΡΡΠΎ Π΄ΡΡΠ° ΠΠΌΠ°Π½Π΄Ρ Π²ΠΎΡΠ»Π° = ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠ»Π°ΡΡ Π² ΠΊΠΎΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎ Π‘ΡΠΌΠ°). Sam had been Amanda's, she told Drogan (Π‘ΡΠΌ Π±ΡΠ» /ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ/ ΠΠΌΠ°Π½Π΄Ρ, ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»Π° ΠΎΠ½Π° ΠΡΠΎΠ³Π°Π½Ρ), and if Sam went, she went (ΠΈ Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π‘ΡΠΌ ΡΠΉΠ΄Π΅Ρ, ΠΎΠ½Π° /ΡΠΎΠΆΠ΅/ ΡΠΉΠ΄Π΅Ρ).
Halston, who had become something of an expert at reading between the lines of human lives (Π₯ΡΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠ½, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ ΡΡΠ°Π» /ΡΠΆΠ΅/ ΡΠ΅ΠΌ-ΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠΎΠ΄Π΅ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡΠ° Π² ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΡΡΡΠΎΠΊ Π² ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΡΡ ), suspected that Drogan and the old Broadmoor bird had been lovers long ago (Π·Π°ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ·ΡΠΈΠ», ΡΡΠΎ ΠΡΠΎΠ³Π°Π½ ΠΈ ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠΊΠ° ΠΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΌΡΡ /ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π°-ΡΠΎ/ Π΄Π°Π²Π½ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ; bird β ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠ°; /ΡΠ°Π·Π³./ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½Π°), and the old dude was reluctant to let her go over a cat (ΠΈ ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠΉ Ρ Π»ΡΡ Π½Π΅ Ρ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π» ΠΎΡΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡ Π΅Π΅ = ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠ°Π²Π°ΡΡΡΡ Ρ Π½Π΅ΠΉ ΠΈΠ·-Π·Π° ΠΊΠΎΡΠΊΠΈ; dude β /Π°ΠΌΠ΅Ρ./ Ρ Π»ΡΡ, ΠΏΠΈΠΆΠΎΠ½; reluctant β Π΄Π΅Π»Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΡΠΎ-ΡΠΎ Ρ Π½Π΅ΠΎΡ ΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ; to reluct β Π±ΡΠ½ΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ; ΡΠΎΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ²Π»ΡΡΡΡ; to let go β Π²ΡΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡ ΠΈΠ· ΡΡΠΊ; ΠΎΡΠΏΡΡΠΊΠ°ΡΡ).
accident ['xksId(q)nt], threaten ['Tretn], hysterical [hIs'terIk(q)l], subject ['sAbGIkt], spiritualism ['spIrItjVqlIzm], medium ['mI(:)djqm], dude [djHd]
βWhat did the coroner say?β he asked Drogan. βDeath by accident, of course. But I knew.β
βWhy didn't you get rid of the cat then? With Amanda gone?β
Because Carolyn Broadmoor had threatened to leave if he did, apparently. She was hysterical, obsessed with the subject. She was a sick woman, and she was nutty on the subject of spiritualism. A Hartford medium had told her (for a mere twenty dollars) that Amanda's soul had entered Sam's feline body. Sam had been Amanda's, she told Drogan, and if Sam went, she went.
Halston, who had become something of an expert at reading between the lines of human lives, suspected that Drogan and the old Broadmoor bird had been lovers long ago, and the old dude was reluctant to let her go over a cat.
βIt would have been the same as suicide (ΡΡΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π±Ρ ΡΠ°Π²Π½ΠΎΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΡΠ±ΠΈΠΉΡΡΠ²Ρ: Β«ΡΠΎ ΠΆΠ΅ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ΅, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΡΠ±ΠΈΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΎΒ»),β Drogan said. βIn her mind she was still a wealthy woman (ΠΏΠΎ Π΅Π΅ ΠΌΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ: Β«Π² ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΌ Π²ΠΎΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈΒ» ΠΎΠ½Π° Π²ΡΠ΅ Π΅ΡΠ΅ Π±ΡΠ»Π° Π±ΠΎΠ³Π°ΡΠ°Ρ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½Π°; mind β ΡΠ°Π·ΡΠΌ; ΠΌΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅), perfectly capable of packing up that cat and going to New York or London or even Monte Carlo with it (Π²ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½Π΅ ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±Π½Π°Ρ ΡΠΏΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ = Π²Π·ΡΡΡ ΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΡΠ° ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ΅Ρ Π°ΡΡ Ρ Π½ΠΈΠΌ Π² ΠΡΡ-ΠΠΎΡΠΊ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΠΎΠ½Π΄ΠΎΠ½ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ ΠΠΎΠ½ΡΠ΅-ΠΠ°ΡΠ»ΠΎ; to pack up β ΡΠΏΠ°ΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ). In fact she was the last of a great family (ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈ ΠΎΠ½Π° Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄Π½Π΅ΠΉ ΠΈΠ· Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΠΈ), living on a pittance as a result of a number of bad investments in the sixties (ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΉ = ΠΈ ΠΆΠΈΠ»Π° Π½Π° Π³ΡΠΎΡΠΈ Π² ΡΠ΅Π·ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΠ΅ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π½Π΅ΡΠ΄Π°ΡΠ½ΡΡ Π²Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ /ΠΊΠ°ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π»Π°/ Π² ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΡΡΡΡ ;a number of β Π½Π΅ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ΅ ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ, Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ; bad β ΠΏΠ»ΠΎΡ ΠΎΠΉ; Π½Π΅ΡΠ΄Π°ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ). She lived on the second floor here in a specially controlled, superhumidified room (ΠΎΠ½Π° ΠΆΠΈΠ»Π° Π·Π΄Π΅ΡΡ Π½Π° Π²ΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ ΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠ΅, Π² ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΡΡΠ΄ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅, Π² ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅ΡΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°Π»Π°ΡΡ Π²ΡΡΠΎΠΊΠ°Ρ Π²Π»Π°ΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡΡ: Β«Π² ΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΡΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π»Π°ΠΆΠ½Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅Β»; floor β ΠΏΠΎΠ»; ΡΡΠ°ΠΆ; to control β ΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΡΡ; /ΡΠ΅Ρ ./ Π½Π°ΡΡΡΠ°ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ; to humidify β ΡΠ²Π»Π°ΠΆΠ½ΡΡΡ; humid β Π²Π»Π°ΠΆΠ½ΡΠΉ; ΡΡΡΠΎΠΉ). The woman was seventy, Mr. Halston (/ΡΡΠΎΠΉ/ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΡΠΈΠ½Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΠ΄Π΅ΡΡΡ, ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠ΅Ρ Π₯ΡΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠ½). She was a heavy smoker until the last two years of her life (ΠΎΠ½Π° ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ°Π»Π° ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΊΡΡΠΈΡΡ ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠΊΠΎ Π² ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π΄Π²Π° Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π° ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΈ; heavy smoker β Π·Π°ΡΠ΄Π»ΡΠΉ ΠΊΡΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΊ), and the emphysema was very bad (ΠΈ ΡΠΌΡΠΈΠ·Π΅ΠΌΠ° Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Ρ Π·Π°ΠΏΡΡΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ; badβ ΠΏΠ»ΠΎΡ ΠΎΠΉ;/ΠΌΠ΅Π΄./ ΡΡΠΆΠ΅Π»ΡΠΉ /ΠΎ ΡΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΈ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ/). I wanted her here, and if the cat had to stay (Ρ Ρ ΠΎΡΠ΅Π», ΡΡΠΎΠ±Ρ ΠΎΠ½Π° /Π±ΡΠ»Π°/ Π·Π΄Π΅ΡΡ, Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ /ΡΡΠΎΡ/ ΠΊΠΎΡ Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ΅Π½ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΎΡΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ)...β
Halston nodded and then glanced meaningfully at his watch (Π₯ΡΠ»ΡΡΠΎΠ½ ΠΊΠΈΠ²Π½ΡΠ», Π° Π·Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π²ΡΡΠ°Π·ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎ Π²Π·Π³Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠ» Π½Π° ΡΠ°ΡΡ; meaningful β ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ·Π½Π°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, Π²ΡΡΠ°Π·ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ; meaning β Π·Π½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅; ΡΠΌΡΡΠ»; to mean β Π΄ΡΠΌΠ°ΡΡ, ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΠ°Π·ΡΠΌΠ΅Π²Π°ΡΡ).
suicide ['sjHIsaId], wealthy ['welTI], specially ['speSqlI], humidify [hjH'mIdIfaI]
βIt would have been the same as suicide,β Drogan said. βIn her mind she was still a wealthy woman, perfectly capable of packing up that cat and going to New York or London or even Monte Carlo with it. In fact she was the last of a great family, living on a pittance as a result of a number of bad investments in the sixties. She lived on the second floor here in a specially controlled, superhumidified room. The woman was seventy, Mr. Halston. She was a heavy smoker until the last two years of her life, and the emphysema was very bad. I wanted her here, and if the cat had to stay...β
Halston nodded and then glanced meaningfully at his watch.
βNear the end of June, she died in the night (Π±Π»ΠΈΠΆΠ΅ ΠΊ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΡ ΠΈΡΠ½Ρ ΠΎΠ½Π° ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ»Π° Π½ΠΎΡΡΡ). The doctor seemed to take it as a matter of course (Π΄ΠΎΠΊΡΠΎΡ, ΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»ΠΎΡΡ, Π²ΠΎΡΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΡΠ» ΡΡΠΎ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ΅; to take β Π²Π·ΡΡΡ; ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡΡ, Π²ΠΎΡΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡΡ)... just came and wrote out the death certificate and that was the end of it (ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π» ΠΈ Π²ΡΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π» ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΠΎ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ ΠΈ Π΄Π΅Π»ΠΎ Ρ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠΎΠΌ). But the cat was in the room (Π½ΠΎ ΠΊΠΎΡ Π±ΡΠ» Π² ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅). Gage told me (ΠΠ΅ΠΉΠ΄ΠΆ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π» ΠΌΠ½Π΅).β
βWe all have to go sometime, man (Π²ΡΠ΅ ΠΌΡ ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π°-Π½ΠΈΠ±ΡΠ΄Ρ ΡΠΌΡΠ΅ΠΌ, ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΊ: Β«Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π½Π°ΠΌ ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π°-Π½ΠΈΠ±ΡΠ΄Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΡΡ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΒ»; man β ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ; /ΡΠ°Π·Π³./ ΠΏΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½Ρ, ΠΌΡΠΆΠΈΠΊ),β Halston said.
βOf course (ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎ). That's what the doctor said (ΡΠΎ ΠΆΠ΅ /ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ΅/ ΠΈ Π΄ΠΎΠΊΡΠΎΡ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»; to say). But I knew (Π½ΠΎ Ρ Π·Π½Π°Π»). I remembered (Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ½ΠΈΠ»). Cats like to get babies and old people when they're asleep (ΠΊΠΎΡΠΊΠΈ Π»ΡΠ±ΡΡ Π·Π°ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΌΠ»Π°Π΄Π΅Π½ΡΠ΅Π² ΠΈ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ², ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΡΠΏΡΡ = ΡΠΏΡΡΠΈΠΌΠΈ). And steal their breath (ΠΈ ΡΠΊΡΠ°ΡΡΡ ΠΈΡ Π΄ΡΡ Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅).β
βAn old wives' tale (Π±Π°Π±ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠ½Ρ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΠΊΠΈ).β
βBased on fact, like most so-called old wives' tales (ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ Π½Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΠ°Ρ , ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΊ Π½Π°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π΅ΠΌΡΡ Π±Π°Π±ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠ½ΡΡ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΠΎΠΊ),β Drogan replied (ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΈΠ»/Π²ΠΎΠ·ΡΠ°Π·ΠΈΠ» ΠΡΠΎΠ³Π°Π½).
βCats like to knead soft things with their paws, you see (ΠΏΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅ΡΠ΅, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΊΠΈ Π»ΡΠ±ΡΡ ΠΌΡΡΡ Π»Π°ΠΏΠ°ΠΌΠΈ /ΡΠ°Π·Π½ΡΠ΅/ ΠΌΡΠ³ΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π²Π΅ΡΠΈ; to knead β Π·Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡ/ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ/; ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ). A pillow, a thick shag rug... or a blanket (ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΡΠΊΡ, ΡΠΎΠ»ΡΡΡΠΉ, Π²ΠΎΡΡΠΈΡΡΡΠΉ ΠΊΠΎΠ²Π΅Ρ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΎ; shag β ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠΊΠ°Ρ, Π»ΠΎΡ ΠΌΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅Π²Π΅Π»ΡΡΠ°; Π³ΡΡΠ±ΡΠΉΠ²ΠΎΡΡ). A crib blanket or an old person's blanket (ΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π² Π΄Π΅ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠΊΠ΅ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°; crib β ΠΊΠΎΡΠΌΡΡΠΊΠ°, ΡΡΠ»ΠΈ; Π΄Π΅ΡΡΠΊΠ°Ρ ΠΊΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠΊΠ° /Ρ Π±ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ/). The extra weight on a person who's weak to start with (Π΄ΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π²Π΅Ρ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΠ°, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ ΠΈ Π±Π΅Π· ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ»Π°Π±; to start β Π½Π°ΡΠΈΠ½Π°ΡΡ; to start with β Π½Π°ΡΠ°ΡΡ Ρ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, ΡΡΠΎ..., ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Π΅ Π²ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎ)...β