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Антон Чехов (1883)

Толстый и тонкий

Fat and Thin

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atНа the stationвокзале of the NikolaevНиколаевской ironжелезной railwayдороги metвстретились twoдва friendsприятеля: oneодин fatтолстый, the otherдругой thinтонкий. the fat oneТолстый justтолько nowчто had dinedпообедал atна the stationвокзале, andи lipsгубы hisего, glossed overподёрнутые with butterмаслом, shoneлоснились, likeкак ripeспелые cherriesвишни. it smelledПахло fromот himнего of sherryхересом andи of orange blossomфлёр-д’оранжем. the thin oneТонкий howeverже justтолько nowчто stepped outвышел fromиз the carriageвагона andи wasбыл loadedнавьючен with suitcasesчемоданами, bundlesузлами andи hatboxesкартонками. it smelledПахло fromот himнего of hamветчиной andи of coffeeкофейной groundsгущей. from behindИз-за hisего backспины peeped outвыглядывала a thinхуденькая womanженщина withс a longдлинным chinподбородком —— hisего wifeжена, andи a tallвысокий schoolboyгимназист withс a squintingприщуренным eyeглазом —— hisего sonсын.

At the Nikolaev railway station two friends met: one fat, the other thin. The fat one had just dined at the station, and his lips, glossed with butter, shone like ripe cherries. He smelled of sherry and orange blossom. The thin one had just stepped out of a carriage and was loaded down with suitcases, bundles, and hatboxes. He smelled of ham and coffee grounds. From behind his back peeped a thin little woman with a long chin — his wife, and a tall schoolboy with a squinting eye — his son.

—— Porfiry!Порфирий! —— exclaimedвоскликнул the fat oneтолстый, on seeingувидев the thin oneтонкого. —— youТы is itли thisэто? dear fellowГолубчик myмой! how manyСколько wintersзим, how manyсколько yearsлет!
—— good heavens!Батюшки! —— was astonishedизумился the thin oneтонкий. —— Misha!Миша! friendДруг of childhoodдетства! from whereОткуда youты turned upвзялся?
the friendsПриятели three timesтроекратно kissedоблобызались andи fixedустремили eachдруг onна otherдруга eyesглаза, fullполные of tearsслёз. bothОба wereбыли pleasantlyприятно stunnedошеломлены.

“Porfiry!” exclaimed the fat one on seeing the thin one. “Is it you? My dear fellow! It’s been ages!” — “Good heavens!” the thin one said, astonished. “Misha! My childhood friend! Where did you spring from?” The friends kissed three times and fixed their tear-filled eyes on each other. Both were pleasantly stunned.

—— dearМилый myмой! —— beganначал the thin oneтонкий afterпосле the kissingлобызания. —— wellВот notне I expectedожидал! what aВот surpriseсюрприз! wellНу, doда lookпогляди nowже atна meменя properlyхорошенько! justТакой the sameже handsome fellowкрасавец, asкак indeedи you wereбыл! justТакой the sameже charmerдушонок andи dandyщёголь! ahАх youты, good lordгосподи! wellНу, howчто thenже are youты? rich?Богат? married?Женат? IЯ alreadyуже am marriedженат, asкак you seeвидишь… thisЭто hereвот myмоя wifeжена, LuizaЛуиза, néeурождённая WanzenbachВанценбах… a Lutheranлютеранка… andА thisэто sonсын myмой, NafanailНафанаил, pupilученик of the thirdIII classкласса. this isЭто, NafanyaНафаня, a friendдруг of myмоего childhoodдетства! inВ grammar schoolгимназии togetherвместе we studiedучились!
NafanailНафанаил a littleнемного thoughtподумал andи took offснял his capшапку.

“My dear!” began the thin one after the kissing. “I never expected this! What a surprise! Well, take a good look at me! The same handsome fellow you always were! The same charmer and dandy! Ah, good lord! Well, how are you? Rich? Married? I’m married already, as you see… This here is my wife, Luiza, née Wanzenbach… a Lutheran… And this is my son, Nafanail, a pupil of the third class. Nafanya, this is a friend of my childhood! We studied together at the grammar school!” Nafanail thought a little and took off his cap.

—— inВ grammar schoolгимназии togetherвместе we studiedучились! —— continuedпродолжал the thin oneтонкий. —— rememberПомнишь, howкак youтебя they teasedдразнили? youТебя they teasedдразнили HerostratusГеростратом forза thisто, thatчто youты a schoolказённую bookкнижку with a cigaretteпапироской burned throughпрожёг, andа meменя EphialtesЭфиальтом forза thisто, thatчто Iя to tell talesябедничать lovedлюбил. ho-hoХо-хо… childrenДетьми we wereбыли! don’tНе be afraidбойся, NafanyaНафаня! comeПодойди toк himнему closerпоближе… andА thisэто myмоя wifeжена, néeурождённая WanzenbachВанценбах… a Lutheranлютеранка.
NafanailНафанаил a littleнемного thoughtподумал andи hidспрятался behindза the backспину of his fatherотца.

“We studied together at the grammar school!” the thin one went on. “Remember how they teased you? They called you Herostratus because you burned a hole in a school book with a cigarette, and me Ephialtes because I loved telling tales. Ho-ho… We were children! Don’t be afraid, Nafanya! Come closer to him… And this is my wife, née Wanzenbach… a Lutheran.” Nafanail thought a little and hid behind his father’s back.

—— wellНу, howкак are you livingживёшь, friendдруг? —— askedспросил the fat oneтолстый, rapturouslyвосторженно gazingглядя atна his friendдруга. —— are you servingСлужишь whereгде? risen in rank?Дослужился?
—— I serveСлужу, dearмилый myмой! as collegiateКоллежским assessorасессором alreadyуже the secondвторой yearгод andи the StanislasСтанислава I haveимею. the salaryЖалованье is poorплохое… wellну, butда Godбог withс itним! my wifeЖена lessonsуроки of musicмузыки givesдаёт, Iя cigarette casesпортсигары privatelyприватно out ofиз woodдерева makeделаю. excellentОтличные cigarette casesпортсигары! atПо a roubleрублю aза pieceштуку I sellпродаю. ifЕсли someoneкто takesберёт tenдесять piecesштук andи moreболее, for himтому, you understandпонимаешь, a discountуступка. we get byПробавляемся somehowкое-как. I servedСлужил, you knowзнаешь, inв a departmentдепартаменте, andа nowтеперь hereсюда transferredпереведён as head clerkстолоначальником inпо theтому sameже officeведомству… hereЗдесь I willбуду serveслужить. wellНу, andа youты howкак? no doubtНебось, alreadyуже a state councillorстатский? ehА?

“How are you getting on, friend?” asked the fat one, gazing rapturously at his friend. “Serving somewhere? Risen in rank?” — “I serve, my dear fellow! A collegiate assessor for the second year now, and I have the Stanislas. The salary is poor… well, God be with it! My wife gives music lessons, and I make wooden cigarette cases on the side. Excellent cigarette cases! I sell them at a rouble apiece. If anyone takes ten or more — a discount, you understand. We get by somehow. I served in a department, you know, and now I’ve been transferred here as a head clerk in the same office… I’ll be serving here. Well, and you? A state councillor by now, no doubt? Eh?”

—— noНет, dearмилый myмой, aimподнимай higherповыше, —— saidсказал the fat oneтолстый. —— IЯ alreadyуже toдо privy (councillor)тайного have risenдослужился… twoДве starsзвезды I haveимею.
the thin oneТонкий suddenlyвдруг turned paleпобледнел, turned to stoneокаменел, butно soonскоро faceлицо hisего twistedискривилось inво allвсе directionsстороны with the broadestширочайшей smileулыбкой; it seemedказалось, thatчто fromот faceлица andи eyesглаз hisего showeredпосыпались sparksискры. himselfСам heон shrankсъёжился, hunchedсгорбился, narrowedсузился… hisЕго suitcasesчемоданы, bundlesузлы andи hatboxesкартонки shrankсъёжились, puckeredпоморщились… the longДлинный chinподбородок of his wifeжены becameстал stillещё longerдлиннее; NafanailНафанаил drew himself upвытянулся toво attentionфрунт andи buttonedзастегнул allвсе the little buttonsпуговки of hisсвоего uniformмундира…

“No, my dear, aim higher,” said the fat one. “I have already risen to privy councillor… I have two stars.” The thin one suddenly turned pale and froze, but soon his face twisted in every direction into the broadest of smiles; it seemed as if sparks showered from his face and eyes. He himself shrank, hunched, narrowed… His suitcases, bundles, and hatboxes shrank and puckered… His wife’s long chin grew still longer; Nafanail drew himself up to attention and buttoned all the buttons of his uniform…

—— IЯ, yourваше Excellencyпревосходительство… veryОчень pleased, sirприятно-с! a friendДруг, one mightможно sayсказать, of childhoodдетства andи suddenlyвдруг you have risenвышли intoв suchтакие grandees, sirвельможи-с! hee-hee, sirХи-хи-с.
—— wellНу, enoughполно! —— wincedпоморщился the fat oneтолстый. —— forДля whatчего thisэтот toneтон? weМы withс youтобой are friendsдрузья of childhoodдетства —— andи forк whatчему hereтут thisэто rank-worshipчинопочитание!
—— mercy on usПомилуйте… whatЧто are you saying, sirвы-с… —— giggledзахихикал the thin oneтонкий, stillещё moreболее shrinkingсъёживаясь. —— the graciousМилостивое attentionвнимание of yourвашего Excellencyпревосходительства… is likeвроде as itкак wereбы life-givingживительной moistureвлаги… thisЭто hereвот, yourваше Excellencyпревосходительство, sonсын myмой NafanailНафанаил… my wifeжена LuizaЛуиза, a Lutheranлютеранка, in a certainнекоторым wayобразом…

“I… your Excellency… Very pleased, sir! A friend, one might say, of childhood — and suddenly you have risen to such a grandee, sir! Hee-hee, sir.” — “Come, enough!” the fat one winced. “Why this tone? You and I are childhood friends — what is this rank-worship for!” — “Mercy… how can you, sir…” giggled the thin one, shrinking still more. “Your Excellency’s gracious attention… is like life-giving moisture, as it were… This here, your Excellency, is my son Nafanail… my wife Luiza, a Lutheran, in a certain way…”

the fat oneТолстый wantedхотел justбыло to objectвозразить somethingчто-то, butно onна the faceлице ofу the thin oneтонкого wasбыло writtenнаписано so muchстолько reverenceблагоговения, sweetnessсладости andи respectfulпочтительной sournessкислоты, thatчто the privyтайного councillorсоветника felt sickстошнило. heОн turned awayотвернулся fromот the thin oneтонкого andи offeredподал himему inна partingпрощанье his handруку.
the thin oneТонкий pressedпожал threeтри fingersпальца, bowedпоклонился with his wholeвсем torsoтуловищем andи giggledзахихикал, likeкак a Chineseкитаец: hee-hee-hee«хи-хи-хи». the wifeЖена smiledулыбнулась. NafanailНафанаил clickedшаркнул his heelногой andи droppedуронил his capфуражку. allВсе threeтрое wereбыли pleasantlyприятно stunnedошеломлены.

The fat one was about to object, but on the thin one’s face was written so much reverence, sweetness, and respectful sourness that the privy councillor felt sick. He turned away from the thin one and offered him his hand in parting. The thin one pressed three of his fingers, bowed with his whole torso, and giggled like a Chinese: “hee-hee-hee.” His wife smiled. Nafanail clicked his heel and dropped his cap. All three were pleasantly stunned.

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