Audiobook Dictation: “The last two days of the…”

The last two days of the voyage Bartley found almost intolerable.

Gli ultimi due giorni del viaggio Bartley li trovò quasi intollerabili.

The stop at Queenstown, the tedious passage up the Mersey, were things that he noted dimly through his growing impatience.

La sosta a Queenstown, la noiosa risalita del Mersey, furono cose che notò vagamente attraverso la sua crescente impazienza.

He had planned to stop in Liverpool; but, instead, he took the boat train for London.

Aveva progettato di fermarsi a Liverpool; ma, invece, prese il treno della nave per Londra.

Emerging at Euston at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, Alexander had his luggage sent to the Savoy and drove at once to Bedford Square.

Uscito a Euston alle tre e mezza del pomeriggio, Alexander fece mandare i bagagli al Savoy e si recò subito a Bedford Square.

When Marie met him at the door, even her strong sense of the proprieties could not restrain her surprise and delight.

Quando Marie gli aprì la porta, nemmeno il suo forte senso del decoro poté trattenerne la sorpresa e la gioia.

The room was empty when he entered.

La stanza era vuota quando entrò.

A coal fire was crackling in the grate and the lamps were lit, for it was already beginning to grow dark outside.

Un fuoco di carbone scoppiettava nel camino e le lampade erano accese, perché fuori cominciava già a farsi buio.

Alexander did not sit down.

Alexander non si sedette.

"Oh, what a grand thing to happen on a raw day!

«Oh, che cosa splendida in una giornata così rigida!

I felt it in my bones when I woke this morning that something splendid was going to turn up.

Me lo sentivo nelle ossa stamattina al risveglio che sarebbe successo qualcosa di splendido.