Audiobook Dictation: “The boy hastened away and the…”

The boy hastened away and the manager fell to his musings.

少年は急いで立ち去り、支配人は物思いにふけった。

Now he had done it.

とうとうやってしまった。

There was no use speculating over that.

あれこれ考えても仕方がなかった。

He was beaten for to-night and he might just as well make the best of it.

今夜は負けだ。せいぜい割り切るしかない。

But, oh, the wretchedness of being forced this way!

だが、ああ、こんなふうに追い込まれるとは、なんと惨めなことか！

He could see her meeting the boy at the door and smiling sardonically.

彼女が戸口で少年を迎え、冷笑を浮かべる様子が目に浮かんだ。

She would take the envelope and know that she had triumphed.

彼女は封筒を受け取り、自分が勝ったと悟るだろう。

He breathed heavily and wiped the moisture from his face.

彼は重く息をつき、顔の汗をぬぐった。

He tried to get the interest of things about him, but it was not to be.

周りのことに気を向けようとしたが、だめだった。

In about an hour and three-quarters the boy returned.

一時間四十五分ほどして、少年が戻ってきた。