Audiobook Dictation: “ASHES OF TINDER: THE LOOSING OF…”

ASHES OF TINDER: THE LOOSING OF STAYS

CINZAS DE ISCA: O AFROUXAR DAS AMARRAS

When Hurstwood got back to his office again he was in a greater quandary than ever.

Quando Hurstwood voltou ao escritório, estava num dilema maior do que nunca.

Lord, Lord, he thought, what had he got into?

Senhor, Senhor, pensou ele, em que se metera?

How could things have taken such a violent turn, and so quickly?

Como podiam as coisas ter tomado um rumo tão violento, e tão depressa?

He could hardly realise how it had all come about.

Mal podia compreender como tudo acontecera.

It seemed a monstrous, unnatural, unwarranted condition which had suddenly descended upon him without his let or hindrance.

Parecia uma situação monstruosa, antinatural, injustificada, que de repente caíra sobre ele sem que pudesse impedi-la.

Meanwhile he gave a thought now and then to Carrie.

Enquanto isso, de vez em quando pensava em Carrie.

What could be the trouble in that quarter?

Que problema poderia haver daquele lado?

No letter had come, no word of any kind, and yet here it was late in the evening and she had agreed to meet him that morning.

Nenhuma carta chegara, nenhuma palavra de espécie alguma, e no entanto já era tarde da noite e ela combinara encontrá-lo naquela manhã.

He saw that in the excitement of recent events he had not formulated a plan upon that score.

Percebeu que, na agitação dos acontecimentos recentes, não formulara nenhum plano a esse respeito.