Dear, dear Elizabeth! I exclaimed. I will write instantly!
I wrote, and this exertion greatly fatigued me. In another fortnight I was able to leave my chamber.
One of my first duties on my recovery was to introduce Clerval to the several professors of the university. But I conceived a violent antipathy to the natural philosophy. The sight of a chemical instrument renewed the agony of my nervous symptoms. Henry saw this, and removed all my apparatus from my view. He also changed my apartment; for he perceived that I acquired a dislike for my laboratory. I thanked my friend, but I did not speak. I saw plainly that he was surprised. But he never attempted to draw my secret from me.
M. Krempe's harsh blunt encomiums gave me even more pain than the benevolent approbation of M. Waldman.
Clerval came to the university to study the oriental languages. The Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit languages engaged his attention, and I liked them too. I felt great relief with my friend, and found consolation in the works of the orientalists.
Summer passed away in these occupations, and I planned to return to Geneva in autumn. But winter and snow arrived, the roads were impassable, and I decided to travel in spring.
In May we made a pedestrian tour in the environs of Ingolstadt. My health was restored. I breathed salubrious air. The season was divine; the flowers of spring bloomed in the hedges.
Примечания
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early years юность
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my education was neglected моим образованием не занимались
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to embark in a seafaring life отправиться в море
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under-mate подшкипер
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by every opportunity при каждой возможности
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merchantman торговое судно
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attended on him ухаживал за ним
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moral relations of things нравственные проблемы
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caught the scarlet fever заболела скарлатиной
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letters of introduction рекомендательные письма
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at length наконец
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book-keeping бухгалтерское дело
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did not recover my senses не приходил в себя
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that indeed you are getting better что тебе становится лучше
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treated her very ill обращалась с ней очень плохо