Истинное лицо (Шелдон) - страница 50

But Anne had quietly insisted that she wanted him to treat her.Но Анна хотела лечиться у него.
In the end Judd had agreed.В конце концов Джад согласился.
Outwardly, except for the fact that she appeared to be under some stress, she seemed perfectly normal, and he was certain that her problem would be a relatively simple one, easily solved.Внешне, если не считать того, что она испытывала некоторый стресс, она казалась совершенно нормальной, и он был уверен, что проблема ее сравнительно проста и легко разрешима.
He broke his rule about not taking any patient without another doctor's recommendation, and he gave up his lunch hour in order to treat Anne.Он нарушил свое правило не принимать пациентов без рекомендации их врача и пожертвовал ланчем, чтобы начать лечение Анны.
She had appeared twice a week for the past three weeks, and Judd knew very little more about her than he had known when she first came in.Она появлялась в кабинете Джада дважды в неделю, но он узнал о ней не намного больше, чем в первую встречу.
He knew something more about himself.Зато он больше узнал о себе.
He was in love-for the first time since Elizabeth.Он влюбился - впервые после Элизабет.
At their first session, Judd had asked her if she loved her husband, and hated himself for wanting to hear her say that she did not.Во время той первой беседы Джад спросил Анну, любит ли она мужа, тут же возненавидев себя за желание услышать "нет".
But she had said,Но она сказала:
"Yes.>- Да-
He's a kind man, and very strong."Он добрый и очень сильный.
"Do you think he represents a father figure?" Judd had asked.- То есть в какой-то мере это образ отца? -спросил Джад.
Anne had turned her incredible violet eyes on him.Анна взглянула на него своими невероятными фиалковыми глазами.
"No.- Нет.
I wasn't looking for a father figure.Я не искала воплощения отцовского образа.
I had a very happy home life as a child."В детстве я жила счастливо.
"Where were you born?"- Где вы родились?
"In Revere, a small town near Boston."- В Ревире, городке возле Бостона.
"Are both your parents still alive?"- Ваши родственники живы?
"Father is alive.- Отец жив.
Mother died of a stroke when I was twelve."Мать умерла от удара, когда мне было двенадцать.
"Did your father and mother have a good relationship?"- Мать с отцом жили дружно?
"Yes.>- Да
They were very much in love."Они очень любили друг друга.
It shows in you, thought Judd happily.Это проявляется в тебе, радостно подумал Джад.
With all the sickness and aberration and misery that he had seen, having Anne here was like a breath of April freshness.