Rhythm Is Love – Best Of

He had come to the conclusion that it could be nothing serious that prevented Edward from coming home, a pride, perhaps, which made him determined to make good before he claimed the bride he adored; but it was a pride that must be reasoned with. Isabel was unhappy. Edward must come back to Chicago with him and marry her at once. A position could be found for him in the works of the Hunter Motor Traction and Automobile Company (для него можно было бы найти местечко на заводе "Компании Хантеров по производству тяговых электродвигателей и автомобилей"; traction — тяга/для наземного транспорта/). Bateman, with a bleeding heart, exulted at the prospect of giving happiness (Бейтман, хоть его сердце и обливалось кровью, ликовал при мысли о том, что он подарит счастье; prospect — вид, панорама; перспектива, планы на будущее) to the two persons he loved best in the world at the cost of his own (двум людям, которых он любил больше всего в мире, ценой собственного /счастья/). He would never marry (он никогда не женится) ...»