He was sitting on the backless chair in his aunt 's kitchen . A lamp with a reflector hung on the japanned wall of the fireplace and by its light his aunt was reading the evening paper that lay on her knees . She looked a long time at a smiling picture that was set in it and said musingly :
Он сидел на стуле без спинки на кухне своей тети. На японской стене камина висела лампа с рефлектором, и при ее свете тетка читала вечернюю газету, лежавшую у нее на коленях. Она долго смотрела на улыбающуюся картину, вставленную в нее, и задумчиво сказала:
