Traveler’s Coffee

She wore a dark-coloured travelling dress of some thin material (на ней был: «она носила» темный дорожный костюм из какой-то тонкой материи; to wear (wore, worn) быть одетым, носить одежду; colour цвет, тон; dress платье, одежда; material материал, вещество; ткань, материя) eminently suitable for the heated atmosphere of the train (чрезвычайно подходящий к нагретому/горячему воздуху = духоте в поезде; to heat нагревать; топить, обогревать; atmosphere атмосфера; воздух /в помещении и т.п./). occupant ['OkjUp@nt] obviously ['ObvI@slI] efficiency [I'fIS(@)nsI] attendant [@'tend@nt] atmosphere ['&tm@sfI@] There was only one occupant at the moment, obviously the young English lady referred to by the conductor. She was tall, slim and dark perhaps twenty-eight years of age. There was a kind of cool efficiency in the way she was eating her breakfast and in the way she called to the attendant to bring her more coffee which bespoke a knowledge of the world and of travelling. She wore a dark-coloured travelling dress of some thin material eminently suitable for the heated atmosphere of the train. M ...»