sentences el ausente

Los Suarez son un matrimonto mal avenido

The Suarezes’ are a couple who don’t get along

El marido le daba a ella la espalda

The husband used to turned his back on her.

No había por que negarlo

There was no reason to deny it.

A la memoria le venia un tiempo atroz

She remembered a terrible time

Por añadidura ella era ya entrada en años

To cap it all, she was already getting on in years

A medias palabras ella lo entendió

With the slightest hint she understood him

Le pareció mentira que aún le doliese

It seemed unbelievable to her that it still pained her

Solían mirarle por encima del hombro

They were in the habit of looking down their noses at him.

Llevaban ya diez años de matrimonio

They had already been married ten years

He aquí que ocurrió lo inesperado

And then the unexpected happened

Que se las apañe solo

Let him shift for himself

Lo he de pensar, se dijo, encogiéndose de hombros

I must think about it, she said the herself, shrugging her shoulders

Ya que antes nunca faltabas de noche, me has tenido en un hilo

Since you never stayed out at night before, you had me on tenterhooks

Él fumó más le cuenta

He smokes more that he should have

Ya volverá cuando salga la luna

He’ll return when the moon rises