One Friday afternoon, a jewel thief got into a country house. He tied up the woman, and at knife-point asked the man to hand over the jewelry. The man started sobbing and said, “You can take anything you want. You can even pistol-whip me, but please untie the rope and free her.”
Thief: “You must really love your wife!”
Man: “No, but she will be home shortly.”
country house загородный дом; tie up связать; at knife-point угрожая ножом; hand over передать, вручить; started sobbing разрыдался; pistol-whip ударить рукоятью пистолета; untie развязать; free освободить; must нужно полагать, по-видимому (здесь глагол must выражает предположение); shortly вскоре