Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах - Arthur Conan Doyle

crawl [krɔ:l], ally [ˈælaɪ], trouble [trʌbl]

"Yes. She does not know the danger," her father answered.

"That is well. The house is watched on every side. That is why I crawled my way up to it. They may be darned sharp, but they're not quite sharp enough to catch a Washoe hunter."

John Ferrier felt a different man now that he realized that he had a devoted ally. He seized the young man's leathery hand and wrung it cordially. "You're a man to be proud of," he said. "There are not many who would come to share our danger and our troubles."

"You've hit it there, pard," the young hunter answered. "I have a respect for you, but if you were alone in this business I'd think twice before I put my head into such a hornet's nest. It's Lucy that brings me here, and before harm comes on her I guess there will be one less o' the Hope family in Utah."

"What are we to do (что нам делать)?"

"To-morrow is your last day, and unless you act to-night you are lost (завтра ваш последний день, и если не предпринять чего-то сегодня: «не действовать этим вечером», вы погибли). I have a mule and two horses waiting in the Eagle Ravine (в Орлином ущелье нас ждут мул и две лошади). How much money have you (сколько у вас денег)?"

"Two thousand dollars in gold, and five in notes (две тысячи долларов золотом и пять — банкнотами)."

"That will do (этого достаточно). I have as much more to add to it (у меня есть столько же; to add — прибавлять; добавлять). We must push for Carson City through the mountains (нам надо пробиться в Карсон-Сити через горы; to push — проталкиваться, протискиваться). You had best wake Lucy (вам лучше разбудить Люси). It is as well that the servants do not sleep in the house (хорошо, что слуги не спят в доме)."

While Ferrier was absent, preparing his daughter for the approaching journey (пока Феррьер отсутствовал, подготавливая дочь к предстоящему путешествию), Jefferson Hope packed all the eatables that he could find into a small parcel (Джефферсон Хоуп упаковал все съедобное, что он смог найти, в небольшой пакет), and filled a stoneware jar with water (и наполнил керамический кувшин водой; stoneware — керамика, глиняная посуда), for he knew by experience that the mountain wells were few and far between (так как он знал по опыту, что в горах источников мало и от одного до другого далеко). He had hardly completed his arrangements (он едва завершил свои приготовления) before the farmer returned with his daughter all dressed and ready for a start (когда фермер вернулся со своей дочерью, полностью одетой и готовой отправиться в путь). The greeting between the lovers was warm, but brief (двое влюбленных поздоровались пылко, но торопливо; warm — горячий, сердечный), for minutes were precious, and there was much to be done (так как время было на вес золота: «минуты были драгоценны», а сделать еще надо было многое).

ravine [rǝˈvi:n], journey [ˈʤǝ:nɪ], precious [ˈpreʃǝs]

"What are we to do?"

"To-morrow is your last day, and unless you act to-night you are lost. I have a mule and two horses waiting in the Eagle Ravine. How much money have you?"

"Two thousand dollars in gold, and five in notes."

"That will do. I have as much more to add to it. We must push for Carson City through the mountains. You had best wake Lucy. It is as well that the servants do not sleep in the house."

While Ferrier was absent, preparing his daughter for the approaching journey, Jefferson Hope packed all the eatables that he could find into a small parcel, and filled a stoneware jar with water, for he knew by experience that the mountain wells were few and far between. He had hardly completed his arrangements before the farmer returned with his daughter all dressed and ready for a start. The greeting between the lovers was warm, but brief, for minutes were precious, and there was much to be done.

"We must make our start at once," said Jefferson Hope, speaking in a low but resolute voice (нам надо отправляться немедленно, — сказал Джефферсон Хоуп тихим, но решительным голосом), like one who realizes the greatness of the peril, but has steeled his heart to meet it (как человек, который осознает, насколько велика опасность, но полон решимости не отступать перед ней: «но закалил свое сердце, чтобы встретить ее»; to steel — закалять; придавать силу, решимость; steel — сталь). "The front and back entrances are watched (за парадным и черным входом следят), but with caution we may get away through the side window and across the fields (но, соблюдая осторожность, мы можем уйти через боковое окно и через поля). Once on the road we are only two miles from the Ravine (когда мы выйдем на дорогу, только две мили останется до ущелья) where the horses are waiting (где ждут лошади). By daybreak we should be half-way through the mountains (к рассвету мы должны проделать полпути через горы)."

"What if we are stopped (что, если нас остановят)," asked Ferrier.

Hope slapped the revolver butt which protruded from the front of his tunic (Хоуп хлопнул по рукоятке револьвера, которая торчала из-под его куртки; to protrude — высовываться, выдаваться). "If they are too many for us we shall take two or three of them with us," he said with a sinister smile (если их окажется слишком много для нас, мы заберем двоих или троих с собой, — сказал он со зловещей улыбкой).

caution [ˈkɔ:ʃ(ǝ)n], revolver [rɪˈvɔlvǝ], sinister [ˈsɪnɪstǝ]

"We must make our start at once," said Jefferson Hope, speaking in a low but resolute voice, like one who realizes the greatness of the peril, but has steeled his heart to meet it. "The front and back entrances are watched, but with caution we may get away through the side window and across the fields. Once on the road we are only two miles from the Ravine where the horses are waiting. By daybreak we should be half-way through the mountains."

"What if we are stopped," asked Ferrier.

Hope slapped the revolver butt which protruded from the front of his tunic. "If they are too many for us we shall take two or three of them with us," he said with a sinister smile.

The lights inside the house had all been extinguished (все огни в доме были погашены), and from the darkened window Ferrier peered over the fields which had been his own (и из темного окна Феррьер поглядел на поля, которые принадлежали ему; to darken —темнеть; делать темным; to peer — вглядываться), and which he was now about to abandon for ever (и которые он теперь собирался покинуть навсегда). He had long nerved himself to the sacrifice, however (но он давно подготавливал себя к этой жертве; to nerve oneself — собраться с силами, с духом), and the thought of the honour and happiness of his daughter outweighed any regret at his ruined fortunes (и мысль о чести и счастье дочери перевешивала любые сожаления по поводу своего утраченного богатства; to ruin — превращать в руины; уничтожать). All looked so peaceful and happy (все выглядело таким мирным и счастливым), the rustling trees and the broad silent stretch of grain-land (шелестящие листвой деревья и объятые тишиной широкие просторы зерновых полей; to rustle — шелестеть; stretch — протяжение, простирание; пространство, участок, отрезок; to stretch — тянуть, растягивать), that it was difficult to realize that the spirit of murder lurked through it all (что трудно было поверить, что за всем этим таилась смерть: «что дух убийства прятался за всем этим»; to lurk — скрываться в засаде; прятаться). Yet the white face and set expression of the young hunter showed (и все же побледневшее, застывшее лицо молодого охотника показывало; white — белый; set —установленный; крепко сжатые, стиснутые /о зубах/; неподвижный, застывший /о взгляде, улыбке, лице/; expression — выражение) that in his approach to the house he had seen enough to satisfy him upon that head (что, пока он пробирался: «в своем приближении» к дому, он увидел достаточно, чтобы быть в этом полностью уверенным: «чтобы убедить его на этот счет»; to satisfy — удовлетворять; убеждать).

Ferrier carried the bag of gold and notes (Феррьер нес мешок с золотом и ассигнациями), Jefferson Hope had the scanty provisions and water (Джефферсон Хоуп — их скудный провиант и воду), while Lucy had a small bundle containing a few of her more valued possessions (а Люси —узелок с несколькими самыми дорогими для нее вещами; to contain — вмещать, содержать в себе; to value — дорожить, ценить; possession — собственность; имущество). Opening the window very slowly and carefully (очень медленно и осторожно открыв окно), they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night (они подождали, пока темное облако не сделало ночь еще более темной: «не затемнило несколько ночь»), and then one by one passed through into the little garden (а затем по одному выбрались: «пробрались сквозь/через» в маленький садик). With bated breath and crouching figures they stumbled across it (затаив дыхание и пригибаясь, они, спотыкаясь, пересекли его; to stumble — идти спотыкаясь), and gained the shelter of the hedge (пока не оказались в тени забора: «пока не добрались до укрытия ограды»; to gain — достигать, добираться), which they skirted until they came to the gap which opened into the cornfields (вдоль которого они пошли, пока не добрались до прохода, который выводил: «открывался» в кукурузные поля; to skirt — идти вдоль края; skirt, skirts — край, граница; окраина; cornfield — поле, нива; кукурузное поле). They had just reached this point when the young man seized his two companions (только они оказались в этом месте: «добрались до этого места», как молодой человек схватил своих двух компаньонов) and dragged them down into the shadow, where they lay silent and trembling (и потянул их вниз, в тень, где они лежали, затаив дыхание и дрожа: «где они лежали молчаливые и дрожащие»).

outweigh [ˌautˈweɪ], regret [rɪˈɡret], possession [pǝˈzeʃ(ǝ)n]

The lights inside the house had all been extinguished, and from the darkened window Ferrier peered over the fields which had been his own, and which he was now about to abandon for ever. He had long nerved himself to the sacrifice, however, and the thought of the honour and happiness of his daughter outweighed any regret at his ruined fortunes. All looked so peaceful and happy, the rustling trees and the broad silent stretch of grain-land, that it was difficult to realize that the spirit of murder lurked through it all. Yet the white face and set expression of the young hunter showed that in his approach to the house he had seen enough to satisfy him upon that head.

Ferrier carried the bag of gold and notes, Jefferson Hope had the scanty provisions and water, while Lucy had a small bundle containing a few of her more valued possessions. Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden. With bated breath and crouching figures they stumbled across it, and gained the shelter of the hedge, which they skirted until they came to the gap which opened into the cornfields. They had just reached this point when the young man seized his two companions and dragged them down into the shadow, where they lay silent and trembling.