"Oh, how jolly!" they murmur; and they hurry in from the conservatory, and come up from the stairs, and go and fetch each other from all over the house, and crowd into the drawing-room, and sit round, all smirking in anticipation.
Then Harris begins.
Well, you don't look for much of a voice in a comic song. You don't expect correct phrasing or vocalization. You don't mind if a man does find out, when in the middle of a note, that he is too high, and comes down with a jerk. You don't bother about time. You don't mind a man being two bars in front of the accompaniment, and easing up in the middle of a line to argue it out with the pianist, and then starting the verse afresh. But you do expect the words.
You don't expect a man to never remember more than the first three lines of the first verse (вы не ожидаете, что певец не помнит больше первых трех строчек первого куплета), and to keep on repeating these until it is time to begin the chorus (и продолжает повторять их, пока не приходит время начинать /петь/ хором). You don't expect a man to break off in the middle of a line, and snigger, and say, it's very funny (вы не ждете, что певец внезапно останавливается посреди строки, хихикает и говорит, это очень забавно), but he's blest if he can think of the rest of it (но будь он проклят, если может вспомнить остальное), and then try and make it up for himself, and, afterwards, suddenly recollect it (потом пытается выдумать /слова/ сам, а позднее вдруг вспоминает их; to make up — пополнять, возмещать; выдумывать), when he has got to an entirely different part of the song (когда доходит до совершенно другой части песни), and break off, without a word of warning, to go back and let you have it then and there (и вдруг смолкает, не предупредив: «без слова предупреждения», чтобы вернуться и сообщить вам кое-что из того, что вспомнил). You don't — well, I will just give you an idea of Harris's comic singing (вы не… ну, я только дам вам представление о комическом пении Гарриса), and then you can judge of it for yourself (а затем вы сможете судить о нем сами).
HARRIS (standing up in front of piano and addressing the expectant mob) (стоя перед фортепьяно и обращаясь к ожидающей толпе = публике): "I'm afraid it's a very old thing, you know (боюсь, это очень старая вещь, знаете ли). I expect you all know it, you know (полагаю, вы все ее знаете; to expect — ожидать; надеяться; полагать). But it's the only thing I know (но это единственное, что я знаю). It's the judge's song out of Pinafore (это песня судьи из Передника) — no, I don't mean Pinafore — I mean — you know what I mean (нет, я имею в виду не Передник, я говорю о… вы знаете, о чем) — the other thing, you know (другую вещь). You must all join in the chorus, you know (вы все должны подпевать хором; to join in — присоединяться, принимать участие, подхватывать)."
chorus [*k*:r*s] verse [v*:s] different [*d*f(*)r*nt]
You don't expect a man to never remember more than the first three lines of the first verse, and to keep on repeating these until it is time to begin the chorus. You don't expect a man to break off in the middle of a line, and snigger, and say, it's very funny, but he's blest if he can think of the rest of it, and then try and make it up for himself, and, afterwards, suddenly recollect it, when he has got to an entirely different part of the song, and break off, without a word of warning, to go back and let you have it then and there. You don't — well, I will just give you an idea of Harris's comic singing, and then you can judge of it for yourself.
HARRIS (standing up in front of piano and addressing the expectant mob): "I'm afraid it's a very old thing, you know. I expect you all know it, you know. But it's the only thing I know. It's the judge's song out of Pinafore — no, I don't mean Pinafore — I mean — you know what I mean — the other thing, you know. You must all join in the chorus, you know."
(Murmurs of delight and anxiety to join in the chorus (шепот наслаждения и беспокойства /в предвкушении/ пения хором). Brilliant performance of prelude to the Judge's song in "Trial by Jury" by nervous pianist (блестящее исполнение прелюдии/вступления к песне судьи в «Суде Присяжных» взволнованным пианистом). Moment arrives for Harris to join in (наступает момент, чтобы вступил Гаррис). Harris takes no notice of it (Гаррис не замечает этого). Nervous pianist commences prelude over again (взволнованный пианист начинает прелюдию снова), and Harris, commencing singing at the same time (и Гаррис, начиная петь в то же самое время), dashes off the first two lines of the First Lord's song out of "Pinafore (выпаливает начальные две строчки песни Первого Лорда из «Передника»; to dash off — броситься; быстро набросать /письмо, заметку и т.д./)." Nervous pianist tries to push on with prelude, gives it up (взволнованный пианист пытается ускорить прелюдию, сдается), and tries to follow Harris with accompaniment to Judge's song out of "Trial by Jury (пробует следовать = угнаться за Гаррисом, аккомпанируя песне Судьи из «Суда Присяжных»)," finds that doesn't answer, and tries to recollect what he is doing, and where he is (обнаруживает, что это не подходит, и пытается вспомнить, что он делает и где находится; to answer — отвечать, реагировать; соответствовать), feels his mind giving way, and stops short (чувствует, что его память изменяет ему, и внезапно останавливается; to give away — раздавать; упускать; сдаваться, портиться).)
HARRIS (with kindly encouragement) (с доброжелательным ободрением): "It's all right (все в порядке). You're doing it very well, indeed — go on (вы делаете это очень хорошо, в самом деле, —продолжайте)."
NERVOUS PIANIST (взволнованный пианист): "I'm afraid there's a mistake somewhere (боюсь, где-то /произошла/ ошибка). What are you singing (что вы поете)*"
prelude [*prelju:d] accompaniment [**k*mp*n*m*nt] answer [**:ns*]
(Murmurs of delight and anxiety to join in the chorus. Brilliant performance of prelude to the Judge's song in "Trial by Jury" by nervous pianist. Moment arrives for Harris to join in. Harris takes no notice of it. Nervous pianist commences prelude over again, and Harris, commencing singing at the same time, dashes off the first two lines of the First Lord's song out of "Pinafore." Nervous pianist tries to push on with prelude, gives it up, and tries to follow Harris with accompaniment to Judge's song out of "Trial by Jury," finds that doesn't answer, and tries to recollect what he is doing, and where he is, feels his mind giving way, and stops short.)
HARRIS (with kindly encouragement): "It's all right. You're doing it very well, indeed — go on."
NERVOUS PIANIST: "I'm afraid there's a mistake somewhere. What are you singing*"
HARRIS (promptly) (быстро/не задумываясь): "Why the Judge's song out of Trial by Jury (как, песню Судьи из Суда Присяжных). Don't you know it (разве вы не знаете ее)*"
SOME FRIEND OF HARRIS'S (один приятель Гарриса) (from the back of the room) (из глубины комнаты; back — спина; задняя часть): "No, you're not, you chuckle-head, you're singing the Admiral's song from Pinafore (нет, болван, ты поешь песню Адмирала из Передника)."
(Long argument between Harris and Harris's friend as to what Harris is really singing (продолжительный спор между Гаррисом и его приятелем по поводу того, что Гаррис поет в действительности). Friend finally suggests that it doesn't matter what Harris is singing (наконец приятель высказывает мысль, что не важно, что поет Гаррис) so long as Harris gets on and sings it (лишь бы Гаррис продолжал и пел; so long as — поскольку; при условии, что), and Harris, with an evident sense of injustice rankling inside him (а Гаррис, с явным чувством несправедливости, терзающим его; inside — внутри), requests pianist to begin again (просит пианиста начать снова). Pianist, thereupon, starts prelude to the Admiral's song (пианист вслед за этим начинает прелюдию к песне Адмирала), and Harris, seizing what he considers to be a favourable opening in the music, begins (а Гаррис, воспользовавшись, по его мнению: «что он считает», подходящим моментом в музыке, начинает; to seize — схватить/ся/; воспользоваться; favourable — благоприятный; подходящий; opening — открытие, вступительная часть, начало; удобный случай, благоприятная возможность).)
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HARRIS (promptly): "Why the Judge's song out of Trial by Jury. Don't you know it*"
SOME FRIEND OF HARRIS'S (from the back of the room): "No, you're not, you chuckle-head, you're singing the Admiral's song from Pinafore."
(Long argument between Harris and Harris's friend as to what Harris is really singing. Friend finally suggests that it doesn't matter what Harris is singing so long as Harris gets on and sings it, and Harris, with an evident sense of injustice rankling inside him, requests pianist to begin again. Pianist, thereupon, starts prelude to the Admiral's song, and Harris, seizing what he considers to be a favourable opening in the music, begins.)
HARRIS:
"When I was young and called to the Bar (когда я был молодым и стал адвокатом; to be called to the Bar — получать право адвокатской практики в суде; bar — брусок; препятствие; барьер, отделяющий судей от подсудимых; the Bar — адвокатура, адвокатская практика).' "
[General roar of laughter, taken by Harris as a compliment (общий взрыв смеха, принимаемый Гаррисом за комплимент). Pianist, thinking of his wife and family, gives up the unequal contest and retires (пианист, думая о своей жене и детях: «семье», отказывается от неравной борьбы и удаляется; contest — спор, состязание, соперничество); his place being taken by a stronger-nerved man (его место занимает человек с более крепкими нервами).
THE NEW PIANIST (Cheerily) (новый пианист /весело, ободряюще/): "Now then, old man, you start off, and I'll follow (итак, старина, вы начинайте, а я последую /за вами/). We won't bother about any prelude (мы не будем беспокоиться о прелюдии = начнем без вступления)."
HARRIS (Upon whom the explanation of matters has slowly dawned — laughing) (до которого объяснение дела медленно дошло = понял, в чем дело, смеясь): "By Jove (ей-богу; Jove — Юпитер; by Jove! — клянусь Юпитером! ей-богу!)! I beg your pardon (прошу прощения). Of course — I've been mixing up the two songs (конечно, я перепутал две песни). It was Jenkins confused me, you know (это Дженкинс сбил меня с толку). Now then (итак).
contest [*k*ntest] confused [k*n*fju:zd]
HARRIS:
"When I was young and called to the Bar."
(General roar of laughter, taken by Harris as a compliment. Pianist, thinking of his wife and family, gives up the unequal contest and retires; his place being taken by a stronger-nerved man.
THE NEW PIANIST (Cheerily): "Now then, old man, you start off, and I'll follow. We won't bother about any prelude."
HARRIS (Upon whom the explanation of matters has slowly dawned — laughing): "By Jove! I beg your pardon. Of course — I've been mixing up the two songs. It was Jenkins confused me, you know. Now then.
[Singing (поет); his voice appearing to come from the cellar (его голос, кажется = как будто исходит из погреба), and suggesting the first low warnings of an approaching earthquake (и напоминает первые тихие признаки приближающегося землетрясения; warning — предупреждение; знак, признак).]
"When I was young I served a term (когда я был молодым, я служил одно время)
As office-boy to an attorney's firm (рассыльным в фирме адвоката)."
(Aside to pianist) (в сторону, пианисту): "It is too low, old man (слишком низко, старина); we'll have that over again, if you don't mind (начнем заново, если не возражаете)."
(Sings first two lines over again, in a high falsetto this time (поет первые две строчки снова, высоким фальцетом на этот раз). Great surprise on the part of the audience (большое удивление со стороны публики). Nervous old lady near the fire begins to cry, and has to be led out (нервная старая дама у камина начинает плакать, и ее приходится вывести; to lead out).)
HARRIS (continuing) (продолжая):
"I swept the windows and I swept the door (я мыл окна и подметал пол; to sweep — мести, подметать; смывать; door — дверь, дверной проем; дом, помещение),
And I — "
earthquake [**:Okwe*k] attorney [**t*:n*]
(Singing; his voice appearing to come from the cellar, and suggesting the first low warnings of an approaching earthquake.)
"When I was young I served a term
As office-boy to an attorney's firm."
(Aside to pianist): "It is too low, old man; we'll have that over again, if you don't mind."
[Sings first two lines over again, in a high falsetto this time. Great surprise on the part of the audience. Nervous old lady near the fire begins to cry, and has to be led out.]
HARRIS (continuing):
"I swept the windows and I swept the door,
And I — "
No — no, I cleaned the windows of the big front door (нет-нет, я протирал окна = стекла большой парадной двери). And I polished up the floor (и я полировал/начищал пол) — no, dash it — I beg your pardon (нет, черт! — прошу прощения; to dash — наносить сокрушающий удар, разбивать вдребезги, расколачивать) — funny thing, I can't think of that line (забавно, не могу вспомнить эту строчку). And I — and I — Oh, well, we'll get on to the chorus, and chance it (sings) (ну ладно, мы перейдем к хору и рискнем /поет/):
"And I diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-de,
Till now I am the ruler of the Queen's navee (до сих пор я адмирал королевского флота; ruler — властелин, правитель; navee = navy)."
Now then, chorus — it is the last two lines repeated, you know (а теперь хор — последние две строчки повторяются).
GENERAL CHORUS (общий хор):
No — no, I cleaned the windows of the big front door. And I polished up the floor — no, dash it — I beg your pardon — funny thing, I can't think of that line. And I — and I — Oh, well, we'll get on to the chorus, and chance it (sings):
"And I diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-de,
Till now I am the ruler of the Queen's navee."
Now then, chorus — it is the last two lines repeated, you know.
GENERAL CHORUS:
"And he diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-dee'd,
Till now he is the ruler of the Queen's navee."
And Harris never sees what an ass he is making of himself (а Гаррис никогда не видит, какого осла он из себя делает), and how he is annoying a lot of people who never did him any harm (и как он докучает множеству людей, которые не сделали ему ничего плохого; to do harm — причинять вред, наносить ущерб). He honestly imagines that he has given them a treat (он искренне полагает, что доставил им удовольствие; to imagine — воображать, представлять себе; полагать, думать), and says he will sing another comic song after supper (и говорит, что споет еще одну комическую песню после ужина).
Speaking of comic songs and parties, reminds me of a rather curious incident at which I once assisted (/если/ говорить о куплетах и вечеринках, это напоминает мне об одном довольно любопытном случае, при котором я присутствовал; to assist — помогать, способствовать; to assist at — присутствовать при); which, as it throws much light upon the inner mental working of human nature in general (который, проливая: «бросая» много света на /процесс/ внутренней работы человеческой природы в целом; mental — интеллектуальный, умственный; внутренний /происходящий в сознании/), ought, I think, to be recorded in these pages (думаю, должен быть отмечен на этих страницах; to record — записывать, фиксировать).
honestly [**n*stl*] incident [**ns*d(*)nt]
"And he diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-dee'd,
Till now he is the ruler of the Queen's navee."
And Harris never sees what an ass he is making of himself, and how he is annoying a lot of people who never did him any harm. He honestly imagines that he has given them a treat, and says he will sing another comic song after supper.
Speaking of comic songs and parties, reminds me of a rather curious incident at which I once assisted; which, as it throws much light upon the inner mental working of human nature in general, ought, I think, to be recorded in these pages.
We were a fashionable and highly cultured party (мы были светской и высококультурной компанией). We had on our best clothes, and we talked pretty, and were very happy (мы были одеты в наши лучшие одежды, и разговаривали приятно = вели приятные разговоры, и были очень счастливы) — all except two young fellows, students (все, кроме двух молодых людей, студентов), just returned from Germany, commonplace young men (только что вернувшихся из Германии, обычных/ничем не примечательных юношей), who seemed restless and uncomfortable, as if they found the proceedings slow (которые казались беспокойными и испытывавшими неловкость, словно считали, что время течет медленно: «находили действие медленным»; to find; uncomfortable — неудобный, стесненный; proceeding — акт, действие, дело, деятельность). The truth was, we were too clever for them (дело: «правда» в том, что мы были слишком умны для них). Our brilliant but polished conversation, and our high-class tastes, were beyond them (наш блестящий, но утонченный разговор и изысканные вкусы были им недоступны; polished — /от/полированный; тонкий, изысканный; to be beyond — выходить за пределы; быть слишком сложным для кого-либо). They were out of place, among us (они были не к месту среди нас). They never ought to have been there at all (им вообще не следовало быть там). Everybody agreed upon that, later on (впоследствии все согласились с этим; to agree on — договариваться о; приходить к согласию относительно).
We played morceaux from the old German masters (мы играли произведения старинных немецких мастеров; morceau — короткое музыкальное или литературное произведение /франц.: «кусок»/). We discussed philosophy and ethics (мы обсуждали философию и этику = рассуждали о философии и об этике). We flirted with graceful dignity (мы флиртовали с изящным достоинством). We were even humorous — in a high-class way (мы были даже юмористическими = шутили — в изысканной манере).
Somebody recited a French poem after supper, and we said it was beautiful (кто-то прочитал французские стихи после ужина, и мы сказали, они прекрасны; to recite — декламировать, читать вслух); and then a lady sang a sentimental ballad in Spanish (а потом одна дама спела сентиментальную балладу по-испански), and it made one or two of us weep — it was so pathetic (и она заставила некоторых из нас плакать — настолько она /баллада/ была трогательной).
philosophy [f**l*s*f*] humorous [*hju:m(*)r*s] pathetic [p**Oet*k]
We were a fashionable and highly cultured party. We had on our best clothes, and we talked pretty, and were very happy — all except two young fellows, students, just returned from Germany, commonplace young men, who seemed restless and uncomfortable, as if they found the proceedings slow. The truth was, we were too clever for them. Our brilliant but polished conversation, and our high-class tastes, were beyond them. They were out of place, among us. They never ought to have been there at all. Everybody agreed upon that, later on.
We played morceaux from the old German masters. We discussed philosophy and ethics. We flirted with graceful dignity. We were even humorous — in a high-class way.
Somebody recited a French poem after supper, and we said it was beautiful; and then a lady sang a sentimental ballad in Spanish, and it made one or two of us weep — it was so pathetic.
And then those two young men got up, and asked us if we had ever heard Herr Slossenn Boschen (те двое молодых людей поднялись и спросили нас, слышали ли мы когда-нибудь, как господин Слоссен Бошен) (who had just arrived, and was then down in the supper-room) sing his great German comic song (который только что приехал и сейчас был в столовой, поет свою замечательную немецкую комическую песню).
None of us had heard it, that we could remember (никто из нас не слышал ее, насколько мы могли вспомнить).
The young men said it was the funniest song that had ever been written (молодые люди сказали, что это самая забавная песня, что была когда-либо написана; to write), and that, if we liked, they would get Herr Slossenn Boschen (и что, если мы хотим, они попросят господина Слоссен Бошена), whom they knew very well, to sing it (которого очень хорошо знают, спеть ее). They said it was so funny that, when Herr Slossenn Boschen had sung it once before the German Emperor (они сказали, она была настолько смешной, что когда господин Слоссен Бошен спел ее однажды германскому императору: «перед императором»), he (the German Emperor) had had to be carried off to bed (его /императора/ пришлось увести и уложить в постель; to carry off — уносить, уводить).
German [***:m*n] Emperor [*emp(*)r*]
And then those two young men got up, and asked us if we had ever heard Herr Slossenn Boschen (who had just arrived, and was then down in the supper-room) sing his great German comic song.
None of us had heard it, that we could remember.
The young men said it was the funniest song that had ever been written, and that, if we liked, they would get Herr Slossenn Boschen, whom they knew very well, to sing it. They said it was so funny that, when Herr Slossenn Boschen had sung it once before the German Emperor, he (the German Emperor) had had to be carried off to bed.
They said nobody could sing it like Herr Slossenn Boschen (никто не может спеть ее так, как господин Слоссен Бошен); he was so intensely serious all through it that you might fancy he was reciting a tragedy (он так глубоко серьезен на всем ее протяжении, что можно подумать, будто он читает трагедию), and that, of course, made it all the funnier (и это, конечно, делает все еще смешнее). They said he never once suggested by his tone or manner that he was singing anything funny — that would spoil it (они сказали, он ни разу еще не намекнул своей интонацией = никогда нельзя предположить по его интонации или поведению, что он поет что-то смешное — это бы все испортило; to suggest — предлагать; наводить на мысль, намекать). It was his air of seriousness, almost of pathos, that made it so irresistibly amusing (именно его серьезный, почти патетический вид делает песню такой неотразимо забавной; air — воздух, атмосфера; внешний вид, выражение лица).
We said we yearned to hear it, that we wanted a good laugh (мы сказали, что жаждем услышать ее, что хотим хорошо посмеяться); and they went downstairs, and fetched Herr Slossenn Boschen (они спустились по лестнице и позвали господина Слоссен Бошена).
He appeared to be quite pleased to sing it, for he came up at once (он, видимо, был весьма рад спеть, потому что пришел тотчас же; to come up — подниматься, повышаться), and sat down to the piano without another word (и сел за фортепьяно, не говоря ни слова; to sit down).
serious [*s*(*)r**s] irresistibly [,*r**z*st*bl*]
They said nobody could sing it like Herr Slossenn Boschen; he was so intensely serious all through it that you might fancy he was reciting a tragedy, and that, of course, made it all the funnier. They said he never once suggested by his tone or manner that he was singing anything funny — that would spoil it. It was his air of seriousness, almost of pathos, that made it so irresistibly amusing.
We said we yearned to hear it, that we wanted a good laugh; and they went downstairs, and fetched Herr Slossenn Boschen.
He appeared to be quite pleased to sing it, for he came up at once, and sat down to the piano without another word.
"Oh, it will amuse you (это позабавит вас). You will laugh (вы посмеетесь)," whispered the two young men, as they passed through the room (шепнули нам двое молодых людей, проходя через комнату), and took up an unobtrusive position behind the Professor's back (и заняли скромное место за спиной профессора).
Herr Slossenn Boschen accompanied himself (аккомпанировал себе сам). The prelude did not suggest a comic song exactly (вступление совсем не наводило на мысль о комической песне; exactly — точно, как раз; совсем, совершенно). It was a weird, soulful air (это была таинственная, душевная мелодия; air — внешний вид; мелодия, мотив). It quite made one's flesh creep (от нее по телу шли мурашки; flesh — тело; плоть; to creep — ползать; creeps — мурашки; ощущение ужаса); but we murmured to one another that it was the German method, and prepared to enjoy it (но мы прошептали друг другу, что это немецкий способ /петь/, и приготовились наслаждаться).
I don't understand German myself (сам я не понимаю по-немецки). I learned it at school, but forgot every word of it two years after I had left (я изучал его в школе, но забыл каждое его слово = до последнего слова через два года после того, как закончил /ее/; to forget; to leave), and have felt much better ever since (и чувствую себя намного лучше с тех пор). Still, I did not want the people there to guess my ignorance (однако я не хотел, чтобы люди там = присутствующие узнали о моем невежестве; to guess — догадываться; полагать); so I hit upon what I thought to be rather a good idea (поэтому мне пришла, как мне показалось, довольно хорошая мысль; to hit on — найти, прийти к; to hit upon an idea — прийти к мысли). I kept my eye on the two young students, and followed them (я не спускал глаз с двух молодых студентов и следовал за ними = их примеру). When they tittered, I tittered (когда они хихикали, я /тоже/ хихикал); when they roared, I roared (когда они хохотали, я хохотал); and I also threw in a little snigger all by myself now and then (и я также добавлял хихиканье от себя временами; to throw in — добавлять; вставлять /замечание/), as if I had seen a bit of humour that had escaped the others (словно увидел что-то смешное, что ускользнуло от остальных). I considered this particularly artful on my part (я считал это особенно ловким = хорошо придуманным со своей стороны).
unobtrusive [,*n*b*tru:s*v] ignorance [***n*r*ns]
"Oh, it will amuse you. You will laugh," whispered the two young men, as they passed through the room, and took up an unobtrusive position behind the Professor's back.
Herr Slossenn Boschen accompanied himself. The prelude did not suggest a comic song exactly. It was a weird, soulful air. It quite made one's flesh creep; but we murmured to one another that it was the German method, and prepared to enjoy it.
I don't understand German myself. I learned it at school, but forgot every word of it two years after I had left, and have felt much better ever since. Still, I did not want the people there to guess my ignorance; so I hit upon what I thought to be rather a good idea. I kept my eye on the two young students, and followed them. When they tittered, I tittered; when they roared, I roared; and I also threw in a little snigger all by myself now and then, as if I had seen a bit of humour that had escaped the others. I considered this particularly artful on my part.
I noticed, as the song progressed (я заметил по мере того, как песня продолжалась = через некоторое время; to progress — развиваться, двигаться вперед), that a good many other people seemed to have their eye fixed on the two young men, as well as myself (что довольно много других людей, казалось, не сводило глаз с юношей, как и я; to fix one`s eyes on — уставиться, впиться глазами). These other people also tittered when the young men tittered (тоже хихикали, когда хихикали молодые люди), and roared when the young men roared; and, as the two young men tittered and roared (и, так как эти двое молодых людей хихикали, хохотали) and exploded with laughter pretty continuously all through the song, it went exceedingly well (и разражались смехом почти непрерывно на протяжении всей песни, дело шло чрезвычайно хорошо/замечательно; to explode with laughter — разразиться смехом; громко рассмеяться).
And yet that German Professor did not seem happy (и все же этот немецкий профессор не казался довольным; happy — счастливый, довольный). At first, when we began to laugh, the expression of his face was one of intense surprise (сначала, когда мы начали смеяться, выражение его лица было выражением сильного удивления = крайне удивленным), as if laughter were the very last thing he had expected to be greeted with (словно смех был последней вещью, которой он ожидал быть встреченным = словно он меньше всего ожидал, что его встретят смехом). We thought this very funny (мы посчитали это очень забавным): we said his earnest manner was half the humour (сказали /друг другу/, что его серьезное поведение — половина юмора). The slightest hint on his part that he knew how funny he was would have completely ruined it all (малейший намек с его стороны /на то/, что он знает, как он смешон, полностью испортил бы все). As we continued to laugh (по мере того, как мы продолжали смеяться), his surprise gave way to an air of annoyance and indignation (его удивление уступило место выражению досады и негодования; to give way to), and he scowled fiercely round upon us all (и он окинул яростным взглядом нас всех; to scowl — хмуриться; бросать сердитый взгляд) (except upon the two young men who, being behind him, he could not see) (кроме двоих юношей, сидевших позади него, которых он не мог видеть). That sent us into convulsions (от этого мы покатились со смеху; to send — посылать, отправлять; приводить в какое-либо состояние; convulsions — конвульсии, приступ; судорожный смех). We told each other that it would be the death of us, this thing (мы говорили друг другу, что эта песня уморит нас: «будет нашей смертью»). The words alone, we said, were enough to send us into fits (одних слов, сказали мы, достаточно, чтобы довести нас до припадка; fits — судороги, конвульсии), but added to his mock seriousness — oh, it was too much (а вместе с его притворной серьезностью — о, это было чересчур; to add to — добавлять, усиливать)!
scowled [skauld] annoyance [**n***ns]
I noticed, as the song progressed, that a good many other people seemed to have their eye fixed on the two young men, as well as myself. These other people also tittered when the young men tittered, and roared when the young men roared; and, as the two young men tittered and roared and exploded with laughter pretty continuously all through the song, it went exceedingly well.
And yet that German Professor did not seem happy. At first, when we began to laugh, the expression of his face was one of intense surprise, as if laughter were the very last thing he had expected to be greeted with. We thought this very funny: we said his earnest manner was half the humour. The slightest hint on his part that he knew how funny he was would have completely ruined it all. As we continued to laugh, his surprise gave way to an air of annoyance and indignation, and he scowled fiercely round upon us all (except upon the two young men who, being behind him, he could not see). That sent us into convulsions. We told each other that it would be the death of us, this thing. The words alone, we said, were enough to send us into fits, but added to his mock seriousness — oh, it was too much!
In the last verse, he surpassed himself (в последнем куплете он превзошел самого себя). He glowered round upon us with a look of such concentrated ferocity (он посмотрел на нас с такой сосредоточенной свирепостью; to glower at — сердито смотреть на кого-либо) that, but for our being forewarned as to the German method of comic singing, we should have been nervous (что, если бы мы не были заранее предупреждены относительно немецкого способа = манеры петь комические песни, то мы бы занервничали; nervous — нервный; взволнованный, раздражительный); and he threw such a wailing note of agony into the weird music (он вбросил такую скорбную ноту страдания в эту таинственную музыку = в причудливой музыке прозвучали такие горесть и страдание; wail — продолжительный скорбный крик; вопль; причитания, оплакивание; weird — таинственный; причудливый) that, if we had not known it was a funny song, we might have wept (что, если бы мы не знали, что это смешная песня, то заплакали бы; to weep).
He finished amid a perfect shriek of laughter (он закончил среди всеобщего истерического смеха; perfect — совершенный, безупречный; shriek — пронзительный, резкий крик; визг; истерический, пронзительный хохот). We said it was the funniest thing we had ever heard in all our lives (мы сказали, что это самая смешная вещь, /какую/ мы когда-либо слышали за всю жизнь). We said how strange it was that, in the face of things like these (мы сказали, как странно, что, несмотря на подобные вещи = песни; in the face — несмотря на, вопреки; перед лицом), there should be a popular notion that the Germans hadn't any sense of humour (существует распространенное мнение, что у немцев отсутствует чувство юмора; popular — популярный; доступный, широко известный; notion — понятие, представление, точка зрения). And we asked the Professor why he didn't translate the song into English (мы спросили профессора, почему он не переведет эту песню на английский язык), so that the common people could understand it, and hear what a real comic song was like (чтобы простые люди могли понять ее и услышать = узнать, на что похожа настоящая комическая песня).
ferocity [f**r*s*t*] forewarned [f*:*w*:nd] weird [w**d]
In the last verse, he surpassed himself. He glowered round upon us with a look of such concentrated ferocity that, but for our being forewarned as to the German method of comic singing, we should have been nervous; and he threw such a wailing note of agony into the weird music that, if we had not known it was a funny song, we might have wept.
He finished amid a perfect shriek of laughter. We said it was the funniest thing we had ever heard in all our lives. We said how strange it was that, in the face of things like these, there should be a popular notion that the Germans hadn't any sense of humour. And we asked the Professor why he didn't translate the song into English, so that the common people could understand it, and hear what a real comic song was like.
Then Herr Slossenn Boschen got up, and went on awful (тут господин Слоссен Бошен поднялся и разразился /бранью/; to go on — продолжать; набрасываться, бранить; awful — страшный, ужасный). He swore at us in German (which I should judge to be a singularly effective language for that purpose) (он ругал нас по-немецки, который, мне кажется, особенно подходящий язык для этой цели; to swear), and he danced, and shook his fists, and called us all the English he knew (и он приплясывал, и потрясал кулаками, и обзывал нас всеми английскими словами, /какие/ знал; to shake). He said he had never been so insulted in all his life (он сказал, что его никогда за всю жизнь так не оскорбляли).
It appeared that the song was not a comic song at all (оказалось, что песня вообще не была комической). It was about a young girl who lived in the Hartz Mountains (она была о молодой девушке, которая жила в горах Гарц), and who had given up her life to save her lover's soul (и которая отказалась от своей жизни = пожертвовала жизнью, чтобы спасти душу своего возлюбленного; to give up); and he died, and met her spirit in the air (и он умер, и встретил ее дух/душу в воздухе); and then, in the last verse, he jilted her spirit (а потом, в последнем куплете, он бросил ее дух), and went on with another spirit (и улетел с другим духом) — I'm not quite sure of the details, but it was something very sad, I know (не совсем уверен в деталях, но, знаю, это было что-то очень печальное). Herr Boschen said he had sung it once before the German Emperor (спел однажды эту песню германскому императору), and he (the German Emperor) had sobbed like a little child (и он /император/ рыдал, как дитя). He (Herr Boschen) said it was generally acknowledged to be one of the most tragic and pathetic songs in the German language (он /господин Слоссен Бошен/ сказал, что эта песня считается одной из самых трагических и душераздирающих песен в немецком языке; generally acknowledged — общепризнанный).
mountain [*maunt*n] language [*l***w**]
Then Herr Slossenn Boschen got up, and went on awful. He swore at us in German (which I should judge to be a singularly effective language for that purpose), and he danced, and shook his fists, and called us all the English he knew. He said he had never been so insulted in all his life.
It appeared that the song was not a comic song at all. It was about a young girl who lived in the Hartz Mountains, and who had given up her life to save her lover's soul; and he died, and met her spirit in the air; and then, in the last verse, he jilted her spirit, and went on with another spirit — I'm not quite sure of the details, but it was something very sad, I know. Herr Boschen said he had sung it once before the German Emperor, and he (the German Emperor) had sobbed like a little child. He (Herr Boschen) said it was generally acknowledged to be one of the most tragic and pathetic songs in the German language.
It was a trying situation for us — very trying (это было трудное положение для нас = мы находились в очень тяжелом положении). There seemed to be no answer (казалось, /у нас/ не было ответа). We looked around for the two young men who had done this thing (мы оглянулись на двоих молодых людей, которые сделали эту вещь = сыграли с нами злую шутку), but they had left the house in an unostentatious manner immediately after the end of the song (но они ушли из дома незаметно сразу же после окончания песни; unostentatious — ненавязчивый, не бросающийся в глаза).
That was the end of that party (таков был конец этого вечера). I never saw a party break up so quietly, and with so little fuss (никогда не видел, чтобы компания расходилась так тихо, без суеты: «с такой маленькой суетой»; to break up — разрушаться, распадаться; расходиться /о компании/). We never said good-night even to one another (мы не сказали «спокойной ночи» даже друг другу = даже не попрощались). We came downstairs one at a time, walking softly, and keeping the shady side (мы спустились /по лестнице/ по одному, ступая тихо и придерживаясь затененной стороны). We asked the servant for our hats and coats in whispers (мы просили шепотом слугу /подать/ наши шляпы и пальто), and opened the door for ourselves, and slipped out (и сами открывали дверь, и выскальзывали /незаметно/), and got round the corner quickly (и быстро сворачивали за угол), avoiding each other as much as possible (избегая/сторонясь друг друга насколько возможно).
I have never taken much interest in German songs since then (я никогда не проявлял большого интереса к немецким песням с тех пор).
We reached Sunbury Lock at half-past three (мы добрались до шлюза Санбери в половине четвертого). The river is sweetly pretty just there before you come to the gates (река очаровательна здесь, пока вы не подошли к воротам), and the backwater is charming (и бьеф /тоже/ прелестный; backwater — заводь, запруда; бьеф /часть водоема, реки или канала, примыкающая к плотине, шлюзу/); but don't attempt to row up it (но не пытайтесь подняться на веслах по нему).
unostentatious [**n,*sten*te***s] charming [***:m**]
It was a trying situation for us — very trying. There seemed to be no answer. We looked around for the two young men who had done this thing, but they had left the house in an unostentatious manner immediately after the end of the song.
That was the end of that party. I never saw a party break up so quietly, and with so little fuss. We never said good-night even to one another. We came downstairs one at a time, walking softly, and keeping the shady side. We asked the servant for our hats and coats in whispers, and opened the door for ourselves, and slipped out, and got round the corner quickly, avoiding each other as much as possible.
I have never taken much interest in German songs since then.
We reached Sunbury Lock at half-past three. The river is sweetly pretty just there before you come to the gates, and the backwater is charming; but don't attempt to row up it.
I tried to do so once (я попытался сделать это однажды). I was sculling, and asked the fellows who were steering if they thought it could be done (я сидел на веслах и спросил приятелей, которые правили рулем, как они думают, можно ли это сделать), and they said, oh, yes, they thought so, if I pulled hard (они сказали, думают, что да, если я навалюсь на весла). We were just under the little foot-bridge that crosses it between the two weirs, when they said this (мы были как раз под маленьким пешеходным мостиком, переброшенным между двумя дамбами, когда они это сказали; to cross — пересекать/ся/, перекрещивать/ся/; weir — плотина, запруда, дамба), and I bent down over the sculls, and set myself up, and pulled (и я наклонился над веслами, собрался с силами и /начал/ грести; to set up — настраивать, устанавливать; восстанавливать /силы, здоровье/).
I pulled splendidly (я греб великолепно). I got well into a steady rhythmical swing (я выработал постоянный ритмичный взмах /веслами/; to get into — войти; приобретать, появляться /о привычках/; попадать в какое-либо положение, состояние; swing — качание, колебание, взмах). I put my arms, and my legs, and my back into it (я действовал руками, ногами и спиной; to put in — вкладывать, вводить /в действие/). I set myself a good, quick, dashing stroke, and worked in really grand style (я греб хорошо, быстро, энергично, и работал в великолепном стиле). My two friends said it was a pleasure to watch me (двое моих приятелей сказали, что наблюдать за мной — /одно/ удовольствие). At the end of five minutes, I thought we ought to be pretty near the weir, and I looked up (через пять минут: «в конце пяти минут» я подумал, что мы должны быть довольно близко от запруды, и поднял глаза). We were under the bridge, in exactly the same spot that we were when I began (мы были под мостом, на том же самом месте, где мы находились, когда я начал), and there were those two idiots, injuring themselves by violent laughing (а те два идиота вредили себе неистовым смехом = смеялись до колик; to injure — ранить, ушибить; вредить). I had been grinding away like mad to keep that boat stuck still under that bridge (я греб, как сумасшедший, чтобы удержать лодку на месте, под тем мостом; to grind away — усердно работать; to keep still — не шевелиться; не шуметь; to stick — приклеивать/ся/, завязнуть). I let other people pull up backwaters against strong streams now (я оставил другим людям = пусть теперь другие /попробуют/ пойти на веслах по бьефам/каналам против сильного течения).
weir [w**] rhythmical [*r**m*k(*)l] injuring [**n**r**]
I tried to do so once. I was sculling, and asked the fellows who were steering if they thought it could be done, and they said, oh, yes, they thought so, if I pulled hard. We were just under the little foot-bridge that crosses it between the two weirs, when they said this, and I bent down over the sculls, and set myself up, and pulled.
I pulled splendidly. I got well into a steady rhythmical swing. I put my arms, and my legs, and my back into it. I set myself a good, quick, dashing stroke, and worked in really grand style. My two friends said it was a pleasure to watch me. At the end of five minutes, I thought we ought to be pretty near the weir, and I looked up. We were under the bridge, in exactly the same spot that we were when I began, and there were those two idiots, injuring themselves by violent laughing. I had been grinding away like mad to keep that boat stuck still under that bridge. I let other people pull up backwaters against strong streams now.
We sculled up to Walton, a rather large place for a riverside town (мы прошли на веслах вверх до Уолтона, довольно большого местечка для прибрежного города). As with all riverside places, only the tiniest corner of it comes down to the water (как и во всех прибрежных городах, только крошечный уголок его спускается к воде), so that from the boat you might fancy it was a village of some half-dozen houses, all told (так что из лодки можно подумать, что это деревушка в полдюжины домов; all told — в общей сложности, включая всех). Windsor and Abingdon are the only towns between London and Oxford (Виндзор и Абингдон — единственные города между Лондоном и Оксфордом) that you can really see anything of from the stream (которые действительно можно увидеть с реки). All the others hide round corners, and merely peep at the river down one street (все остальные прячутся за углами и лишь выглядывают на реку одной улицей): my thanks to them for being so considerate (спасибо им за то, что они так деликатны/внимательны к другим), and leaving the river-banks to woods and fields and water-works (и предоставляют берега реки лесам, полям и водопроводным станциям).
Even Reading, though it does its best to spoil and sully and make hideous as much of the river as it can reach (даже Рэдинг, хотя и старается изо всех сил испортить, загрязнить и обезобразить столько реки, сколько может достать = как можно больше; hideous — отвратительный, безобразный, ужасный), is good-natured enough to keep its ugly face a good deal out of sight (достаточно добродушен, чтобы спрятать значительную часть своего уродливого лица: «держать вне поля зрения»).
dozen [*d*z(*)n] hideous [*h*d**s]
We sculled up to Walton, a rather large place for a riverside town. As with all riverside places, only the tiniest corner of it comes down to the water, so that from the boat you might fancy it was a village of some half-dozen houses, all told. Windsor and Abingdon are the only towns between London and Oxford that you can really see anything of from the stream. All the others hide round corners, and merely peep at the river down one street: my thanks to them for being so considerate, and leaving the river-banks to woods and fields and water-works.
Even Reading, though it does its best to spoil and sully and make hideous as much of the river as it can reach, is good-natured enough to keep its ugly face a good deal out of sight.
Caesar, of course, had a little place at Walton (у Цезаря, конечно, была небольшая резиденция в Уолтоне; place — место; город, селение; усадьба, загородный дом; резиденция) — a camp, or an entrenchment, or something of that sort (лагерь, или укрепление, или что-то в этом роде). Caesar was a regular up-river man (был настоящим любителем рек; regular — регулярный, постоянный; настоящий, сущий; up-river — находящийся в верховьях реки, ведущий к верховью реки). Also Queen Elizabeth, she was there, too (и королева Елизавета тоже бывала здесь). You can never get away from that woman, go where you will (вы никогда не уйдете от этой женщины, куда бы ни пошли = от нее нигде не скрыться). Cromwell and Bradshaw (not the guide man, but the King Charles's head man) likewise sojourned here (Кромвель и Брадшо /не автор справочника, а палач короля Карла/ также останавливались; Bradshaw — «Брадшо», известный справочник расписания движения на всех железных дорогах Великобритании /по фамилии первого издателя Дж. Брадшо/; headman — глава, начальник; вождь; палач; to sojourn — временно жить, оставаться непродолжительное время). They must have been quite a pleasant little party, altogether (они, должно быть, были довольно милой маленькой компанией; altogether — вполне, совершенно, в общем).
There is an iron "scold's bridle" in Walton Church (в Уолтонской церкви находится железная «узда для сварливых»; scold's bridle — кляп). They used these things in ancient days for curbing women's tongues (эти вещи использовали в стародавние времена: «древние дни», чтобы обуздать женские языки). They have given up the attempt now (теперь отказались от таких попыток). I suppose iron was getting scarce, and nothing else would be strong enough (полагаю, железа становилось меньше, а ничто другое не было бы достаточно крепким; scarce — недостаточный, дефицитный).
sojourned [*s***:nd] iron [*a**n] ancient [*e*n*(*)nt]
Caesar, of course, had a little place at Walton — a camp, or an entrenchment, or something of that sort. Caesar was a regular up-river man. Also Queen Elizabeth, she was there, too. You can never get away from that woman, go where you will. Cromwell and Bradshaw (not the guide man, but the King Charles's head man) likewise sojourned here. They must have been quite a pleasant little party, altogether.
There is an iron "scold's bridle" in Walton Church. They used these things in ancient days for curbing women's tongues. They have given up the attempt now. I suppose iron was getting scarce, and nothing else would be strong enough.
There are also tombs of note in the church (в церкви также расположены известные могилы), and I was afraid I should never get Harris past them (и я боялся, что не смогу заставить Гарриса пройти мимо них); but he didn't seem to think of them, and we went on (но он, казалось, не думал о них, и мы продолжали путь). Above the bridge the river winds tremendously (выше моста река ужасно извилиста; to wind — извиваться, изгибаться). This makes it look picturesque (это делает ее живописной); but it irritates you from a towing or sculling point of view (но раздражает с точки зрения буксировки или гребли = если вы тянете лодку на буксире или идете на веслах), and causes argument between the man who is pulling and the man who is steering (и вызывает спор между тем, кто гребет, и тем, кто правит рулем).
You pass Oatlands Park on the right bank here (вы проходите мимо Оутлэндс-парка, /расположенного/ на правом берегу). It is a famous old place (это знаменитая старинная усадьба). Henry VIII. stole it from some one or the other, I forget whom now, and lived in it (Генрих VIII украл ее у кого-то, я забыл, у кого, и жил в ней; to steal). There is a grotto in the park which you can see for a fee (в парке есть грот, который можно посмотреть за плату), and which is supposed to be very wonderful (и который считается очень удивительным); but I cannot see much in it myself (но сам я не могу увидеть много = что-то особенное в нем). The late Duchess of York, who lived at Oatlands (покойная герцогиня Йоркская, которая жила в Оутлэндсе), was very fond of dogs, and kept an immense number (очень любила собак и держала /их/ огромное число). She had a special graveyard made, in which to bury them when they died (она устроила особое кладбище, чтобы хоронить их там, когда они околеют), and there they lie, about fifty of them, with a tombstone over each, and an epitaph inscribed thereon (и их там лежит около пятидесяти, с надгробным камнем над каждой, и на них написаны эпитафии; thereon — на том, на этом).
Well, I dare say they deserve it quite as much as the average Christian does (что ж, полагаю/осмелюсь сказать, они заслуживают этого в такой же мере, как и обычный христианин; average — средний; нормальный, обычный).
picturesque [,p*k***resk] immense [**mens] average [**v(*)r**]
There are also tombs of note in the church, and I was afraid I should never get Harris past them; but he didn't seem to think of them, and we went on. Above the bridge the river winds tremendously. This makes it look picturesque; but it irritates you from a towing or sculling point of view, and causes argument between the man who is pulling and the man who is steering.
You pass Oatlands Park on the right bank here. It is a famous old place. Henry VIII. stole it from some one or the other, I forget whom now, and lived in it. There is a grotto in the park which you can see for a fee, and which is supposed to be very wonderful; but I cannot see much in it myself. The late Duchess of York, who lived at Oatlands, was very fond of dogs, and kept an immense number. She had a special graveyard made, in which to bury them when they died, and there they lie, about fifty of them, with a tombstone over each, and an epitaph inscribed thereon.
Well, I dare say they deserve it quite as much as the average Christian does.
At "Corway Stakes" — the first bend above Walton Bridge (у Коруэй-Стейкса, первой излучине выше Уолтонского моста) — was fought a battle between Caesar and Cassivelaunus (произошла битва между Цезарем и Кассивелауном; to fight — сражаться). Cassivelaunus had prepared the river for Caesar (Кассивелаун приготовил реку к /приходу/ Цезаря), by planting it full of stakes (and had, no doubt, put up a notice-board) (усеяв /дно/ кольями /и, несомненно, повесил доску с предупреждающей надписью/; to plant — сажать; втыкать, устанавливать). But Caesar crossed in spite of this (но Цезарь переправился /на другой берег/, несмотря на это). You couldn't choke Caesar off that river (Цезаря нельзя было отогнать от этой реки; to choke off — заставить отказаться /от попытки, намерения/; устранить кого-либо). He is the sort of man we want round the backwaters now (он такой человек, который нам нужен = пригодился бы теперь на заводях).
Halliford and Shepperton are both pretty little spots where they touch the river (Хэллифорд и Шеппертон — прелестные местечки /в той части/, где касаются реки = выходят к реке; both — оба, обе); but there is nothing remarkable about either of them (но ни в одном из них нет ничего примечательного). There is a tomb in Shepperton churchyard, however, with a poem on it (на шеппертонском церковном кладбище есть, тем не менее, одна могила со стихами на /надгробном камне/), and I was nervous lest Harris should want to get out and fool round it (и я нервничал, как бы Гаррис не захотел выйти /из лодки/ и побродить вокруг нее). I saw him fix a longing eye on the landing-stage as we drew near it (я видел, как он устремил жаждущий/горящий взгляд на пристань, когда мы приблизились к ней; to draw), so I managed, by an adroit movement, to jerk his cap into the water (поэтому я сумел ловким движением сбросить его кепку в воду; to jerk — резко толкать, дергать; резко бросить что-либо, швырнуть), and in the excitement of recovering that, and his indignation at my clumsiness (и в возбуждении возвращения ее и негодования на мою неловкость = пока он вылавливал кепку и ругал меня за неловкость; to recover — вновь обретать, возвращать), he forgot all about his beloved graves (он совсем позабыл о своих любимых могилах).
doubt [daut] recovering [r**k*v*r**] clumsiness [*kl*mz*n*s]
At "Corway Stakes" — the first bend above Walton Bridge — was fought a battle between Caesar and Cassivelaunus. Cassivelaunus had prepared the river for Caesar, by planting it full of stakes (and had, no doubt, put up a notice-board). But Caesar crossed in spite of this. You couldn't choke Caesar off that river. He is the sort of man we want round the backwaters now.
Halliford and Shepperton are both pretty little spots where they touch the river; but there is nothing remarkable about either of them. There is a tomb in Shepperton churchyard, however, with a poem on it, and I was nervous lest Harris should want to get out and fool round it. I saw him fix a longing eye on the landing-stage as we drew near it, so I managed, by an adroit movement, to jerk his cap into the water, and in the excitement of recovering that, and his indignation at my clumsiness, he forgot all about his beloved graves.
At Weybridge, the Wey (a pretty little stream, navigable for small boats up to Guildford (у Уэйбриджа река Уэй /симпатичная маленькая речка, судоходная для маленьких лодок до Гилдфорда), and one which I have always been making up my mind to explore, and never have) (которую я всегда думаю исследовать, но так и не надумал; to make up one`s mind — принять решение, решиться, надумать), the Bourne, and the Basingstoke Canal all enter the Thames together (Буэн и Бэйсингстокский канал все вместе впадают в Темзу; to enter — входить, проникать; bourne — уст. ручей, поток). The lock is just opposite the town, and the first thing that we saw, when we came in view of it (шлюз находится как раз напротив города, и первой вещью, которую мы заметили, когда увидели его; to come in view — увидеть; попасть в поле зрения), was George's blazer on one of the lock gates (был пиджак Джорджа у одних из ворот шлюза), closer inspection showing that George was inside it (более близкое рассмотрение показало, что Джордж находится в нем = что пиджак надет на Джорджа; closer inspection — более внимательное рассмотрение).
Montmorency set up a furious barking, I shrieked, Harris roared (Монморенси неистово залаял, я пронзительно закричал, Гаррис заорал; to set up — поднимать /крик, шум/); George waved his hat, and yelled back (Джордж помахал своей шляпой и крикнул в ответ). The lock-keeper rushed out with a drag (начальник шлюза выбежал с тралом; drag — бредень, невод; драга, землечерпалка; трал /для извлечения предметов со дна рек или водоемов, особенно для извлечения тел утопленников/), under the impression that somebody had fallen into the lock (под впечатлением, что = полагая, что кто-то упал в шлюз; to fall), and appeared annoyed at finding that no one had (и казался раздосадованным, обнаружив, что никто не упал).
navigable [*n*v***bl] Thames [temz] annoyed [**n**d]
At Weybridge, the Wey (a pretty little stream, navigable for small boats up to Guildford, and one which I have always been making up my mind to explore, and never have), the Bourne, and the Basingstoke Canal all enter the Thames together. The lock is just opposite the town, and the first thing that we saw, when we came in view of it, was George's blazer on one of the lock gates, closer inspection showing that George was inside it.
Montmorency set up a furious barking, I shrieked, Harris roared; George waved his hat, and yelled back. The lock-keeper rushed out with a drag, under the impression that somebody had fallen into the lock, and appeared annoyed at finding that no one had.
George had rather a curious oilskin-covered parcel in his hand (у Джорджа в руке был очень странный пакет, завернутый в клеенку; curious — любопытный; странный; oilskin — тонкая клеенка, непромокаемая ткань; parcel — пакет, сверток, узел). It was round and flat at one end, with a long straight handle sticking out of it (он был круглый и плоский с одной стороны, и из него торчала длинная прямая ручка).
"What's that (что это)*" said Harris — "a frying-pan (сковородка)*"
"No," said George, with a strange, wild look glittering in his eyes (сказал Джордж со странным, возбужденным, сверкающим взглядом; look — взгляд; выражение глаз, выражение лица, вид; he had a faraway look in his eyes — у него был отсутствующий взгляд); "they are all the rage this season (они очень популярны в этом году; all the rage — последний крик моды; что-либо очень популярное; season — время года, год; сезон, время, пора); everybody has got them up the river (все взяли их с собой на реку). It's a banjo (это банджо)."
"I never knew you played the banjo (никогда не знал, что ты играешь на банджо)!" cried Harris and I, in one breath (вскричали мы с Гаррисом в один голос; breath — дыхание, вздох).
"Not exactly (не совсем: «не точно /так/»)," replied George (ответил Джордж): "but it's very easy, they tell me (но это очень легко, мне говорят); and I've got the instruction book (и у меня есть самоучитель; instruction book — руководство; наставление; инструкция)!"
season [*si:z(*)n] parcel [p*:sl]
George had rather a curious oilskin-covered parcel in his hand. It was round and flat at one end, with a long straight handle sticking out of it.
"What's that*" said Harris — "a frying-pan*"
"No," said George, with a strange, wild look glittering in his eyes; "they are all the rage this season; everybody has got them up the river. It's a banjo."
"I never knew you played the banjo!" cried Harris and I, in one breath.
"Not exactly," replied George: "but it's very easy, they tell me; and I've got the instruction book!"
CHAPTER IX (глава девятая)
George is introduced to work (Джорджа заставляют работать; to introduce — вводить, внедрять; знакомить). — Heathenish instincts of tow-lines (варварские инстинкты буксирного каната/бечевы; heathenish — языческий; отвратительный, грубый; heathen — язычник; line — веревка, шнур, линь). — Ungrateful conduct of a double-sculling skiff (неблагодарное поведение четырехвесельной лодки; skiff — ялик, скиф; небольшая плоскодонная гребная лодка). — Towers and towed (буксирующие и буксируемые). — A use discovered for lovers (/новое/ применение, найденное влюбленным; use — применение, использование; толк). — Strange disappearance of an elderly lady (странное исчезновение пожилой дамы). — Much haste, less speed (тише едешь, дальше будешь: «больше спешка, меньше скорость»). — Being towed by girls: exciting sensation (буксируемые девушками = на буксире у девушек: захватывающее чувство). — The missing lock or the haunted river (пропавший шлюз, или река с призраками; to haunt — часто навещать, бывать где-либо; преследовать; являться /о призраках/: haunted house — дом с привидениями, дом, посещаемый призраками). — Music (музыка). — Saved (спасены)!
George is introduced to work. — Heathenish instincts of tow-lines. — Ungrateful conduct of a double-sculling skiff. — Towers and towed. — A use discovered for lovers. — Strange disappearance of an elderly lady. — Much haste, less speed. — Being towed by girls: exciting sensation. — The missing lock or the haunted river. — Music. — Saved!
WE made George work, now we had got him (мы заставили Джорджа работать, теперь, /когда/ он был в нашем распоряжении). He did not want to work, of course (он не хотел работать, конечно); that goes without saying (само собой разумеется). He had had a hard time in the City, so he explained (ему пришлось тяжело = много поработать в Сити, так он объяснил). Harris, who is callous in his nature, and not prone to pity, said (Гаррис, черствый по своей природе и не склонный к жалости, сказал):
"Ah! and now you are going to have a hard time on the river for a change (теперь тебе придется потрудиться на реке для разнообразия); change is good for everyone (перемена полезна каждому). Out you get (а ну выходи)!"
heathenish [*hi:**n**] disappearance [,d*s**p*(*)r*ns] haunted [*h*:nt*d]
WE made George work, now we had got him. He did not want to work, of course; that goes without saying. He had had a hard time in the City, so he explained. Harris, who is callous in his nature, and not prone to pity, said:
"Ah! and now you are going to have a hard time on the river for a change; change is good for everyone. Out you get!"
He could not in conscience — not even George's conscience (он не мог по совести — даже по /такой/ совести, /как/ у Джорджа) — object, though he did suggest that, perhaps, it would be better for him to stop in the boat, and get tea ready (возразить, хотя он предложил, что, может, ему лучше остаться в лодке и приготовить чай), while Harris and I towed, because getting tea was such a worrying work, and Harris and I looked tired (в то время как мы с Гаррисом будем тянуть /лодку/, потому что приготовление чая — такая беспокойная, утомительная работа, а Гаррис и я выглядим усталыми). The only reply we made to this, however, was to pass him over the tow-line (единственным ответом, который мы дали на это, было передать ему буксирный канат = однако вместо ответа мы передали ему буксирный канат), and he took it, and stepped out (и он взял его, и вышел /из лодки/).
There is something very strange and unaccountable about a tow-line (в буксирном канате есть что-то очень странное и необъяснимое). You roll it up with as much patience and care as you would take to fold up a new pair of trousers (вы сматываете его с такими терпением и осторожностью, какие бы приложили, чтобы сложить новую пару брюк), and five minutes afterwards, when you pick it up (а пять минут спустя, когда вы поднимаете его), it is one ghastly, soul-revolting tangle (он является одним ужасным, отвратительным спутанным клубком; soul-revolting — возмущающий душу).
conscience [*k*n*(*)ns] patience [*pe**(*)ns] ghastly [***:stl*]
He could not in conscience — not even George's conscience — object, though he did suggest that, perhaps, it would be better for him to stop in the boat, and get tea ready, while Harris and I towed, because getting tea was such a worrying work, and Harris and I looked tired. The only reply we made to this, however, was to pass him over the tow-line, and he took it, and stepped out.
There is something very strange and unaccountable about a tow-line. You roll it up with as much patience and care as you would take to fold up a new pair of trousers, and five minutes afterwards, when you pick it up, it is one ghastly, soul-revolting tangle.
I do not wish to be insulting, but I firmly believe that if you took an average tow-line (я не хочу никого обидеть: «быть оскорбительным», но я твердо убежден, что если взять обычный буксирный канат), and stretched it out straight across the middle of a field (и растянуть его посреди поля; straight across — перпендикулярно, через: «прямо через»), and then turned your back on it for thirty seconds (а потом повернуться к нему спиной/отвернуться на тридцать секунд), that, when you looked round again, you would find (то, когда вы повернетесь снова, обнаружите; to look round — оглядываться /кругом/) that it had got itself altogether in a heap in the middle of the field (что он /весь/ собрался в кучу посреди поля), and had twisted itself up (и скрутился), and tied itself into knots (и завязался в узлы), and lost its two ends (и потерял свои концы), and become all loops (и превратился в одни петли); and it would take you a good half-hour (и это займет у вас добрых полчаса), sitting down there on the grass and swearing all the while, to disentangle it again (/и при этом вы будете/ сидеть на траве и ругаться все это время, чтобы снова его распутать).
That is my opinion of tow-lines in general (таково мое мнение о бечеве вообще). Of course, there may be honourable exceptions (конечно, могут быть почтенные исключения); I do not say that there are not (я не говорю, что их нет). There may be tow-lines that are a credit to their profession (могут быть буксирные канаты, которые делают честь своей профессии) — conscientious, respectable tow-lines (добросовестные, достойные уважения канаты) — tow-lines that do not imagine they are crochet-work (которые не воображают, что они вязальные нитки; crochet — вязание крючком), and try to knit themselves up into antimacassars the instant they are left to themselves (и не пытаются превратиться в салфеточки в /тот же/ момент, как их предоставят самим себе; to knit up — связывать, соединять). I say there may be such tow-lines (говорю же, могут быть подобные канаты); I sincerely hope there are (я искренне надеюсь, что они есть). But I have not met with them (но я с ними не встречался; to meet — встречать).
disentangle [*d*s*n*t***l] honourable [**n(*)r*bl] crochet [*kr*u*e*]
I do not wish to be insulting, but I firmly believe that if you took an average tow-line, and stretched it out straight across the middle of a field, and then turned your back on it for thirty seconds, that, when you looked round again, you would find that it had got itself altogether in a heap in the middle of the field, and had twisted itself up, and tied itself into knots, and lost its two ends, and become all loops; and it would take you a good half-hour, sitting down there on the grass and swearing all the while, to disentangle it again.
That is my opinion of tow-lines in general. Of course, there may be honourable exceptions; I do not say that there are not. There may be tow-lines that are a credit to their profession — conscientious, respectable tow-lines — tow-lines that do not imagine they are crochet-work, and try to knit themselves up into antimacassars the instant they are left to themselves. I say there may be such tow-lines; I sincerely hope there are. But I have not met with them.
This tow-line I had taken in myself just before we had got to the lock (этой бечевой я занялся сам, непосредственно перед тем, как мы добрались до шлюза). I would not let Harris touch it, because he is careless (я бы не позволил Гаррису прикасаться к ней, потому что он небрежен/невнимателен). I had looped it round slowly and cautiously (я смотал ее медленно и осторожно; to loop — делать петлю), and tied it up in the middle, and folded it in two (и перевязал посередине, и сложил вдвое), and laid it down gently at the bottom of the boat (и тихонько/осторожно положил на дно лодки). Harris had lifted it up scientifically, and had put it into George's hand (Гаррис поднял ее по всем правилам: «научно» и вложил в руку Джорджа). George had taken it firmly, and held it away from him (Джордж взял ее крепко, вытянул руку; to hold — держать; to hold away from — отдалять), and had begun to unravel it as if he were taking the swaddling clothes off a new-born infant (и начал распутывать ее, словно он снимал пеленки с новорожденного младенца = распеленывал новорожденного младенца); and, before he had unwound a dozen yards (и прежде, чем он размотал дюжину ярдов; to unwind; yard — ярд /91 см/), the thing was more like a badly-made door-mat than anything else (бечева была больше похожа на плохо сделанный коврик для ног, чем на что-либо еще).
It is always the same, and the same sort of thing always goes on in connection with it (всегда одно и то же, и то же самое всегда происходит в связи с этим). The man on the bank, who is trying to disentangle it (человек на берегу, который пытается распутать ее), thinks all the fault lies with the man who rolled it up (думает, что вся вина лежит на том, кто смотал ее); and when a man up the river thinks a thing, he says it (а когда человек на реке что-нибудь думает, он говорит это /прямо/).
cautiously [*k*:**sl*] scientifically [,sa**n*t*f*k(*)l*]
This tow-line I had taken in myself just before we had got to the lock. I would not let Harris touch it, because he is careless. I had looped it round slowly and cautiously, and tied it up in the middle, and folded it in two, and laid it down gently at the bottom of the boat. Harris had lifted it up scientifically, and had put it into George's hand. George had taken it firmly, and held it away from him, and had begun to unravel it as if he were taking the swaddling clothes off a new-born infant; and, before he had unwound a dozen yards, the thing was more like a badly-made door-mat than anything else.
It is always the same, and the same sort of thing always goes on in connection with it. The man on the bank, who is trying to disentangle it, thinks all the fault lies with the man who rolled it up; and when a man up the river thinks a thing, he says it.
"What have you been trying to do with it, make a fishing-net of it (что ты пытаешься сделать с ней, — сделать из нее рыболовную сеть)* You've made a nice mess you have (ну и запутал же ты ее; to make a mess — устроить кавардак; заварить кашу; напутать); why couldn't you wind it up properly, you silly dummy (почему ты не мог смотать ее как полагается, глупый болван)*" he grunts from time to time as he struggles wildly with it (ворчит он время от времени, яростно сражаясь с бечевой), and lays it out flat on the tow-path (и растягивает ее на берегу; to lay out — выкладывать, выставлять; flat — плоский, ровный), and runs round and round it, trying to find the end (и бегает вокруг нее, пытаясь найти конец).
On the other hand, the man who wound it up (с другой стороны, человек, который смотал ее) thinks the whole cause of the muddle rests with the man who is trying to unwind it (думает, что вся причина = вина путаницы/неразберихи лежит на том, кто пытается распутать ее; to rest with — возлагать ответственность).
"It was all right when you took it (она была в порядке, когда ты взял ее)!" he exclaims indignantly (восклицает он негодующе). "Why don't you think what you are doing (почему ты не думаешь /о том/, что делаешь)* You go about things in such a slap-dash style (ты приступаешь к работе в такой небрежной манере = делаешь все кое-как). You'd get a scaffolding pole entangled, you would (ты бы и строительную балку запутал; scaffolding pole — стойка строительных лесов; scaffold — леса, подмостки; эшафот)!"
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"What have you been trying to do with it, make a fishing-net of it* You've made a nice mess you have; why couldn't you wind it up properly, you silly dummy*" he grunts from time to time as he struggles wildly with it, and lays it out flat on the tow-path, and runs round and round it, trying to find the end.
On the other hand, the man who wound it up thinks the whole cause of the muddle rests with the man who is trying to unwind it.
"It was all right when you took it!" he exclaims indignantly. "Why don't you think what you are doing* You go about things in such a slap-dash style. You'd get a scaffolding pole entangled, you would!"
And they feel so angry with one another (и они так сердятся /друг на друга/) that they would like to hang each other with the thing (что хотели бы повесить друг друга на этой штуке = на бечеве).
Ten minutes go by, and the first man gives a yell and goes mad (десять минут проходит, и первый человек вскрикивает и начинает беситься), and dances on the rope, and tries to pull it straight by seizing hold of the first piece that comes to his hand and hauling at it (и прыгает/пляшет на ней, и пытается распрямить ее, схватив первую часть, что попадается под руку, и тянет за нее). Of course, this only gets it into a tighter tangle than ever (конечно, от этого она только спутывается в еще более плотный клубок = еще сильнее). Then the second man climbs out of the boat and comes to help him (потом второй человек выбирается из лодки и приходит ему на помощь), and they get in each other's way, and hinder one another (и они попадаются друг другу под руку, и мешают друг другу; to get in one`s way — загораживать дорогу, мешать, стоять на пути). They both get hold of the same bit of line (оба хватаются за один и тот же кусок каната), and pull at it in opposite directions (и тянут в противоположных направлениях), and wonder where it is caught (и спрашивают /себя/, где он зацепился; to catch). In the end, they do get it clear (в конце концов они распутывают бечеву), and then turn round and find that the boat has drifted off (а потом оборачиваются и обнаруживают, что лодку отнесло; to drift — сноситься, смещаться, сдвигаться по ветру, по течению, дрейфовать), and is making straight for the weir (и несет прямо к дамбе; to make for — направляться).
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And they feel so angry with one another that they would like to hang each other with the thing.
Ten minutes go by, and the first man gives a yell and goes mad, and dances on the rope, and tries to pull it straight by seizing hold of the first piece that comes to his hand and hauling at it. Of course, this only gets it into a tighter tangle than ever. Then the second man climbs out of the boat and comes to help him, and they get in each other's way, and hinder one another. They both get hold of the same bit of line, and pull at it in opposite directions, and wonder where it is caught. In the end, they do get it clear, and then turn round and find that the boat has drifted off, and is making straight for the weir.
This really happened once to my own knowledge (это действительно произошло однажды; knowledge — знание, осведомленность; to my knowledge — насколько мне известно). It was up by Boveney, one rather windy morning (это случилось у Бовени, в одно довольно ветреное утро). We were pulling down stream, and, as we came round the bend (мы шли на веслах вниз по течению, и, проходя излучину; to come round — объезжать, обходить; поворачивать), we noticed a couple of men on the bank (мы заметили пару человек на берегу). They were looking at each other with as bewildered and helplessly miserable expression (они смотрели друг на друга с таким растерянным и беспомощно несчастным выражением) as I have ever witnessed on any human countenance before or since (какого я не видел на человеческом лице ни прежде, ни с тех пор; countenance — выражение /лица, глаз/; лицо, лик), and they held a long tow-line between them (и держали длинный буксирный канат между собой; to hold). It was clear that something had happened (было ясно, что что-то случилось), so we eased up and asked them what was the matter (поэтому мы замедлили ход и спросили их, в чем дело).
"Why, our boat's gone off (ну, нашу лодку унесло; to go off — уходить, уезжать, отправляться куда-либо; сбегать)!" they replied in an indignant tone (ответили они негодующим тоном). "We just got out to disentangle the tow-line (мы только вышли, чтобы распутать канат), and when we looked round, it was gone (а когда оглянулись, она исчезла)!"
And they seemed hurt at what they evidently regarded as a mean and ungrateful act on the part of the boat (и они казались оскорбленными тем, что они, очевидно, расценили как подлый и неблагодарный поступок со стороны лодки; to regard as — рассматривать в качестве, смотреть как на).
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This really happened once to my own knowledge. It was up by Boveney, one rather windy morning. We were pulling down stream, and, as we came round the bend, we noticed a couple of men on the bank. They were looking at each other with as bewildered and helplessly miserable expression as I have ever witnessed on any human countenance before or since, and they held a long tow-line between them. It was clear that something had happened, so we eased up and asked them what was the matter.
"Why, our boat's gone off!" they replied in an indignant tone. "We just got out to disentangle the tow-line, and when we looked round, it was gone!"
And they seemed hurt at what they evidently regarded as a mean and ungrateful act on the part of the boat.
We found the truant for them half a mile further down, held by some rushes (мы нашли беглянку для них на полмили ниже, удерживаемую камышом = застрявшую в камышах; truant — прогульщик; школьник, прогуливающий уроки; лентяй), and we brought it back to them (и вернули ее им; to bring back). I bet they did not give that boat another chance for a week (бьюсь об заклад, они не давали той лодке целую неделю еще одной возможности /поплавать/).
I shall never forget the picture of those two men (никогда не забуду картины тех двоих) walking up and down the bank with a tow-line, looking for their boat (которые ходили взад и вперед по берегу с буксирным канатом, разыскивая свою лодку).
One sees a good many funny incidents up the river in connection with towing (можно видеть довольно много забавных случаев на реке, связанных с буксировкой; a good many — довольно много; значительное количество). One of the most common is the sight of a couple of towers (одним из самых распространенных является зрелище двух тянущих /лодку/), walking briskly along, deep in an animated discussion (идущих энергично /по берегу/, погруженных в оживленную дискуссию = беседу), while the man in the boat, a hundred yards behind them (в то время как человек в лодке в сотне ярдов позади них), is vainly shrieking to them to stop (тщетно кричит им остановиться), and making frantic signs of distress with a scull (и подает неистовые знаки бедственного положения веслом = отчаянно размахивает веслом; distress — горе, несчастье; затруднительное, бедственное положение). Something has gone wrong (что-то случилось не то/что-то плохое произошло; to go wrong — сбиться с пути истинного, согрешить; не удаваться; выйти из строя /о машине и т. п./); the rudder has come off, or the boat-hook has slipped overboard (оторвался руль или багор выскользнул = упал за борт), or his hat has dropped into the water and is floating rapidly down stream (либо его шляпа упала в воду и быстро плывет вниз по течению).
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We found the truant for them half a mile further down, held by some rushes, and we brought it back to them. I bet they did not give that boat another chance for a week.
I shall never forget the picture of those two men walking up and down the bank with a tow-line, looking for their boat.
One sees a good many funny incidents up the river in connection with towing. One of the most common is the sight of a couple of towers, walking briskly along, deep in an animated discussion, while the man in the boat, a hundred yards behind them, is vainly shrieking to them to stop, and making frantic signs of distress with a scull. Something has gone wrong; the rudder has come off, or the boat-hook has slipped overboard, or his hat has dropped into the water and is floating rapidly down stream.
He calls to them to stop, quite gently and politely at first (он просит их остановиться, сначала довольно кротко и вежливо).
"Hi! stop a minute, will you (эй, постойте минутку)*" he shouts cheerily (кричит он весело). "I've dropped my hat over-board (я уронил шляпу за борт)."
Then (потом): "Hi! Tom — Dick! can't you hear (не слышите)*" not quite so affably this time (не совсем любезно на этот раз).
Then: "Hi! Confound you, you dunder-headed idiots (черт вас возьми, пустоголовые идиоты; to confound — мешать; запутывать; проклинать: confound it! — к черту! будь оно проклято!; dunderhead — глупая башка, болван)! Hi! stop! Oh you — (ах вы…)!"
After that he springs up, and dances about (затем он вскакивает и прыгает по лодке; to dance — плясать, танцевать; скакать, прыгать), and roars himself red in the face (и орет до покраснения лица), and curses everything he knows (и ругает все и вся: «все, что знает»). And the small boys on the bank stop and jeer at him (и маленькие мальчики на берегу останавливаются и насмехаются над ним), and pitch stones at him as he is pulled along past them (и бросают в него камнями, когда его тянут /на лодке/ мимо них), at the rate of four miles an hour, and can't get out (со скоростью четырех миль в час, и /он/ не может выйти).
affably [**f*bl*] confound [k*n*faund]
He calls to them to stop, quite gently and politely at first.
"Hi! stop a minute, will you*" he shouts cheerily. "I've dropped my hat over-board."
Then: "Hi! Tom — Dick! can't you hear*" not quite so affably this time.
Then: "Hi! Confound you, you dunder-headed idiots! Hi! stop! Oh you — !"
After that he springs up, and dances about, and roars himself red in the face, and curses everything he knows. And the small boys on the bank stop and jeer at him, and pitch stones at him as he is pulled along past them, at the rate of four miles an hour, and can't get out.
Much of this sort of trouble would be saved (значительной части подобных неприятностей можно было бы избежать; to save — спасать; беречь, экономить; избавлять) if those who are towing would keep remembering that they are towing (если бы те, кто тянет /лодку/, продолжали помнить = не забывали, что они тянут), and give a pretty frequent look round to see how their man is getting on (и почаще оглядывались бы, чтобы посмотреть, как там их человек = спутник; to get on — делать успехи, преуспевать). It is best to let one person tow (самое лучшее — чтобы тянул один человек: «позволить тянуть одному»). When two are doing it, they get chattering, and forget (когда это делают двое, они начинают болтать и забывают), and the boat itself, offering, as it does, but little resistance (а сама лодка, оказывая, фактически, лишь небольшое сопротивление), is of no real service in reminding them of the fact (не особенно в состоянии напомнить им об их занятии/о действительности; of no use — бесполезный; of no effect — безрезультатный, бесполезный и т.д.; fact — факт, обстоятельство; событие; действительность).
As an example of how utterly oblivious a pair of towers can be to their work (как пример того, насколько совершенно невнимательными к своей работе может быть пара тянущих лодку; utterly — крайне, очень; oblivious — забывчивый, рассеянный; не обращающий внимания), George told us, later on in the evening (Джордж рассказал нам, позднее вечером), when we were discussing the subject after supper, of a very curious instance (когда мы обсуждали эту тему после ужина, об одном очень любопытном случае; instance — отдельный пример, случай).
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Much of this sort of trouble would be saved if those who are towing would keep remembering that they are towing, and give a pretty frequent look round to see how their man is getting on. It is best to let one person tow. When two are doing it, they get chattering, and forget, and the boat itself, offering, as it does, but little resistance, is of no real service in reminding them of the fact.
As an example of how utterly oblivious a pair of towers can be to their work, George told us, later on in the evening, when we were discussing the subject after supper, of a very curious instance.
He and three other men, so he said, were sculling a very heavily laden boat up from Maidenhead one evening (он и трое других, как он сказал, вели тяжело груженную лодку вверх /по реке/ из Мэйденхеда как-то вечером; to lade — грузить, нагружать), and a little above Cookham lock they noticed a fellow and a girl, walking along the towpath (и несколько выше Кукхэмского шлюза они заметили парня и девушку, шедших по дороге на берегу; towpath — пешеходная дорога на берегу реки, канала), both deep in an apparently interesting and absorbing conversation (оба поглощенные очевидно интересным и увлекательным разговором). They were carrying a boat-hook between them (они несли багор /между собой/), and, attached to the boat-hook was a tow-line (а к багру был привязан канат), which trailed behind them, its end in the water (который волочился за ними, а его конец был в воде = скрылся под водой). No boat was near, no boat was in sight (поблизости не было лодки, и никакой лодки не было в пределах видимости). There must have been a boat attached to that tow-line at some time or other, that was certain (лодка была привязана к этому канату когда-то: «в то или иное время», это было несомненно); but what had become of it, what ghastly fate had overtaken it (но что с ней случилось, какая ужасная участь постигла ее; to overtake-overtook-overtaken; to overtake — догнать, настигнуть; охватить, обрушиться внезапно), and those who had been left in it, was buried in mystery (и тех, кто был оставлен в ней, — было окутано тайной; to bury — хоронить; прятать, укрывать).
Whatever the accident may have been, however (какое бы несчастье ни случилось, тем не менее), it had in no way disturbed the young lady and gentleman, who were towing (оно никоим образом не беспокоило барышню и молодого джентльмена, которые тянули /лодку/). They had the boat-hook and they had the line (у них были багор и веревка), and that seemed to be all that they thought necessary to their work (и это, казалось, все, что они считают необходимым для своей работы = все, что им нужно).
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He and three other men, so he said, were sculling a very heavily laden boat up from Maidenhead one evening, and a little above Cookham lock they noticed a fellow and a girl, walking along the towpath, both deep in an apparently interesting and absorbing conversation. They were carrying a boat-hook between them, and, attached to the boat-hook was a tow-line, which trailed behind them, its end in the water. No boat was near, no boat was in sight. There must have been a boat attached to that tow-line at some time or other, that was certain; but what had become of it, what ghastly fate had overtaken it, and those who had been left in it, was buried in mystery.
Whatever the accident may have been, however, it had in no way disturbed the young lady and gentleman, who were towing. They had the boat-hook and they had the line, and that seemed to be all that they thought necessary to their work.
George was about to call out and wake them up (Джордж собирался крикнуть и разбудить их; to be about to do something — собираться, намереваться сделать что-либо), but, at that moment, a bright idea flashed across him, and he didn't (но в ту минуту великолепная идея/мысль промелькнула у него в голове, и он не стал /кричать/). He got the hitcher instead, and reached over (он взял багор вместо этого, протянул его), and drew in the end of the tow-line (и втянул /в лодку/ конец каната); and they made a loop in it, and put it over their mast (и они сделали на нем петлю, и накинули на свою мачту), and then they tidied up the sculls (а потом подобрали весла; to tidy — убирать; приводить в порядок), and went and sat down in the stern, and lit their pipes (и сели на корме, и зажгли трубки; to light).
And that young man and young woman towed those four hulking chaps and a heavy boat up to Marlow (и молодой человек c девушкой тянули тех четырех увесистых парней и тяжелую лодку до Марлоу; hulking — громадный, массивный; неповоротливый, неуклюжий).
George said he never saw so much thoughtful sadness concentrated into one glance before (Гаррис сказал, он никогда прежде не видел столько задумчивой печали, сосредоточенной в одном взгляде), as when, at the lock, that young couple grasped the idea (как когда у шлюза эта молодая пара схватила идею = поняла) that, for the last two miles, they had been towing the wrong boat (что последние две мили они тянули не ту лодку). George fancied that, if it had not been for the restraining influence of the sweet woman at his side (Джордж предположил, что, если бы не сдерживающее влияние милой женщины на него /юношу/; side — сторона, бок; позиция, точка зрения), the young man might have given way to violent language (молодой человек поддался бы резким словам = не удержался бы от брани).
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George was about to call out and wake them up, but, at that moment, a bright idea flashed across him, and he didn't. He got the hitcher instead, and reached over, and drew in the end of the tow-line; and they made a loop in it, and put it over their mast, and then they tidied up the sculls, and went and sat down in the stern, and lit their pipes.
And that young man and young woman towed those four hulking chaps and a heavy boat up to Marlow.
George said he never saw so much thoughtful sadness concentrated into one glance before, as when, at the lock, that young couple grasped the idea that, for the last two miles, they had been towing the wrong boat. George fancied that, if it had not been for the restraining influence of the sweet woman at his side, the young man might have given way to violent language.
The maiden was the first to recover from her surprise (первой оправилась от удивления девушка), and, when she did, she clasped her hands, and said, wildly (и после этого: «когда сделала это», ломая руки, сказала взволнованно; to clasp — прикреплять; сдавливать; to clasp /one's own/ hands — ломать руки в отчаянии):
"Oh, Henry, then where is auntie (о, Генри, а где же тетушка)*"
"Did they ever recover the old lady (нашли: «вернули» ли они пожилую даму)*" asked Harris.
George replied he did not know (Джордж ответил, что не знает).
Another example of the dangerous want of sympathy between tower and towed (другой пример опасного отсутствия взаимного понимания между буксирующим и буксируемым) was witnessed by George and myself once up near Walton (наблюдался однажды Джорджем и мной около Уолтона). It was where the tow-path shelves gently down into the water (это было /там/, где дорога отлого спускается к воде), and we were camping on the opposite bank, noticing things in general (а мы расположились лагерем на противоположном берегу, замечая вещи вообще = глядя на воду, на реку). By-and-by a small boat came in sight (вскоре показалась маленькая лодка), towed through the water at a tremendous pace by a powerful barge horse (которую тянула по воде с потрясающей скоростью могучая баржевая лошадь), on which sat a very small boy (на которой сидел очень маленький мальчик). Scattered about the boat, in dreamy and reposeful attitudes, lay five fellows (рассредоточенные = развалившись, на лодке в мечтательной и спокойной позе лежали пять человек), the man who was steering having a particularly restful appearance (у человека, который правил рулем, был особенно безмятежный вид; restful — безмятежный, спокойный, тихий).
auntie [**:nt*] sympathy [*s*mp*O*]
The maiden was the first to recover from her surprise, and, when she did, she clasped her hands, and said, wildly:
"Oh, Henry, then where is auntie*"
"Did they ever recover the old lady*" asked Harris.
George replied he did not know.
Another example of the dangerous want of sympathy between tower and towed was witnessed by George and myself once up near Walton. It was where the tow-path shelves gently down into the water, and we were camping on the opposite bank, noticing things in general. By-and-by a small boat came in sight, towed through the water at a tremendous pace by a powerful barge horse, on which sat a very small boy. Scattered about the boat, in dreamy and reposeful attitudes, lay five fellows, the man who was steering having a particularly restful appearance.
"I should like to see him pull the wrong line (хотел бы я увидеть, как он потянет не за ту веревку)," murmured George, as they passed (пробормотал Джордж, когда они проплывали мимо). And at that precise moment the man did it (и в этот точный момент = тут же человек сделал это), and the boat rushed up the bank with a noise (и лодка налетела на берег с /таким/ треском; noise — шум, гам, грохот, гудение; неприятный звук) like the ripping up of forty thousand linen sheets (будто /треск/ разрывания сорока тысяч льняных простыней). Two men, a hamper, and three oars immediately left the boat on the larboard side (два человека, корзина и три весла немедленно покинули лодку = вылетели с левого борта), and reclined on the bank (и развалились на берегу; to recline — ложиться или класть на спину, приклонять голову; лежать, развалившись), and one and a half moments afterwards, two other men disembarked from the starboard (и полторы секунды спустя двое других высадились с правого борта; to disembark — высаживать/ся/, сходить на берег), and sat down among boat-hooks and sails and carpet-bags and bottles (и приземлились среди багров, и парусов, и саквояжей, и бутылок; carpet — ковер; bag — сумка). The last man went on twenty yards further, and then got out on his head (последний человек проехал на двадцать ярдов дальше и затем вышел = вылетел головой /вперед/).
This seemed to sort of lighten the boat, and it went on much easier (это, казалось, отчасти облегчило лодку, и она продолжила /плыть/ намного легче), the small boy shouting at the top of his voice, and urging his steed into a gallop (маленький мальчик /при этом/ крикнул во весь голос и пустил коня галопом; to urge — подгонять, подстегивать, побуждать). The fellows sat up and stared at one another (приятели приподнялись и уставились друг на друга). It was some seconds before they realised what had happened to them (прошло несколько секунд, прежде чем они осознали, что с ними произошло), but, when they did, they began to shout lustily for the boy to stop (осознав, они начали яростно кричать мальчишке, чтобы он остановился; lustily — энергично, сильно). He, however, was too much occupied with the horse to hear them (он, однако, был слишком занят своей лошадью, чтобы услышать их), and we watched them, flying after him, until the distance hid them from view (и мы смотрели, как они мчатся за ним, пока расстояние не скрыло их из /нашего/ поля зрения; to hide).
precise [pr**sa*s] disembarked [,d*s*m*b*:kt] occupied [**kjupa*d]
"I should like to see him pull the wrong line," murmured George, as they passed. And at that precise moment the man did it, and the boat rushed up the bank with a noise like the ripping up of forty thousand linen sheets. Two men, a hamper, and three oars immediately left the boat on the larboard side, and reclined on the bank, and one and a half moments afterwards, two other men disembarked from the starboard, and sat down among boat-hooks and sails and carpet-bags and bottles. The last man went on twenty yards further, and then got out on his head.
This seemed to sort of lighten the boat, and it went on much easier, the small boy shouting at the top of his voice, and urging his steed into a gallop. The fellows sat up and stared at one another. It was some seconds before they realised what had happened to them, but, when they did, they began to shout lustily for the boy to stop. He, however, was too much occupied with the horse to hear them, and we watched them, flying after him, until the distance hid them from view.
I cannot say I was sorry at their mishap (не могу сказать, что я сожалел по поводу их несчастья). Indeed, I only wish that all the young fools (более того, я бы хотел, чтобы все молодые глупцы) who have their boats towed in this fashion — and plenty do (которые заставляют тянуть свои лодки таким образом — а так делают многие) — could meet with similar misfortunes (испытали подобные несчастья; to meet with — испытать, подвергнуться, встретиться с). Besides the risk they run themselves (помимо опасности, которой они подвергают себя), they become a danger and an annoyance to every other boat they pass (они становятся угрозой и помехой/раздражением для всех других лодок, мимо которых проходят). Going at the pace they do (идя с такой скоростью, с какой идут они), it is impossible for them to get out of anybody else's way (для них невозможно = они не могут уйти с чьего-либо пути), or for anybody else to get out of theirs (а другие не могут уйти с их пути). Their line gets hitched across your mast, and overturns you (их бечева цепляется за вашу мачту и опрокидывает вас), or it catches somebody in the boat, and either throws them into the water, or cuts their face open (или задевает кого-нибудь в лодке и либо сбрасывает их в воду, либо рассекает им лицо; to catch — ловить; зацепить/ся/, задеть; ударить). The best plan is to stand your ground (лучший способ действий = лучше всего проявить твердость: «стоять на вашей почве = позиции»), and be prepared to keep them off with the butt-end of a mast (и быть готовым держать их подальше нижним концом мачты; butt-end — толстый конец, торец, нижний конец; to keep off — не подпускать, держать в отдалении).
mishap [*m*sh*p] either [*a***]
I cannot say I was sorry at their mishap. Indeed, I only wish that all the young fools who have their boats towed in this fashion — and plenty do — could meet with similar misfortunes. Besides the risk they run themselves, they become a danger and an annoyance to every other boat they pass. Going at the pace they do, it is impossible for them to get out of anybody else's way, or for anybody else to get out of theirs. Their line gets hitched across your mast, and overturns you, or it catches somebody in the boat, and either throws them into the water, or cuts their face open. The best plan is to stand your ground, and be prepared to keep them off with the butt-end of a mast.
Of all experiences in connection with towing (из всех переживаний, связанных с буксированием; in connection with — в связи с), the most exciting is being towed by girls (самое захватывающее — когда вас тянут девушки). It is a sensation that nobody ought to miss (это ощущение, которое никто не должен пропустить = все должны испытать). It takes three girls to tow always (всегда требуются три девушки, чтобы тянуть /лодку/); two hold the rope, and the other one runs round and round, and giggles (две тянут веревку, а третья бегает вокруг и хихикает). They generally begin by getting themselves tied up (они обычно начинают с того, что связывают себя). They get the line round their legs, and have to sit down on the path and undo each other (веревка обматывается вокруг их ног, и им приходится садиться на дорогу и развязывать друг друга), and then they twist it round their necks, and are nearly strangled (а потом они оборачивают ее вокруг шеи и чуть не задыхаются; to strangle — задушить, удавить; задыхаться). They fix it straight, however, at last, and start off at a run (однако дело у них налаживается наконец, и они отправляются в путь бегом; to get straight — налаживать), pulling the boat along at quite a dangerous pace (таща лодку с довольно опасной скоростью). At the end of a hundred yards they are naturally breathless, and suddenly stop (в конце сотни ярдов = через сотню ярдов они, естественно, выдыхаются и внезапно останавливаются; breathless — запыхавшийся; задыхающийся), and all sit down on the grass and laugh (и садятся все на траву, и смеются), and your boat drifts out to mid-stream and turns round (а ваша лодка выходит на середину реки и /начинает/ поворачиваться), before you know what has happened, or can get hold of a scull (прежде чем вы поймете, что произошло или сможете схватиться за весло). Then they stand up, and are surprised (потом они встают и удивляются).
"Oh, look (посмотрите)!" they say; "he's gone right out into the middle (он выехал точно на середину)."
breathless [*breOl*s] laugh [l*:f]
Of all experiences in connection with towing, the most exciting is being towed by girls. It is a sensation that nobody ought to miss. It takes three girls to tow always; two hold the rope, and the other one runs round and round, and giggles. They generally begin by getting themselves tied up. They get the line round their legs, and have to sit down on the path and undo each other, and then they twist it round their necks, and are nearly strangled. They fix it straight, however, at last, and start off at a run, pulling the boat along at quite a dangerous pace. At the end of a hundred yards they are naturally breathless, and suddenly stop, and all sit down on the grass and laugh, and your boat drifts out to mid-stream and turns round, before you know what has happened, or can get hold of a scull. Then they stand up, and are surprised.
"Oh, look!" they say; "he's gone right out into the middle."
They pull on pretty steadily for a bit, after this (они тянут довольно равномерно какое-то время после этого), and then it all at once occurs to one of them that she will pin up her frock (а потом вдруг одной из них приходит в голову /мысль/ подколоть платье; all at once — вдруг, внезапно; to pin — прикалывать, прикреплять), and they ease up for the purpose, and the boat runs aground (и они замедляют ход с этой целью, и лодка садится на мель).
You jump up, and push it off (вы вскакиваете и сталкиваете ее /с мели/), and you shout to them not to stop (и кричите им, чтобы не останавливались).
"Yes. What's the matter (что случилось/в чем дело)*" they shout back (кричат они в ответ).
"Don't stop," you roar (орете вы).
"Don't what (не делать чего)*"
"Don't stop — go on — go on (не останавливайтесь — продолжайте /идти/)!"
They pull on pretty steadily for a bit, after this, and then it all at once occurs to one of them that she will pin up her frock, and they ease up for the purpose, and the boat runs aground.
You jump up, and push it off, and you shout to them not to stop.
"Yes. What's the matter*" they shout back.
"Don't stop," you roar.
"Don't what*"
"Don't stop — go on — go on!"
"Go back, Emily, and see what it is they want (вернись, Эмили, узнай, что им нужно)," says one; and Emily comes back, and asks what it is (и Эмили возвращается и спрашивает, в чем дело).
"What do you want (что вам нужно)*" she says; "anything happened (что-нибудь случилось)*"
"No," you reply (отвечаете вы), "it's all right (все в порядке); only go on, you know — don't stop (только идите дальше — не останавливайтесь)."
"Why not (почему)*"
"Why, we can't steer, if you keep stopping (ну, мы не сможем править, если вы будете останавливаться). You must keep some way on the boat (вы должны продолжать тянуть лодку; to keep a way — держаться избранного пути)."
"Go back, Emily, and see what it is they want," says one; and Emily comes back, and asks what it is.
"What do you want*" she says; "anything happened*"
"No," you reply, "it's all right; only go on, you know — don't stop."
"Why not*"
"Why, we can't steer, if you keep stopping. You must keep some way on the boat."
"Keep some what (продолжать что)*"
"Some way — you must keep the boat moving (тянуть — вы должны держать лодку в движении)."
"Oh, all right, I'll tell `em (хорошо, я им скажу). Are we doing it all right (мы хорошо это делаем)*"
"Oh, yes, very nicely, indeed, only don't stop (да, очень хорошо, в самом деле, только не останавливайтесь)."
"It doesn't seem difficult at all (это не выглядит трудным вообще = совсем просто, оказывается). I thought it was so hard (я думала, это тяжело)."
"Oh, no, it's simple enough (довольно просто). You want to keep on steady at it, that's all (вам нужно продолжать равномерно тянуть, вот и все)."
"I see (понимаю). Give me out my red shawl, it's under the cushion (достаньте мне мою красную шаль, она под подушкой; to give out — раздавать; выдавать; выделять)."
"Keep some what*"
"Some way — you must keep the boat moving."
"Oh, all right, I'll tell `em. Are we doing it all right*"
"Oh, yes, very nicely, indeed, only don't stop."
"It doesn't seem difficult at all. I thought it was so hard."
"Oh, no, it's simple enough. You want to keep on steady at it, that's all."
"I see. Give me out my red shawl, it's under the cushion."
You find the shawl, and hand it out (вы находите шаль и отдаете/передаете ее), and by this time another one has come back and thinks she will have hers too (к этому времени другая /девушка/ вернулась и думает, что возьмет свою тоже), and they take Mary's on chance, and Mary does not want it (и они берут шаль Мэри на /всякий/ случай, а Мэри она не нужна), so they bring it back and have a pocket-comb instead (поэтому они приносят ее назад и берут вместо нее /карманный/ гребень). It is about twenty minutes before they get off again (проходит около двадцати минут, прежде чем они снова трогаются с места), and, at the next corner, they see a cow, and you have to leave the boat to chivy the cow out of their way (и на следующем повороте они видят корову, и вам приходится вылезти из лодки, чтобы прогнать корову с их пути; to chivy — мучить, досаждать; преследовать; убегать).
There is never a dull moment in the boat while girls are towing it (никогда нет скучного момента в лодке = не приходится скучать в лодке, пока ее тянут девушки).
George got the line right after a while (Джордж наладил канат через некоторое время), and towed us steadily on to Penton Hook (и тянул нас непрерывно = не останавливаясь, до Пентон-Хука). There we discussed the important question of camping (там мы обсудили важный вопрос о ночевке; to camp — располагаться лагерем). We had decided to sleep on board that night (мы решили спать на борту этой ночью), and we had either to lay up just about there, or go on past Staines (и нам нужно было либо остаться примерно здесь, либо пройти за Стэйнс; to lay up — возводить, сооружать; ставить судно на прикол). It seemed early to think about shutting up then, however, with the sun still in the heavens (казалось, было рано думать о том, чтобы укладываться тогда, когда солнце все еще в небесах = светит; to shut up — закрывать, запирать), and we settled to push straight on for Runnymead, three and a half miles further (и мы решили двигаться прямо до Раннимида, еще три с половиной мили; further — дальнейший, дополнительный, дальше), a quiet wooded part of the river, and where there is good shelter (тихой лесистой части реки, где /можно найти/ хороший приют; shelter — приют, кров; пристанище, убежище).
comb [k*um] chivy [***v*] cow [kau]
You find the shawl, and hand it out, and by this time another one has come back and thinks she will have hers too, and they take Mary's on chance, and Mary does not want it, so they bring it back and have a pocket-comb instead. It is about twenty minutes before they get off again, and, at the next corner, they see a cow, and you have to leave the boat to chivy the cow out of their way.
There is never a dull moment in the boat while girls are towing it.
George got the line right after a while, and towed us steadily on to Penton Hook. There we discussed the important question of camping. We had decided to sleep on board that night, and we had either to lay up just about there, or go on past Staines. It seemed early to think about shutting up then, however, with the sun still in the heavens, and we settled to push straight on for Runnymead, three and a half miles further, a quiet wooded part of the river, and where there is good shelter.
We all wished, however, afterward that we had stopped at Penton Hook (мы все жалели впоследствии, однако, что не остановились: «желали, чтобы остановились» у Пентон-Хука). Three or four miles up stream is a trifle, early in the morning (три или четыре мили вверх по течению — пустяк, /если это происходит/ рано утром), but it is a weary pull at the end of a long day (но это утомительное напряжение = дело в конце длинного дня). You take no interest in the scenery during these last few miles (вас не интересует пейзаж во время этих последних нескольких миль). You do not chat and laugh (вы не болтаете и не смеетесь). Every half-mile you cover seems like two (каждая полумиля, что вы покрываете, кажется двумя). You can hardly believe you are only where you are (вы едва можете поверить, что находитесь лишь там, где находитесь), and you are convinced that the map must be wrong (вы убеждены, что карта врет: «должна быть неверной»); and, when you have trudged along for what seems to you at least ten miles (и, когда вы протащились, как вам кажется, по крайней мере десять миль), and still the lock is not in sight (и все еще не видно шлюза), you begin to seriously fear that somebody must have sneaked it, and run off with it (вы начинаете серьезно опасаться, что кто-то, должно быть, стащил его и удрал вместе с ним).
I remember being terribly upset once up the river (in a figurative sense, I mean) (помню, как меня ужасно расстроило/перевернуло однажды на реке /я имею в виду, в переносном смысле/; to upset — /например, о лодке/ опрокидывать, переворачивать; расстраивать, огорчать). I was out with a young lady (я был с одной барышней) — cousin on my mother's side (кузиной по материнской линии) — and we were pulling down to Goring (и мы гребли вниз по течению к Горингу). It was rather late, and we were anxious to get in (было довольно поздно, и мы торопились домой; anxious — беспокоящийся, тревожный; сильно желающий; to get in — входить; прибывать) — at least she was anxious to get in (по крайней мере, ей хотелось вернуться). It was half-past six when we reached Benson's lock (была половина седьмого, когда мы добрались до Бенсонского шлюза), and dusk was drawing on (и сумерки приближались), and she began to get excited then (и она начала волноваться: «становиться взволнованной» тогда). She said she must be in to supper (сказала, что должна быть дома к ужину). I said it was a thing I felt I wanted to be in at, too (я сказал, что это вещь, к которой я хочу быть дома тоже = тоже хочу домой к ужину); and I drew out a map I had with me to see exactly how far it was (и я вытащил карту, которая была при мне, чтобы посмотреть точно, насколько далеко дом). I saw it was just a mile and a half to the next lock — Wallingford (я увидел, что до следующего шлюза всего лишь полторы мили — /до/ Уоллингфордского) — and five on from there to Cleeve (и пять /миль/ оттуда до Клива).
scenery [*si:n*r*] cousin [*k*z(*)n]
We all wished, however, afterward that we had stopped at Penton Hook. Three or four miles up stream is a trifle, early in the morning, but it is a weary pull at the end of a long day. You take no interest in the scenery during these last few miles. You do not chat and laugh. Every half-mile you cover seems like two. You can hardly believe you are only where you are, and you are convinced that the map must be wrong; and, when you have trudged along for what seems to you at least ten miles, and still the lock is not in sight, you begin to seriously fear that somebody must have sneaked it, and run off with it.
I remember being terribly upset once up the river (in a figurative sense, I mean). I was out with a young lady — cousin on my mother's side — and we were pulling down to Goring. It was rather late, and we were anxious to get in — at least she was anxious to get in. It was half-past six when we reached Benson's lock, and dusk was drawing on, and she began to get excited then. She said she must be in to supper. I said it was a thing I felt I wanted to be in at, too; and I drew out a map I had with me to see exactly how far it was. I saw it was just a mile and a half to the next lock — Wallingford — and five on from there to Cleeve.
"Oh, it's all right!" I said. "We'll be through the next lock before seven (мы пройдем следующий шлюз до семи), and then there is only one more (а потом останется еще только один);" and I settled down and pulled steadily away (и я уселся и налег на весла; to pull away — грести без остановки; steady — устойчивый; прочный, твердый; равномерный, ровный).
We passed the bridge, and soon after that I asked if she saw the lock (мы миновали мост и вскоре после этого я спросил, видит ли она шлюз). She said no, she did not see any lock (она сказала, что нет, не видит никакого шлюза); and I said, "Oh!" and pulled on (и продолжал грести). Another five minutes went by, and then I asked her to look again (прошло еще пять минут, и я попросил ее посмотреть снова).
"No," she said; "I can't see any signs of a lock (не вижу никаких признаков шлюза)."
"You — you are sure you know a lock, when you do see one (ты… ты уверена, что узнаешь, шлюз, когда увидишь его)*" I asked hesitatingly, not wishing to offend her (спросил я нерешительно, не желая обидеть ее).
hesitatingly [*hez*te*t**l*] offend [**fend]
"Oh, it's all right!" I said. "We'll be through the next lock before seven, and then there is only one more;" and I settled down and pulled steadily away.
We passed the bridge, and soon after that I asked if she saw the lock. She said no, she did not see any lock; and I said, "Oh!" and pulled on. Another five minutes went by, and then I asked her to look again.
"No," she said; "I can't see any signs of a lock."
"You — you are sure you know a lock, when you do see one*" I asked hesitatingly, not wishing to offend her.
The question did offend her, however (вопрос действительно обидел ее), and she suggested that I had better look for myself (и она высказала мысль, что мне лучше самому посмотреть); so I laid down the sculls, and took a view (так что я положил весла и осмотрелся). The river stretched out straight before us in the twilight for about a mile (река тянулась перед нами в сумерках примерно на милю); not a ghost of a lock was to be seen (не было видно ничего похожего на шлюз; ghost — привидение, призрак; тень, отдаленное напоминание о чем-либо).
"You don't think we have lost our way, do you (ты ведь не думаешь, что мы заблудились, да; to lose one`s way — заблудиться, потерять путь)*" asked my companion (спросила моя спутница).
I did not see how that was possible (я не представлял, как такое возможно); though, as I suggested, we might have somehow got into the weir stream, and be making for the falls (хотя, как я предположил, мы могли каким-то образом попасть в боковое русло и /теперь/ направляемся к водопаду; weir — плотина, запруда, дамба).
This idea did not comfort her in the least, and she began to cry (эта мысль нисколько не утешила ее, и она начала плакать). She said we should both be drowned (она сказала, что мы оба утонем), and that it was a judgment on her for coming out with me (и что это наказание ей за то, что она отправилась со мной; judgment — приговор, решение суда; наказание, кара).
twilight [*twa*la*t] drowned [draund]
The question did offend her, however, and she suggested that I had better look for myself; so I laid down the sculls, and took a view. The river stretched out straight before us in the twilight for about a mile; not a ghost of a lock was to be seen.
"You don't think we have lost our way, do you*" asked my companion.
I did not see how that was possible; though, as I suggested, we might have somehow got into the weir stream, and be making for the falls.
This idea did not comfort her in the least, and she began to cry. She said we should both be drowned, and that it was a judgment on her for coming out with me.
It seemed an excessive punishment, I thought (я посчитал это чрезмерно /строгим/ наказанием); but my cousin thought not, and hoped it would all soon be over (но моя кузина так не считала, и надеялась, что все скоро кончится).
I tried to reassure her, and to make light of the whole affair (я попытался успокоить ее и доказать, что дело не так плохо; to make light of — относиться несерьезно, небрежно к чему-либо, не придавать значения; преуменьшать). I said that the fact evidently was that I was not rowing as fast as I fancied I was (я сказал, дело, очевидно, в том, что я не гребу так быстро, как мне кажется), but that we should soon reach the lock now (что мы теперь скоро доберемся до шлюза); and I pulled on for another mile (и прогреб еще милю).
Then I began to get nervous myself (потом я сам начал нервничать). I looked again at the map (я снова посмотрел на карту). There was Wallingford lock, clearly marked, a mile and a half below Benson's (на ней был Уоллингфордский шлюз, ясно отмеченный, в полутора милях ниже Бенсонского). It was a good, reliable map (это была хорошая, надежная карта); and, besides, I recollected the lock myself (и, кроме того, я сам помнил этот шлюз; to recollect — вспоминать, припоминать; помнить). I had been through it twice (я проходил его дважды). Where were we (где мы находимся)* What had happened to us (что с нами случилось)* I began to think it must be all a dream (я начал думать, что все это, должно быть, сон), and that I was really asleep in bed (что я на самом деле сплю в постели), and should wake up in a minute, and be told it was past ten (и проснусь через минуту, и мне скажут, что /уже/ одиннадцатый час: «после десяти»).
excessive [*k*ses*v] reliable [r**la**bl]
It seemed an excessive punishment, I thought; but my cousin thought not, and hoped it would all soon be over.
I tried to reassure her, and to make light of the whole affair. I said that the fact evidently was that I was not rowing as fast as I fancied I was, but that we should soon reach the lock now; and I pulled on for another mile.
Then I began to get nervous myself. I looked again at the map. There was Wallingford lock, clearly marked, a mile and a half below Benson's. It was a good, reliable map; and, besides, I recollected the lock myself. I had been through it twice. Where were we* What had happened to us* I began to think it must be all a dream, and that I was really asleep in bed, and should wake up in a minute, and be told it was past ten.
I asked my cousin if she thought it could be a dream (я спросил мою кузину, не думает ли она, что это сон), and she replied that she was just about to ask me the same question (она ответила, что как раз собиралась задать мне тот же вопрос); and then we both wondered if we were both asleep (потом мы оба задались вопросом, уж не спим ли мы), and if so, who was the real one that was dreaming (и если так, кто же действительно видит сон), and who was the one that was only a dream (а кто — только сон); it got quite interesting (это стало довольно занимательно).
I still went on pulling, however, and still no lock came in sight (я по-прежнему продолжал грести, и все же никакой шлюз не появлялся), and the river grew more and more gloomy and mysterious under the gathering shadows of night (а река становилась все более мрачной и таинственной под сгущающимися тенями ночи; to grow; to gather — собирать/ся/, скапливать/ся/), and things seemed to be getting weird and uncanny (и предметы, казалось, становились причудливыми и загадочными; weird — потусторонний, сверхъестественный; непонятный, причудливый). I thought of hobgoblins and banshees, and will-o'-the-wisps (я подумал о леших, и о привидениях, и о блуждающих огоньках; hobgoblin — домовой; чертенок; леший; дух-проказник; banshee — привидение-плакальщица, дух, стоны которого предвещают смерть), and those wicked girls who sit up all night on rocks (и о тех злых/гибельных девушках, которые сидят всю ночь на скалах), and lure people into whirl-pools and things (и заманивают людей в водовороты, и тому подобном); and I wished I had been a better man, and knew more hymns (я жалел, что не вел себя лучше: «хотел бы, чтобы я был более хорошим», и знал больше псалмов = молитв); and in the middle of these reflections I heard the blessed strains of "He's got `em on (посреди этих размышлений я услышал благословенные звуки /песни/ «Он их надел»; strain — тон /речи/; напев, мелодия; стихи)," played, badly, on a concertina, and knew that we were saved (исполняемой на гармонике, и я знал, что мы спасены; concertina — концертина /гармоника шестиугольной формы/).
weird [w**d] banshee [b*n**i:]
I asked my cousin if she thought it could be a dream, and she replied that she was just about to ask me the same question; and then we both wondered if we were both asleep, and if so, who was the real one that was dreaming, and who was the one that was only a dream; it got quite interesting.
I still went on pulling, however, and still no lock came in sight, and the river grew more and more gloomy and mysterious under the gathering shadows of night, and things seemed to be getting weird and uncanny. I thought of hobgoblins and banshees, and will-o'-the-wisps, and those wicked girls who sit up all night on rocks, and lure people into whirl-pools and things; and I wished I had been a better man, and knew more hymns; and in the middle of these reflections I heard the blessed strains of "He's got `em on," played, badly, on a concertina, and knew that we were saved.
I do not admire the tones of a concertina, as a rule (я не восхищаюсь звуками гармоники, как правило); but, oh! how beautiful the music seemed to us both then (но насколько прекрасной показалась тогда эта музыка нам обоим) — far, far more beautiful than the voice of Orpheus or the lute of Apollo (намного, намного прекрасней, чем голос Орфея или лютня Аполлона), or anything of that sort could have sounded (или чем что-нибудь подобное могло звучать). Heavenly melody, in our then state of mind (небесная мелодия, при нашем тогдашнем состоянии духа), would only have still further harrowed us (лишь еще больше расстроила бы нас; to harrow — мучить, терзать). A soul-moving harmony, correctly performed (благозвучную мелодию, правильно исполненную; soul — душа; moving — движущий/ся/, перемещающий/ся/; волнующий, трогательный; harmony — гармония, созвучие, благозвучие), we should have taken as a spirit-warning, and have given up all hope (мы бы сочли предостережением духов = из потустороннего мира и оставили бы всякую надежду). But about the strains of "He's got `em on," jerked spasmodically (но в звуках /песни/ «Он их надел», вылетавших отрывисто/нестройно; to jerk — резко толкать, дергаться; говорить отрывисто), and with involuntary variations (и с непроизвольными вариациями), out of a wheezy accordion (из хриплой гармоники), there was something singularly human and reassuring (было что-то необыкновенно человеческое и утешительное).
The sweet sounds drew nearer (сладкие звуки приближались), and soon the boat from which they were worked lay alongside us (и скоро лодка, из которой они доносились, стояла рядом с нами; alongside — около, возле, борт о борт).
It contained a party of provincial `Arrys and `Arriets, out for a moonlight sail (она содержала компанию = в ней находилась компания местных кавалеров и барышень, выехавших на прогулку под луной; provincial — провинциальный; местный; `Arry — имя Harry в произношении кокни /просторечие средних и низших слоев населения Лондона/; веселый и не очень воспитанный парень; moonlight —лунный свет). (There was not any moon, but that was not their fault) (луны не было, но это не их вина). I never saw more attractive, lovable people in all my life (я никогда за всю свою жизнь не видел более привлекательных и милых людей). I hailed them, and asked if they could tell me the way to Wallingford lock (я поприветствовал/окликнул их и спросил, не могут ли они указать мне дорогу к Уоллингфордскому шлюзу); and I explained that I had been looking for it for the last two hours (и объяснил, что ищу его последние два часа).
Orpheus [**:fju:s] involuntary [*n*v*l*nt(*)r*]
I do not admire the tones of a concertina, as a rule; but, oh! how beautiful the music seemed to us both then — far, far more beautiful than the voice of Orpheus or the lute of Apollo, or anything of that sort could have sounded. Heavenly melody, in our then state of mind, would only have still further harrowed us. A soul-moving harmony, correctly performed, we should have taken as a spirit-warning, and have given up all hope. But about the strains of "He's got `em on," jerked spasmodically, and with involuntary variations, out of a wheezy accordion, there was something singularly human and reassuring.
The sweet sounds drew nearer, and soon the boat from which they were worked lay alongside us.
It contained a party of provincial `Arrys and `Arriets, out for a moonlight sail. (There was not any moon, but that was not their fault). I never saw more attractive, lovable people in all my life. I hailed them, and asked if they could tell me the way to Wallingford lock; and I explained that I had been looking for it for the last two hours.
"Wallingford lock!" they answered (ответили они). "Lor' love you, sir, that's been done away with for over a year (Господь с вами: «Господь любит вас», сэр, с ним разделались больше года назад; Lor` = Lord; to do away with — покончить с, уничтожить). There ain't no Wallingford lock now, sir (больше нет Уоллингфордского шлюза, сэр). You're close to Cleeve now (вы теперь недалеко от Клива). Blow me tight if `ere ain't a gentleman been looking for Wallingford lock, Bill (да чтоб меня разорвало, Билл, если этот джентльмен не ищет Уоллингфордский шлюз; `ere = here)!"
I had never thought of that (я об этом не думал). I wanted to fall upon all their necks and bless them (я хотел броситься им всем на шею и благословить их); but the stream was running too strong just there to allow of this (но течение было там слишком сильным, чтобы допустить это = не позволяло этого), so I had to content myself with mere cold-sounding words of gratitude (поэтому мне пришлось довольствоваться только холодными: «холодно звучащими» словами благодарности).
We thanked them over and over again (мы благодарили их снова и снова), and we said it was a lovely night, and we wished them a pleasant trip (сказали, что /сегодня/ чудесная ночь, и пожелали им приятной прогулки), and, I think, I invited them all to come and spend a week with me (и, кажется, я пригласил их всех прийти провести неделю со мной = в гости на неделю), and my cousin said her mother would be so pleased to see them (а моя кузина сказала, ее мама будет очень рада их видеть). And we sang the soldiers' chorus out of Faust, and got home in time for supper, after all (и мы запели хор солдат из Фауста и попали домой вовремя к ужину, в конце концов;).
gratitude [**r*t*tju:d] soldier [*s*ul**] chorus [*k*:r*s]
"Wallingford lock!" they answered. "Lor' love you, sir, that's been done away with for over a year. There ain't no Wallingford lock now, sir. You're close to Cleeve now. Blow me tight if `ere ain't a gentleman been looking for Wallingford lock, Bill!"
I had never thought of that. I wanted to fall upon all their necks and bless them; but the stream was running too strong just there to allow of this, so I had to content myself with mere cold-sounding words of gratitude.
We thanked them over and over again, and we said it was a lovely night, and we wished them a pleasant trip, and, I think, I invited them all to come and spend a week with me, and my cousin said her mother would be so pleased to see them. And we sang the soldiers' chorus out of Faust, and got home in time for supper, after all.
CHAPTER X
(глава десятая)
Our first night (наша первая ночь). — Under canvas (под брезентом). — An appeal for help (просьба о помощи; appeal — призыв; просьба, мольба). — Contrariness of tea-kettles, how to overcome (упрямство чайника, как /его/ преодолеть; to overcome — побороть, преодолеть). — Supper (ужин). — How to feel virtuous (как почувствовать себя добродетельным). — Wanted! A comfortably-appointed, well-drained desert island (требуется уютно обставленный, хорошо осушенный необитаемый остров; to appoint — назначать, определять /время, место/; устраивать, обставлять; desert — заброшенный; необитаемый, безлюдный), neighbourhood of South Pacific Ocean preferred (предпочтительно в южной части Тихого океана; neighbourhood — близость, соседство, сопредельность). — Funny thing that happened to George's father (забавная вещь, случившаяся с отцом Джорджа). — A restless night (беспокойная ночь; restless — беспокойный, тревожный).
Our first night. — Under canvas. — An appeal for help. — Contrariness of tea-kettles, how to overcome. — Supper. — How to feel virtuous. — Wanted! A comfortably-appointed, well-drained desert island, neighbourhood of South Pacific Ocean preferred. — Funny thing that happened to George's father. — A restless night.
HARRIS and I began to think that Bell Weir lock must have been done away with after the same manner (мы с Гаррисом начали думать, что с Бель-Уирским шлюзом, должно быть, разделались таким же образом). George had towed us up to Staines, and we had taken the boat from there (Джордж дотянул нас до Стэйнса, и мы /с Гаррисом/ повели лодку оттуда), and it seemed that we were dragging fifty tons after us, and were walking forty miles (и казалось, что мы тянем за собой пятьдесят тонн, и идем /уже/ сорок миль). It was half-past seven when we were through, and we all got in (было полвосьмого, когда мы закончили /тянуть/ и все влезли /в лодку/), and sculled up close to the left bank, looking out for a spot to haul up in (и пошли на веслах около левого берега, высматривая место, чтобы высадиться; to haul up — поднимать; останавливаться).
virtuous [*v*:*u*s] island [*a*l*nd] ocean [**u*(*)n]
HARRIS and I began to think that Bell Weir lock must have been done away with after the same manner. George had towed us up to Staines, and we had taken the boat from there, and it seemed that we were dragging fifty tons after us, and were walking forty miles. It was half-past seven when we were through, and we all got in, and sculled up close to the left bank, looking out for a spot to haul up in.
We had originally intended to go on to Magna Charta Island (мы первоначально намеревались пристать к острову Великая Хартия Вольностей), a sweetly pretty part of the river, where it winds through a soft, green valley (к очаровательному месту: «части» реки, где она змеится по ровной зеленой долине; soft — мягкий, легкий; приятный; пологий, ровный), and to camp in one of the many picturesque inlets to be found round that tiny shore (и заночевать в одном из многочисленных живописных заливов, которые можно найти у того крошечного побережья; inlet — узкий морской залив; фьорд). But, somehow, we did not feel that we yearned for the picturesque nearly so much now as we had earlier in the day (но почему-то мы не ощущали, что теперь жаждем живописного так же сильно, как раньше днем = утром). A bit of water between a coal-barge and a gas-works (немного воды между угольной баржей и газовым заводом) would have quite satisfied us for that night (вполне бы удовлетворило нас в эту ночь). We did not want scenery (мы не хотели пейзажа). We wanted to have our supper and go to bed (мы хотели поужинать и лечь спать). However, we did pull up to the point — "Picnic Point," it is called (тем не менее, мы подгребли к мысу — он называется «Мыс Пикник»; point — точка, пункт; тонкий конец, выступающая часть: мыс, коса) — and dropped into a very pleasant nook under a great elm-tree (и зашли в очень приятную бухточку под большим вязом; to drop into — случайно зайти, заглянуть; nook — угол/ок/, бухточка), to the spreading roots of which we fastened the boat (к разросшимся корням которого мы привязали лодку).
Then we thought we were going to have supper (потом мы собирались поужинать) (we had dispensed with tea, so as to save time) (мы обходились без чая /до этого/, чтобы сэкономить время), but George said no (но Джордж сказал «нет»); that we had better get the canvas up first, before it got quite dark (что нам лучше сначала натянуть брезент, до того, как станет совсем темно), and while we could see what we were doing (и пока мы можем видеть, что делаем). Then, he said, all our work would be done (тогда, сказал он, вся работа будет сделана), and we could sit down to eat with an easy mind (и мы сможем приняться за еду с легким сердцем).
inlet [**nlet] picturesque [,p*k***resk] fastened [f*:snd]
We had originally intended to go on to Magna Charta Island, a sweetly pretty part of the river, where it winds through a soft, green valley, and to camp in one of the many picturesque inlets to be found round that tiny shore. But, somehow, we did not feel that we yearned for the picturesque nearly so much now as we had earlier in the day. A bit of water between a coal-barge and a gas-works would have quite satisfied us for that night. We did not want scenery. We wanted to have our supper and go to bed. However, we did pull up to the point — "Picnic Point," it is called — and dropped into a very pleasant nook under a great elm-tree, to the spreading roots of which we fastened the boat.
Then we thought we were going to have supper (we had dispensed with tea, so as to save time), but George said no; that we had better get the canvas up first, before it got quite dark, and while we could see what we were doing. Then, he said, all our work would be done, and we could sit down to eat with an easy mind.
That canvas wanted more putting up than I think any of us had bargained for (тот брезент требовал больше вывешивания, чем, думаю, любой из нас ожидал = натягивание брезента оказалось не таким простым, как мы думали; to put up — поднимать; вывешивать; to bargain — заключить сделку; договориться; рассчитывать). It looked so simple in the abstract (это казалось так просто теоретически). You took five iron arches, like gigantic croquet hoops (вы берете пять железных дуг, похожих на огромные крокетные воротца), and fitted them up over the boat (устанавливаете их вдоль всей лодки), and then stretched the canvas over them, and fastened it down (потом натягиваете брезент поверх = на них и привязываете его): it would take quite ten minutes, we thought (это займет минут десять, думали мы).
That was an under-estimate (это было недооценкой).
We took up the hoops, and began to drop them into the sockets placed for them (мы взяли дуги и начали вставлять их в расположенные для них гнезда; socket — впадина, гнездо, углубление). You would not imagine this to be dangerous work (кто бы мог предположить: «вы бы не представили», что это опасная работа); but, looking back now, the wonder to me is that any of us are alive to tell the tale (но, вспоминая теперь, удивление для меня = я удивляюсь тому, что все мы живы и /можем/ рассказать эту историю). They were not hoops, they were demons (это были не дуги, это были дьяволы; demon — демон, дьявол, сатана). First they would not fit into their sockets at all (сначала они не вставлялись в гнезда вообще), and we had to jump on them, and kick them (и нам пришлось прыгать по ним, бить их ногами), and hammer at them with the boat-hook (и стучать по ним багром); and, when they were in, it turned out (и, когда они вставились, я обнаружил) that they were the wrong hoops for those particular sockets, and they had to come out again (что они не те дуги для конкретных гнезд = вставлены не туда, и их пришлось вытащить снова; particular — особый; отдельный, одиночный, частный).
croquet [*kr*uke*] demon [*di:m*n]
That canvas wanted more putting up than I think any of us had bargained for. It looked so simple in the abstract. You took five iron arches, like gigantic croquet hoops, and fitted them up over the boat, and then stretched the canvas over them, and fastened it down: it would take quite ten minutes, we thought.
That was an under-estimate.
We took up the hoops, and began to drop them into the sockets placed for them. You would not imagine this to be dangerous work; but, looking back now, the wonder to me is that any of us are alive to tell the tale. They were not hoops, they were demons. First they would not fit into their sockets at all, and we had to jump on them, and kick them, and hammer at them with the boat-hook; and, when they were in, it turned out that they were the wrong hoops for those particular sockets, and they had to come out again.
But they would not come out, until two of us had gone and struggled with them for five minutes (но они не вытаскивались до тех пор, пока двое из нас не сражались с ними пять минут), when they would jump up suddenly (после чего они выскакивали внезапно), and try and throw us into the water and drown us (и пытались сбросить нас в воду и утопить). They had hinges in the middle, and, when we were not looking (у них были шарниры посередине, и, когда мы не смотрели; hinge — петля, шарнир, крюк), they nipped us with these hinges in delicate parts of the body (они щипали нас этими шарнирами за нежные/чувствительные части тела); and, while we were wrestling with one side of the hoop (и, пока мы боролись с одной стороной дуги), and endeavouring to persuade it to do its duty (и пытались убедить ее выполнить свой долг), the other side would come behind us in a cowardly manner, and hit us over the head (другая сторона подходила к нам сзади трусливым образом = коварно и ударяла по голове).
We got them fixed at last, and then all that was to be done was to arrange the covering over them (мы закрепили их наконец, и теперь все, что оставалось сделать — расположить оболочку поверх них = натянуть на них брезент). George unrolled it, and fastened one end over the nose of the boat (Джордж развернул его и укрепил один конец на носу лодки). Harris stood in the middle to take it from George and roll it on to me (Гаррис встал посередине, чтобы взять его у Джорджа и бросить мне), and I kept by the stern to receive it (а я держался у кормы, чтобы поймать его; to receive — получать; принимать). It was a long time coming down to me (он долго доходил до меня). George did his part all right (Джордж сделал свое дело хорошо), but it was new work to Harris, and he bungled it (но это было новой работой для Гарриса, и он все испортил; to bungle — неумело работать; портить работу, испортить дело).
wrestling [*resl**] endeavouring [*n*dev*r**] persuade [p**swe*d]
But they would not come out, until two of us had gone and struggled with them for five minutes, when they would jump up suddenly, and try and throw us into the water and drown us. They had hinges in the middle, and, when we were not looking, they nipped us with these hinges in delicate parts of the body; and, while we were wrestling with one side of the hoop, and endeavouring to persuade it to do its duty, the other side would come behind us in a cowardly manner, and hit us over the head.
We got them fixed at last, and then all that was to be done was to arrange the covering over them. George unrolled it, and fastened one end over the nose of the boat. Harris stood in the middle to take it from George and roll it on to me, and I kept by the stern to receive it. It was a long time coming down to me. George did his part all right, but it was new work to Harris, and he bungled it.
How he managed it I do not know, he could not explain himself (как ему это удалось, я не знаю, он и сам не мог объяснить); but by some mysterious process or other he succeeded, after ten minutes of superhuman effort (но каким-то таинственным образом он сумел после десяти минут сверхчеловеческих усилий; process — процесс; прием, способ), in getting himself completely rolled up in it (полностью закататься в нее /в парусину/). He was so firmly wrapped round and tucked in and folded over, that he could not get out (он был так плотно завернут и закутан в нее, что не мог выбраться; to tuck in — заправить; подоткнуть одеяло; to fold — загибать, складывать; заворачивать). He, of course, made frantic struggles for freedom (он, конечно, вел яростную борьбу за свободу) — the birthright of every Englishman (право по рождению каждого англичанина), — and, in doing so (I learned this afterwards), knocked over George (и, борясь /я узнал об этом позже/, сбил с ног Джорджа); and then George, swearing at Harris, began to struggle too (и потом Джордж, ругая Гарриса, тоже начал бороться), and got himself entangled and rolled up (и завернулся и закатался сам /в парусину/; to entangle — запутывать, вовлекать).
I knew nothing about all this at the time (я ничего не знал обо всем этом в то время). I did not understand the business at all myself (я вообще не понимал, в чем дело). I had been told to stand where I was, and wait till the canvas came to me (мне сказали стоять на месте: «где я есть» и ждать, пока брезент не достигнет меня), and Montmorency and I stood there and waited, both as good as gold (и мы с Монморенси стояли там и ждали послушно: «оба послушные»; both as good as gold — очень хороший, добрый; послушный). We could see the canvas being violently jerked and tossed about, pretty considerably (мы видели, как брезент резко дергает и бросает из стороны в сторону весьма значительно); but we supposed this was part of the method, and did not interfere (но мы полагали, что это часть способа = что так и нужно, и не вмешивались).
effort [*ef*t] considerably [k*n*s*d(*)r*bl*] interfere [,*nt**f**]
How he managed it I do not know, he could not explain himself; but by some mysterious process or other he succeeded, after ten minutes of superhuman effort, in getting himself completely rolled up in it. He was so firmly wrapped round and tucked in and folded over, that he could not get out. He, of course, made frantic struggles for freedom — the birthright of every Englishman, — and, in doing so (I learned this afterwards), knocked over George; and then George, swearing at Harris, began to struggle too, and got himself entangled and rolled up.
I knew nothing about all this at the time. I did not understand the business at all myself. I had been told to stand where I was, and wait till the canvas came to me, and Montmorency and I stood there and waited, both as good as gold. We could see the canvas being violently jerked and tossed about, pretty considerably; but we supposed this was part of the method, and did not interfere.
We also heard much smothered language coming from underneath it (мы также слышали много приглушенных слов, исходивших = доносившихся из-под него; language — язык, речь), and we guessed that they were finding the job rather troublesome (мы поняли, что они находят эту работу довольно хлопотной/трудной = работа причиняет им неудобства; to guess — /от/гадать, догадаться; полагать, считать; troublesome — причиняющий беспокойство, трудный, хлопотливый), and concluded that we would wait until things had got a little simpler before we joined in (и решили, что подождем, пока вещи станут немного проще = пока все немного уляжется, прежде чем присоединиться /к ним/; to conclude — заключить, сделать вывод, решить).
We waited some time, but matters seemed to get only more and more involved (мы ждали некоторое время, но дело, казалось, только запутывалось все больше и больше; to get involved — вмешиваться, ввязываться), until, at last, George's head came wriggling out over the side of the boat, and spoke up (пока, наконец, голова Джорджа не вылезла, извиваясь, над бортом лодки, и не проговорила громко; to speak up — говорить громко и отчетливо; высказаться).
It said:
"Give us a hand here, can't you, you cuckoo (помоги же нам: «дай нам руку», идиот; cuckoo — кукушка; разиня, глупец, ненормальный); standing there like a stuffed mummy, when you see we are both being suffocated, you dummy (стоишь там как набитая мумия, когда видишь, что мы оба задыхаемся, болван)!"
guessed [*est] wriggling [*r**l**] cuckoo [*kuku:]
We also heard much smothered language coming from underneath it, and we guessed that they were finding the job rather troublesome, and concluded that we would wait until things had got a little simpler before we joined in.
We waited some time, but matters seemed to get only more and more involved, until, at last, George's head came wriggling out over the side of the boat, and spoke up.
It said:
"Give us a hand here, can't you, you cuckoo; standing there like a stuffed mummy, when you see we are both being suffocated, you dummy!"
I never could withstand an appeal for help, so I went and undid them (я никогда не мог устоять перед просьбой о помощи, поэтому я развязал их; to withstand — устоять, выдержать; не поддаваться; to undo); not before it was time, either, for Harris was nearly black in the face (и это было очень вовремя, так как Гаррис почти побагровел лицом; black in the face — побагровевший /от гнева, злости, усилий и т.д./).
It took us half an hour's hard labour, after that (это заняло у нас получасовой тяжелый труд = нам пришлось тяжело потрудиться полчаса после этого), before it was properly up, and then we cleared the decks, and got out supper (прежде, чем брезент был должным образом натянут, а потом мы очистили место в лодке и стали готовить ужин; to clear the decks: «очистить палубы» — приготовиться к действиям, к бою; to get out — выходить; доставать; готовить). We put the kettle on to boil, up in the nose of the boat (мы поставили чайник кипятиться на носу лодки), and went down to the stern and pretended to take no notice of it (пошли на корму и сделали вид, что не обращаем на него внимания), but set to work to get the other things out (и стали доставать остальные вещи; to set to — браться, приступать).
That is the only way to get a kettle to boil up the river (это единственный способ заставить чайник закипеть на реке). If it sees that you are waiting for it and are anxious, it will never even sing (если он видит, что вы ждете его с нетерпением: «сильно желаете», он никогда даже не запоет; to sing — петь; гудеть, свистеть). You have to go away and begin your meal, as if you were not going to have any tea at all (вам приходится отходить и начинать есть, словно вы не собираетесь вообще пить чай). You must not even look round at it (вы не должны даже оглядываться на него). Then you will soon hear it sputtering away, mad to be made into tea (тогда вы вскоре услышите, как он булькает, безумно /желающий/ быть заваренным в чай; to sputter — брызгать слюной; шипеть, трещать /об огне, жире и т.д./).
labour [*le*b*] stern [st*:n] pretended [pr**tend*d]
I never could withstand an appeal for help, so I went and undid them; not before it was time, either, for Harris was nearly black in the face.
It took us half an hour's hard labour, after that, before it was properly up, and then we cleared the decks, and got out supper. We put the kettle on to boil, up in the nose of the boat, and went down to the stern and pretended to take no notice of it, but set to work to get the other things out.
That is the only way to get a kettle to boil up the river. If it sees that you are waiting for it and are anxious, it will never even sing. You have to go away and begin your meal, as if you were not going to have any tea at all. You must not even look round at it. Then you will soon hear it sputtering away, mad to be made into tea.
It is a good plan, too, if you are in a great hurry (также хороший план = хорошо, если вы очень торопитесь: «в большой спешке»), to talk very loudly to each other about how you don't need any tea, and are not going to have any (говорить очень громко друг другу о том, как вам не нужен чай, и что вы не собираетесь его пить). You get near the kettle, so that it can overhear you, and then you shout out (вы подходите к чайнику так, чтобы он мог вас услышать, а потом выкрикиваете; to overhear — подслушать; нечаянно услышать), "I don't want any tea; do you, George (я не хочу чая, а ты, Джордж)*" to which George shouts back (на что Джордж кричит в ответ), "Oh, no, I don't like tea; we'll have lemonade instead — tea's so indigestible (о нет, я не люблю чай; выпьем лимонаду вместо него — чай такой неудобоваримый)." Upon which the kettle boils over, and puts the stove out (после чего чайник перекипает и заливает спиртовку; to put out — выдвигать, высовывать; тушить, гасить).
We adopted this harmless bit of trickery, and the result was that (мы применили эту безобидную хитрость, и результатом было то; to adopt — усыновлять, удочерять; принимать, внедрять; trickery — надувательство, обман, проделка), by the time everything else was ready, the tea was waiting (что ко времени, когда все остальное было готово, чай /уже/ ждал). Then we lit the lantern, and squatted down to supper (тогда мы зажгли фонарь и сели за ужин; to light; to squat — сидеть на корточках, садиться на корточки).
We wanted that supper (нам был необходим этот ужин).
indigestible [,*nd***est*bl] lantern [*l*nt*n]
It is a good plan, too, if you are in a great hurry, to talk very loudly to each other about how you don't need any tea, and are not going to have any. You get near the kettle, so that it can overhear you, and then you shout out, "I don't want any tea; do you, George*" to which George shouts back, "Oh, no, I don't like tea; we'll have lemonade instead — tea's so indigestible." Upon which the kettle boils over, and puts the stove out.
We adopted this harmless bit of trickery, and the result was that, by the time everything else was ready, the tea was waiting. Then we lit the lantern, and squatted down to supper.
We wanted that supper.
For five-and-thirty minutes not a sound was heard throughout the length and breadth of that boat (тридцать пять минут не было слышно ни звука по все длине и ширине лодки = во всей лодке), save the clank of cutlery and crockery (кроме звона ножей и посуды; cutlery — ножевые изделия; столовые приборы), and the steady grinding of four sets of molars (и постоянного жевания четырех пар челюстей: «наборов коренных зубов»; to grind — молоть/ся/, перемалывать/ся/; жевать). At the end of five-and-thirty minutes, Harris said, "Ah!" (через тридцать пять минут Гаррис сказал «Уф!») and took his left leg out from under him and put his right one there instead (и вытащил левую ногу из-под себя, и вместо нее положил туда правую).
Five minutes afterwards (пять минут спустя), George said, "Ah!" too, and threw his plate out on the bank (и выбросил свою тарелку на берег); and, three minutes later than that, Montmorency gave the first sign of contentment he had exhibited since we had started (а через три минуты после этого Монморенси выказал первый признак удовлетворения, /которое/ он проявил с тех пор, как мы отправились /в путь/; to exhibit — показывать, выказывать, выражать), and rolled over on his side, and spread his legs out (и перевернулся на бок, и вытянул лапы); and then I said, "Ah!" and bent my head back (и откинул голову назад; to bend — сгибать, гнуть), and bumped it against one of the hoops, but I did not mind it (и ударился ей об одну из дуг, но не придал этому значения). I did not even swear (я даже не выругался).
breadth [bredO] exhibited [***z*b*t*d]
For five-and-thirty minutes not a sound was heard throughout the length and breadth of that boat, save the clank of cutlery and crockery, and the steady grinding of four sets of molars. At the end of five-and-thirty minutes, Harris said, "Ah!" and took his left leg out from under him and put his right one there instead.
Five minutes afterwards, George said, "Ah!" too, and threw his plate out on the bank; and, three minutes later than that, Montmorency gave the first sign of contentment he had exhibited since we had started, and rolled over on his side, and spread his legs out; and then I said, "Ah!" and bent my head back, and bumped it against one of the hoops, but I did not mind it. I did not even swear.
How good one feels when one is full (как хорошо себя чувствуешь, когда сыт; full — полный, заполненный; довольный, сытый) — how satisfied with ourselves and with the world (как доволен собой и /всем/ миром)! People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented (люди, которые испытали/пережили это, говорят мне, что чистая совесть делает человека очень счастливым и довольным); but a full stomach does the business quite as well (но полный желудок делает это /дело/ примерно так же), and is cheaper, and more easily obtained (но это дешевле и этого легче достичь; to obtain — получать; достигать). One feels so forgiving and generous after a substantial and well-digested meal (чувствуешь себя таким всепрощающим и благородным после основательного и хорошо переваренного приема пищи) — so noble-minded, so kindly-hearted (таким великодушным, таким добросердечным).
It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs (очень странно это господство над нашим рассудком пищеварительных органов; domination — преобладание; господство, власть). We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so (мы не можем работать, не можем думать, если наш желудок не пожелает этого). It dictates to us our emotions, our passions (он диктует нам наши эмоции, наши страсти). After eggs and bacon, it says, "Work!" (после яичницы с беконом он говорит «Работай»). After beefsteak and porter, it says, "Sleep!" (после бифштекса и портера говорит: «Спи»). After a cup of tea (two spoonsful for each cup, and don't let it stand more than three minutes) (после чашки чая /две ложки на каждую чашку, и не дайте чаю настаиваться больше трех минут/), it says to the brain, "Now, rise, and show your strength (он говорит мозгу: «Теперь поднимайся и покажи свою силу). Be eloquent, and deep, and tender (будь красноречивым, серьезным и нежным); see, with a clear eye, into Nature and into life (всмотрись ясным взором в Природу и жизнь); spread your white wings of quivering thought (расправь свои белые крылья трепещущей мысли), and soar, a god-like spirit, over the whirling world beneath you (и воспари богоподобным духом над суетным миром под тобою; whirl — кружение, вихрь; спешка, суматоха), up through long lanes of flaming stars to the gates of eternity (ввысь через длинные коридоры пылающих звезд к вратам вечности; lane — узкая дорога, тропинка; flaming — пламенеющий, пылающий; яркий, сверкающий)!"
stomach [*st*m*k] substantial [s*b*st*n*(*)l] eloquent [*el*kw*nt]
How good one feels when one is full — how satisfied with ourselves and with the world! People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained. One feels so forgiving and generous after a substantial and well-digested meal — so noble-minded, so kindly-hearted.
It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It dictates to us our emotions, our passions. After eggs and bacon, it says, "Work!" After beefsteak and porter, it says, "Sleep!" After a cup of tea (two spoonsful for each cup, and don't let it stand more than three minutes), it says to the brain, "Now, rise, and show your strength. Be eloquent, and deep, and tender; see, with a clear eye, into Nature and into life; spread your white wings of quivering thought, and soar, a god-like spirit, over the whirling world beneath you, up through long lanes of flaming stars to the gates of eternity!"
After hot muffins, it says (после горячих оладий желудок говорит), "Be dull and soulless, like a beast of the field (будь туп и бездушен, как скотина в поле; beast of the field — полевые животные, скот) — a brainless animal, with listless eye (безмозглым животным с безразличным взглядом), unlit by any ray of fancy, or of hope, or fear, or love, or life (в котором не светится ни воображение, ни надежда, ни страх, ни любовь, ни жизнь: «не освещенным ни проблеском…»)." And after brandy, taken in sufficient quantity, it says (а после бренди, употребленного в достаточном количестве, он говорит; to take — брать), "Now, come, fool, grin and tumble, that your fellow-men may laugh (теперь давай, дурачься, ухмыляйся и кувыркайся, чтобы твои товарищи могли посмеяться) — drivel in folly, and splutter in senseless sounds (болтай чепуху и издавай бессмысленные звуки; to drivel — нести бред, пороть чушь; folly — глупость, недомыслие, безумство; чушь; to splutter — говорить быстро и бессвязно, лопотать), and show what a helpless ninny is poor man (и покажи, каким беспомощным дурачком становится несчастный человек) whose wit and will are drowned, like kittens (чьи ум и воля утоплены, словно котята), side by side, in half an inch of alcohol (в полудюйме алкоголя)."
We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach (мы — лишь жалкие рабы желудка). Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends (не стремитесь к нравственности и праведности, мои друзья); watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet it with care and judgment (наблюдайте бдительно за своим желудком и питайте его с осторожностью и рассудительностью). Then virtue and contentment will come and reign within your heart (тогда добродетель и удовлетворение придут и воцарятся у вас в сердце), unsought by any effort of your own (без всяких усилий с вашей стороны; unsought — непрошеный; легко полученный /не потребовавший поисков, усилий и т.д./); and you will be a good citizen, a loving husband (и вы станете хорошим гражданином, любящим мужем), and a tender father — a noble, pious man (нежным отцом — благородным, благочестивым человеком).
drivel [dr*vl] alcohol [**lk*h*l] righteousness [*ra***sn*s] pious [*pa**s]
After hot muffins, it says, "Be dull and soulless, like a beast of the field — a brainless animal, with listless eye, unlit by any ray of fancy, or of hope, or fear, or love, or life." And after brandy, taken in sufficient quantity, it says, "Now, come, fool, grin and tumble, that your fellow-men may laugh — drivel in folly, and splutter in senseless sounds, and show what a helpless ninny is poor man whose wit and will are drowned, like kittens, side by side, in half an inch of alcohol."
We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet it with care and judgment. Then virtue and contentment will come and reign within your heart, unsought by any effort of your own; and you will be a good citizen, a loving husband, and a tender father — a noble, pious man.
Before our supper, Harris and George and I were quarrelsome and snappy and ill-tempered (перед ужином Гаррис, Джордж и я были сварливыми, раздражительными и с плохим характером); after our supper, we sat and beamed on one another (после ужина мы сидели и радостно улыбались друг другу; to beam — сиять, испускать лучи; широко, радостно улыбаться), and we beamed upon the dog, too (а также улыбались собаке). We loved each other, we loved everybody (мы любили друг друга, любили всех). Harris, in moving about, trod on George's corn (Гаррис, переходя на другое место, наступил Джорджу на мозоль; to tread). Had this happened before supper (случись это до ужина), George would have expressed wishes and desires concerning Harris's fate in this world and the next (Джордж бы высказал /разные/ пожелания относительно судьбы Гарриса в этом мире и следующем; wish — /по/желание, просьба; desire — /страстное/ желание, пожелание) that would have made a thoughtful man shudder (которые заставили бы мыслящего человека содрогнуться; thoughtful — задумчивый; погруженный в размышления; вдумчивый).
As it was, he said (а на самом деле он сказал): "Steady, old man (осторожно, старина); 'ware wheat (легче на поворотах; 'ware = aware — знающий, осведомленный; осторожно! берегись!: «смотри не наступай на мою пшеницу»; wheat — пшеница)."
And Harris, instead of merely observing, in his most unpleasant tones (а Гаррис, вместо того, чтобы просто заметить самым неприятным тоном), that a fellow could hardly help treading on some bit of George's foot (что товарищ едва ли может не наступить = что нельзя не наступить на какую-либо часть ноги Джорджа), if he had to move about at all within ten yards of where George was sitting (если вообще приходится переходить на другое место: «передвигаться» на расстоянии не более десяти ярдов от /того места/, где сидит Джордж), suggesting that George never ought to come into an ordinary sized boat with feet that length (намекая, что Джорджу вообще не следовало бы садиться: «входить» в лодку обычного размера с ногами такой длины), and advising him to hang them over the side (и советуя ему свесить их за борт), as he would have done before supper, now said (как он /Гаррис/ сделал бы до ужина, теперь сказал): "Oh, I'm so sorry, old chap (о, извини, дружище); I hope I haven't hurt you (надеюсь, я не причинил тебе боль)."
treading [*tred**] desire [d**za**] unpleasant [*n*plez(*)nt]
Before our supper, Harris and George and I were quarrelsome and snappy and ill-tempered; after our supper, we sat and beamed on one another, and we beamed upon the dog, too. We loved each other, we loved everybody. Harris, in moving about, trod on George's corn. Had this happened before supper, George would have expressed wishes and desires concerning Harris's fate in this world and the next that would have made a thoughtful man shudder.
As it was, he said: "Steady, old man; `ware wheat."
And Harris, instead of merely observing, in his most unpleasant tones, that a fellow could hardly help treading on some bit of George's foot, if he had to move about at all within ten yards of where George was sitting, suggesting that George never ought to come into an ordinary sized boat with feet that length, and advising him to hang them over the side, as he would have done before supper, now said: "Oh, I'm so sorry, old chap; I hope I haven't hurt you."
And George said: "Not at all (нисколько/вовсе нет);" that it was his fault (что это его вина); and Harris said no, it was his (а Гаррис говорит, что нет, его).
It was quite pretty to hear them (было очень приятно слушать их).
We lit our pipes, and sat, looking out on the quiet night, and talked (мы зажгли трубки и сидели, выглядывая /из-под брезента/ на тихую ночь, и разговаривали).
George said why could not we be always like this (Джордж спросил, почему мы не можем всегда быть такими) — away from the world, with its sin and temptation (вдали от мира, с его грехами и искушениями), leading sober, peaceful lives, and doing good (вести умеренную, спокойную жизнь и творить добро). I said it was the sort of thing I had often longed for myself (я сказал, что часто сам очень этого хотел; to long — очень хотеть, страстно желать; стремиться); and we discussed the possibility of our going away, we four (и мы /стали/ обсуждать возможность нашего ухода, нас четверых), to some handy, well-fitted desert island, and living there in the woods (на какой-нибудь удобный, хорошо обставленный необитаемый остров и проживания там в лесу).
Harris said that the danger about desert islands, as far as he had heard (Гаррис сказал, что опасность необитаемых островов, насколько он слышал), was that they were so damp (состоит в том, что они очень сырые): but George said no, not if properly drained (но Джордж сказал «нет», если они хорошенько осушены).
fault [f*:lt] desert [*dez*t]
And George said: "Not at all;" that it was his fault; and Harris said no, it was his.
It was quite pretty to hear them.
We lit our pipes, and sat, looking out on the quiet night, and talked.
George said why could not we be always like this — away from the world, with its sin and temptation, leading sober, peaceful lives, and doing good. I said it was the sort of thing I had often longed for myself; and we discussed the possibility of our going away, we four, to some handy, well-fitted desert island, and living there in the woods.
Harris said that the danger about desert islands, as far as he had heard, was that they were so damp: but George said no, not if properly drained.
And then we got on to drains (затем мы заговорили про осушение; to get on to — заниматься; приниматься за; drain — дренажная канава, система осушения), and that put George in mind of a very funny thing that happened to his father once (и это напомнило Джорджу об одном очень забавном случае, который произошел однажды с его отцом). He said his father was travelling with another fellow through Wales (что его отец путешествовал с одним человеком по Уэльсу), and, one night, they stopped at a little inn (и однажды вечером они остановились в маленькой гостинице), where there were some other fellows, and they joined the other fellows (где были другие люди = постояльцы, и они присоединились к ним), and spent the evening with them (и провели с ними вечер; to spend).
They had a very jolly evening, and sat up late (у них был очень веселый вечер, и они засиделись /допоздна/), and, by the time they came to go to bed (и, к тому времени, когда они отправились спать), they (this was when George's father was a very young man) were slightly jolly, too (они /это происходило, когда отец Джорджа был очень молод/ были слегка навеселе). They (George's father and George's father's friend) were to sleep in the same room, but in different beds (они /отец Джорджа и приятель отца Джорджа/ должны были спать в одной комнате, но в разных кроватях). They took the candle, and went up (они взяли свечу и поднялись наверх). The candle lurched up against the wall when they got into the room, and went out (свеча наклонилась к стене = ударилась о стену, когда они входили в комнату, и погасла), and they had to undress and grope into bed in the dark (и им пришлось раздеваться и ощупью искать кровати в темноте). This they did (это они сделали); but, instead of getting into separate beds, as they thought they were doing (но, вместо того, чтобы лечь на разные кровати, как они думали /что ложатся/), they both climbed into the same one without knowing it (они оба влезли в одну и ту же, не зная этого) — one getting in with his head at the top (один залез головой сверху = к подушке), and the other crawling in from the opposite side of the compass (а другой вполз с противоположной стороны; compass — граница, предел; окружность, компас), and lying with his feet on the pillow (оказавшись лежащим своими ногами на подушке).
separate [*sep(*)r*t] climb [kla*m] opposite [**p*z*t]
And then we got on to drains, and that put George in mind of a very funny thing that happened to his father once. He said his father was travelling with another fellow through Wales, and, one night, they stopped at a little inn, where there were some other fellows, and they joined the other fellows, and spent the evening with them.
They had a very jolly evening, and sat up late, and, by the time they came to go to bed, they (this was when George's father was a very young man) were slightly jolly, too. They (George's father and George's father's friend) were to sleep in the same room, but in different beds. They took the candle, and went up. The candle lurched up against the wall when they got into the room, and went out, and they had to undress and grope into bed in the dark. This they did; but, instead of getting into separate beds, as they thought they were doing, they both climbed into the same one without knowing it — one getting in with his head at the top, and the other crawling in from the opposite side of the compass, and lying with his feet on the pillow.
There was silence for a moment, and then George's father said (минуту была тишина, а потом отец Джорджа сказал):
"Joe (Джо)!"
"What's the matter, Tom (что случилось, Том)*" replied Joe's voice from the other end of the bed (ответил голос Джо с другого конца кровати).
"Why, there's a man in my bed (ну, в моей постели какой-то человек)," said George's father; "here's his feet on my pillow (его ноги на моей подушке)."
"Well, it's an extraordinary thing, Tom (удивительная вещь, Том)," answered the other (ответил тот); "but I'm blest if there isn't a man in my bed, too (но черт меня побери, если в моей постели тоже не лежит какой-то человек = черт возьми, да в моей постели тоже кто-то лежит)!"
There was silence for a moment, and then George's father said:
"Joe!"
"What's the matter, Tom*" replied Joe's voice from the other end of the bed.
"Why, there's a man in my bed," said George's father; "here's his feet on my pillow."
"Well, it's an extraordinary thing, Tom," answered the other; "but I'm blest if there isn't a man in my bed, too!"
"What are you going to do (что ты собираешься делать)*" asked George's father.
"Well, I'm going to chuck him out (собираюсь вытолкнуть/скинуть его; to chuck — /легонько/ бросить; кинуть; швырнуть)," replied Joe.
"So am I (я тоже)," said George's father, valiantly (храбро сказал отец Джорджа).
There was a brief struggle, followed by two heavy bumps on the floor (произошла короткая борьба, за которой последовали два тяжелых удара об пол; bump — столкновение; глухой тяжелый удар), and then a rather doleful voice said (а потом весьма печальный/страдальческий голос сказал):
"I say, Tom (послушай, Том)!"
"Yes!"
valiantly [*v*l**ntl*] brief [bri:f]
"What are you going to do*" asked George's father.
"Well, I'm going to chuck him out," replied Joe.
"So am I," said George's father, valiantly.
There was a brief struggle, followed by two heavy bumps on the floor, and then a rather doleful voice said:
"I say, Tom!"
"Yes!"
"How have you got on (как у тебя дела)*"
"Well, to tell you the truth, my man's chucked me out (ну, сказать по правде, мой человек вытолкнул меня)."
"So's mine (мой тоже)! I say, I don't think much of this inn, do you (знаешь, мне не особенно нравится эта гостиница, а тебе)*"
"What was the name of that inn (как называлась та гостиница)*" said Harris.
"The Pig and Whistle (Свинья и Свисток; pigs and whistles — всякая ерунда, мелочи)," said George. "Why (а что)*"
"Ah, no, then it isn't the same (а, нет, тогда это не та)," replied Harris.
"How have you got on*"
"Well, to tell you the truth, my man's chucked me out."
"So's mine! I say, I don't think much of this inn, do you*"
"What was the name of that inn*" said Harris.
"The Pig and Whistle," said George. "Why*"
"Ah, no, then it isn't the same," replied Harris.
"What do you mean (что ты имеешь в виду)*" queried George (спросил Джордж; to query — спрашивать, осведомляться, уточнять).
"Why it's so curious (это очень любопытно)," murmured Harris (пробормотал Гаррис), "but precisely that very same thing happened to my father once at a country inn (точно такой же случай произошел однажды с моим отцом в одной деревенской гостинице). I've often heard him tell the tale (я часто слышал, как он рассказывал эту историю). I thought it might have been the same inn (я думал, это, может быть, та же самая гостиница)."
We turned in at ten that night, and I thought I should sleep well, being tired (мы легли спать в десять в тот вечер, и я подумал, что буду хорошо спать, утомившись); but I didn't (но нет). As a rule, I undress and put my head on the pillow (как правило, я раздеваюсь и кладу голову на подушку), and then somebody bangs at the door, and says it is half-past eight (а потом кто-нибудь стучит в дверь и говорит, что сейчас полдевятого): but, to-night, everything seemed against me (но сегодня вечером, казалось, все было против меня); the novelty of it all, the hardness of the boat, the cramped position (новизна всего этого, жесткость лодки, стесненная = неудобная поза) (I was lying with my feet under one seat, and my head on another) (я лежал, положив ноги под одно сиденье, а голову — на другое), the sound of the lapping water round the boat (звук плещущейся воды вокруг лодки), and the wind among the branches, kept me restless and disturbed (и ветер в ветвях — все это держало меня беспокойным и встревоженным = беспокоило и тревожило меня; to keep — держать, удерживать).
query [*kw**r*] branch [br*:n*]
"What do you mean*" queried George.
"Why it's so curious," murmured Harris, "but precisely that very same thing happened to my father once at a country inn. I've often heard him tell the tale. I thought it might have been the same inn."
We turned in at ten that night, and I thought I should sleep well, being tired; but I didn't. As a rule, I undress and put my head on the pillow, and then somebody bangs at the door, and says it is half-past eight: but, to-night, everything seemed against me; the novelty of it all, the hardness of the boat, the cramped position (I was lying with my feet under one seat, and my head on another), the sound of the lapping water round the boat, and the wind among the branches, kept me restless and disturbed.
I did get to sleep for a few hours (я заснул на несколько часов), and then some part of the boat which seemed to have grown up in the night (потом какая-то часть лодки, которая, видимо, выросла ночью) — for it certainly was not there when we started, and it had disappeared by the morning (потому что ее, несомненно, там не было, когда мы отправились в путь, и она исчезла к утру) — kept digging into my spine (продолжала вонзаться = все время вонзалась мне в спину; spine — позвоночник, спинной хребет). I slept through it for a while, dreaming that I had swallowed a sovereign (я спал через это = терпя это некоторое время, и мне снилось, что я проглотил соверен), and that they were cutting a hole in my back with a gimlet, so as to try and get it out (и что делают дыру в моей спине буравчиком, чтобы вытащить ее /эту часть лодки/). I thought it very unkind of them, and I told them I would owe them the money (я подумал, это очень недобро = нехорошо с их стороны, и сказал, что буду должен им эти деньги /соверен/), and they should have it at the end of the month (и они получат его в конце месяца). But they would not hear of that, and said it would be much better if they had it then (но они не стали слушать и сказали, что будет намного лучше, если они получат это сейчас), because otherwise the interest would accumulate so (потому что в противном случае нарастут проценты; to accumulate — накапливать/ся/, собирать/ся/, нарастать). I got quite cross with them after a bit, and told them what I thought of them (я совсем рассердился на них через некоторое время и сказал им, что я о них думаю; cross — пересекающийся, перекрестный; злой, раздраженный, сердитый), and then they gave the gimlet such an excruciating wrench that I woke up (и тогда они так мучительно = резко повернули буравчик, что я проснулся; wrench — выкручивание, дерганье, рывок; to wake up).
sovereign [*s*vr*n] money [*m*n*] excruciating [*k*skru:**e*t**]
I did get to sleep for a few hours, and then some part of the boat which seemed to have grown up in the night — for it certainly was not there when we started, and it had disappeared by the morning — kept digging into my spine. I slept through it for a while, dreaming that I had swallowed a sovereign, and that they were cutting a hole in my back with a gimlet, so as to try and get it out. I thought it very unkind of them, and I told them I would owe them the money, and they should have it at the end of the month. But they would not hear of that, and said it would be much better if they had it then, because otherwise the interest would accumulate so. I got quite cross with them after a bit, and told them what I thought of them, and then they gave the gimlet such an excruciating wrench that I woke up.
The boat seemed stuffy, and my head ached (лодка казалось душной = в лодке было душно, и у меня болела голова); so I thought I would step out into the cool night-air (поэтому я решил выйти на прохладный ночной воздух). I slipped on what clothes I could find about (я накинул/надел одежду, что смог найти) — some of my own, and some of George's and Harris's (частично мою собственную, частично Джорджа и Гарриса) — and crept under the canvas on to the bank (и выполз из-под парусины на берег).
It was a glorious night (была великолепная ночь). The moon had sunk, and left the quiet earth alone with the stars (луна зашла /за тучи/ и оставила тихую землю наедине со звездами; to sink; to leave). It seemed as if, in the silence and the hush, while we her children slept (казалось, будто в безмолвии и тишине, пока мы, ее дети, спим), they were talking with her, their sister (они говорят с ней, их сестрой) — conversing of mighty mysteries in voices too vast and deep for childish human ears to catch the sound (беседуют о великих тайнах голосами, слишком широкими и глубокими, чтобы детские людские уши = слух мог уловить их; vast — обширный, громадный, безбрежный; sound — звук, шум).
They awe us, these strange stars, so cold, so clear (они внушают нам благоговейный страх, эти странные звезды, такие холодные, такие ясные). We are as children whose small feet have strayed into some dim-lit temple of the god (мы — словно дети, чьи маленькие ножки забрели в тускло освещенный храм божества; to stray — сбиться с пути, заблудиться; скитаться) they have been taught to worship but know not (/которого/ их научили почитать, но которого они не знают; to teach; to worship — поклоняться, почитать, боготворить); and, standing where the echoing dome spans the long vista of the shadowy light (и, стоя /там/, где гулкий купол простирается над длинным рядом призрачных огней; to span — охватывать; простираться; vista — перспектива, вид /в конце аллеи и т.д./; аллея, вереница) glance up, half hoping, half afraid to see some awful vision hovering there (смотрят вверх, и надеясь, и боясь: «полунадеясь и полубоясь» увидеть величественное видение, парящее там; to glance up — поднять голову и бросить взгляд; awful — ужасный, внушающий страх, благоговение).
echoing [*ek*u**] awful [**:ful]
The boat seemed stuffy, and my head ached; so I thought I would step out into the cool night-air. I slipped on what clothes I could find about — some of my own, and some of George's and Harris's — and crept under the canvas on to the bank.
It was a glorious night. The moon had sunk, and left the quiet earth alone with the stars. It seemed as if, in the silence and the hush, while we her children slept, they were talking with her, their sister — conversing of mighty mysteries in voices too vast and deep for childish human ears to catch the sound.
They awe us, these strange stars, so cold, so clear. We are as children whose small feet have strayed into some dim-lit temple of the god they have been taught to worship but know not; and, standing where the echoing dome spans the long vista of the shadowy light, glance up, half hoping, half afraid to see some awful vision hovering there.
And yet it seems so full of comfort and of strength, the night (и все же наполненной утешением и силой кажется ночь). In its great presence, our small sorrows creep away, ashamed (в ее великом присутствии наши маленькие горести уползают, пристыженные). The day has been so full of fret and care (день был настолько полон раздражением и заботой), and our hearts have been so full of evil and of bitter thoughts (и наши сердца были столь полны зла и горьких мыслей), and the world has seemed so hard and wrong to us (и мир казался нам таким жестоким и несправедливым). Then Night, like some great loving mother (Ночь, словно великая любящая мать), gently lays her hand upon our fevered head (нежно кладет свою руку на нашу лихорадочную голову), and turns our little tear-stained faces up to hers, and smiles (и поднимает наши маленькие заплаканные лица к своему = смотрит в наши заплаканные лица и улыбается); and, though she does not speak, we know what she would say (и, хотя она не говорит, мы знаем, что она хочет сказать), and lay our hot flushed cheek against her bosom, and the pain is gone (и прижимаемся горячей, пылающей щекой к ее груди; и боль прошла; flush — залитый краской, румяный; to flush — выходить из берегов; приливать /о крови, например, к лицу/, вспыхнуть, /по/краснеть).
Sometimes, our pain is very deep and real, and we stand before her very silent (иногда наша боль очень глубока и подлинна, и мы стоим перед ней очень молчаливые = в полном молчании), because there is no language for our pain, only a moan (потому что не существует языка для нашей боли, только стон = словами ее не выразить, только стоном). Night's heart is full of pity for us: she cannot ease our aching (сердце ночи полно жалости к нам: она не может облегчить нашу боль); she takes our hand in hers, and the little world grows very small and very far away beneath us (она берет нашу руку в свою, и маленький мир становится очень маленьким и очень далеким под нами = мы взлетаем над этим маленьким миром), and, borne on her dark wings (и, вознесенные на ее темных крыльях; to bear — /пере/возить, /пере/носить; выдерживать, поддерживать), we pass for a moment into a mightier Presence than her own (мы на минуту переходим в более могущественное присутствие, чем ее = оказываемся перед кем-то более могущественным, чем она; presence — присутствие; соседство, близость), and in the wondrous light of that great Presence (и в удивительном свете этой великой силы), all human life lies like a book before us (вся человеческая жизнь лежит перед нами, словно /раскрытая/ книга), and we know that Pain and Sorrow are but the angels of God (и мы знаем, что Боль и Печаль — всего лишь ангелы Господа).
presence [*prez(*)ns] fevered [*fi:v*d] aching [*e*k**] wondrous [*w*ndr*s]
And yet it seems so full of comfort and of strength, the night. In its great presence, our small sorrows creep away, ashamed. The day has been so full of fret and care, and our hearts have been so full of evil and of bitter thoughts, and the world has seemed so hard and wrong to us. Then Night, like some great loving mother, gently lays her hand upon our fevered head, and turns our little tear-stained faces up to hers, and smiles; and, though she does not speak, we know what she would say, and lay our hot flushed cheek against her bosom, and the pain is gone.
Sometimes, our pain is very deep and real, and we stand before her very silent, because there is no language for our pain, only a moan. Night's heart is full of pity for us: she cannot ease our aching; she takes our hand in hers, and the little world grows very small and very far away beneath us, and, borne on her dark wings, we pass for a moment into a mightier Presence than her own, and in the wondrous light of that great Presence, all human life lies like a book before us, and we know that Pain and Sorrow are but the angels of God.
Only those who have worn the crown of suffering can look upon that wondrous light (лишь те, кто носил венец страдания, могут взглянуть на этот чудесный свет; to wear; crown — венок, венец; корона); and they, when they return, may not speak of it, or tell the mystery they know (и они, когда возвращаются /на землю/, не могут говорить о нем и рассказать о тайне, которую знают).
Once upon a time, through a strange country, there rode some goodly knights (когда-то давным-давно по чужой стране ехали верхом славные рыцари; to ride; goodly — прекрасный, великолепный; хорошо выглядящий), and their path lay by a deep wood, where tangled briars grew very thick and strong (и их путь лежал через дремучий лес, где спутанный колючий кустарник рос очень плотно и сильно = где тесно переплелись густые заросли шиповника; briar — колючий кустарник, кусты с шипами; шиповник; to grow — расти), and tore the flesh of them that lost their way therein (и терзали плоть тех, кто заблудился там; to tear — разрывать/ся/; царапать, ранить; to lose; therein — здесь, там, в том). And the leaves of the trees that grew in the wood were very dark and thick (и листья деревьев, что росли в том лесу, были очень темные и плотные), so that no ray of light came through the branches to lighten the gloom and sadness (так что ни один луч света не проникал через ветви, чтобы рассеять мрак и печаль; to lighten — светлеть, осветлять; рассеивать тьму).
And, as they passed by that dark wood (и, когда они проезжали по тому темному лесу), one knight of those that rode, missing his comrades (один рыцарь из тех, что ехали = один из рыцарей потерял своих товарищей; to miss — упустить, пропустить; не заметить), wandered far away, and returned to them no more (блуждал вдалеке/заблудился, и больше к ним не вернулся; to wander — бродить, скитаться; заблудиться); and they, sorely grieving, rode on without him (и они, глубоко опечаленные, продолжали скакать без него; sorely — болезненно, мучительно; очень, крайне; to grieve — /глубоко/ опечаливать; горевать, убиваться), mourning him as one dead (оплакивая его как погибшего).
knight [na*t] briar [*bra**] comrade [*k*mr(e)*d] mourning [*m*:n**]
Only those who have worn the crown of suffering can look upon that wondrous light; and they, when they return, may not speak of it, or tell the mystery they know.
Once upon a time, through a strange country, there rode some goodly knights, and their path lay by a deep wood, where tangled briars grew very thick and strong, and tore the flesh of them that lost their way therein. And the leaves of the trees that grew in the wood were very dark and thick, so that no ray of light came through the branches to lighten the gloom and sadness.
And, as they passed by that dark wood, one knight of those that rode, missing his comrades, wandered far away, and returned to them no more; and they, sorely grieving, rode on without him, mourning him as one dead.
Now, when they reached the fair castle towards which they had been journeying (теперь, когда они достигли прекрасного замка, к которому направлялись; to journey — путешествовать, совершать поездку), they stayed there many days, and made merry (они пробыли там много дней, пируя/веселясь); and one night, as they sat in cheerful ease around the logs that burned in the great hall (и однажды вечером, когда они сидели весело и беззаботно: «в веселой беззаботности» у огня, пылающего в огромном зале; log — бревно, колода, чурбан), and drank a loving measure, there came the comrade they had lost, and greeted them (и осушали большие кубки, вошел товарищ, которого они потеряли, и поприветствовал их; to drink; loving — верный, любящий, преданный; measure — мера, степень). His clothes were ragged, like a beggar's (его одежда была разорвана, как у нищего; ragged — рваный, изорванный /в клочья/; одетый в лохмотья), and many sad wounds were on his sweet flesh (и множество тяжелых ран было на его прекрасном теле; sweet — сладкий; приятный, милый /о внешности/), but upon his face there shone a great radiance of deep joy (но его лицо светилось великой, глубокой радостью; to shine; radiance — сияние).
And they questioned him, asking him what had befallen him (и они спрашивали его, что с ним произошло; to befall-befell-befallen): and he told them how in the dark wood he had lost his way (и он рассказал им, как заблудился в темном лесу), and had wandered many days and nights (и блуждал много дней и ночей), till, torn and bleeding, he had lain him down to die (пока, исцарапанный и обессиленный, не лег, чтобы умереть; to bleed — истекать кровью).
measure [*me**] wound [wu:nd]
Now, when they reached the fair castle towards which they had been journeying, they stayed there many days, and made merry; and one night, as they sat in cheerful ease around the logs that burned in the great hall, and drank a loving measure, there came the comrade they had lost, and greeted them. His clothes were ragged, like a beggar's, and many sad wounds were on his sweet flesh, but upon his face there shone a great radiance of deep joy.
And they questioned him, asking him what had befallen him: and he told them how in the dark wood he had lost his way, and had wandered many days and nights, till, torn and bleeding, he had lain him down to die.
Then, when he was nigh unto death (когда он был близок к смерти), lo! through the savage gloom there came to him a stately maiden (вдруг из зловещей тьмы к нему вышла величавая девушка; lo — вот! слушай! и вдруг!; savage — грубый, дикий; свирепый, злой), and took him by the hand and led him on through devious paths, unknown to any man (взяла его за руку и повела по извилистым тропам, неизвестным никому; to lead; devious — удаленный, уединенный; извилистый, окольный; devious paths — окольные пути), until upon the darkness of the wood there dawned a light (пока в темноте леса не забрезжил свет; to dawn — рассветать; проясняться, пробиваться, доходить) such as the light of day was unto but as a little lamp unto the sun (такой, что свет дня был по сравнению с ним, как лишь маленький фонарь по сравнению с солнцем); and, in that wondrous light, our way-worn knight saw as in a dream a vision (и в этом удивительном свете наш утомленный рыцарь увидел, словно во сне, видение), and so glorious, so fair the vision seemed (и таким восхитительным и прекрасным казалось то видение), that of his bleeding wounds he thought no more, but stood as one entranced (что он больше не думал о своих кровоточащих ранах, а стоял как очарованный), whose joy is deep as is the sea, whereof no man can tell the depth (его радость была глубокой, словно море, глубину которого не может постичь никто; whereof — о чем, из чего, о котором).
And the vision faded, and the knight, kneeling upon the ground (и видение постепенно исчезло, и рыцарь, опускаясь на колени на землю; to fade — вянуть, увядать; исчезать, расплываться), thanked the good saint who into that sad wood had strayed his steps (возблагодарил добрую святую, которая в этом печальном/темном лесу увела его с дороги; to stray — сбиться с пути; заблудиться), so he had seen the vision that lay there hid (чтобы он увидел видение, что пребывало сокрытым здесь; to hide — прятать, скрывать).
And the name of the dark forest was Sorrow (а имя того темного леса было Горе); but of the vision that the good knight saw therein we may not speak nor tell (но о видении, которое добрый рыцарь увидел в нем/там, мы не можем ни сказать, ни рассказать).
devious [*di:vj*s] entranced [*n*tr*:nst] kneel [ni:l]
Then, when he was nigh unto death, lo! through the savage gloom there came to him a stately maiden, and took him by the hand and led him on through devious paths, unknown to any man, until upon the darkness of the wood there dawned a light such as the light of day was unto but as a little lamp unto the sun; and, in that wondrous light, our way-worn knight saw as in a dream a vision, and so glorious, so fair the vision seemed, that of his bleeding wounds he thought no more, but stood as one entranced, whose joy is deep as is the sea, whereof no man can tell the depth.
And the vision faded, and the knight, kneeling upon the ground, thanked the good saint who into that sad wood had strayed his steps, so he had seen the vision that lay there hid.
And the name of the dark forest was Sorrow; but of the vision that the good knight saw therein we may not speak nor tell.
CHAPTER XI
(глава одиннадцатая)
How George, once upon a time, got up early in the morning (как Джордж однажды встал рано утром). — George, Harris, and Montmorency do not like the look of the cold water (Джордж, Гаррис и Монморенси не любят вида холодной воды). — Heroism and determination on the part of J. (героизм и решительность со стороны Джея). — George and his shirt: story with a moral (Джордж и его рубашка: история с моралью). — Harris as cook (Гаррис в качестве повара). — Historical retrospect, specially inserted for the use of schools (историческая ретроспектива, специально помещенная /здесь/ для школьников; retrospect — взгляд назад, в прошлое; ретроспектива; use — применение, использование; польза, толк).
How George, once upon a time, got up early in the morning. — George, Harris, and Montmorency do not like the look of the cold water. — Heroism and determination on the part of J. — George and his shirt: story with a moral. — Harris as cook. — Historical retrospect, specially inserted for the use of schools.
I WOKE at six the next morning (я проснулся в шесть на следующее утро; to wake); and found George awake too (и обнаружил, что Джордж тоже проснулся; awake — проснувшийся, бодрствующий). We both turned round, and tried to go to sleep again, but we could not (мы оба повернулись /на другой бок/ и попытались заснуть снова, но не могли). Had there been any particular reason why we should not have gone to sleep again (будь у нас какая-нибудь особая причина, почему = чтобы не засыпать опять), but have got up and dressed then and there (а подняться и одеться сразу же), we should have dropped off while we were looking at our watches, and have slept till ten (мы бы заснули, глядя на часы = едва взглянув на часы, и проспали бы до десяти). As there was no earthly necessity for our getting up under another two hours at the very least (поскольку не было ни малейшей необходимости вставать, как минимум, в ближайшие два часа; earthly — земной, суетный; малейший, абсолютный), and our getting up at that time was an utter absurdity (и наш подъем в это время был полной глупостью), it was only in keeping with the natural cussedness of things in general (только согласно естественному, врожденному упрямству вещей в целом = из-за упрямой человеческой природы; to be in keeping with — соответствовать, отвечать /условиям и т.д./) that we should both feel that lying down for five minutes more would be death to us (мы оба почувствовали, что пролежать еще пять минут будет /равносильно/ смерти для нас).
reason [ri:z(*)n] absurdity [*b*s*:d*t*]
I WOKE at six the next morning; and found George awake too. We both turned round, and tried to go to sleep again, but we could not. Had there been any particular reason why we should not have gone to sleep again, but have got up and dressed then and there, we should have dropped off while we were looking at our watches, and have slept till ten. As there was no earthly necessity for our getting up under another two hours at the very least, and our getting up at that time was an utter absurdity, it was only in keeping with the natural cussedness of things in general that we should both feel that lying down for five minutes more would be death to us.
George said that the same kind of thing, only worse (Джордж сказал, что то же самое, только еще хуже), had happened to him some eighteen months ago (произошло с ним где-то восемнадцать месяцев назад), when he was lodging by himself in the house of a certain Mrs. Gippings (когда он снимал комнату в доме некой миссис Гиппингс). He said his watch went wrong one evening, and stopped at a quarter-past eight (что его часы испортились однажды вечером и остановились в четверть девятого: «после восьми»). He did not know this at the time because, for some reason or other (он не знал этого в то время, потому что, по той или иной причине), he forgot to wind it up when he went to bed (an unusual occurrence with him) (он забыл завести часы, когда ложился спать /необычный случай с ним = для него/; to forget), and hung it up over his pillow without ever looking at the thing (и повесил их над подушкой, даже не взглянув на них; to hang up).
It was in the winter when this happened, very near the shortest day (это случилось зимой, перед самым коротким днем), and a week of fog into the bargain (и к тому же в туманную неделю = погоду; into the bargain — кроме того, вдобавок; bargain — сделка), so the fact that it was still very dark when George woke in the morning was no guide to him as to the time (поэтому то, что было еще очень темно, когда Джордж проснулся утром, не было указанием для него в отношении времени = ничего не говорило о времени). He reached up, and hauled down his watch (он протянул руку и потянул /к себе/ часы). It was a quarter-past eight (было четверть девятого).
eighteen [e**ti:n] hauled [h*:ld] quarter [*kw*:t*]
George said that the same kind of thing, only worse, had happened to him some eighteen months ago, when he was lodging by himself in the house of a certain Mrs. Gippings. He said his watch went wrong one evening, and stopped at a quarter-past eight. He did not know this at the time because, for some reason or other, he forgot to wind it up when he went to bed (an unusual occurrence with him), and hung it up over his pillow without ever looking at the thing.
It was in the winter when this happened, very near the shortest day, and a week of fog into the bargain, so the fact that it was still very dark when George woke in the morning was no guide to him as to the time. He reached up, and hauled down his watch. It was a quarter-past eight.
"Angels and ministers of grace defend us (ангелы и святители небесные, защитите нас; minister — министр, посланник; священник; grace — изящество; благосклонность; милость, милосердие: by the grace of God — по Божьей милости)!" exclaimed George (воскликнул Джордж); "and here have I got to be in the City by nine (да ведь мне надо быть в Сити к девяти). Why didn't somebody call me (почему никто не разбудил меня)* Oh, this is a shame (безобразие; shame — стыд, позор)!" And he flung the watch down, and sprang out of bed (он бросил часы и выскочил из постели; to fling; to spring), and had a cold bath, and washed himself (и принял холодную ванну, и умылся), and dressed himself, and shaved himself in cold water (и оделся, и побрился в холодной воде) because there was not time to wait for the hot (потому что не было времени ждать горячей), and then rushed and had another look at the watch (а потом бросился и еще раз взглянул на часы).
Whether the shaking it had received in being thrown down on the bed had started it, or how it was, George could not say (то ли сотрясение, /которое/ они получили, когда их бросили на постель, запустило их = то ли часы пошли от сотрясения, или по другой причине, Джордж не мог сказать), but certain it was that from a quarter-past eight it had begun to go (но несомненным было то, что /начиная/ с четверти девятого они начали ходить; to begin), and now pointed to twenty minutes to nine (и теперь показывали без двадцати девять).
received [r**si:vd] certain [*s*:tn]
"Angels and ministers of grace defend us!" exclaimed George; "and here have I got to be in the City by nine. Why didn't somebody call me* Oh, this is a shame!" And he flung the watch down, and sprang out of bed, and had a cold bath, and washed himself, and dressed himself, and shaved himself in cold water because there was not time to wait for the hot, and then rushed and had another look at the watch.
Whether the shaking it had received in being thrown down on the bed had started it, or how it was, George could not say, but certain it was that from a quarter-past eight it had begun to go, and now pointed to twenty minutes to nine.
George snatched it up, and rushed downstairs (Джордж схватил их и бросился вниз по лестнице). In the sitting-room, all was dark and silent (в гостиной было темно и тихо): there was no fire, no breakfast (не было огня = камин не растоплен, не было завтрака). George said it was a wicked shame of Mrs. G. (Джордж сказал, это большой позор для миссис Г.), and he made up his mind to tell her what he thought of her when he came home in the evening (и решил сказать ей, что он о ней думает, когда вернется домой вечером). Then he dashed on his great-coat and hat (потом он ринулся за своим пальто и шляпой), and, seizing his umbrella, made for the front door (и, хватая зонтик, устремился к парадной двери). The door was not even unbolted (на двери не был даже снят засов). George anathematized Mrs. G. for a lazy old woman (Джордж обозвал миссис Г. ленивой старухой; to anathematize — предавать анафеме; проклинать), and thought it was very strange that people could not get up at a decent, respectable time (и подумал, очень странно, что люди не могут подняться в подходящее, приемлемое время; decent — подходящий; порядочный; respectable — почтенный, приличный; допустимый, приемлемый), unlocked and unbolted the door, and ran out (отпер дверь, снял засов и выбежал /на улицу/).
He ran hard for a quarter of a mile, and at the end of that distance (он быстро бежал четверть мили, и в конце этой дистанции) it began to be borne in upon him as a strange and curious thing (ему начало казаться странным и любопытным; to be borne in upon somebody — становиться ясным, понятным; доходить) that there were so few people about, and that there were no shops open (что вокруг так мало людей, и что магазины закрыты: «и что не было открытых магазинов»). It was certainly a very dark and foggy morning (конечно, это было очень темное и туманное утро), but still it seemed an unusual course to stop all business on that account (но все же казалось странным прекращать все дела из-за этого; course — курс, направление; образ действия). He had to go to business (он был вынужден идти на работу): why should other people stop in bed merely because it was dark and foggy (почему это другие остаются в постели только лишь потому, что темно и туманно /на улице/)!
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George snatched it up, and rushed downstairs. In the sitting-room, all was dark and silent: there was no fire, no breakfast. George said it was a wicked shame of Mrs. G., and he made up his mind to tell her what he thought of her when he came home in the evening. Then he dashed on his great-coat and hat, and, seizing his umbrella, made for the front door. The door was not even unbolted. George anathematized Mrs. G. for a lazy old woman, and thought it was very strange that people could not get up at a decent, respectable time, unlocked and unbolted the door, and ran out.
He ran hard for a quarter of a mile, and at the end of that distance it began to be borne in upon him as a strange and curious thing that there were so few people about, and that there were no shops open. It was certainly a very dark and foggy morning, but still it seemed an unusual course to stop all business on that account. He had to go to business: why should other people stop in bed merely because it was dark and foggy!
At length he reached Holborn (наконец он добрался до Холборна). Not a shutter was down (ни одного открытого ставня)! not a bus was about (ни одного омнибуса вокруг)! There were three men in sight, one of whom was a policeman (в поле зрения были три человека, один из которых полицейский); a market-cart full of cabbages, and a dilapidated looking cab (рыночная повозка, полная капусты, и обшарпанный кеб: «выглядящий полуразрушенным»; dilapidated — полуразрушенный, обветшалый). George pulled out his watch and looked at it (Джордж вынул часы и посмотрел на них): it was five minutes to nine (было без пяти девять)! He stood still and counted his pulse (он остановился и сосчитал свой пульс). He stooped down and felt his legs (он наклонился и пощупал ноги; to feel). Then, with his watch still in his hand, he went up to the policeman (потом, все еще держа часы в руке, он подошел к полицейскому), and asked him if he knew what the time was (и спросил, нет знает ли тот, сколько времени).
"What's the time*" said the man, eyeing George up and down with evident suspicion (сказал человек, оглядывая Джорджа с головы до ног с явным подозрением); "why, if you listen you will hear it strike (если послушаете, то услышите, как пробьет)."
George listened, and a neighbouring clock immediately obliged (Джордж прислушался, и близлежащие часы тотчас угодили /ему/).
"But it's only gone three (но они пробили только три)!" said George in an injured tone, when it had finished (сказал Джордж обиженным тоном, когда они закончили /бить/).
dilapidated [d**l*p*de*t*d] neighbouring [*ne*b(*)r**]
At length he reached Holborn. Not a shutter was down! not a bus was about! There were three men in sight, one of whom was a policeman; a market-cart full of cabbages, and a dilapidated looking cab. George pulled out his watch and looked at it: it was five minutes to nine! He stood still and counted his pulse. He stooped down and felt his legs. Then, with his watch still in his hand, he went up to the policeman, and asked him if he knew what the time was.
"What's the time*" said the man, eyeing George up and down with evident suspicion; "why, if you listen you will hear it strike."
George listened, and a neighbouring clock immediately obliged.
"But it's only gone three!" said George in an injured tone, when it had finished.
"Well, and how many did you want it to go (а сколько вы хотели, чтобы они пробили)*" replied the constable (ответил констебль).
"Why, nine (девять)," said George, showing his watch (сказал Джордж, показывая свои часы).
"Do you know where you live (вы знаете, где живете)*" said the guardian of public order, severely (сказал = спросил строго хранитель/блюститель общественного порядка).
George thought, and gave the address (Джордж подумал и дал свой адрес).
"Oh! that's where it is, is it (а, вот это где)*" replied the man; "well, you take my advice and go there quietly (что ж, послушайте моего совета и отправляйтесь туда тихо), and take that watch of yours with you (и заберите с собой ваши часы); and don't let's have any more of it (и больше так не делайте)."
And George went home again, musing as he walked along, and let himself in (и Джордж снова пошел домой, размышляя по пути, и впустил себя /в дом/ = вошел в дом).
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"Well, and how many did you want it to go*" replied the constable.
"Why, nine," said George, showing his watch.
"Do you know where you live*" said the guardian of public order, severely.
George thought, and gave the address.
"Oh! that's where it is, is it*" replied the man; "well, you take my advice and go there quietly, and take that watch of yours with you; and don't let's have any more of it."
And George went home again, musing as he walked along, and let himself in.
At first, when he got in, he determined to undress and go to bed again (сначала, когда он вошел, он решил раздеться и снова лечь спать); but when he thought of the redressing and re-washing (но когда он подумал о переодевании и переумывании = что придется опять одеваться и умываться), and the having of another bath (и принимать еще раз ванну), he determined he would not, but would sit up and go to sleep in the easy-chair (он решил не делать этого, а сесть и поспать в мягком кресле).
But he could not get to sleep (но он не мог заснуть): he never felt more wakeful in his life (никогда в своей жизни он не чувствовал себя бодрее; wakeful — бодрствующий, неспящий); so he lit the lamp and got out the chess-board, and played himself a game of chess (поэтому он зажег лампу, вытащил шахматную доску и сыграл сам с собой партию; game — игра; партия). But even that did not enliven him: it seemed slow somehow (но даже это не подбодрило его: это, казалось, тянулось как-то медленно; to enliven — оживлять, веселить, воодушевлять; somehow — так или иначе; каким-либо образом, тем или иным образом; как-нибудь, как-то; почему-то); so he gave chess up and tried to read (он бросил шахматы и попытался читать). He did not seem able to take any sort of interest in reading either (видимо, он был не способен хоть как-то заинтересоваться чтением также = чтение тоже было ему неинтересно), so he put on his coat again and went out for a walk (поэтому он снова надел пальто и вышел прогуляться/пройтись).
It was horribly lonesome and dismal (на улице было ужасно пустынно и мрачно), and all the policemen he met regarded him with undisguised suspicion (и все полицейские, которых он встречал, смотрели на его с нескрываемым подозрением; to meet), and turned their lanterns on him and followed him about (и направляли свои фонари на него, и шли за ним по пятам; to follow about — неотступно следовать за кем-либо), and this had such an effect upon him at last (и это так подействовало на него: «оказало на него такое действие» в конце концов) that he began to feel as if he really had done something (что он начал чувствовать себя /так/, будто на самом деле что-то сделал), and he got to slinking down the by-streets and hiding in dark doorways (и он стал красться по переулкам и прятаться в темных подворотнях; to slink — красться, идти крадучись; doorway — дверной проем, пролет; вход) when he heard the regulation flip-flop approaching (когда слышал приближающиеся ритмичные шаги /полицейских/; regulation — регулирование, правило, предписание; flip-flop — шлепающие, шаркающие звуки, «топ-топ»).
enliven [*n*la*v(*)n] dismal [*d*zm(*)l] undisguised [,*nd*s**a*zd]
At first, when he got in, he determined to undress and go to bed again; but when he thought of the redressing and re-washing, and the having of another bath, he determined he would not, but would sit up and go to sleep in the easy-chair.
But he could not get to sleep: he never felt more wakeful in his life; so he lit the lamp and got out the chess-board, and played himself a game of chess. But even that did not enliven him: it seemed slow somehow; so he gave chess up and tried to read. He did not seem able to take any sort of interest in reading either, so he put on his coat again and went out for a walk.
It was horribly lonesome and dismal, and all the policemen he met regarded him with undisguised suspicion, and turned their lanterns on him and followed him about, and this had such an effect upon him at last that he began to feel as if he really had done something, and he got to slinking down the by-streets and hiding in dark doorways when he heard the regulation flip-flop approaching.
Of course, this conduct made the force only more distrustful of him than ever (конечно, это = такое поведение делало полицейских только еще подозрительнее /по отношению/ к нему; force — сила; the force — полиция), and they would come and rout him out and ask him what he was doing there (и они подходили, вылавливали его = задерживали его и спрашивали, что он тут делает; to rout out — искать, разыскивать; вытаскивать); and when he answered, "Nothing," he had merely come out for a stroll (а когда он отвечал, что ничего, что просто вышел прогуляться; stroll — прогулка) (it was then four o'clock in the morning) (было четыре часа утра), they looked as though they did not believe him (они выглядели так, словно не верят ему = явно не поверили ему), and two plain-clothes constables came home with him to see if he really did live where he had said he did (а двое констеблей в штатском отправились с ним домой, чтобы выяснить, действительно ли он живет там, где сказал). They saw him go in with his key (они увидели, что он входит со своим ключом = что у него есть ключ), and then they took up a position opposite and watched the house (и затем заняли позицию напротив и /стали/ наблюдать за домом).
He thought he would light the fire when he got inside (он решил зажечь камин, когда попал в дом), and make himself some breakfast, just to pass away the time (и приготовить себе завтрак, просто чтобы убить время; to pass away — исчезать, проходить; умирать); but he did not seem able to handle anything from a scuttleful of coals to a teaspoon without dropping it or falling over it (но, казалось, он не может взять в руки ничего, начиная от ведерка с углями и заканчивая чайной ложкой, чтобы не уронить или не опрокинуть это; to handle — брать руками, держать в руках; обращаться с; scuttle — металлическое ведерко или ящик для угля), and making such a noise that he was in mortal fear (и /при этом/ он производил такой шум, что смертельно боялся) that it would wake Mrs. G. up, and that she would think it was burglars and open the window and call "Police!" (что он разбудит миссис Г., она подумает, что это воры, откроет окно и крикнет: «Полиция!»; burglar — вор-взломщик, ночной грабитель) and then these two detectives would rush in and handcuff him (и эти два сыщика ворвутся в дом, наденут на него наручники; handcuff: hand — рука /кисть/; cuff — манжета; браслет), and march him off to the police-court (и отведут его в полицейский суд; police-court — полицейский суд /рассматривал дела о мелких преступлениях, существовал до 1949 г./).
rout [raut] police-court [p**li:sk*:t]
Of course, this conduct made the force only more distrustful of him than ever, and they would come and rout him out and ask him what he was doing there; and when he answered, "Nothing," he had merely come out for a stroll (it was then four o'clock in the morning), they looked as though they did not believe him, and two plain-clothes constables came home with him to see if he really did live where he had said he did. They saw him go in with his key, and then they took up a position opposite and watched the house.
He thought he would light the fire when he got inside, and make himself some breakfast, just to pass away the time; but he did not seem able to handle anything from a scuttleful of coals to a teaspoon without dropping it or falling over it, and making such a noise that he was in mortal fear that it would wake Mrs. G. up, and that she would think it was burglars and open the window and call "Police!" and then these two detectives would rush in and handcuff him, and march him off to the police-court.
He was in a morbidly nervous state by this time (Джордж был в болезненно-нервном состоянии к этому времени), and he pictured the trial, and his trying to explain the circumstances to the jury (и он представлял суд, и как он пытается объяснить обстоятельства /дела/ присяжным), and nobody believing him, and his being sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude (и что никто не верит ему, и его приговаривают к двадцати годам каторжных работ; penal — уголовный, карательный; штрафной; servitude — рабство, неволя; каторга), and his mother dying of a broken heart (и его мать умирает от разбитого сердца; to break — ломаться, разбиваться). So he gave up trying to get breakfast (поэтому он бросил пытаться приготовить завтрак), and wrapped himself up in his overcoat and sat in the easy-chair (и завернулся в свое пальто, и просидел в мягком кресле) till Mrs. G. came down at half-past seven (пока миссис Г. не спустилась в полвосьмого).
He said he had never got up too early since that morning (он сказал, что никогда не вставал слишком рано после того утра): it had been such a warning to him (это было таким предупреждением ему = послужило ему хорошим уроком).
We had been sitting huddled up in our rugs while George had been telling me this true story (мы сидели, завернувшись в пледы, пока Джордж рассказывал мне эту правдивую историю; to huddle — сваливать в кучу; прижиматься, съеживаться; набрасывать одежду), and on his finishing it I set to work to wake up Harris with a scull (и когда он закончил ее, я принялся будить Гарриса веслом; to set to — браться за, приступать). The third prod did it (третий толчок разбудил его): and he turned over on the other side (и он повернулся на другой бок), and said he would be down in a minute (и сказал, что спустится сию минуту), and that he would have his lace-up boots (и что хотел бы получить свои штиблеты: «ботинки на шнурках»). We soon let him know where he was, however, by the aid of the hitcher (однако мы скоро дали ему знать = понять, где он находится, с помощью багра), and he sat up suddenly, sending Montmorency (и он сел прямо внезапно, отбрасывая Монморенси), who had been sleeping the sleep of the just right on the middle of his chest, sprawling across the boat (который спал сном праведника прямо на его груди, через всю лодку; to sprawl — растянуться, развалиться; раскидывать; to send one sprawling — сбивать кого-либо с ног).
penal [pi:nl] sprawling [*spr*:l**]
He was in a morbidly nervous state by this time, and he pictured the trial, and his trying to explain the circumstances to the jury, and nobody believing him, and his being sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude, and his mother dying of a broken heart. So he gave up trying to get breakfast, and wrapped himself up in his overcoat and sat in the easy-chair till Mrs. G. came down at half-past seven.
He said he had never got up too early since that morning: it had been such a warning to him.
We had been sitting huddled up in our rugs while George had been telling me this true story, and on his finishing it I set to work to wake up Harris with a scull. The third prod did it: and he turned over on the other side, and said he would be down in a minute, and that he would have his lace-up boots. We soon let him know where he was, however, by the aid of the hitcher, and he sat up suddenly, sending Montmorency, who had been sleeping the sleep of the just right on the middle of his chest, sprawling across the boat.
Then we pulled up the canvas (потом мы подняли парусину/брезент), and all four of us poked our heads out over the off-side (и все четверо высунули головы за правый борт), and looked down at the water and shivered (и посмотрели на воду, и вздрогнули). The idea, overnight, had been that we should get up early in the morning (мысль, /бывшая у нас/ накануне вечером, состояла в том, чтобы нам подняться рано утром), fling off our rugs and shawls (сбросить пледы и платки/шали = одеяла), and, throwing back the canvas, spring into the river with a joyous shout (и, откидывая парусину, броситься в воду с радостным криком), and revel in a long delicious swim (и наслаждаться долгим восхитительным плаванием). Somehow, now the morning had come, the notion seemed less tempting (почему-то теперь, /когда/ наступило утро, эта идея представлялась менее заманчивой; tempting — заманчивый, привлекательный, соблазнительный; to tempt — соблазнять). The water looked damp and chilly (вода казалась сырой и прохладной): the wind felt cold (ветер был: «ощущался» холодным).
"Well, who's going to be first in (ну, кто собирается прыгнуть первым)*" said Harris at last.