Английский с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Алмаз раджи / R. L. Stevenson. The Rajah’s Diamond. Роберт Льюис Стивенсон
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СКАЧАТЬ he will do no more than blister his hands. Do you think I would keep you here if I were not sure to save you? Oh, no, I am a good friend to those that please me! and we have a back door upon another lane. But,” she added, checking him, for he had got upon his feet immediately on this welcome news, “but I will not show where it is unless you kiss me. Will you, Harry?”

      “That I will,” he cried, remembering his gallantry, “not for your back door, but because you are good and pretty.”

      And he administered two or three cordial salutes, which were returned to him in kind.

      Then Prudence led him to the back gate (затем Пруденс отвела его к черному выходу), and put her hand upon the key (и положила руку на ключ = и взялась за ключ).

      “Will you come and see me?” she asked (вы придете повидать меня? – спросила она).

      “I will indeed,” said Harry (непременно приду, – сказал Гарри). “Do not I owe you my life (разве я не обязан вам жизнью)?”

      “And now,” she added, opening the door (а теперь, – прибавила она, открывая дверь), “run as hard as you can (бегите со всех ног: «так усердно, как можете»), for I shall let in the General (так как я впущу генерала).”

      Harry scarcely required this advice (Гарри едва ли нуждался в таком совете); fear had him by the forelock (страх держал его за чуб = его подгонял страх); and he addressed himself diligently to flight (и он пустился прилежно в бегство). A few steps (/еще/ несколько шагов), and he believed he would escape from his trials (и он полагал, что избавится от своих испытаний), and return to Lady Vandeleur in honour and safety (и вернется к леди Венделер с почестями и в безопасности).

       Then Prudence led him to the back gate, and put her hand upon the key.

      “Will you come and see me?” she asked.

      “I will indeed,” said Harry. “Do not I owe you my life?”

      “And now,” she added, opening the door, “run as hard as you can, for I shall let in the General.”

      Harry scarcely required this advice; fear had him by the forelock; and he addressed himself diligently to flight. A few steps, and he believed he would escape from his trials, and return to Lady Vandeleur in honour and safety.

      But these few steps had not been taken before he heard a man’s voice (но эти несколько шагов не были сделаны до того, как он услышал голос мужчины; to hear – слышать) hailing him by name with many execrations (окликающего его по имени со многими проклятиями), and, looking over his shoulder, he beheld Charlie Pendragon (и, посмотрев через плечо, он увидел Чарли Пендрагона; to behold – узреть) waving him with both arms to return (машущего ему обеими руками, чтобы /он/ вернулся). The shock of this new incident was so sudden and profound (потрясение от этого нового события было так внезапно и глубоко), and Harry was already worked into so high a state of nervous tension (а Гарри уже пришел в такое высокое = сильное состояние нервного напряжения), that he could think of nothing better (что он не смог придумать ничего лучше) than to accelerate his pace (как ускорить шаги), and continue running (и продолжать бежать).

       But these few steps had not been taken before he heard a man’s voice hailing him by name with many execrations, and, looking over his shoulder, he beheld Charlie Pendragon waving him with both arms to return. The shock of this new incident was so sudden and profound, and Harry was already worked into so high a state of nervous tension, that he could think of nothing better than to accelerate his pace, and continue running.

      He should certainly have remembered the scene in Kensington Gardens (конечно, он должен был вспомнить сцену в Кенсингтонском парке); he should certainly have concluded that, where the General was his enemy (конечно, он должен был заключить, что, раз генерал был ему врагом), Charlie Pendragon could be no other than a friend (Чарли Пендрагон не мог быть никем иным, как другом). But such was the fever and perturbation of his mind (но таково было возбуждение и смятение его ума) that he was struck by none of these considerations (что ему не пришло в голову ни одно из этих соображений; to strike – поразить, зд.: прийти в голову), and only continued to run the faster up the lane (и лишь продолжал бежать все быстрее по переулку). Charlie, by the sound of his voice (Чарли, /судя/ по звуку его голоса) and the vile terms that he hurled after the secretary (и по гнусным словам, которые он изрыгал вслед секретарю), was obviously beside himself with rage (был, очевидно, вне себя от ярости). He, too, ran his very best (он тоже бежал, как мог: «бежал свое лучшее»); but, try as he might (но как он ни старался), the physical advantages were not upon his side (физическое преимущество не было на его стороне), and his outcries and the fall of his lame foot on the macadam (и его выкрики и топанье хромой ноги по мостовой; macadam – щебень; щебеночная дорога) began to fall farther and farther into the wake (начали СКАЧАТЬ