Arthur Conan Doyle - Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Второй сборник рассказов
prisoner [ˈprɪz(ǝ)nǝ], England [ˈɪŋɡlǝnd], American [ǝˈmerɪkǝn]
“We got into a cab together, and away we drove to some lodgings he had taken in Gordon Square, and that was my true wedding after all those years of waiting. Frank had been a prisoner among the Apaches, had escaped, came on to ‘Frisco, found that I had given him up for dead and had gone to England, followed me there, and had come upon me at last on the very morning of my second wedding.”
“I saw it in a paper,” explained the American. “It gave the name and the church but not where the lady lived.”
“Then we had a talk as to what we should do (потом мы стали думать, как нам поступить; to have a talk — говорить, беседовать), and Frank was all for openness (Фрэнк стоял за откровенность), but I was so ashamed of it all (но мне было так стыдно за все) that I felt as if I should like to vanish away (что захотелось исчезнуть) and never see any of them again (и никогда больше не встречать никого из них) — just sending a line to pa, perhaps (разве что написать несколько строк папе: «отправить строчку папе»), to show him that I was alive (чтобы дать ему знать, что я жива). It was awful to me to think of all those lords and ladies (я в ужасом думала обо всех этих лордах и леди) sitting round that breakfast-table and waiting for me to come back (сидящих за свадебным столом и ожидающих моего возвращения). So Frank took my wedding-clothes and things (Фрэнк взял мое свадебное платье и /другие/ вещи) and made a bundle of them (связал их в узел), so that I should not be traced (чтобы меня нельзя было выследить), and dropped them away somewhere where no one could find them (и бросил его в такое место, где их никто не смог бы найти). It is likely that we should have gone on to Paris to-morrow (вероятно, мы бы завтра уехали в Париж), only that this good gentleman, Mr. Holmes (вот только этот милый джентльмен, мистер Холмс), came round to us this evening (зашел к нам сегодня вечером), though how he found us is more than I can think (хотя как он нас нашел, выше моего понимания), and he showed us very clearly and kindly (и доказал нам очень понятно и мягко) that I was wrong and that Frank was right (что я ошибаюсь, а Фрэнк прав), and that we should be putting ourselves in the wrong if we were so secret (и что мы сами себе навредим, если будем скрываться; to put somebody in the wrong — сделать кого-либо ответственным за что-либо; свалить вину на кого-либо).
awful [ˈɔ:f(ǝ)l], evening [ˈi:vnɪŋ], wrong [rɔŋ]
“Then we had a talk as to what we should do, and Frank was all for openness, but I was so ashamed of it all that I felt as if I should like to vanish away and never see any of them again — just sending a line to pa, perhaps, to show him that I was alive. It was awful to me to think of all those lords and ladies sitting round that breakfast-table and waiting for me to come back. So Frank took my wedding-clothes and things and made a bundle of them, so that I should not be traced, and dropped them away somewhere where no one could find them. It is likely that we should have gone on to Paris to-morrow, only that this good gentleman, Mr. Holmes, came round to us this evening, though how he found us is more than I can think, and he showed us very clearly and kindly that I was wrong and that Frank was right, and that we should be putting ourselves in the wrong if we were so secret.
“Then he offered to give us a chance of talking to Lord St. Simon alone (потом он предложил дать нам возможность поговорить с лордом Сент-Саймоном наедине), and so we came right away round to his rooms at once (и вот мы сразу же пришли сюда: «к нему на квартиру»). Now, Robert, you have heard it all (теперь, Роберт, вы услышали все), and I am very sorry if I have given you pain (я очень сожалею, если причинила вам боль), and I hope that you do not think very meanly of me (и надеюсь, вы не подумаете обо мне очень плохо).”
Lord St. Simon had by no means relaxed his rigid attitude (лорд Сент-Саймон вовсе не расслабил свою жесткую позу = по-прежнему сидел с напряженным, холодным видом; by no means — никоим образом; далеко не; совсем не), but had listened with a frowning brow (но выслушал с нахмуренными бровями) and a compressed lip to this long narrative (и сжатыми губами этот длинный рассказ).
“Excuse me (прошу меня извинить),” he said, “but it is not my custom to discuss my most intimate personal affairs in this public manner (но не в моих правилах обсуждать свои самые интимные личные дела при посторонних).”
“Then you won’t forgive me (значит, вы не простите меня)? You won’t shake hands before I go (не пожмете руку на прощание: «прежде, чем я уйду»)?”
“Oh, certainly, if it would give you any pleasure (о, конечно, если это доставит вам удовольствие).”
He put out his hand and coldly grasped that which she extended to him (он вытянул руку и холодно пожал протянутую ему /руку/; to grasp — схватывать, сжимать).
talking [ˈtɔ:kɪŋ], rigid [ˈrɪʤɪd], frowning [ˈfraunɪŋ], brow [brau], pleasure [ˈpleʒǝ]
“Then he offered to give us a chance of talking to Lord St. Simon alone, and so we came right away round to his rooms at once. Now, Robert, you have heard it all, and I am very sorry if I have given you pain, and I hope that you do not think very meanly of me.”
Lord St. Simon had by no means relaxed his rigid attitude, but had listened with a frowning brow and a compressed lip to this long narrative.
“Excuse me,” he said, “but it is not my custom to discuss my most intimate personal affairs in this public manner.”
“Then you won’t forgive me? You won’t shake hands before I go?”
“Oh, certainly, if it would give you any pleasure.”
He put out his hand and coldly grasped that which she extended to him.
“I had hoped (я надеялся),” suggested Holmes, “that you would have joined us in a friendly supper (что вы разделите с нами дружеский ужин; to join — присоединяться).”
“I think that there you ask a little too much (думаю, вы просите слишком много),” responded his Lordship (ответила его светлость). “I may be forced to acquiesce in these recent developments (меня можно вынудить примириться с этими недавними событиями; to acquiesce — уступать; молча или неохотно соглашаться), but I can hardly be expected to make merry over them (но едва ли можно ожидать, что я стану радоваться им; merry — веселый, радостный). I think that with your permission (с вашего позволения) I will now wish you all a very good-night (я пожелаю вам всем прекрасного вечера).”
He included us all in a sweeping bow (он сделал общий поклон; to include — включать, охватывать; sweeping — широкий; с большим охватом; стремительный, быстрый) and stalked out of the room (и гордо вышел из комнаты).
“Then I trust that you at least will honor me with your company (надеюсь, хоть вы почтите меня своей компанией),” said Sherlock Holmes. “It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton (всегда приятно встретить американца, мистер Моултон; joy — радость; веселье; удовольствие), for I am one of those who believe (так как я один из тех, кто считает) that the folly of a monarch (что недальновидность монарха) and the blundering of a minister in far-gone years (и грубые ошибки министра, /имевшие место/ много лет назад; to blunder — грубо ошибаться; допустить промах; испортить) will not prevent our children from being some day citizens of the same world-wide country under a flag (не помешают нашим детям когда-нибудь стать гражданами одной огромной страны под флагом; world-wide — мировой, всемирный; распространенный во всем мире) which shall be a quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes (объединяющим флаги Великобритании и США; quartering — деление на четыре части; разделение щита на четыре половины; Union Jack — «Юнион Джек» /государственный флаг Великобритании/; Stars and Stripes — «звезды и полосы», государственный флаг США).”
acquiesce [ˌækwɪˈes], stalked [stɔ:kt], prevent [prɪˈvent]
“I had hoped,” suggested Holmes, “that you would have joined us in a friendly supper.”
