Arthur Conan Doyle - Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах
wound [wu:nd], exhibit [ɪɡˈzɪbɪt], hatred [ˈheɪtrɪd]
"On entering the house this last inference was confirmed. My well-booted man lay before me. The tall one, then, had done the murder, if murder there was. There was no wound upon the dead man's person, but the agitated expression upon his face assured me that he had foreseen his fate before it came upon him. Men who die from heart disease, or any sudden natural cause, never by any chance exhibit agitation upon their features. Having sniffed the dead man's lips I detected a slightly sour smell, and I came to the conclusion that he had had poison forced upon him. Again, I argued that it had been forced upon him from the hatred and fear expressed upon his face. By the method of exclusion, I had arrived at this result, for no other hypothesis would meet the facts. Do not imagine that it was a very unheard of idea. The forcible administration of poison is by no means a new thing in criminal annals. The cases of Dolsky in Odessa, and of Leturier in Montpellier, will occur at once to any toxicologist.
"And now came the great question as to the reason why (а теперь вставал главный вопрос: почему: «а теперь приходил великий вопрос относительно причины — почему»). Robbery had not been the object of the murder (ограбление не было целью убийства), for nothing was taken (так как ничего не было взято). Was it politics, then, or was it a woman (тогда по политическим мотивам или из-за женщины: «тогда была это политика или это была женщина»)? That was the question which confronted me (вот вопрос, который встал передо мной; to confront — противостоять, смотреть в лицо /опасности и т. п./; сталкиваться лицом к лицу). I was inclined from the first to the latter supposition (я с самого начала склонялся к последнему предположению; to suppose — предполагать). Political assassins are only too glad to do their work and to fly (убийцы по политическим мотивам делают свое дело и рады улизнуть поскорее; to fly — улепетывать, удирать). This murder had, on the contrary, been done most deliberately (это же убийство, напротив, было совершено не спеша; deliberately — медленно, не торопясь), and the perpetrator had left his tracks all over the room (и убийца оставил свои следы по всей комнате), showing that he had been there all the time (что показывало, что он был там до самого конца: «все время»). It must have been a private wrong (должно быть, обида была личного порядка; private — частный, личный, персональный; wrong — зло, несправедливость), and not a political one (а не политического), which called for such a methodical revenge (что и вызвало такую обдуманную месть; to call for — требовать; methodical — систематический; методический). When the inscription was discovered upon the wall (когда была обнаружена надпись на стене) I was more inclined than ever to my opinion (я еще больше: «больше чем когда-либо» укрепился в своем мнении). The thing was too evidently a blind (это слишком очевидно была уловка для отвода глаз; blind — уловка; to blind — ослеплять; пускать пыль в глаза). When the ring was found, however, it settled the question (однако, когда было обнаружено кольцо, вопрос полностью решился; to settle — урегулировать, разрешить). Clearly the murderer had used it to remind his victim of some dead or absent woman (очевидно, убийца использовал его, чтобы напомнить жертве о какой-то мертвой или находящейся далеко: «отсутствующей» женщине). It was at this point that I asked Gregson (в этот момент я и спросил Грегсона) whether he had enquired in his telegram to Cleveland as to any particular point in Mr. Drebber's former career (не поинтересовался ли он в своей телеграмме в Кливленд о каких-либо особых обстоятельствах в жизни: «прежней карьере» Дреббера). He answered, you remember, in the negative (он ответил, как вы помните, отрицательно).
revenge [rɪˈvenʤ], blind [blaɪnd], career [kǝˈrɪǝ]
"And now came the great question as to the reason why. Robbery had not been the object of the murder, for nothing was taken. Was it politics, then, or was it a woman? That was the question which confronted me. I was inclined from the first to the latter supposition. Political assassins are only too glad to do their work and to fly. This murder had, on the contrary, been done most deliberately, and the perpetrator had left his tracks all over the room, showing that he had been there all the time. It must have been a private wrong, and not a political one, which called for such a methodical revenge. When the inscription was discovered upon the wall I was more inclined than ever to my opinion. The thing was too evidently a blind. When the ring was found, however, it settled the question. Clearly the murderer had used it to remind his victim of some dead or absent woman. It was at this point that I asked Gregson whether he had enquired in his telegram to Cleveland as to any particular point in Mr. Drebber's former career. He answered, you remember, in the negative.
"I then proceeded to make a careful examination of the room (я тогда приступил к тщательному осмотру комнаты), which confirmed me in my opinion as to the murderer's height (что подтвердило мое мнение о росте убийцы), and furnished me with the additional details as to the Trichinopoly cigar (и снабдило меня дополнительными деталями — трихинопольской сигарой) and the length of his nails (и длиной его ногтей). I had already come to the conclusion (я уже пришел к заключению), since there were no signs of a struggle (так как там не было следов борьбы), that the blood which covered the floor had burst from the murderer's nose in his excitement (что кровь, которой был закапан пол, пошла у убийцы носом из-за его сильного волнения; to burst — лопаться; прорываться). I could perceive that the track of blood coincided with the track of his feet (я смог заметить, что следы крови совпадали с отпечатками его обуви: «ног»). It is seldom that any man, unless he is very full-blooded (для любого редкость: «редко, что любой человек», если только он не страдает полнокровием), breaks out in this way through emotion (чтобы у него так хлынула кровь из-за эмоций; to break out — начинаться внезапно или бурно), so I hazarded the opinion (поэтому я рискнул предположить; opinion — мнение) that the criminal was probably a robust and ruddy-faced man (что убийца, вероятно, был крепкого сложения и краснолицый). Events proved that I had judged correctly (события доказали, что я рассудил правильно).
"Having left the house, I proceeded to do what Gregson had neglected (выйдя из дома, я приступил к тому, что упустил сделать Грегсон). I telegraphed to the head of the police at Cleveland (я телеграфировал главе полиции Кливленда), limiting my enquiry to the circumstances connected with the marriage of Enoch Drebber (ограничивая свой запрос обстоятельствами, связанными с браком Инока Дреббера). The answer was conclusive (ответ был исчерпывающим). It told me that Drebber had already applied for the protection of the law (в нем говорилось, что Дреббер уже прибегал к защите полиции: «закона») against an old rival in love, named Jefferson Hope (от старого соперника в любви по имени Джефферсон Хоуп), and that this same Hope was at present in Europe (и что этот самый Хоуп в настоящее время находился в Европе). I knew now that I held the clue to the mystery in my hand (я теперь знал, что ключ к разгадке был у меня в руках), and all that remained was to secure the murderer (и все, что мне оставалось сделать — поймать убийцу; to secure — охранять; защищать; оберегать; гарантировать, обеспечивать; заключать в тюрьму, брать под стражу).
hazard [ˈhæzǝd], robust [rǝuˈbʌst], conclusive [kǝnˈklu:sɪv], secure [sɪˈkjuǝ]
"I then proceeded to make a careful examination of the room, which confirmed me in my opinion as to the murderer's height, and furnished me with the additional details as to the Trichinopoly cigar and the length of his nails. I had already come to the conclusion, since there were no signs of a struggle, that the blood which covered the floor had burst from the murderer's nose in his excitement. I could perceive that the track of blood coincided with the track of his feet. It is seldom that any man, unless he is very full-blooded, breaks out in this way through emotion, so I hazarded the opinion that the criminal was probably a robust and ruddy-faced man. Events proved that I had judged correctly.
"Having left the house, I proceeded to do what Gregson had neglected. I telegraphed to the head of the police at Cleveland, limiting my enquiry to the circumstances connected with the marriage of Enoch Drebber. The answer was conclusive. It told me that Drebber had already applied for the protection of the law against an old rival in love, named Jefferson Hope, and that this same Hope was at present in Europe. I knew now that I held the clue to the mystery in my hand, and all that remained was to secure the murderer.
