Arthur Conan Doyle - Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Второй сборник рассказов
“The stable lane?” She raised her dark eyebrows (она подняла темные брови). “What can he hope to find there (что он надеется там найти)? Ah! this, I suppose, is he (а вот, полагаю, он сам). I trust, sir, that you will succeed in proving (я надеюсь, сэр, вам удастся доказать), what I feel sure is the truth (в чем я убеждена), that my cousin Arthur is innocent of this crime (что мой кузен Артур невиновен в этом преступлении).”
awful [ˈɔ:f(ǝ)l], consequence [ˈkɔnsɪkwǝns], eyebrow [ˈaɪbrau]
“I shall never let it drop until the gems are found — never, Mary! Your affection for Arthur blinds you as to the awful consequences to me. Far from hushing the thing up, I have brought a gentleman down from London to inquire more deeply into it.”
“This gentleman?” she asked, facing round to me.
“No, his friend. He wished us to leave him alone. He is round in the stable lane now.”
“The stable lane?” She raised her dark eyebrows. “What can he hope to find there? Ah! this, I suppose, is he. I trust, sir, that you will succeed in proving, what I feel sure is the truth, that my cousin Arthur is innocent of this crime.”
“I fully share your opinion (полностью разделяю ваше мнение), and I trust, with you, that we may prove it (и надеюсь, с вашей помощью, мы сможем это доказать),” returned Holmes, going back to the mat to knock the snow from his shoes (ответил Холмс, возвращаясь к половику и стряхивая снег с ботинок). “I believe I have the honor of addressing Miss Mary Holder (полагаю, я имею честь говорить с мисс Мэри Холдер). Might I ask you a question or two (могу я задать вам пару вопросов)?”
“Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up (конечно, сэр, если это поможет распутать ужасное дело).”
“You heard nothing yourself last night (вы ничего не слышали прошлой ночью)?”
“Nothing, until my uncle here began to speak loudly (ничего, пока мой дядя не начал громко говорить). I heard that, and I came down (я услышала его и спустилась).”
“You shut up the windows and doors the night before (вы закрывали окна и двери накануне вечером). Did you fasten all the windows (вы заперли все окна)?”
“Yes.”
“Were they all fastened this morning (они все были заперты сегодня утром)?”
“Yes.”
prove [pru:v], knock [nɔk], loudly [ˈlaudlɪ], fastened [ˈfɑ:s(ǝ)nd]
“I fully share your opinion, and I trust, with you, that we may prove it,” returned Holmes, going back to the mat to knock the snow from his shoes. “I believe I have the honor of addressing Miss Mary Holder. Might I ask you a question or two?”
“Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up.”
“You heard nothing yourself last night?”
“Nothing, until my uncle here began to speak loudly. I heard that, and I came down.”
“You shut up the windows and doors the night before. Did you fasten all the windows?”
“Yes.”
“Were they all fastened this morning?”
“Yes.”
“You have a maid who has a sweetheart (у вас работает горничная, у которой есть возлюбленный)? I think that you remarked to your uncle last night (вы говорили дяде вчера вечером) that she had been out to see him (что она вышла повидаться с ним)?”
“Yes, and she was the girl who waited in the drawing-room (да, она была той девушкой, что подавала нам /кофе/ в гостиной; to wait — ждать; прислуживать, обслуживать /за столом и т. п./). And who may have heard uncle’s remarks about the coronet (и /была тем/ кто мог слышать замечания дяди о диадеме = как дядя рассказывал о диадеме).”
“I see (понятно). You infer that she may have gone out to tell her sweetheart (вы подразумеваете, что она могла выйти из дому и сообщить /об этом/ своему возлюбленному; to infer — заключать; делать /логический/ вывод; выводить /заключение, следствие; из чего-л./; делать предположение, высказывать догадку), and that the two may have planned the robbery (и они вместе могли спланировать ограбление).”
“But what is the good of all these vague theories (но какой толк от этих всех туманных предположений; vague — расплывчатый),” cried the banker impatiently (нетерпеливо воскликнул банкир; patient — терпеливый), “when I have told you that I saw Arthur with the coronet in his hands (ведь я уже сказал вам, что видел Артура с диадемой в руках)?”
“Wait a little, Mr. Holder (подождите немного, мистер Холдер). We must come back to that (мы к этому /еще/ вернемся). About this girl, Miss Holder (/теперь/ относительно этой девушки, мисс Холдер). You saw her return by the kitchen door, I presume (полагаю, вы видели, как она вернулась через дверь кухни)?”
“Yes; when I went to see if the door was fastened for the night I met her slipping in (да, когда я пошла посмотреть, заперта ли на ночь дверь, я увидела, как она тихо входила; to slip in — прокрасться, незаметно войти; to slip — скользить). I saw the man, too, in the gloom (я также видела в темноте ее поклонника).”
“Do you know him (вы знаете его)?”
sweetheart [ˈswi:thɑ:t], vague [veɪɡ], impatiently [ɪmˈpeɪʃ(ǝ)ntlɪ], presume [prɪˈzju:m]
“You have a maid who has a sweetheart? I think that you remarked to your uncle last night that she had been out to see him?”
“Yes, and she was the girl who waited in the drawing‑room. And who may have heard uncle’s remarks about the coronet.”
“I see. You infer that she may have gone out to tell her sweetheart, and that the two may have planned the robbery.”
“But what is the good of all these vague theories,” cried the banker impatiently, “when I have told you that I saw Arthur with the coronet in his hands?”
“Wait a little, Mr. Holder. We must come back to that. About this girl, Miss Holder. You saw her return by the kitchen door, I presume?”
“Yes; when I went to see if the door was fastened for the night I met her slipping in. I saw the man, too, in the gloom.”
“Do you know him?”
“Oh, yes! he is the green-grocer who brings our vegetables round (он зеленщик, который приносит нам овощи). His name is Francis Prosper (его зовут Фрэнсис Проспер).”
“He stood (он стоял),” said Holmes, “to the left of the door — that is to say (слева от двери, другими словами), farther up the path than is necessary to reach the door (дальше по дорожке, чем необходимо, чтобы достать до двери)?”
“Yes, he did.”
“And he is a man with a wooden leg (и это человек с деревянной ногой)?”
Something like fear sprang up in the young lady’s expressive black eyes (что-то похожее на страх промелькнуло в выразительных черных глазах юной леди).
“Why, you are like a magician (да вы словно волшебник),” said she. “How do you know that (откуда вы это знаете)?” She smiled, but there was no answering smile in Holmes’s thin, eager face (она улыбнулась, но на худощавом напряженном лице Холмса не появилось ответной улыбки).
“I should be very glad now to go upstairs (теперь мне бы очень хотелось подняться наверх),” said he. “I shall probably wish to go over the outside of the house again (возможно, мне снова захочется обойти дом; outside — наружная сторона). Perhaps I had better take a look at the lower windows before I go up (быть может, лучше сначала взглянуть на нижние окна, прежде чем подниматься).”
vegetables [ˈveʤ(ǝ)tǝblz], necessary [ˈnesɪs(ǝ)rɪ], answering [ˈɑ:nsǝrɪŋ]
“Oh, yes! he is the green-grocer who brings our vegetables round. His name is Francis Prosper.”
“He stood,” said Holmes, “to the left of the door — that is to say, farther up the path than is necessary to reach the door?”
“Yes, he did.”
“And he is a man with a wooden leg?”
Something like fear sprang up in the young lady’s expressive black eyes.
“Why, you are like a magician,” said she. “How do you know that?” She smiled, but there was no answering smile in Holmes’s thin, eager face.
“I should be very glad now to go upstairs,” said he. “I shall probably wish to go over the outside of the house again. Perhaps I had better take a look at the lower windows before I go up.”
He walked swiftly round from one to the other (он быстро обошел /первый этаж/, переходя от одного /окна/ к другому), pausing only at the large one which looked from the hall onto the stable lane (остановившись лишь у большого окна гостиной, которое выходило на дорожку, ведущую к конюшне). This he opened and made a very careful examination of the sill with his powerful magnifying lens (он открыл его и очень тщательно осмотрел подоконник с помощью мощной лупы; magnifying lens — лупа; увеличительное стекло; to magnify — увеличивать; усиливать).
