Английский язык с Энтони Хоупом. Узник Зенды / Anthony Hope. The Prisoner Of Zenda
Шрифт:
“It is not the King,” said old Sapt again (это не король, – снова сказал старик Сэпт); and a sudden sob broke from tender-hearted Fritz (а у добросердечного Фрица вырвалось внезапное рыдание; tender – нежный, мягкий).
It was the sob that told her no comedy was afoot (это рыдание подсказало ей = от этого рыдания ей стало понятно, что все это не комедия; afoot – в движении, в действии).
“Speak low, whatever you say,” I heard Sapt whisper as they came up; and the next thing I heard was a low cry – half of joy, half of fear – from the princess:
“It is he! Are you hurt?”
And she fell on the ground by me, and gently pulled my hands away; but I kept my eyes to the ground.
“It is the King!” she said. “Pray, Colonel Sapt, tell me where lay the wit of the joke you played on me?”
We answered none of us; we three were silent before her. Regardless of them, she threw her arms round my neck and kissed me. Then Sapt spoke in a low hoarse whisper:
“It is not the King. Don’t kiss him; he’s not the King.”
She drew back for a moment; then, with an arm still round my neck, she asked, in superb indignation:
“Do I not know my love? Rudolf my love!”
“It is not the King,” said old Sapt again; and a sudden sob broke from tender-hearted Fritz.
It was the sob that told her no comedy was afoot.
“He is the King!” she cried (он
“Your love, madame,” said old Sapt, “but not the King (ваш возлюбленный, госпожа, – сказал Сэпт, – но не король). The King is there in the Castle (король там, в замке). This gentleman (этот господин) – ”
“Look at me, Rudolf! look at me!” she cried, taking my face between her hands (взгляни на меня, Рудольф! – воскликнула она, беря мою голову: «мое лицо» в свои ладони). “Why do you let them torment me (почему ты позволяешь им мучить меня)? Tell me what it means (скажи мне, что это значит)!”
Then I spoke, gazing into her eyes (тут я заговорил, пристально смотря ей в глаза).
“God forgive me, madame (да простит меня Господь, госпожа)!” I said. “I am not the King (я не король)!”
I felt her hands clutch my cheeks (я почувствовал, как ее руки стиснули мои щеки). She gazed at me as never man’s face was scanned yet (она смотрела на меня так изучающе, как никогда еще /никто/ не смотрел на лицо мужчины; to scan – пристально разглядывать, изучать). And I, silent again, saw wonder born, and doubt grow (а я, снова замолчав, видел, как зарождается удивление, растет сомнение), and terror spring to life as she looked (и появляется страх в ее взгляде: «когда она смотрела»; to spring to life – внезапно ожить). And very gradually the grasp of her hands slackened (и очень медленно: «постепенно» хватка ее рук ослабела); she turned to Sapt, to Fritz, and back to me (она повернулась к Сэпту, к Фрицу и снова ко мне): then suddenly she reeled forward and fell in my arms (потом вдруг покачнулась: «качнулась вперед» и упала мне на руки; to fall); and with a great cry of pain I gathered her to me and kissed her lips (и с громким криком боли я прижал ее к себе и поцеловал в губы; great – большой; долгий, длительный; to gather – собирать; прижимать к себе). Sapt laid his hand on my arm (Сэпт положил руку мне на плечо). I looked up in his face (я взглянул ему в лицо). And I laid her softly on the ground (/потом/ я мягко опустил ее на землю), and stood up, looking on her, cursing heaven (и поднялся, глядя на нее и проклиная небеса) that young Rupert’s sword had spared me for this sharper pang (/за то/, что меч юного Руперта не избавил меня от этой еще более острой боли; to spare – беречь, сберегать; щадить).
“He is the King!” she cried. “It is the King’s face – the King’s ring – my ring! It is my love!”
“Your love, madame,” said old Sapt, “but not the King. The King is there in the Castle. This gentleman – ”
“Look at me, Rudolf! look at me!” she cried, taking my face between her hands. “Why do you let them torment me? Tell me what it means!”
Then I spoke, gazing into her eyes.
“God forgive me, madame!” I said. “I am not the King!”
I felt her hands clutch my cheeks. She gazed at me as never man’s face was scanned yet. And I, silent again, saw wonder born, and doubt grow, and terror spring to life as she looked. And very gradually the grasp of her hands slackened; she turned to Sapt, to Fritz, and back to me: then suddenly she reeled forward and fell in my arms; and with a great cry of pain I gathered her to me and kissed her lips. Sapt laid his hand on my arm. I looked up in his face. And I laid her softly on the ground, and stood up, looking on her, cursing heaven that young Rupert’s sword had spared me for this sharper pang.
Chapter 21
If Love Were All
(Если бы существовала только любовь: «если бы любовь была всем»)!
It was night, and I was in the cell wherein the King had lain in the Castle of Zenda (был вечер, и я находился в темнице замка Зенда, где до этого держали короля; to lie). The great pipe that Rupert of Hentzau had nicknamed “Jacob’s Ladder” was gone (огромную трубу, которую Руперт Хенцо прозвал «лестницей Иакова», убрали), and the lights in the room across the moat twinkled in the darkness (и огни в комнате по ту сторону рва мерцали в темноте). All was still; the din and clash of strife were gone (все было тихо; больше не слышно было грохота и лязга боя; strife – борьба; столкновение; to go /зд./ – проходить, исчезать). I had spent the day hidden in the forest (я провел день, прячась в лесу), from the time when Fritz had led me off, leaving Sapt with the princess (с того момента, когда Фриц увел меня, оставив Сэпта с принцессой). Under cover of dusk, muffled up, I had been brought to the Castle (под покровом темноты закутанного /с ног до головы/ меня привели в замок) and lodged where I now lay (и разместили там, где я теперь находился). Though three men had died there – two of them by my hand (хоть там и умерли три человека – двое из них от моей руки) – I was not troubled by ghosts (привидения меня не беспокоили). I had thrown myself on a pallet by the window (я бросился на соломенный тюфяк у окна; to throw), and was looking out on the black water (и смотрел на темную воду); Johann, the keeper, still pale from his wound (лесничий Иоганн, все еще бледный от /полученной/ раны), but not much hurt besides, had brought me supper (но в остальном: «кроме того» не сильно пострадавший, принес мне ужин). He told me that the King was doing well, that he had seen the princess (он рассказал мне, что король чувствует себя хорошо, что он уже виделся с принцессой); that she and he, Sapt and Fritz, had been long together (что она, он, Сэпт и Фриц долго находились = что-то обсуждали вместе). Marshal Strakencz was gone to Strelsau (маршал Штракенц уехал в Стрелсо); Black Michael lay in his coffin, and Antoinette de Mauban watched by him (Черный Михаэль лежит в гробу, а Антуанетта де Мобан дежурит возле него; to watch – наблюдать, следить; караулить, сторожить, охранять); had I not heard, from the chapel, priests singing mass for him (не слышал ли я, как священники отпевали его в часовне)?
It was night, and I was in the cell wherein the King had lain in the Castle of Zenda. The great pipe that Rupert of Hentzau had nicknamed “Jacob’s Ladder” was gone, and the lights in the room across the moat twinkled in the darkness. All was still; the din and clash of strife were gone. I had spent the day hidden in the forest, from the time when Fritz had led me off, leaving Sapt with the princess. Under cover of dusk, muffled up, I had been brought to the Castle and lodged where I now lay. Though three men had died there – two of them by my hand – I was not troubled by ghosts. I had thrown myself on a pallet by the window, and was looking out on the black water; Johann, the keeper, still pale from his wound, but not much hurt besides, had brought me supper. He told me that the King was doing well, that he had seen the princess; that she and he, Sapt and Fritz, had been long together. Marshal Strakencz was gone to Strelsau; Black Michael lay in his coffin, and Antoinette de Mauban watched by him; had I not heard, from the chapel, priests singing mass for him?
Outside there were strange rumours afloat (за стенами замка ходили удивительные слухи; outside – наружная часть; внешний мир; afloat – на воде, на плаву; в /полном/ разгаре). Some said that the prisoner of Zenda was dead (кое-кто говорил, что узник /замка/ Зенды мертв); some, that he had vanished yet alive (кто-то – что он исчез, но все еще жив); some, that he was a friend who had served the King well in some adventure in England (одни – будто он был другом короля и здорово ему помог во время какого-то приключения в Англии; to serve – служить; оказывать помощь); others, that he had discovered the Duke’s plots (другие – будто он раскрыл планы герцога; to discover – открывать, делать открытие; раскрывать; plot – заговор, интрига), and had therefore been kidnapped by him (поэтому тот его и похитил). One or two shrewd fellows shook their heads (некоторые проницательные люди качали головами; to shake) and said only that they would say nothing (и говорили лишь то, что они ничего не хотят сказать), but they had suspicions that more was to be known than was known (но у них есть подозрения, что многое бы прояснилось: «что больше было бы известно, чем было известно»), if Colonel Sapt would tell all he knew (если бы полковник Сэпт рассказал все, что знает).