Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах
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ascend ['send], assurance ['urns], demeanour [d'mi:n]
It was indeed Lestrade, who had ascended the stairs while we were talking, and who now entered the room. The assurance and jauntiness which generally marked his demeanour and dress were, however, wanting. His face was disturbed and troubled, while his clothes were disarranged and untidy. He had evidently come with the intention of consulting with Sherlock Holmes, for on perceiving his colleague he appeared to be embarrassed and put out. He stood in the centre of the room, fumbling nervously with his hat and uncertain what to do. "This is a most extraordinary case," he said at last — "a most incomprehensible affair."
"Ah, you find it so, Mr. Lestrade!" cried Gregson, triumphantly. "I thought you would come to that conclusion. Have you managed to find the Secretary, Mr. Joseph Stangerson?"
"The Secretary, Mr. Joseph Stangerson," said Lestrade gravely, "was murdered at Halliday's Private Hotel about six o'clock this morning."
Chapter VII. Light In The Darkness
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THE intelligence with which Lestrade greeted us (новость, которую принес нам Лестрейд: «которой Лестрейд поприветствовал нас»; intelligence — информация) was so momentous and so unexpected (была настолько важной и настолько неожиданной; momentous — важный, имеющий большое значение), that we were all three fairly dumfoundered (что мы все трое были изрядно ошеломлены; to dumfounder = to dumbfound — ошарашить, ошеломить, потрясти; dumb — немой; бессловесный; онемевший /от изумления/). Gregson sprang out of his chair and upset the remainder of his whiskey and water (Грегсон соскочил со своего кресла и пролил остатки своего виски с содовой; to spring; to upset — опрокидывать, переворачивать). I stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes (я молча уставился на Шерлока Холмса), whose lips were compressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes (чьи губы были сжаты, а брови насуплены: «сведены над глазами»; to draw — тянуть; стягивать).
"Stangerson too!" he muttered (и Стенджерсон тоже, — пробормотал он). "The plot thickens (сюжет усложняется; to thicken — запутываться, усложняться: «утолщаться»)."
"It was quite thick enough before," grumbled Lestrade, taking a chair (он и без того был достаточно сложен, — проворчал Лестрейд, беря стул). "I seem to have dropped into a sort of council of war (кажется, я попал на нечто вроде военного совета; to drop — зайти мимоходом, нанести неожиданный визит)."
momentous [m'ments], thicken ['kn], council ['kaunsl]
The intelligence with which Lestrade greeted us was so momentous and so unexpected, that we were all three fairly dumfoundered. Gregson sprang out of his chair and upset the remainder of his whiskey and water. I stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lips were compressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes.
"Stangerson too!" he muttered. "The plot thickens."
"It was quite thick enough before," grumbled Lestrade, taking a chair. "I seem to have dropped into a sort of council of war."
"Are you — are you sure of this piece of intelligence?" stammered Gregson (вы… вы проверили это известие: «вы уверены в этой информации»? — заикаясь, спросил Грегсон; piece — некоторое количество, небольшая порция).
"I have just come from his room (я только что из его комнаты)," said Lestrade. "I was the first to discover what had occurred (я первым обнаружил, что произошло)."
"We have been hearing Gregson's view of the matter," Holmes observed (мы выслушивали мнение Грегсона по этому делу, — заметил Холмс). "Would you mind letting us know what you have seen and done (вы не против поделиться с нами тем, что вы видели и что сделали)?"
piece [pi:s], occur ['k:], view [vju:]
"Are you — are you sure of this piece of intelligence?" stammered Gregson.
"I have just come from his room," said Lestrade. "I was the first to discover what had occurred."
"We have been hearing Gregson's view of the matter," Holmes observed. "Would you mind letting us know what you have seen and done?"
"I have no objection," Lestrade answered, seating himself (нет возражений, — ответил Лестрейд, усаживаясь). "I freely confess that I was of the opinion that Stangerson was concerned in the death of Drebber (честно признаюсь, что я придерживался мнения, что Стенджерсон был замешан в смерти Дреббера). This fresh development has shown me that I was completely mistaken (последние события показали мне, что я полностью заблуждался). Full of the one idea (одержимый: «полный» этой идеей), I set myself to find out what had become of the Secretary (я поставил перед собой задачу узнать, что стало с секретарем). They had been seen together at Euston Station about half-past eight on the evening of the third (их видели вместе на Юстонском вокзале около половины девятого вечером третьего числа). At two in the morning Drebber had been found in the Brixton Road (в два часа утра Дреббер был обнаружен на Брикстон-роуд). The question which confronted me (вопрос,
confess [kn'fes], confront [kn'frnt], vicinity [v'snt]
"I have no objection," Lestrade answered, seating himself. "I freely confess that I was of the opinion that Stangerson was concerned in the death of Drebber. This fresh development has shown me that I was completely mistaken. Full of the one idea, I set myself to find out what had become of the Secretary. They had been seen together at Euston Station about half-past eight on the evening of the third. At two in the morning Drebber had been found in the Brixton Road. The question which confronted me was to find out how Stangerson had been employed between 8.30 and the time of the crime, and what had become of him afterwards. I telegraphed to Liverpool, giving a description of the man, and warning them to keep a watch upon the American boats. I then set to work calling upon all the hotels and lodging-houses in the vicinity of Euston. You see, I argued that if Drebber and his companion had become separated, the natural course for the latter would be to put up somewhere in the vicinity for the night, and then to hang about the station again next morning."
"They would be likely to agree on some meeting-place beforehand," remarked Holmes (скорее всего, они заранее договорились бы о каком-нибудь месте встречи: «они были бы вероятны условиться о каком-нибудь месте встрече заранее», — заметил Холмс).
"So it proved (так оно и оказалось). I spent the whole of yesterday evening in making enquiries entirely without avail (я потратил весь вчерашний вечер, безрезультатно расспрашивая о Стенджерсоне; entirely — полностью, совершенно; avail — выгода, польза; without avail — безрезультатно). This morning I began very early (этим утром я начал очень рано), and at eight o'clock I reached Halliday's Private Hotel, in Little George Street (и в восемь утра я добрался до частной гостиницы «Холлидей» на Литл-Джодж-стрит). On my enquiry as to whether a Mr. Stangerson was living there (на мой вопрос, не остановился ли у них некий мистер Стенджерсон; to live — жить, обитать), they at once answered me in the affirmative (они сразу же ответили утвердительно).
" ‘No doubt you are the gentleman whom he was expecting (вы, конечно, тот джентльмен, которого он ожидал),’ they said. ‘He has been waiting for a gentleman for two days (он два дня ждет какого-то джентльмена).’
" ‘Where is he now (где он теперь)?’ I asked.
" ‘He is upstairs in bed (наверху, в постели). He wished to be called at nine (он просил, чтобы его разбудили в девять; to call — будить).’
" ‘I will go up and see him at once (я поднимусь и повидаюсь с ним немедленно),’ I said.
avail ['vel], enquiry [n'kwar], affirmative ['f:mtv]
"They would be likely to agree on some meeting-place beforehand," remarked Holmes.
"So it proved. I spent the whole of yesterday evening in making enquiries entirely without avail. This morning I began very early, and at eight o'clock I reached Halliday's Private Hotel, in Little George Street. On my enquiry as to whether a Mr. Stangerson was living there, they at once answered me in the affirmative.