Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах
Шрифт:
"Then mother's a deader too," cried the little girl dropping her face in her pinafore and sobbing bitterly.
"Yes, they all went except you and me. Then I thought there was some chance of water in this direction, so I heaved you over my shoulder and we tramped it together. It don't seem as though we've improved matters. There's an almighty small chance for us now!"
"Do you mean that we are going to die too?" asked the child, checking her sobs, and raising her tear-stained face.
"I guess that's about the size of it (я думаю, что примерно так оно и есть: «примерно такого масштаба оно и есть»)."
"Why didn't you say so before (почему
"Yes, you will, dearie (да, ты встретишь ее, дорогая)."
"And you too (и ты тоже). I'll tell her how awful good you've been (я расскажу ей, как ужасно добр ты был). I'll bet she meets us at the door of Heaven with a big pitcher of water (держу пари, она встретит нас у дверей в рай с большим кувшином с водой), and a lot of buckwheat cakes (и с кучей гречневых оладий), hot, and toasted on both sides (горячих и поджаренных с двух сторон), like Bob and me was fond of (как мы с Бобом любим). How long will it be first (а скоро это случится; first — сначала)?"
fright [frat], Heaven ['hevn], buckwheat ['bkwi:t]
"I guess that's about the size of it."
"Why didn't you say so before?" she said, laughing gleefully. "You gave me such a fright. Why, of course, now as long as we die we'll be with mother again."
"Yes, you will, dearie."
"And you too. I'll tell her how awful good you've been. I'll bet she meets us at the door of Heaven with a big pitcher of water, and a lot of buckwheat cakes, hot, and toasted on both sides, like Bob and me was fond of. How long will it be first?"
"I don't know — not very long (не знаю, довольно скоро: «не очень долго»)." The man's eyes were fixed upon the northern horizon (глаза мужчины были прикованы к горизонту в северном направлении; to fix — устанавливать; прикреплять). In the blue vault of the heaven there had appeared three little specks (на голубом небесном своде появились три точки; vault — свод; vault of heaven — небосвод) which increased in size every moment (которые увеличивались в размере с каждым мгновением), so rapidly did they approach (так быстро они приближались). They speedily resolved themselves into three large brown birds (скоро было уже ясно, что это три большие коричневые птицы; to resolve — изменяться, превращаться; разлагаться на составные части), which circled over the heads of the two wanderers (которые кружили над головами двух путешественников), and then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them (а затем уселись на скалах над ними; to overlook — возвышаться). They were buzzards, the vultures of the west (это были грифы, стервятники запада; buzzard — американский гриф), whose coming is the forerunner of death (чье появление — признак приближающейся смерти; forerunner — предвестник).
"Cocks and hens," cried the little girl gleefully (петухи
"In course He did (конечно, Он)," said her companion, rather startled by this unexpected question (сказал ее компаньон, несколько удивленный этим неожиданным вопросом; to startle — испугать; поразить, сильно удивить).
northern ['n:dn], horizon [h'razn], vulture ['vl]
"I don't know — not very long." The man's eyes were fixed upon the northern horizon. In the blue vault of the heaven there had appeared three little specks which increased in size every moment, so rapidly did they approach. They speedily resolved themselves into three large brown birds, which circled over the heads of the two wanderers, and then settled upon some rocks which overlooked them. They were buzzards, the vultures of the west, whose coming is the forerunner of death.
"Cocks and hens," cried the little girl gleefully, pointing at their ill-omened forms, and clapping her hands to make them rise. "Say, did God make this country?"
"In course He did," said her companion, rather startled by this unexpected question.
"He made the country down in Illinois, and He made the Missouri," the little girl continued (Он создал Иллинойс, и он создал Миссури, — продолжала маленькая девочка). "I guess somebody else made the country in these parts (я думаю, эту страну сделал кто-то другой). It's not nearly so well done (она сделана куда как хуже: «она и близко не так хорошо сделана»). They forgot the water and the trees (тут забыли про воду и про деревья)."
"What would ye think of offering up prayer?" the man asked diffidently (как ты думаешь, не помолиться ли нам: «что бы ты подумала о вознесении молитвы», — робко спросил мужчина; to offer up — возносить /молитвы/ к Богу; diffident — неуверенный в себе, застенчивый, робкий).
"It ain't night yet (еще же не вечер)," she answered.
"It don't matter (неважно). It ain't quite regular, but He won't mind that, you bet (сейчас не совсем обычное время для этого: «это не совсем обычно», но Он не будет против, можешь быть уверена; regular — правильный, нормальный; to bet — держать пари, биться об заклад; быть уверенным в чем-либо). You say over them ones that you used to say every night in the waggon when we was on the Plains (ты повтори те, что ты обычно говорила каждый вечер в повозке, когда мы были на равнинах)."
"Why don't you say some yourself (а почему ты сам не хочешь: «а почему бы тебе не сказать какие-нибудь самому»)?" the child asked, with wondering eyes (спросила девочка, удивленно глядя на него: «с удивленными глазами»).
prayer [pre], regular ['rejul], wonder ['wnd]
"He made the country down in Illinois, and He made the Missouri," the little girl continued. "I guess somebody else made the country in these parts. It's not nearly so well done. They forgot the water and the trees."