Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах

Дойл Артур Конан

"You (вы)! Well, I don't see that it would make much matter to you, anyhow (ну, уж не понимаю, какая вам была бы разница: «что это бы сделало большую разницу для вас в любом случае»). You ain't even a friend of ours (вы даже не наш друг)."

The young hunter's dark face grew so gloomy over this remark that Lucy Ferrier laughed aloud (смуглое лицо молодого охотника так омрачилось при этих словах: «при этом замечании», что Люси Феррьер громко рассмеялась; gloomy — угрюмый, печальный).

"There, I didn't mean that (да ладно, я не всерьез; to mean — думать, подразумевать)," she said; "of course, you are a friend now (конечно, теперь вы наш друг). You must come and see us (непременно приходите к нам в гости: «вы должны прийти и повидать нас»). Now I must push along (а теперь мне пора ехать; to push along — уходить: «толкать/двигать вдоль»), or father won't trust me with his business any more (а то отец больше ничего мне не доверит: «не доверит мне свои дела больше»). Good-bye (до свиданья)!"

pleasure ['ple], mountain ['mauntn], ain't [ent], friend [frend]

The young fellow seemed pleased at the suggestion, and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure. "I'll do so," he said, "we've been in the mountains for two months, and are not over and above in visiting condition. He must take us as he finds us."

"He has a good deal to thank you for, and so have I," she answered, "he's awful fond of me. If those cows had jumped on me he'd have never got over it."

"Neither would I," said her companion.

"You! Well, I don't see that it would make much matter to you, anyhow. You ain't even a friend of ours."

The young hunter's dark face grew so gloomy over this remark that Lucy Ferrier laughed aloud.

"There, I didn't mean that," she said; "of course, you are a friend now. You must come and see us. Now I must push along, or father won't trust me with his business any more. Good-bye!"

"Good-bye," he answered, raising his broad sombrero (до

свиданья, — ответил он, снимая свое широкое сомбреро; to raise — поднимать), and bending over her little hand (и склоняясь над ее маленькой ручкой). She wheeled her mustang round (она развернула мустанга), gave it a cut with her riding-whip (хлестнула его; cut — удар; riding — верховой; для верховой езды; whip — кнут, хлыст), and darted away down the broad road in a rolling cloud of dust (и унеслась по широкой дороге, вздымая за собой облако пыли: «в вертящемся облаке пыли»; dart — стрела, легкое копье, дротик; to dart — бросать, метать; рвануться, кинуться, помчаться стрелой).

Young Jefferson Hope rode on with his companions, gloomy and taciturn (молодой Джефферсон Хоуп продолжил путь со своими спутниками, мрачный и молчаливый; to ride — ехать верхом). He and they had been among the Nevada Mountains prospecting for silver (они искали серебро в горах Невады: «он и они были в горах Невады, разведывая /месторождения/ серебра»; to prospect — проводить разведку, искать полезные ископаемые), and were returning to Salt Lake City in the hope of raising capital enough (и возвращались в Солт-Лейк-Сити, надеясь изыскать достаточно средств) to work some lodes which they had discovered (для разработки нескольких открытых ими жил; lode — рудная жила; залежь). He had been as keen as any of them upon the business (он был так же увлечен этим делом, как и любой из них; keen — острый; увлеченный) until this sudden incident had drawn his thoughts into another channel (пока это внезапное происшествие не переключило его мысли в другое русло; to draw — влечь, приводить; навлекать). The sight of the fair young girl (образ красивой молодой девушки), as frank and wholesome as the Sierra breezes (такой же свежей и чистой: «открытой и благотворной», как ветер Сьерры; wholesome — полезный для здоровья, благотворный, здоровый; физически крепкий; breeze — легкий ветерок, бриз), had stirred his volcanic, untamed heart to its very depths (до самой глубины всколыхнул его пылкое, неприрученное сердце; to stir — волновать, возбуждать; volcanic — бурный, горячий; to tame — одомашнивать, приручать; дрессировать, укрощать). When she had vanished from his sight (когда она исчезла из виду), he realized that a crisis had come in his life (он понял, что в его жизни наступил перелом; crisis — поворотный пункт, перелом), and that neither silver speculations nor any other questions could ever be of such importance to him (и что ни сулящее быструю наживу серебро, ни другое какое дело никогда не смогут быть так важны для него; speculation — деятельность, имеющая целью получение легкой и быстрой прибыли) as this new and all-absorbing one (как это новое всепоглощающее чувство). The love which had sprung up in his heart was not the sudden, changeable fancy of a boy (любовь, которая вспыхнула в его сердце, была не внезапной, проходящей мальчишеской прихотью; to spring up — возникать; changeable — меняющийся, непостоянный), but rather the wild, fierce passion of a man of strong will and imperious temper (но, скорее, дикой, яростной страстью человека сильной воли и властного характера). He had been accustomed to succeed in all that he undertook (он привык добиваться успеха во всем, за что бы ни взялся; to undertake — предпринимать). He swore in his heart that he would not fail in this (в сердце своем он поклялся, что не потерпит неудачи и здесь; to swear — клясться) if human effort and human perseverance could render him successful (если в силах человеческих добиться тут удачи: «если человеческое усилие и человеческое упорство = те усилия и та настойчивость, на которые способен человек могут сделать его успешным»; to render — отдавать, воздавать, платить; приводить в какое-либо состояние).

taciturn ['taest:n], fierce [fs], imperious [m'pers], perseverance [p:s'vrns]

"Good-bye," he answered, raising his broad sombrero, and bending over her little hand. She wheeled her mustang round, gave it a cut with her riding-whip, and darted away down the broad road in a rolling cloud of dust.

Young Jefferson Hope rode on with his companions, gloomy and taciturn. He and they had been among the Nevada Mountains prospecting for silver, and were returning to Salt Lake City in the hope of raising capital enough to work some lodes which they had discovered. He had been as keen as any of them upon the business until this sudden incident had drawn his thoughts into another channel. The sight of the fair young girl, as frank and wholesome as the Sierra breezes, had stirred his volcanic, untamed heart to its very depths. When she had vanished from his sight, he realized that a crisis had come in his life, and that neither silver speculations nor any other questions could ever be of such importance to him as this new and all-absorbing one. The love which had sprung up in his heart was not the sudden, changeable fancy of a boy, but rather the wild, fierce passion of a man of strong will and imperious temper. He had been accustomed to succeed in all that he undertook. He swore in his heart that he would not fail in this if human effort and human perseverance could render him successful.

He called on John Ferrier that night, and many times again (он

навестил Джона Феррьера этим вечером, и потом еще много раз), until his face was a familiar one at the farm-house (так что скоро его лицо примелькалось в этом доме). John, cooped up in the valley, and absorbed in his work (у Джона, запертого в этой долине и поглощенного своей работой; to coop up — сажать в курятник, в клетку /домашнюю птицу/; держать взаперти; coop — курятник, клетка для кур, домашней птицы), had had little chance of learning the news of the outside world during the last twelve years (немного было возможностей за последние двенадцать лет узнать новости большого мира). All this Jefferson Hope was able to tell him (все это Джефферсон Хоуп смог рассказать ему), and in a style which interested Lucy as well as her father (и в такой манере, что это было интересно и Люси, так же как ее отцу). He had been a pioneer in California (он был первопоселенцем в Калифорнии), and could narrate many a strange tale of fortunes made and fortunes lost in those wild, halcyon days (и мог поведать множество удивительных историй о том, как сколачивались и утрачивались состояния в ту бурную, но идиллическую пору; halcyon — зимородок; безмятежный, спокойный, тихий: halcyon days — мирные, счастливые, безмятежные дни). He had been a scout too (он был и скаутом также), and a trapper (и траппером; trapper — траппер /охотник, ставящий капканы/; trap — капкан, силок, ловушка), a silver explorer (искал серебро; to explore — разведывать), and a ranchman (и работал на ранчо). Wherever stirring adventures were to be had (там, где пахло волнующими приключениями: «где бы ни было возможно получить волнующие приключения»), Jefferson Hope had been there in search of them (там и был Джефферсон Хоуп: «там был Джефферсон Хоуп в поиске их»). He soon became a favourite with the old farmer (он вскоре стал любимцем старого фермера), who spoke eloquently of his virtues (который не скупился на похвалы его достоинствам: «который красноречиво говорил о его достоинствах»). On such occasions, Lucy was silent (в таких случаях Люси молчала), but her blushing cheek and her bright, happy eyes (но румянец на щеках и блестящие, счастливые глаза), showed only too clearly that her young heart was no longer her own (показывали вполне ясно, что ее молодое сердце больше ей не принадлежало: «больше не было ее собственным»). Her honest father may not have observed these symptoms (возможно, простодушный отец и не замечал этих симптомов), but they were assuredly not thrown away upon the man who had won her affections (но они уж точно не прошли мимо внимания человека, который завоевал ее привязанность; to throw away — попусту растрачивать: «бросать прочь, выбрасывать»).

pioneer [pa'n], halcyon ['haelsn], favourite ['fevrt], virtue ['v:u:], honest ['nst]

He called on John Ferrier that night, and many times again, until his face was a familiar one at the farm-house. John, cooped up in the valley, and absorbed in his work, had had little chance of learning the news of the outside world during the last twelve years. All this Jefferson Hope was able to tell him, and in a style which interested Lucy as well as her father. He had been a pioneer in California, and could narrate many a strange tale of fortunes made and fortunes lost in those wild, halcyon days. He had been a scout too, and a trapper, a silver explorer, and a ranchman. Wherever stirring adventures were to be had, Jefferson Hope had been there in search of them. He soon became a favourite with the old farmer, who spoke eloquently of his virtues. On such occasions, Lucy was silent, but her blushing cheek and her bright, happy eyes, showed only too clearly that her young heart was no longer her own. Her honest father may not have observed these symptoms, but they were assuredly not thrown away upon the man who had won her affections.

It was a summer evening when he came galloping down the road and pulled up at the gate (был летний вечер, когда он галопом примчался по дороге и натянул поводья у калитки). She was at the doorway (она была в дверях), and came down to meet him (и вышла встретить его). He threw the bridle over the fence and strode up the pathway (он накинул уздечку на забор и зашагал по дорожке; to stride).

"I am off, Lucy," he said, taking her two hands in his (я уезжаю, Люси, — сказал он, взяв ее за руки: «взяв ее две руки в свои»), and gazing tenderly down into her face (и нежно глядя: «глядя вниз» ей в лицо); "I won't ask you to come with me now (я не стану просить вас уехать со мной сейчас), but will you be ready to come when I am here again (но вы будете готовы уехать со мной, когда я вернусь)?"

"And when will that be?" she asked, blushing and laughing (и когда это случится? — спросила она, краснея и смеясь).

"A couple of months at the outside (пара месяцев в крайнем случае). I will come and claim you then, my darling (я приеду и предъявлю на вас права, моя дорогая). There's no one who can stand between us (никто не сможет стать между нами)."

"And how about father (а отец)?" she asked.