Английский язык с Р. Э. Говардом
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"You were of the Nemedian nobility before my riders carried you off," returned Jehungir cynically. "Now you are merely a slave who will do as she is bid."
"I will not!" she raged.
"On the contrary (напротив)," rejoined Jehungir with studied cruelty (возразил Джихангир с умышленной жестокостью; to rejoin — отвечать на обвинение истца; отвечать; возражать), "you will (будешь). I like Ghaznavi's plan (мне нравится план Газнави). Continue, prince among counsellors (продолжай, король среди советников; prince — принц; высочайший мастер своего дела)."
"Conan will probably wish to buy her (вероятно, Конан пожелает купить ее). You will refuse to sell her, of course (ты, разумеется,
cruelty ['kru:lt], course [k:s], though [du]
"On the contrary," rejoined Jehungir with studied cruelty, "you will. I like Ghaznavi's plan. Continue, prince among counsellors."
"Conan will probably wish to buy her. You will refuse to sell her, of course, or to exchange her for Hyrkanian prisoners. He may then try to steal her, or take her by force — though I do not think even he would break the parley truce. Anyway, we must be prepared for whatever he might attempt.
"Then, shortly after the parley (потом, вскоре после переговоров; shortly — коротко; вскоре), before he has time to forget all about her (прежде чем он успеет совершенно забыть о ней; to have time — успеть; all — полностью; совершенно), we will send a messenger to him (мы пошлем ему гонца), under a flag of truce (под флагом перемирия), accusing him of stealing the girl and demanding her return (обвиняя его в похищении девушки и требуя ее возвращения). He may kill the messenger (возможно, он убьет гонца), but at least he will think that she has escaped (но, по крайней мере, он будет думать, что она сбежала).
"Then we will send a spy (затем мы подошлем шпиона) — a Yuetishi fisherman will do (сойдет какой-нибудь рыбак-юэтшиец; to do — делать; подходить, годиться) — to the kozak camp (в козацкий лагерь), who will tell Conan that Octavia is hiding on Xapur (который сообщит Конану, что Октавия скрывается на Ксапуре). If I know my man (если я разбираюсь в людях; to know — знать; разбираться;man — человек; человеческий род, человечество), he will go straight to that place (он сразу отправится в это место; straight — прямо; сразу)."
"But we do not know that he will go alone (но мы не знаем, что он пойдет один)," Jehungir argued (привел довод Джихангир; to argue — спорить; приводить доводы).
accuse ['kju:z], straight [stret], argue [':ju:]
"Then, shortly after the parley, before he has time to forget all about her, we will send a messenger to him, under a flag of truce, accusing him of stealing the girl and demanding her return. He may kill the messenger, but at least he will think that she has escaped.
"Then we will send a spy — a Yuetishi fisherman will do — to the kozak camp, who will tell Conan that Octavia is hiding on Xapur. If I know my man, he will go straight to that place."
"But we do not know that he will go alone," Jehungir argued.
"Does a man take a band of warriors with him (берет ли мужчина с собой отряд воинов; band — отряд), when going to a rendezvous with a woman he desires (когда идет на свидание с женщиной, которую он страстно желает; to desire — испытывать сильное
warrior ['wr], rendezvous ['rndvu:], alternative [:l't:ntv]
"Does a man take a band of warriors with him, when going to a rendezvous with a woman he desires?" retorted Ghaznavi. "The chances are all that he will go alone. But we will take care of the other alternative. We will not await him on the island, where we might be trapped ourselves, but among the reeds of a marshy point, which juts out to within a thousand yards of Xapur. If he brings a large force, we'll beat a retreat and think up another plot. If he comes alone or with a small party, we will have him. Depend upon it, he will come, remembering your charming slave's smiles and meaning glances."
"I will never descend to such shame (я никогда не опущусь до такого срама)!" Octavia was wild with fury and humiliation (Октавия была в бешенстве от ярости и унижения; wild — дикий; бешеный). "I will die first (я скорее умру; first — сначала; скорее)!"
"You will not die, my rebellious beauty (ты не умрешь, моя непокорная красавица; rebellious — мятежный; непокорный; rebellion — мятеж; beauty — красота; красавица)," said Jehungir, "but you will be subjected to a very painful and humiliating experience (но ты подвергнешься очень болезненному и унизительному испытанию; to subject — покорять; подвергать;experience — опыт; впечатление, переживание; to experience — испытывать)."
He clapped his hands (он хлопнул в ладоши), and Octavia paled (и Октавия побледнела). This time it was not the Kushite who entered, but a Shemite (на этот раз вошел не кушит, а шемит), a heavily muscled man of medium height with a short, curled, blue-black beard (очень мускулистый мужчина среднего роста с короткой, курчавой, иссиня-черной бородой; heavily — тяжело; очень; height — высота; рост).
subject [sb'ekt], medium ['mi:dm], height [hat]
"I will never descend to such shame!" Octavia was wild with fury and humiliation. "I will die first!"