Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Второй сборник рассказов (ASCII-IPA) - Arthur Conan Doyle

height [haIt], bloodless ['blVdlIs], grief [gri:f], capacity [[email protected]'p&sItI]

So long was he that Mr. Holder and I went into the dining‑room and waited by the fire until he should return. We were sitting there in silence when the door opened and a young lady came in. She was rather above the middle height, slim, with dark hair and eyes, which seemed the darker against the absolute pallor of her skin. I do not think that I have ever seen such deadly paleness in a woman’s face. Her lips, too, were bloodless, but her eyes were flushed with crying. As she swept silently into the room she impressed me with a greater sense of grief than the banker had done in the morning, and it was the more striking in her as she was evidently a woman of strong character, with immense capacity for self-restraint. Disregarding my presence, she went straight to her uncle and passed her hand over his head with a sweet womanly caress.

“You have given orders that Arthur should be liberated (вы распорядились, чтобы Артура освободили; liberty — свобода), have you not, dad (не так ли, папа)?” she asked.

“No, no, my girl, the matter must be probed to the bottom (нет, моя девочка, дело нужно расследовать до конца).”

“But I am so sure that he is innocent (но я уверена, он невиновен). You know what woman’s instincts are (вы знаете, что такое женское чутье). I know that he has done no harm (я знаю, что он не сделал ничего дурного; harm — вред; убыток, урон, ущерб) and that you will be sorry for having acted so harshly (и вы пожалеете, что поступили /с ним/ столь сурово).”

“Why is he silent, then, if he is innocent (почему же тогда он молчит, если невиновен)?”

“Who knows (кто знает)? Perhaps because he was so angry that you should suspect him (возможно, потому что очень рассердился, что вы подозреваете его).”

“How could I help suspecting him (как же мне его не подозревать), when I actually saw him with the coronet in his hand (если я действительно видел его с диадемой в руках)?”

“Oh, but he had only picked it up to look at it (ну, он только взял ее, чтобы посмотреть). Oh, do, do take my word for it that he is innocent (о, поверьте мне, он невиновен; to take smb.'s word for it — верить на слово). Let the matter drop and say no more (прекратите это дело, хватит /прошу вас/; to drop — бросать, прекращать; снимать, отменять: to drop charges — снять обвинения). It is so dreadful to think of our dear Arthur in prison (как ужасно думать о том, что наш дорогой Артур в тюрьме)!”

instinct ['InstINkt], suspecting [[email protected]'spektIN], prison ['prIz(@)n]

“You have given orders that Arthur should be liberated, have you not, dad?” she asked.

“No, no, my girl, the matter must be probed to the bottom.”

“But I am so sure that he is innocent. You know what woman’s instincts are. I know that he has done no harm and that you will be sorry for having acted so harshly.”

“Why is he silent, then, if he is innocent?”

“Who knows? Perhaps because he was so angry that you should suspect him.”

“How could I help suspecting him, when I actually saw him with the coronet in his hand?”

“Oh, but he had only picked it up to look at it. Oh, do, do take my word for it that he is innocent. Let the matter drop and say no more. It is so dreadful to think of our dear Arthur in prison!”

“I shall never let it drop until the gems are found — never, Mary (я не прекращу дела, пока камни не будут найдены, Мэри)! Your affection for Arthur blinds you as to the awful consequences to me (твоя привязанность к Артуру ослепляет тебя настолько, что ты /забываешь/ об ужасных для меня последствиях). Far from hushing the thing up (я не собираюсь замалчивать это дело; far from — далек от; to hush up — замалчивать, скрывать; замять), I have brought a gentleman down from London to inquire more deeply into it (я пригласил одного джентльмена из Лондона для более тщательного расследования).”

“This gentleman (этого джентльмена)?” she asked, facing round to me (спросила она, поворачиваясь ко мне).

“No, his friend (нет, его друга). He wished us to leave him alone (он захотел, чтобы мы оставили его одного). He is round in the stable lane now (сейчас он идет по дорожке, ведущей к конюшне).”

“The stable lane?” She raised her dark eyebrows (она подняла темные брови). “What can he hope to find there (что он надеется там найти)? Ah! this, I suppose, is he (а вот, полагаю, он сам). I trust, sir, that you will succeed in proving (я надеюсь, сэр, вам удастся доказать), what I feel sure is the truth (в чем я убеждена), that my cousin Arthur is innocent of this crime (что мой кузен Артур невиновен в этом преступлении).”

awful ['O:f(@)l], consequence ['[email protected]], eyebrow ['aIbrau]

“I shall never let it drop until the gems are found — never, Mary! Your affection for Arthur blinds you as to the awful consequences to me. Far from hushing the thing up, I have brought a gentleman down from London to inquire more deeply into it.”

“This gentleman?” she asked, facing round to me.

“No, his friend. He wished us to leave him alone. He is round in the stable lane now.”

“The stable lane?” She raised her dark eyebrows. “What can he hope to find there? Ah! this, I suppose, is he. I trust, sir, that you will succeed in proving, what I feel sure is the truth, that my cousin Arthur is innocent of this crime.”

“I fully share your opinion (полностью разделяю ваше мнение), and I trust, with you, that we may prove it (и надеюсь, с вашей помощью, мы сможем это доказать),” returned Holmes, going back to the mat to knock the snow from his shoes (ответил Холмс, возвращаясь к половику и стряхивая снег с ботинок). “I believe I have the honor of addressing Miss Mary Holder (полагаю, я имею честь говорить с мисс Мэри Холдер). Might I ask you a question or two (могу я задать вам пару вопросов)?”

“Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up (конечно, сэр, если это поможет распутать ужасное дело).”

“You heard nothing yourself last night (вы ничего не слышали прошлой ночью)?”

“Nothing, until my uncle here began to speak loudly (ничего, пока мой дядя не начал громко говорить). I heard that, and I came down (я услышала его и спустилась).”

“You shut up the windows and doors the night before (вы закрывали окна и двери накануне вечером). Did you fasten all the windows (вы заперли все окна)?”

“Yes.”

“Were they all fastened this morning (они все были заперты сегодня утром)?”

“Yes.”

prove [pru:v], knock [nOk], loudly ['laudlI], fastened ['fA:s(@)nd]

“I fully share your opinion, and I trust, with you, that we may prove it,” returned Holmes, going back to the mat to knock the snow from his shoes. “I believe I have the honor of addressing Miss Mary Holder. Might I ask you a question or two?”

“Pray do, sir, if it may help to clear this horrible affair up.”

“You heard nothing yourself last night?”

“Nothing, until my uncle here began to speak loudly. I heard that, and I came down.”

“You shut up the windows and doors the night before. Did you fasten all the windows?”

“Yes.”

“Were they all fastened this morning?”

“Yes.”

“You have a maid who has a sweetheart (у вас работает горничная, у которой есть возлюбленный)? I think that you remarked to your uncle last night (вы говорили дяде вчера вечером) that she had been out to see him (что она вышла повидаться с ним)?”

“Yes, and she was the girl who waited in the drawing-room (да, она была той девушкой, что подавала нам /кофе/ в гостиной; to wait — ждать; прислуживать, обслуживать /за столом и т. п./). And who may have heard uncle’s remarks about the coronet (и /была тем/ кто мог слышать замечания дяди о диадеме = как дядя рассказывал о диадеме).”

“I see (понятно). You infer that she may have gone out to tell her sweetheart (вы подразумеваете, что она могла выйти из дому и сообщить /об этом/ своему возлюбленному; to infer — заключать; делать /логический/ вывод; выводить /заключение, следствие; из чего-л./; делать предположение, высказывать догадку), and that the two may have planned the robbery (и они вместе могли спланировать ограбление).”

“But what is the good of all these vague theories (но какой толк от этих всех туманных предположений; vague — расплывчатый),” cried the banker impatiently (нетерпеливо воскликнул банкир; patient — терпеливый), “when I have told you that I saw Arthur with the coronet in his hands (ведь я уже сказал вам, что видел Артура с диадемой в руках)?”

“Wait a little, Mr. Holder (подождите немного, мистер Холдер). We must come back to that (мы к этому /еще/ вернемся). About this girl, Miss Holder (/теперь/ относительно этой девушки, мисс Холдер). You saw her return by the kitchen door, I presume (полагаю, вы видели, как она вернулась через дверь кухни)?”

“Yes; when I went to see if the door was fastened for the night I met her slipping in (да, когда я пошла посмотреть, заперта ли на ночь дверь, я увидела, как она тихо входила; to slip in — прокрасться, незаметно войти; to slip — скользить). I saw the man, too, in the gloom (я также видела в темноте ее поклонника).”

“Do you know him (вы знаете его)?”

sweetheart ['swi:thA:t], vague [veIg], impatiently [Im'peIS(@)ntlI], presume [prI'zju:m]

“You have a maid who has a sweetheart? I think that you remarked to your uncle last night that she had been out to see him?”

“Yes, and she was the girl who waited in the drawing‑room. And who may have heard uncle’s remarks about the coronet.”

“I see. You infer that she may have gone out to tell her sweetheart, and that the two may have planned the robbery.”

“But what is the good of all these vague theories,” cried the banker impatiently, “when I have told you that I saw Arthur with the coronet in his hands?”

“Wait a little, Mr. Holder. We must come back to that. About this girl, Miss Holder. You saw her return by the kitchen door, I presume?”

“Yes; when I went to see if the door was fastened for the night I met her slipping in. I saw the man, too, in the gloom.”

“Do you know him?”

“Oh, yes! he is the green-grocer who brings our vegetables round (он зеленщик, который приносит нам овощи). His name is Francis Prosper (его зовут Фрэнсис Проспер).”

“He stood (он стоял),” said Holmes, “to the left of the door — that is to say (слева от двери, другими словами), farther up the path than is necessary to reach the door (дальше по дорожке, чем необходимо, чтобы достать до двери)?”

“Yes, he did.”

“And he is a man with a wooden leg (и это человек с деревянной ногой)?”

Something like fear sprang up in the young lady’s expressive black eyes (что-то похожее на страх промелькнуло в выразительных черных глазах юной леди).

“Why, you are like a magician (да вы словно волшебник),” said she. “How do you know that (откуда вы это знаете)?” She smiled, but there was no answering smile in Holmes’s thin, eager face (она улыбнулась, но на худощавом напряженном лице Холмса не появилось ответной улыбки).