Arthur Conan Doyle - Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах (ASCII-IPA)
pioneer [,[email protected]'[email protected]], halcyon ['h&[email protected]], favourite ['feIv(@)rIt], virtue ['[email protected]:tSu:], honest ['OnIst]
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.
evening ['i:vnIN], bridle [braIdl], laugh [lA:f]
It was a summer evening when he came galloping down the road and pulled up at the gate. She was at the doorway, and came down to meet him. He threw the bridle over the fence and strode up the pathway.
"I am off, Lucy," he said, taking her two hands in his, and gazing tenderly down into her face; "I won't ask you to come with me now, but will you be ready to come when I am here again?"
"And when will that be?" she asked, blushing and laughing.
"A couple of months at the outside. I will come and claim you then, my darling. There's no one who can stand between us."
"And how about father?" she asked.
"He has given his consent, provided we get these mines working all right (он дал свое согласие, при условии что у нас все получится с этими рудниками: «что мы успешно запустим в работу эти прииски»). I have no fear on that head (у меня нет опасений по этому поводу; head — результат, исход)."
"Oh, well; of course, if you and father have arranged it all, there's no more to be said (ну, конечно, если вы и отец все уже согласовали, говорить больше не о чем)," she whispered, with her cheek against his broad breast (прошептала она, прижавшись щекой к его широкой груди).
"Thank God!" he said, hoarsely, stooping and kissing her (благодарение Господу, — хрипло сказал он, наклоняясь и целуя ее). "It is settled, then (значит, решено; to settle — поправлять /например, предмет одежды/, ставить на место, приводить в порядок; улаживать). The longer I stay, the harder it will be to go (чем дольше я буду медлить, тем труднее будет расстаться). They are waiting for me at the cañon (меня ждут у каньона). Good-bye, my own darling — good-bye (до свиданья, моя дорогая, до свиданья). In two months you shall see me (через два месяца я вернусь: «ты меня увидишь»)."
He tore himself from her as he spoke (с этими словами он оторвался от нее), and, flinging himself upon his horse, galloped furiously away (и, вскочив на лошадь, бешеным галопом унесся прочь; to fling — бросать, кидать), never even looking round, as though afraid that his resolution might fail him (ни разу не оглянувшись, словно опасаясь, что его решимость может дрогнуть; to fail — оказаться недостаточным, подвести) if he took one glance at what he was leaving (если он глянет еще раз на то, что оставляет позади). She stood at the gate (она стояла у калитки), gazing after him until he vanished from her sight (смотря ему вслед, пока он не исчез из виду). Then she walked back into the house, the happiest girl in all Utah (затем она пошла обратно в дом, самая счастливая девушка во всей Юте).
whisper ['[email protected]], breast [brest], hoarsely ['hO:slI], cañon ['k&[email protected]]
"He has given his consent, provided we get these mines working all right. I have no fear on that head."
"Oh, well; of course, if you and father have arranged it all, there's no more to be said," she whispered, with her cheek against his broad breast.
"Thank God!" he said, hoarsely, stooping and kissing her. "It is settled, then. The longer I stay, the harder it will be to go. They are waiting for me at the cañon. Good-bye, my own darling — good-bye. In two months you shall see me."
He tore himself from her as he spoke, and, flinging himself upon his horse, galloped furiously away, never even looking round, as though afraid that his resolution might fail him if he took one glance at what he was leaving. She stood at the gate, gazing after him until he vanished from her sight. Then she walked back into the house, the happiest girl in all Utah.
Chapter III. John Ferrier Talks With The Prophet
(Джон Феррьер говорит с Пророком)
THREE weeks had passed since Jefferson Hope and his comrades had departed from Salt Lake City (прошло три недели с тех пор, как Джефферсон Хоуп с товарищами уехал из Солт-Лейк-Сити). John Ferrier's heart was sore within him when he thought of the young man's return (у Джона Феррьера ныло сердце, когда он думал о возвращении молодого человека; sore — страдающий, испытывающий душевную боль), and of the impending loss of his adopted child (и о предстоящей разлуке с приемным ребенком; loss — утрата; to impend — нависать; угрожать /об опасности, беде и т. п./; надвигаться, приближаться). Yet her bright and happy face reconciled him to the arrangement more than any argument could have done (но ее светившееся, счастливое лицо примиряло его с этим больше, чем любые аргументы; arrangement — договоренность, соглашение). He had always determined, deep down in his resolute heart (он давно принял решение, в самой глубине своего упрямого сердца; resolute — непоколебимый, решительный, твердый), that nothing would ever induce him to allow his daughter to wed a Mormon (что ничто никогда не вынудит его позволить своей дочери выйти замуж за мормона; to wed — жениться; выходить замуж; вступать в брак). Such a marriage he regarded as no marriage at all, but as a shame and a disgrace (такой брак он и за брак не считал, но относился к нему как к стыду и позору). Whatever he might think of the Mormon doctrines (что бы он ни думал о доктринах учения мормонов), upon that one point he was inflexible (насчет этого пункта он был непоколебим; flexible — гибкий; гнущийся; мягкий, эластичный). He had to seal his mouth on the subject, however (однако ему приходилось скрывать свои мысли: «запечатать свой рот» по этому поводу), for to express an unorthodox opinion was a dangerous matter in those days in the Land of the Saints (так как высказывать мнение, расходящееся с общепринятым: «неортодоксальное мнение», было опасным делом в те дни в Стране святых).
comrade ['kOmr(e)Id], reconcile ['rek(@)nsaIl], unorthodox [Vn'O:[email protected]]
Three weeks had passed since Jefferson Hope and his comrades had departed from Salt Lake City. John Ferrier's heart was sore within him when he thought of the young man's return, and of the impending loss of his adopted child. Yet her bright and happy face reconciled him to the arrangement more than any argument could have done. He had always determined, deep down in his resolute heart, that nothing would ever induce him to allow his daughter to wed a Mormon. Such a marriage he regarded as no marriage at all, but as a shame and a disgrace. Whatever he might think of the Mormon doctrines, upon that one point he was inflexible. He had to seal his mouth on the subject, however, for to express an unorthodox opinion was a dangerous matter in those days in the Land of the Saints.
Yes, a dangerous matter (да, опасным делом)— so dangerous that even the most saintly (настолько опасным, что даже самые благочестивые) dared only whisper their religious opinions with bated breath (осмеливались высказывать свое мнение на религиозные темы только шепотом и затаив дыхание; to whisper — говорить шепотом, шептать; to bate — погружать /кожу/ в раствор для смягчения; убавлять, ослаблять), lest something which fell from their lips might be misconstrued (чтобы что-нибудь, слетевшее с их уст, не было неправильно истолковано; lest — чтобы не; to fall — падать; to misconstrue — неправильно истолковывать), and bring down a swift retribution upon them (и не принесло бы на их голову скорую кару). The victims of persecution had now turned persecutors on their own account (жертвы преследований теперь сами стали преследователями; account — счет; выгода, польза; on one's own account — в своих собственных интересах), and persecutors of the most terrible description (и преследователями самого ужасного сорта; terrible — ужасный; description — описание; вид, род, сорт). Not the Inquisition of Seville (ни севильская инквизиция), nor the German Vehmgericht (ни немецкая Лига святого суда), nor the Secret Societies of Italy (ни итальянские тайные общества), were ever able to put a more formidable machinery in motion (не смогли запустить такой грозный /карательный/ механизм; formidable — грозный; жуткий, пугающий; put in motion — пустить в ход) than that which cast a cloud over the State of Utah (чем тот, что темной тенью накрыл штат Юта; to cast — бросать; cloud — нечто омрачающее).
Its invisibility (его невидимость), and the mystery which was attached to it (и тайна, окутывавшая его; to attach — быть связанным с), made this organization doubly terrible (делали эту организацию вдвойне ужасной). It appeared to be omniscient and omnipotent (казалось, что она всеведуща и всемогуща), and yet was neither seen nor heard (оставаясь при этом невидимой и неслышимой: «и все же не была ни видима, ни слышима»). The man who held out against the Church vanished away (тот, кто противостоял церкви, исчезал; to hold out — продолжать сопротивляться, быть непоколебимым), and none knew whither he had gone or what had befallen him (и никто не знал, куда он пропал и что с ним случилось; to befall — приключаться, происходить, случаться). His wife and his children awaited him at home (его жена и дети ждали его дома), but no father ever returned to tell them how he had fared at the hands of his secret judges (но еще ни один отец не вернулся, чтобы рассказать им, что он испытал от рук тайных судей; to fare — жить, поживать). A rash word or a hasty act was followed by annihilation (за неосторожным словом или необдуманным поступком следовало уничтожение; hasty — необдуманный, опрометчивый; act — дело, поступок; to follow — следовать; annihilation — уничтожение; истребление), and yet none knew what the nature might be of this terrible power (и, тем не менее, никто не знал сущность этой ужасной силы) which was suspended over them (нависшей над ними). No wonder that men went about in fear and trembling (неудивительно, что люди пребывали в страхе и трепете), and that even in the heart of the wilderness they dared not whisper the doubts which oppressed them (и что даже в самом сердце пустыни они не осмеливались даже шепотом озвучить одолевавшие их сомнения; to oppress — подавлять, угнетать; удручать).
