Роберт Стивенсон - Английский язык с Р.Л.Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ

wandering [`wɔndərɪŋ] journeys [`ʤə:nɪz] supplied [sə`plaɪd] malaria [mə`leərɪə]

Ben, in his long, lonely wanderings about the island, had found the skeleton — it was he that had rifled it; he had found the treasure; he had dug it up (it was the haft of his pickaxe that lay broken in the excavation); he had carried it on his back, in many weary journeys, from the foot of the tall pine to a cave he had on the two-pointed hill at the north-east angle of the island, and there it had lain stored in safety since two months before the arrival of the Hispaniola.

When the doctor had wormed this secret from him, on the afternoon of the attack, and when, next morning he saw the anchorage deserted, he had gone to Silver, given him the chart, which was now useless — given him the stores, for Ben Gunn’s cave was well supplied with goats’ meat salted by himself — given anything and everything to get a chance of moving in safety from the stockade to the two-pointed hill, there to be clear of malaria and keep a guard upon the money.

“As for you, Jim (что касается тебя, Джим),” he said, “it went against my heart (это было против моего сердца = мне было очень тяжело), but I did what I thought best for those who had stood by their duty (но я делал то, что считал лучшим для тех, кто готов выполнять свой долг); and if you were not one of these, whose fault was it (а если ты не был одним из них, чья это вина)?”

That morning, finding that I was to be involved in the horrid disappointment he had prepared for the mutineers (в то утро, обнаружив, что мне придется быть втянутым в ужасное разочарование, которое он приготовил для мятежников; to involve — втягивать, вовлекать), he had run all the way to the cave (он бежал до самой пещеры), and, leaving the squire to guard the captain (и, оставляя сквайра охранять капитана), had taken Gray and the maroon, and started, making the diagonal across the island (взял Грея и отшельника и отправился наперерез через остров; diagonal — диагональ, косая линия), to be at hand beside the pine (чтобы быть близко около сосны). Soon, however, he saw that our party had the start of him (вскоре, однако, он увидел, что наш отряд опередил его); and Ben Gunn, being fleet of foot, had been despatched in front to do his best alone (Бена Ганна, бывшего /самым/ быстроногим, отправили вперед, чтобы он сделал все возможное /чтобы задержать пиратов/). Then it had occurred to him to work upon the superstitions of his former shipmates (затем ему /Бену Ганну/ пришло в голову сыграть на суевериях своих бывших товарищей); and he was so far successful (он = его затея была настолько удачной) that Gray and the doctor had come up and were already ambushed before the arrival of the treasure-hunters (что Грей и доктор добрались и уже устроили засаду до прибытия искателей сокровищ).

“Ah,” said Silver, “it were fortunate for me that I had Hawkins here (мне повезло, что со мной был Хокинс). You would have let old John be cut to bits (/а иначе/ вы бы позволили старому Джону быть изрубленным на куски), and never given it a thought, doctor (и даже не подумали бы /спасти/, доктор: «и вовсе не дали бы этому мысли»).”

fault [fɔ:lt] diagonal [daɪ`ægənəl] ambushed [`æmbuʃt] fortunate [`fɔ:tʃənət]

“As for you, Jim,” he said, “it went against my heart, but I did what I thought best for those who had stood by their duty; and if you were not one of these, whose fault was it?”

That morning, finding that I was to be involved in the horrid disappointment he had prepared for the mutineers, he had run all the way to the cave, and, leaving the squire to guard the captain, had taken Gray and the maroon, and started, making the diagonal across the island, to be at hand beside the pine. Soon, however, he saw that our party had the start of him; and Ben Gunn, being fleet of foot, had been despatched in front to do his best alone. Then it had occurred to him to work upon the superstitions of his former shipmates; and he was so far successful that Gray and the doctor had come up and were already ambushed before the arrival of the treasure-hunters.

“Ah,” said Silver, “it were fortunate for me that I had Hawkins here. You would have let old John be cut to bits, and never given it a thought, doctor.”

“Not a thought (и не подумал бы),” replied Doctor Livesey, cheerily (ответил доктор Ливси весело).

And by this time we had reached the gigs (к тому времени мы дошли до гичек). The doctor, with the pick-axe, demolished one of them (доктор киркой разбил одну из них), and then we all got aboard the other (а затем мы все забрались в другую), and set out to go round by sea for North Inlet (и отчалили, чтобы по морю обойти /остров/ и добраться до Северной бухты; to go round — обойти, сделать крюк).

This was a run of eight or nine miles (это был рейс в восемь или девять миль). Silver, though he was almost killed already with fatigue (Сильвер, хотя он уже почти был убит утомлением), was set to an oar, like the rest of us (был посажен за весла, как и остальные), and we were soon skimming swiftly over a smooth sea (и мы вскоре скользили быстро по спокойному морю). Soon we passed out of the straits and doubled the south-east corner of the island (в скором времени мы вышли из пролива и обогнули юго-восточную часть острова), round which, four days ago, we had towed the Hispaniola (вокруг которой четыре дня назад мы буксировали Испаньолу).

сheerily [`tʃɪəlɪ] demolished [dɪ`mɔlɪʃt] fatigue [fə`ti:g]

“Not a thought,” replied Doctor Livesey, cheerily.

And by this time we had reached the gigs. The doctor, with the pick-axe, demolished one of them, and then we all got aboard the other, and set out to go round by sea for North Inlet.

This was a run of eight or nine miles. Silver, though he was almost killed already with fatigue, was set to an oar, like the rest of us, and we were soon skimming swiftly over a smooth sea. Soon we passed out of the straits and doubled the south-east corner of the island, round which, four days ago, we had towed the Hispaniola.

As we passed the two-pointed hill (проплывая мимо двуглавого холма), we could see the black mouth of Ben Gunn’s cave (мы видели темный вход в пещеру Бена Ганна), and a firer standing by it, leaning on a musket (и стрелка, стоящего у него и опирающегося на мушкет). It was the squire (это был сквайр); and we waved a handkerchief and gave him three cheers (мы помахали платком и трижды прокричали «ура»), in which the voice of Silver joined as heartily as any (причем голос Сильвера присоединялся = звучал так же искренне, как и любой другой).

Three miles, farther, just inside the mouth of North Inlet (три мили дальше = пройдя еще три мили, /войдя/ прямо в Северную бухту; mouth — рот; устье), what should we meet but the Hispaniola, cruising by herself (что же мы могли встретить, как не Испаньолу, плававшую саму по себе)? The last flood had lifted her (последний прилив поднял ее); and had there been much wind, or a strong tide current, as in the southern anchorage (и если бы тут был сильный ветер или сильное течение, как на южной стоянке), we should never have found her more, or found her stranded beyond help (мы бы никогда больше не нашли ее, или нашли бы выброшенную на какой-нибудь далекий берег: «вне спасения»). As it was, there was little amiss, beyond the wreck of the mainsail (в действительности почти все было хорошо, за исключением разорванного грота; amiss — плохо, неправильно, неладно; wreck — авария, крушение). Another anchor was got ready, and dropped in a fathom and a half of water (другой якорь был привязан и брошен на /глубину/ в полторы сажени; to get ready — приготовить; fathom — морская сажень /182 см/). We all pulled round again to Rum Cove (все мы отправились в Ромовую Бухту; to pull round — повернуть лодку или корабль назад, менять направление), the nearest point for Ben Gunn’s treasure-house (ближайшей пункту к сокровищнице Бена Ганна); and then Gray, single-handed, returned with the gig to the Hispaniola (и затем Грей в одиночку вернулся на лодке к Испаньоле), where he was to pass the night on guard (где он должен был ночевать: «провести ночь» в карауле).