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By good fortune Hunter pulled a good oar. We made the water fly; and the boat was soon alongside, and I aboard the schooner.

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2. I found them all shaken, as was natural. The squire was sitting down, as white as a sheet, thinking of the he had led us to, the good soul! and one of the six forecastle hands was little better.

3. 'There's a man,' says Captain Smollett, nodding towards him, 'new to this work. He came nigh-hand fainting, doctor when he heard the cry. Another touch of the rudder and that man would join us.'

I told my plan to the captain, and between us we settle on the details of its accomplishment.

 

1. We put old Redruth in the gallery between the cabin and the forecastle (мы поставил старого Редрута в коридоре между каютой и баком), with three or four loaded muskets and mattress for protection (с тремя-четырьмя заряженными мушкетами и матрацем для защиты). Hunter brought the boat round under the stern-port (Хантер подвел лодку к корме; stern-port — кормовой порт), and Joyce and I set to work loading her with powder tins (мы с Джойсом принялись нагружать ее пороховыми банками; to set to work — приняться за работу), muskets, bags of biscuits, kegs of pork (мушкетами, кулями сухарей, свининой; keg — бочонок, кадка), a cask of cognac, and my invaluable medicine chest (бочонком с коньяком и моим бесценным ящичком с медикаментами; cask — бочка, бочонок).

2. In the meantime, the squire and the captain stayed on deck (тем временем сквайр и капитан оставались на палубе) and the latter hailed the coxswain (и последний позвал рулевого), who was the principal man aboard (который был главным человеком на борту).

3. 'Mr. Hands (мистер Хендс),' he said, 'here are two of us with a brace of pistols each (нас двое, и у каждого пара пистолетов). If any one of you six make a signal of any description, that man's dead (если кто-нибудь из вас шестерых подаст какой-нибудь знак: «знак какого-либо вида», /то/ тот человек будет мертв).'

4. They were a good deal taken aback (они сильно опешили); and, after a little consultation (и, после небольшого совещания), one and all tumbled down the fore companion (все как один бросились к переднему тамбуру; to tumble down — падать, свалиться, сбегать) thinking, no doubt, to take us on the rear (думая, без сомнения, /о том/, чтобы напасть на нас сзади). But when they saw Redruth waiting for them in the sparred gallery (но когда они увидели Редрута, поджидавшего их в брусчатом проходе; spar — перекладина, брус, балка), they went about ship at once (они развернулись на корабле разом), and a head popped out again on deck (и чья-то голова высунулась снова /из люка/ на палубу; to pop out — высунуться, вылезти).

5. 'Down, dog (вниз, собака)!' cries the captain.

 

mattress [`mxtrIs] cognac [`kOnjxk] invaluable [In`vxljuqbl] principal [`prInsIpl]

 

We put old Redruth in the gallery between the cabin and the forecastle, with three or four loaded muskets and mattress for protection. Hunter brought the boat round under the stern-port, and Joyce and I set to work loading her with powder tins, muskets, bags of biscuits, kegs of pork, a cask of cognac, and my invaluable medicine chest.

In the meantime, the squire and the captain stayed on deck and the latter hailed the coxswain, who was the principal man aboard.

3. 'Mr. Hands,' he said, 'here are two of us with a brace of pistols each. If any one of you six make a signal of any description, that man's dead.'

They were a good deal taken aback; and, after a little consultation, one and all tumbled down the fore companion thinking, no doubt, to take us on the rear. But when they saw Redruth waiting for them in the sparred gallery, they went about ship at once, and a head popped out again on deck.

5. 'Down, dog!' cries the captain.

 

1. And the head popped back again (и голова нырнула вниз снова); and we heard no more, for the time, of these six very faint-hearted seamen (и мы не слышали больше, на некоторое время, об этих шести очень трусливых моряках).

2. By this time, tumbling things in as they came (к этому времени, швыряя вещи как попало: «как они шли»; to tumble — падать /тж. tumble down/; спотыкаться /over, off — обо что-л./; бросать(ся); швырять(ся)), we had the jolly-boat loaded as much as we dared (мы загрузили ялик /настолько/, насколько решились). Joyce and I got out through the stern-port (мы с Джойсом выбрались через кормовой порт; to get out — выбраться, слезть, выйти), and we made for shore again, as fast as oars could take us (и устремились к берегу снова, так быстро, как /только/ весла могли нести нас = гребя изо всех сил).

3. This second trip fairly aroused the watchers along shore (этот второй рейс довольно обеспокоил часовых вдоль берега; to arouse — разбудить, раздражать). 'Lillibullero' was dropped again («Лиллибуллеро» умолкла опять); and just before we lost sight of them behind the little point (и, прежде, чем мы потеряли их из виду /заплыв/ за маленький мыс), one of them whipped ashore and disappeared (один из них побежал /в глубь/ берега = острова и исчез). I had half a mind to change my plan and destroy their boats (я почти решился: «имел полнамерения» изменить свой план и уничтожить их лодки), but I feared that Silver and the others might be close at hand (но побоялся, что Сильвер и остальные могут быть неподалеку: «близко под рукой»), and all might very well be lost by trying for too much (и все может быть потеряно = мы потеряем все, пытаясь получить слишком многое; to try for — стремиться /к чему-то/, добиваться).

 

tumbling [`tAmblIN] aroused [q`rauzd] disappeared [dIsq`pIqd] feared [fIqd]

 

And the head popped back again; and we heard no more, for the time, of these six very faint-hearted seamen.

By this time, tumbling things in as they came, we had the jolly-boat loaded as much as we dared. Joyce and I got out through the stern-port, and we made for shore again, as fast as oars could take us.

3. This second trip fairly aroused the watchers along shore. 'Lillibullero' was dropped again; and just before we lost sight of them behind the little point, one of them whipped ashore and disappeared. I had half a mind to change my plan and destroy their boats, but I feared that Silver and the others might be close at hand, and all might very well be lost by trying for too much.

 

1. We had soon touched land in the same place as before (мы вскоре причалили: «коснулись земли» в том же месте, что и раньше), and set to provision the block house (и принялись перетаскивать груз в сруб; to set to — браться за /работу/; provision — снабжение, приготовление, резерв). All three made the first journey, heavily laden (все трое /мы/ совершили первый рейс, тяжело нагруженные), and tossed our stores over the palisade (и перебросили свои припасы через частокол). Then, leaving Joyce to guard them (затем, оставив Джойса охранять их) — one man, to be sure, but with half a dozen muskets (одного, конечно, но с полудюжиной мушкетов) — Hunter and I returned to the jolly-boat, and loaded ourselves once more (Хантер и я вернулись к ялику и загрузили себя = взяли груз снова). So we proceeded without pausing to take breath (так мы продолжали, не останавливаясь, чтобы перевести дух), till the whole cargo was bestowed (пока весь груз не был перетащен; to bestow — давать; размещать; приютить), when the two servants took up their position in the block house (когда двое слуг заняли позицию = остались в срубе), and I, with all my power, sculled back to the Hispaniola (я, со всей своей силой = работая изо всех сил, погреб назад к Испаньоле).

2. That we should have risked a second boat load (/то/, что мы рисковали второй загрузкой лодки = нагружая лодку во второй раз) seems more daring than it really was (выглядело более смело, чем было на самом деле = было не так уж и безрассудно). They had the advantage of numbers, of course (у них было, конечно, преимущество в количестве), but we had the advantage of arms (но у нас было преимущество в оружии). Not one of the men ashore had a musket (ни у одного человека на берегу не было мушкета), and before they could get within range for pistol shooting (и прежде, чем они смогли бы подойти на расстояние пистолетного выстрела; range — зона, область, дальнобойность), we flattered ourselves we should be able to give a good account of a half-dozen at least (мы тешили себя тем, /что/ сможем застрелить по крайней мере полдюжины; account — счет).

 

journey [`Gq:nI] pausing [`pLzIN] bestowed [bI`stqud] range [reInG] account [q`kaunt]

 

1. We had soon touched land in the same place as before, and set to provision the block house. All three made the first journey, heavily laden, and tossed our stores over the palisade. Then, leaving Joyce to guard them — one man, to be sure, but with half a dozen muskets — Hunter and I returned to the jolly-boat, and loaded ourselves once more. So we proceeded without pausing to take breath, till the whole cargo was bestowed, when the two servants took up their position in the block house, and I, with all my power, sculled back to the Hispaniola.

That we should have risked a second boat load seems more daring than it really was. They had the advantage of numbers, of course, but we had the advantage of arms. Not one of the men ashore had a musket, and before they could get within range for pistol shooting, we flattered ourselves we should be able to give a good account of a half-dozen at least.

 

1. The squire was waiting for me at the stern window (сквайр ожидал меня у кормового иллюминатора), all his faintness gone from him (вся его бледность/слабость ушла от него; faint — обморок; слабый, ослабевший; вялый). He caught the painter and made it fast (он схватил носовой фалинь и привязал его / фалинь — трос, канат, которым шлюпка привязывается к пристани или к кораблю /), and we fell to loading the boat for our very lives (и мы начали нагружать лодку для /спасения/ наших собственных жизней). Pork, powder, and biscuit was the cargo (свинина, порох и сухари были грузом), with only a musket and a cutlass apiece for the squire and me and Redruth and the captain (лишь только /взяли еще/ по мушкету и по кортику для сквайра, меня, Редрута и капитана; apiece — поштучно, на каждого). The rest of the arms and powder we dropped overboard in two fathoms and a half of water (оставшееся оружие и порох мы бросили за борт, /где глубина была/ две с половиной /морские/ сажени; fathom — морская сажень /английская единица длины; = 6 футам = 182 см/), so that we could see the bright steel shining far below us in the sun, on the clean, sandy bottom (так что мы могли видеть, как на глубине ярко блестит сталь на солнце, на чистом песчаном дне).

2. By this time the tide was beginning to ebb (к этому времени прилив начал спадать), and the ship was swinging round to her anchor (и судно повернулось вокруг якоря). Voices were heard faintly halloaing in the direction of the two gigs (в направлении = около двух шлюпок были едва слышны перекликающиеся голоса; to halloa — звать, окликать, здороваться); and though this reassured us for Joyce and Hunter (и хотя это убедило нас /в том, что/ Джойс и Хантер /были еще не замечены/), who were well to the eastward (которые находились намного восточнее; well — сильно, очень), it warned our party to be off (это заставило нашу компанию /скорее/ отправиться; to warn — предупредить, предостеречь).

3. Redruth retreated from his place in the gallery (Редрут ушел со своего места в проходе), and dropped into the boat (и прыгнул в лодку), which we then brought round to the ship's counter, to be handier for Captain Smollett (которую мы затем подвели к кормовому подзору корабля, чтобы удобнее /взять/ капитана Смоллетта; to bring round — доставить, приводить, повернуть назад; подзор — выступающая часть кормы судна для защиты руля).

 

faintness [`feIntnIs] cargo [`kRgqu] fathom [`fxDqm] reassured [rJq`Suq]

 

The squire was waiting for me at the stern window, all his faintness gone from him. He caught the painter and made it fast, and we fell to loading the boat for our very lives. Pork, powder, and biscuit was the cargo, with only a musket and a cutlass apiece for the squire and me and Redruth and the captain. The rest of the arms and powder we dropped overboard in two fathoms and a half of water, so that we could see the bright steel shining far below us in the sun, on the clean, sandy bottom.

By this time the tide was beginning to ebb, and the ship was swinging round to her anchor. Voices were heard faintly halloaing in the direction of the two gigs; and though this reassured us for Joyce and Hunter, who were well to the eastward, it warned our party to be off.

3. Redruth retreated from his place in the gallery, and dropped into the boat, which we then brought round to the ship's counter, to be handier for Captain Smollett.

 

1. 'Now men (итак, ребята),' said he, 'do you hear me (вы меня слышите)?'

2. There was no answer from the forecastle (с бака не было ответа).

3. 'It's to you, Abraham Gray — it's to you, I am speaking (я обращаюсь к тебе, Абрахам Грей, с тобой говорю).'

4. Still no reply (все равно нет ответа).

5. 'Gray,' resumed Mr. Smollett, a little louder (продолжил мистер Смоллетт, немного громче), 'I am leaving this ship, and I order you to follow your captain (я покидаю этот корабль и приказываю тебе следовать за твоим капитаном). I know you are a good man at bottom (я знаю, что ты хороший человек по сути; bottom — низ, нижняя часть; днище; дно), and I daresay not one of the lot of you's as bad as he makes out (и, полагаю, ни один из вас всех не такой плохой, как он делает вид/ведет себя сейчас). I have my watch here in my hand (у меня в руке часы); I give you thirty seconds to join me in (я даю тебе тридцать секунд, чтобы присоединиться ко мне).'

6. There was a pause (наступила пауза).

 

reply [rI`plaI] resumed [rI`zjHmd] pause [pLz]

 

1. 'Now men,' said he, 'do you hear me?'

There was no answer from the forecastle.

3. 'It's to you, Abraham Gray — it's to you, I am speaking.'

Still no reply.

5. 'Gray,' resumed Mr. Smollett, a little louder, 'I am leaving this ship, and I order you to follow your captain. I know you are a good man at bottom, and I daresay not one of the lot of you's as bad as he makes out. I have my watch here in my hand; I give you thirty seconds to join me in.'

There was a pause.

 

1. 'Come, my fine fellow (иди, мой хороший приятель),' continued the captain (продолжил капитан), 'don't hang so long in stays (не тяни так долго время; to hang — удерживать на месте, зависать; stay — остановка, стоянка). I'm risking my life, and the lives of these good gentlemen every second (я рискую своей жизнью, и жизнями этих славных джентльменов каждый момент).'

2. There was a sudden scuffle, a sound of blows (началась внезапная схватка, /послышался/ звук ударов), and out burst Abraham Gray with a knife-cut on the side of the cheek (и выбежал Абрахам Грей с ножевым порезом на щеке), and came running to the captain, like a dog to the whistle (и подбежал к капитану, как собака на свит /хозяина/).

3. 'I'm with you, sir (я с вами, сэр),' said he.

4. And the next moment he and the captain had dropped aboard of us (в следующий миг он и капитан прыгнули к нам на борт /ялика/), and we had shoved off and given way (мы оттолкнулись и поплыли; to give way — отступать).

5. We were clear out of the ship (мы /быстро/ покинули корабль); but not yet ashore in our stockade (но еще не /добрались/ до нашего частокола на берегу).

 

scuffle [skAfl] whistle [wIsl]

 

1. 'Come, my fine fellow,' continued the captain, 'don't hang so long in stays. I'm risking my life, and the lives of these good gentlemen every second.'

There was a sudden scuffle, a sound of blows, and out burst Abraham Gray with a knife-cut on the side of the cheek, and came running to the captain, like a dog to the whistle.

3. 'I'm with you, sir,' said he.

And the next moment he and the captain had dropped aboard of us, and we had shoved off and given way.

We were clear out of the ship; but not yet ashore in our stockade.

 

Chapter XVII (глава 17)
Narrative Continued by the Doctor (рассказ продолжен доктором):
The Jolly-Boat's last Trip (последний рейс ялика)

THIS fifth trip was quite different from any of the others (этот пятый рейс совсем отличался от любого из остальных). In the first place (на первом месте = во-первых), the little gallipot of a boat that we were in was gravely overloaded (маленькая посудина, в которой мы находились, была серьезно перегружена; gallipot — аптечная банка, использовавшаяся для хранения лекарств). Five grown men, and three of them (пятеро взрослых мужчин, и трое из них) — Trelawney, Redruth, and the captain (Трелони, Редрут и капитан) — over six feet high (/были/ выше шести футов ростом), was already more than she was meant to carry (/этого/ уже было больше, чем она могла выдержать; to be meant — предназначаться, разуметься). Add to that the powder, pork, and bread-bags (прибавьте к этому порох, свинину и мешки с сухарями; bread — хлеб). The gunwale was lipping astern (планшир слегка касался воды на корме; to lip — слегка касаться /воды/, касаться губами; astern — на корме, позади; планшир — деревянный брус или стальная продольная полка по обводу корпуса судна для придания жесткости и прочности и для укрепления такелажа). Several times we shipped a little water (несколько раз мы черпали немного /бортом/ воду; to ship — грузить /на корабль/, перевозить /кораблем/, черпать бортом воду), and my breeches and the tails of my coat were all soaking wet (и мои штаны и фалды камзола промокли насквозь; to soak — впитывать, промачивать насквозь) before we had gone a hundred yards (прежде, чем мы прошли сотню ярдов).

The captain made us trim the boat (капитан заставил нас загрузить лодку по-другому; to trim — уравновешивать /судно/, балансировать), and we got her to lie a little more evenly (и мы смогли поставить ее немного ровнее). All the same, we were afraid to breathe (тем не менее, мы боялись дышать /чтобы не перевернуть ее).

 

gravely [`greIvlI] gunwale [`gAnql] astern [q`stq:n] evenly [`JvqnlI] breathe [brJD]

 

THIS fifth trip was quite different from any of the others. In the first place, the little gallipot of a boat that we were in was gravely overloaded. Five grown men, and three of them — Trelawney, Redruth, and the captain — over six feet high, was already more than she was meant to carry. Add to that the powder, pork, and bread-bags. The gunwale was lipping astern. Several times we shipped a little water, and my breeches and the tails of my coat were all soaking wet before we had gone a hundred yards.

The captain made us trim the boat, and we got her to lie a little more evenly. All the same, we were afraid to breathe.

 

1. In the second place (во-вторых), the ebb was now making-a strong rippling current running westward through the basin (отлив теперь делал = из-за отлива создалось сильное течение против ветра, направленное на запад через бухту), and then south'ard and seaward down the straits by which we had entered in the morning (а затем /поворачивавшее/ на юг и в сторону моря через пролив, через который мы вошли утром). Even the ripples were a danger to our overloaded craft (даже /легчайшая/ рябь была опасностью для нашего перегруженного судна); but the worst of it was that we were swept out of our true course (но самым плохим было то, что нас относило /в сторону/ от нашего истинного курса; to sweep — мести; сметать), and away from our proper landing-place behind the point (и от нашего удобного места высадки за мысом; proper — присущий; подходящий). If we let the current have its way (если бы мы позволили течению добиться своего) we should come ashore beside the gigs (мы сошли бы на берег возле шлюпок), where the pirates might appear at any moment (где пираты могли появиться в любой момент).

2. 'I cannot keep her head for the stockade, sir (я не могу править ее /лодку/ на частокол, сэр),' said I to the captain (сказал я капитану). I was steering, while he and Redruth, two fresh men, were at the oars (я правил рулем, пока он и Редрут, два бодрых человека, были на веслах = гребли). 'The tide keeps washing her down (течение продолжает сносить лодку; tide — прилив, отлив, течение, поток). Could you pull a little stronger (вы можете грести немного сильнее)?'

3. 'Not without swamping the boat (не без затопления лодки = если приналяжем, лодку зальет),' said he. 'you must bear up, sir, if you please (вы должны держаться прямо против течения, сэр, будьте добры = вы уж постарайтесь; to bear up — спускаться под ветер) — bear up until you see you're gaining (держите против ветра, пока не ляжем на нужный курс; t o gain — добиться, достичь).'

 

current [`kArqnt] seaward [`sJwqd] craft [krRft] swamping [`swOmpIN]

 

1. In the second place, the ebb was now making-a strong rippling current running westward through the basin, and then south'ard and seaward down the straits by which we had entered in the morning. Even the ripples were a danger to our overloaded craft; but the worst of it was that we were swept out of our true course, and away from our proper landing-place behind the point. If we let the current have its way we should come ashore beside the gigs, where the pirates might appear at any moment.

2. 'I cannot keep her head for the stockade, sir,' said I to the captain. I was steering, while he and Redruth, two fresh men, were at the oars. 'The tide keeps washing her down. Could you pull a little stronger?'

3. 'Not without swamping the boat,' said he. 'you must bear up, sir, if you please — bear up until you see you're gaining.'

 

1. I tried, and found by experiment (я попробовал и обнаружил опытным путем) that the tide kept sweeping us westward (что течение продолжало сносить к западу) until I had laid her head due east (пока я не положил = направил ее нос прямо на восток), or just about right angles to the way we ought to go (почти под прямым углом к тому пути, по которому нам следовало двигаться).

2. 'We'll never get ashore at this rate (мы никогда не доберемся до берега таким темпом),' said I.

3. 'If it's the only course that we can lie, sir, we must even lie it (если это единственный курс, на который мы можем лечь, сэр, то мы должны придерживаться хотя бы его),' returned the captain (ответил капитан). 'We must keep up-stream (мы должны идти вверх по течению). You see, sir (видите ли, сэр),' he went on (продолжал он), 'if once we dropped to leeward of the landing-place (если нас только снесет в подветренную сторону от места высадки; to drop to — спадать, снижаться до), it's hard to say where we should get ashore besides the chance of being boarded by the gigs (трудно сказать = неизвестно, где мы высадимся, это помимо возможности быть взятыми на абордаж /пиратскими/ гичками); whereas, the way we go the current must slacken (а между тем, /на/ том пути, /которым/ мы идем, течение должно ослабнуть), and then we can dodge back along the shore (и затем мы сможем маневрировать у берега; to dodge — уклоняться, увиливать).'

4. 'The current's less a'ready, sir (течение уже слабее, сэр),' said the man Gray, who was sitting in the fore-sheets (сказал матрос Грей, который сидел на носовой опалубке); 'you can ease her off a bit (вы можете повернуть ее немного /к берегу/; to ease off — ослабить, сбавить ход).'

 

due [djH] whereas [weq`rxz] slacken [`slxkqn] dodge [dOG]

 

I tried, and found by experiment that the tide kept sweeping us westward until I had laid her head due east, or just about right angles to the way we ought to go.

2. 'We'll never get ashore at this rate,' said I.

3. 'If it's the only course that we can lie, sir, we must even lie it,' returned the captain. 'We must keep up-stream. You see, sir,' he went on, 'if once we dropped to leeward of the landing-place, it's hard to say where we should get ashore besides the chance of being boarded by the gigs; whereas, the way we go the current must slacken, and then we can dodge back along the shore.'

4. 'The current's less a'ready, sir,' said the man Gray, who was sitting in the fore-sheets; 'you can ease her off a bit.'

 

1. 'Thank you, my man (спасибо, любезнейший: «мой человек»),' said I, quite as if nothing had happened (сказал я, совершенно как если бы ничего не произошло); for we had all quietly made up our minds to treat him like one of ourselves (так как мы все тихо = по молчаливому согласию решили обращаться с ним как с одним из нас).

2. Suddenly the captain spoke up again (вдруг капитан заговорил снова), and I thought his voice was a little changed (и я подумал, его голос немного изменился).

3. 'The gun (пушка)!' said he.

4. 'I have thought of that (я думал об этом),' said I, for I made sure he was thinking of a bombardment of the fort (сказал я, потому как убедился, что он думает о /возможном/ обстреле нашего форта). 'They could never get the gun ashore (они никогда не смогут доставить пушку на берег), and if they did, they could never haul it through the woods (а если сумеют, они никогда не смогут перевезти ее через лес; to haul — тянуть, буксировать, транспортировать).'

5. 'Look astern, doctor (поглядите назад, доктор),' replied the captain (ответил капитан).

 

treat [trJt] bombardment [bOm`bRdmqnt] haul [hLl]

 

1. 'Thank you, my man,' said I, quite as if nothing had happened; for we had all quietly made up our minds to treat him like one of ourselves.

Suddenly the captain spoke up again, and I thought his voice was a little changed.

3. 'The gun!' said he.

4. 'I have thought of that,' said I, for I made sure he was thinking of a bombardment of the fort. 'They could never get the gun ashore, and if they did, they could never haul it through the woods.'

5. 'Look astern, doctor,' replied the captain.

 

1. We had entirely forgotten the long nine (мы совсем забыли про девятифунтовую /пушку/); and there, to our horror, were the five rogues busy about her (и там, к нашему ужасу, пятеро негодяев возились вокруг нее), getting off her jacket, as they called the stout tarpaulin cover under which she sailed (снимая с нее «куртку», как они называли прочный брезентовый чехол, под которым она плавала). Not only that, but it flashed into my mind at the same moment (не только это, но в моей памяти вспыхнуло = я вспомнил еще в тот же миг) that the round-shot and the powder for the gun had been left behind (что ядра и порох для пушки были забыты /на корабле/; to leave behind — оставить, позабыть), and a stroke with an axe would put it all into the possession of the evil ones aboard (и удар топором предоставит все это во владение = одним ударом топора злодеи на корабле получат доступ ко всем припасам).

2. 'Israel was Flint's gunner (Израэль был канониром Флинта),' said Gray, hoarsely (сказал Грей хрипло).

3. At any risk, we put the boat's head direct for the landing-place (на свой риск, мы направили нос ялика прямо к месту высадки). By this time we had got so far out of the run of the current (к тому времени мы так далеко вышли из зоны течения) that we kept steerageway even at our necessarily gentle rate of rowing (что мы могли легко управлять яликом, хотя и при нашем неизбежно тихом темпе гребли; steerageway — наименьшая скорость хода, при которой судно начинает слушаться руля), and I could keep her steady for the goal (и я мог держать = вести его устойчиво к цели). But the worst of it was, that with the course I now held (но самым плохим было то, что из-за курса, который я теперь держал), we turned our broadside instead of our stern to the Hispaniola (мы повернули наш борт вместо кормы к Испаньоле), and offered a target like a barn door (и предложили = представляли превосходную мишень: «словно амбарные ворота»).

 

horror [`hOrq] tarpaulin [tR`pLlIN] possession [pq`zeSn] steerageway [`stIqrIGweI]

 

We had entirely forgotten the long nine; and there, to our horror, were the five rogues busy about her, getting off her jacket, as they called the stout tarpaulin cover under which she sailed. Not only that, but it flashed into my mind at the same moment that the round-shot and the powder for the gun had been left behind, and a stroke with an axe would put it all into the possession of the evil ones aboard.

2. 'Israel was Flint's gunner,' said Gray, hoarsely.

3. At any risk, we put the boat's head direct for the landing-place. By this time we had got so far out of the run of the current that we kept steerageway even at our necessarily gentle rate of rowing, and I could keep her steady for the goal. But the worst of it was, that with the course I now held, we turned our broadside instead of our stern to the Hispaniola, and offered a target like a barn door.

 

1. I could hear, as well as see, that brandy-faced rascal, Israel Hands (я мог слышать, так же как и видеть, как тот красно-рожий мерзавец, Израэль Хендс), plumping down a round-shot on the deck (катил ядро по палубе).

2. 'Who's the best shot (кто лучший стрелок)?' asked the captain.

3. 'Mr. Trelawney, out and away (мистер Трелони, без сомнения; out and away — несравненно, гораздо),' said I.

4. 'Mr. Trelawney, will you please pick me off one of these men, sir (мистер Трелони, будьте любезны, подстрелите одного из этих /разбойников/, сэр)? Hands, if possible (Хендса, если можно),' said the captain.

5. Trelawney was as cool as steel (Трелони был холоден как сталь). He looked to the priming of his gun (он посмотрел на запал своего мушкета).

6. 'Now,' cried the captain, 'easy with that gun, sir, or you'll swamp the boat (осторожней с этим мушкетом, сэр, а не то потопите лодку). All hands stand by to trim her when he aims (все приготовьтесь уравновесить ее, когда он будет целиться).'

 

plumping [`plAmpIN] priming [`praImIN]

 

I could hear, as well as see, that brandy-faced rascal, Israel Hands, plumping down a round-shot on the deck.

2. 'Who's the best shot?' asked the captain.

3. 'Mr. Trelawney, out and away,' said I.

4. 'Mr. Trelawney, will you please pick me off one of these men, sir? Hands, if possible,' said the captain.

Trelawney was as cool as steel. He looked to the priming of his gun.

6. 'Now,' cried the captain, 'easy with that gun, sir, or you'll swamp the boat. All hands stand by to trim her when he aims.'

 

1. The squire raised his gun, the rowing ceased (сквайр поднял мушкет, гребля прекратилась), and we leaned over to the other side to keep the balance (и мы перегнулись через другую сторону = борт, чтобы сохранить равновесие), and all was so nicely contrived that we did not ship a drop (все /это/ было так хорошо проделано, что мы не зачерпнули ни капли; to contrive — придумать, затеять, изловчиться).

2. They had the gun, by this time, slewed round upon the swivel (они к тому времени повернули пушку на вертлюге), and Hands, who was at the muzzle with the rammer (и Хендс, который находился у дула с прибойником / прибойник — железный прут для забивания заряда в дуло орудия /; ram — баран; to ram — вбивать, вколачивать), was, in consequence, the most exposed (был, поэтому, наиболее открытым). However, we had no luck (однако нам не повезло); for just as Trelawney fired, down he stooped (потому что когда Трелони выстрелил, он нагнулся), the ball whistled over him, and it was one of the other four who fell (пуля просвистела над ним, и упал один из остальной четверки).

3. The cry he gave was echoed (крик, который он издал, был подхвачен), not only by his companions on board (не только его товарищами на борту), but by a great number of voices from the shore (но и множеством голосов с берега), and looking in that direction I saw the other pirates trooping out from among the trees (посмотрев в том направлении, я увидел, как остальные пираты выбегали из-за деревьев; to troop — строиться, двигаться толпой, направляться) and tumbling into their places in the boats (и прыгали на свои места в лодки; to tumble into — упасть, свалиться).

 

ceased [sJst] consequence [`kOnsIkwqns] contrived [kqn`traIvd] exposed [Ik`spquzd]

 

The squire raised his gun, the rowing ceased, and we leaned over to the other side to keep the balance, and all was so nicely contrived that we did not ship a drop.

They had the gun, by this time, slewed round upon the swivel, and Hands, who was at the muzzle with the rammer, was, in consequence, the most exposed. However, we had no luck; for just as Trelawney fired, down he stooped, the ball whistled over him, and it was one of the other four who fell.

The cry he gave was echoed, not only by his companions on board, but by a great number of voices from the shore, and looking in that direction I saw the other pirates trooping out from among the trees and tumbling into their places in the boats.

 

1. 'Here come the gigs, sir (/сейчас/ подойдут лодки),' said I.

2. 'Give way then (тогда весла на воду),' cried the captain. 'We mustn't mind if we swamp her now (мы не должны обращать внимание = не важно, затопим ли мы ее = нашу лодку теперь). If we can't get ashore, all's up (если не сумеем добраться до берега, все пропало).'

3. 'Only one of the gigs is being manned, sir (садятся только в одну гичку, сэр),' I added (я добавил), 'the crew of the other most likely going round by shore to cut us off (команда другой, скорее всего, идет по берегу, чтобы перерезать нам /дорогу/; to go round — обходить).'

4. 'They'll have a hot run, sir (у них будет жаркий бег = им придется много побегать, сэр),' returned the captain. 'Jack ashore, you know (матрос на суше, сами знаете /как бегает/). It's not them I mind; it's the round-shot (я не их остерегаюсь, а пушечного ядра). Carpet-bowls (снаряды; carpet — ковер, настил; bowl — шар; чаша)! My lady's maid couldn't miss (моей жены горничная, /и та/ не промахнулась бы /с такого расстояния/). Tell us, squire, when you see the match, and we'll hold water (скажите нам, сквайр, когда увидите /зажженный\ фитиль, и мы наляжем на весла = попробуем увернуться; hold water! — весла на воду!).'

 

carpet [`kRpIt] bowl [bqul]

 

1. 'Here come the gigs, sir,' said I.

2. 'Give way then,' cried the captain. 'We mustn't mind if we swamp her now. If we can't get ashore, all's up.'

3. 'Only one of the gigs is being manned, sir,' I added, 'the crew of the other most likely going round by shore to cut us off.'

4. 'They'll have a hot run, sir,' returned the captain. 'Jack ashore, you know. It's not them I mind; it's the round-shot. Carpet-bowls! My lady's maid couldn't miss. Tell us, squire, when you see the match, and we'll hold water.'

 

1. In the meanwhile we had been making headway at a good pace for a boat so overloaded (между тем мы продвигались вперед с хорошей скоростью для столь /сильно/ перегруженной лодки), and we had shipped but little water in the process (и мы зачерпнули бортом лишь немного воды при этом: «в процессе»). We were now close in (мы были теперь близко); thirty or forty strokes and we should beach her (/еще/ тридцать-сорок гребков — и мы бы посадили ее на мель); for the ebb had already disclosed a narrow belt of sand below the clustering trees (так как отлив уже обнажил узкую полосу песка под группой /прибрежных/ деревьев; to cluster — расти пучками, собираться группами). The gig was no longer to be feared (гички можно было больше не опасаться); the little point had already concealed it from our eyes (маленький мыс уже скрыл ее от наших глаз). The ebb-tide, which had so cruelly delayed us (отлив, который так безжалостном мешал нам; to delay — отложить, задержать, помешать), was now making reparation, and delaying our assailants (теперь платил компенсацию = помогал нам тем, /что/ мешал нашим противникам). The one source of danger was the gun (единственным источником опасности была пушка).

2. 'If I durst (если бы я рискнул),' said the captain, 'I'd stop and pick off another man (я остановился бы = хорошо бы остановиться и подстрелить еще одного).'

3. But it was plain that they meant nothing should delay their shot (но было ясно, что они выстрелят во что бы то ни стало: «думали, что ничто не задержит их выстрел»). They had never so much as looked at their fallen comrade (они даже не посмотрели на своего упавшего товарища), though he was not dead, and I could see him trying to crawl away (хотя он не был мертв, и я видел, как он пытался отползти /в сторону/).

 

disclosed [dIs`klquzd] clustering [`klAstqrIN] delayed [dI`leId] assailant [q`seIlqnt]

 

In the meanwhile we had been making headway at a good pace for a boat so overloaded, and we had shipped but little water in the process. We were now close in; thirty or forty strokes and we should beach her; for the ebb had already disclosed a narrow belt of sand below the clustering trees. The gig was no longer to be feared; the little point had already concealed it from our eyes. The ebb-tide, which had so cruelly delayed us, was now making reparation, and delaying our assailants. The one source of danger was the gun.

2. 'If I durst,' said the captain, 'I'd stop and pick off another man.'

But it was plain that they meant nothing should delay their shot. They had never so much as looked at their fallen comrade, though he was not dead, and I could see him trying to crawl away.

 

1. 'Ready (готов)!' cried the squire (крикнул сквайр).

2. 'Hold (стоп)!' cried the captain, quick as an echo (крикнул капитан, быстрый, словно эхо = эхом отозвался капитан).

3. And he and Redruth backed with a great heave (и он и Редрут дали задний ход с большой качкой = так сильно заработали веслами) that sent her stern bodily under water (что опустили корму полностью под воду). The report fell in at the same instant of time (выстрел прогремел в то же мгновение; to fall in — обрушиться, появиться, влиться). This was the first that Jim heard (это был первый /выстрел/, который услыхал Джим), the sound of the squire's shot not having reached him (звук выстрела сквайра до него не долетел). Where the ball passed, not one of us precisely knew (куда ядро пролетело, ни один из нас точно не заметил); but I fancy it must have been over our heads (но, полагаю, оно, должно быть, /просвистело/ над нашими головами), and that the wind of it may have contributed to our disaster (и ветер, /поднятый/ им, мог способствовать = был причиной нашего несчастья).

4. At any rate, the boat sank by the stern (как бы то ни было, ялик погрузился кормой), quite gently (вполне медленно), in three feet of water (на глубину в три фута), leaving the captain and myself, facing each other, on our feet (оставляя капитана и меня, /стоявших/ лицом к лицу, на наших ногах = мы с капитаном встали на дно друг против друга). The other three took complete headers (остальные трое нырнули полностью с головой), and came up again, drenched and bubbling (и поднялись = вынырнули снова, промокшие насквозь и / фыркая; to bubble — булькать, кипеть).

 

heave [hJv] precisely [prI`saIslI] disaster [dI`zRstq]

 

1. 'Ready!' cried the squire.

2. 'Hold!' cried the captain, quick as an echo.

3. And he and Redruth backed with a great heave that sent her stern bodily under water. The report fell in at the same instant of time. This was the first that Jim heard, the sound of the squire's shot not having reached him. Where the ball passed, not one of us precisely knew; but I fancy it must have been over our heads, and that the wind of it may have contributed to our disaster.

At any rate, the boat sank by the stern, quite gently, in three feet of water, leaving the captain and myself, facing each other, on our feet. The other three took complete headers, and came up again, drenched and bubbling.

 

1. So far there was no great harm (пока = в сущности, там не было большого вреда = мы легко отделались). No lives were lost, and we could wade ashore in safety (ни одной жизни не было потеряно, и мы добрались до берега вброд в безопасности). But there were all our stores at the bottom (но все наши запасы остались на дне), and, to make things worse, only two guns out of five remained in a state for service (и, что хуже всего: «чтобы сделать вещи», лишь два ружья из пяти остались в состоянии эксплуатации = могли стрелять). Mine I had snatched from my knees and held over my head, by a sort of instinct (свое я /погружаясь в воду/ схватил с колен и поднял над головой инстинктивно). As for the captain, he had carried his over his shoulder by a bandoleer, and, like a wise man, lock uppermost (что касается капитана, он нес свое /ружье/ за плечом на патронташе и, как мудрый = опытный человек, замком вверх). The other three had gone down with the boat (остальные три нырнули вместе с яликом; to go down — опуститься, затонуть).

2. To add to our concern (в довершение наших бед; to add — добавлять; concern — забота, беспокойство), we heard voices already drawing near us in the woods along shore (мы услышали голоса, уже приближавшиеся к нам по лесу вдоль берега); and we had not only the danger of being cut off from the stockade in our half-crippled state (и существовала опасность не только быть отрезанными от частокола в нашем почти безоружном состоянии: «полуискалеченном»; crippled — хромой, испорченный, негодный; cripple — ущербный; калека; инвалид), but the fear before us whether, if Hunter and Joyce were attacked by half a dozen (но также опасение, если Хантер и Джойс будут атакованы полудюжиной /пиратов/), they would have the sense and conduct to stand firm (смогут ли они набраться разума и мужества и стоять прочно = продержаться; sense — чувство, разум, настроение, дух; conduct — поведение /обыкн. связывается с моральными принципами/). Hunter was steady, that we knew (Хантер был твердым, мы знали); Joyce was a doubtful case (Джойс вызывал сомнения: «был сомнительным делом») — a pleasant, polite man for a valet, and to brush one's clothes (приятным, вежливым человеком для лакея, чтобы чистить щеткой одежду), but not entirely fitted for a man of war (но не совсем подходящий для войны).

3. With all this in our minds (со всем этим в наших умах = встревоженные этим), we waded ashore as fast as we could (мы добрались вброд до берега так быстро, как только могли), leaving behind us the poor jolly-boat, and a good half of all our powder and provisions (оставив позади себя бедный ялик и добрую половину всего нашего пороха и провизии).

 

remained [rI`meInd] bandoleer [bxndq`lIq] dozen [dAzn] conduct [`kOndAkt] valet [`vxlIt]

 

So far there was no great harm. No lives were lost, and we could wade ashore in safety. But there were all our stores at the bottom, and, to make things worse, only two guns out of five remained in a state for service. Mine I had snatched from my knees and held over my head, by a sort of instinct. As for the captain, he had carried his over his shoulder by a bandoleer, and, like a wise man, lock uppermost. The other three had gone down with the boat.

2. To add to our concern, we heard voices already drawing near us in the woods along shore; and we had not only the danger of being cut off from the stockade in our half-crippled state, but the fear before us whether, if Hunter and Joyce were attacked by half a dozen, they would have the sense and conduct to stand firm. Hunter was steady, that we knew; Joyce was a doubtful case — a pleasant, polite man for a valet, and to brush one's clothes, but not entirely fitted for a man of war.

3. With all this in our minds, we waded ashore as fast as we could, leaving behind us the poor jolly-boat, and a good half of all our powder and provisions.

 

Chapter XVIII (глава 18)
Narrative Continued by the Doctor (рассказ продолжен доктором):
End of the First Day's Fighting (конец сражения первого дня)

1. WE made our best speed across the strip of wood (мы бежали во весь дух: «делали нашу лучшую скорость» через полосу леса) that now divided us from the stockade (которая теперь отделяла нас от частокола); and at every step we took the voices of the buccaneers rang nearer (и на каждом шагу = с каждым мигом мы слышали, как голоса пиратов звучали /все/ ближе). Soon we could hear their footfalls as they ran (вскоре мы могли слышать звук их шагов, когда они бежали), and the cracking of the branches as they breasted across a bit of thicket (и треск ветвей, когда они пробирались сквозь рощу; to breast — стать грудью против чего-то, бороться).

2. I began to see we should have a brush for it in earnest, and looked to my priming (я начал понимать, что нам предстоит нешуточная схватка, и посмотрел на свой запал; brush — щетка; стычка, схватка; in earnest — всерьез).

3. 'Captain,' said I, 'Trelawney is the dead shot (Трелони бьет без промаха; dead shot — меткий, не дающий промаха стрелок: «мертвый выстрел»). Give him your gun; his own is useless (отдайте ему свое ружье, его собственное — непригодно /для стрельбы/).'

4. They exchanged guns, and Trelawney (они поменялись ружьями, и Трелони), silent and cool as he had been since the beginning of the bustle (молчаливый и холодный, каким он был с начала суматохи), hung a moment on his heel (застыл на мгновение на каблуке = остановился) to see that all was fit for service (чтобы посмотреть, что все было пригодно для службы). At the same time, observing Gray to be unarmed (в то же время, увидев, что Грей безоружен), I handed him my cutlass (я передал ему свой кортик). It did all our hearts good to see him spit in his hand, knit his brows (было приятно видеть, как он поплевал на руку, нахмурил брови; to do heart good — обрадовать, подбодрить), and make the blade sing through the air (и сделал = заставил клинок петь через воздух = рассек со свистом клинком воздух). It was plain from every line of his body (было ясно из каждой линии его тела = по всему было видно) that our new hand was worth his salt (что наш новый работник /будет/ хорошо сражаться: «стоит своей соли»; to be worth salt — хорошо работать, стоить затрат).

 

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WE made our best speed across the strip of wood that now divided us from the stockade; and at every step we took the voices of the buccaneers rang nearer. Soon we could hear their footfalls as they ran, and the cracking of the branches as they breasted across a bit of thicket.


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