Трое в лодке, не считая собаки (7).

Джером К. Джером. (7 стр.книги)

It was not the sort of day to attract people out on the river (день не был таким, чтобы привлечь людей на реку), and it was three hours before a soul came in sight (и прошло три часа, прежде чем человек появился в поле зрения; soul — дух, душа; лицо, человек). It was an old fisherman who, with immense difficulty, at last rescued us (это был старый рыбак, который с огромным трудом наконец освободил нас; difficulty — трудность, препятствие, труд; to rescue — спасать, избавлять, выручать), and we were towed back in an ignominious fashion to the boat-yard (и мы были отбуксированы обратно позорным образом к лодочной мастерской).

What between tipping the man who had brought us home (что касается вознаграждения человеку, который доставил нас домой; to tip — наклонять/ся/; опрокидывать; давать «на чай»), and paying for the broken sculls (и платы за сломанные весла), and for having been out four hours and a half (и за прокат лодки в течение четырех с половиной часов), it cost us a pretty considerable number of weeks' pocket-money, that sail (это стоило нам изрядного количества недельных карманных денег = карманных денег на много недель вперед, это плавание). But we learned experience, and they say that is always cheap at any price (но мы приобрели опыт, а он, как говорят, всегда дешевый при любой цене = за него ничего не жалко).

immense [**mens] ignominious [,**n**m*n**s]

It was not the sort of day to attract people out on the river, and it was three hours before a soul came in sight. It was an old fisherman who, with immense difficulty, at last rescued us, and we were towed back in an ignominious fashion to the boat-yard.

What between tipping the man who had brought us home, and paying for the broken sculls, and for having been out four hours and a half, it cost us a pretty considerable number of weeks' pocket-money, that sail. But we learned experience, and they say that is always cheap at any price.

CHAPTER XVI

(глава шестнадцатая)

Reading (Рэдинг). — We are towed by steam launch (нас тащит на буксире паровой баркас). — Irritating behaviour of small boats (раздражающее поведение маленьких лодок). — How they get in the way of steam launches (как они мешают паровым баркасам; to get in the way — мешать, стоять на пути, поперек дороги). — George and Harris again shirk their work (Джордж и Гаррис снова уклоняются от своей работы). — Rather a hackneyed story (довольно банальная история). — Streatley and Goring (Стритли и Горинг).

Reading. — We are towed by steam launch. — Irritating behaviour of small boats. — How they get in the way of steam launches. — George and Harris again shirk their work. — Rather a hackneyed story. — Streatley and Goring.

WE came in sight of Reading about eleven (мы увидели Рэдинг около одиннадцати). The river is dirty and dismal here (река здесь грязная и унылая). One does not linger in the neighbourhood of Reading (люди не задерживаются в окрестностях Рэдинга; in the neighbourhood of — по соседству с, поблизости от; около). The town itself is a famous old place, dating from the dim days of King Ethelred (сам городок — знаменитое старинное местечко, ведущее свое начало от смутных дней короля Этельреда), when the Danes anchored their warships in the Kennet (когда датчане бросили якоря своих военных кораблей в Кеннете), and started from Reading to ravage all the land of Wessex (и отправлялись из Рэдинга опустошать все земли Уэссекса; to ravage — губить, разорять; опустошать); and here Ethelred and his brother Alfred fought and defeated them (и здесь Этельред и его брат Альфред сразились с ними и разбили их; to fight), Ethelred doing the praying and Alfred the fighting (Этельред — молясь: «совершая моление», а Альфред — сражаясь).

launch [l*:n*] dismal [*d*zm(*)l]

WE came in sight of Reading about eleven. The river is dirty and dismal here. One does not linger in the neighbourhood of Reading. The town itself is a famous old place, dating from the dim days of King Ethelred, when the Danes anchored their warships in the Kennet, and started from Reading to ravage all the land of Wessex; and here Ethelred and his brother Alfred fought and defeated them, Ethelred doing the praying and Alfred the fighting.

In later years, Reading seems to have been regarded as a handy place to run down to (в более поздние годы на Рэдинг, видимо, смотрели как на удобное местечко, /куда/ можно убежать; to run down — сбегать, спускаться вниз /о местности/; съездить из Лондона в провинцию), when matters were becoming unpleasant in London (когда дела в Лондоне становились неприятными). Parliament generally rushed off to Reading whenever there was a plague on at Westminster (парламент обычно устремлялся в Рэдинг всякий раз, когда в Вестминстере случалась чума); and, in 1625, the Law followed suit, and all the courts were held at Reading (в 1625 суд последовал /его/ примеру, и все судебные заседания проводились в Рэдинге; law — закон, юриспруденция; суд, судебный процесс; to hold — держать). It must have been worth while having a mere ordinary plague now and then in London (должно быть, оно того стоило — иметь время от времени всего лишь обычную чуму в Лондоне) to get rid of both the lawyers and the Parliament (избавиться и от юристов, и от парламента).

During the Parliamentary struggle, Reading was besieged by the Earl of Essex (во время борьбы парламента /с королем/ Рэдинг был осажден графом Эссекским), and, a quarter of a century later, the Prince of Orange routed King James's troops there (и четверть века спустя принц Оранский разбил здесь войска короля Якова; to rout — разбивать наголову; обращать в беспорядочное бегство).

Henry I. lies buried at Reading, in the Benedictine abbey founded by him there, the ruins of which may still be seen (Генрих Первый похоронен в Рэдинге, в Бенедиктинском аббатстве, основанном им, развалины которого можно по-прежнему видеть); and, in this same abbey, great John of Gaunt was married to the Lady Blanche (в этом же самом аббатстве великий Джон Гонт обвенчался с леди Бланш; gaunt — изможденный; длинный, тощий).

Parliament [*p*:l*m*nt] plague [ple**] besieged [b**si:*d]

In later years, Reading seems to have been regarded as a handy place to run down to, when matters were becoming unpleasant in London. Parliament generally rushed off to Reading whenever there was a plague on at Westminster; and, in 1625, the Law followed suit, and all the courts were held at Reading. It must have been worth while having a mere ordinary plague now and then in London to get rid of both the lawyers and the Parliament.

During the Parliamentary struggle, Reading was besieged by the Earl of Essex, and, a quarter of a century later, the Prince of Orange routed King James's troops there.

Henry I. lies buried at Reading, in the Benedictine abbey founded by him there, the ruins of which may still be seen; and, in this same abbey, great John of Gaunt was married to the Lady Blanche.

At Reading lock we came up with a steam launch, belonging to some friends of mine (у Рэдингского шлюза мы поравнялись с паровым баркасом, принадлежащим одним моим приятелям), and they towed us up to within about a mile of Streatley (и они буксировали нас до расстояния примерно в милю до Стритли = почти до Стритли). It is very delightful being towed up by a launch (очень приятно, когда вас тянет на буксире баркас). I prefer it myself to rowing (сам я предпочитаю это гребле). The run would have been more delightful still (поездка была бы еще приятнее; run — /за/бег; плавание, короткая поездка), if it had not been for a lot of wretched small boats (если бы не множество жалких маленьких лодочек) that were continually getting in the way of our launch (которые постоянно попадались на пути/мешали нашему баркасу), and, to avoid running down which, we had to be continually easing and stopping (и чтобы избежать потопления которых = чтобы не потопить их, нам приходилось все время замедлять ход и останавливаться; to run down — сбить, переехать; столкнуться; топить /в результате столкновения/). It is really most annoying, the manner in which these rowing boats get in the way of one's launch up the river (действительно очень раздражает манера, в которой эти гребные лодки мешают = привычка этих гребных лодок мешать движению парового баркаса на реке); something ought to be done to stop it (необходимо что-то сделать, чтобы остановить их).

And they are so confoundedly impertinent, too, over it (и они еще страшно нахальны /при этом/). You can whistle till you nearly burst your boiler before they will trouble themselves to hurry (можете = приходится свистеть, пока почти не взорвется котел, прежде чем они соблаговолят поторопиться). I would have one or two of them run down now and then (я бы топил пару лодок время от времени), if I had my way, just to teach them all a lesson (будь моя воля, просто чтобы преподать им всем урок).

impertinent [*m*p*:t*n*nt] trouble [tr*bl]

At Reading lock we came up with a steam launch, belonging to some friends of mine, and they towed us up to within about a mile of Streatley. It is very delightful being towed up by a launch. I prefer it myself to rowing. The run would have been more delightful still, if it had not been for a lot of wretched small boats that were continually getting in the way of our launch, and, to avoid running down which, we had to be continually easing and stopping. It is really most annoying, the manner in which these rowing boats get in the way of one's launch up the river; something ought to be done to stop it.

And they are so confoundedly impertinent, too, over it. You can whistle till you nearly burst your boiler before they will trouble themselves to hurry. I would have one or two of them run down now and then, if I had my way, just to teach them all a lesson.

The river becomes very lovely from a little above Reading (река становится очень красивой немного выше Рэдинга). The railway rather spoils it near Tilehurst, but from Mapledurham up to Streatley it is glorious (железная дорога несколько портит ее у Тайлхерста, но от Мэплдерхема до Стритли она великолепна). A little above Mapledurham lock you pass Hardwick House, where Charles I. played bowls (немного выше Мэплдерхемского шлюза проплываешь мимо Хардвик-Хаус, где Карл Первый играл в шары/в боулинг). The neighbourhood of Pangbourne, where the quaint little Swan Inn stands (округа Пэнгборна, где находится старинная маленькая гостиница «Лебедь»), must be as familiar to the habitues of the Art Exhibitions as it is to its own inhabitants (должно быть, так же хорошо знакома завсегдатаям художественных выставок, как и ее /округи/ жителям).

My friends' launch cast us loose just below the grotto (баркас моих приятелей отцепил нас чуть пониже грота; to cast — бросать, кидать, сбрасывать; loose — свободный, неприкрепленный), and then Harris wanted to make out that it was my turn to pull (и Гаррис захотел сделать вид, что сейчас моя очередь грести; to make out — разобрать, различить; сделать вид, притвориться). This seemed to me most unreasonable (это показалось мне совершенно необоснованным; unreasonable — неразумный, неблагоразумный, необоснованный). It had been arranged in the morning that I should bring the boat up to three miles above Reading (утром условились, что я проведу лодку на три мили выше Рэдинга). Well, here we were, ten miles above Reading (и вот мы десятью милями выше Рэдинга)! Surely it was now their turn again (конечно, теперь была снова их очередь).

habitue [h**b*tjue*] exhibition [,eks**b**(*)n]

The river becomes very lovely from a little above Reading. The railway rather spoils it near Tilehurst, but from Mapledurham up to Streatley it is glorious. A little above Mapledurham lock you pass Hardwick House, where Charles I. played bowls. The neighbourhood of Pangbourne, where the quaint little Swan Inn stands, must be as familiar to the habitues of the Art Exhibitions as it is to its own inhabitants.

My friends' launch cast us loose just below the grotto, and then Harris wanted to make out that it was my turn to pull. This seemed to me most unreasonable. It had been arranged in the morning that I should bring the boat up to three miles above Reading. Well, here we were, ten miles above Reading! Surely it was now their turn again.

I could not get either George or Harris to see the matter in its proper light, however (я не смог заставить ни Джорджа, ни Гарриса увидеть дело в должном свете = не сумел убедить ни того, ни другого, однако); so, to save argument, I took the sculls (поэтому, чтобы решить спор: «избавиться от спора», я взял весла; to save — сохранить, сберечь, сэкономить). I had not been pulling for more than a minute or so (я не греб больше минуты = не успел я погрести и минуты), when George noticed something black floating on the water, and we drew up to it (как Джордж заметил что-то черное, плывшее по воде, и мы приблизились к нему; to draw up). George leant over, as we neared it, and laid hold of it (Джордж наклонился вперед, когда мы приблизились к предмету, и схватил его; to lean; to lay hold of). And then he drew back with a cry, and a blanched face (затем он отшатнулся с криком и побледнел: «с криком и побледневшим лицом»; to draw back — снимать, отдергивать; отходить назад, отступать).

It was the dead body of a woman. It lay very lightly on the water (это было мертвое тело женщины), and the face was sweet and calm (и ее лицо было кротким и спокойным). It was not a beautiful face (оно не было красивым лицом); it was too prematurely aged-looking, too thin and drawn, to be that (было слишком преждевременно состарившимся, чересчур худым и сморщенным, чтобы быть таковым = красивым); but it was a gentle, lovable face, in spite of its stamp of pinch and poverty (но это было спокойное, милое лицо, несмотря на отпечаток нужды и бедности; pinch — щепоть, щепотка; крайняя нужда; стесненное положение, невзгоды), and upon it was that look of restful peace that comes to the faces of the sick sometimes when at last the pain has left them (и на нем было то выражение безмятежности и спокойствия: «спокойного мира», которое появляется иногда на лицах больных, когда наконец боль покинула их).

prematurely [,prem**tju*l*] poverty [*p*v*t*]

I could not get either George or Harris to see the matter in its proper light, however; so, to save argument, I took the sculls. I had not been pulling for more than a minute or so, when George noticed something black floating on the water, and we drew up to it. George leant over, as we neared it, and laid hold of it. And then he drew back with a cry, and a blanched face.

It was the dead body of a woman. It lay very lightly on the water, and the face was sweet and calm. It was not a beautiful face; it was too prematurely aged-looking, too thin and drawn, to be that; but it was a gentle, lovable face, in spite of its stamp of pinch and poverty, and upon it was that look of restful peace that comes to the faces of the sick sometimes when at last the pain has left them.

Fortunately for us — we having no desire to be kept hanging about coroners' courts (к счастью для нас — у нас не было желания, чтобы нас заставляли таскаться по коронерским судам; to hang about — торчать, бродить вокруг, околачиваться) — some men on the bank had seen the body too, and now took charge of it from us (какие-то люди на берегу тоже увидели тело и взяли на себя заботу о нем).

We found out the woman's story afterwards (мы узнали историю этой женщины впоследствии). Of course it was the old, old vulgar tragedy (конечно, это была старая-престарая пошлая трагедия). She had loved and been deceived — or had deceived herself (она любила и была обмануты — или сама обманулась). Anyhow, she had sinned — some of us do now and then (так или иначе, она согрешила — /как и/ некоторые из нас грешат временами) — and her family and friends, naturally shocked and indignant, had closed their doors against her (и ее семья и друзья, разумеется, потрясенные и возмущенные, захлопнули двери перед ней).

Left to fight the world alone, with the millstone of her shame around her neck, she had sunk ever lower and lower (оставленная бороться с миром в одиночестве, с ярмом позора на шее = неся ярмо позора, она опускалась все ниже и ниже; to sink; millstone — «мельничный камень» — жернов; бремя, гнет, груз). For a while she had kept both herself and the child on the twelve shillings a week (некоторое время она содержала себя и ребенка на двенадцать шиллингов в неделю) that twelve hours' drudgery a day procured her (которые давала ей тяжелая работа по двенадцать часов в день; to procure — доставать; добывать; обеспечивать), paying six shillings out of it for the child, and keeping her own body and soul together on the remainder (платя шесть шиллингов за ребенка и удерживая душу в теле на остальное; to keep body and soul together — поддерживать существование, сводить концы с концами).

coroner [*k*r*n*] deceived [d**si:vd] tragedy [*tr***d*]

Fortunately for us — we having no desire to be kept hanging about coroners' courts — some men on the bank had seen the body too, and now took charge of it from us.

We found out the woman's story afterwards. Of course it was the old, old vulgar tragedy. She had loved and been deceived — or had deceived herself. Anyhow, she had sinned — some of us do now and then — and her family and friends, naturally shocked and indignant, had closed their doors against her.

Left to fight the world alone, with the millstone of her shame around her neck, she had sunk ever lower and lower. For a while she had kept both herself and the child on the twelve shillings a week that twelve hours' drudgery a day procured her, paying six shillings out of it for the child, and keeping her own body and soul together on the remainder.

Six shillings a week does not keep body and soul together very unitedly (шесть шиллингов в неделю удерживают душу в теле не очень крепко; unitedly — совместно, согласованно). They want to get away from each other when there is only such a very slight bond as that between them (они хотят убежать друг от друга = стремятся расстаться, когда между ними существует лишь такая хрупкая связь, как эта); and one day, I suppose, the pain and the dull monotony of it all had stood before her eyes plainer than usual (и однажды, полагаю, она ясно увидела всю боль и безрадостную монотонность: «боль и монотонность встали перед ее глазами яснее, чем обычно»), and the mocking spectre had frightened her (и насмешливый призрак /смерти/ напугал ее; spectre — привидение, призрак, фантом; дурное предчувствие). She had made one last appeal to friends (она в последний раз обратилась к друзьям; appeal — призыв, обращение; мольба), but, against the chill wall of their respectability, the voice of the erring outcast fell unheeded (но, натолкнувшись на холодную стену их респектабельности, голос заблудшей изгнанницы остался неуслышанным; unheeded — незамеченный, не принятый во внимание); and then she had gone to see her child (тогда она отправилась повидать своего ребенка) — had held it in her arms and kissed it, in a weary, dull sort of way (взяла его на руки и поцеловала, устало и безучастно; dull — тупой, скучный, унылый; монотонный, безжизненный), and without betraying any particular emotion of any kind, and had left it (и, не проявляя никаких чувств, оставила его; to betray — изменять, предавать; выдавать /секрет/; проявлять; particular — особенный, особый; конкретный), after putting into its hand a penny box of chocolate she had bought it (сунув ему в руку грошовую коробку шоколада = конфет, /которую купила ему/), and afterwards, with her last few shillings, had taken a ticket and come down to Goring (а затем, на свои последние несколько шиллингов взяла билет и приехала в Горинг).

monotony [m**n*t(*)n*] particular [p**t*kjul*]

Six shillings a week does not keep body and soul together very unitedly. They want to get away from each other when there is only such a very slight bond as that between them; and one day, I suppose, the pain and the dull monotony of it all had stood before her eyes plainer than usual, and the mocking spectre had frightened her. She had made one last appeal to friends, but, against the chill wall of their respectability, the voice of the erring outcast fell unheeded; and then she had gone to see her child — had held it in her arms and kissed it, in a weary, dull sort of way, and without betraying any particular emotion of any kind, and had left it, after putting into its hand a penny box of chocolate she had bought it, and afterwards, with her last few shillings, had taken a ticket and come down to Goring.

It seemed that the bitterest thoughts of her life must have centred about the wooded reaches and the bright green meadows around Goring (видимо, самые горькие мысли ее жизни, должно быть, сосредоточились вокруг = были связаны с лесистыми берегами и яркими зелеными лугами вокруг Горинга; reach — размах; пространство; плес, колено реки, бьеф); but women strangely hug the knife that stabs them (но женщины странным /образом/ привязаны к ножу, что наносит им рану; to hug — крепко держать, сжимать в объятиях; выказывать благосклонность, любовь; лелеять; to stab — наносить удар /ножом и т. д./; ранить), and, perhaps, amidst the gall, there may have mingled also sunny memories of sweetest hours (возможно, среди обиды = к обиде примешивались также солнечные/радостные воспоминания о самых сладких, приятных часах; gall — желчность, злоба; чувство обиды, горечь), spent upon those shadowed deeps over which the great trees bend their branches down so low (проведенных у тех затененных омутов, над которыми большие деревья склоняют ветви так низко; to spend; deep — глубокое место, омут).

She had wandered about the woods by the river's brink all day (она пробродила по лесу на берегу реки весь день; brink — край, берег), and then, when evening fell and the grey twilight spread its dusky robe upon the waters (а потом, когда наступил вечер и серые сумерки раскинули свой темный плащ над водой; robe — мантия, широкая одежда, одеяние), she stretched her arms out to the silent river that had known her sorrow and her joy (она протянула руки к безмолвной реке, что знала ее горе и радость). And the old river had taken her into its gentle arms (и старая река приняла ее в свои нежные объятия), and had laid her weary head upon its bosom (и положила ее усталую голову на свою грудь), and had hushed away the pain (и успокоила боль).

meadow [*med*u] knife [na*f] gall [**:l] bosom [*buz(*)m]

It seemed that the bitterest thoughts of her life must have centred about the wooded reaches and the bright green meadows around Goring; but women strangely hug the knife that stabs them, and, perhaps, amidst the gall, there may have mingled also sunny memories of sweetest hours, spent upon those shadowed deeps over which the great trees bend their branches down so low.

She had wandered about the woods by the river's brink all day, and then, when evening fell and the grey twilight spread its dusky robe upon the waters, she stretched her arms out to the silent river that had known her sorrow and her joy. And the old river had taken her into its gentle arms, and had laid her weary head upon its bosom, and had hushed away the pain.

Thus had she sinned in all things — sinned in living and in dying (так согрешила она во всем — согрешила и в жизни, и в смерти). God help her (да поможет ей Бог)! and all other sinners, if any more there be (и всем другим грешникам, сколько бы их ни было).

Goring on the left bank and Streatley on the right are both or either charming places to stay at for a few days (Горинг на левом берегу и Стритли на правом — /и то, и другое/ очаровательные местечки, /где приятно/ остановиться на несколько дней). The reaches down to Pangbourne woo one for a sunny sail or for a moonlight row (участок реки до Пэнгборна так и манит поплавать под парусом в солнечный день или на лодке при лунном свете; to woo — ухаживать, свататься; уговаривать, добиваться), and the country round about is full of beauty (а местность вокруг наполнена красотой). We had intended to push on to Wallingford that day (мы намеревались дойти до Уоллингфорда в этот день; to push on — спешить; проталкивать), but the sweet smiling face of the river here lured us to linger for a while (но ласковый улыбающийся лик реки манил нас задержаться на некоторое время; to lure — завлекать, соблазнять, манить); and so we left our boat at the bridge, and went up into Streatley (и мы оставили лодку у моста, и отправились в Стритли), and lunched at the "Bull," much to Montmorency's satisfaction (и позавтракали в /гостинице/ «Бык», к великому удовольствию Монморенси).

country [*k*ntr*] beauty [*bju:t*]

Thus had she sinned in all things — sinned in living and in dying. God help her! and all other sinners, if any more there be.

Goring on the left bank and Streatley on the right are both or either charming places to stay at for a few days. The reaches down to Pangbourne woo one for a sunny sail or for a moonlight row, and the country round about is full of beauty. We had intended to push on to Wallingford that day, but the sweet smiling face of the river here lured us to linger for a while; and so we left our boat at the bridge, and went up into Streatley, and lunched at the "Bull," much to Montmorency's satisfaction.

They say that the hills on each ride of the stream here once joined and formed a barrier across what is now the Thames (говорят, что холмы на обоих берегах реки некогда соединялись и образовывали преграду = преграждали то, что теперь является Темзой; ride — прогулка, поездка; дорожка, аллея, просека), and that then the river ended there above Goring in one vast lake (и что, тогда река оканчивалась выше Горинга /образуя/ огромное озеро). I am not in a position either to contradict or affirm this statement (я не могу ни опровергнуть, ни подтвердить это утверждение; to be in a position to do something — быть в состоянии, иметь возможность что-либо сделать). I simply offer it (я просто называю его; to offer — делать предложение; предлагать вниманию).

It is an ancient place, Streatley, dating back (Стритли — старинное местечко, относящееся), like most river-side towns and villages, to British and Saxon times (как и большинство прибрежных городков и деревень, ко временам бриттов и саксов). Goring is not nearly so pretty a little spot to stop at as Streatley, if you have your choice (Горинг — не такое приятное местечко, чтобы останавливаться в нем, как Стритли, если у вас есть выбор = если у вас есть возможность выбора, то приятнее остановиться в Стритли, чем в Горинге); but it is passing fair enough in its way (но он /Горинг/ по-своему достаточно красив), and is nearer the railway in case you want to slip off without paying your hotel bill (и расположен ближе к железной дороге, на тот случай, если вы захотите ускользнуть, не заплатив по счету в гостинице).

barrier [*b*r**] contradict [,k*ntr**d*kt]

They say that the hills on each ride of the stream here once joined and formed a barrier across what is now the Thames, and that then the river ended there above Goring in one vast lake. I am not in a position either to contradict or affirm this statement. I simply offer it.

It is an ancient place, Streatley, dating back, like most river-side towns and villages, to British and Saxon times. Goring is not nearly so pretty a little spot to stop at as Streatley, if you have your choice; but it is passing fair enough in its way, and is nearer the railway in case you want to slip off without paying your hotel bill.

CHAPTER XVII

(глава семнадцатая)

Washing day (день стирки). — Fish and fishers (рыба и рыбаки). — On the art of angling (об искусстве ужения). — A conscientious fly-fisher (честный удильщик на муху; conscientious — добросовестный, сознательный, честный). — A fishy story (неправдоподобная: «рыбная» история).

Washing day. — Fish and fishers. — On the art of angling. — A conscientious fly-fisher. — A fishy story.

WE stayed two days at Streatley, and got our clothes washed (мы оставались в Стритли два дня и отдали нашу одежду в стирку). We had tried washing them ourselves, in the river, under George's superintendence, and it had been a failure (мы попробовали стирать ее сами, в реке, под надзором Джорджа, и это /окончилось/ неудачей; superintendence — надзор, контроль; наблюдение, управление). Indeed, it had been more than a failure, because we were worse off after we had washed our clothes than we were before (действительно, это было больше, чем неудача, потому что мы оказались в более затруднительном положении после того, как постирали одежду, чем были раньше). Before we had washed them, they had been very, very dirty, it is true (до того, как мы постирали их, вещи были очень, очень грязными, это правда); but they were just wearable (но они все же были пригодными для ношения). After we had washed them (после того, как мы постирали их) — well, the river between Reading and Henley was much cleaner (река между Рэдингом и Хенли стала намного чище), after we had washed our clothes in it, than it was before (после того, как мы постирали нашу одежду в ней, чем была раньше). All the dirt contained in the river between Reading and Henley (всю грязь, что содержалась в реке между Рэдингом и Хенли), we collected, during that wash, and worked it into our clothes (мы собрали во время стирки и втиснули/вмыли в нашу одежду).

wearable [*we(*)r*b(*)l] conscientious [,k*n***en**s]

WE stayed two days at Streatley, and got our clothes washed. We had tried washing them ourselves, in the river, under George's superintendence, and it had been a failure. Indeed, it had been more than a failure, because we were worse off after we had washed our clothes than we were before. Before we had washed them, they had been very, very dirty, it is true; but they were just wearable. After we had washed them — well, the river between Reading and Henley was much cleaner, after we had washed our clothes in it, than it was before. All the dirt contained in the river between Reading and Henley, we collected, during that wash, and worked it into our clothes.

The washerwoman at Streatley said she felt she owed it to herself to charge us just three times the usual prices for that wash (прачка в Стритли сказала, что считает себя просто обязанной: «должна себе самой /так сделать/» взять с нас в три раза больше, чем обычная цена = тройную цену за эту стирку). She said it had not been like washing, it had been more in the nature of excavating (она сказала, это походило не столько на стирку, сколько на раскопки; in the nature of — в виде, своего рода; to excavate — копать, рыть; производить раскопки).

We paid the bill without a murmur (мы заплатили по счету безропотно).

The neighbourhood of Streatley and Goring is a great fishing centre (окрестности Стритли и Горинга — крупный центр рыболовства). There is some excellent fishing to be had here (здесь можно прекрасно порыбачить). The river abounds in pike (река здесь изобилует щукой), roach (плотвой), dace (ельцом), gudgeon (пескарем), and eels (угрями), just here (как раз здесь); and you can sit and fish for them all day (и можно сидеть и ловить их весь день).

murmur [*m*:m*] gudgeon [****(*)n]

The washerwoman at Streatley said she felt she owed it to herself to charge us just three times the usual prices for that wash. She said it had not been like washing, it had been more in the nature of excavating.

We paid the bill without a murmur.

The neighbourhood of Streatley and Goring is a great fishing centre. There is some excellent fishing to be had here. The river abounds in pike, roach, dace, gudgeon, and eels, just here; and you can sit and fish for them all day.

Some people do (некоторые люди /так/ и делают). They never catch them (они вовсе ничего не могут поймать). I never knew anybody catch anything, up the Thames, except minnows and dead cats (я никогда не видел, чтобы кто-нибудь поймал что-нибудь на Темзе, кроме разной мелочи и дохлых кошек; minnow — гольян /рыба/; мелкая рыбешка, мелюзга), but that has nothing to do, of course, with fishing (но это, конечно, не имеет никакого отношения к рыбалке)! The local fisherman's guide doesn't say a word about catching anything (местный путеводитель рыбака ни слова не говорит о поимке чего-нибудь = какой-нибудь рыбы). All it says is the place is "a good station for fishing (все, что он говорит — это место «хорошо для рыбной ловли»; station — место/положение/, пункт);" and, from what I have seen of the district, I am quite prepared to bear out this statement (и, /судя/ по тому, что я видел в этой округе, я вполне готов поддержать это утверждение; to bear out — подтверждать, подкреплять).

There is no spot in the world where you can get more fishing, or where you can fish for a longer period (нет такого места в мире, где можно получить больше рыбной ловли = где можно предаваться рыбной ловле больше или где можно рыбачить в течение более длительного времени). Some fishermen come here and fish for a day, and others stop and fish for a month (одни рыболовы приезжают сюда и рыбачат один день, другие остаются и удят месяц). You can hang on and fish for a year, if you want to: it will be all the same (вы можете задержаться и рыбачить /целый/ год, если хотите — разницы не будет: «будет все то же самое»; to hang on — крепко держаться, упорствовать; ждать; all the same — все равно, безразлично).

district [*d*str*kt] guide [*a*d]

Some people do. They never catch them. I never knew anybody catch anything, up the Thames, except minnows and dead cats, but that has nothing to do, of course, with fishing! The local fisherman's guide doesn't say a word about catching anything. All it says is the place is "a good station for fishing;" and, from what I have seen of the district, I am quite prepared to bear out this statement.

There is no spot in the world where you can get more fishing, or where you can fish for a longer period. Some fishermen come here and fish for a day, and others stop and fish for a month. You can hang on and fish for a year, if you want to: it will be all the same.

The Angler's Guide to the Thames says that "jack and perch are also to be had about here («Путеводитель рыболова по Темзе» говорит, что «щучку и окуня тоже можно поймать здесь»; jack — молодая щука, щучка)," but there the Angler's Guide is wrong (но тут «Путеводитель рыболова» ошибается). Jack and perch may be about there (могут водиться здесь). Indeed, I know for a fact that they are (действительно, я точно знаю, что они водятся). You can see them there in shoals, when you are out for a walk along the banks (вы можете увидеть их на мелководье, когда гуляете по берегу): they come and stand half out of the water with their mouths open for biscuits (они подплывают и высовываются наполовину из воды, открывая рты /желая получить/ печенье). And, if you go for a bathe, they crowd round (а когда идете купаться, они теснятся вокруг), and get in your way, and irritate you (и мешают вам, и раздражают вас). But they are not to be "had" by a bit of worm on the end of a hook, nor anything like it — not they (но их не поймать на кусочек червяка на конце крючка или на что-нибудь подобное — ну уж нет)!

I am not a good fisherman myself (сам я неважный рыболов). I devoted a considerable amount of attention to the subject at one time (я посвящал значительную часть внимания этому делу одно время), and was getting on, as I thought, fairly well (и делал успехи в нем, как полагал, довольно неплохие); but the old hands told me that I should never be any real good at it, and advised me to give it up (но старые рыбаки сказали мне, что я никогда не стану действительно хорош в этом занятии, и посоветовали мне бросить его). They said that I was an extremely neat thrower (они сказали, что я чрезвычайно искусный метатель = замечательно закидываю удочку; neat — чистый, аккуратный; искусный, ловкий), and that I seemed to have plenty of gumption for the thing, and quite enough constitutional laziness (что, кажется, я обладаю большой сообразительностью для этого дела и у меня вдоволь врожденной лености). But they were sure I should never make anything of a fisherman (но они были уверены, что я никогда не стану рыболовом). I had not got sufficient imagination (у меня не было достаточно воображения).

extremely [*k*stri:ml*] sufficient [s**f**(*)nt]

The Angler's Guide to the Thames says that "jack and perch are also to be had about here," but there the Angler's Guide is wrong. Jack and perch may be about there. Indeed, I know for a fact that they are. You can see them there in shoals, when you are out for a walk along the banks: they come and stand half out of the water with their mouths open for biscuits. And, if you go for a bathe, they crowd round, and get in your way, and irritate you. But they are not to be "had" by a bit of worm on the end of a hook, nor anything like it — not they!

I am not a good fisherman myself. I devoted a considerable amount of attention to the subject at one time, and was getting on, as I thought, fairly well; but the old hands told me that I should never be any real good at it, and advised me to give it up. They said that I was an extremely neat thrower, and that I seemed to have plenty of gumption for the thing, and quite enough constitutional laziness. But they were sure I should never make anything of a fisherman. I had not got sufficient imagination.

They said that as a poet, or a shilling shocker (сказали, что в качестве поэта, /автора/ дешевых бульварных романов), or a reporter, or anything of that kind, I might be satisfactory (репортера или чего-нибудь в этом роде я, может, буду достаточным = добьюсь успеха; satisfactory — удовлетворительный; достаточный; приятный, хороший), but that, to gain any position as a Thames angler (но чтобы получить какое-нибудь положение = сделать имя в качестве удильщика на Темзе), would require more play of fancy, more power of invention than I appeared to possess (потребовалось бы больше фантазии, больше способности к выдумке, чем я, видимо, имел; play — игра, представление; деятельность; простор; to appear — казаться, иметь вид, выглядеть).

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman (некоторые ошибочно полагают, что все, что требуется, чтобы стать хорошим рыболовом) is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing (это способность легко врать, не краснея; blush — румянец, краска стыда, смущение); but this is a mistake (но это ошибка). Mere bald fabrication is useless (всего лишь голое/неприкрытое вранье бесполезно; fabrication — выдумка; подделка, ложь); the veriest tyro can manage that (любой новичок может с этим справиться). It is in the circumstantial detail (именно в массе подробностей; circumstantial — подробный, обстоятельный), the embellishing touches of probability (в приукрашивающих штрихах правдоподобия), the general air of scrupulous — almost of pedantic — veracity (в общей атмосфере скрупулезной, почти педантичной правдивости), that the experienced angler is seen (вот в чем виден опытный рыбак).

possess [p**zes] scrupulous [*skru:pjul*s] veracity [v**r*s*t*]

They said that as a poet, or a shilling shocker, or a reporter, or anything of that kind, I might be satisfactory, but that, to gain any position as a Thames angler, would require more play of fancy, more power of invention than I appeared to possess.

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous — almost of pedantic — veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.

Anybody can come in and say (любой может войти и сказать), "Oh, I caught fifteen dozen perch yesterday evening (я поймал пятнадцать дюжин окуней вчера вечером);" or "Last Monday I landed a gudgeon, weighing eighteen pounds (в прошлый понедельник я вытащил пескаря, весившего восемнадцать фунтов), and measuring three feet from the tip to the tail (и длиной три фута от головы до хвоста; to measure — измерять, иметь размер; tip — кончик, верх, верхушка)."

There is no art, no skill, required for that sort of thing (не требуется ни искусства, ни умения для вещей подобного рода). It shows pluck, but that is all (это показывает смелость, только и всего).

No; your accomplished angler would scorn to tell a lie, that way (нет; настоящий рыбак не стал бы лгать таким образом; accomplished — законченный, полный, совершенный; настоящий; to scorn — презирать, не принимать, считать неприемлемым). His method is a study in itself (его способ — наука по своей природе = целая наука).

He comes in quietly with his hat on, appropriates the most comfortable chair (он входит спокойно, не снимая шляпы: «с надетой шляпой», садится на самый удобный стул; to appropriate — присваивать; конфисковать), lights his pipe, and commences to puff in silence (зажигает свою трубку и начинает пускать клубы дыма молча). He lets the youngsters brag away for a while, and then, during a momentary lull (он позволяет молодежи хвастаться некоторое время, а потом, во время короткого перерыва; momentary — моментальный, преходящий, кратковременный; lull — временное затишье; временное успокоение; перерыв), he removes the pipe from his mouth, and remarks (он вынимает трубку изо рта и замечает; to remove — передвигать, перемещать; снимать), as he knocks the ashes out against the bars (выбивая пепел о решетку /камина/):

weighing [*we***] momentary [*m*um*nt(*)r*]

Anybody can come in and say, "Oh, I caught fifteen dozen perch yesterday evening;" or "Last Monday I landed a gudgeon, weighing eighteen pounds, and measuring three feet from the tip to the tail."

There is no art, no skill, required for that sort of thing. It shows pluck, but that is all.

No; your accomplished angler would scorn to tell a lie, that way. His method is a study in itself.

He comes in quietly with his hat on, appropriates the most comfortable chair, lights his pipe, and commences to puff in silence. He lets the youngsters brag away for a while, and then, during a momentary lull, he removes the pipe from his mouth, and remarks, as he knocks the ashes out against the bars:

"Well, I had a haul on Tuesday evening that it's not much good my telling anybody about (у меня был такой улов во вторник вечером, что мне не следует никому /даже/ рассказывать о нем; haul — волочение, тяга; улов /рыбы/; добыча)."

"Oh! why's that (это почему)*" they ask (спрашивают они).

"Because I don't expect anybody would believe me if I did (потому что не думаю, что кто-нибудь поверит мне, если я расскажу; to expect — ждать; надеяться, полагать)," replies the old fellow calmly, and without even a tinge of bitterness in his tone (отвечает старик спокойно, и даже без тени горечи в голосе; tinge — легкая окраска; оттенок, тон; привкус), as he refills his pipe (вновь наполняя = набивая трубку), and requests the landlord to bring him three of Scotch, cold (и просит трактирщика принести ему три рюмки/порции холодного шотландского виски; landlord — домовладелец; хозяин гостиницы, пансиона и т.д.).

There is a pause after this, nobody feeling sufficiently sure of himself to contradict the old gentleman (после этого наступает пауза, никто не чувствует себя достаточно уверенно, чтобы возражать старому джентльмену). So he has to go on by himself without any encouragement (поэтому ему приходится продолжать самому, без какой-либо поддержки).

"Well, I had a haul on Tuesday evening that it's not much good my telling anybody about."

"Oh! why's that*" they ask.

"Because I don't expect anybody would believe me if I did," replies the old fellow calmly, and without even a tinge of bitterness in his tone, as he refills his pipe, and requests the landlord to bring him three of Scotch, cold.

There is a pause after this, nobody feeling sufficiently sure of himself to contradict the old gentleman. So he has to go on by himself without any encouragement.

"No," he continues thoughtfully (продолжает он задумчиво); "I shouldn't believe it myself if anybody told it to me (я бы и сам не поверил, если бы кто-нибудь рассказал мне об этом), but it's a fact, for all that (но это факт, тем не менее). I had been sitting there all the afternoon and had caught literally nothing (я просидел весь день и не поймал буквально ничего; to catch) — except a few dozen dace and a score of jack (кроме нескольких дюжин мелкой рыбешки и двух десятков щучек); and I was just about giving it up as a bad job when I suddenly felt a rather smart pull at the line (и я уже собирался бросить это /как/ безнадежное дело, когда вдруг почувствовал сильное дерганье за леску). I thought it was another little one, and I went to jerk it up (я подумал, это еще какая-нибудь мелочь, и попытался подсечь; to jerk — резко толкать, дергать/ся/). Hang me, if I could move the rod (черт меня побери, если я мог = я не смог поднять удочку; rod — прут, стержень; удочка)! It took me half-an-hour — half-an-hour, sir (мне потребовалось полчаса — полчаса, сэр = да-с, полчаса)!— to land that fish; and every moment I thought the line was going to snap (чтобы вытащить ту рыбу; и каждую минуту я думал, леска оборвется; to snap — щелкать, хлопать; захлопываться; порвать/ся/, сломать/ся/)! I reached him at last, and what do you think it was (я вытащил ее наконец, и что, вы думаете, это было)* A sturgeon (осетр)! a forty pound sturgeon (сорокафунтовый осетр)! taken on a line, sir (пойманный на леску, да-с)! Yes, you may well look surprised (вы вполне можете выглядеть удивленными = конечно, это удивительно) — I'll have another three of Scotch, landlord, please (хозяин, я возьму еще три рюмки шотландского виски, пожалуйста)."

And then he goes on to tell of the astonishment of everybody who saw it (потом он в качестве продолжения рассказывает об удивлении всех = как удивились все, кто видел осетра); and what his wife said, when he got home, and of what Joe Buggles thought about it (и что сказала его жена, когда он пришел домой, и что об этом подумал Джо Багглс).

sturgeon [*st*:*(*)n] astonishment [**st*n**m*nt]

"No," he continues thoughtfully; "I shouldn't believe it myself if anybody told it to me, but it's a fact, for all that. I had been sitting there all the afternoon and had caught literally nothing — except a few dozen dace and a score of jack; and I was just about giving it up as a bad job when I suddenly felt a rather smart pull at the line. I thought it was another little one, and I went to jerk it up. Hang me, if I could move the rod! It took me half-an-hour — half-an-hour, sir! — to land that fish; and every moment I thought the line was going to snap! I reached him at last, and what do you think it was* A sturgeon! a forty pound sturgeon! taken on a line, sir! Yes, you may well look surprised — I'll have another three of Scotch, landlord, please."

And then he goes on to tell of the astonishment of everybody who saw it; and what his wife said, when he got home, and of what Joe Buggles thought about it.

I asked the landlord of an inn up the river once, if it did not injure him, sometimes (я спросил однажды хозяина трактира у реки, не задевает ли его = не противно ли ему иногда), listening to the tales that the fishermen about there told him (слушать небылицы, которые здешние рыбаки рассказывают ему /там/); and he said:

"Oh, no; not now, sir (нет, теперь нет, сэр). It did used to knock me over a bit at first (они действительно ошеломляли меня поначалу), but, lor love you! me and the missus we listens to `em all day now (но, слава Богу, мы с хозяйкой /можем/ слушать их теперь весь день; lor = lord; missus = missis; `em = them). It's what you're used to, you know (это то, к чему привык = дело привычки, знаете ли). It's what you're used to."

I knew a young man once, he was a most conscientious fellow (я знал одного молодого человека, он был очень честным малым), and, when he took to fly-fishing, he determined never to exaggerate his hauls by more than twenty-five per cent (когда начал удить на муху, он решил никогда не преувеличивать улова больше, чем на двадцать пять процентов).

"When I have caught forty fish (если я поймаю сорок /штук/ рыб)," said he, "then I will tell people that I have caught fifty, and so on (тогда скажу, что поймал пятьдесят, и так далее). But I will not lie any more than that, because it is sinful to lie (но я не стану врать больше, чем на эту величину, потому что врать — грешно)."

injure [**n**] exaggerate [***z***re*t]

I asked the landlord of an inn up the river once, if it did not injure him, sometimes, listening to the tales that the fishermen about there told him; and he said:

"Oh, no; not now, sir. It did used to knock me over a bit at first, but, lor love you! me and the missus we listens to `em all day now. It's what you're used to, you know. It's what you're used to."

I knew a young man once, he was a most conscientious fellow, and, when he took to fly-fishing, he determined never to exaggerate his hauls by more than twenty-five per cent.

"When I have caught forty fish," said he, "then I will tell people that I have caught fifty, and so on. But I will not lie any more than that, because it is sinful to lie."

But the twenty-five per cent plan did not work well at all (но двадцатипятипроцентный план вообще не работал). He never was able to use it (ему никак не удавалось его применить). The greatest number of fish he ever caught in one day was three (самое большое количество рыбы, что он ловил за день — три), and you can't add twenty-five per cent to three — at least, not in fish (и нельзя прибавить двадцать пять процентов к трем — по крайней мере, в рыбах).

So he increased his percentage to thirty-three-and-a-third (поэтому он увеличил процент до тридцати трех с третью); but that, again, was awkward, when he had only caught one or two (но это опять было неудобно, если он ловил только одну /рыбу/ или две); so, to simplify matters, he made up his mind to just double the quantity (и, чтобы упростить дело, он решил попросту удваивать количество; to make up one`s mind — решить/ся/).

He stuck to this arrangement for a couple of months (он придерживался этой схемы пару месяцев; to stick to), and then he grew dissatisfied with it (потом он стал недоволен ей). Nobody believed him when he told them that he only doubled (никто не верил ему, когда он говорил, что только удваивает), and he, therefore, gained no credit that way whatever (и он, таким образом, совсем не приобретал доверия = ему все равно не верили; credit — доверие, вера; хорошая репутация, доброе имя), while his moderation put him at a disadvantage among the other anglers (в то время как его умеренность ставила его в невыгодное положение среди других удильщиков). When he had really caught three small fish, and said he had caught six (когда он на самом деле ловил три маленькие рыбешки, он говорил, что поймал шесть), it used to make him quite jealous to hear a man (и ему было весьма обидно слушать, как человек; jealous — ревнивый, завистливый; не выносящий лжи, измены), whom he knew for a fact had only caught one (который, как он точно знал, поймал лишь одну рыбу), going about telling people he had landed two dozen (ходил и рассказывал, что вытащил две дюжины; to go about — расхаживать, ходить туда и сюда; начинать, приступать).

awkward [**:kw*d] quantity [*kw*nt*t*]

But the twenty-five per cent plan did not work well at all. He never was able to use it. The greatest number of fish he ever caught in one day was three, and you can't add twenty-five per cent to three — at least, not in fish.

So he increased his percentage to thirty-three-and-a-third; but that, again, was awkward, when he had only caught one or two; so, to simplify matters, he made up his mind to just double the quantity.

He stuck to this arrangement for a couple of months, and then he grew dissatisfied with it. Nobody believed him when he told them that he only doubled, and he, therefore, gained no credit that way whatever, while his moderation put him at a disadvantage among the other anglers. When he had really caught three small fish, and said he had caught six, it used to make him quite jealous to hear a man, whom he knew for a fact had only caught one, going about telling people he had landed two dozen.

So, eventually, he made one final arrangement with himself (поэтому в конце концов он вступил в соглашение с самим собой; to make arrangements with somebody — договариваться, уславливаться с кем-либо), which he has religiously held to ever since (которого строго придерживается с тех пор), and that was to count each fish that he caught as ten, and to assume ten to begin with (считать каждую рыбу, которую он ловит, за десять, и /всегда/ начинать с десяти; to assume — брать на себя /ответственность/; допускать, предполагать; притворяться). For example, if he did not catch any fish at all, then he said he had caught ten fish (например, если он вообще не поймал ни одной рыбы, тогда он говорил, что поймал десять) — you could never catch less than ten fish by his system (нельзя было поймать меньше, чем десять рыб, по его системе); that was the foundation of it (в этом была ее основа). Then, if by any chance he really did catch one fish, he called it twenty (если в действительности он случайно и ловил одну рыбу, то считал ее за двадцать), while two fish would count thirty, three forty, and so on (тогда как две рыбы считал за тридцать, три — за сорок и так далее).

It is a simple and easily worked plan, and there has been some talk lately of its being made use of by the angling fraternity in general (это простой и легко осуществимый план, и недавно говорили о том, чтобы использовать его всей удящей братией; to make use of — применять, употреблять, использовать; fraternity — братство, община, братия). Indeed, the Committee of the Thames Angler's Association did recommend its adoption about two years ago (комитет Ассоциации удильщиков Темзы действительно рекомендовал принять его около двух лет назад; adoption — усыновление; принятие /закона, резолюции/), but some of the older members opposed it (но некоторые из старших членов воспротивились ему). They said they would consider the idea if the number were doubled, and each fish counted as twenty (они сказали, что рассмотрят этот план, если цифра будет удвоена и каждая рыба будет считаться за двадцать).

religiously [r**l***sl*] fraternity [fr**t*:n*t*]

So, eventually, he made one final arrangement with himself, which he has religiously held to ever since, and that was to count each fish that he caught as ten, and to assume ten to begin with. For example, if he did not catch any fish at all, then he said he had caught ten fish — you could never catch less than ten fish by his system; that was the foundation of it. Then, if by any chance he really did catch one fish, he called it twenty, while two fish would count thirty, three forty, and so on.

It is a simple and easily worked plan, and there has been some talk lately of its being made use of by the angling fraternity in general. Indeed, the Committee of the Thames Angler's Association did recommend its adoption about two years ago, but some of the older members opposed it. They said they would consider the idea if the number were doubled, and each fish counted as twenty.

If ever you have an evening to spare, up the river (если когда-нибудь у вас будет свободный вечер на реке), I should advise you to drop into one of the little village inns, and take a seat in the tap-room (я советую вам заглянуть в один из маленьких деревенских трактиров и сесть в пивной). You will be nearly sure to meet one or two old rod-men, sipping their toddy there (вы почти наверняка встретите нескольких старых удильщиков, потягивающих пунш; to sip — пить маленькими глотками, потягивать, прихлебывать), and they will tell you enough fishy stories, in half an hour, to give you indigestion for a month (и они расскажу вам достаточно рыбных/неправдоподобных историй за полчаса, чтобы вызвать у вас расстройство желудка на месяц; indigestion — несварение желудка; нарушение пищеварения).

George and I — I don't know what had become of Harris (мы с Джорджем — не знаю, что случилось с Гаррисом); he had gone out and had a shave, early in the afternoon (он вышел побриться рано утром), and had then come back and spent full forty minutes in pipeclaying his shoes, we had not seen him since (затем вернулся и потратил целых сорок минут, начищая свои ботинки, и после этого мы его не видели; to spend; to pipeclay — чистить белой глиной; наводить образцовый порядок) — George and I, therefore, and the dog, left to ourselves (поэтому Джордж, я и собака, предоставленные самим себе), went for a walk to Wallingford on the second evening (пошли прогуляться в Уоллингфорд на второй вечер), and, coming home, we called in at a little river-side inn, for a rest, and other things (и, идя домой, мы заскочили в маленький трактир на берегу реки, чтобы отдохнуть и тому подобное).

We went into the parlour and sat down (мы вошли в зал и сели; parlour — гостиная, общая комната /в квартире/; приемная /в гостинице и т. п./; зал). There was an old fellow there, smoking a long clay pipe, and we naturally began chatting (там был старик, куривший длинную глиняную трубку, и мы, естественно, начали беседовать).

indigestion [,*nda***es*(*)n]

If ever you have an evening to spare, up the river, I should advise you to drop into one of the little village inns, and take a seat in the tap-room. You will be nearly sure to meet one or two old rod-men, sipping their toddy there, and they will tell you enough fishy stories, in half an hour, to give you indigestion for a month.

George and I — I don't know what had become of Harris; he had gone out and had a shave, early in the afternoon, and had then come back and spent full forty minutes in pipeclaying his shoes, we had not seen him since — George and I, therefore, and the dog, left to ourselves, went for a walk to Wallingford on the second evening, and, coming home, we called in at a little river-side inn, for a rest, and other things.

We went into the parlour and sat down. There was an old fellow there, smoking a long clay pipe, and we naturally began chatting.

He told us that it had been a fine day to-day (он сказал нам, что сегодня хороший денек), and we told him that it had been a fine day yesterday (мы сказали ему, что вчера /тоже/ был хороший денек), and then we all told each other that we thought it would be a fine day to-morrow (затем мы сказали друг другу, что, думаем, завтра /тоже/ будет погожий денек); and George said the crops seemed to be coming up nicely (Джордж сказал, хлеба, кажется, прекрасно всходят; crops — зерновые; crop — урожай, посев).

After that it came out, somehow or other, that we were strangers in the neighbourhood (потом выяснилось, так или иначе, что мы посторонние в окрестностях = нездешние; to come out — выходить; появляться, обнаруживаться), and that we were going away the next morning (и что уезжаем на следующее утро).

Then a pause ensued in the conversation, during which our eyes wandered round the room (затем в разговоре последовала пауза, во время которой наши глаза блуждали по комнате). They finally rested upon a dusty old glass-case (наконец они остановились на пыльном старом стеклянном ящике; glass-case — витрина), fixed very high up above the chimney-piece, and containing a trout (подвешенном очень высоко над каминной полкой, в котором была форель; to contain — содержать в себе, включать). It rather fascinated me, that trout (она весьма заворожила меня, эта форель); it was such a monstrous fish (такая громадная рыба). In fact, at first glance, I thought it was a cod (действительно, на первый взгляд = сначала я подумал, что это треска).

trout [traut] fascinated [*f*s*ne*t*d]

He told us that it had been a fine day to-day, and we told him that it had been a fine day yesterday, and then we all told each other that we thought it would be a fine day to-morrow; and George said the crops seemed to be coming up nicely.

After that it came out, somehow or other, that we were strangers in the neighbourhood, and that we were going away the next morning.

Then a pause ensued in the conversation, during which our eyes wandered round the room. They finally rested upon a dusty old glass-case, fixed very high up above the chimney-piece, and containing a trout. It rather fascinated me, that trout; it was such a monstrous fish. In fact, at first glance, I thought it was a cod.

"Ah!" said the old gentleman, following the direction of my gaze (следуя в направлении моего пристального взгляда), "fine fellow that, ain't he (прекрасный экземпляр, не правда ли; fine fellow — молодец, славный парень)*"

"Quite uncommon (совершенно необыкновенный)," I murmured; and George asked the old man how much he thought it weighed (пробормотал я, а Джордж спросил старика, сколько, по его мнению, весит эта рыба).

"Eighteen pounds six ounces (восемнадцать фунтов шесть унций; ounce — унция /28, 3 г/)," said our friend, rising and taking down his coat (сказал наш знакомый, вставая и снимая пиджак). "Yes," he continued (продолжал он), "it wur sixteen year ago, come the third o' next month, that I landed him (это было шестнадцать лет назад; будет третьего числа следующего месяца, как я вытащил ее). I caught him just below the bridge with a minnow (я поймал ее чуть ниже моста, на блесну). They told me he wur in the river, and I said I'd have him, and so I did (мне сказали, что она в реке, а я сказал, что поймаю ее, так и сделал). You don't see many fish that size about here now, I'm thinking (думаю, теперь здесь не увидеть много рыбы такого размера = такой рыбы больше не осталось). Good-night, gentlemen, good-night (спокойной ночи)."

And out he went, and left us alone (он вышел и оставил нас одних).

ounce [auns] caught [k*:t]

"Ah!" said the old gentleman, following the direction of my gaze, "fine fellow that, ain't he*"

"Quite uncommon," I murmured; and George asked the old man how much he thought it weighed.

"Eighteen pounds six ounces," said our friend, rising and taking down his coat. "Yes," he continued, "it wur sixteen year ago, come the third o' next month, that I landed him. I caught him just below the bridge with a minnow. They told me he wur in the river, and I said I'd have him, and so I did. You don't see many fish that size about here now, I'm thinking. Good-night, gentlemen, good-night."

And out he went, and left us alone.

We could not take our eyes off the fish after that (мы не могли отвести глаз от рыбы после этого). It really was a remarkably fine fish (это была удивительная, прекрасная рыба: «удивительно прекрасная рыба»). We were still looking at it, when the local carrier, who had just stopped at the inn (мы по-прежнему смотрели на нее, когда местный перевозчик, который только что остановился у трактира), came to the door of the room with a pot of beer in his hand, and he also looked at the fish (подошел к двери комнаты с кружкой пива в руке и тоже посмотрел на рыбу).

"Good-sized trout, that (большая форель, а)," said George, turning round to him (сказал Джордж, поворачиваясь к нему).

"Ah! you may well say that, sir (совершенно верно: «вы вполне можете сказать так», сэр)," replied the man; and then, after a pull at his beer, he added (ответил человек, а потом, после глотка пива/отхлебнув пива, добавил; to pull at — дергать, тянуть; затягиваться /сигаретой/, тянуть /из бутылки/), "Maybe you wasn't here, sir, when that fish was caught (может, вас здесь не было, сэр, когда эту рыбу поймали)*"

"No," we told him. We were strangers in the neighbourhood (мы здесь чужие).

We could not take our eyes off the fish after that. It really was a remarkably fine fish. We were still looking at it, when the local carrier, who had just stopped at the inn, came to the door of the room with a pot of beer in his hand, and he also looked at the fish.

"Good-sized trout, that," said George, turning round to him.

"Ah! you may well say that, sir," replied the man; and then, after a pull at his beer, he added, "Maybe you wasn't here, sir, when that fish was caught*"

"No," we told him. We were strangers in the neighbourhood.

"Ah!" said the carrier, "then, of course, how should you (тогда, конечно, откуда вам /знать/)* It was nearly five years ago that I caught that trout (почти пять лет назад я поймал эту форель)."

"Oh! was it you who caught it, then (значит, это вы ее поймали)*" said I.

"Yes, sir," replied the genial old fellow (ответил добродушный старик). "I caught him just below the lock — leastways, what was the lock then (я поймал его немного ниже шлюза — по крайней мере, у того, что было шлюзом тогда) — one Friday afternoon; and the remarkable thing about it is that I caught him with a fly (в пятницу после обеда; и удивительно — я поймал ее на муху). I'd gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout (я отправился ловить щук, ей-богу, и не думал о форели), and when I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn't quite take me aback (а когда увидел эту громадину на конце лески, то, черт побери, она меня так поразила; to take aback — захватить врасплох; поразить, ошеломить). Well, you see, he weighed twenty-six pound (она весила двадцать шесть фунтов). Good-night, gentlemen, good-night."

genial [**i:n**l] pound [paund]

"Ah!" said the carrier, "then, of course, how should you* It was nearly five years ago that I caught that trout."

"Oh! was it you who caught it, then*" said I.

"Yes, sir," replied the genial old fellow. "I caught him just below the lock — leastways, what was the lock then — one Friday afternoon; and the remarkable thing about it is that I caught him with a fly. I'd gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout, and when I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn't quite take me aback. Well, you see, he weighed twenty-six pound. Good-night, gentlemen, good-night."

Five minutes afterwards, a third man came in (пять минут спустя третий человек вошел), and described how he had caught it early one morning, with bleak (и описал, как он поймал ее однажды рано утром на уклейку); and then he left, and a stolid, solemn-looking, middle-aged individual came in, and sat down over by the window (потом он ушел, вошел невозмутимый, серьезного вида человек средних лет и сел у окна).

None of us spoke for a while (ни один из нас не говорил ничего некоторое время); but, at length, George turned to the new-comer, and said (но наконец Джордж обратился к новоприбывшему и сказал):

"I beg your pardon, I hope you will forgive the liberty that we (прошу прощения, надеюсь, вы простите бесцеремонность, которую мы; liberty — свобода; бесцеремонность, вольность; дерзость) — perfect strangers in the neighbourhood (совсем чужие люди в этих краях) — are taking, but my friend here and myself would be so much obliged (позволяем себе, но вот мой приятель и я сам были бы очень благодарны) if you would tell us how you caught that trout up there (если бы вы рассказали нам, как поймали вон ту форель)."

"Why, who told you I caught that trout (а кто вам сказал, что я поймал эту форель)!" was the surprised query (был удивленный вопрос).

We said that nobody had told us so (мы сказали, что никто нам этого не говорил), but somehow or other we felt instinctively that it was he who had done it (но мы каким-то образом инстинктивно чувствуем, что именно он это сделал).

solemn [*s*l*m] query [*kw**r*] instinctively [*n*st**kt*vl*]

Five minutes afterwards, a third man came in, and described how he had caught it early one morning, with bleak; and then he left, and a stolid, solemn-looking, middle-aged individual came in, and sat down over by the window.

None of us spoke for a while; but, at length, George turned to the new-comer, and said:

"I beg your pardon, I hope you will forgive the liberty that we — perfect strangers in the neighbourhood — are taking, but my friend here and myself would be so much obliged if you would tell us how you caught that trout up there."

"Why, who told you I caught that trout!" was the surprised query.

We said that nobody had told us so, but somehow or other we felt instinctively that it was he who had done it.

"Well, it's a most remarkable thing — most remarkable (удивительная вещь — совершенно удивительная)," answered the stolid stranger, laughing (ответил невозмутимый незнакомец, смеясь); "because, as a matter of fact, you are quite right (потому что на самом деле вы совершенно правы). I did catch it (я действительно поймал ее). But fancy your guessing it like that (но подумать /только/ — как это вы так угадали). Dear me, it's really a most remarkable thing (ей-богу — в высшей степени удивительная вещь; dear me — Боже мой! вот те на!)."

And then he went on, and told us how it had taken him half an hour to land it, and how it had broken his rod (и затем он продолжил и рассказал нам, как у него ушло полчаса, чтобы вытащить ее, и как она сломала его удилище). He said he had weighed it carefully when he reached home (он сказал, что тщательно взвесил ее, когда добрался до дома), and it had turned the scale at thirty-four pounds (и весы показали тридцать четыре фунта; to turn the scale — склонить чашу весов; решить исход дела).

He went in his turn, and when he was gone, the landlord came in to us (он /тоже/, в свою очередь, удалился, и когда ушел, к нам вошел хозяин трактира). We told him the various histories we had heard about his trout (мы рассказали ему различные истории, которые услышали о его форели), and he was immensely amused, and we all laughed very heartily (это его чрезвычайно позабавило, и мы все посмеялись от души).

guessing [**es**] history [*h*st(*)r*]

"Well, it's a most remarkable thing — most remarkable," answered the stolid stranger, laughing; "because, as a matter of fact, you are quite right. I did catch it. But fancy your guessing it like that. Dear me, it's really a most remarkable thing."

And then he went on, and told us how it had taken him half an hour to land it, and how it had broken his rod. He said he had weighed it carefully when he reached home, and it had turned the scale at thirty-four pounds.

He went in his turn, and when he was gone, the landlord came in to us. We told him the various histories we had heard about his trout, and he was immensely amused, and we all laughed very heartily.

"Fancy Jim Bates and Joe Muggles and Mr. Jones and old Billy Maunders all telling you that they had caught it (подумать только — Джим Бейтс, и Джо Магглс, и мистер Джонс, и Билли Маундерс — все говорят вам, что это они ее поймали). Ha! ha! ha! Well, that is good (вот здорово)," said the honest old fellow, laughing heartily (сказал честный старик, весело смеясь). "Yes, they are the sort to give it me, to put up in my parlour (да, такие они люди, чтобы отдать ее мне, чтобы повесить ее в моем зале), if they had caught it, they are (если они /сами/ ее поймали)! ha! ha! ha!"

And then he told us the real history of the fish (тут он рассказал нам настоящую историю этой рыбы). It seemed that he had caught it himself, years ago, when he was quite a lad (оказалось, что он сам ее поймал много лет назад, когда был совсем еще мальчишкой); not by any art or skill, but by that unaccountable luck that appears to always wait upon a boy (и не /благодаря/ мастерству или умению, а благодаря той необъяснимой удаче, что, кажется, всегда поджидает мальчишку) when he plays the wag from school, and goes out fishing on a sunny afternoon (когда он сбегает из школы и отправляется порыбачить в солнечный день; to play the wag — увиливать от занятий, прогуливать уроки; wag — движение, взмах /рукой и т.п./; кивок; виляние /хвостом/), with a bit of string tied on to the end of a tree (с веревкой, привязанной к палке; tree — дерево; столб, стойка; палка, трость).

He said that bringing home that trout had saved him from a whacking (он сказал, что, принеся домой эту форель, избежал порки; to whack — сильный, звучный удар), and that even his school-master had said it was worth the rule-of-three and practice put together (и что даже его школьный учитель сказал, она /форель/ стоит тройного правила и упражнений, вместе взятых).

honest [**n*st] unaccountable [,*n**kaunt*bl]

"Fancy Jim Bates and Joe Muggles and Mr. Jones and old Billy Maunders all telling you that they had caught it. Ha! ha! ha! Well, that is good," said the honest old fellow, laughing heartily. "Yes, they are the sort to give it me, to put up in my parlour, if they had caught it, they are! ha! ha! ha!"

And then he told us the real history of the fish. It seemed that he had caught it himself, years ago, when he was quite a lad; not by any art or skill, but by that unaccountable luck that appears to always wait upon a boy when he plays the wag from school, and goes out fishing on a sunny afternoon, with a bit of string tied on to the end of a tree.

He said that bringing home that trout had saved him from a whacking, and that even his school-master had said it was worth the rule-of-three and practice put together.

He was called out of the room at this point (на этом месте /рассказа/ его позвали, и он вышел из комнаты), and George and I again turned our gaze upon the fish (и мы с Джорджем снова обратили взор на рыбу).

It really was a most astonishing trout (это действительно была самая = весьма удивительная форель). The more we looked at it, the more we marvelled at it (чем больше мы смотрели на нее, тем больше восхищались ей).

It excited George so much that he climbed up on the back of a chair to get a better view of it (она настолько взволновала Джорджа, что он влез на спинку стула, чтобы получше рассмотреть ее).

And then the chair slipped, and George clutched wildly at the trout-case to save himself (и тут стул выскользнул, и Джордж схватился крепко за ящик с форелью, чтобы спастись = не упасть), and down it came with a crash, George and the chair on top of it (и он упал с грохотом, а на него сверху Джордж со стулом).

"You haven't injured the fish, have you (ты ведь не испортил рыбу)*" I cried in alarm, rushing up (крикнул я испуганно, подбегая).

climb [kla*m] alarm [**l*:m]

He was called out of the room at this point, and George and I again turned our gaze upon the fish.

It really was a most astonishing trout. The more we looked at it, the more we marvelled at it.

It excited George so much that he climbed up on the back of a chair to get a better view of it.

And then the chair slipped, and George clutched wildly at the trout-case to save himself, and down it came with a crash, George and the chair on top of it.

"You haven't injured the fish, have you*" I cried in alarm, rushing up.

"I hope not (надеюсь, что нет)," said George, rising cautiously and looking about (сказал Джордж, поднимаясь осторожно и оглядываясь по сторонам).

But he had (но он испортил ее). That trout lay shattered into a thousand fragments (эта форель лежала, разбитая на тысячу кусков) — I say a thousand, but they may have only been nine hundred (говорю — на тысячу, но их могло быть только девятьсот). I did not count them (я их не считал).

We thought it strange and unaccountable that a stuffed trout should break up into little pieces like that (мы сочли странным и необъяснимым, что чучело форели разбилось на такие маленькие кусочки; to stuff — набивать, наполнять, делать чучело).

And so it would have been strange and unaccountable (и это было бы /действительно/ странно и необъяснимо), if it had been a stuffed trout, but it was not (если бы это было чучело форели, но это было не так).

That trout was plaster-of-Paris (это была гипсовая форель; plaster-of-Paris — гипс).

cautiously [*k*:**sl*] plaster [*pl*:st*]

"I hope not," said George, rising cautiously and looking about.

But he had. That trout lay shattered into a thousand fragments — I say a thousand, but they may have only been nine hundred. I did not count them.

We thought it strange and unaccountable that a stuffed trout should break up into little pieces like that.

And so it would have been strange and unaccountable, if it had been a stuffed trout, but it was not.

That trout was plaster-of-Paris.

CHAPTER XVIII

(глава восемнадцатая)

Locks (шлюзы). — George and I are photographed (меня и Джорджа фотографируют). — Wallingford (Уоллингфорд). — Dorchester (Дорчестер). — Abingdon (Абингдон). — A family man (отец семейства; family man — отец семейства; семейный человек; домосед). — A good spot for drowning (хорошее место, чтобы утонуть). — A difficult bit of water (трудный участок реки). — Demoralizing effect of river air (деморализующее = дурное влияние речного воздуха).

Locks. — George and I are photographed. — Wallingford. — Dorchester. — Abingdon. — A family man. — A good spot for drowning. — A difficult bit of water. — Demoralizing effect of river air.

WE left Streatley early the next morning, and pulled up to Culham (мы покинули Стритли рано на следующее утро, прошли на веслах до Калэма), and slept under the canvas, in the backwater there (и ночевали там под брезентом в заводи).

The river is not extraordinarily interesting between Streatley and Wallingford (река не особенно интересна между Стритли и Уоллингфордом). From Cleve you get a stretch of six and a half miles without a lock (от Клива вы получаете = проходите участок в шесть с половиной миль без единого шлюза). I believe this is the longest uninterrupted stretch anywhere above Teddington (полагаю, это самый длинный непрерывный участок /реки/ выше Теддингтона; anywhere — где-нибудь, всюду), and the Oxford Club make use of it for their trial eights (и Оксфордский /университетский/ клуб использует его для тренировки своих «восьмерок»; trial — испытательный, пробный; eights — «Восьмерки» /традиционные соревнования по гребле между восьмерками колледжей Оксфордского университета/).

WE left Streatley early the next morning, and pulled up to Culham, and slept under the canvas, in the backwater there.

The river is not extraordinarily interesting between Streatley and Wallingford. From Cleve you get a stretch of six and a half miles without a lock. I believe this is the longest uninterrupted stretch anywhere above Teddington, and the Oxford Club make use of it for their trial eights.

But however satisfactory this absence of locks may be to rowing-men (но каким бы хорошим ни было отсутствие шлюзов для гребцов; satisfactory — удовлетворительный; достаточный; приятный, хороший), it is to be regretted by the mere pleasure-seeker (оно огорчает обычных искателей развлечений; to regret — сожалеть, горевать; pleasure-seeker — любитель развлечений, удовольствий; искатель удовольствий).

For myself, I am fond of locks (что касается меня, я люблю шлюзы). They pleasantly break the monotony of the pull (они приятно нарушают однообразие гребли). I like sitting in the boat and slowly rising out of the cool depths up into new reaches and fresh views (мне нравится сидеть в лодке и медленно подниматься из прохладных глубин к новым участкам реки и новым видам; fresh — свежий, новый); or sinking down, as it were, out of the world, and then waiting, while the gloomy gates creak (или опускаться, словно покидая мир, а затем ждать, пока заскрипят мрачные ворота), and the narrow strip of day-light between them widens till the fair smiling river lies full before you (узкая полоска дневного света между ними расширится, и /вот/ ясная/прекрасная улыбающаяся река лежит широко = простирается перед вами; full — полный; широкий /об одежде/; как раз, полностью), and you push your little boat out from its brief prison on to the welcoming waters once again (и вы снова выталкиваете вашу маленькую лодку из ее недолгого заточения в гостеприимные воды; prison — тюрьма, темница; заключение; to welcome — приветствовать; радушно принимать).

They are picturesque little spots, these locks (что за живописные местечки, эти шлюзы). The stout old lock-keeper, or his cheerful-looking wife, or bright-eyed daughter (толстый старый начальник шлюза, его веселая жена или ясноглазая дочь), are pleasant folk to have a passing chat with (славные люди, с которыми приятно поболтать, проплывая мимо; pleasant — приятный; радостный; милый, славный).* You meet other boats there, and river gossip is exchanged (вы встречаете там другие лодки и обмениваетесь речными сплетнями/слухами). The Thames would not be the fairyland it is without its flower-decked locks (Темза не была бы таким сказочным местом без своих украшенных цветами шлюзов; fairyland — сказочная, волшебная страна; to deck — настилать палубу; украшать, наряжать).

absence [**bs(*)ns] picturesque [,p*k***resk] daughter [*d*:t*]

But however satisfactory this absence of locks may be to rowing-men, it is to be regretted by the mere pleasure-seeker.

For myself, I am fond of locks. They pleasantly break the monotony of the pull. I like sitting in the boat and slowly rising out of the cool depths up into new reaches and fresh views; or sinking down, as it were, out of the world, and then waiting, while the gloomy gates creak, and the narrow strip of day-light between them widens till the fair smiling river lies full before you, and you push your little boat out from its brief prison on to the welcoming waters once again.

They are picturesque little spots, these locks. The stout old lock-keeper, or his cheerful-looking wife, or bright-eyed daughter, are pleasant folk to have a passing chat with.* You meet other boats there, and river gossip is exchanged. The Thames would not be the fairyland it is without its flower-decked locks.

* Or rather were (вернее, раньше были). The Conservancy of late seems to have constituted itself into a society for the employment of idiots (Комитет по охране рек в последнее время, кажется, превратился в общество по трудоустройству идиотов; to constitute — составлять; образовывать, учреждать; employment — служба, занятие; занятость). A good many of the new lock-keepers, especially in the more crowded portions of the river (довольно большое число новых начальников шлюзов, особенно на наиболее многолюдных/перегруженных участках реки), are excitable, nervous old men, quite unfitted for their post (/легко/ возбудимые, нервные старики, совершенно непригодные для своей должности).

Talking of locks reminds me of an accident George and I very nearly had one summer's morning at Hampton Court (говоря о шлюзах, я вспоминаю об аварии, в которую мы с Джорджем чуть не попали одним летним утром у Хэмптон-Корта).

It was a glorious day, and the lock was crowded (стоял чудесный день, и шлюз был полон); and, as is a common practice up the river (и, как установившаяся практика = как часто бывает на реке), a speculative photographer was taking a picture of us all as we lay upon the rising waters (задумчивый фотограф снимал всех нас, когда мы лежали на поднимающейся воде = поднимались на шлюзе).

conservancy [k*n*s*:v(*)ns*] society [s**sa**t*] speculative [*spekjul*t*v]

* Or rather were. The Conservancy of late seems to have constituted itself into a society for the employment of idiots. A good many of the new lock-keepers, especially in the more crowded portions of the river, are excitable, nervous old men, quite unfitted for their post.

Talking of locks reminds me of an accident George and I very nearly had one summer's morning at Hampton Court.

It was a glorious day, and the lock was crowded; and, as is a common practice up the river, a speculative photographer was taking a picture of us all as we lay upon the rising waters.

I did not catch what was going on at first (сначала я не понял, что происходит), and was, therefore, extremely surprised at noticing George hurriedly smooth out his trousers, ruffle up his hair (и поэтому чрезвычайно удивился, заметив, что Джордж торопливо разглаживает свои брюки, ерошит волосы), and stick his cap on in a rakish manner at the back of his head (и сдвигает небрежно свою фуражку на затылок; to stick on — крепко сидеть /о головном уборе/; наклеивать; rakish — распутный; щегольской; лихой, ухарский; небрежный), and then, assuming an expression of mingled affability and sadness (потом, принимая выражение смешанной приветливости и печали = приветливо-печальное выражение), sit down in a graceful attitude, and try to hide his feet (он сел в изящную позу и постарался спрятать свои ноги).

My first idea was that he had suddenly caught sight of some girl he knew (моей первой мыслью было, что он внезапно увидел какую-нибудь знакомую девушку; to catch sight of), and I looked about to see who it was (и я оглянулся посмотреть, кто это). Everybody in the lock seemed to have been suddenly struck wooden (все, /кто находился/ в шлюзе, словно вдруг окоченели; to strike — ударять/ся/, бить; поражать, производить впечатление; wooden — деревянный). They were all standing or sitting about in the most quaint and curious attitudes I have ever seen off a Japanese fan (все они стояли или сидели в очень странных и необычных позах, какие я видел /только/ на японском веере). All the girls were smiling (все девушки улыбались). Oh, they did look so sweet (они выглядели такими милыми)! And all the fellows were frowning, and looking stern and noble (а все мужчины нахмурились и казались угрюмыми и благородными).

assuming [**sju:m**] Japanese [,**p**ni:z]

I did not catch what was going on at first, and was, therefore, extremely surprised at noticing George hurriedly smooth out his trousers, ruffle up his hair, and stick his cap on in a rakish manner at the back of his head, and then, assuming an expression of mingled affability and sadness, sit down in a graceful attitude, and try to hide his feet.

My first idea was that he had suddenly caught sight of some girl he knew, and I looked about to see who it was. Everybody in the lock seemed to have been suddenly struck wooden. They were all standing or sitting about in the most quaint and curious attitudes I have ever seen off a Japanese fan. All the girls were smiling. Oh, they did look so sweet! And all the fellows were frowning, and looking stern and noble.

And then, at last, the truth flashed across me, and I wondered if I should be in time (и тут наконец истина открылась мне, и я испугался, что опоздаю; to flash — сверкать, вспыхивать; промелькнуть, осенить, прийти в голову; to be in time — быть вовремя, успеть). Ours was the first boat, and it would be unkind of me to spoil the man's picture, I thought (наша лодка была первой, и я подумал, будет невежливо с моей стороны испортить фотографу снимок).

So I faced round quickly, and took up a position in the prow (поэтому я повернулся быстро и занял позицию на носу; to face — стоять лицом к, быть повернутым /в какую-либо сторону/), where I leant with careless grace upon the hitcher, in an attitude suggestive of agility and strength (где оперся с небрежным изяществом на багор, /приняв/ положение, говорившее о ловкости и силе; to lean; suggestive — наводящий на мысли). I arranged my hair with a curl over the forehead (я привел волосы в порядок, спустив один локон на лоб), and threw an air of tender wistfulness into my expression (и придал лицу выражение ласковой задумчивости; tender — мягкий, нежный, спокойный; wistful — тоскующий, задумчивый /о взгляде, улыбке/; мечтательный), mingled with a touch of cynicism, which I am told suits me (смешанной с оттенком цинизма, которое, как говорят, мне идет).

As we stood, waiting for the eventful moment, I heard someone behind call out (пока мы стояли, ожидая важного момента, я услышал, как кто-то сзади крикнул; eventful — полный событий, богатый событиями; чреватый важными последствиями):

"Hi! look at your nose (эй, посмотрите на свой нос)."

agility [****l*t*] forehead [*f*r*d; *f*:hed] cynicism [*s*n*s*zm]

And then, at last, the truth flashed across me, and I wondered if I should be in time. Ours was the first boat, and it would be unkind of me to spoil the man's picture, I thought.

So I faced round quickly, and took up a position in the prow, where I leant with careless grace upon the hitcher, in an attitude suggestive of agility and strength. I arranged my hair with a curl over the forehead, and threw an air of tender wistfulness into my expression, mingled with a touch of cynicism, which I am told suits me.

As we stood, waiting for the eventful moment, I heard someone behind call out:

"Hi! look at your nose."

I could not turn round to see what was the matter (я не мог повернуться, чтобы посмотреть, в чем дело), and whose nose it was that was to be looked at (и на чей нос нужно посмотреть). I stole a side-glance at George's nose (я бросил косой взгляд на нос Джорджа; to steal a look — взглянуть украдкой; side-glance — взгляд искоса, мимоходом)! It was all right — at all events, there was nothing wrong with it that could be altered (с ним все было в порядке — во всяком случае, не было ничего неправильного, что можно было бы изменить = ничего нельзя было изменить). I squinted down at my own, and that seemed all that could be expected also (я покосился на свой собственный, он казался всем, что можно было ожидать = тоже оправдал ожидания).

"Look at your nose, you stupid ass (посмотрите на свой нос, тупой осел)!" came the same voice again, louder (раздался тот же голос снова, громче).

And then another voice cried (затем другой голос крикнул):

"Push your nose out, can't you, you — you two with the dog (вытолкните свой нос, эй вы, двое с собакой)!"

squinted [*skw*nt*d] louder [*laud*]

I could not turn round to see what was the matter, and whose nose it was that was to be looked at. I stole a side-glance at George's nose! It was all right — at all events, there was nothing wrong with it that could be altered. I squinted down at my own, and that seemed all that could be expected also.

"Look at your nose, you stupid ass!" came the same voice again, louder.

And then another voice cried:

"Push your nose out, can't you, you — you two with the dog!"

Neither George nor I dared to turn round (ни Джордж, ни я не осмеливались повернуться). The man's hand was on the cap, and the picture might be taken any moment (рука фотографа была на крышке /объектива/, и снимок мог быть сделан в любую минуту; cap — шляпка, крышка, колпачок; капсюль). Was it us they were calling to (уж не нам ли они кричали)* What was the matter with our noses (что такое случилось с нашими носами)* Why were they to be pushed out (почему их нужно было вытолкнуть)!

But now the whole lock started yelling, and a stentorian voice from the back shouted (но теперь весь шлюз начал кричать, и громкий/зычный голос сзади выкрикнул):

"Look at your boat, sir; you in the red and black caps (посмотрите на свою лодку, сэр; эй, вы, в красно-черных фуражках). It's your two corpses that will get taken in that photo, if you ain't quick (а то ваши два трупа получатся на снимке, если не поторопитесь)."

We looked then, and saw that the nose of our boat had got fixed under the woodwork of the lock (тогда мы посмотрели и увидели, что нос нашей лодки застрял под деревянными частями = сваями шлюза), while the in-coming water was rising all around it, and tilting it up (а прибывающая вода поднималась /вокруг/ и наклоняла лодку; in-coming — поступающий, прибывающий; на подходе). In another moment we should be over (через минуту мы бы перевернулись). Quick as thought, we each seized an oar, and a vigorous blow against the side of the lock with the butt-ends (с быстротой молнии: «быстрые как мысль» мы схватили весло, и сильный удар по боковине шлюза рукоятью) released the boat, and sent us sprawling on our backs (освободил лодку, и мы полетели на спину; to send — посылать; to sprawl — растягивать/ся/, разваливаться; разбрасывать/ся/).

stentorian [sten*t*:r**n] seized [si:zd]

Neither George nor I dared to turn round. The man's hand was on the cap, and the picture might be taken any moment. Was it us they were calling to* What was the matter with our noses* Why were they to be pushed out!

But now the whole lock started yelling, and a stentorian voice from the back shouted:

"Look at your boat, sir; you in the red and black caps. It's your two corpses that will get taken in that photo, if you ain't quick."

We looked then, and saw that the nose of our boat had got fixed under the woodwork of the lock, while the in-coming water was rising all around it, and tilting it up. In another moment we should be over. Quick as thought, we each seized an oar, and a vigorous blow against the side of the lock with the butt-ends released the boat, and sent us sprawling on our backs.

We did not come out well in that photograph, George and I (мы плохо получились на этой фотографии, Джордж и я). Of course, as was to be expected, our luck ordained it (конечно, как и следовало ожидать, наша удача так предопределила = так нам повезло), that the man should set his wretched machine in motion at the precise moment (что фотограф привел в действие свой несчастный аппарат в тот самый момент; to set in motion — приводить в действие, движение; запускать) that we were both lying on our backs with a wild expression of "Where am I* and what is it*" on our faces (когда мы оба лежали на спине с диким выражением «Где я*» и «Что такое*» на лицах = с растерянным и ошеломленным видом), and our four feet waving madly in the air (и неистово болтая /четырьмя/ ногами в воздухе; to wave — развеваться, качаться; размахивать).

Our feet were undoubtedly the leading article in that photograph (наши ноги, несомненно, были главной деталью на той фотографии; leading article — передовица, передовая статья). Indeed, very little else was to be seen (в самом деле, очень мало другого было видно). They filled up the foreground entirely (они полностью заполнили передний план). Behind them, you caught glimpses of the other boats, and bits of the surrounding scenery (за ними можно было разглядеть очертания других лодок и немного: «кусочки» окружающего пейзажа; to catch a glimpse of — увидеть на мгновение, мельком); but everything and everybody else in the lock looked so utterly insignificant and paltry compared with our feet (но все другое в этом шлюзе выглядело настолько незначительно и ничтожно по сравнению с нашими ногами; utterly — весьма, крайне, очень), that all the other people felt quite ashamed of themselves, and refused to subscribe to the picture (что все остальные почувствовали себя совсем пристыженными и отказались приобрести фотографию; to subscribe — жертвовать деньги, подписываться, приобретать по подписке).

machine [m***i:n] scenery [*si:n*r*] paltry [*p*:ltr*]

We did not come out well in that photograph, George and I. Of course, as was to be expected, our luck ordained it, that the man should set his wretched machine in motion at the precise moment that we were both lying on our backs with a wild expression of "Where am I* and what is it*" on our faces, and our four feet waving madly in the air.

Our feet were undoubtedly the leading article in that photograph. Indeed, very little else was to be seen. They filled up the foreground entirely. Behind them, you caught glimpses of the other boats, and bits of the surrounding scenery; but everything and everybody else in the lock looked so utterly insignificant and paltry compared with our feet, that all the other people felt quite ashamed of themselves, and refused to subscribe to the picture.

The owner of one steam launch, who had bespoke six copies (владелец одного из паровых баркасов, который заказал шесть экземпляров; to bespeak — заказывать заранее), rescinded the order on seeing the negative (отменил заказ, увидев негатив). He said he would take them if anybody could show him his launch (сказал, что возьмет их, если кто-нибудь покажет ему его баркас), but nobody could (но никто не смог). It was somewhere behind George's right foot (он был где-то позади правой ноги Джорджа).

There was a good deal of unpleasantness over the business (с этим делом возникло много неприятностей). The photographer thought we ought to take a dozen copies each (фотограф считал, что мы должны взять по дюжине экземпляров каждый), seeing that the photo was about nine-tenths us, but we declined (видя, что снимок на девять десятых /состоит/ из нас, но мы отказались). We said we had no objection to being photo'd full-length (мы сказали, что не возражаем, чтобы нас снимали во весь рост), but we preferred being taken the right way up (но предпочитаем, чтобы нас фотографировали в правильном, вертикальном положении).

rescinded [r**s*nd*d] declined [d**kla*nd]

The owner of one steam launch, who had bespoke six copies, rescinded the order on seeing the negative. He said he would take them if anybody could show him his launch, but nobody could. It was somewhere behind George's right foot.

There was a good deal of unpleasantness over the business. The photographer thought we ought to take a dozen copies each, seeing that the photo was about nine-tenths us, but we declined. We said we had no objection to being photo'd full-length, but we preferred being taken the right way up.

Wallingford, six miles above Streatley, is a very ancient town (Уоллингфорд, /расположенный/ шестью милями выше Стритли, — очень древний город), and has been an active centre for the making of English history (и был активным центром формирования английской истории). It was a rude, mud-built town in the time of the Britons (это был дикий/некультурный, построенный из глины во времена бриттов город), who squatted there, until the Roman legions evicted them (которые обитали там, пока римские легионы не изгнали их; to squat — сидеть на корточках; селиться самовольно на чужой земле); and replaced their clay-baked walls by mighty fortifications, the trace of which Time has not yet succeeded in sweeping away (и не заменили их стены из обожженной глины мощными укреплениями, остатки которых /даже/ Времени до сих пор не удалось уничтожить; to bake — печь/ся/; сушить на солнце; обжигать /кирпичи/; trace — следы, признаки, остатки; to sweep away — смести, уничтожить, смыть), so well those old-world masons knew how to build (настолько хорошо те древние каменщики умели строить).

But Time, though he halted at Roman walls, soon crumbled Romans to dust (но Время, хотя и остановилось перед римскими стенами, вскоре /самих/ римлян обратило в прах; to crumble — крошить/ся/, растереть /в порошок/; разрушать/ся/; dust — пыль; прах, тлен); and on the ground, in later years, fought savage Saxons and huge Danes, until the Normans came (и на этой земле в последующие годы сражались свирепые саксы и огромные датчане, пока не пришли норманны; to fight).

It was a walled and fortified town up to the time of the Parliamentary War (это был обнесенный стеной, укрепленный город вплоть до времени парламентской войны), when it suffered a long and bitter siege from Fairfax (когда он пережил длительную и ожесточенную осаду Ферфаксом; Fairfax — Томас Ферфакс /1612-1671/, английский политический деятель, активный участник Английской революции 17 века). It fell at last, and then the walls were razed (он пал наконец, и затем его стены сровняли с землей; to raze — разрушить до основания, сровнять с землей).

legion [*li:*(*)n] evicted [**v*kt*d] halted [*h*:lt*d] savage [*s*v**] siege [si:*]

Wallingford, six miles above Streatley, is a very ancient town, and has been an active centre for the making of English history. It was a rude, mud-built town in the time of the Britons, who squatted there, until the Roman legions evicted them; and replaced their clay-baked walls by mighty fortifications, the trace of which Time has not yet succeeded in sweeping away, so well those old-world masons knew how to build.

But Time, though he halted at Roman walls, soon crumbled Romans to dust; and on the ground, in later years, fought savage Saxons and huge Danes, until the Normans came.

It was a walled and fortified town up to the time of the Parliamentary War, when it suffered a long and bitter siege from Fairfax. It fell at last, and then the walls were razed.

From Wallingford up to Dorchester the neighbourhood of the river grows more hilly, varied, and picturesque (от Уоллингфорда до Дорчестера окрестности реки становятся более холмистыми, разнообразными и живописными). Dorchester stands half a mile from the river (Дорчестер стоит в полумиле от реки). It can be reached by paddling up the Thames, if you have a small boat (до него можно добраться, поднявшись по Темзе, если у вас маленькая лодка; to paddle — грести байдарочным веслом; плыть на байдарке); but the best way is to leave the river at Day's Lock, and take a walk across the fields (но лучше всего — оставить реку = сойти у шлюза Дэй и прогуляться через поля). Dorchester is a delightfully peaceful old place, nestling in stillness and silence and drowsiness (Дорчестер — чарующе тихое старинное местечко, приютившееся среди спокойствия, тишины и дремоты).

Dorchester, like Wallingford, was a city in ancient British times (Дорчестер, как и Уоллингфорд, был городом во времена античной Британии); it was then called Caer Doren, "the city on the water (его тогда называли Каер Дорен, «город на воде»)." In more recent times the Romans formed a great camp here (позднее римляне создали здесь большой лагерь; recent — недавний, последний; новый, свежий), the fortifications surrounding which now seem like low, even hills (укрепления, окружавшие его, теперь кажутся низкими, ровными холмами). In Saxon days it was the capital of Wessex (во времена саксов он был столицей Уэссекса). It is very old, and it was very strong and great once (он очень древний, а некогда был очень сильным и большим). Now it sits aside from the stirring world, and nods and dreams (теперь он стоит в стороне от шумного мира, дремлет и видит сны; stirring — деятельный, активный, энергичный; to nod — кивать; дремать, клевать носом).

nestling [*nesl**] drowsiness [*drauz*n*s] capital [*k*p*tl]

From Wallingford up to Dorchester the neighbourhood of the river grows more hilly, varied, and picturesque. Dorchester stands half a mile from the river. It can be reached by paddling up the Thames, if you have a small boat; but the best way is to leave the river at Day's Lock, and take a walk across the fields. Dorchester is a delightfully peaceful old place, nestling in stillness and silence and drowsiness.

Dorchester, like Wallingford, was a city in ancient British times; it was then called Caer Doren, "the city on the water." In more recent times the Romans formed a great camp here, the fortifications surrounding which now seem like low, even hills. In Saxon days it was the capital of Wessex. It is very old, and it was very strong and great once. Now it sits aside from the stirring world, and nods and dreams.

Round Clifton Hampden, itself a wonderfully pretty village (в окрестностях Клифтон-Хамдена, чудесной милой деревушки), old-fashioned, peaceful, and dainty with flowers (старомодной, тихой, с изящными цветниками; dainty — изысканный, изящный), the river scenery is rich and beautiful (вид реки красочен и прекрасен; rich — богатый, роскошный; обильный, пышный). If you stay the night on land at Clifton, you cannot do better than put up at the "Barley Mow (если вы /собираетесь/ провести ночь на суше в Клифтоне, вам лучше всего остановиться в «Ячменном стоге»)." It is, without exception, I should say, the quaintest, most old-world inn up the river (это, без исключения, полагаю, самая необычная, самая старинная гостиница на реке). It stands on the right of the bridge, quite away from the village (она стоит справа от моста, довольно далеко от деревни). Its low-pitched gables and thatched roof and latticed windows give it quite a story-book appearance (пологие фронтоны, соломенная крыша и решетчатые окна придают ей весьма сказочный вид; low-pitched — пологий; с низким потолком; story-book — сборник рассказов, сказок), while inside it is even still more once-upon-a-timeyfied (а внутри выглядит еще более старинной; once upon a time — когда-то, давным-давно, однажды /сказочный зачин/).

It would not be a good place for the heroine of a modern novel to stay at (это не было бы подходящим местом, чтобы в нем остановилась героиня современного романа). The heroine of a modern novel is always "divinely tall (она всегда «изумительно высока»; divinely — божественно, изумительно, превосходно)," and she is ever "drawing herself up to her full height (и постоянно «выпрямляется во весь рост»)." At the "Barley Mow" she would bump her head against the ceiling each time she did this (в «Ячменном стоге» она бы ударялась головой о потолок каждый раз при этом).

heroine [*her*u*n] height [ha*t] ceiling [*si:l**]

Round Clifton Hampden, itself a wonderfully pretty village, old-fashioned, peaceful, and dainty with flowers, the river scenery is rich and beautiful. If you stay the night on land at Clifton, you cannot do better than put up at the "Barley Mow." It is, without exception, I should say, the quaintest, most old-world inn up the river. It stands on the right of the bridge, quite away from the village. Its low-pitched gables and thatched roof and latticed windows give it quite a story-book appearance, while inside it is even still more once-upon-a-timeyfied.

It would not be a good place for the heroine of a modern novel to stay at. The heroine of a modern novel is always "divinely tall," and she is ever "drawing herself up to her full height." At the "Barley Mow" she would bump her head against the ceiling each time she did this.

It would also be a bad house for a drunken man to put up at (эта /гостиница/ также была бы плохим домом = не подошла бы для пьяного; to put up at — останавливаться /в гостинице/). There are too many surprises in the way of unexpected steps down into this room and up into that (там слишком много сюрпризов в виде неожиданных ступеней вниз в эту комнату и вверх в ту = по которым приходится то спускаться, то подниматься); and as for getting upstairs to his bedroom, or ever finding his bed when he got up (а что касается того, чтобы подняться в свою спальню или найти кровать, поднявшись), either operation would be an utter impossibility to him (и то и другое действие было бы совершенно невозможным: «крайней невозможностью» для него).

We were up early the next morning, as we wanted to be in Oxford by the afternoon (мы встали рано на следующее утро, поскольку хотели быть в Оксфорде к полудню). It is surprising how early one can get up, when camping out (удивительно, как рано человек может подняться, когда ночует на открытом воздухе). One does not yearn for "just another five minutes" nearly so much (он не стремится так сильно «/вздремнуть/ еще только пять минут»), lying wrapped up in a rug on the boards of a boat (лежа, завернувшись в плед, на досках лодки), with a Gladstone bag for a pillow, as one does in a featherbed (положив вместо подушки саквояж, как /тогда, когда/ лежит в теплой постели; featherbed — перина; feather — перо, оперение). We had finished breakfast, and were through Clifton Lock by half-past eight (мы закончили завтракать и прошли Клифтонский шлюз к половине девятого).

wrap [r*p] featherbed [,fe***bed]

It would also be a bad house for a drunken man to put up at. There are too many surprises in the way of unexpected steps down into this room and up into that; and as for getting upstairs to his bedroom, or ever finding his bed when he got up, either operation would be an utter impossibility to him.

We were up early the next morning, as we wanted to be in Oxford by the afternoon. It is surprising how early one can get up, when camping out. One does not yearn for "just another five minutes" nearly so much, lying wrapped up in a rug on the boards of a boat, with a Gladstone bag for a pillow, as one does in a featherbed. We had finished breakfast, and were through Clifton Lock by half-past eight.

From Clifton to Culham the river banks are flat, monotonous, and uninteresting (от Клифтона до Калэма берега реки ровные, однообразные и неинтересные), but, after you get through Culham Lock — the coldest and deepest lock on the river — the landscape improves (но после того, как пройдешь Калэмский шлюз — самый холодный и глубокий шлюз на реке — пейзаж улучшается).

At Abingdon, the river passes by the streets (в Абингдоне река течет мимо улиц). Abingdon is a typical country town of the smaller order (Абингдон — типичный провинциальный городок меньшего порядка) — quiet, eminently respectable, clean, and desperately dull (тихий, в высшей степени респектабельный, чистый и безнадежно скучный). It prides itself on being old, but whether it can compare in this respect with Wallingford and Dorchester seems doubtful (гордится тем, что он старинный, но может ли он сравниться в этом отношении с Уоллингфордом и Дорчестером, представляется сомнительным = вряд ли он может…). A famous abbey stood here once (известное аббатство было здесь когда-то), and within what is left of its sanctified walls they brew bitter ale nowadays (а в том, что осталось от его священных стен, варят теперь горький эль; nowadays — в наши дни; теперь; в наше время).

eminently [*em*n*ntl*] doubtful [*dautf(*)l] sanctified [*s**kt*fa*d]

From Clifton to Culham the river banks are flat, monotonous, and uninteresting, but, after you get through Culham Lock — the coldest and deepest lock on the river — the landscape improves.

At Abingdon, the river passes by the streets. Abingdon is a typical country town of the smaller order — quiet, eminently respectable, clean, and desperately dull. It prides itself on being old, but whether it can compare in this respect with Wallingford and Dorchester seems doubtful. A famous abbey stood here once, and within what is left of its sanctified walls they brew bitter ale nowadays.

In St. Nicholas Church, at Abingdon, there is a monument to John Blackwall and his wife Jane (в церкви св. Николая в Абингдоне находится памятник Джону Блэкуоллу и его жене Джейн), who both, after leading a happy married life, died on the very same day, August 21, 1625 (которые оба, прожив счастливую семейную жизнь, умерли в один день, 21 августа 1625 года); and in St. Helen's Church, it is recorded that W. Lee, who died in 1637 (а в церкви св. Елены записано, что у У. Ли, который умер в 1637 году), "had in his lifetime issue from his loins two hundred lacking but three (было за всю жизнь отпрысков без трех две сотни; lifetime — продолжительность жизни, целая жизнь; issue — исход, выход; потомство, отпрыски; loins — поясница, чресла; to lack — испытывать недостаток, не хватать)." If you work this out you will find that Mr. W. Lee's family numbered one hundred and ninety-seven (если вы посчитаете, то обнаружите, что семья мистера Ли насчитывала сто девяносто семь /человек/). Mr. W. Lee — five times Mayor of Abingdon — was, no doubt, a benefactor to his generation (мистер Ли — /бывший/ пять раз мэром Абингдона — являлся, несомненно, благодетелем для своего поколения), but I hope there are not many of his kind about in this overcrowded nineteenth century (но я надеюсь, что таких как он немного в этот переполненный/перенаселенный девятнадцатый век).

From Abingdon to Nuneham Courteney is a lovely stretch (от Абингдона до Ньюнэм-Кортни идет восхитительный участок реки). Nuneham Park is well worth a visit (Ньюнэм-Парк стоит посетить). It can be viewed on Tuesdays and Thursdays (его можно осматривать по вторникам и четвергам). The house contains a fine collection of pictures and curiosities, and the grounds are very beautiful (в доме находится прекрасная коллекция картин и редкостей, и сам парк очень красив; grounds — сад, парк при доме; участок вокруг дома).

August [**:**st] benefactor [,ben**f*kt*]

In St. Nicholas Church, at Abingdon, there is a monument to John Blackwall and his wife Jane, who both, after leading a happy married life, died on the very same day, August 21, 1625; and in St. Helen's Church, it is recorded that W. Lee, who died in 1637, "had in his lifetime issue from his loins two hundred lacking but three." If you work this out you will find that Mr. W. Lee's family numbered one hundred and ninety-seven. Mr. W. Lee — five times Mayor of Abingdon — was, no doubt, a benefactor to his generation, but I hope there are not many of his kind about in this overcrowded nineteenth century.

From Abingdon to Nuneham Courteney is a lovely stretch. Nuneham Park is well worth a visit. It can be viewed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The house contains a fine collection of pictures and curiosities, and the grounds are very beautiful.

The pool under Sandford lasher, just behind the lock, is a very good place to drown yourself in (заводь ниже Сэндфордской дамбы, сразу за шлюзом, — отличное место, чтобы утопиться; pool — лужа; пруд, заводь, запруда; lasher — водослив, дамба, запруда, плотина). The undercurrent is terribly strong, and if you once get down into it you are all right (подводное течение страшно сильное, и если только попадешь в него — все в порядке). An obelisk marks the spot where two men have already been drowned, while bathing there (обелиск отмечает место, где уже утонули двое во время купания); and the steps of the obelisk are generally used as a diving-board by young men now who wish to see if the place really is dangerous (и ступени обелиска обычно используются в качестве трамплина для прыжков в воду молодыми людьми, которые хотят убедиться, действительно ли опасно это место).

Iffley Lock and Mill, a mile before you reach Oxford (шлюз и мельница Иффли, не доезжая мили до Оксфорда), is a favourite subject with the river-loving brethren of the brush (излюбленный сюжет реколюбивой братии кисти = пишущей речные пейзажи братии). The real article, however, is rather disappointing, after the pictures (однако настоящий предмет довольно разочаровывающий по сравнению с картинами = в жизни выглядит хуже, чем на картине). Few things, I have noticed, come quite up to the pictures of them, in this world (немногие вещи в этом мире, я заметил, соответствуют своим изображениям/стоят на том же /высоком/ уровне, что их изображения; to come up to — доходить до; достигать уровня, соответствовать).

We passed through Iffley Lock at about half-past twelve (мы прошли шлюз Иффли примерно в полпервого), and then, having tidied up the boat and made all ready for landing, we set to work on our last mile (затем, убрав лодку и полностью подготовившись к высадке, мы принялись за дело на нашей последней миле = налегли на весла, чтобы пройти последнюю милю).

obelisk [**b*l*sk] brethren [*bre*r*n]

The pool under Sandford lasher, just behind the lock, is a very good place to drown yourself in. The undercurrent is terribly strong, and if you once get down into it you are all right. An obelisk marks the spot where two men have already been drowned, while bathing there; and the steps of the obelisk are generally used as a diving-board by young men now who wish to see if the place really is dangerous.

Iffley Lock and Mill, a mile before you reach Oxford, is a favourite subject with the river-loving brethren of the brush. The real article, however, is rather disappointing, after the pictures. Few things, I have noticed, come quite up to the pictures of them, in this world.

We passed through Iffley Lock at about half-past twelve, and then, having tidied up the boat and made all ready for landing, we set to work on our last mile.

Between Iffley and Oxford is the most difficult bit of the river I know (между Иффли и Оксфордом расположен самый трудный участок реки, /который/ я знаю). You want to be born on that bit of water, to understand it (необходимо родиться на этом участке, чтобы понять его). I have been over it a fairish number of times, but I have never been able to get the hang of it (я проходил его изрядное число раз, но так и не постиг; to get the hang of — раскусить, понять, освоиться). The man who could row a straight course from Oxford to Iffley ought to be able to live comfortably, under one roof (человек, который сумел бы пройти на веслах прямым курсом из Оксфорда в Иффли, наверное, мог бы жить уютно = ужиться), with his wife, his mother-in-law (со своей женой, с тещей), his elder sister, and the old servant who was in the family when he was a baby (старшей сестрой и старой служанкой, которая была в семье, когда он был маленьким ребенком).

First the current drives you on to the right bank, and then on to the left (сначала течение несет вас к правому берегу, потом к левому), then it takes you out into the middle, turns you round three times (затем выносит на середину, поворачивает три раза), and carries you up stream again, and always ends by trying to smash you up against a college barge (и несет снова вверх по реке, все время заканчивает тем, что пытается разбить вас о какую-нибудь университетскую баржу).

Of course, as a consequence of this, we got in the way of a good many other boats, during the mile (конечно, в результате этого мы помешали порядочному числу других лодок на протяжении этой мили), and they in ours, and, of course, as a consequence of that, a good deal of bad language occurred (а они — нашей лодке, и, конечно, вследствие этого много скверных слов было сказано; to occur — происходить, случаться).

servant [*s*:v(*)nt] consequence [*k*ns*kw*ns]

Between Iffley and Oxford is the most difficult bit of the river I know. You want to be born on that bit of water, to understand it. I have been over it a fairish number of times, but I have never been able to get the hang of it. The man who could row a straight course from Oxford to Iffley ought to be able to live comfortably, under one roof, with his wife, his mother-in-law, his elder sister, and the old servant who was in the family when he was a baby.

First the current drives you on to the right bank, and then on to the left, then it takes you out into the middle, turns you round three times, and carries you up stream again, and always ends by trying to smash you up against a college barge.

Of course, as a consequence of this, we got in the way of a good many other boats, during the mile, and they in ours, and, of course, as a consequence of that, a good deal of bad language occurred.

I don't know why it should be, but everybody is always so exceptionally irritable on the river (не знаю почему, но все всегда крайне раздражительны на реке; exceptionally — исключительно, очень). Little mishaps, that you would hardly notice on dry land (мелкие неприятности, которые вы вряд ли бы заметили на суше; mishap — несчастье, неудача; несчастный случай, поломка), drive you nearly frantic with rage, when they occur on the water (доводят вас чуть ли не до бешенства, когда случаются на воде; frantic — безумный, неистовый, яростный; rage — ярость, гнев, бешенство). When Harris or George makes an ass of himself on dry land, I smile indulgently (когда Гаррис или Джордж валяют дурака: «делают осла из себя» на суше, я улыбаюсь снисходительно); when they behave in a chuckle-head way on the river (когда они ведут себя как болваны на реке), I use the most blood-curdling language to them (я употребляю самые ужасные, леденящие кровь слова по отношению к ним; to curdle — свертываться /о крови, молоке/). When another boat gets in my way, I feel I want to take an oar and kill all the people in it (когда другая лодка мешает мне пройти, я хочу взять весло и убить всех людей в ней).

The mildest-tempered people, when on land, become violent and blood-thirsty when in a boat (самые кроткие на суше люди становятся жестокими и кровожадными, оказавшись в лодке). I did a little boating once with a young lady (я катался на лодке как-то раз с одной барышней). She was naturally of the sweetest and gentlest disposition imaginable (она была по природе самого милого и кроткого нрава, /какой только можно/ представить; disposition — расположение; характер, нрав; imaginable — вообразимый, мыслимый), but on the river it was quite awful to hear her (но на реке было весьма страшно слушать ее).

irritable [**r*t*b(*)l] indulgently [*n*d*l*(*)ntl*] awful [**:ful]

I don't know why it should be, but everybody is always so exceptionally irritable on the river. Little mishaps, that you would hardly notice on dry land, drive you nearly frantic with rage, when they occur on the water. When Harris or George makes an ass of himself on dry land, I smile indulgently; when they behave in a chuckle-head way on the river, I use the most blood-curdling language to them. When another boat gets in my way, I feel I want to take an oar and kill all the people in it.

The mildest-tempered people, when on land, become violent and blood-thirsty when in a boat. I did a little boating once with a young lady. She was naturally of the sweetest and gentlest disposition imaginable, but on the river it was quite awful to hear her.

"Oh, drat the man (черт бы его побрал)!" she would exclaim, when some unfortunate sculler would get in her way (восклицала она, когда какой-нибудь несчастный гребец вставал у нее на пути); "why don't he look where he's going (чего он не смотрит, куда плывет)*"

And, "Oh, bother the silly old thing (тьфу ты, вот старая дрянь: «глупая старая вещь»; bother — беспокойство, хлопоты; тьфу ты! /выражает досаду, раздражение/)!" she would say indignantly, when the sail would not go up properly (говорила она негодующе, когда парус не поднимался как следует). And she would catch hold of it, and shake it quite brutally (и она хватала его и трясла довольно жестоко).

Yet, as I have said, when on shore she was kind-hearted and amiable enough (однако, как я сказал, на берегу она была достаточно добросердечной и дружелюбной).

The air of the river has a demoralising effect upon one's temper (речной воздух имеет дурное влияние на характер), and this it is, I suppose, which causes even bargemen to be sometimes rude to one another (и именно это, полагаю, заставляет даже барочников быть иногда грубыми друг с другом; to cause — являться причиной, обусловливать; заставлять), and to use language which, no doubt, in their calmer moments they regret (и использовать выражения, о которых, несомненно, в более спокойные минуты они жалеют).

brutally [*bru:t(*)l*] amiable [*e*m**bl]

"Oh, drat the man!" she would exclaim, when some unfortunate sculler would get in her way; "why don't he look where he's going*"

And, "Oh, bother the silly old thing!" she would say indignantly, when the sail would not go up properly. And she would catch hold of it, and shake it quite brutally.

Yet, as I have said, when on shore she was kind-hearted and amiable enough.

The air of the river has a demoralising effect upon one's temper, and this it is, I suppose, which causes even bargemen to be sometimes rude to one another, and to use language which, no doubt, in their calmer moments they regret.

CHAPTER XIX

(глава девятнадцатая)

Oxford. — Montmorency's idea of Heaven (представление Монморенси о небесах). — The hired up-river boat, its beauties and advantages (взятая напрокат лодка, ее прелести и преимущества; to hire — нанимать, брать напрокат). — The "Pride of the Thames (Гордость Темзы)." — The weather changes (погода меняется). — The river under different aspects (река в разных видах; aspect — сторона, подход; /внешний/ вид). — Not a cheerful evening (невеселый вечер). — Yearnings for the unattainable (тоска по недостижимому). — The cheery chat goes round (происходит веселый/оживленный разговор). — George performs upon the banjo (Джордж играет на банджо). — A mournful melody (унылая мелодия). — Another wet day (еще один дождливый день). — Flight (бегство; flight — полет, побег). — A little supper and a toast (легкий: «небольшой» ужин и тост).

Oxford. — Montmorency's idea of Heaven. — The hired up-river boat, its beauties and advantages. — The "Pride of the Thames." — The weather changes. — The river under different aspects. — Not a cheerful evening. — Yearnings for the unattainable. — The cheery chat goes round. — George performs upon the banjo. — A mournful melody. — Another wet day. — Flight. — A little supper and a toast.

WE spent two very pleasant days at Oxford (мы провели два очень приятных дня в Оксфорде). There are plenty of dogs in the town of Oxford (в городе Оксфорде множество собак). Montmorency had eleven fights on the first day, and fourteen on the second (у Монморенси было одиннадцать драк в первый день и четырнадцать — во второй), and evidently thought he had got to heaven (и он, очевидно, подумал, что попал на небеса).

aspect [**spekt] evidently [*ev*d(*)ntl*]

WE spent two very pleasant days at Oxford. There are plenty of dogs in the town of Oxford. Montmorency had eleven fights on the first day, and fourteen on the second, and evidently thought he had got to heaven.

Among folk too constitutionally weak, or too constitutionally lazy, whichever it may be, to relish up-stream work (среди людей, по телосложению слабых или ленивых по характеру, что бы это ни было = неважно, чтобы наслаждаться /греблей/; constitutionally — в соответствии со строением тела, сообразно телосложению; сообразно складу ума, характера; от природы; to relish — получать удовольствие, наслаждаться), it is a common practice to get a boat at Oxford, and row down (обычной практикой является нанять лодку в Оксфорде и грести вниз по течению). For the energetic, however, the up-stream journey is certainly to be preferred (однако для энергичных /людей/ путешествие вверх по реке несомненно предпочтительнее). It does not seem good to be always going with the current (нехорошо всегда плыть по течению). There is more satisfaction in squaring one's back, and fighting against it (больше удовлетворения /получаешь/, распрямляя спину, борясь с ним), and winning one's way forward in spite of it (и пробивая себе дорогу вперед, несмотря на него; to win one's way — пробить себе дорогу; добиться успеха; in spite of — несмотря на, вопреки, наперекор) — at least, so I feel, when Harris and George are sculling and I am steering (по крайней мере, я так считаю, когда Гаррис с Джорджем гребут, а я правлю рулем).

To those who do contemplate making Oxford their starting-place, I would say, take your own boat (тем, кто намеревается сделать Оксфорд своим отправным пунктом, я бы посоветовал взять свою собственную лодку; to contemplate — разглядывать; обдумывать; намереваться, полагать) — unless, of course, you can take someone else's without any possible danger of being found out (если, конечно, вы не можете взять чью-нибудь еще без возможного риска, что вас разоблачат; to find out — /раз/узнать, выяснить; понять; раскрыть /обман, тайну/). The boats that, as a rule, are let for hire on the Thames above Marlow, are very good boats (лодки, которые, как правило, сдаются напрокат на Темзе выше Марлоу, — очень хорошие лодки). They are fairly water-tight (они довольно водонепроницаемы); and so long as they are handled with care (и если с ними обращаться осторожно; as long as — поскольку, пока, при условии), they rarely come to pieces, or sink (они редко разваливаются на куски или тонут). There are places in them to sit down on, and they are complete with all the necessary arrangements — or nearly all (в них есть места для сидения/есть на чем сидеть, и они снабжены всеми необходимыми приспособлениями —или почти всеми) — to enable you to row them and steer them (чтобы дать вам возможность грести и править рулем).

energetic [,en***et*k] necessary [*nes*s(*)r*] enable [**ne*bl]

Among folk too constitutionally weak, or too constitutionally lazy, whichever it may be, to relish up-stream work, it is a common practice to get a boat at Oxford, and row down. For the energetic, however, the up-stream journey is certainly to be preferred. It does not seem good to be always going with the current. There is more satisfaction in squaring one's back, and fighting against it, and winning one's way forward in spite of it — at least, so I feel, when Harris and George are sculling and I am steering.

To those who do contemplate making Oxford their starting-place, I would say, take your own boat — unless, of course, you can take someone else's without any possible danger of being found out. The boats that, as a rule, are let for hire on the Thames above Marlow, are very good boats. They are fairly water-tight; and so long as they are handled with care, they rarely come to pieces, or sink. There are places in them to sit down on, and they are complete with all the necessary arrangements — or nearly all — to enable you to row them and steer them.

But they are not ornamental (но они не служат украшением /реки/; ornamental — декоративный, служащий украшением, орнаментальный). The boat you hire up the river above Marlow is not the sort of boat in which you can flash about and give yourself airs (лодка, которую вы нанимаете на реке выше Марлоу, это не тот тип лодки, в которой можно красоваться и важничать). The hired up-river boat very soon puts a stop to any nonsense of that sort on the part of its occupants (взятая напрокат лодка очень быстро прекращает всякую подобную ерунду со стороны своих пассажиров; occupant — житель, обитатель; арендатор). That is its chief — one may say, its only recommendation (это ее главное — можно сказать, единственное достоинство; recommendation — рекомендация; положительный отзыв, сильная сторона).

The man in the hired up-river boat is modest and retiring (человек во взятой напрокат лодке — скромен и застенчив). He likes to keep on the shady side, underneath the trees (он предпочитает держаться на тенистой стороне, под деревьями), and to do most of his travelling early in the morning or late at night (и совершать большую часть своего путешествия рано утром или поздно вечером), when there are not many people about on the river to look at him (когда немного людей на реке могут увидеть его).

When the man in the hired up-river boat sees anyone he knows (когда человек во взятой напрокат лодке видит какого-нибудь знакомого: «кого-нибудь, кого знает»), he gets out on to the bank, and hides behind a tree (он выходит на берег и прячется за дерево).

ornamental [,*:n**ment(*)l] occupant [**kjup*nt]

But they are not ornamental. The boat you hire up the river above Marlow is not the sort of boat in which you can flash about and give yourself airs. The hired up-river boat very soon puts a stop to any nonsense of that sort on the part of its occupants. That is its chief — one may say, its only recommendation.

The man in the hired up-river boat is modest and retiring. He likes to keep on the shady side, underneath the trees, and to do most of his travelling early in the morning or late at night, when there are not many people about on the river to look at him.

When the man in the hired up-river boat sees anyone he knows, he gets out on to the bank, and hides behind a tree.

I was one of a party who hired an up-river boat one summer, for a few days' trip (я был в одной компании, которая взяла напрокат лодку как-то летом для поездки на несколько дней). We had none of us ever seen the hired up-river boat before (никто из нас никогда прежде не видел наемной лодки); and we did not know what it was when we did see it (и мы не поняли, что это такое, когда увидели ее).

We had written for a boat — a double sculling skiff (мы заказали письменно лодку — четырехвесельный ялик; to write for — быть корреспондентом; выписать, сделать письменный заказ; skiff — скиф; ялик /небольшая двух- или четырехвесельная лодка/); and when we went down with our bags to the yard, and gave our names, the man said (а когда мы пришли с чемоданами на лодочную станцию и назвали наши имена/назвались, лодочник сказал):

"Oh, yes; you're the party that wrote for a double sculling skiff (вы та компания, что заказала четырехвесельный ялик). It's all right (хорошо). Jim, fetch round The Pride of the Thames (Джим, приведи сюда «Гордость Темзы»; to fetch — принести, сходить за; to fetch round — приводить домой или на установленное место)."

The boy went, and re-appeared five minutes afterwards, struggling with an antediluvian chunk of wood (мальчик ушел и появился вновь через пять минут, таща с трудом какой-то допотопный деревянный чурбан; to struggle — бороться, биться; стараться изо всех сил), that looked as though it had been recently dug out of somewhere (который выглядел так, будто его недавно выкопали откуда-то; to dig out), and dug out carelessly, so as to have been unnecessarily damaged in the process (и выкопали неосторожно, так, что сильно повредили при этом; unnecessarily — чрезмерно, излишне).

antediluvian [,*nt*d**lu:v**n] recently [*ri:s(*)ntl*]

I was one of a party who hired an up-river boat one summer, for a few days' trip. We had none of us ever seen the hired up-river boat before; and we did not know what it was when we did see it.

We had written for a boat — a double sculling skiff; and when we went down with our bags to the yard, and gave our names, the man said:

"Oh, yes; you're the party that wrote for a double sculling skiff. It's all right. Jim, fetch round The Pride of the Thames."

The boy went, and re-appeared five minutes afterwards, struggling with an antediluvian chunk of wood, that looked as though it had been recently dug out of somewhere, and dug out carelessly, so as to have been unnecessarily damaged in the process.

My own idea, on first catching sight of the object, was that it was a Roman relic of some sort (моя мысль = я подумал, когда впервые увидел эту вещь, что это какие-то римские остатки; relic — след, остаток, пережиток; реликт), — relic of what I do not know, possibly of a coffin (остатки чего — не знаю, возможно, гроба).

The neighbourhood of the upper Thames is rich in Roman relics (местность верхней Темзы богата римскими древностями), and my surmise seemed to me a very probable one (и мое предположение казалось мне очень возможным); but our serious young man, who is a bit of a geologist, pooh-poohed my Roman relic theory (но серьезный молодой человек, который немного геолог/кое-что смыслит в геологии, отнесся небрежно к моей теории римских древностей), and said it was clear to the meanest intellect (in which category he seemed to be grieved that he could not conscientiously include mine) (сказал, что самому посредственному уму ясно /в разряд которых он явно был опечален, что не может добросовестно включить мой) that the thing the boy had found was the fossil of a whale (что предмет, который нашел мальчик, — окаменелые останки кита; fossil — ископаемое, окаменелость); and he pointed out to us various evidences proving that it must have belonged to the preglacial period (и он обратил наше внимание на разнообразные признаки, доказывающие, что это относилось к доледниковому периоду; evidence — ясность, основание; знак, признак; свидетельство, доказательство).

relic [*rel*k] surmise [s**ma*z] conscientiously [,k*n***en**sl*] fossil [f*sl] preglacial [,pri:**le**(*)l]

My own idea, on first catching sight of the object, was that it was a Roman relic of some sort, — relic of what I do not know, possibly of a coffin.

The neighbourhood of the upper Thames is rich in Roman relics, and my surmise seemed to me a very probable one; but our serious young man, who is a bit of a geologist, pooh-poohed my Roman relic theory, and said it was clear to the meanest intellect (in which category he seemed to be grieved that he could not conscientiously include mine) that the thing the boy had found was the fossil of a whale; and he pointed out to us various evidences proving that it must have belonged to the preglacial period.

To settle the dispute, we appealed to the boy (чтобы разрешить спор, мы обратились к мальчику). We told him not to be afraid, but to speak the plain truth (сказали ему не бояться и сказать нам чистую правду): Was it the fossil of a pre-Adamite whale, or was it an early Roman coffin (было ли это ископаемыми останками доисторического кита или древнеримским гробом; Adamite — потомок Адама, человек)*

The boy said it was The Pride of the Thames (мальчик сказал, что это «Гордость Темзы»).

We thought this a very humorous answer on the part of the boy at first (сначала мы сочли это очень забавным ответом /со стороны/ мальчика), and somebody gave him twopence as a reward for his ready wit (и кто-то дал ему два пенса в качестве награды за его остроумие; ready — готовый; легкий, быстрый; wit — остроумие, ум); but when he persisted in keeping up the joke, as we thought, too long, we got vexed with him (но когда он упорно продолжал повторять эту шутку, то он начал раздражать нас; to keep up — поддерживать; продолжать; to vex — досаждать, раздражать).

"Come, come, my lad (ну, ну, мой мальчик)!" said our captain sharply (сказал резко наш капитан), "don't let us have any nonsense (довольно глупостей). You take your mother's washing-tub home again, and bring us a boat (унеси корыто своей мамы обратно домой и приведи нам лодку; tub — кадка, бадья; бочонок, бочка)."

reward [r**w*:d] captain [*k*pt*n]

To settle the dispute, we appealed to the boy. We told him not to be afraid, but to speak the plain truth: Was it the fossil of a pre-Adamite whale, or was it an early Roman coffin*

The boy said it was The Pride of the Thames.

We thought this a very humorous answer on the part of the boy at first, and somebody gave him twopence as a reward for his ready wit; but when he persisted in keeping up the joke, as we thought, too long, we got vexed with him.

"Come, come, my lad!" said our captain sharply, "don't let us have any nonsense. You take your mother's washing-tub home again, and bring us a boat."

The boat-builder himself came up then (тогда подошел сам человек, построивший лодку; builder — строитель; изготовитель; плотник), and assured us, on his word, as a practical man, that the thing really was a boat (и заверил нас честным словом как специалист, что эта вещь — действительно лодка; upon my word — честное слово; practical man — практик) — was, in fact, the boat, the "double sculling skiff" selected to take us on our trip down the river (более того, та самая лодка, четырехвесельный ялик, выбранный для нашего путешествия вниз по реке).

We grumbled a good deal (мы много = долго ворчали). We thought he might, at least, have had it whitewashed or tarred (сказали, что он мог бы, по крайней мере, выбелить или просмолить ее; tar — смола, деготь) — had something done to it to distinguish it from a bit of a wreck (хоть что-нибудь сделать с ней, чтобы /можно было/ отличить ее от обломка затонувшего судна); but he could not see any fault in it (но он не видел в ней никаких недостатков).

He even seemed offended at our remarks (казалось, он даже обиделся на наши замечания). He said he had picked us out the best boat in all his stock (сказал, что выбрал для нас лучшую лодку из всех; stock — совокупность объектов: род, семья; запас, ассортимент /товаров/; парк /вагонов и т. д./), and he thought we might have been more grateful (и полагает, что мы могли бы быть более признательны/благодарны).

distinguish [d*s*t***w**] fault [f*:lt] offended [**fend*d]

The boat-builder himself came up then, and assured us, on his word, as a practical man, that the thing really was a boat — was, in fact, the boat, the "double sculling skiff" selected to take us on our trip down the river.

We grumbled a good deal. We thought he might, at least, have had it whitewashed or tarred — had something done to it to distinguish it from a bit of a wreck; but he could not see any fault in it.

He even seemed offended at our remarks. He said he had picked us out the best boat in all his stock, and he thought we might have been more grateful.

He said it, The Pride of the Thames, had been in use, just as it now stood (or rather as it now hung together) (он сказал, «Гордость Темзы» используется, в том самом /виде/, в каком она стоит сейчас /или, скорее, держится на воде/), for the last forty years, to his knowledge (последние сорок лет, насколько ему известно; to hang together — держаться сплоченно, поддерживать друг друга), and nobody had complained of it before, and he did not see why we should be the first to begin (и никто не жаловался на нее раньше, и он не понимает, почему это мы первые начали).

We argued no more (мы больше не спорили).

We fastened the so-called boat together with some pieces of string (мы связали так называемую лодку веревкой), got a bit of wall-paper and pasted over the shabbier places (достали кусок обоев и заклеили самые позорные места; shabby — поношенный; потрепанный, протертый /об одежде, мебели и т. п./; убогий, захудалый), said our prayers, and stepped on board (прочитали молитвы и ступили на борт).

They charged us thirty-five shillings for the loan of the remnant for six days (с нас взяли тридцать пять шиллингов за прокат этого ископаемого в течение шести дней; loan — заем, ссуда; что-либо, данное для временного пользования; remnant — остатки; след, пережитки); and we could have bought the thing out-and-out for four-and-sixpence at any sale of drift-wood round the coast (мы могли бы купить его целиком за четыре /шиллинга/ шесть пенсов на любой распродаже леса на берегу; to buy; out-and-out — несомненно, полностью, совершенно; drift-wood — сплавной лес; лес, прибитый к берегу).

fastened [*f*:s(*)nd] remnant [*remn*nt]

He said it, The Pride of the Thames, had been in use, just as it now stood (or rather as it now hung together), for the last forty years, to his knowledge, and nobody had complained of it before, and he did not see why we should be the first to begin.

We argued no more.

We fastened the so-called boat together with some pieces of string, got a bit of wall-paper and pasted over the shabbier places, said our prayers, and stepped on board.

They charged us thirty-five shillings for the loan of the remnant for six days; and we could have bought the thing out-and-out for four-and-sixpence at any sale of drift-wood round the coast.

The weather changed on the third day (погода переменилась на третий день), — Oh! I am talking about our present trip now (я говорю теперь о нашем теперешнем путешествии), — and we started from Oxford upon our homeward journey in the midst of a steady drizzle (и мы отправились из Оксфорда в обратный путь среди постоянного мелкого дождя = сопровождаемые постоянным мелким дождем; homeward — ведущий, идущий к дому; обратный).

The river — with the sunlight flashing from its dancing wavelets (река — когда солнечный свет отражается от ее танцующих волн; wavelet — небольшая волна, рябь), gilding gold the grey-green beech-trunks (золотит серо-зеленые стволы буков), glinting through the dark, cool wood paths (сверкая, бродит темными прохладными лесными тропинками), chasing shadows o'er the shallows (разгоняет тени над отмелью; to chase — гнаться, преследовать; выгонять, разгонять), flinging diamonds from the mill-wheels (бросает алмазы с мельничных колес), throwing kisses to the lilies (поцелуи посылает: «кидает» лилиям), wantoning with the weirs' white waters (резвится в вспененной воде плотин), silvering moss-grown walls and bridges (серебрит поросшие мхом стены и мосты), brightening every tiny townlet (озаряет каждый крохотный городок), making sweet each lane and meadow (делает очаровательными все дорожки и луга), lying tangled in the rushes (лежит спутанный в камышах = переплетается с камышами), peeping, laughing, from each inlet (выглядывает, смеясь, из каждой бухты), gleaming gay on many a far sail (весело блестит на дальнем парусе), making soft the air with glory (сиянием смягчает воздух; glory — триумф, великолепие; сияние, ореол) — is a golden fairy stream (золотистый сказочный поток).

meadow [*med*u] laughing [*l*:f**]

The weather changed on the third day, — Oh! I am talking about our present trip now, — and we started from Oxford upon our homeward journey in the midst of a steady drizzle.

The river — with the sunlight flashing from its dancing wavelets, gilding gold the grey-green beech-trunks, glinting through the dark, cool wood paths, chasing shadows o'er the shallows, flinging diamonds from the mill-wheels, throwing kisses to the lilies, wantoning with the weirs' white waters, silvering moss-grown walls and bridges, brightening every tiny townlet, making sweet each lane and meadow, lying tangled in the rushes, peeping, laughing, from each inlet, gleaming gay on many a far sail, making soft the air with glory — is a golden fairy stream.

But the river — chill and weary (но река — холодная и усталая), with the ceaseless rain-drops falling on its brown and sluggish waters (когда непрерывные капли дождя падают на ее хмурые медленные воды; brown — коричневый, бурый; хмурый, темный), with a sound as of a woman, weeping low in some dark chamber (с таким звуком, будто женщина плачет тихо в темной комнате); while the woods, all dark and silent, shrouded in their mists of vapour (а лес = деревья, мрачные и безмолвные, укрытые клубами сырого тумана; mist — легкий туман, мгла; vapour — пар; пары; испарения), stand like ghosts upon the margin (стоят словно призраки на берегу); silent ghosts with eyes reproachful (бесшумные привидения с укоризненным взглядом), like the ghosts of evil actions (словно призраки злых деяний; actions — действия, деятельность, поведение), like the ghosts of friends neglected (забытых друзей; to neglect — пренебрегать, игнорировать; забрасывать) — is a spirit-haunted water through the land of vain regrets (населенная духами река, /текущая/ по земле тщетных сожалений; land — земля, суша; страна, царство).

Sunlight is the life-blood of Nature (солнечный свет — это кровь Природы; life-blood — кровь; источник жизненной силы). Mother Earth looks at us with such dull, soulless eyes (Мать-Земля смотрит на нас таким безрадостным, бездушным взглядом), when the sunlight has died away from out of her (когда солнечный свет покидает ее; to die away — увядать; замирать /о звуке/). It makes us sad to be with her then (нам становится тогда грустно с ней); she does not seem to know us or to care for us (кажется, она не знает нас и не любит; to care for — заботится о, любить, питать интерес к). She is as a widow who has lost the husband she loved (она — словно вдова, потерявшая мужа, которого любила; to lose), and her children touch her hand, and look up into her eyes, but gain no smile from her (ее дети касаются ее руки и заглядывают ей в глаза, но не получают от нее ни единой улыбки).

ceaseless [*si:sl*s] vapour [*ve*p*] haunted [*h*:nt*d]

But the river — chill and weary, with the ceaseless rain-drops falling on its brown and sluggish waters, with a sound as of a woman, weeping low in some dark chamber; while the woods, all dark and silent, shrouded in their mists of vapour, stand like ghosts upon the margin; silent ghosts with eyes reproachful, like the ghosts of evil actions, like the ghosts of friends neglected — is a spirit-haunted water through the land of vain regrets.

Sunlight is the life-blood of Nature. Mother Earth looks at us with such dull, soulless eyes, when the sunlight has died away from out of her. It makes us sad to be with her then; she does not seem to know us or to care for us. She is as a widow who has lost the husband she loved, and her children touch her hand, and look up into her eyes, but gain no smile from her.

We rowed on all that day through the rain, and very melancholy work it was (мы продолжали грести весь день под дождем: «сквозь, через дождь», и это было очень тоскливым занятием). We pretended, at first, that we enjoyed it (мы делали вид сначала, что наслаждаемся им). We said it was a change, and that we liked to see the river under all its different aspects (мы говорили, что это перемена, и что нам нравится наблюдать реку во всех ее различных видах). We said we could not expect to have it all sunshine, nor should we wish it (говорили, что не можем = нельзя рассчитывать, что всегда будет солнечная погода, да мы бы и не хотели). We told each other that Nature was beautiful, even in her tears (мы говорили друг другу, что Природа прекрасна, даже в слезах).

Indeed, Harris and I were quite enthusiastic about the business, for the first few hours (и действительно, мы с Гаррисом были прямо в восторге первые несколько часов). And we sang a song about a gipsy's life, and how delightful a gipsy's existence was (и мы пели песню о цыганской жизни, о том, как она восхитительна; to sing; existence — существование, жизнь)! — free to storm and sunshine, and to every wind that blew (свободна к = открыта и буре, и хорошей погоде, и каждому ветру, который дует; to blow)! — and how he enjoyed the rain, and what a lot of good it did him (и как он наслаждается дождем, и сколько пользы дождь ему приносит); and how he laughed at people who didn't like it (как он смеется над людьми, которые не любит дождя).

George took the fun more soberly, and stuck to the umbrella (Джордж радовался сдержаннее и не выпускал из рук зонтика; to stick to — придерживаться, стараться сохранить; быть верным чему-либо).

enthusiastic [*n,Oju:z***st*k] gipsy [***ps*]

We rowed on all that day through the rain, and very melancholy work it was. We pretended, at first, that we enjoyed it. We said it was a change, and that we liked to see the river under all its different aspects. We said we could not expect to have it all sunshine, nor should we wish it. We told each other that Nature was beautiful, even in her tears.

Indeed, Harris and I were quite enthusiastic about the business, for the first few hours. And we sang a song about a gipsy's life, and how delightful a gipsy's existence was! — free to storm and sunshine, and to every wind that blew! — and how he enjoyed the rain, and what a lot of good it did him; and how he laughed at people who didn't like it.

George took the fun more soberly, and stuck to the umbrella.

We hoisted the cover before we had lunch, and kept it up all the afternoon (мы подняли брезент, прежде чем позавтракать, и не опускали его: «держали поднятым» весь день; cover — крышка, футляр, чехол, покров), just leaving a little space in the bow, from which one of us could paddle and keep a look-out (оставив лишь небольшой промежуток на носу, через который один из нас мог грести и нести вахту; look-out — наблюдение, видимость; вахта). In this way we made nine miles, and pulled up for the night a little below Day's Lock (таким образом мы прошли девять миль и остановились на ночь немного ниже Дэйского шлюза).

I cannot honestly say that we had a merry evening (не могу честно сказать, что мы провели веселый вечер). The rain poured down with quiet persistency (дождь лил с тихим упорством). Everything in the boat was damp and clammy (все в лодке было сырым и холодным; clammy — клейкий, липкий; холодный и влажный на ощупь). Supper was not a success (ужин не удался: «не был успехом»). Cold veal pie, when you don't feel hungry, is apt to cloy (холодный пирог с телятиной, когда вы не голодны, быстро надоедает; to be apt to — иметь тенденцию, быть склонным к; to cloy — пресыщать). I felt I wanted whitebait and a cutlet (я чувствовал, что хочу = мне хотелось рыбы и котлет; whitebait — малек, мелкая рыба; снеток); Harris babbled of soles and white-sauce, and passed the remains of his pie to Montmorency (Гаррис пробормотал что-то о камбале с белым соусом и отдал остатки своего пирога Монморенси; sole — подошва, подметка; морской язык, камбала, палтус), who declined it, and, apparently insulted by the offer (который отказался от него и, видимо, оскорбленный этим предложением), went and sat over at the other end of the boat by himself (ушел на другой конец лодки и сел /там/ один).

honestly [**n*stl*] sauce [s*:s] insulted [*n*s*lt]

We hoisted the cover before we had lunch, and kept it up all the afternoon, just leaving a little space in the bow, from which one of us could paddle and keep a look-out. In this way we made nine miles, and pulled up for the night a little below Day's Lock.

I cannot honestly say that we had a merry evening. The rain poured down with quiet persistency. Everything in the boat was damp and clammy. Supper was not a success. Cold veal pie, when you don't feel hungry, is apt to cloy. I felt I wanted whitebait and a cutlet; Harris babbled of soles and white-sauce, and passed the remains of his pie to Montmorency, who declined it, and, apparently insulted by the offer, went and sat over at the other end of the boat by himself.

George requested that we would not talk about these things (Джордж попросил нас не говорить об этих вещах), at all events until he had finished his cold boiled beef without mustard (во всяком случае, пока он не закончит /есть/ свою холодную вареную говядину без горчицы).

We played penny nap after supper (мы играли в карты на мелочь после ужина; nap = Napoleon /карточная игра/). We played for about an hour and a half, by the end of which time George had won fourpence (мы играли полтора часа, к концу этого времени Джордж выиграл четырехпенсовик; to win) — George always is lucky at cards (Джорджу всегда везет в картах) — and Harris and I had lost exactly twopence each (а мы с Гаррисом проиграли ровно по два пенса каждый; to lose).

We thought we would give up gambling then (мы решили тогда бросить игру; gambling — азартная игра; игра на деньги). As Harris said, it breeds an unhealthy excitement when carried too far (Гаррис сказал, она порождает нездоровое волнение, когда заходит слишком далеко; to breed — плодиться /о животных/; разводить; вскармливать; порождать, вызывать). George offered to go on and give us our revenge (Джордж предложил продолжить и дать реванш; to give somebody his revenge — дать кому-либо возможность отыграться; revenge — месть; реванш); but Harris and I decided not to battle any further against Fate (но мы с Гаррисом решили не сражаться дальше с судьбой = не искушать судьбу).

half [h*:f] revenge [r**ven*]

George requested that we would not talk about these things, at all events until he had finished his cold boiled beef without mustard.

We played penny nap after supper. We played for about an hour and a half, by the end of which time George had won fourpence — George always is lucky at cards — and Harris and I had lost exactly twopence each.

We thought we would give up gambling then. As Harris said, it breeds an unhealthy excitement when carried too far. George offered to go on and give us our revenge; but Harris and I decided not to battle any further against Fate.

After that, we mixed ourselves some toddy, and sat round and talked (после этого мы смешали/приготовили себе пунша, уселись и повели беседу). George told us about a man he had known, who had come up the river two years ago (Джордж рассказал нам об одном знакомом человеке, который плавал по реке два года назад) and who had slept out in a damp boat on just such another night as that was (и спал на открытом воздухе в сырой лодке как раз в такую же ночь, как эта), and it had given him rheumatic fever, and nothing was able to save him (и получил из-за этого ревматизм, и ничто не могло спасти его; rheumatic fever — ревматизм, ревматический полиартрит; fever — лихорадка), and he had died in great agony ten days afterwards (он умер в страшных мучениях через десять дней). George said he was quite a young man, and was engaged to be married (Джордж сказал, это был совсем молодой человек, который был помолвлен; to engage — заниматься чем-либо; быть связанным /какими-либо обязательствами/; быть помолвленным, обручать/ся/). He said it was one of the saddest things he had ever known (это одна из самых печальных историй, что он когда либо знал = слышал).

And that put Harris in mind of a friend of his, who had been in the Volunteers (это напомнило Гаррису об одном его приятеле, который поступил добровольцем на военную службу; volunteer — волонтер, доброволец), and who had slept out under canvas one wet night down at Aldershot (и спал в палатке одной сырой ночью под Олдершотом), "on just such another night as this," said Harris («как раз в такую же ночь, как эта», сказал Гаррис); and he had woke up in the morning a cripple for life (и проснулся утром калекой на всю жизнь; to wake up). Harris said he would introduce us both to the man when we got back to town (Гаррис сказал, что познакомит нас двоих с ним, когда вернемся в город; to introduce — вставлять, /при/вносить; знакомить, представлять); it would make our hearts bleed to see him (заставит наши сердца облиться кровью = наши сердца кровью обольются, когда мы увидим его).

rheumatic [ru:*m*t*k] fever [*fi:v*]

After that, we mixed ourselves some toddy, and sat round and talked. George told us about a man he had known, who had come up the river two years ago and who had slept out in a damp boat on just such another night as that was, and it had given him rheumatic fever, and nothing was able to save him, and he had died in great agony ten days afterwards. George said he was quite a young man, and was engaged to be married. He said it was one of the saddest things he had ever known.

And that put Harris in mind of a friend of his, who had been in the Volunteers, and who had slept out under canvas one wet night down at Aldershot, "on just such another night as this," said Harris; and he had woke up in the morning a cripple for life. Harris said he would introduce us both to the man when we got back to town; it would make our hearts bleed to see him.

This naturally led to some pleasant chat about sciatica (это, естественно, привело к приятной беседе об ишиасе; to lead), fevers (лихорадках), chills (простудах), lung diseases (легочных болезнях), and bronchitis (бронхите); and Harris said how very awkward it would be if one of us were taken seriously ill in the night (Гаррис сказал, что было бы очень трудно, если бы один из нас серьезно заболел ночью; awkward — неуклюжий, неловкий, затруднительный), seeing how far away we were from a doctor (учитывая, как далеко мы от доктора = поскольку мы так далеко от врача).

There seemed to be a desire for something frolicksome to follow upon this conversation (было желание чего-то веселого после этого разговора; frolicksome = frolicsome), and in a weak moment I suggested that George should get out his banjo (и в минуту слабости я предложил Джорджу достать свое банджо), and see if he could not give us a comic song (и попробовать спеть нам какую-нибудь веселую песню).

I will say for George that he did not want any pressing (должен сказать, Джорджу не потребовалось нажима = его не нужно было упрашивать; to press — нажимать; оказывать давление, торопить, настаивать). There was no nonsense about having left his music at home, or anything of that sort (не было ерунды о том, что он забыл дома ноты или чего-нибудь подобного). He at once fished out his instrument, and commenced to play "Two Lovely Black Eyes (он тотчас извлек свой инструмент и начал играть «Пару прекрасных черных глаз»)."

sciatica [sa***t*k*] bronchitis [br***ka*t*s]

This naturally led to some pleasant chat about sciatica, fevers, chills, lung diseases, and bronchitis; and Harris said how very awkward it would be if one of us were taken seriously ill in the night, seeing how far away we were from a doctor.

There seemed to be a desire for something frolicksome to follow upon this conversation, and in a weak moment I suggested that George should get out his banjo, and see if he could not give us a comic song.

I will say for George that he did not want any pressing. There was no nonsense about having left his music at home, or anything of that sort. He at once fished out his instrument, and commenced to play "Two Lovely Black Eyes."

I had always regarded "Two Lovely Black Eyes" as rather a commonplace tune until that evening (до этого вечера я всегда считал «Пару прекрасных черных глаз» довольно избитой, ничем не примечательной мелодией). The rich vein of sadness that George extracted from it quite surprised me (богатая жила печали, которую извлек из нее Джордж, весьма удивила меня).

The desire that grew upon Harris and myself, as the mournful strains progressed (нас с Гаррисом все больше охватывало желание, по мере того, как звучала заунывная мелодия; to grow on; to progress — развиваться, двигаться дальше), was to fall upon each other's necks and weep (броситься друг другу на шею и зарыдать); but by great effort we kept back the rising tears, and listened to the wild yearnful melody in silence (но /сделав/ большие усилия, мы сдержали подступающие слезы и молча слушали дикую скорбную мелодию).

When the chorus came we even made a desperate effort to be merry (когда пришло /время/ припева, мы даже сделали отчаянную попытку быть веселыми = развеселиться). We re-filled our glasses and joined in (мы снова наполнили стаканы и присоединились к пению; to join in — присоединяться, подхватывать /песню/); Harris, in a voice trembling with emotion, leading (Гаррис голосом, дрожащим от волнения, пел; to lead — руководить, возглавлять, вести; быть первым), and George and I following a few words behind (а мы с Джорджем /пели/ на несколько слов вслед /за ним/ = подпевали ему):

melody [*mel*d*] chorus [*k*:r*s]

I had always regarded "Two Lovely Black Eyes" as rather a commonplace tune until that evening. The rich vein of sadness that George extracted from it quite surprised me.

The desire that grew upon Harris and myself, as the mournful strains progressed, was to fall upon each other's necks and weep; but by great effort we kept back the rising tears, and listened to the wild yearnful melody in silence.

When the chorus came we even made a desperate effort to be merry. We re-filled our glasses and joined in; Harris, in a voice trembling with emotion, leading, and George and I following a few words behind:

"Two lovely black eyes (пара прекрасных черных глаз);

Oh! what a surprise (какая неожиданность)!

Only for telling a man he was wrong (лишь потому, что они говорят человеку, что он ошибся = упрекают в неправоте),

Two —"

There we broke down (тут мы не выдержали; to break down — разрушать/ся/; сломить /сопротивление/; не выдержать, потерять самообладание). The unutterable pathos of George's accompaniment to that "two" (невыразимо печальную манеру аккомпанемента Джорджа на /слове/ «пара»; pathos — пафос, что-либо, вызывающее грусть, печаль, сострадание) we were, in our then state of depression, unable to bear (мы, в нашем тогдашнем подавленном состоянии, не смогли вынести). Harris sobbed like a little child (Гаррис зарыдал, как дитя), and the dog howled till I thought his heart or his jaw must surely break (а собака выла, пока я не подумал, что ее сердце или челюсть наверняка не выдержит: «сломается, разобьется»).

George wanted to go on with another verse (Джордж хотел продолжить и спеть еще один куплет). He thought that when he had got a little more into the tune (он решил, что, когда он немного лучше освоится с мелодией; in tune — чисто, точно; to sing in tune — петь чисто), and could throw more "abandon," as it were, into the rendering, it might not seem so sad (и сможет с большей «несдержанностью/развязностью», чем теперь, исполнять ее, она не покажется такой печальной; rendering — перевод, передача; исполнение /роли, музыкального произведения/). The feeling of the majority, however, was opposed to the experiment (мнение большинства = большинство, однако, было против этого опыта; to be opposed — возражать, быть против).

unutterable [*n**t(*)r*bl] howled [hauld] majority [m****r*t*]

"Two lovely black eyes;

Oh! what a surprise!

Only for telling a man he was wrong,

Two —"

There we broke down. The unutterable pathos of George's accompaniment to that "two" we were, in our then state of depression, unable to bear. Harris sobbed like a little child, and the dog howled till I thought his heart or his jaw must surely break.

George wanted to go on with another verse. He thought that when he had got a little more into the tune, and could throw more "abandon," as it were, into the rendering, it might not seem so sad. The feeling of the majority, however, was opposed to the experiment.

There being nothing else to do, we went to bed (так как больше нечего было делать, мы легли спать) — that is, we undressed ourselves, and tossed about at the bottom of the boat for some three or four hours (то есть разделись и проворочались на дне лодки три или четыре часа; to toss — бросать, кидать; подбрасывать; беспокойно метаться /о больном/). After which, we managed to get some fitful slumber until five a.m. (после чего сумели поспать беспокойным сном до пяти утра), when we all got up and had breakfast (когда мы все встали и позавтракали).

The second day was exactly like the first (второй день был в точности таким, как и первый). The rain continued to pour down, and we sat, wrapped up in our mackintoshes, underneath the canvas, and drifted slowly down (дождь продолжал идти, мы сидели, завернувшись в непромокаемые плащи, под брезентом, и медленно плыли по течению).

One of us — I forget which one now, but I rather think it was myself (один из нас — я теперь забыл, кто, но, вроде, это был я сам) — made a few feeble attempts during the course of the morning (сделал несколько слабых попыток тем утром; during the course of — в течение, во время) to work up the old gipsy foolishness about being children of Nature and enjoying the wet (вернуться к старой цыганской глупости о детях Природы и наслаждении дождливой погодой; to work up — разрабатывать; возбуждать, вызывать /аппетит, интерес и т. д./; wet — влажность, сырость; дождливая погода); but it did not go down well at all (но из этого совсем ничего не вышло; to go down — спускаться; получать одобрение, быть принятым). That (эта /песня/) —

"I care not for the rain, not I (не люблю я дождя, вот уж не люблю)!"

was so painfully evident, as expressing the sentiments of each of us, that to sing it seemed unnecessary (настолько ясно выражала настроения каждого из нас, что петь ее представлялось излишним; painfully — болезненно, мучительно; крайне, очень).

evident [*ev*d(*)nt] sentiment [*sent*m*nt]

There being nothing else to do, we went to bed — that is, we undressed ourselves, and tossed about at the bottom of the boat for some three or four hours. After which, we managed to get some fitful slumber until five a.m., when we all got up and had breakfast.

The second day was exactly like the first. The rain continued to pour down, and we sat, wrapped up in our mackintoshes, underneath the canvas, and drifted slowly down.

One of us — I forget which one now, but I rather think it was myself — made a few feeble attempts during the course of the morning to work up the old gipsy foolishness about being children of Nature and enjoying the wet; but it did not go down well at all. That —

"I care not for the rain, not I!"

was so painfully evident, as expressing the sentiments of each of us, that to sing it seemed unnecessary.

On one point we were all agreed, and that was that, come what might (в одном мы все были единодушны — что бы ни произошло; to agree — соглашаться, договариваться, сходиться во мнениях; to agree on all points — договориться по всем пунктам), we would go through with this job to the bitter end (мы доведем это дело до самого конца; to the bitter end — до предела, до точки; до последней капли крови, до победного конца). We had come out for a fortnight's enjoyment on the river (мы отправились наслаждаться две недели на реке: «на двухнедельное наслаждение»), and a fortnight's enjoyment on the river we meant to have (и его мы намеревались получить; to mean). If it killed us (/даже/ если это убьет нас)! well, that would be a sad thing for our friends and relations, but it could not be helped (что ж, это будет печальной вещью для = огорчит наших друзей и родственников, но ничего не поделаешь). We felt that to give in to the weather in a climate such as ours would be a most disastrous precedent (мы считали, что уступить погоде в климате вроде нашего — было бы чрезвычайно гибельным/катастрофическим прецедентом).

"It's only two days more (еще только два дня)," said Harris, "and we are young and strong (а мы молоды и сильны). We may get over it all right, after all (в конце концов, мы, может, благополучно переживем все это; to get over — перейти; преодолеть /трудности/; оправиться /после болезни, от испуга/)."

At about four o'clock we began to discuss our arrangements for the evening (примерно в четыре часа мы начали обсуждать планы на вечер). We were a little past Goring then, and we decided to paddle on to Pangbourne, and put up there for the night (мы только миновали Горинг и решили пройти на веслах до Пэнгборна и остановиться там на ночь).

disastrous [d**z*:str*s] precedent [*pres*d(*)nt]

On one point we were all agreed, and that was that, come what might, we would go through with this job to the bitter end. We had come out for a fortnight's enjoyment on the river, and a fortnight's enjoyment on the river we meant to have. If it killed us! well, that would be a sad thing for our friends and relations, but it could not be helped. We felt that to give in to the weather in a climate such as ours would be a most disastrous precedent.

"It's only two days more," said Harris, "and we are young and strong. We may get over it all right, after all."

At about four o'clock we began to discuss our arrangements for the evening. We were a little past Goring then, and we decided to paddle on to Pangbourne, and put up there for the night.

"Another jolly evening (еще один веселый вечер)!" murmured George (пробормотал Джордж).

We sat and mused on the prospect (мы сидели и размышляли о перспективах; prospect — вид, панорама; перспектива; виды, планы на будущее). We should be in at Pangbourne by five (мы будем в Пэнгборне к пяти). We should finish dinner at, say, half-past six (закончим обедать, скажем, в половине седьмого). After that we could walk about the village in the pouring rain until bed-time (после этого можем прогуляться по деревне под проливным дождем, пока не придет время ложиться спать); or we could sit in a dimly-lit bar-parlour and read the almanac (или можем сидеть в тускло освещенной пивной и читать ежегодник; parlour — гостиная, общая комната /в квартире/; приемная /в гостинице и т. п./; зал, кабинет; almanac — календарь; альманах, сборник, ежегодник).

"Why, the Alhambra would be almost more lively (а в «Альгамбре» /в театре варьете/ было бы повеселей)," said Harris, venturing his head outside the cover for a moment and taking a survey of the sky (сказал Гаррис, отваживаясь и высовывая на минуту голову /наружу/ из-под брезента и обводя взглядом небо; to survey — проводить опрос; обводить взглядом, внимательно осматривать).

"With a little supper at the — * to follow (с легким последующим ужином в — -)," I added, half unconsciously (добавил я почти бессознательно: «полубессознательно»).

prospect [*pr*spekt] almanac [**:lm*n*k] survey [*s*:ve*]

"Another jolly evening!" murmured George.

We sat and mused on the prospect. We should be in at Pangbourne by five. We should finish dinner at, say, half-past six. After that we could walk about the village in the pouring rain until bed-time; or we could sit in a dimly-lit bar-parlour and read the almanac.

"Why, the Alhambra would be almost more lively," said Harris, venturing his head outside the cover for a moment and taking a survey of the sky.

"With a little supper at the — * to follow," I added, half unconsciously.

* A capital little out-of-the-way restaurant, in the neighbourhood of — - (отличный, стоящий в стороне от дороги маленький ресторанчик поблизости от — -; out-of-the-way — отдаленный; далекий; труднодоступный; расположенный в стороне от дороги), where you can get one of the best-cooked and cheapest little French dinners or suppers that I know of (где можно получить один из самых дешевых и прекрасно приготовленных легких французских обедов или ужинов, какие я только знаю), with an excellent bottle of Beaune, for three-and-six (с бутылкой превосходного вина за три /шиллинга/ шесть /пенсов/); and which I am not going to be idiot enough to advertise (и который я не собираюсь быть идиотом = не так глуп, чтобы рекламировать).

"Yes it's almost a pity we've made up our minds to stick to this boat (да, мне почти жаль, что мы решили не расставаться с этой лодкой; to make up one`s mind)," answered Harris; and then there was silence for a while (затем на некоторое время наступило молчание).

"If we hadn't made up our minds to contract our certain deaths in this bally old coffin (если бы мы не решили дожидаться верной смерти в этом проклятом старом гробу; to contract — заключать договор, принимать на себя обязательства)," observed George, casting a glance of intense malevolence over the boat (заметил Джордж, бросая крайне враждебный взгляд на лодку; intense — крепкий, сильный, глубокий; насыщенный; malevolence — злорадство; злоба, недружелюбие, враждебность), "it might be worth while to mention that there's a train leaves Pangbourne, I know, soon after five (стоило бы упомянуть, что из Пэнгборна отходит поезд вскоре после пяти), which would just land us in town in comfortable time to get a chop (который как раз доставил бы нас в город в удобное время, чтобы получить отбивную = и мы успели бы перекусить), and then go on to the place you mentioned afterwards (а потом отправиться в то место, о котором вы говорили только что; to mention — упоминать, ссылаться на)."

restaurant [*rest(*)r*:*] malevolence [m**lev*l*ns]

* A capital little out-of-the-way restaurant, in the neighbourhood of — -, where you can get one of the best-cooked and cheapest little French dinners or suppers that I know of, with an excellent bottle of Beaune, for three-and-six; and which I am not going to be idiot enough to advertise.

"Yes it's almost a pity we've made up our minds to stick to this boat," answered Harris; and then there was silence for a while.

"If we hadn't made up our minds to contract our certain deaths in this bally old coffin," observed George, casting a glance of intense malevolence over the boat, "it might be worth while to mention that there's a train leaves Pangbourne, I know, soon after five, which would just land us in town in comfortable time to get a chop, and then go on to the place you mentioned afterwards."

Nobody spoke (никто ничего не сказал). We looked at one another, and each one seemed to see his own mean and guilty thoughts reflected in the faces of the others (мы посмотрели друг на друга, и каждый, казалось, увидел свои собственные низкие и преступные мысли, отраженные на лицах других). In silence, we dragged out and overhauled the Gladstone (молча мы вытащили и тщательно осмотрели/проверили саквояж). We looked up the river and down the river; not a soul was in sight (посмотрели вверх и вниз по реке = вперед и назад; в поле зрения не было ни души)!

Twenty minutes later, three figures, followed by a shamed-looking dog (двадцать минут спустя три человеческие фигуры, сопровождаемые пристыженной собакой), might have been seen creeping stealthily from the boat-house at the "Swan" towards the railway station (/можно было увидеть, как/ пробирались украдкой от навеса для лодок у /гостиницы/ «Лебедь» к железнодорожной станции), dressed in the following neither neat nor gaudy costume (одетые в следующую — ни опрятную, ни кричащую — одежду = одежда их была неопрятной и простой):

Black leather shoes, dirty (черные кожаные ботинки — грязные); suit of boating flannels, very dirty (фланелевый лодочный костюм — очень грязный); brown felt hat, much battered (коричневая фетровая шляпа — сильно потрепанная); mackintosh, very wet (непромокаемый плащ — очень мокрый); umbrella (зонтик).

guilty [***lt*] gaudy [***:d*]

Nobody spoke. We looked at one another, and each one seemed to see his own mean and guilty thoughts reflected in the faces of the others. In silence, we dragged out and overhauled the Gladstone. We looked up the river and down the river; not a soul was in sight!

Twenty minutes later, three figures, followed by a shamed-looking dog, might have been seen creeping stealthily from the boat-house at the "Swan" towards the railway station, dressed in the following neither neat nor gaudy costume:

Black leather shoes, dirty; suit of boating flannels, very dirty; brown felt hat, much battered; mackintosh, very wet; umbrella.

We had deceived the boatman at Pangbourne (мы обманули лодочника в Пэнгборне). We had not had the face to tell him that we were running away from the rain (у нас не хватило смелости сказать ему, что мы убегаем от дождя; face — лицо, лик; нахальство, наглость, дерзость; самоуверенность). We had left the boat, and all it contained, in his charge (мы оставили лодку и все, что она содержала, на его попечение), with instructions that it was to be ready for us at nine the next morning (с указаниями, чтобы она была готова для нас к девяти часам следующего утра). If, we said — if anything unforeseen should happen, preventing our return, we would write to him (если, сказали мы, если что-нибудь непредвиденное произойдет и помешает нам вернуться, мы ему напишем; to foresee; to prevent — предотвращать, не допускать, мешать).

We reached Paddington at seven, and drove direct to the restaurant I have before described (мы добрались до Паддингтона в семь и помчались прямо в ресторан, который я ранее описал; to drive — ехать, управлять /автомобилем и т. д./, править /лошадьми/; мчаться, нестись), where we partook of a light meal, left Montmorency (где съели легкие закуски, оставили Монморенси; to partake — принимать участие; отведать, съесть, выпить), together with suggestions for a supper to be ready at half-past ten (вместе с указаниями приготовить /нам/ ужин к половине одиннадцатого), and then continued our way to Leicester Square (затем продолжили путь = далее отправились на Лестер-Сквер /площадь в Уэст-Энде; на ней и вблизи нее расположено много кинотеатров, театров и ресторанов/).

deceived [d**si:vd] direct [d(a)**rekt]

We had deceived the boatman at Pangbourne. We had not had the face to tell him that we were running away from the rain. We had left the boat, and all it contained, in his charge, with instructions that it was to be ready for us at nine the next morning. If, we said — if anything unforeseen should happen, preventing our return, we would write to him.

We reached Paddington at seven, and drove direct to the restaurant I have before described, where we partook of a light meal, left Montmorency, together with suggestions for a supper to be ready at half-past ten, and then continued our way to Leicester Square.

We attracted a good deal of attention at the Alhambra (мы привлекли много внимания в «Альгамбре»). On our presenting ourselves at the pay-box we were gruffly directed to go round to Castle Street (когда мы появились у театральной кассы, нас грубо направили на Касл-стрит; to present — дарить; представлять, предъявлять; to go round — обойти, сделать крюк), and were informed that we were half-an-hour behind our time (нам сообщили, что мы опаздываем на полчаса).

We convinced the man, with some difficulty (мы убедили кассира с трудом), that we were not "the world-renowned contortionists from the Himalaya Mountains (что мы не «всемирно известные люди-змеи с Гималайских гор»; renown — слава, известность; contortionist — «человек-змея», акробат)," and he took our money and let us pass (и он взял наши деньги и позволил нам пройти/пропустил нас).

Inside we were a still greater success (внутри мы имели еще больший успех). Our fine bronzed countenances and picturesque clothes were followed round the place with admiring gaze (наши замечательные загорелые лица и живописные костюмы повсюду сопровождались восхищенным взглядом; bronzed — бронзовый, загорелый; countenance — выражение лица; лицо). We were the cynosure of every eye (мы были центром внимания каждого взора = все взоры были устремлены на нас; cynosure — Малая Медведица; Полярная звезда; центр внимания).

It was a proud moment for us all (это была великолепная минута для нас; proud — гордый; вызывающий чувство гордости, удовлетворения; счастливый, великолепный).

contortionist [k*n*t*:*(*)n*st] countenance [*kaunt*n*ns] cynosure [*s*n*zju*]

We attracted a good deal of attention at the Alhambra. On our presenting ourselves at the pay-box we were gruffly directed to go round to Castle Street, and were informed that we were half-an-hour behind our time.

We convinced the man, with some difficulty, that we were not "the world-renowned contortionists from the Himalaya Mountains," and he took our money and let us pass.

Inside we were a still greater success. Our fine bronzed countenances and picturesque clothes were followed round the place with admiring gaze. We were the cynosure of every eye.

It was a proud moment for us all.

We adjourned soon after the first ballet (мы отбыли вскоре после первого /номера/ балета; to adjourn — откладывать; делать перерыв; расходиться, переходить в другое место), and wended our way back to the restaurant, where supper was already awaiting us (и отправились обратно в ресторан, где ужин уже ожидал нас; to wend one`s way — держать путь, направляться).

I must confess to enjoying that supper (должен признаться, я наслаждался этим ужином). For about ten days we seemed to have been living, more or less (примерно десять дней мы жили до некоторой степени = почти), on nothing but cold meat, cake, and bread and jam (на одном только холодном мясе, пирогах и хлебе с вареньем). It had been a simple, a nutritious diet (они были простой, питательной едой); but there had been nothing exciting about it (но в них не было ничего волнующего), and the odour of Burgundy, and the smell of French sauces (аромат бургундского, запах французских соусов), and the sight of clean napkins and long loaves (и вид чистых салфеток и длинных батонов; loaf — буханка, каравай, булка), knocked as a very welcome visitor at the door of our inner man (постучались, словно званый/желанный гость в дверь нашей души; the inner man — душа, внутреннее «я»).

ballet [*b*le*] nutritious [nju*tr***s] Burgundy [*b*:*(*)nd*]

We adjourned soon after the first ballet, and wended our way back to the restaurant, where supper was already awaiting us.

I must confess to enjoying that supper. For about ten days we seemed to have been living, more or less, on nothing but cold meat, cake, and bread and jam. It had been a simple, a nutritious diet; but there had been nothing exciting about it, and the odour of Burgundy, and the smell of French sauces, and the sight of clean napkins and long loaves, knocked as a very welcome visitor at the door of our inner man.

We pegged and quaffed away in silence for a while (мы ели и пили молча некоторое время; to peg — прикреплять колышком; протыкать; корпеть, прилежно работать; to quaff — пить большими глотками, осушать залпом), until the time came when, instead of sitting bolt upright (пока не настала минута, когда, вместо того, чтобы сидеть прямо), and grasping the knife and fork firmly (и держать крепко нож и вилку), we leant back in our chairs and worked slowly and carelessly (мы откинулись на /спинки/ стульев и /стали/ есть медленно и небрежно) — when we stretched out our legs beneath the table (мы вытянули ноги под столом), let our napkins fall, unheeded, to the floor (позволили салфеткам упасть на пол; unheeded — незамеченный, не принятый во внимание), and found time to more critically examine the smoky ceiling than we had hitherto been able to do (и нашли время, чтобы более критически рассмотреть закопченный потолок, чем могли раньше; hitherto — ранее, до этого времени) — when we rested our glasses at arm's-length upon the table (мы отодвинули стаканы на расстояние вытянутой руки = подальше на столе; to rest — отдыхать, давать отдых; класть, прислонять), and felt good, and thoughtful, and forgiving (и чувствовали себя благодушными, и внимательными, и всепрощающими; thoughtful — задумчивый; заботливый, чуткий).

Then Harris, who was sitting next the window (затем Гаррис, который сидел у окна), drew aside the curtain and looked out upon the street (отодвинул занавеску и выглянул на улицу; to draw aside).

knife [na*f] hitherto [,h****tu:] curtain [k*:tn]

We pegged and quaffed away in silence for a while, until the time came when, instead of sitting bolt upright, and grasping the knife and fork firmly, we leant back in our chairs and worked slowly and carelessly — when we stretched out our legs beneath the table, let our napkins fall, unheeded, to the floor, and found time to more critically examine the smoky ceiling than we had hitherto been able to do — when we rested our glasses at arm's-length upon the table, and felt good, and thoughtful, and forgiving.

Then Harris, who was sitting next the window, drew aside the curtain and looked out upon the street.

It glistened darkly in the wet (она мрачно блестела под дождем), the dim lamps flickered with each gust (тусклые фонари мерцали при каждом порыве ветра; to flicker — мерцать, дрожать, колыхаться), the rain splashed steadily into the puddles and trickled down the water-spouts into the running gutters (дождь монотонно шлепал по лужам и устремлялся по водосточным трубам в канавы; to trickle down — стекать, просачиваться вниз; running — текущий; водопроводный, проточный). A few soaked wayfarers hurried past (несколько промокших путников торопливо прошли мимо), crouching beneath their dripping umbrellas, the women holding up their skirts (согнувшись под мокрыми зонтиками; женщины поддерживали юбки; to crouch — припасть к земле, согнуться, склониться; dripping — капающий, стекающий каплями; мокрый).

"Well (итак)," said Harris, reaching his hand out for his glass (сказал Гаррис, протягивая руку к стакану), "we have had a pleasant trip, and my hearty thanks for it to old Father Thames (мы совершили славное путешествие, и мои сердечные благодарности за него нашей старушке Темзе = сердечно благодарю за него нашу старушку Темзу /реки в английском языке мужского рода/) — but I think we did well to chuck it when we did (но, думаю, мы сделали правильно, что оставили ее, когда оставили = вовремя; to chuck — /вы/кинуть, /вы/бросить; выгнать; отказаться от). Here's to Three Men well out of a Boat (за здоровье Троих, спасшихся из Лодки; to be well out — освободиться от чего-либо; выйти из затруднительного положения)!"

And Montmorency, standing on his hind legs, before the window, peering out into the night (и Монморенси, стоявший на задних лапах у окна и смотревший в ночь), gave a short bark of decided concurrence with the toast (издал короткий лай /в знак/ полного согласия с этим тостом; decided — определенный, бесспорный; решительный, явный).

water-spout [*w*:t*spaut] concurrence [k*n*k*r(*)ns]

It glistened darkly in the wet, the dim lamps flickered with each gust, the rain splashed steadily into the puddles and trickled down the water-spouts into the running gutters. A few soaked wayfarers hurried past, crouching beneath their dripping umbrellas, the women holding up their skirts.

"Well," said Harris, reaching his hand out for his glass, "we have had a pleasant trip, and my hearty thanks for it to old Father Thames — but I think we did well to chuck it when we did. Here's to Three Men well out of a Boat!"

And Montmorency, standing on his hind legs, before the window, peering out into the night, gave a short bark of decided concurrence with the toast.