Третий человек (3).

Грэм Грин. (3 стр.книги)

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This, I have sometimes called stage two. Stage three was when the organisers decided that the profits were not large enough. Penicillin would not always be impossible to obtain legitimately: they wanted more money and quicker money while the going was good. They began to dilute the penicillin with coloured water, and in the case of penicillin dust, with sand. I keep a small museum in one drawer in my desk, and I showed Martins examples. He wasn't enjoying the talk, but he hadn't yet grasped the point. He said, "I suppose that makes the stuff useless."

I said, "We wouldn't worry so much if that was all, but just consider. You can be immunised from the effects of penicillin. At the best you can say that the use of this stuff makes a penicillin treatment for the particular patient ineffective in the future. That isn't so funny, of course, if you are suffering from V.D. Then the use of sand on a wound that requires penicillin—well, it's not healthy. Men have lost their legs and arms that way—and their lives. But perhaps what horrified me most was visiting the children's hospital here. They had bought some of this penicillin for use against meningitis. A number of children simply died, and a number went off their heads. You can see them now in the mental ward."

He sat on the other side of the desk scowling into his hands. I said, "It doesn't bear thinking about very closely, does it?"

"You haven't showed me any evidence yet that Harry ..."

"We are coming to that now," I said. "Just sit still and listen." I opened Lime's file and began to read. At the beginning the evidence was purely circumstantial, and Martins fidgeted. So much consisted of coincidence—reports of agents that Lime had been at a certain place at a certain time: the accumulation of opportunities: his acquaintance with certain people. He protested once, "But the same evidence would apply against me—now."

"Just wait (просто подождите)," I said. For some reason (по какой-то причине) Harry Lime had grown careless (Гарри Лайм стал беспечным, неосторожным; to grow — расти; становиться): he may have realised (он мог осознать = возможно, он понял) that we suspected him and got rattled (что мы подозреваем его, и сделался напуган; to rattle — греметь; поднимать зверя на охоте). He held a quite distinguished position (он занимал весьма видное положение; to distinguish — различать; проводить различие) and a man like that (а человек как этот = такой) is the more easily rattled (бывает тем более легко напуган). We put one of our agents as an orderly in the British Military Hospital (мы поставили одного из наших агентов санитаром в Британский военный госпиталь): we knew by this time the name of our go-between (мы знали к этому времени имя нашего посредника), but we had never succeeded (но мы так и не преуспели: «мы никогда преуспели») in getting the line right back to the source (в том, чтобы провести нить: «линию» назад к источнику). Anyway (в любом случае) I am not going to bother the reader now (я не собираюсь докучать читателю сейчас), as I bothered Martins then (как я докучал Мартинсу тогда), with all the stages (всеми этапами)—the long tussle to win the confidence of the go-between (долгой борьбой, чтобы завоевать доверие посредника; to win — победить, выиграть, завоевать) —a man called Harbin (человека по имени Харбин). At last we had the screws on Harbin (наконец мы прижали Харбина: «имели тиски на Харбине»), and we twisted them until he squealed (и мы закручивали их, пока он не раскололся; squeal — пищать; доносить). This kind of police work (эта разновидность полицейской работы) is very similar to secret service work (очень похожа на работу секретной службы): you look for a double agent whom you can really control (ты ищешь двойного агента, которого ты можешь действительно контролировать; to look for — искать), and Harbin was the man for us (и Харбин был /как раз/ таким человеком для нас). But even he only led us as far as Kurtz (но даже он только привел нас так далеко, как к Куртцу = привел нас всего лишь к Куртцу).

"Kurtz," Martins exclaimed (воскликнул Мартинс). "But why haven't you pulled him in (но почему вы не арестовали его; to pull in — втягивать, втаскивать; /разг./ арестовывать)?"

"Zero hour is almost here (час Ч: «нулевой час» почти здесь = настал)," I said.

Kurtz was a great step forward (Куртц — это был большой шаг вперед), for Kurtz was in direct communication with Lime (потоиу что Куртц был в прямой связи с Лаймом; communication — /со/общение)—he had a small outside job (он имел небольшую внештатную работу) in connection with relief work (в связи с общественными работами для безработных; relief — облегчение; work — работа). With Kurtz (с Куртцем), Lime sometimes put things on paper (Лайм иногда записывал вещи на бумагу; to put — класть)—if he was pressed (если он спешил; to be pressed for time or pressed for money — иметь мало времени или недостаточно денег). I showed Martins the Photostat of a note (я показал Мартинсу фотокопию записки). "Can you identify that (можете вы идентифицировать это)?"

"It's Harry's hand (это рука Гарри)." He read it through (он прочитал ее до конца; through — сквозь). "I don't see anything wrong (я не вижу чего-либо плохого)."

"No, but now read this note from Harbin to Kurtz (но теперь прочтите эту записку от Харбина к Куртцу)—which we dictated (которую мы продиктовали). Look at the date (посмотрите на дату). This is the result (это результат)."

He read them both through twice (он прочитал их обе дважды). "You see what I mean (вы видите, что я имею в виду)?" If one watched a world come to an end (если человек бы смотрел, как мир приходит к концу), a plane dive from its course (как самолет падает со своего курса), I don't suppose one would chatter (я не предполагаю, он бы болтал), and a world for Martins had certainly come to an end (а мир для Мартинса определенно пришел к концу), a world of easy friendship (мир легкой дружбы), hero-worship (преклонения перед героем), confidence (доверия) that had begun twenty years before (которые начались двадцать лет прежде; to begin — начинать/ся/) ... in a school corridor (в школьном коридоре). Every memory (каждое воспоминание)—afternoons in the long grass (дни в длинной траве), the illegitimate shoots on Brickworth Common (недозволенные выстрелы на Брикуорт Коммон), the dreams, the walks (мечты, прогулки), every shared experience was simultaneously tainted (каждый разделенный опыт был одновременно заражен; taint — пятно; to taint — окрашивать, влиять, придавать оттенок чего-л.; заражать/ся/; портить/ся/), like the soil of an atomised town (словно почва города, испытавшего ядерный удар: «атомизированного города»). One could not walk there with safety for a long while (человек не мог ходить там в безопасности в течение долгого времени). While he sat there (пока он сидел там), looking at his hands and saying nothing (глядя на свои руки и ничего не говоря), I fetched a precious bottle of whisky out of a cupboard (я принес драгоценную бутылку виски из шкафа; cupboard — буфет, сервант, горка, шкаф /часто расположенный в углу комнаты или в нише, с полками, для хранения посуды, книг и т. п./) and poured out two large doubles (и налил два больших двойных). "Go on (давайте)," I said, "drink that (выпейте это)," and he obeyed me as though I were his doctor (и он послушался меня, словно я был его доктором). I poured him out another (я налил ему еще один: «другой»).

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"Just wait," I said. For some reason Harry Lime had grown careless: he may have realised that we suspected him and got rattled. He held a quite distinguished position and a man like that is the more easily rattled. We put one of our agents as an orderly in the British Military Hospital: we knew by this time the name of our go-between, but we had never succeeded in getting the line right back to the source. Anyway I am not going to bother the reader now, as I bothered Martins then, with all the stages—the long tussle to win the confidence of the go-between—a man called Harbin. At last we had the screws on Harbin, and we twisted them until he squealed. This kind of police work is very similar to secret service work: you look for a double agent whom you can really control, and Harbin was the man for us. But even he only led us as far as Kurtz.

"Kurtz," Martins exclaimed. "But why haven't you pulled him in?"

"Zero hour is almost here," I said.

Kurtz was a great step forward, for Kurtz was in direct communication with Lime—he had a small outside job in connection with relief work. With Kurtz, Lime sometimes put things on paper—if he was pressed. I showed Martins the Photostat of a note. "Can you identify that?"

"It's Harry's hand." He read it through. "I don't see anything wrong."

"No, but now read this note from Harbin to Kurtz —which we dictated. Look at the date. This is the result."

He read them both through twice. "You see what I mean?" If one watched a world come to an end, a plane dive from its course, I don't suppose one would chatter, and a world for Martins had certainly come to an end, a world of easy friendship, hero-worship, confidence that had begun twenty years before ... in a school corridor. Every memory—afternoons in the long grass, the illegitimate shoots on Brickworth Common, the dreams, the walks, every shared experience was simultaneously tainted, like the soil of an atomised town. One could not walk there with safety for a long while. While he sat there, looking at his hands and saying nothing, I fetched a precious bottle of whisky out of a cupboard and poured out two large doubles. "Go on," I said, "drink that," and he obeyed me as though I were his doctor. I poured him out another.

He said slowly (он сказал медленно), "Are you certain (вы уверены) that he was the real boss (что он был настоящим боссом)?"

"It's as far back as we have got so far (это так далеко назад, как мы добрались пока что = насколько мы могли проследить, кто руководит)."

"You see he was always apt to jump before he looked (видите ли, он был всегда склонен прыгнуть прежде, чем он посмотрел)."

I didn't contradict him (я не возражал ему), though that wasn't the impression he had before given of Lime (хотя это не было тем впечатлением, которое ему до этого дали о Лайме). He was searching round for some comfort (он искал немного утешения; round — вокруг).

"Suppose (предположим)," he said, "someone had got a line on him (кто-то получил сведения о нем: «получил линию на него»), forced him into this racket (втянул: «принудил» его в эту аферу), as you forced Harbin to doublecross (как вы принудили Харбина к предательству своих; to doublecross — обмануть, перехитрить)..."

"It's possible (это возможно)."

"And they murdered him in case he talked when he was arrested (и они убили его, на случай если он заговорил бы, когда он был бы арестован)."

"It's not impossible (это не невозможно)."

"I'm glad they did (я рад, что они /это/ сделали)," he said. "I wouldn't have liked to hear Harry squeal (мне бы не понравилось услышать, как Гарри доносит: «услышать Гарри стучать»)." He made a curious little dusting movement with his hand on his knee (он сделал забавное маленькое стряхивающее движение своей рукой по своему колену) as much as to say (как бы говоря: «так много, как чтобы сказать»), "That's that (так-то вот; that's that — ничего не поделаешь; так-то вот)." He said, "I'll be getting back to England (я возвращаюсь назад в Англию)."

"I'd rather you didn't (я бы предпочел, чтобы вы не делали /этого/; ’d = would — бы; rather — скорее) just yet (именно в данный момент: «только/именно пока»). The Austrian police would make an issue (австрийская полиция заведет дело) if you tried to leave Vienna at the moment (если вы попытаетесь покинуть Вену в настоящий момент). You see (видите ли), Cooler's sense of duty (чувство долга Кулера) made him call them up too (заставило его позвонить им тоже)."

"I see (понятно)," he said hopelessly (сказал он безнадежно).

"When we've found the third man (когда мы найдем третьего человека)..." I said.

"I'd like to hear him squeal (хотел бы я услышать, как он пищит = как он расколется)," he said. "The bastard (ублюдок). The bloody bastard (проклятый ублюдок; bloody — окровавленный; кровавый; проклятый)."

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He said slowly, "Are you certain that he was the real boss?"

"It's as far back as we have got so far."

"You see he was always apt to jump before he looked."

I didn't contradict him, though that wasn't the impression he had before given of Lime. He was searching round for some comfort.

"Suppose," he said, "someone had got a line on him, forced him into this racket, as you forced Harbin to doublecross ..."

"It's possible."

"And they murdered him in case he talked when he was arrested."

"It's not impossible."

"I'm glad they did," he said. "I wouldn't have liked to hear Harry squeal." He made a curious little dusting movement with his hand on his knee as much as to say, "That's that." He said, "I'll be getting back to England."

"I'd rather you didn't just yet. The Austrian police would make an issue if you tried to leave Vienna at the moment. You see, Cooler's sense of duty made him call them up too."

"I see," he said hopelessly.

"When we've found the third man ..." I said.

"I'd like to hear him squeal," he said. "The bastard. The bloody bastard."

11

AFTER HE left me (после того, как он покинул меня/ушел от меня), Martins went straight off (Мартинс пошел сразу же; straight off — сразу, не обдумав: «прямо прочь») to drink himself silly (чтобы напиться до одури: «чтобы пить себя глупым»). He chose the Oriental to do it in (он выбрал Ориенталь, чтобы сделать это), the dreary smoky little night club (унылый, дымный, маленький ночной клуб; dreary — унылый; тоскливый; безотрадный; скучный, неинтересный) that stands behind a sham Eastern facade (который стоит за фальшивым восточным фасадом). The same semi-nude photographs on the stairs (те же полуголые фотографии на лестнице), the same half-drunk Americans at the bar (те же полупьяные американцы в баре), the same bad wine and extraordinary gins (то же плохое вино и необычные джины = сорта джина)—he might have been (он мог бы быть) in any third rate night haunt (в любом третьеразрядном ночном заведении) in any other shabby capital of a shabby Europe (в любой другой потрепанной столице потрепанной Европы; shabby — поношенный; потрепанный, протертый /об одежде, мебели и т. п./; убогий, захудалый). At one point of the hopeless early hours (в один /определенный/ момент безнадежно ранних часов; point — точка) the International Patrol took a look at the scene (интернациональный патруль смотрел: «брал взгляд» на обстановку). Martins had drink after drink (Мартинс пил стакан за стаканом: «напиток после напитка»): he would probably have had a woman too (он бы, возможно, снял и /какую-нибудь/ женщину), but the cabaret performers had all gone home (но артистки кабаре все ушли домой), and there were practically no women left in the place (и не было практически никаких женщин, оставшихся в этом месте), except for one beautiful shrewd-looking French journalist (кроме одной красивой, проницательно выглядевшей французской журналистки) who made one remark to her companion (которая высказала одно замечание своему компаньону) and fell contemptuously asleep (и презрительно заснула; contempt — презрение; to fall asleep — засыпать).

Martins moved on (Мартинс двинулся дальше): at Maxim's a few couples were dancing rather gloomily (/в ресторане/ Максима танцевали довольно уныло несколько пар), and at a place called Chez Victor (а в месте под названием У Виктора /франц./) the heating had failed (отопление вышло из строя; to fail — недоставать, не хватать /о чем-л. необходимом или желательном/, иметь недостаток в чем-л; истощаться, вырабатываться, растрачиваться; перестать действовать, выйти из строя) and people sat in overcoats drinking cocktails (и люди сидели в пальто и пили коктейли). By this time (к этому времени) the spots were swimming in front of Martins' eyes (перед глазами Мартинса поплыли крапинки = все стало расплываться; spot — пятнышко; крапинка), and he was oppressed by a sense of loneliness (и он был подавлен чувством одиночества). His mind reverted to the girl in Dublin (его мысли возвращались к девушке в Дублине), and the one in Amsterdam (и девушке в Амстердаме). That was one thing that didn't fool you (это была единственная вещь, которая не дурачила тебя)—the straight drink (чистая: «прямая = неразбавленная» выпивка; straight — неизогнутый, прямой /без искривлений/; честный; чистый, неразбавленный /особ. об алкогольных напитках/), the simple physical act (простой физический акт): one didn't expect fidelity from a woman (ты не ждешь верности от женщины). His mind revolved in circles (его мысли вращались кругами)—from sentiment to lust (от сентиментальности к вожделению; sentiment — чувство; сентиментальность) and back again from belief to cynicism (и назад снова от веры к цинизму).

The trams had stopped (трамваи остановились), and he set out obstinately on foot (и он пустился в путь упрямо пешком) to find Harry's girl (чтобы найти девушку Гарри). He wanted to make love to her (он хотел заняться любовью с ней)—just like that (только и всего: «просто как так»): no nonsense (никакой чуши; nonsense — бессмыслица), no sentiment (никакой сентиментальности). He was in the mood for violence (он был в настроении для насилия), and the snowy road heaved like a lake (и снежная дорога вздымалась, как озеро), and set his mind on a new course (и направляла его мысли на новый курс) towards sorrow, eternal love, renunciation (к печали, вечной любви, самоотречению).

It must have been about three in the morning (должно было быть около трех утра) when he climbed the stairs to Anna's room (когда он вскарабкался по лестнице к комнате Анны). He was nearly sober by that time (он был почти трезв к тому времени) and had only one idea in his head (и имел только одну мысль в голове), that she must know about Harry too (что она должна знать о Гарри тоже). He felt that somehow this knowledge would pay the mortmain that memory levies on human beings (он чувствовал, что каким-то образом это знание уплатило бы налог /на неотчуждаемое имущество/, который воспоминание взимает с человеческих существ; mortmain — "мертвая рука" /владение недвижимостью без права передачи/; to levy — взимать /налог/), and he would stand a chance with Harry's girl (и у него был бы шанс с девушкой Гарри; to stand a good chance — иметь хорошие шансы). If one is in love oneself (если человек влюблен/если ты влюблен: «в любви» сам), it never occurs to one (тебе никогда не приходит в голову) that the girl doesn't know (что девушка не знает): one believes one has told it plainly in a tone of voice (ты веришь = полагаешь, что ты сказал это ясно в тоне голоса), the touch of a hand (в прикосновении руки). When Anna opened the door to him (когда Анна открыла ему дверь), with astonishment at the sight of him tousled on the threshold (с удивлением перед видом его, взъерошенного, на пороге; to tousle — взъерошивать, ерошить), he never imagined (он никогда = вовсе не воображал) that she was opening the door to a stranger (что она открывала дверь постороннему).

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AFTER HE left me, Martins went straight off to drink himself silly. He chose the Oriental to do it in, the dreary smoky little night club that stands behind a sham Eastern facade. The same semi-nude photographs on the stairs, the same half-drunk Americans at the bar, the same bad wine and extraordinary gins—he might have been in any third rate night haunt in any other shabby capital of a shabby Europe. At one point of the hopeless early hours the International Patrol took a look at the scene. Martins had drink after drink: he would probably have had a woman too, but the cabaret performers had all gone home, and there were practically no women left in the place, except for one beautiful shrewd-looking French journalist who made one remark to her companion and fell contemptuously asleep.

Martins moved on: at Maxim's a few couples were dancing rather gloomily, and at a place called Chez Victor the heating had failed and people sat in overcoats drinking cocktails. By this time the spots were swimming in front of Martins' eyes, and he was oppressed by a sense of loneliness. His mind reverted to the girl in Dublin, and the one in Amsterdam. That was one thing that didn't fool you—the straight drink, the simple physical act: one didn't expect fidelity from a woman. His mind revolved in circles—from sentiment to lust and back again from belief to cynicism.

The trams had stopped, and he set out obstinately on foot to find Harry's girl. He wanted to make love to her—just like that: no nonsense, no sentiment. He was in the mood for violence, and the snowy road heaved like a lake, and set his mind on a new course towards sorrow, eternal love, renunciation.

It must have been about three in the morning when he climbed the stairs to Anna's room. He was nearly sober by that time and had only one idea in his head, that she must know about Harry too. He felt that somehow this knowledge would pay the mortmain that memory levies on human beings, and he would stand a chance with Harry's girl. If one is in love oneself, it never occurs to one that the girl doesn't know: one believes one has told it plainly in a tone of voice, the touch of a hand. When Anna opened the door to him, with astonishment at the sight of him tousled on the threshold, he never imagined that she was opening the door to a stranger.

He said, "Anna, I've found out everything (я все выяснил)."

"Come in (входите)," she said, "you don't want to wake the house (вы /ведь/ не хотите перебудить /весь/ дом)." She was in a dressing gown (она была в халате): the divan had become a bed (тахта стала кроватью), the kind of rumbled bed (той разновидностью разворошенной кровати) that showed how sleepless the occupant had been (которая показывала, каким бессонным был владелец: «занимающий ее»).

"Now (ну вот; now — сейчас, теперь, в настоящий момент; вот /в начале предложения/, ср.: now it chanced that... — и вот оказалось, что...)," she said, while he stood there (пока он стоял там), fumbling for words (нащупывая = ища слова), "what is it (что это = что случилось; what is it now? — ну, что опять случилось?)? I thought you were going to keep away (я думала, вы собирались держаться подальше). Are the police after you (полиция гонится за вами/преследует вас)?"

"No."

"You didn't really kill that man (вы действительно не убивали того человека), did you (правда)?"

"Of course not (конечно нет)."

"You're drunk (вы пьяны), aren't you (правда)?"

"I am a bit (немного)," he said sulkily (сказал он угрюмо). The meeting seemed to be going on the wrong lines (встреча, казалось, быть проходила по неправильному пути: «на неправильных линиях»). He said angrily (он сказал сердито), "I'm sorry (извините: «я сожалею»)."

"Why (почему)? I could do with a bit of drink myself (я и сама могла бы/мне бы и самой не помешало немного выпить; to do with smth. — находить применение чему-л.; нуждаться в чем-л., быть непрочь от чего-л. /разг./)."

He said, "I've been with the British police (я был у британских полицейских). They are satisfied I didn't do it (они убедились, что я не делал этого; satisfied — довольный, удовлетворенный). But I've learned everything from them (но я узнал все от них). Harry was in a racket (Гарри был в афере)—a bad racket (скверной афере)." He said hopelessly (он сказал безнадежно), "He was no good at all (он был не хорош вовсе = он был нехорошим человеком; no good — нестоящий человек; бесполезная вещь). We were both wrong (мы оба были неправы)."

"You'd better tell me (вы бы лучше рассказали мне)," Anna said. She sat down on the bed (она села на кровать) and he told her (и он рассказал ей), swaying slightly beside the table (раскачиваясь немножко около стола) where her typescript part still lay open at the first page (где все еще лежала ее машинописная роль, открытая на первой странице). I imagine he told it her pretty confusedly (я воображаю, что он рассказал это ей весьма сбивчиво), dwelling chiefly on what had stuck most in his mind (задерживаясь главным образом на том, что застряло больше всего в его мыслях; to stick — воткнуть; застрять), the children dead with meningitis (дети, мертвые от менингита) and the children in the mental ward (и дети в психиатрической лечебнице). He stopped (он остановился) and they were silent (и они молчали: «были безмолвными/тихими»). She said, "Is that all (это все)?"

"Yes."

"You were sober when they told you (вы был трезвы, когда они рассказывали вам)? They really proved it (они действительно доказали это)?"

"Yes." He added, drearily (он добавил тоскливо), "So that, you see, was Harry (так что вот каким, понимаете, был Гарри)."

"I'm glad he's dead now (я рада, что он сейчас мертв)," she said. "I wouldn't have wanted him to rot for years in prison (я бы не хотела, чтобы он гнил в течение /многих/ годов в тюрьме)."

"But can you understand how Harry (но можете ли вы понять, как Гарри)—your Harry, my Harry (ваш Гарри, мой Гарри)—could have got mixed up (мог впутаться /в такое/)...?" He said hopelessly (он сказал безнадежно), "I feel as though he had never really existed (я чувствую так = у меня такое чувство, словно он никогда не существовал на самом деле), that we'd dreamed him (что мы вообразили его/что он нам приснился; to dream — , видеть во сне; погружаться в мир фантазий, мечтать, грезить). Was he laughing at fools like us all the time (смеялся ли он над /такими/ дураками, как мы, все время = может, он все время смеялся над такими дураками, как мы)?"

"He may have been (он мог делать это = вполне возможно, что смеялся). What does it matter (какое это имеет значение)?" she said. "Sit down (сядьте). Don't worry (не волнуйтесь)." He had pictured himself comforting her (он представлял себе, как он будет утешать ее)—not this other way about (а не наоборот: «не этим другим путем вокруг»). She said, "If he was alive now (если он был бы жив сейчас), he might be able to explain (он мог бы быть способным объяснить = возможно, он смог бы объяснить), but we've got to remember him as he was to us (но мы должны помнить его таким, каким он был /по отношению/ к нам). There are always so many things one doesn't know about a person (есть всегда так много вещей, которые ты не знаешь о человеке), even a person one loves (даже о человеке, которого ты любишь), good things (хорошие вещи), bad things (плохие вещи). We have to leave plenty of room for them (мы должны оставлять много пространства для них; plenty — изобилие)."

meningitis [men?n`d?a?t?s]

occupant ['Okjupqnt], typescript ['taIpskrIpt], meningitis ["menIn'GaItIs], ward [wO:d], prison [prIzn]

He said, "Anna, I've found out everything."

"Come in," she said, "you don't want to wake the house." She was in a dressing gown: the divan had become a bed, the kind of rumbled bed that showed how sleepless the occupant had been.

"Now," she said, while he stood there, fumbling for words, "what is it? I thought you were going to keep away. Are the police after you?"

"No."

"You didn't really kill that man, did you?"

"Of course not."

"You're drunk, aren't you?"

"I am a bit," he said sulkily. The meeting seemed to be going on the wrong lines. He said angrily, "I'm sorry."

"Why? I could do with a bit of drink myself."

He said, "I've been with the British police. They are satisfied I didn't do it. But I've learned everything from them. Harry was in a racket—a bad racket." He said hopelessly, "He was no good at all. We were both wrong."

"You'd better tell me," Anna said. She sat down on the bed and he told her, swaying slightly beside the table where her typescript part still lay open at the first page. I imagine he told it her pretty confusedly, dwelling chiefly on what had stuck most in his mind, the children dead with meningitis and the children in the mental ward. He stopped and they were silent. She said, "Is that all?"

"Yes."

"You were sober when they told you? They really proved it?"

"Yes." He added, drearily, "So that, you see, was Harry."

"I'm glad he's dead now," she said. "I wouldn't have wanted him to rot for years in prison."

"But can you understand how Harry—your Harry, my Harry—could have got mixed up ...?" He said hopelessly, "I feel as though he had never really existed, that we'd dreamed him. Was he laughing at fools like us all the time?"

"He may have been. What does it matter?" she said. "Sit down. Don't worry." He had pictured himself comforting her—not this other way about. She said, "If he was alive now, he might be able to explain, but we've got to remember him as he was to us. There are always so many things one doesn't know about a person, even a person one loves, good things, bad things. We have to leave plenty of room for them."

"Those children (эти дети)..."

She said angrily (она сказала сердито), "For God's sake (ради Бога) stop making people in your image (прекратите делать людей по вашему образу»). Harry was real (Гарри был настоящим). He wasn't just your hero and my lover (он не был лишь вашим героем и моим возлюбленным). He was Harry (он был Гарри). He was in a racket (он был в афере). He did bad things (он делал плохие вещи). What about it (что насчет этого = ну и что)? He was the man we knew (он был тем человеком, которого мы знали)."

He said, "Don't talk such bloody wisdom (не говори такую чертову мудрость). Don't you see (разве ты не видишь) that I love you (что я люблю тебя)?"

She looked at him in astonishment (она посмотрела на него в удивлении). "You (ты)?"

"Yes, me (да, я). I don't kill people with fake drugs (я не убиваю людей поддельными лекарствами). I'm not a hypocrite (я не лицемер) who persuades people that I'm the greatest (который убеждает людей, что я величайший)... I'm just a bad writer who drinks too much (я просто плохой писатель, который пьет слишком много) and falls in love with girls (и влюбляется в девушек)..."

She said, "But I don't even know what colour your eyes are (но я даже не знаю, какого цвета твои глаза). If you'd rung me up just now and asked me (если ты бы позвонил мне прямо и сейчас и спросил меня; to ring up — позвонить) whether you were dark or fair or wore a moustache (темноволосый ты или светловолосый, носишь ли усы), I wouldn't have known (я бы не знала = не смогла бы сказать)."

"Can't you get him out of your mind (не можешь ли ты выбросить его из твоих мыслей)?"

"No."

He said, "As soon as they've cleared up this Koch murder (как только они разберутся с этим убийством Коха), I'm leaving Vienna (я покину Вену). I can't feel interested any longer in whether Kurtz killed Harry (я не могу чувствовать себя заинтересованным сколько-нибудь дольше в том, Куртц ли убил Гарри)—or the third man (или третий человек). Whoever killed him it was a kind of justice (кто бы ни убил его, это была разновидность справедливости = была своего рода справедливость). Maybe I'd kill him myself under these circumstances (может быть, я бы убил его сам в этих обстоятельствах). But you still love him (но ты все еще любишь его). You love a cheat (ты любишь лгуна), a murderer (убийцу)."

"I loved a man (я любила человека)," she said. "I told you (я сказала тебе)—a man doesn't alter because you find out more about him (человек не меняется из-за того, что ты обнаруживаешь больше о нем). He's still the same man (он есть все еще тот же самый человек)."

"I hate the way you talk (я ненавижу = мне очень не нравится то, как ты говоришь; way — путь, способ). I've got a splitting headache (у меня острая: «раскалывающая» головная боль; to split — раскалывать; расщеплять), and you talk and talk (а ты говоришь и говоришь)..."

"I didn't ask you to come (я не приглашала/не просила тебя приходить)."

"You make me cross (ты заставляешь меня сердиться: «делаешь меня сердитым/раздраженным»)."

Suddenly she laughed (внезапно она рассмеялась). She said, "You are so comic (ты такой комичный/забавный). You come here at three in the morning (ты приходишь сюда в три часа утра)—a stranger (чужой человек)— and say you love me (и говоришь, что ты любишь меня). Then you get angry (затем ты становишься сердитым = начинаешь сердиться) and pick a quarrel (и ищешь повод для ссоры: «поднимаешь/подхватываешь ссору»; to pick — собирать, снимать (плоды/; to pick up — поднимать, подбирать). What do you expect me to do (что ты ожидаешь меня сделать = чтобы я сделала)—or say (или сказала)?"

"I haven't seen you laugh before (я раньше не видел, как ты смеешься). Do it again (сделай это снова). I like it (я мне нравится это)."

"There isn't enough for two laughs (здесь недостаточно для двух смешков = меня не хватит на два смешка)," she said.

He took her by the shoulders (он взял ее за плечи) and shook her gently (и потряс ее мягко; to shake — трясти; gently — мягко, нежно; осторожно). He said, "I'd make comic faces all day long (я бы делал комичные лица весь день). I'd stand on my head and grin at you between my legs (я бы стоял на голове и улыбался тебе между моими ногами). I'd learn a lot of jokes (я бы выучил кучу анекдотов: «шуток») from the books on After-dinner Speaking (из книг о послеобеденном разговоре)."

"Come away from the window (отойди прочь от окна). There are no curtains (тут нет занавесок)." '

"There's nobody to see (там нет никого, чтобы увидеть = кто бы увидел /нас/)," but automatically checking his statement (но автоматически = машинально проверяя свое утверждение), he wasn't quite so sure (он не был совершенно так уверен): a long shadow that had moved (длинная тень, которая передвинулась), perhaps with the movement of clouds over the moon (возможно, с движением туч над луной), was motionless again (была вновь неподвижна). He said, "You still love Harry (ты все еще любишь Гарри), don't you (не так ли)?"

"Yes."

"Perhaps I do (возможно, я люблю). I don't know (я не знаю)." He dropped his hands (он уронил свои руки) and said, "I’ll be pushing off (ну, я пошел; to push off — отталкиваться, отплывать /от берега/; убираться, уходить)."

persuade [pq'sweId], moustache [mq'stRS], justice ['GAstIs], headache ['hedeIk], comic ['kOmIk], quarrel ['kwOr(q)l]

"Those children..."

She said angrily, "For God's sake stop making people in your image. Harry was real. He wasn't just your hero and my lover. He was Harry. He was in a racket. He did bad things. What about it? He was the man we knew."

He said, "Don't talk such bloody wisdom. Don't you see that I love you?"

She looked at him in astonishment. "You?"

"Yes, me. I don't kill people with fake drugs. I'm not a hypocrite who persuades people that I'm the greatest ... I'm just a bad writer who drinks too much and falls in love with girls ..."

She said, "But I don't even know what colour your eyes are. If you'd rung me up just now and asked me whether you were dark or fair or wore a moustache, I wouldn't have known."

"Can't you get him out of your mind?"

"No."

He said, "As soon as they've cleared up this Koch murder, I'm leaving Vienna. I can't feel interested any longer in whether Kurtz killed Harry—or the third man. Whoever killed him it was a kind of justice. Maybe I'd kill him myself under these circumstances. But you still love him. You love a cheat, a murderer."

"I loved a man," she said. "I told you—a man doesn't alter because you find out more about him. He's still the same man."

"I hate the way you talk. I've got a splitting headache, and you talk and talk ..."

"I didn't ask you to come."

"You make me cross."

Suddenly she laughed. She said, "You are so comic. You come here at three in the morning—a stranger— and say you love me. Then you get angry and pick a quarrel. What do you expect me to do—or say?"

"I haven't seen you laugh before. Do it again. I like it."

"There isn't enough for two laughs," she said.

He took her by the shoulders and shook her gently. He said, "I'd make comic faces all day long. I'd stand on my head and grin at you between my legs. I'd learn a lot of jokes from the books on After-dinner Speaking."

"Come away from the window. There are no curtains." '

"There's nobody to see," but automatically checking his statement, he wasn't quite so sure: a long shadow that had moved, perhaps with the movement of clouds over the moon, was motionless again. He said, "You still love Harry, don't you?"

"Yes."

"Perhaps I do. I don't know." He dropped his hands and said, "I’ll be pushing off."

He walked rapidly away (он быстро зашагал прочь): he didn't bother to see (он не побеспокоился посмотреть) whether he was being followed (преследовали ли его), to check up on the shadow (чтобы проверить тень). But passing by the end of the street (но, проходя мимо конца улицы) he happened to turn (он случился повернуть = получилось так, что он повернул) and there just around the corner (и там, прямо за углом), pressed against a wall to escape notice (прижатая к стене, чтобы не быть замеченной: «чтобы избежать замечания»), was a thick stocky figure (была плотная, коренастая фигура). Martins stopped and stared (Мартинс остановился и пригляделся; to stare — пристально глядеть, вглядываться; уставиться). There was something familiar about that figure (было что-то знакомое в этой фигуре): perhaps, he thought (возможно, — он подумал), I have grown unconsciously used to him (я стал бессознательно привычен к нему; to grow — расти; становиться) during these last twenty-four hours (в течение этих последних двадцати четырех часов): perhaps he is one of those (возможно, он один из тех) who have so assiduously checked my movements (кто так упорно: «старательно» отслеживал мои движения; assiduous — усердный, прилежный; неутомимый, старательный). Martins stood there (Мартинс стоял там), twenty yards away (в двадцати ярдах), staring at the silent motionless figure in the dark side-street (уставившись на безмолвную, неподвижную фигуру в темном переулке) who stared back at him (которая, в свою очередь, смотрела на него: «смотрела назад на него»). A police spy, perhaps (полицейский шпик, возможно), or an agent of those other men (или агент тех других людей), those men who had corrupted Harry first (тех людей, которые сперва развратили Гарри) and then killed him (а затем убили его): even possibly the third man (даже, возможно, третий человек)?

It was not the face that was familiar (это было не лицо что было знакомо = знакомо было не лицо), for he could not make out so much as the angle of the jaw (ибо он не мог различить так много как = даже угол челюсти): nor a movement (ни движения), for the body was so still that he began to believe (ибо тело было таким неподвижным, что он начал верить/полагать) that the whole thing was an illusion caused by shadow (что все это было иллюзией, вызванной тенью). He called sharply (он позвал резко). "Do you want anything (вы что-нибудь хотите)?" and there was no reply (и не было никакого ответа). He called again with the irascibility of drink (он позвал снова с раздражительностью выпившего; irascible — вспыльчивый, несдержанный, раздражительный). "Answer (отвечай), can't you (ты можешь: «не можешь ты» = почему не отвечаешь)?" and an answer came (и ответ пришел), for a window curtain was drawn petulantly back by some sleeper he had awakened (ибо оконная занавеска была отодвинута раздраженно назад каким-то спящим, которого он разбудил; petulant — нетерпеливый, обидчивый, раздражительный, вздорный, всем недовольный) and the light fell straight across the narrow street (и свет упал прямо через узкую улицу) and lit up the features of Harry Lime (и осветил черты Гарри Лайма; to light up — освещать).

assiduously [?`s?dju?sl?], irascibility [?r?s?`b?l?t?], petulant [`petjul?nt]

during ['djuqrIN], assiduous [q'sIdjuqs], illusion [I'lu:Z(q)n], irascibility [I"rxsI'bIlItI], irascible [I'rxsIbl], petulant ['petjulqnt]

He walked rapidly away: he didn't bother to see whether he was being followed, to check up on the shadow. But passing by the end of the street he happened to turn and there just around the corner, pressed against a wall to escape notice, was a thick stocky figure. Martins stopped and stared. There was something familiar about that figure: perhaps, he thought, I have grown unconsciously used to him during these last twenty-four hours: perhaps he is one of those who have so assiduously checked my movements. Martins stood there, twenty yards away, staring at the silent motionless figure in the dark side-street who stared back at him. A police spy, perhaps, or an agent of those other men, those men who had corrupted Harry first and then killed him: even possibly the third man?

It was not the face that was familiar, for he could not make out so much as the angle of the jaw: nor a movement, for the body was so still that he began to believe that the whole thing was an illusion caused by shadow. He called sharply. "Do you want anything?" and there was no reply. He called again with the irascibility of drink. "Answer, can't you?" and an answer came, for a window curtain was drawn petulantly back by some sleeper he had awakened and the light fell straight across the narrow street and lit up the features of Harry Lime.

12

DO YOU BELIEVE in ghosts (вы верите в привидения)?" Martins said to me (спросил меня Мартинс).

"Do you (а вы)?"

"I do now (верю теперь)."

"I also believe that drunk men see things (я также верю, что пьяные люди видят /разные/ вещи)—sometimes rats, sometimes worse (иногда крыс, иногда хуже)."

He hadn't come to me at once with his story (он не пришел ко мне сразу со своей историей)—only the danger to Anna Schmidt (только опасность, угрожающая Анне Шмидт) tossed him back into my office (забросила его назад = отбросила его в мою контору), like something the sea washed up (как что-то, что море выбросило на берег: «вымыло вверх»), tousled, unshaven (растрепанного, небритого), haunted by an experience he couldn't understand (не имеющего покоя от опыта, который он не мог понять; to haunt — часто заезжать проведать, навещать /какое-л. место, людей и т. п./; мучить; не давать покоя /о мыслях и т. п./; /о привидении/ жить, обитать; являться). He said, "If it had been just the face (если это было бы просто лицо), I wouldn't have worried (я бы не беспокоился). I'd been thinking about Harry (я думал о Гарри), and I might easily have mistaken a stranger (и мог легко перепутать чужого /принять кого-либо за Гарри/; to mistake — ошибаться; неправильно понимать; принять кого-л. за другого или что-л. за другое). The light was turned off again at once, you see (свет был снова немедленно погашен, видите ли; to turn off — выключать), I only got one glimpse (я только получил одно мимолетное впечатление; glimpse — проблеск, слабый свет, слабая вспышка; мелькание; мимолетное впечатление), and the man made off down the street (и человек ушел дальше по улице; down — вниз; /вниз/ по; вдоль по /указывает на движение вниз или в более отдаленное место/)—if he was a man (если это был человек). There was no turning for a long way (не было никакого поворота на долгом пути), but I was so startled (но я был так поражен/напуган; to startle — испугать; поразить, сильно удивить) I gave him another thirty yards' start (что я дал ему еще тридцатиярдовую фору). He came to one of those newspaper kiosks (он подошел к одному из тех газетных киосков) and for a moment moved out of sight (и на мгновение пропал: «выдвинулся из видимости»). I ran after him (я побежал за ним). It only took me ten seconds to reach the kiosk (мне потребовалось только десять секунд, чтобы достичь киоска), and he must have heard me running (и он, должно быть, услышал меня бегущего = как я бегу), but the strange thing was he never appeared again (но странно было то, что он так и не появился снова). I reached the kiosk (я достиг киоска = добежал до киоска). There wasn't anybody there (там никого не было). The street was empty (улица была пуста). He couldn't have reached a doorway without my meeting him (он не мог бы достигнуть входной двери так, чтобы я его не встретил). He'd simply vanished (он просто исчез; to vanish — исчезать, пропадать /тж. vanish away/)."

"A natural thing for ghosts (естественная вещь для привидений)—or illusions (или иллюзий)."

"But I can't believe I was as drunk as all that (но я не могу поверить, что я был настолько пьян: «так пьян, как все это»)!"

"What did you do then (что сделали вы тогда)?"

"I had to have another drink (я должен был выпить еще одну порцию выпивки). My nerves were all to pieces (мои нервы были все на кусочки = совершенно расшатаны)."

"Didn't that bring him back (это не привело его назад)?"

"No (нет), but it sent me back to Anna's (но это послало меня назад к Анне)."

I think he would have been ashamed to come to me with his absurd story (я думаю, он был бы постыдился прийти ко мне со своей абсурдной историей) if it had not been for the attempt on Anna Schmidt (если бы не из-за /возможного/ покушения на Анну Шмидт). My theory when he did tell me his story was (моя теория, когда он наконец рассказал мне свою историю, была) that there had been a watcher (что там был наблюдатель)—though it was drink and hysteria that had pasted on the man's face the features of Harry Lime (хотя это была выпивка и истерия, которые нанесли на того человека лицо черты Гарри Лайма; paste — клей, клейстер; паста, мастика; to paste — клеить, приклеивать). That watcher had noted his visit to Anna (наблюдатель отметил его визит к Анне) and the member of the ring (и член кольца)—the penicillin ring (пенициллинового кольца)—had been warned by telephone (был предупрежден по телефону). Events that night moved fast (события той ночью двигались быстро). You remember that Kurtz lived in the Russian zone (вы помните, что Куртц жил в русской зоне)—in the second bezirk to be exact (во втором округе, чтобы быть точным = точнее говоря), in a wide empty desolate street (на широкой, пустой, безлюдной улице; desolate — одинокий, оставленный всеми, заброшенный; пустынный, необитаемый, безлюдный) that runs down to the Prater Platz (которая бежит вниз = спускается к Пратер-Плац). A man like that had probably obtained his influential contacts (такой человек, возможно, получил свои = обеспечил себе влиятельные связи; to obtain — получать; добывать; приобретать; influence — влияние). The original police agreement in Vienna between the allies (изначальное полицейское соглашение в Вене между союзниками) confined the military police (ограничило военную полицию) (who had to deal with crimes involving allied personnel (которая должна была иметь дело с преступлениями, вовлекшими персонал союзников; to deal — иметь дело; to involve — включать, вовлекать) to their particular zones (их конкретными зонами; particular — частный, личный /уст./; индивидуальный, отдельный, одиночный), unless permission was given to them to enter the zone of another power (разве что им не было дано разрешение войти в зону другой власти; unless — если не). I only had to get on the phone to my opposite number in the American or French zones (мне нужно было лишь дозвониться до моего коллеги в американской и французской зонах; opposite — противоположный; number — номер, число) before I sent in my men (прежде чем я посылал туда моих людей) to make an arrest or pursue an investigation (чтобы совершить арест или провести расследование; to pursue — преследовать; рассматривать, расследовать /вопрос, дело/). Perhaps forty-eight hours would pass (возможно, прошло бы сорок восемь часов) before I received permission from the Russians (прежде чем я получил бы разрешение от русских), but in practice there are a few occasions (но на практике бывают некоторые случаи) when it is necessary to work quicker than that (когда необходимо работать быстрее, чем это = быстрее этого). Even at home it is not always possible (даже дома = в своей зоне не всегда возможно) to obtain a search warrant or permission from one's superiors to detain a suspect (получить ордер на обыск или разрешение от своих начальников задержать подозреваемого; search — обыск, поиск) with any greater speed (со сколько-нибудь большей скоростью).

ghost ['gqust], kiosk ['ki:Osk], vanish ['vxnIS], hysteria [hIs'tIqrIq], exact [Ig'zxkt], desolate ['des(q)lqt], allied [q'laId], personnel ["pq:sq'nel], warrant ['wOr(q)nt], superior [sju:'pIqrIq], detain [dI'teIn], suspect /сущ./ ['sAspekt]

DO YOU BELIEVE in ghosts?" Martins said to me.

"Do you?"

"I do now."

"I also believe that drunk men see things—sometimes rats, sometimes worse."

He hadn't come to me at once with his story—only the danger to Anna Schmidt tossed him back into my office, like something the sea washed up, tousled, unshaven, haunted by an experience he couldn't understand. He said, "If it had been just the face, I wouldn't have worried. I'd been thinking about Harry, and I might easily have mistaken a stranger. The light was turned off again at once, you see, I only got one glimpse, and the man made off down the street—if he was a man. There was no turning for a long way, but I was so startled I gave him another thirty yards' start. He came to one of those newspaper kiosks and for a moment moved out of sight. I ran after him. It only took me ten seconds to reach the kiosk, and he must have heard me running, but the strange thing was he never appeared again. I reached the kiosk. There wasn't anybody there. The street was empty. He couldn't have reached a doorway without my meeting him. He'd simply vanished."

"A natural thing for ghosts—or illusions."

"But I can't believe I was as drunk as all that!"

"What did you do then?"

"I had to have another drink. My nerves were all to pieces."

"Didn't that bring him back?"

"No, but it sent me back to Anna's."

I think he would have been ashamed to come to me with his absurd story if it had not been for the attempt on Anna Schmidt. My theory when he did tell me his story was that there had been a watcher—though it was drink and hysteria that had pasted on the man's face the features of Harry Lime. That watcher had noted his visit to Anna and the member of the ring—the penicillin ring—had been warned by telephone. Events that night moved fast. You remember that Kurtz lived in the Russian zone—in the second bezirk to be exact, in a wide empty desolate street that runs down to the Prater Platz. A man like that had probably obtained his influential contacts. The original police agreement in Vienna between the allies confined the military police (who had to deal with crimes involving allied personnel) to their particular zones, unless permission was given to them to enter the zone of another power. I only had to get on the phone to my opposite number in the American or French zones before I sent in my men to make an arrest or pursue an investigation. Perhaps forty-eight hours would pass before I received permission from the Russians, but in practice there are a few occasions when it is necessary to work quicker than that. Even at home it is not always possible to obtain a search warrant or permission from one's superiors to detain a suspect with any greater speed.

This meant that if I wanted to pick up Kurtz (это означало, что если я хотел взять Куртца) it would be as well to catch him in the British zone (его стоило, пожалуй, поймать в британской зоне).

When Rollo Martins went drunkenly back at four o'clock in the morning (когда Ролло Мартинс пошел пьяным назад в четыре часа утра) to tell Anna that he had seen the ghost of Harry (чтобы рассказать Анне, что он видел призрак Гарри; ghost — привидение, призрак; дух), he was told by a frightened porter (ему сказал испуганный портье) who had not yet gone back to sleep (который еще не ушел обратно спать) that she had been taken away by the International Patrol (что она была забрана интернациональным патрулем).

What happened was this (что случилось, было вот что). Russia, you remember (Россия, как вы помните), was in the chair as far as the Inner Stadt was concerned (была у власти: «председательствовала» в том, что касалось Внутреннего Города), and the Russians had information that Anna Schmidt was one of their nationals (и русские получили информацию что Анна Шмидт была одной из их соотечественников) living with false papers (живущей по фальшивым документам). On this occasion (по этому случаю), halfway through the patrol (на полпути при обходе), the Russian policeman directed the car to the street where Anna Schmidt lived (русский полицейский направил машину к улице, где жила Анна Шмидт).

Outside Anna Schmidt's block (у дома Анны Шмидт) the American took a hand in the game (американец вступил в игру: «взял руку в игре») and demanded in German (и спросил на немецком) what it was all about (в чем было дело). The Frenchman leant against the bonnet (француз оперся на капот; to lean — прислоняться, опираться) and lit a stinking Caporal (и запалил вонючую махорку; to light — зажигать; to stink — вонять). France wasn't concerned (Франция была ни при чем: «не была затронута) and nothing that didn't concern France had any genuine importance to him (и ничто, что не затрагивало Францию, не имело какой-либо настоящей важности для него). The Russian dug out a few words of German (русский выкопал наружу = с трудом вспомнил несколько слов немецкого; to dig — копать) and flourished some papers (и помахал какими-то бумажками; to flourish — цвести, расцветать; пышно расти, разрастаться; размахивать оружием в знак триумфа, победы, потрясать оружием, салютовать). As far as they could tell (насколько: «так далеко как» они могли сказать = понять), a Russian national wanted by the Russian police (русский гражданин, искомый русской полицией) was living there without proper papers (жил там без настоящих документов; proper — присущий, свойственный; правильный, должный; надлежащий; подходящий). They went upstairs (они пошли вверх по лестнице) and found Anna in bed (и нашли Анну в постели), though I don't suppose (хотя я не предполагаю), after Martins' visit (после визита Мартинса), that she was asleep (что она была спящей = спала).

There is a lot of comedy in these situations (есть много комического в этих ситуациях) if you are not directly concerned (если ты не прямо затронут = если они не касаются непосредственно тебя). You need a background of general European terror (тебе нужен фон общего европейского ужаса), of a father who belonged to a losing side (отца, который принадлежал к проигравшей стороне; to lose — терять; проигрывать), of house searches (домашних обысков) and disappearances (и исчезновений) before the fear outweighs the comedy (прежде чем страх перевесит: «перевешивает» комедию; to weigh — взвешивать). The Russian, you see, refused to leave the room (русский, вы видите, отказался покидать комнату): the American wouldn't leave a girl unprotected (американец не хотел оставлять девушку незащищенной), and the Frenchman (а француз)—well, I think the Frenchman must have thought it was fun (ну, я полагаю, что француз должен был думать, что это было забавно). Can't you imagine the scene (можете ли вы вообразить эту сцену)? The Russian was just doing his duty and watched the girl all the time (русский просто исполнял свой долг и смотрел на девушку все время), without a flicker of sexual interest (без единого проблеска сексуального интереса): the American stood with his back chivalrously turned (американец стоял, по-рыцарски отвернувшись: «с его спиной по-рыцарски повернутой»): the Frenchman smoked his cigarette (француз курил свою сигарету) and watched with detached amusement the reflection of the girl dressing (и смотрел с невозмутимым весельем на отражение одевающейся девушки; detached — отдельный, обособленный; бесстрастный, невозмутимый /о взгляде, выражении лица/; amusement — развлечение; to amuse — развлекать; увеселять) in the mirror of the wardrobe (в зеркале гардероба), and the Englishman stood in the passage (а англичанин стоял в коридоре) wondering what to do next (недоумевая, что делать дальше: «следующим»).

I don't want you to think the English policeman came too badly out of the affair (я не хочу, чтобы вы подумали, что английский полицейский вышел слишком плохо из этого дела = плохо проявил себя в этом деле). In the passage (в коридоре), undistracted by chivalry (неотвлекаемый рыцарством), he had time to think (он имел время подумать), and his thoughts led him to the telephone in the next flat (и его мысли привели его к телефону в соседней квартире; to lead — вести). He got straight through to me at my flat (он дозвонился прямо ко мне в мою квартиру) and woke me out of that deepest middle sleep (и разбудил меня из того = из так называемого самого глубокого среднего сна). That was why when Martins rang up an hour later (поэтому когда Мартинс позвонил часом позже), I already knew what was exciting him (я уже знал, что /именно/ волновало его)—it gave him an undeserved but very useful belief in my efficiency (это дало ему незаслуженную, но очень полезную веру в мою эффективность). I never had another crack from him (я никогда больше не получал саркастического замечания от него; crack — треск, хруст, скрежет; щелчок хлыста; трещина, щель /особенно в полу/; амер. разг. острота, шутка; шпилька, едкое замечание, наезд) about policemen or sheriffs after that night (насчет полицейских и шерифов после той ночи).

direct [dI'rekt], demand [dI'mRnd], lean ['li:n], leant [lent], bonnet ['bOnIt], flourish ['flArIS], outweigh [aut'weI], sexual ['seksjuql], chivalrous ['SIv(q)lrqs], amusement [q'mju:zmqnt], detached [dI'txtSt], belief [bI'li:f], efficiency [I'fIS(q)nsI]

This meant that if I wanted to pick up Kurtz it would be as well to catch him in the British zone.

When Rollo Martins went drunkenly back at four o'clock in the morning to tell Anna that he had seen the ghost of Harry, he was told by a frightened porter who had not yet gone back to sleep that she had been taken away by the International Patrol.

What happened was this. Russia, you remember, was in the chair as far as the Inner Stadt was concerned, and the Russians had information that Anna Schmidt was one of their nationals living with false papers. On this occasion, halfway through the patrol, the Russian policeman directed the car to the street where Anna Schmidt lived.

Outside Anna Schmidt's block the American took a hand in the game and demanded in German what it was all about. The Frenchman leant against the bonnet and lit a stinking Caporal. France wasn't concerned and nothing that didn't concern France had any genuine importance to him. The Russian dug out a few words of German and flourished some papers. As far as they could tell, a Russian national wanted by the Russian police was living there without proper papers. They went upstairs and found Anna in bed, though I don't suppose, after Martins' visit, that she was asleep.

There is a lot of comedy in these situations if you are not directly concerned. You need a background of general European terror, of a father who belonged to a losing side, of house searches and disappearances before the fear outweighs the comedy. The Russian, you see, refused to leave the room: the American wouldn't leave a girl unprotected, and the Frenchman—well, I think the Frenchman must have thought it was fun. Can't you imagine the scene? The Russian was just doing his duty and watched the girl all the time, without a flicker of sexual interest: the American stood with his back chivalrously turned: the Frenchman smoked his cigarette and watched with detached amusement the reflection of the girl dressing in the mirror of the wardrobe, and the Englishman stood in the passage wondering what to do next.

I don't want you to think the English policeman came too badly out of the affair. In the passage, undistracted by chivalry, he had time to think, and his thoughts led him to the telephone in the next flat. He got straight through to me at my flat and woke me out of that deepest middle sleep. That was why when Martins rang up an hour later, I already knew what was exciting him—it gave him an undeserved but very useful belief in my efficiency. I never had another crack from him about policemen or sheriffs after that night.

When the M.P. (когда этот военный полицейский) went back to Anna's room (вошел назад в комнату Анны) a dispute was raging (/там/ бушевал спор). Anna had told the American that she had Austrian papers (Анна сказала американцу, что у нее были австрийские документы) (which was true (что было правдой; true — правдивый, истинный) and that they were quite in order (и что они были совершенно в порядке) (which was rather stretching the truth (что было весьма растягивающим = вольно трактующим истину). The American told the Russian in bad German (американец сказал русскому на плохом немецком) that they had no right to arrest an Austrian citizen (что те не имели никакого права арестовывать австрийскую гражданку). He asked Anna for her papers (он попросил Анну о ее документах) and when she produced them (и когда она предъявила их), the Russian took them (русский взял их).

"Hungarian (венгерка)," he said, pointing at Anna (сказал он, указывая на Анну). "Hungarian," and then flourishing the papers (и затем, помахивая документами), "bad bad (плохо плохо)."

The American, whose name was O'Brien, said (американец, чье имя было О’Брайен, сказал), "Give the goil back her papers (отдайте девушке ее документы; goil = искаж. girl — девушка)," which the Russian naturally didn't understand (чего русский, естественно, не понял). The American put his hand on his gun (американец положил свою руку на свой пистолет), and Corporal Starling said gently (а капрал Старлинг сказал мягко), "Let it go, Pat (оставь это, Пэт)."

"If those papers ain't in order we got a right to look (если эти документы не в порядке, мы имеем право посмотреть)."

"Just let it go (просто оставь). We’ll see the papers at H.Q. (мы увидим документы в штабе)."

"The trouble about you British is you never know when to make a stand (проблема с вами, британцами, в том, что вы никогда не знаете, когда оказать сопротивление)."

"Oh, well (о, хорошо)," Starling said (сказал Старлинг)—he had been at Dunkirk (он был при Дюнкерке), but he knew when to be quiet (но он знал, когда /надо/ быть спокойным).

The driver put on his brakes suddenly (водитель нажал на свои тормоза внезапно; to put on — приводить в действие): there was a road block (на дороге было заграждение). You see I knew they would have to pass this military post (видите ли, я знал, что они бы должны были проехать этот военный пост). I put my head in at the window (я просунул мою голову внутрь в окно) and said to the Russian (и сказал русскому), haltingly, in his own tongue (запинаясь, на его собственном языке): "What are you doing in the British zone (что вы делаете в британской зоне)?"

He grumbled that it was "Orders" (он проворчал ,что это был приказ).

"Whose orders (чей приказ)? Let me see them (позвольте мне увидеть его: «их»)." I noted the signature (я приметил подпись)—it was useful information (это была полезная информация). I said, "This tells you to pick up a certain Hungarian national and war criminal (это = этот приказ говорит вам взять некую венгерскую гражданку и военную преступницу) who is living with faulty papers in the British zone (которая живет с поддельными документами в британской зоне). Let me see the papers (позвольте мне увидеть = покажите мне эти документы)."

He started on a long explanation (он пустился в долгое объяснение). I said, "These papers look to me quite in order (эти документы выглядят для меня совершенно в порядке), but I'll investigate them (но я исследую их) and send a report of the result to your colonel (и пошлю отзыв о результате вашему полковнику). He can, of course, ask for the extradition of this lady at any time (он может, конечно, просить о выдаче этой дамы в любое время). All we want (все, чего мы хотим) is proof of her criminal activities (это доказательство ее преступной деятельности)."

I said to Anna: "Get out of the car (выходите из машины)." I put a packet of cigarettes in the Russian's hand (я сунул пачку сигарет в руку русского), said, "Have a good smoke (желаю вам хорошо покурить)," waved my hand to the others (помахал моей рукой остальным), gave a sigh of relief (издал вздох облегчения) and that incident was closed (и этот инцидент был исчерпан: «закрыт»).

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When the M.P. went back to Anna's room a dispute was raging. Anna had told the American that she had Austrian papers (which was true) and that they were quite in order (which was rather stretching the truth). The American told the Russian in bad German that they had no right to arrest an Austrian citizen. He asked Anna for her papers and when she produced them, the Russian took them.

"Hungarian," he said, pointing at Anna. "Hungarian," and then flourishing the papers, "bad bad."

The American, whose name was O'Brien, said, "Give the goil back her papers," which the Russian naturally didn't understand. The American put his hand on his gun, and Corporal Starling said gently, "Let it go, Pat."

"If those papers ain't in order we got a right to look."

"Just let it go. Well see the papers at H.Q."

"The trouble about you British is you never know when to make a stand."

"Oh, well," Starling said—he had been at Dunkirk, but he knew when to be quiet.

The driver put on his brakes suddenly: there was a road block. You see I knew they would have to pass this military post. I put my head in at the window and said to the Russian, haltingly, in his own tongue: "What are you doing in the British zone?"

He grumbled that it was "Orders."

"Whose orders? Let me see them." I noted the signature—it was useful information. I said, "This tells you to pick up a certain Hungarian national and war criminal who is living with faulty papers in the British zone. Let me see the papers."

He started on a long explanation. I said, "These papers look to me quite in order, but I'll investigate them and send a report of the result to your colonel. He can, of course, ask for the extradition of this lady at any time. All we want is proof of her criminal activities."

I said to Anna: "Get out of the car." I put a packet of cigarettes in the Russian's hand, said, "Have a good smoke," waved my hand to the others, gave a sigh of relief and that incident was closed.

13

WHILE MARTINS told me how he went back to Anna's and found her gone (пока Мартинс рассказывал мне, как он отправился назад к Анне и нашел ее ушедшей = обнаружил, что она ушла), I did some hard thinking (я напряженно думал). I wasn't satisfied with the ghost story (я не был убежден историей о призраке) or the idea that the man with Harry Lime's features had been a drunken illusion (или мыслью, что человек с чертами /лица/ Гарри Лайма был пьяной иллюзией). I took out two maps of Vienna and compared them (я вынул две карты Вены и сравнил их): I rang up my assistant (я позвонил моему помощнику) and keeping Martins silent with a glass of whisky (и, держа Мартинса молчащим = заставив Мартинса молчать при помощи стакана виски) asked him (спросил его) if he had located Harbin yet (нашел ли он: «если он нашел» уже Харбина; yet — еще; уже /в вопросительных предложениях/). He said no (он сказал, что нет): he understood he'd left Klagenfurt a week ago (он понял, что тот покинул Клагенфурт неделю назад) to visit his family in the adjoining zone (чтобы навестить свою семью в прилегающей зоне). One always wants to do everything oneself (человек: «один» всегда хочет сделать все сам = всегда хочешь все сделать сам): one has to guard against blaming one's juniors (человек должен остерегаться обвинять своих подчиненных; against — против; to blame — обвинять). I am convinced that I would never have let Harbin out of our clutches (я убежден, что я бы никогда не выпустил Харбина из наших когтей), but then (но с другой стороны: «но затем») I would probably have made all kinds of mistakes (я бы, возможно, наделал все возможные ошибки: «все разновидности ошибок») that my junior would have avoided (которых мой подчиненный избежал бы). "All right (хорошо)," I said, "go on trying to get hold of him (продолжайте пытаться поймать его)."

"I'm sorry, sir (извините: «я сожалею», сэр)."

"Forget it (забудьте это). It's just one of those things (такие неприятности неизбежны: «это просто одна из тех вещей»)."

His young enthusiastic voice (его молодой, полный энтузиазма голос) (if only one could still feel that enthusiasm for a routine job (если бы можно было: «один мог» все еще чувствовать этот энтузиазм для рутинной работы): how many opportunities (как много возможностей), flashes of insight (вспышек прозрения) one misses simply because (мы пропускаем: «один пропускает» просто потому, что) a job has become just a job (работа стала просто работой), his voice tingled up the wire (его голос звенел по проводу): "You know, sir (вы знаете, сэр), I can't help feeling (я не могу избавиться от чувства: «я не могу помочь чувствовать») that we ruled out the possibility of murder too easily (что мы исключили возможность убийства слишком легко). There are one or two points (есть один или два момента)..."

"Put them on paper, Carter (запишите их на бумагу, Картер)."

"Yes, sir. I think, sir (я думаю, сэр), if you don't mind my saying so (если вы не возражаете против того, чтобы я так выразился) (Carter is a very young man (Картер очень молодой человек)) we ought to have him dug up (мы должны приказать откопать его: «иметь его выкопанным»; to dig — копать). There's no real evidence (нет никакого реального доказательства) that he died just when the others said (что он умер прямо тогда, когда другие сказали)."

"I agree, Carter (я соглашаюсь = согласен, Картер). Get on to the authorities (свяжитесь с властями)."

Martins was right (Мартинс был прав)! I had made a complete fool of myself (я сделал полного дурака из себя), but remember that police work in an occupied city (но помните, что полицейская работа в оккупированном городе) is not like police work at home (не похожа на полицейскую работу дома = на родине). Everything is unfamiliar (/здесь/ все незнакомо): the methods of one's foreign colleagues (методы твоих иностранных коллег): the rules of evidence (правила доказательства = нормы доказательственного права): even the procedure at inquests (даже процедура при допросах). I suppose I had got into the state of mind (я полагаю, что я впал в такое состояние мысли/духа) when one trusts too much to one's personal judgement (когда ты доверяешь слишком много своему личному суждению; to judge — судить). I had been immensely relieved by Lime's death (я испытал огромное облегчение: «я был очень облегчен» от смерти Лайма). I was satisfied with the accident (я был удовлетворен /считать это/ несчастным случаем). I said to Martins: "Did you look inside the newspaper kiosk (вы заглянули внутрь газетного киоска) or was it locked (или он был закрыт)?"

"Oh, it wasn't exactly a newspaper kiosk (это не был в точности газетный киоск = это был не совсем…)," he said. "It was one of those solid iron kiosks (это была одна из тех крепких железных будок/тумб) you see everywhere plastered with posters (которые ты видишь везде обклеенными плакатами)."

"You'd better show me the place (вы бы лучше показали мне это место)."

"But is Anna all right (но Анна в порядке)?"

"The police are watching the flat (полиция наблюдает за квартирой). They won't try anything else yet (они не будут пробовать = предпринимать пока чего-либо еще)."

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WHILE MARTINS told me how he went back to Anna's and found her gone, I did some hard thinking. I wasn't satisfied with the ghost story or the idea that the man with Harry Lime's features had been a drunken illusion. I took out two maps of Vienna and compared them: I rang up my assistant and keeping Martins silent with a glass of whisky asked him if he had located Harbin yet. He said no: he understood he'd left Klagenfurt a week ago to visit his family in the adjoining zone. One always wants to do everything oneself: one has to guard against blaming one's juniors. I am convinced that I would never have let Harbin out of our clutches, but then I would probably have made all kinds of mistakes that my junior would have avoided. "All right," I said, "go on trying to get hold of him."

"I'm sorry, sir."

"Forget it. It's just one of those things."

His young enthusiastic voice (if only one could still feel that enthusiasm for a routine job: how many opportunities, flashes of insight one misses simply because a job has become just a job), his voice tingled up the wire: "You know, sir, I can't help feeling that we ruled out the possibility of murder too easily. There are one or two points ..."

"Put them on paper, Carter."

"Yes, sir. I think, sir, if you don't mind my saying so (Carter is a very young man) we ought to have him dug up. There's no real evidence that he died just when the others said."

"I agree, Carter. Get on to the authorities."

Martins was right! I had made a complete fool of myself, but remember that police work in an occupied city is not like police work at home. Everything is unfamiliar: the methods of one's foreign colleagues: the rules of evidence: even the procedure at inquests. I suppose I had got into the state of mind when one trusts too much to one's personal judgement. I had been immensely relieved by Lime's death. I was satisfied with the accident. I said to Martins: "Did you look inside the newspaper kiosk or was it locked?"

"Oh, it wasn't exactly a newspaper kiosk," he said. "It was one of those solid iron kiosks you see everywhere plastered with posters."

"You'd better show me the place."

"But is Anna all right?"

"The police are watching the flat. They won't try anything else yet."

I didn't want to make a fuss and stir in the neighbourhood with a police car (я не хотел устраивать шум и волнение в окрyге полицейской машиной), so we took trams (поэтому мы сели в трамваи: «взяли трамваи»)—several trams (несколько трамваев), changing here and there (делая пересадки здесь и там = то тут, то там; to change — менять; делать пересадку), and came into the district on foot (и прибыли в тот район пешком). I didn't wear my uniform (я не носил мою униформу = на мне не было униформы), and I doubted anyway (и я все равно сомневался = не думал) after the failure of the attempt on Anna (после неудачи покушения на Анну), whether they would risk a watcher (что они рискнут /выставить/ наблюдателя). "This is the turning (это тот /самый/ поворот)," Martins said and led me down a side street (сказал Мартинс и повел меня по переулку; to lead). We stopped at the kiosk (мы остановились у киоска). "You see he passed behind here (вы видите, он прошел здесь сзади = он зашел за киоск) and simply vanished (и просто исчез)—into the ground (в землю)."

"That was exactly where he did vanish to (именно туда он и исчез)," I said.

"How do you mean (что вы имеете в виду)?"

An ordinary passer-by would never have noticed (обычный прохожий никогда бы не заметил) that the kiosk had a door (что в киоске была дверца), and of course it had been dark when the man disappeared (и, конечно, было темно, когда тот человек исчез). I pulled the door open (я открыл дверь; to pull — тянуть; open — открытый) and showed to Martins the little curling iron staircase (и показал Мартинсу маленькую винтовую железную лестницу; curl — локон; завиток; петля /из веревки/; to curl — виться /о волосах/; клубиться /о дыме/; кривить, искривлять) that disappeared into the ground (которая исчезала в землю). He said, "Good God (милостивый Боже), then I didn't imagine him (тогда я не воображал = не мог себе представить, что он)..."

"It's one of the entrances to the main sewer (это один из входов в главный коллектор; sewer — сточная труба; коллектор, канализационная труба; to sew — вытекать)."

"And anyone can go down (и кто угодно может спуститься вниз)?"

"Anyone (кто угодно)."

"How far can one go (как далеко можно зайти)?"

"Right across Vienna (прямо на другой конец Вены: «прямо через Вену»). People used them in air raids (люди использовали их во время воздушных налетов): some of our prisoners hid for two years down there (некоторые из наших заключенных прятались там внизу в течение двух лет; to hide — прятать/ся/). Deserters have used them (дезертиры использовали их)—and burglars (и грабители). If you know your way about (если знаешь дорогу: «знаешь твой путь вокруг») you can emerge again almost anywhere in the city (ты можешь появиться снова почти везде в городе; to emerge — появляться; всплывать; выходить) through a manhole or a kiosk like this one (через люк или такую будку, как эта). The Austrians have to have special police (австрийцы вынуждены держать специальную полицию) for patrolling these sewers (для патрулирования этих коллекторов)." I closed the door of the kiosk again (я закрыл дверь будки). I said, "So that's how your friend Harry disappeared (так что вот как ваш друг Гарри исчез)."

"You really believe it was Harry (вы действительно полагаете, что это был Гарри)?"

"The evidence points that way (факты указывают в этом направлении)."

"Then whom did they bury (тогда кого они похоронили)?"

"I don't know yet (я еще не знаю), but we soon shall (но мы скоро узнаем: «будем /знать/»), because we are digging him up again (потому что мы собираемся выкопать его наружу снова). I've got a shrewd idea (у меня есть проницательная идея = сильное подозрение; shrewd — пронизывающий, сильный, жестокий /о ветре, погоде/; резкий, острый /о боли/; проницательный; близкий к истине /о подозрениях, догадках, предположениях/), though (однако), that Koch wasn't the only inconvenient man they murdered (что Кох не был единственным неудобным человеком, которого они убили)."

Martins said, "It's a bit of a shock (ничего себе: «это немалое потрясение»)."

"Yes."

"What are you going to do about it (что вы собираетесь делать с этим)?"

"I don't know (я не знаю). You can bet he's hiding out now in another zone (можно поспорить, что он прячется теперь в другой зоне; to hide out — прятаться). We have no line now on Kurtz (у нас нет теперь никакой информации о Куртце), for Harbin's blown (потому что Харбин был выдан /раскрыт/; to blow — дуть; осведомлять, доносить; распространять /слухи и т. п./)—he must have been blown (он должен был быть выдан) or they wouldn't have staged that mock death and funeral (или они бы не инсценировали эту поддельную смерть и похороны)."

"But it's odd (но это есть странно), isn't it (не так ли), that Koch didn't recognize the dead man's face from the window (что Кох не узнал лицо мертвого человека из окна)."

"The window was a long way up (окно было высоко) and I expect the face had been damaged (и я полагаю, что лицо было изуродовано; to expect — ожидать; to damage — повреждать, портить) before they took the body out of the car (прежде чем они вытащили тело из машины)."

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I didn't want to make a fuss and stir in the neighbourhood with a police car, so we took trams—several trams, changing here and there, and came into the district on foot. I didn't wear my uniform, and I doubted anyway after the failure of the attempt on Anna, whether they would risk a watcher. "This is the turning," Martins said and led me down a side street. We stopped at the kiosk. "You see he passed behind here and simply vanished—into the ground."

"That was exactly where he did vanish to," I said.

"How do you mean?"

An ordinary passer-by would never have noticed that the kiosk had a door, and of course it had been dark when the man disappeared. I pulled the door open and showed to Martins the little curling iron staircase that disappeared into the ground. He said, "Good God, then I didn't imagine him ..."

"It's one of the entrances to the main sewer."

"And anyone can go down?"

"Anyone."

"How far can one go?"

"Right across Vienna. People used them in air raids: some of our prisoners hid for two years down there. Deserters have used them—and burglars. If you know your way about you can emerge again almost anywhere in the city through a manhole or a kiosk like this one. The Austrians have to have special police for patrolling these sewers." I closed the door of the kiosk again. I said, "So that's how your friend Harry disappeared."

"You really believe it was Harry?"

"The evidence points that way."

"Then whom did they bury?"

"I don't know yet, but we soon shall, because we are digging him up again. I've got a shrewd idea, though, that Koch wasn't the only inconvenient man they murdered."

Martins said, "It's a bit of a shock."

"Yes."

"What are you going to do about it?"

"I don't know. You can bet he's hiding out now in another zone. We have no line now on Kurtz, for Harbin's blown—he must have been blown or they wouldn't have staged that mock death and funeral."

"But it's odd, isn't it, that Koch didn't recognize the dead man's face from the window."

"The window was a long way up and I expect the face had been damaged before they took the body out of the car."

He said thoughtfully (он сказал задумчиво), "I wish I could speak to him (хотел бы я поговорить с ним). You see (понимаете), there's so much I simply can't believe (есть так много того, чему я просто не могу поверить)."

"Perhaps you are the only one who could speak to him (возможно, вы единственный человек, кто мог бы поговорить с ним). It's risky though (это, впрочем, рискованно), because you do know too much (потому что вы действительно знаете слишком много)."

"I still can't believe (я все еще не могу поверить)... I only saw the face for a moment (я только видел это лицо один момент)." He said, "What shall I do (что я должен делать)?"

"He won't leave his zone now (он не покинет свою зону теперь). The only person who could persuade him to come over would be you (единственный человек, который мог бы убедить его перейти на другую сторону: «прийти через», были бы вы)—or her (или она), if he still believes you are his friend (если он все еще верит, что вы его друг). But first you've got to speak to him (но сперва вы должны поговорить с ним). I can't see the line (я не могу видеть нить: «линию»)."

"I could go and see Kurtz (я мог бы пойти и встретиться с Куртцем). I have the address (у меня есть адрес)."

I said, "Remember (помните). Lime may not want you to leave the Russian zone when once you are there (Лайм может не захотеть, чтобы вы покидали русскую зону, когда вы там окажетесь: «когда один раз вы есть там»), and I can't protect you there (и я не могу защитить вас там)."

"I want to clear the whole damned thing up (я хочу прояснить все это: «это целое» проклятое дело)," Martins said, "but I'm not going to act as a decoy (но я не собираюсь действовать как приманка; decoy — приманка; манок /для птиц/; западня, ловушка). I’ll talk to him (я поговорю с ним). That's all (это все = и на этом все)."

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He said thoughtfully, "I wish I could speak to him. You see, there's so much I simply can't believe."

"Perhaps you are the only one who could speak to him. It's risky though, because you do know too much."

"I still can't believe ... I only saw the face for a moment." He said, "What shall I do?"

"He won't leave his zone now. The only person who could persuade him to come over would be you —or her, if he still believes you are his friend. But first you've got to speak to him. I can't see the line."

"I could go and see Kurtz. I have the address."

I said, "Remember. Lime may not want you to leave the Russian zone when once you are there, and I can't protect you there."

"I want to clear the whole damned thing up," Martins said, "but I'm not going to act as a decoy. I’ll talk to him. That's all."

14

SUNDAY HAD laid its false peace over Vienna (воскресенье положило свой фальшивый мир над Веной = покрыло Вену своим фальшивым миром; to lay): the wind had dropped (ветер стих) and no snow had fallen for twenty-four hours (и никакого снега не выпало за двадцать четыре часа). All the morning trams had been full (все утро трамваи были полны), going out to Grinzing where the young wine was drunk (идущие наружу /за город/ = выезжающие в Гринцинг, где было выпиваемо = где пили молодое вино) and to the slopes of snow on the hills outside (и к склонам снега на холмах снаружи = на загородных холмах). Walking over the canal by the makeshift military bridge (идя через канал по временному военному мосту; makeshift — замена; паллиатив; временное или самодельное приспособление; кустарный; самодельный; импровизированный; временный), Martins was aware of the emptiness of the afternoon (Мартинс сознавал: «был сознающим» пустоту этого вечера): the young were out with their toboggans and their skis (молодые были за городом: «снаружи» с их санками и их лыжами), and all around him was the after-dinner sleep of age (а все вокруг него было послеобеденным сном /преклонного/ возраста). A notice-board told him (доска объявлений сказала ему) that he was entering the Russian zone (что он входил в русскую зону), but there were no signs of occupation (но не было никаких знаков = признаков оккупации). You saw more Russian soldiers in the Inner City than here (вы видели = можно было видеть больше русских солдат во Внутреннем Городе, чем здесь).

Deliberately he had given Mr. Kurtz no warning of his visit (он нарочно не дал господину Куртцу никакого предупреждения о своем визите). Better to find him out than a reception prepared for him (лучше не застать его дома, чем /встретить/ прием, приготовленный /специально/ для него). He was careful to carry with him all his papers (он был осторожен носить с собой все свои документы = предусмотрительно захватил…), including the laissez-passer of the four powers (включая пропуск от четырех властей; laissez-passer — пропустить: «дать пройти» /франц./) that on the face of it allowed him to move freely through all the zones of Vienna (который позволял ему передвигаться свободно через все зоны Вены). It was extraordinarily quiet over here on the other side of the canal (было необычайно тихо здесь, на другой стороне канала), and a melodramatic journalist had painted a picture of silent terror (и мелодраматичный журналист написал бы картину тихого ужаса): but the truth was simply the wide streets (но правда была просто = заключалась просто в широких улицах), the greater shell damage (бoльших артиллерийских повреждениях), the fewer people (меньшем количестве людей)—and Sunday afternoon (и воскресном дне). There was nothing to fear (было нечего бояться), but all the same (но все равно) in this huge empty street (на этой огромной пустой улице) where all the time you heard your own feet moving (где все время ты слышал твои собственные ноги двигающимися = шум собственных шагов), it was difficult not to look behind (было трудно не оборачиваться назад; difficult — трудный, сложный; тяжелый).

He had no difficulty in finding Mr. Kurtz's block (ему было вовсе не сложно: «он не имел никакой сложности в» найти дом господина Куртца), and when he rang the bell (и когда он позвонил в колокольчик) the door was opened quickly (дверь была открыта быстро = дверь тут же была открыта), as though Mr. Kurtz expected a visitor (как будто господин Куртц ожидал посетителя), by Mr. Kurtz himself (самим господином Куртцем).

"Oh," Mr. Kurtz said, "it's you, Rollo (это вы, Ролло)," and made a perplexed motion with his hand to the back of his head (и сделал смущенное движение своей рукой к затылку: «к задней стороне своей головы»; to perplex — ставить в тупик, приводить в недоумение; смущать; ошеломлять, сбивать с толку). Martins had been wondering why he looked so different (Мартинс удивлялся/задавался вопросом, почему он выглядел настолько иначе), and now he knew (и теперь он понял: «знал»). Mr. Kurtz was not wearing the toupee (господин Куртц не носил /сейчас/ паричок = на господине Курце не было паричка), and yet his head was not bald (и все же его голова не была лысой). He had a perfectly normal head (у него была совершенно нормальная голова) of hair cut close (с волосами, подстриженными коротко: «близко»). He said, "It would have been better to have telephoned to me (было бы лучше позвонить мне): you nearly missed me (вы чуть было не упустили меня): I was going out (я /как раз/ выходил = собирался уходить)." "May I come in a moment (могу я зайти на минутку)?"

"Of course (конечно)."

In the hall a cupboard door stood open (в прихожей дверь шкафа стояла открытой), and Martins saw Mr. Kurtz's overcoat, his raincoat (и Мартинс увидел пальто господина Куртца, его плащ), a couple of soft hats (пару мягких шляп) and hanging sedately on a peg like a wrap (и, висящий спокойно на колышке, как платок; sedate — спокойный, степенный, уравновешенный; wrap — шаль, платок; меховая пелерина; to wrap — завертывать, сворачивать; обертывать), Mr. Kurtz's toupee (паричок господина Куртца). He said, "I'm glad to see your hair has grown (я рад видеть, что ваши волосы отросли; to grow — расти)," and was astonished (и был поражен), in the mirror on the cupboard door (в зеркале на дверце шкафа), to see the hatred flame and blush on Mr. Kurtz's face (увидеть, как на лице господина Куртца полыхает и рдеет ненависть). When he turned Mr. Kurtz smiled at him like a conspirator (когда он обернулся, мистер Куртц улыбнулся ему, словно конспиратор) and said vaguely (и сказал туманно; vague — неопределенный, неясный, смутный; неуловимый): "It keeps the head warm (он сохраняет голову теплой)."

"Whose head (чью голову)?" Martins asked, for it had suddenly occurred to him (ибо внезапно ему пришло в голову) how useful that toupee might have been on the day of the accident (как полезен этот паричок мог быть в день несчастного случая). "Never mind (не беспокойтесь)," he went quickly on (продолжил он быстро; to go on — продолжать), for his errand was not with Mr. Kurtz (ибо его задача была не с господином Куртцем = не господин Курц был ему нужен; errand — поручение, задание, дело). "I'm here to see Harry (я здесь /для того/, чтобы увидеть Гарри)."

false ['fO:ls],toboggan [tq'bOg(q)n], sign ['saIn], laissez-passer [leI'seI-pq'seI], melodramatic ["mqlqdrq'mxtIk], sedate [sI'deIt], difficult ['dIfIk(q)lt], astonish [qs'tOnIS], errand ['erqnd]

SUNDAY HAD laid its false peace over Vienna: the wind had dropped and no snow had fallen for twenty-four hours. All the morning trams had been full, going out to Grinzing where the young wine was drunk and to the slopes of snow on the hills outside. Walking over the canal by the makeshift military bridge, Martins was aware of the emptiness of the afternoon: the young were out with their toboggans and their skis, and all around him was the after-dinner sleep of age. A notice-board told him that he was entering the Russian zone, but there were no signs of occupation. You saw more Russian soldiers in the Inner City than here.

Deliberately he had given Mr. Kurtz no warning of his visit. Better to find him out than a reception prepared for him. He was careful to carry with him all his papers, including the laissez-passer of the four powers that on the face of it allowed him to move freely through all the zones of Vienna. It was extraordinarily quiet over here on the other side of the canal, and a melodramatic journalist had painted a picture of silent terror: but the truth was simply the wide streets, the greater shell damage, the fewer people—and Sunday afternoon. There was nothing to fear, but all the same in this huge empty street where all the time you heard your own feet moving, it was difficult not to look behind.

He had no difficulty in finding Mr. Kurtz's block, and when he rang the bell the door was opened quickly, as though Mr. Kurtz expected a visitor, by Mr. Kurtz himself.

"Oh," Mr. Kurtz said, "it's you, Rollo," and made a perplexed motion with his hand to the back of his head. Martins had been wondering why he looked so different, and now he knew. Mr. Kurtz was not wearing the toupee, and yet his head was not bald. He had a perfectly normal head of hair cut close. He said, "It would have been better to have telephoned to me: you nearly missed me: I was going out." "May I come in a moment?"

"Of course."

In the hall a cupboard door stood open, and Martins saw Mr. Kurtz's overcoat, his raincoat, a couple of soft hats and hanging sedately on a peg like a wrap, Mr. Kurtz's toupee. He said, "I'm glad to see your hair has grown," and was astonished, in the mirror on the cupboard door, to see the hatred flame and blush on Mr. Kurtz's face. When he turned Mr. Kurtz smiled at him like a conspirator and said vaguely: "It keeps the head warm."

"Whose head?" Martins asked, for it had suddenly occurred to him how useful that toupee might have been on the day of the accident. "Never mind," he went quickly on, for his errand was not with Mr. Kurtz. "I'm here to see Harry."

"Harry?"

"I want to talk to him (я хочу поговорить с ним)."

"Are you mad (вы с ума сошли: «вы сумасшедший»)?"

"I'm in a hurry (я спешу: «я в спешке»), so let's assume that I am (так что давайте примем/предположим, что я сумасшедший; to assume — принимать, брать на себя /ответственность, управление и т. п./; допускать, предполагать). Just make a note of my madness (просто отметьте /для себя/ мое безумие: «сделайте заметку о моем безумии»). If you should see Harry (если вы увидите Гарри)—or his ghost (или его призрак)—let him know that I want to talk to him (дайте ему знать, что я хочу поговорить с ним). A ghost isn't afraid of a man (призрак не боится человека), is it (не правда ли)? Surely it's the other way round (конечно, это наоборот /т. е. человек боится привидения/). I'll be waiting in the Prater by the Big Wheel for the next two hours (я буду ждать в Пратере у чертова колеса: «Большого Колеса» ближайшие два часа)—if you can get in touch with the dead, hurry (если вы можете войти в контакт = связаться с мертвецом, поторопитесь)." He added (он добавил), "Remember (помните), I was Harry's friend (я был другом Гарри)."

Kurtz said nothing (Куртц ничего не сказал), but somewhere (но где-то), in a room off the hall (в комнате /отходящей/ от прихожей), somebody cleared his throat (кто-то прочистил свое горло). Martins threw open a door (Мартинс распахнул дверь): he had half expected to see the dead rise yet again (он наполовину ожидал увидеть, как снова поднимается = воскресает мертвец), but it was only Dr. Winkler who rose from a kitchen chair (но это был всегг лишь доктор Винклер, который поднялся с кухонного стула), in front of the kitchen stove (перед кухонной печкой), and bowed very stiffly and correctly (и поклонился очень чопорно и корректно) with the same celluloid squeak (с тем же целлулоидным скрипом).

"Dr. Winkle (доктор Винкль)," Martins said. Dr. Winkler looked extraordinarily out of place in a kitchen (доктор Винклер выглядел необычайно не на месте на кухне). The debris of a snack lunch littered the kitchen table (остатки легкого обеда покрывали кухонный стол; snack — закуска; to litter — подстилать, настилать солому, подстилку и т. п.; разбрасывать в беспорядке /вещи и т. п./; сорить, мусорить), and the unwashed dishes consorted very ill with Dr. Winkler's cleanness (и немытые тарелки очень плохо согласовывались с чистотой доктора Винклера; to consort — гармонировать, согласовываться, сочетаться, соответствовать).

"Winkler (Винклер)," the doctor corrected him with stony patience (с каменным спокойствием поправил его доктор).

Martins said to Kurtz (Мартинс сказал Куртцу): "Tell the doctor about my madness (расскажите доктору о моем безумии). He might be able to make a diagnosis (он мог бы быть способным поставить диагноз). And remember the place (и запомните место)—by the Great Wheel (у Большого Колеса). Or do ghosts only rise by night (или призраки поднимаются только по ночам)?" He left the flat (он покинул квартиру; to leave — покидать; уходить).

For an hour he waited (в течение часа он ждал), walking up and down to keep warm (ходя туда-сюда: «вверх и вниз», чтобы сохраниться теплым = поддержать тепло), inside the enclosure of the Great Wheel (внутри ограды Большого Колеса): the smashed Prater (разбитый Пратер) with its bones sticking crudely through the snow (с его костями, грубо торчащими через снег) was nearly empty (был почти пуст). One stall sold thin flat cakes like cartwheels (один ларек продавал тонкие, плоские кексы, похожие на тележные колеса; cart — повозка; подвода; телега), and the children queued with their coupons (и дети стояли в очереди со своими купонами; queue — очередь). A few courting couples (несколько влюбленных парочек; to court — ухаживать) would be packed together in a single car of the Wheel (втискивались: «были обычно втиснуты» вместе в одну кабинку Колеса) and revolve slowly above the city surrounded by empty cars (и вращались медленно над городом, окруженные пустыми кабинками). As the car reached the highest point of the Wheel (когда кабинка достигала высочайшей точки Колеса), the revolutions would stop for a couple of minutes (вращение останавливалось на пару минут) and far overhead the tiny faces would press against the glass (и далеко наверху крошечные лица прижимались к стеклу). Martins wondered who would come for him (Мартинс задавался вопросом, кто придет за ним). Was there enough friendship left in Harry (было ли достаточно дружбы, оставшейся в Гарри) for him to come alone (чтобы он пришел один: «для него, чтобы прийти одному»), or would a squad of police arrive (или приедет наряд полиции)? It was obvious from the raid on Anna Schmidt's flat (было очевидно из рейда на квартиру Анны Шмидт) that he had a certain pull (что он имел некоторую: «определенную» протекцию). And then as his watch hand passed the hour (и затем когда, стрелка его часов прошла час), he wondered (он засомневался): was it all an invention of my mind (было ли это все изобретением моего ума)? are they digging up Harry's body now in the Central Cemetery (или они выкапывают труп Гарри сейчас на Центральном кладбище)?

Somewhere behind the cake stall (где-то за ларьком с кексами) a man was whistling and Martins knew the tune (засвистел человек, и Мартинс узнал эту мелодию). He turned and waited (он повернулся и ждал). Was it fear or excitement that made his heart beat (был это страх или было возбуждение, что заставляло его сердце биться)—or just the memories that tune ushered in (или просто воспоминания, которые привела за собой мелодия; to usher in — возвестить, объявить; usher — швейцар; консьерж; привратник; to usher — провожать, сопровождать; вводить /in/), for life had always quickened when Harry came (ибо жизнь всегда убыстрялась, когда приходил Гарри), came just as he came now (приходил именно так, как он пришел сейчас), as though nothing much had happened (как будто ничего особенного не произошло), nobody had been lowered into a grave (никто не был опущен в могилу) or found with cut throat in a basement (или найден с перерезанным горлом в подвале), came with his amused deprecating take-it-or-leave-it manner (пришел в своей веселой, насмешливой, безразличной манере; to deprecate — преуменьшать, умалять; take it or leave it = возьми это или брось это: «не нравится — не бери»)—and of course one always took it (и, конечно, человек всегда брал это /т. е. принимал Гарри, проникался симпатией к Гарри/).

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"Harry?"

"I want to talk to him."

"Are you mad?"

I'm in a hurry, so let's assume that I am. Just make a note of my madness. If you should see Harry—or his ghost—let him know that I want to talk to him. A ghost isn't afraid of a man, is it? Surely it's the other way round. I'll be waiting in the Prater by the Big Wheel for the next two hours—if you can get in touch with the dead, hurry." He added, "Remember, I was Harry's friend."

Kurtz said nothing, but somewhere, in a room off the hall, somebody cleared his throat. Martins threw open a door: he had half expected to see the dead rise yet again, but it was only Dr. Winkler who rose from a kitchen chair, in front of the kitchen stove, and bowed very stiffly and correctly with the same celluloid squeak.

"Dr. Winkle," Martins said. Dr. Winkler looked extraordinarily out of place in a kitchen. The debris of a snack lunch littered the kitchen table, and the unwashed dishes consorted very ill with Dr. Winkler's cleanness.

'Winkler," the doctor corrected him with stony patience.

Martins said to Kurtz: "Tell the doctor about my madness. He might be able to make a diagnosis. And remember the place—by the Great Wheel. Or do ghosts only rise by night?" He left the flat.

For an hour he waited, walking up and down to keep warm, inside the enclosure of the Great Wheel: the smashed Prater with its bones sticking crudely through the snow was nearly empty. One stall sold thin flat cakes like cartwheels, and the children queued with their coupons. A few courting couples would be packed together in a single car of the Wheel and revolve slowly above the city surrounded by empty cars. As the car reached the highest point of the Wheel, the revolutions would stop for a couple of minutes and far overhead the tiny faces would press against the glass. Martins wondered who would come for him. Was there enough friendship left in Harry for him to come alone, or would a squad of police arrive? It was obvious from the raid on Anna Schmidt's flat that he had a certain pull. And then as his watch hand passed the hour, he wondered: was it all an invention of my mind? are they digging up Harry's body now in the Central Cemetery?

Somewhere behind the cake stall a man was whistling and Martins knew the tune. He turned and waited. Was it fear or excitement that made his heart beat—or just the memories that tune ushered in, for life had always quickened when Harry came, came just as he came now, as though nothing much had happened, nobody had been lowered into a grave or found with cut throat in a basement, came with his amused deprecating take-it-or-leave-it manner—and of course one always took it.

"Harry."

"Hullo, Rollo (привет, Ролло)."

Don't picture Harry Lime as a smooth scoundrel (не представляйте Гарри Лайма как вкрадчивого прохвоста; smooth — гладкошерстный /чаще всего — о породе собак/; гладкий, ровный; скользкий /о поверхности/; заискивающий, вкрадчивый, льстивый). He wasn't that (он не был таким). The picture I have of him on my files (его фотография, которая у меня в моем деле) is an excellent one (отличная): he is caught by a street photographer (он пойман уличным фотографом) with his stocky legs apart (с его коренастыми ногами расставленными: «врозь»), big shoulders a little hunched (с его большими плечами немного сгорбленными; to hunch — сгибаться; горбиться, сутулиться), a belly that has known too much good food too long (c животом, который знал слишком много хорошей еды слишком долго), on his face a look of cheerful rascality (на его лице вид неунывающего плутовства; rascal — жулик, мошенник, плут), a geniality (радушие; genial — веселый, общительный; добрый, доброжелательный), a recognition that his happiness will make the world's day (представление, что его счастье важно всем на свете: «сделает день всего мира»; recognition — осознание, понимание; сознание, представление). Now he didn't make the mistake of putting out a hand (теперь он не сделал ошибки протягивания руки)—that might have been rejected (это могло быть отвергнуто), but instead just patted Martins on the elbow (но вместо /этого/ просто похлопал Мартинса по локтю) and said, "How are things (как дела)?"

"We've got to talk, Harry (мы должны поговорить, Гарри)."

"Of course (конечно)."

"Alone (одни = один на один)."

"We couldn't be more alone than here (мы не могли бы быть больше одни, чем здесь)."

He had always known the ropes (он всегда знал, что к чему; rope — веревка; to know the ropes — хорошо ориентироваться /в чем-л./ ; знать все входы и выходы), and even in the smashed pleasure park he knew them (и даже в разбитом парке развлечений), tipping the woman in charge of the Wheel (дав на чай женщине, ответственной за Колесо; to tip — давать на чай; charge — нагрузка; поручение; ответственность), so that they might have a car to themselves (чтобы они могли получить одну кабинку только для них). He said, "Lovers used to do this in the old days (любовники когда-то делали это в старые дни), but they haven't the money to spare (нет /на это/ денег; to spare — беречь, жалеть, сберегать, экономить; обходиться /без чего-л./; иметь в избытке), poor devils (бедные черти = бедняги), now (теперь = в настоящее время)," and he looked out of the window of the swaying rising car (и он посмотрел из окна качающейся поднимающейся кабинки) at the figures diminishing below (на фигурки, уменьшающиеся внизу) with what looked like genuine commiseration (с тем, что выглядело, как искреннее соболезнование).

Very slowly on one side of them the city sank (очень медленно на одной стороне от них город погружался; to sink — опускаться; тонуть); very slowly on the other (очень медленно на другой /стороне/) the great cross girders of the Wheel rose into sight (большие перекладины: «поперечные балки» Колеса становились видны; to rise — подниматься; sight — вид, видимость). As the horizon slid away (в то время как горизонт ускользал прочь; to slide — скользить) the Danube became visible (Дунай стал видимым), and the piers of the Kaiser Friedrich Brucke lifted above the houses (и сваи Кайзер-Фридрих-Брюке: «моста кайзера Фридриха — нем.» поднимались над домами).

"Well (ну)," Harry said, "it's good to see you, Rollo (приятно видеть тебя, Ролло)."

"I was at your funeral (я был на твоих похоронах)."

"That was pretty smart of me (это было очень находчиво с моей стороны; smart — умный, находчивый, красивый, шикарный), wasn't it (не правда ли)?"

"Not so smart for your girl (не так шикарно для твоей девушки). She was there too (она была там тоже)—in tears (в слезах)."

"She's a good little thing (она хорошее маленькое существо = милая малышка)," Harry said. "I'm very fond of her (я ее очень люблю/очень к ней привязан)."

"I didn't believe the police when they told me about you (я не поверил полиции, когда они рассказали мне о тебе)."

Harry said, "I wouldn't have asked you to come (я бы не попросил тебя приехать) if I'd known what was going to happen (если бы я знал, что случится), but I didn't think the police were on to me (но я не думал, что полиция меня раскусила/напала на след; to be on to — быть близким к тому, чтобы раскрыть чьи-либо махинации/преступные действия)."

"Were you going to cut me in on the spoils (ты собирался взять меня в долю; spoils — добыча, награбленное)?"

"I've never kept you out of anything (я никогда не держал тебя снаружи чего-либо = не оставлял тебя в стороне), old man (старина), yet (еще = до сих пор)." He stood with his back to the door (он стоял со своей спиной к двери) as the car swung upwards (пока кабинка взлетала вверх; to swing — качаться; махать, размахивать; переносить, транспортировать /при помощи подъемного крана/; совершать стремительные круговые движения), and smiled back at Rollo Martins (и улыбался /глядя/ на Ролло Мартинса), who could remember him in just such an attitude (который мог вспомнить его в именно таком положении) in a secluded corner of the school quad (в укромном уголке школьного двора; quad = quadrangle — четырехугольник; четырехугольный двор, окруженный зданиями), saying (говорящего), "I've learnt a way to get out at night (я узнал путь /как/ выбраться наружу ночью; to learn — выучить, узнать). It's absolutely safe (это абсолютно безопасно). You are the only one (ты есть единственный человек) I'm letting in on it (которого я посвящаю в это)." For the first time (в первый раз) Rollo Martins looked back through the years without admiration (Ролло Мартинс посмотрел назад через/сквозь годы без восхищения), as he thought (пока он думал): "He's never grown up (он так и не: «никогда» не вырос)." Marlowe's devils wore squibs attached to their tails (черти Марлоу носили петарды, привязанные к их хвостам): evil was like Peter Pan (зло было, как Питер Пэн)—it carried with it the horrifying and horrible gift of eternal youth (оно несло с собой устрашающий и ужасный дар вечной юности).

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"Harry."

"Hullo, Rollo."

Don't picture Harry Lime as a smooth scoundrel. He wasn't that. The picture I have of him on my files is an excellent one: he is caught by a street photographer with his stocky legs apart, big shoulders a little hunched, a belly that has known too much good food too long, on his face a look of cheerful rascality, a geniality, a recognition that his happiness will make the world's day. Now he didn't make the mistake of putting out a hand—that might have been rejected, but instead just patted Martins on the elbow and said, "How are things?"

"We've got to talk, Harry."

"Of course."

"Alone."

"We couldn't be more alone than here."

He had always known the ropes, and even in the smashed pleasure park he knew them, tipping the woman in charge of the Wheel, so that they might have a car to themselves. He said, "Lovers used to do this in the old days, but they haven't the money to spare, poor devils, now," and he looked out of the window of the swaying rising car at the figures diminishing below with what looked like genuine commiseration.

Very slowly on one side of them the city sank; very slowly on the other the great cross girders of the Wheel rose into sight. As the horizon slid away the Danube became visible, and the piers of the Kaiser Friedrich Brucke lifted above the houses.

"Well," Harry said, "it's good to see you, Rollo."

"I was at your funeral."

"That was pretty smart of me, wasn't it?"

"Not so smart for your girl. She was there too—in tears."

"She's a good little thing," Harry said. "I'm very fond of her."

"I didn't believe the police when they told me about you."

Harry said, "I wouldn't have asked you to come if I'd known what was going to happen, but I didn't think the police were on to me."

"Were you going to cut me in on the spoils?"

"I've never kept you out of anything, old man, yet." He stood with his back to the door as the car swung upwards, and smiled back at Rollo Martins, who could remember him in just such an attitude in a secluded corner of the school quad, saying, "I've learnt a way to get out at night. It's absolutely safe. You are the only one I'm letting in on it." For the first time Rollo Martins looked back through the years without admiration, as he thought: "He's never grown up." Marlowe's devils wore squibs attached to their tails: evil was like Peter Pan—it carried with it the horrifying and horrible gift of eternal youth.

Martins said, "Have you ever visited the children's hospital (ты когда-нибудь посещал детскую больницу)? Have you seen any of your victims (ты видел когда-нибудь какую-нибудь из своих жертв)?"

Harry took a look at the toy landscape below (Гарри взглянул: «взял взгляд» на игрушечный пейзаж внизу) and came away from the door (и отошел прочь от дверцы). "I never feel quite safe in these things (я никогда не чувствую себя совершенно в безопасности: «сохранным» в этих штуках; to feel — ощупывать, осязать, трогать, прикасаться; чувствовать /себя как-л., в каком-л. состоянии/)," he said. He felt the back of the door with his hand (он нащупал заднюю часть двери своей рукой), as though he were afraid (как будто он был испуган) that it might fly open (что она могла бы распахнуться; to fly — лететь) and launch him into that iron-ribbed space (и выбросить его в это железно-реберное пространство; rib — ребро, часть каркаса). "Victims (жертвы)?" he asked (спросил он). "Don't be melodramatic, Rollo (не будь мелодраматичным, Ролло), look down there (посмотри туда вниз)," he went on (продолжил он), pointing through the window at the people (указывая через окно на людей) moving like black flies at the base of the Wheel (двигавшихся, как черные мухи, у основания Колеса). "Would you really feel any pity (почувствовал бы ты действительно какую-нибудь жалость) if one of those dots stopped moving (если бы одна из этих точек прекратила двигаться)—for ever (навсегда)? If I said you can have twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stops (если бы я сказал, что ты можешь иметь двадцать тысяч фунтов за каждую точку, которая останавливается), would you really (действительно бы ты), old man (старина), tell me to keep my money (сказал мне оставить себе мои деньги)—without hesitation (без колебания)? or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare (или бы ты посчитал, сколько точек ты мог бы позволить себе сохранить)? Free of income tax (свободные от подоходного налога), old man (старина). Free of income tax." He gave his boyish conspiratorial smile (он дал свою мальчишескую конспираторскую улыбку = он улыбнулся своей…), "It's the only way to save nowadays (это единственный способ копить в наши дни)."

"Couldn't you have stuck to tyres (ты не мог держаться шин = ограничиться шинами; to stick to smth. — держаться, придерживаться чего-л.)?"

"Like Cooler (как Кулер)? No, I've always been ambitious (нет, я всегда был амбициозен). "But they can't catch me, Rollo, you'll see (но они не смогут поймать меня, Ролло, ты увидишь). I'll pop up again (я всплыву снова; to pop up — внезапно подняться, вскочить; выскочить наверх). You can't keep a good man down (ты не можешь удержать хорошего человека внизу = препятствовать хорошему человеку развиваться; to keep down — задерживать рост, мешать развитию; держать в подчинении; притеснять, угнетать)." The car swung to a standstill at the highest point of the curve (кабинка качнулась к остановке = и остановилась на высочайшей точке изгиба) and Harry turned his back (и Гарри повернул свою спину = отвернулся) and gazed out of the window (и посмотрел наружу из окна = в окно; to gaze — пристально глядеть; вглядываться; уставиться). Martins thought (Мартинс подумал): one good shove (один хороший толчок) and I could break the glass (и я мог бы разбить стекло), and he pictured the body dropping among the flies (и он представил себе тело, падающее /на землю/ среди мух). He said, "You know the police are planning to dig up your body (ты знаешь, полиция намеревается выкопать твой труп): what will they find (что они найдут)?"

"Harbin (Харбина)," Harry replied with simplicity (Гарри ответил с простотой = просто). He turned away from the window and said (он отвернулся прочь от окна и сказал), "Look at the sky (посмотри на небо)."

The car had reached the top of the Wheel (кабинка достигла вершины Колеса) and hung there motionless (и висела там, неподвижная; to hang), while the stain of the sunset (пока пятно заката) ran in streaks (разбегалось прожилками) over the wrinkled papery sky (по сморщенному/смятому, бумажного вида небу; to wrinkle — морщить/ся/; мять/ся/, сминать/ся/) beyond the black girders (за черными балками).

"Why did the Russians try to take Anna Schmidt (почему русские попытались забрать Анну Шмидт)?"

"She had false papers, old man (у нее были поддельные документы, старина)."

"I thought perhaps you were just trying to get her here (я думал, что, возможно, ты просто пытался забрать ее сюда)—because she was your girl (потому что она была твоей девушкой)? Because you wanted her (потому что ты хотел ее)?"

Harry smiled (Гарри улыбнулся). "I haven't all that influence (я не имею всего этого влияния = такого влияния у меня нет)."

"What would have happened to her (что бы случилось с ней)?"

"Nothing very serious (ничего очень серьезного). She'd have been sent back to Hungary (она была бы отослана назад в Венгрию; to send). There's nothing against her really (против нее на самом деле нет ничего /серьезного/). She'd be infinitely better off in her own country (она жила бы бесконечно лучше в своей собственной стране) than being pushed around by the British police (чем будучи помыкаемой британской полицией; to push around — помыкать, хамить: «толкать вокруг»)."

"She hasn't told them anything about you (она им ничего не сказала о тебе)."

"She's a good little thing (она милая малышка)," Harry repeated with complacent pride (повторил Гарри с самодовольной гордостью).

"She loves you (она любит тебя)."

"Well, I gave her a good time while it lasted (ну, я дал ей хорошее время, пока оно длилось = дал ей возможность неплохо провести со мной время)."

"And I love her (и я люблю ее)."

"That's fine, old man (это прекрасно, старина). Be kind to her (будь добр к ней). She's worth it (она достойна этого). I'm glad (я рад)." He gave the impression of having arranged everything to everybody's satisfaction (он производил впечатление того, что он сумел устроить все ко всеобщему удовлетворению; to arrange — приводить в порядок, расставлять; устраивать, организовывать). "And you can help to keep her mouth shut (и ты можешь помочь хранить ее рот закрытым). Not that she knows anything that matters (не то что бы она знает что-либо, что имеет значение = хотя она и не знает ничего, что имело бы значение)."

"I'd like to knock you through the window (я бы хотел выбить = вытолкнуть тебя через окно)."

"But you won't, old man (но ты не сделаешь этого, старина). Our quarrels never last long (наши ссоры никогда не длятся долго). You remember that fearful one in the Monaco (ты помнишь ту ужасную одну = ссору в Монако), when we swore we were through (когда мы поклялись, что рвем друг с другом; to swear — клясться; to be through — заканчивать, ср.: I don't want anything more to do with you, we're through — я больше не хочу иметь с вами никаких дел, мы закончили). I'd trust you anywhere, Rollo (я бы доверился тебе везде, Ролло). Kurtz tried to persuade me not to come but I know you (Куртц пытался убедить меня не приходить, но я знаю тебя). Then he tried to persuade me to, well, arrange an accident (затем он попытался убедить меня, ну, устроить несчастный случай). He told me it would be quite easy in this car (он сказал мне, что это будет совершенно легко в этой кабинке)."

"Except that I'm the stronger man (исключая то, что я более сильный человек = вы не учли при этом, что я сильнее)."

"But I've got the gun (но у меня пистолет). You don't think a bullet wound would show when you hit that ground (ты /ведь/ не думаешь, что пулевая рана бы была видна, когда ты ударишься об землю)?" Again the car began to move (снова кабинка начала двигаться), sailing slowly down (плывя медленно вниз), until the flies were midgets (пока мухи не стали лилипутами; midget — карлик, лилипут), were recognisable human beings (не стали узнаваемыми человеческими существами). "What fools we are, Rollo, talking like this (какие дураки мы, Ролло, говоря так), as if I'd do that to you (как если бы я мог делать это тебе)—or you to me (или ты мне)." He turned his back (он повернул свою спину = отвернулся) and leant his face against the glass (и прислонил свое лицо к стеклу; to lean — прислониться). One thrust (один выпад/удар)... "How much do you earn a year with your Westerns, old man (сколько ты зарабатываешь в год твоими вестернами, старина)?"

"A thousand (тысячу)."

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Martins said, "Have you ever visited the children's hospital? Have you seen any of your victims?"

Harry took a look at the toy landscape below and came away from the door. "I never feel quite safe in these things," he said. He felt the back of the door with his hand, as though he were afraid that it might fly open and launch him into that iron-ribbed space. "Victims?" he asked. "Don't be melodramatic, Rollo, look down there," he went on, pointing through the window at the people moving like black flies at the base of the Wheel. "Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving—for ever? If I said you can have twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stops, would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money—without hesitation? or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare? Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax." He gave his boyish conspiratorial smile, "It's the only way to save nowadays."

"Couldn't you have stuck to tyres?"

"Like Cooler? No, I've always been ambitious. "But they can't catch me, Rollo, you'll see. I'll pop up again. You can't keep a good man down." The car swung to a standstill at the highest point of the curve and Harry turned his back and gazed out of the window. Martins thought: one good shove and I could break the glass, and he pictured the body dropping among the flies. He said, "You know the police are planning to dig up your body: what will they find?"

"Harbin," Harry replied with simplicity. He turned away from the window and said, "Look at the sky."

The car had reached the top of the Wheel and hung there motionless, while the stain of the sunset ran in streaks over the wrinkled papery sky beyond the black girders.

"Why did the Russians try to take Anna Schmidt?"

"She had false papers, old man."

"I thought perhaps you were just trying to get her here—because she was your girl? Because you wanted her?"

Harry smiled. "I haven't all that influence."

"What would have happened to her?"

"Nothing very serious. She'd have been sent back to Hungary. There's nothing against her really. She'd be infinitely better off in her own country than being pushed around by the British police."

"She hasn't told them anything about you."

"She's a good little thing," Harry repeated with complacent pride.

"She loves you."

"Well, I gave her a good time while it lasted."

"And I love her."

"That's fine, old man. Be kind to her. She's worth it. I'm glad." He gave the impression of having arranged everything to everybody's satisfaction. "And you can help to keep her mouth shut. Not that she knows anything that matters."

"I'd like to knock you through the window."

"But you won't, old man. Our quarrels never last long. You remember that fearful one in the Monaco, when we swore we were through. I'd trust you anywhere, Rollo. Kurtz tried to persuade me not to come but I know you. Then he tried to persuade me to, well, arrange an accident. He told me it would be quite easy in this car."

"Except that I'm the stronger man."

"But I've got the gun. You don't think a bullet wound would show when you hit that ground?" Again the car began to move, sailing slowly down, until the flies were midgets, were recognisable human beings. "What fools we are, Rollo, talking like this, as if I'd do that to you—or you to me." He turned his back and leant his face against the glass. One thrust ... "How much do you earn a year with your Westerns, old man?"

"A thousand."

"Taxed (облагаемую налогами; tax — налог; to tax — облагать налогом). I earn thirty thousand free (я зарабатываю тридцать тысяч чистыми: «свободными»). It's the fashion (таков стиль/способ действия; fashion — форма, очертания; покрой /об одежде/; манера /поведения, держать себя/; способ действия; мода, стиль). In these days, old man, nobody thinks in terms of human beings (в эти дни, старик, никто не думает с точки зрения: «в терминах» человеческих существ), Governments don't (правительства не делают /этого/), so why should we (так почему должны мы)? They talk of the people and the proletariat (они говорят о людях и пролетариате), and I talk of the mugs (а я говорю о простофилях). It's the same thing (это та же самая вещь). They have their five year plans (у них свои пятилетние планы) and so have I (и у меня тоже)."

"You used to be a Catholic (ты когда-то был католиком)."

"Oh, I still believe, old man (о, я все еще верю, старина). In God and Mercy and all that (в Бога, и в Милосердие, и все такое). I'm not hurting anybody's soul by what I do (я не задеваю/не обижаю чью-либо душу тем, что я делаю). The dead are happier dead (мертвецы счастливее, будучи мертвыми). They don't miss much here, poor devils (они не упускают многого здесь, бедные черти = что им здесь терять, бедняжкам)," he added with that odd touch of genuine pity (добавил он со странным налетом настоящей жалости), as the car reached the platform (когда кабинка достигла платформы) and the faces of the doomed-to-be-victims (и лица будущих жертв: «приговоренных быть жертвами»), the tired pleasure-hoping Sunday faces (усталые, предвкушающие удовольствие воскресные лица; pleasure — удовольствие, to hope — надеяться), peered in at them (уставились внутрь на них = уставились на них снаружи). "I could cut you in, you know (я мог бы включить тебя, ты знаешь). It would be useful (это бы было полезно). I have no one left in the Inner City (у меня нет никого, кто бы остался во Внутреннем Городе)."

"Except Cooler (кроме Кулера)? And Winkler (и Винклера)?"

"You really mustn't turn policeman (ты действительно не должен становиться: «обернуться» полицейским), old man (старина)." They passed out of the car (они вышли наружу из кабинки) and he put his hand again on Martins' elbow (и он снова положил свою руку на локоть Мартинса). "That was a joke, I know you won't (это была шутка, я знаю, что ты не станешь). Have you heard anything of old Bracer recently (ты слышал что-нибудь о старом Брейсере в последнее время)?"

"I had a card at Christmas (я получил открытку на Рождество)."

"Those were the days, old man (вот это были деньки, старина). Those were the days. I've got to leave you here (я должен покинуть тебя здесь). We’ll see each other (мы увидим друг друга: «каждый другого»)—some time (когда-нибудь). If you are in a jam (если ты окажешься в неприятном положении; jam — сжатие, зажатие, сжимание; защемление; неловкая ситуация, затруднительное положение), you can always get me at Kurtz's (ты всегда можешь найти меня у Куртца)." He moved away and turning (он двинулся прочь и, обернувшись) waved the hand he had had the tact not to offer (помахал рукой, которую он имел такт не предложить): it was like the whole past moving off under a cloud (это было так, словно целое прошлое = все прошлое целиком двигалось прочь под тучей). Martins suddenly called after him (Мартинс внезапно крикнул ему вслед), "Don't trust me, Harry (не доверяй мне, Гарри)," but there was too great a distance now between them (но между ними было уже: «теперь» слишком большое расстояние) for the words to carry (чтобы слова донеслись; to carry — везти, перевозить; доставлять).

government ['gAvnmqnt], recently ['ri:sntlI], suddenly ['sAdnlI]

"Taxed. I earn thirty thousand free. It's the fashion. In these days, old man, nobody thinks in terms of human beings, Governments don't, so why should we? They talk of the people and the proletariat, and I talk of the mugs. It's the same thing. They have their five year plans and so have I."

"You used to be a Catholic."

"Oh, I still believe, old man. In God and Mercy and all that. I'm not hurting anybody's soul by what I do. The dead are happier dead. They don't miss much here, poor devils," he added with that odd touch of genuine pity, as the car reached the platform and the faces of the doomed-to-be-victims, the tired pleasure-hoping Sunday faces, peered in at them. "I could cut you in, you know. It would be useful. I have no one left in the Inner City."

"Except Cooler? And Winkler?"

"You really mustn't turn policeman, old man." They passed out of the car and he put his hand again on Martins' elbow. "That was a joke, I know you won't. Have you heard anything of old Bracer recently?"

"I had a card at Christmas."

"Those were the days, old man. Those were the days. I've got to leave you here. We’ll see each other—some time. If you are in a jam, you can always get me at Kurtz's." He moved away and turning waved the hand he had had the tact not to offer: it was like the whole past moving off under a cloud. Martins suddenly called after him, "Don't trust me, Harry," but there was too great a distance now between them for the words to carry.

15

ANNA WAS AT the theatre (Анна была в театре)," Martins told me, "for the Sunday matinee (для воскресного утреннего представления). I had to see the whole thing through a second time (мне пришлось увидеть эту целую вещь от начала до конца: «сквозь» второй раз). About a middle-aged pianist (про средних лет пианиста) and an infatuated girl (и потерявшую голову девушку; infatuated — влюбленный до безумия; ослепленный, поглупевший от любви, ср.: infatuated with a passion — ослепленный страстью) and an understanding (и понимающую)—a terribly understanding (ужасно понимающую)—wife (жену). Anna acted very badly (Анна играла очень плохо)—she wasn't much of an actress at the best of times (она мало что представляла как актриса /даже/ в лучшие времена). I saw her afterwards in her dressing-room (я навестил ее потом в ее гримерной), but she was badly fussed (но она была ужасно нервной/озабоченной; fuss — суета, беспокойство из-за пустяков; нервное состояние, возбужденное состояние). I think she thought I was going to make a serious pass at her all the time (я полагаю, она подумала, что я собирался делать серьезные заходы к ней все время), and she didn't want a pass (а она не хотела ухаживаний; pass — пасс, движение рук /гипнотизера, фокусника, жонглера/; to make a pass at smb. — делать выпад против кого-л.; делать попытки ухаживания). I told her Harry was alive (я сказал ей, что Гарри жив)—I thought she'd be glad (я подумал, что она будет рада) and that I would hate to see how glad she was (и что мне очень не понравится увидеть, какой радостной она будет; to hate — ненавидеть), but she sat in front of her make-up mirror (но она сидела напротив своего гримировального зеркала; to make up — краситься, make-up — грим) and let the tears streak the grease paint (и позволила слезам прочертить грим) and I wished after that (и я пожелал после этого = и после этого я бы даже лучше хотел) she had been glad (чтобы она была рада). She looked awful (она выглядела ужасно) and I loved her (и я любил ее). Then I told her about my interview with Harry (затем я рассказал ей о моем свидании с Гарри), but she wasn't really paying much attention (но она не обращала большого: «действительно» внимания) because when I'd finished she said (потому что, когда я закончил она сказала), "I wish he was dead (лучше бы он был мертв; to wish — желать)."

"He deserves to be (он заслуживает быть мертвым = заслуживает смерти)."

"I mean he would be safe then (я имею в виду, что он был бы в безопасности тогда)—from everybody (от всех)."

I asked Martins (я спросил Мартинса), "Did you show her the photographs I gave you (вы показывали ей те фотографии, которые я вам дал)—of the children (детей)?"

"Yes. I thought it's got to be kill or cure this time (я подумал, это должно быть пан или пропал: «убить или вылечить» на этот раз).

She's got to get Harry out of her system (она должна выбросить Гарри из своего мира: «системы»). I propped the pictures up among the pots of grease (я расставил фотографии среди баночек с гримом; to prop up — подпирать). She couldn't avoid seeing them (она не могла избежать того, чтобы видеть их). I said, 'The police can't arrest Harry unless they get him into this zone (полиция не может арестовать Гарри, если только = пока они не заманят его в эту зону), and we've got to help (и мы должны помочь)!"

"She said, 'I thought he was your friend (я думала, он был твоим другом).' I said, 'He was my friend (он был моим другом).' She said, 'I’ll never help you to get Harry (я никогда не стану помогать тебе поймать Гарри). I don't want to see him again (я не хочу видеть его снова), I don't want to hear his voice (я не хочу слышать его голос). I don't want to be touched by him (я не хочу, чтобы он прикасался ко мне: «быть прикасаемой им»), but I won't do a thing to harm him (но я не сделаю ни одной вещи, чтобы повредить ему).'

"I felt bitter (я почувствовал себя горько)—I don't know why (я не знаю почему), because after all I had done nothing for her (потому что, в конце концов, я ничего не сделал для нее). Even Harry had done more for her than I had (даже Гарри сделал больше для нее, чем я). I said, 'You want him still (ты еще хочешь его),' as though I were accusing her of a crime (как будто я обвинял ее в преступлении). She said, 'I don't want him (я не хочу его), but he's in me (но он во мне). That's a fact (это факт)—not like friendship (не как дружба). Why (как же: «почему»), when I have a love dream (когда мне снится любовный сон), he's always the man (он всегда тот мужчина /который во сне/).'"

I prodded Martins on when he hesitated (я подтолкнул Мартинса «дальше», когда он замялся). "Yes?"

"Oh, I just got up and left her then (о, я просто встал и оставил ее тогда). Now it's your turn to work on me (теперь ваша очередь работать надо мной). What do you want me to do (что вы хотите, чтобы я сделал)?"

"I want to act quickly (я хочу действовать быстро). You see it was Harbin's body in the coffin (вы видите, в гробу был труп Харбина), so we can pick up Winkler and Cooler right away (так что мы можем схватить Винклера и Кулера сразу же). Kurtz is out of our reach for the time being (Куртц за пределами нашей досягаемости пока что; for the time being — в данное время, на данный момент; на некоторое время), and so is the driver (и водитель тоже). We'll put in a formal request to the Russians (мы подадим формальное прошение к русским; to put in — подать документ) for permission to arrest Kurtz and Lime (о разрешении арестовать Куртца и Лайма): it makes our files tidy (это сделает наши документы аккуратными). If we are going to use you as our decoy (если мы собираемся использовать вас, как нашу приманку), your message must go to Lime straight away (ваша записка должна отправиться к Лайму сразу же)—not after you've hung around in this zone for twenty-four hours (не после того, как вы проболтались в этой зоне в течение двадцати четырех часов). As I see it (как я вижу это) you were brought here for a grilling almost as soon as you got back into the Inner City (вы были доставлены сюда для допроса почти так скоро, как вы вернулись назад во Внутренний Город; to grill — жарить/ся/ на рашпере; допрашивать с пристрастием, ср.: the police grilled him for hours — полиция мучила его на допросах часами): you heard then from me about Harbin (вы услышали тогда от меня о Харбине): you put two and two together (вы смекнули что к чему: «сложили два и два вместе») and you go and warn Cooler (и вы идете и предупреждаете Кулера). We'll let Cooler slip for the sake of the bigger game (мы позволим Кулеру ускользнуть ради бoльшей дичи)—we have no evidence he was in on the penicillin racket (мы не имеем никаких доказательств, что он был в пенициллиновой афере). He'll escape into the second bezirk to Kurtz (он сбежит во второй округ к Куртцу) and Lime will know you've played the game (и Лайм поймет: «узнает», что вы поступили благородно: «сыграли игру»; to play the game — играть по правилам; поступать благородно). Three hours later (тремя часами позже) you send a message that the police are after you (вы посылаете записку, что полиция гонится за вами): you are in hiding (вы в укрытии) and must see him (и должны = и вам необходимо увидеть его)."

pianist ['pIqnIst], grease [gri:s], deserve [dI'zq:v], cure ['kjuq], among [q'mAN], accuse [q'kju:z], hesitate ['hezIteIt], coffin ['kOfIn], permission [pq'mIS(q)n]

ANNA WAS AT the theatre," Martins told me, "for the Sunday matinee. I had to see the whole thing through a second time. About a middle-aged pianist and an infatuated girl and an understanding—a terribly understanding—wife. Anna acted very badly—she wasn't much of an actress at the best of times. I saw her afterwards in her dressing-room, but she was badly fussed. I think she thought I was going to make a serious pass at her all the time, and she didn't want a pass. I told her Harry was alive—I thought she'd be glad and that I would hate to see how glad she was, but she sat in front of her make-up mirror and let the tears streak the grease paint and I wished after that she had been glad. She looked awful and I loved her. Then I told her about my interview with Harry, but she wasn't really paying much attention because when I'd finished she said, I wish he was dead.'

"He deserves to be."

"I mean he would be safe then—from everybody."

I asked Martins, "Did you show her the photographs I gave you—of the children?"

"Yes. I thought it's got to be kill or cure this time.

She's got to get Harry out of her system. I propped the pictures up among the pots of grease. She couldn't avoid seeing them. I said, 'The police can't arrest Harry unless they get him into this zone, and we've got to help!'

"She said, 'I thought he was your friend.' I said, 'He was my friend.' She said, 'I’ll never help you to get Harry. I don't want to see him again, I don't want to hear his voice. I don't want to be touched by him, but I won't do a thing to harm him.'

"I felt bitter—I don't know why, because after all I had done nothing for her. Even Harry had done more for her than I had. I said, 'You want him still,' as though I were accusing her of a crime. She said, 'I don't want him, but he's in me. That's a fact—not like friendship. Why, when I have a love dream, he's always the man.'"

I prodded Martins on when he hesitated. "Yes?"

"Oh, I just got up and left her then. Now it's your turn to work on me. What do you want me to do?"

"I want to act quickly. You see it was Harbin's body in the coffin, so we can pick up Winkler and Cooler right away. Kurtz is out of our reach for the time being, and so is the driver. We'll put in a formal request to the Russians for permission to arrest Kurtz and Lime: it makes our files tidy. If we are going to use you as our decoy, your message must go to Lime straight away—not after you've hung around in this zone for twenty-four hours. As I see it you were brought here for a grilling almost as soon as you got back into the Inner City: you heard then from me about Harbin: you put two and two together and you go and warn Cooler. We'll let Cooler slip for the sake of the bigger game—we have no evidence he was in on the penicillin racket. He'll escape into the second bezirk to Kurtz and Lime will know you've played the game. Three hours later you send a message that the police are after you: you are in hiding and must see him."

"He won't come (он не придет)."

"I'm not so sure (я не так уверен). We’ll choose our hiding place carefully (мы выберем наше потайное место осмотрительно; carefully — тщательно, аккуратно; внимательно; заботливо; осмотрительно, осторожно; care — забота, попечение)—when he'll think there's a minimum of risk (когда он подумает, что тут минимум риска). It's worth trying (это достойно того, чтобы попробовать). It would appeal to his pride and his sense of humour (это бы понравилось его гордости и его чувству юмора; to appeal — взывать) if he could scoop you out (если он мог бы вытащить: «выкопать» вас «наружу»; scoop — лопатка, совок; to scoop /out/ — черпать; копать; выкапывать). And it would stop your mouth (и это бы заткнуло вам рот: «остановило бы ваш рот»)."

Martins said, "He never used to scoop me out—at school (он никогда не вытаскивал меня — в школе)." It was obvious that he had been reviewing the past with care and coming to conclusions (было очевидно, что он пересматривал прошлое с вниманием и приходил к заключениям).

"That wasn't such serious trouble (это не были такие серьезные проблемы: «такое затруднительное положение») and there was no danger of your squealing (и не было никакой опасности, что вы проговоритесь)."

He said, "I told Harry not to trust me (я сказал Гарри, чтобы он не доверял мне), but he didn't hear (но он не услышал)."

"Do you agree (вы соглашаетесь)?"

He had given me back the photographs of the children (он отдал мне фотографии детей) and they lay on my desk (и они лежали на моем столе; to lie — лежать): I could see him take a long look at them (я мог видеть, как он долго смотрит на них: «видеть его брать долгий взгляд на них»). "Yes," he said, "I agree."

minimum ['mInImqm], appeal [q'pi:l], humour ['hju:mq], obvious ['ObvIqs], conclusion [kqn'klu:Z(q)n]

"He won't come."

"I'm not so sure. We’ll choose our hiding place carefully—when he'll think there's a minimum of risk. It's worth trying. It would appeal to his pride and his sense of humour if he could scoop you out. And it would stop your mouth."

Martins said, "He never used to scoop me out—at school." It was obvious that he had been reviewing the past with care and coming to conclusions.

"That wasn't such serious trouble and there was no danger of your squealing."

He said, "I told Harry not to trust me, but he didn't hear."

"Do you agree?"

He had given me back the photographs of the children and they lay on my desk: I could see him take a long look at them. "Yes," he said, "I agree."

16

ALL THE FIRST arrangements went to plan (все первые мероприятия прошли по плану). We delayed arresting Winkler (мы отложили арест Винклера), who had returned from the second bezirk (который вернулся из второго округа), until after Cooler had been warned (до того момента: «до после /того момента/», пока не будет предупрежден Кулер). Martins enjoyed his short interview with Cooler (Мартинс получил удовольствие от своего короткого свидания с Кулером). Cooler greeted him without embarrassment (Кулер приветствовал его без замешательства) and with considerable patronage (и в покровительственной манере: «со значительным покровительством»). "Why, Mr. Martins (как же: «почему», мистер Мартинс), it's good to see you (приятно вас видеть). Sit down (садитесь). I'm glad everything went off all right between you and Colonel Calloway (я рад, что все прошло хорошо между вами и полковником Кэллоуэем; to go off — пройти). A very straight chap Calloway (очень честный парень, Кэллоуэй)."

"It didn't (это было не так)," Martins said.

"You don't bear any ill will (вы не несете какой-либо злой воли = не обижаетесь), I'm sure (я уверен), about my letting him know (из-за того, что я дал ему знать) about you seeing Koch (о том, что вы видели Коха). The way I figured it was this (я рассудил так; to figure — изображать /графически, диаграммой и т. п./; изображать на картине, рисовать; набрасывать /контуры, силуэт и т. п./; подсчитывать, оценивать; исчислять; figure — фигура; цифра)—if you were innocent (если бы вы были невиновны) you'd clear yourself right away (вы бы оправдали себя сразу же), and if you were guilty (а если бы вы были виновны), well (ну), the fact that I liked you oughtn't to stand in the way (тот факт, что вы мне понравились, не должен вмешиваться: «стоять в пути»). A citizen has his duties (гражданин имеет свои обязанности)."

"Like giving false evidence at an inquest (как /например/ давать ложные показания на допросе)."

Cooler said: "Oh, that old story (о, эта старая история). I'm afraid you are riled at me, Mr. Martins (я боюсь, вы рассержены на меня, мистер Мартинс; to rile — возмущать, раздражать, сердить). Look at it this way (посмотрите на это так)—you as a citizen (вы как гражданин), owing allegiance (будучи обязаны /иметь/ лояльность; to owe — быть должным /кому-л. что-л./)..."

"The police have dug up the body (полицейские выкопали труп; to dig up). They'll be after you and Winkler (они будут преследовать вас и Винклера). I want you to warn Harry (я хочу, чтобы вы предупредили Гарри)..."

"I don't understand (я не понимаю)."

"Oh, yes, you do (о да = да нет же, вы понимаете)." And it was obvious that he did (и это было очевидно что он понимал). Martins left him abruptly (Мартинс покинул его внезапно). He wanted no more of that kindly tired humanitarian face (он не хотел больше этого добродушного, усталого, человеколюбивого лица).

It only remained then to bait the trap (тогда оставалось только поставить ловушку). After studying the map of the sewer system (после изучения карты канализационной системы) I came to the conclusion (я пришел к заключению) that a cafe anywhere near the main entrance of the great Sewer (что какое-нибудь кафе где угодно близ главного входа в большой коллектор) which was placed in what Martins had mistakenly called a newspaper kiosk (который был помещен в том, что Мартинс ошибочно назвал газетным киоском) would be the most likely spot (было бы самым подходящим местом) to tempt Lime (чтобы завлечь Лайма). He had only to rise once again through the ground (он должен был только подняться однажды снова = еще раз сквозь землю), walk fifty yards (пройти пятьдесят ярдов), bring Martins back with him (привести Мартинса назад с собой), and sink again into the obscurity of the sewers (и погрузиться обратно в темноту канализационных сетей; obscure — темный, слабо освещенный, тусклый). He had no idea (он не имел никакого представления) that this method of evasion (что этот метод бегства) was known to us (был нам известен): he probably knew that one patrol of the sewer police (он, возможно, знал, что один патруль канализационной полиции) ended before midnight (заканчивался перед полуночью), and the next did not start till two (а следующий не начинался до двух), and so at midnight Martins sat in the little cold cafe (так что в полночь Мартинс сидел в маленьком холодном кафе) in sight of the kiosk (в поле видимости киоска) drinking coffee after coffee (и пил одну чашку кофе за другой). I had lent him a revolver (я одолжил ему револьвер; to lend — давать в долг, напрокат): I had men posted as close to the kiosk as I could (у меня были люди, размещенные так близко к будке, как я смог /это сделать/), and the sewer police were ready (и канализационная полиция была готова) when zero hour struck (когда пробьет условный: «нулевой» час; to strike — бить) to close the manholes (закрыть люки) and start sweeping the sewers (и начать прочесывать канализационные сети; to sweep — мести, подметать; прочищать, чистить, ср.: to sweep a chimney — чистить дымоход) inwards from the edge of the city (внутрь от края города). But I intended (но я намеревался) if I could (если смогу = по возможности) to catch him before he went underground again (поймать его прежде, чем он спустится снова под землю). It would save trouble (это бы сэкономило хлопоты)—and risk to Martins (и риск для Мартинса). So there (так что там), as I say (как я говорю), in the cafe Martins sat (Мартинс сидел в том кафе).

The wind had risen again (ветер поднялся снова; to rise), but it had brought no snow (но он не принес никакого снега): it came icily off the Danube (он пришел пронизывающе с Дуная; ice — лед) and in the little grassy square by the cafe (и на маленькой, покрытой травой: «травянистой» площади у кафе; grass — трава) it whipped up the snow (он взбивал вверх снег) like the surf on top of a wave (словно пену на гребне волны; surf — прибой; буруны). There was no heating in the cafe (в кафе не было никакого отопления) and Martins sat warming each hand in turn (и Мартинс сидел, грея каждую руку по очереди) on a cup of ersatz coffee (на чашке суррогатного кофе)—innumerable cups (неисчислимые чашки). There was usually one of my men in the cafe with him (в том кафе с ним был обычно один из моих людей), but I changed them every twenty minutes or so irregularly (но я менял их каждые двадцать минут или вроде того, нерегулярно). More than an hour passed (прошло больше часа): Martins had long given up hope (Мартинс давно оставил надежду) and so had I (и я тоже), where I waited at the end of a phone (где я ждал на /другом/ конце телефона) several streets away (за несколько улиц от того места), with a party of the sewer police (с нарядом канализационной полиции) ready to go down (готовый спуститься) if it became necessary (если это стало бы необходимым). We were luckier than Martins (мы были удачливее, чем Мартинс) because we were warm in our great boots up to the thighs (потому что нам было тепло в наших огромных ботинках вверх до бедер) and our reefer jackets (и наших плотных куртках; reefer — бушлат). One man had a small searchlight about half as big again as a car headlight strapped to his breast (у одного человека был маленький фонарь примерно наполовину такой большой, как автомобильная фара, примотанный к его груди) and another man carried a brace of Roman candles (а другой человек нес пачку римских свечей = бенгальских огней). The telephone rang (телефон зазвонил; to ring). It was Martins (это был Мартинс). He said, "I'm perishing with cold (я погибаю от холода). It's a quarter past one (сейчас четверть второго: «четверть после одного»). Is there any point (есть какой-нибудь смысл) in going on with this (в том, чтобы продолжать это)?"

"You shouldn't telephone (вы не должны звонить). You must stay in sight (вы должны оставаться в поле зрения)."

"I've drunk seven cups of this filthy coffee (я выпил семь чашек этого паршивого кофе; filthy — запачканный, немытый, замаранный, нечистый; отвратительный; filth — грязь). My stomach won't stand much more (мой желудок не выдержит много больше)."

"He can't delay much longer (он не может откладывать много дольше) if he's coming (если он /вообще/ придет). He won't want to run into the two o'clock patrol (он не захочет натолкнуться на двухчасовой патруль). Stick it another quarter of an hour (продержитесь еще одну: «другую» четверть часа), but keep away from the telephone (но держитесь подальше: «прочь» от телефона)."

Martins' voice said suddenly (Мартинса голос сказал внезапно), "Christ, he's here (Боже, он здесь). He's (он…)—" and then the telephone went dead (и затем телефон замолк; dead — мертвый). I said to my assistant (я сказал моему помощнику): "Give the signal to guard all manholes (дай сигнал охранять все люки)," and to my sewer police (и моим канализационным полицейским): "We are going down (мы спускаемся вниз)."

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ALL THE FIRST arrangements went to plan. We delayed arresting Winkler, who had returned from the second bezirk, until after Cooler had been warned. Martins enjoyed his short interview with Cooler. Cooler greeted him without embarrassment and with considerable patronage. "Why, Mr. Martins, it's good to see you. Sit down. I'm glad everything went off all right between you and Colonel Calloway. A very straight chap Calloway."

"It didn't," Martins said.

"You don't bear any ill will, I'm sure, about my letting him know about you seeing Koch. The way I figured it was this—if you were innocent you'd clear yourself right away, and if you were guilty, well, the fact that I liked you oughtn't to stand in the way. A citizen has his duties."

"Like giving false evidence at an inquest."

Cooler said: "Oh, that old story. I'm afraid you are riled at me, Mr. Martins. Look at it this way—you as a citizen, owing allegiance ..."

"The police have dug up the body. They'll be after you and Winkler. I want you to warn Harry ..."

"I don't understand."

"Oh, yes, you do." And it was obvious that he did. Martins left him abruptly. He wanted no more of that kindly tired humanitarian face.

It only remained then to bait the trap. After studying the map of the sewer system I came to the conclusion that a cafe anywhere near the main entrance of the great Sewer which was placed in what Martins had mistakenly called a newspaper kiosk would be the most likely spot to tempt Lime. He had only to rise once again through the ground, walk fifty yards, bring Martins back with him, and sink again into the obscurity of the sewers. He had no idea that this method of evasion was known to us: he probably knew that one patrol of the sewer police ended before midnight, and the next did not start till two, and so at midnight Martins sat in the little cold cafe in sight of the kiosk drinking coffee after coffee. I had lent him a revolver: I had men posted as close to the kiosk as I could, and the sewer police were ready when zero hour struck to close the manholes and start sweeping the sewers inwards from the edge of the city. But I intended if I could to catch him before he went underground again. It would save trouble—and risk to Martins. So there, as I say, in the cafe Martins sat.

The wind had risen again, but it had brought no snow: it came icily off the Danube and in the little grassy square by the cafe it whipped up the snow like the surf on top of a wave. There was no heating in the cafe and Martins sat warming each hand in turn on a cup of ersatz coffee—innumerable cups. There was usually one of my men in the cafe with him, but I changed them every twenty minutes or so irregularly. More than an hour passed: Martins had long given up hope and so had I, where I waited at the end of a phone several streets away, with a party of the sewer police ready to go down if it became necessary. We were luckier than Martins because we were warm in our great boots up to the thighs and our reefer jackets. One man had a small searchlight about half as big again as a car headlight strapped to his breast and another man carried a brace of Roman candles. The telephone rang. It was Martins. He said, "I'm perishing with cold. It's a quarter past one. Is there any point in going on with this?"

"You shouldn't telephone. You must stay in sight."

"I've drunk seven cups of this filthy coffee. My stomach won't stand much more."

"He can't delay much longer if he's coming. He won't want to run into the two o'clock patrol. Stick it another quarter of an hour, but keep away from the telephone."

Martins' voice said suddenly, "Christ, he's here. He's—" and then the telephone went dead. I said to my assistant: "Give the signal to guard all manholes," and to my sewer police: "We are going down."

What had happened was this (что /тогда/ случилось было это = затем случилось следующее). Martins was still on the telephone to me (Мартинс был все еще на проводе: «телефоне» со мной) when Harry Lime came into the cafe (когда Гарри Лайм вошел в кафе). I don't know what he heard (я не знаю, что он слышал), if he heard anything (если он слышал что-либо). The mere sight of a man wanted by the police and without friends in Vienna (простой вид человека, искомого полицией и без друзей в Вене) speaking on the telephone (говорящего по телефону) would have been enough to warn him (был бы достаточен, чтобы предупредить его). He was out of the cafe again (он вышел: «был» наружу из кафе снова) before Martins had put down the receiver (прежде чем Мартинс положил трубку; to receive — принимать). It was one of those rare moments (это был один из тех редких моментов) when none of my men was in the cafe (когда ни одного из моих людей не было в кафе). One had just left (один только что ушел) and another was on the pavement about to come in (а другой был на тротуаре, собираясь зайти внутрь). Harry Lime brushed by him (Гарри Лайм проскользнул мимо него; brush — щетка; to brush — чистить щеткой; задевать; to brush by — прошмыгнуть мимо) and made for the kiosk (и направился к будке). Martins came out of the cafe and saw my men (Мартинс вышел из кафе и увидел моих людей). If he had called out then (если он крикнул бы тогда) it would have been an easy shot (это был бы легкий выстрел), but it was not, I suppose, Lime, the penicillin racketeer who was escaping down the street (но это не был, я предполагаю, Лайм, пенициллиновый аферист, который убегал по улице); it was Harry (это был Гарри).

He hesitated just long enough for Lime to put the kiosk between them (он колебался как раз достаточно долго для Лайма, чтобы поставить будку между ними = чтобы Лайм успел зайти за будку): then he called out (тогда он выкрикнул) "That's him (это он)," but Lime had already gone to ground (но Лайм уже ушел в землю).

What a strange world unknown to most of us (какой странный мир, неизвестный большинству нас) lies under our feet (лежит под нашими ногами): we live above a cavernous land of waterfalls and rushing rivers (мы живем над пещеристой землей водопадов и мчащихся рек; cavern — пещера), where tides ebb and flow as in the world above (где чередуются прилив и отлив, как в мире сверху; tide — прилив и отлив; to ebb — убывать /о воде во время отлива/; to flow — течь; прибывать /о воде во время прилива/). If you have ever read the adventures of Allan Quartermain (если вы когда-нибудь читали приключения Аллена Куортермейна) and the account of his voyage along the underground river to the city of Milosis (и отчет о его путешествии вдоль подземной реки к городу Милосис), you will be able to picture the scene of Lime's last stand (вы будете способны вообразить сцену последней битвы Лайма; stand — остановка; сопротивление). The main sewer (главный коллектор), half as wide as the Thames (вполовину такой широкий, как Темза), rushes by under a huge arch (бежит мимо под огромным сводом), fed by tributary streams (питаемый второстепенными потоками; tributary — платящий дань; подчиненный; являющийся притоком; tribute — дань; подать): these streams have fallen in waterfalls (эти потоки упали водопадами) from higher levels (с более высоких уровней) and have been purified in their fall (и были очищены в своем падении), so that only in these side channels is the air foul (так что только в этих боковых каналах воздух отвратителен). The main stream smells sweet and fresh with a faint tang of ozone (главный поток пахнет приятно и свежо с легким запахом озона; tang — резкий вкус, ощутимый привкус; острый запах; faint — слабый, ослабевший; вялый; тусклый; нечеткий, расплывчатый; бледный; незначительный, слабый и т. п.), and everywhere in the darkness is the sound of falling and rushing water (и повсюду во тьме есть = раздается звук падающей и несущейся воды). It was just past high tide (это было как раз после прилива) when Martins and the policeman reached the river (когда Мартинс и полицейские достигли реки): first the curving iron staircase (сперва винтовой железной лестницы), then a short passage so low they had to stoop (затем короткого коридора, такого низкого, что им пришлось пригнуться), and then the shallow edge of the water lapped at their feet (и затем мелкий край воды плескался у их ног). My man shone his torch along the edge of the current (мой человек посветил своим фонарем вдоль края потока) and said, "He's gone that way (он ушел эти путем)," for just as a deep stream when it shallows at the rim leaves an accumulation of debris (ибо прямо как глубокий поток, когда он мельчает у края, оставляет массу /наносного/ мусора; debris — осколки, обломки), so the sewer left in the quiet water against the wall a scum of orange peel (так и канализация оставила в тихой воде у стены отбросы из апельсиновой кожуры), old cigarette cartons and the like (старых сигаретных коробок и тому подобного), and in this scum (и в этих отбросах) Lime had left his trail (Лайм оставил свой след) as unmistakably as if he had walked in mud (так безошибочно, как если он бы прошел в грязи). My policeman shone his torch ahead with his left hand (мой полицейский светил своим фонарем вперед своей левой рукой; to shine), and carried his gun in his right (и нес = держал свой пистолет в своей правой). He said to Martins, "Keep behind me, sir (держитесь сзади меня, сэр), the bastard may shoot (этот ублюдок может стрелять)."

"Then why the hell should you be in front (тогда какого черта должны вы быть впереди; why — почему; hell — ад)?" "It's my job, sir (это моя работа, сэр)." The water came halfway up their legs as they walked (вода поднялась им до колен: «пришла на полпути вверх по их ногам», пока они шли): the policeman kept his torch pointing down and ahead (полицейский держал свой фонарь указывающим вниз и вперед) at the disturbed trail at the sewer's edge (на неровный след вдоль края канала; to disturb — беспокоить; приводить /что-л./ в беспорядок, хаос). He said, "The silly thing is the bastard doesn't stand a chance (глупость в том, что у этого ублюдка нет ни одного шанса). The manholes are all guarded (люки все охраняются) and we've cordoned off the way into the Russian zone (и мы оцепили весь путь в русскую зону). All our chaps have to do now (все, что наши парни должны делать сейчас) is to sweep inwards down the side passes from the manholes (это прочесывать внутрь вдоль: «вниз» по боковым коридорам от люков)." He took a whistle out of his pocket and blew (он достал свисток из своего кармана и дунул; to blow), and very far away here and again there (и очень далеко здесь и снова там) came the notes of the reply (пришли = раздались сигналы ответа). He said, "They are all down here now (теперь они все здесь внизу). The sewer police I mean (канализационная полиция, я имею в виду). They know this place just as I know the Tottenham Court Road (они знают это место точно так же, как я знаю /улицу/ Тоттенхэм-Корт-Роуд). I wish my old woman could see me now (я желаю = хотел бы, чтобы моя старуха могла видеть меня сейчас)," he said, lifting his torch for a moment to shine it ahead (сказал он, поднимая на секунду свой фонарь, чтобы посветить им вперед), and at that moment the shot came (и в этот момент раздался выстрел). The torch flew out of his hand (фонарь вылетел наружу из его руки; to fly — лететь) and fell in the stream (и упал в поток). He said, "God blast the bastard (Господь разрази этого ублюдка)."

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What had happened was this. Martins was still on the telephone to me when Harry Lime came into the cafe. I don't know what he heard, if he heard anything. The mere sight of a man wanted by the police and without friends in Vienna speaking on the telephone would have been enough to warn him. He was out of the cafe again before Martins had put down the receiver. It was one of those rare moments when none of my men was in the cafe. One had just left and another was on the pavement about to come in. Harry Lime brushed by him and made for the kiosk. Martins came out of the cafe and saw my men. If he had called out then it would have been an easy shot, but it was not, I suppose, Lime, the penicillin racketeer who was escaping down the street; it was Harry.

He hesitated just long enough for Lime to put the kiosk between them: then he called out "That's him," but Lime had already gone to ground.

What a strange world unknown to most of us lies under our feet: we live above a cavernous land of waterfalls and rushing rivers, where tides ebb and flow as in the world above. If you have ever read the adventures of Allan Quartermain and the account of his voyage along the underground river to the city of Milosis, you will be able to picture the scene of Lime's last stand. The main sewer, half as wide as the Thames, rushes by under a huge arch, fed by tributary streams: these streams have fallen in waterfalls from higher levels and have been purified in their fall, so that only in these side channels is the air foul. The main stream smells sweet and fresh with a faint tang of ozone, and everywhere in the darkness is the sound of falling and rushing water. It was just past high tide when Martins and the policeman reached the river: first the curving iron staircase, then a short passage so low they had to stoop, and then the shallow edge of the water lapped at their feet. My man shone his torch along the edge of the current and said, "He's gone that way," for just as a deep stream when it shallows at the rim leaves an accumulation of debris, so the sewer left in the quiet water against the wall a scum of orange peel, old cigarette cartons and the like, and in this scum Lime had left his trail as unmistakably as if he had walked in mud. My policeman shone his torch ahead with his left hand, and carried his gun in his right. He said to Martins, "Keep behind me, sir, the bastard may shoot."

"Then why the hell should you be in front?" "It's my job, sir." The water came halfway up their legs as they walked: the policeman kept his torch pointing down and ahead at the disturbed trail at the sewer's edge. He said, "The silly thing is the bastard doesn't stand a chance. The manholes are all guarded and we've cordoned off the way into the Russian zone. All our chaps have to do now is to sweep inwards down the side passes from the manholes." He took a whistle out of his pocket and blew, and very far away here and again there came the notes of the reply. He said, "They are all down here now. The sewer police I mean. They know this place just as I know the Tottenham Court Road. I wish my old woman could see me now," he said, lifting his torch for a moment to shine it ahead, and at that moment the shot came. The torch flew out of his hand and fell in the stream. He said, "God blast the bastard."

"Are you hurt (вы ранены)?"

"Scraped my hand (поцарапало мою руку), that's all (это есть все). Here (вот), take this other torch, sir (возьмите этот другой фонарь, сэр), while I tie my hand up (пока я перевяжу свою руку). Don't shine it (не зажигайте его). He's in one of the side passages (он в одном из боковых коридоров)." For a long time (в течение долгого времени) the sound of the shot went on reverberating (звук выстрела продолжал: «шел дальше» отражаться): when the last echo died a whistle blew ahead of them (когда последнее эхо умерло, свисток дунул = просвистел впереди от них), and Martins' companion blew an answer (и Мартинса товарищ свистнул в ответ).

Martins said, "It's an odd thing (странная вещь)—I don't even know your name (я не знаю даже вашего имени)."

"Bates, sir (Бэйтс, сэр)." He gave a low laugh in the darkness (он издал тихий смешок в темноте): "This isn't my usual beat (это не мой обычный район обхода). Do you know the Horseshoe, sir (вы знаете Подкову, сэр)?"

"Yes."

"And the Duke of Grafton (а Толчок: «герцога Графтонского»)?"

"Yes."

"Well, it takes a lot to make a world (ну, нужно многое, чтобы составить мир; it takes — требуется)."

Martins said, "Let me come in front (позвольте мне пойти вперед). I don't think he'll shoot at me (я не думаю, что он выстрелит в меня), and I want to talk to him (и я хочу поговорить с ним)."

"I had orders to look after you, sir, careful (я получил приказ смотреть за вами, сэр, осторожно)."

"That's all right (все в порядке)." He edged round Bates (он пробрался вокруг Бэйтса), plunging a foot deeper in the stream as he went (при этом: «когда он шел» погрузившись на один фут глубже в поток). When he was in front he called out (когда он оказался впереди, он выкрикнул), "Harry," and the name set up an echo (и это имя вызвало: «устроило» эхо), "Harry, Harry, Harry!" that travelled down the stream (которое распространилось вдоль потока) and woke a whole chorus of whistles in the darkness (и разбудило целый хор свистков в темноте). He called again (он снова позвал), "Harry. Come out (выходи). It's no use (в этом нет никакой пользы = это бесполезно)."

A voice startlingly close (голос, пугающе близкий) made them hug the wall (заставил их прижаться к стене; to hug — крепко держать, сжимать в объятиях). "Is that you, old man (это ты, старина)?" it called (позвал/крикнул он /голос/). "What do you want me to do (что ты хочешь от меня: «чтобы я сделал»)?"

"Come out (выходи). And put your hands above your head (и подними руки над головой)."

"I haven't a torch, old man (у меня нет фонаря, старик). I can't see a thing (я ничего не вижу)."

"Be careful, sir (будьте осторожны, сэр)," Bates said.

"Get flat against the wall (прижмитесь к стене: «сделайся плоским против стены»). He won't shoot at me ( он не выстрелит в меня)," Martins said. He called (он крикнул), "Harry, I'm going to shine the torch (Гарри, я собираюсь зажечь фонарь). Play fair (действуй честно: «играй честно») and come out (и выходи). You haven't got a chance (у тебя нет ни одного шанса)." He flashed the torch on (он зажег фонарь), and twenty feet away (и в двадцати футах от него), at the edge of the light and the water (на границе света и воды) Harry stepped into view (Гарри ступил в поле зрения). "Hands above the head, Harry (руки над головой, Гарри)." Harry raised his hand and fired (Гарри поднял свою руку и выстрелил). The shot ricochetted against the wall a foot from Martins' head (выстрел срикошетил по стене в футе от головы Мартинса), and he heard Bates cry out (и он услышал, как вскрикнул Бэйтс). At the same moment (в тот же момент) a searchlight from fifty yards away lit the whole channel (фонарь /находящийся/ на расстоянии пятидесяти ярдов, осветил целый канал; to light), caught Harry in its beams (поймал Гарри в свои лучи), Martins (Мартинса), the staring eyes of Bates slumped at the water's edge (широко раскрытые глаза Бэйтса, тяжело опустившегося у края воды; to slump — проваливаться /в болото, трясину/; шлепаться в воду) with the sewage washing to his waist (со сточной водой, плещущейся = подступающей к его поясу). An empty cigarette carton (пустая сигаретная коробка) wedged into his armpit (вплыла в его подмышку; to wedge — вклиниваться) and stayed (и осталась /там/). My party had reached the scene (мой отряд достиг места действия: «сцены»).

Martins stood dithering there above Bates' body (Мартинс стоял, дрожа, там, над трупом Бэйтса; to dither — вибрировать, трястись; дрожать, ежиться), with Harry Lime halfway between us (с Гарри Лаймом посередине: «на полпути» между нами). We couldn't shoot for fear of hitting Martins (мы не могли стрелять из страха подстрелить Мартинса; to hit — ударить; попасть /в цель/), and the light of the searchlight dazzled Lime (а свет фонарика ослепил Лайма). We moved slowly on (мы медленно двинулись дальше), our revolvers trained for a chance (с нашими револьверами наготове на всякий случай; train — тренировать, готовить; наводить /орудие, объектив и т. п./), and Lime turned this way and that way like a rabbit dazzled by headlights (а Лайм поворачивал туда и сюда, словно кролик, ослепленный фарами): then suddenly he took a flying jump (затем внезапно он прыгнул с разбега: «взял летящий прыжок») into the deep central rushing stream (в глубокий центральный несущийся поток). When we turned the searchlight after him he was submerged (когда мы повернули фонарь за ним, он был погружен), and the current of the sewer carried him rapidly on (и течение канализации несло его быстро дальше), past the body of Bates (мимо тела Бэйтса), out of the range of the searchlight into the dark (за пределы досягаемости фонаря во тьму). What makes a man (что заставляет человека), without hope (без надежды), cling to a few more minutes of existence (цепляться за несколько больше минут существования)? Is it a good quality or a bad one (есть это хорошее качество или плохое)? I have no idea (не знаю: «я не имею никакого понятия»).

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"Are you hurt?"

"Scraped my hand, that's all. Here, take this other torch, sir, while I tie my hand up. Don't shine it. He's in one of the side passages." For a long time the sound of the shot went on reverberating: when the last echo died a whistle blew ahead of them, and Martins' companion blew an answer.

Martins said, "It's an odd thing—I don't even know your name."

"Bates, sir." He gave a low laugh in the darkness: "This isn't my usual beat. Do you know the Horseshoe, sir?"

"Yes."

"And the Duke of Grafton?"

"Yes."

"Well, it takes a lot to make a world."

Martins said, "Let me come in front. I don't think he'll shoot at me, and I want to talk to him."

"I had orders to look after you, sir, careful."

"That's all right." He edged round Bates, plunging a foot deeper in the stream as he went. When he was in front he called out, "Harry," and the name set up an echo, "Harry, Harry, Harry!" that travelled down the stream and woke a whole chorus of whistles in the darkness. He called again, "Harry. Come out. It's no use."

A voice startlingly close made them hug the wall. "Is that you, old man?" it called. "What do you want me to do?"

"Come out. And put your hands above your head."

"I haven't a torch, old man. I can't see a thing."

"Be careful, sir," Bates said.

"Get flat against the wall. He won't shoot at me," Martins said. He called, "Harry, I'm going to shine the torch. Play fair and come out. You haven't got a chance." He flashed the torch on, and twenty feet away, at the edge of the light and the water Harry stepped into view. "Hands above the head, Harry." Harry raised his hand and fired. The shot ricochetted against the wall a foot from Martins' head, and he heard Bates cry out. At the same moment a searchlight from fifty yards away lit the whole channel, caught Harry in its beams, Martins, the staring eyes of Bates slumped at the water's edge with the sewage washing to his waist. An empty cigarette carton wedged into his armpit and stayed. My party had reached the scene.

Martins stood dithering there above Bates' body, with Harry Lime halfway between us. We couldn't shoot for fear of hitting Martins, and the light of the searchlight dazzled Lime. We moved slowly on, our revolvers trained for a chance, and Lime turned this way and that way like a rabbit dazzled by headlights: then suddenly he took a flying jump into the deep central rushing stream. When we turned the searchlight after him he was submerged, and the current of the sewer carried him rapidly on, past the body of Bates, out of the range of the searchlight into the dark. What makes a man, without hope, cling to a few more minutes of existence? Is it a good quality or a bad one? I have no idea.

Martins stood at the outer edge of the searchlight beam (Мартинс стоял у внешнего края фонарного луча), staring down stream (внимательно смотря вниз по течению): he had his gun in his hand now (он держал теперь пистолет в руке), and he was the only one of us who could fire with safety (и он был единственным из нас, кто мог стрелять с безопасностью). I thought I saw a movement and called out to him (я подумал = мне показалось, что я увидел движение и крикнул ему), "There (там). There. Shoot (стреляйте)." He lifted his gun and fired (он поднял свой пистолет и выстрелил), just as he had fired at the same command all those years ago on Brickworth Common (точно так же, как он стрелял по той же команде столько лет назад на Брикуорт Коммон), fired as he did then inaccurately (выстрелил, как он выстелил и тогда, неточно = не метясь). A cry of pain came tearing back like calico down the cavern (крик боли раздался в ответ, раздирая, как ситец = словно рвущийся ситец, по пещере): a reproach, an entreaty (укор, мольба). "Well done (хорошо сделано)," I called and halted by Bates' body (крикнул я и остановился у тела Бэйтса). He was dead (он был мертв). His eyes remained blankly open (его глаза остались пустующе открытыми; blank — белый; бледный, бесцветный; пустой) as we turned the searchlight on him (когда мы повернули фонарь на него): somebody stooped and dislodged the carton and threw it in the river which whirled it on (кто-то нагнулся, удалил картонку и кинул ее в реку, которая закружила ее)—a scrap of yellow Gold Flake (обрывок от Золотой Кукурузы; flake — чешуйка, flakes — хлопья; cornflakes— корнфлекс, кукурузные хлопья /подаются к утреннему завтраку с молоком и сахаром/): he was certainly a long way from the Tottenham Court Road (/теперь/ он был /уж/ точно далеко от Тоттенхэм-Корт-Роуд).

I looked up and Martins was out of sight in the darkness (я взглянул наверх/воднял взгляд, и Мартинс был вне поля зрения в темноте): I called his name (я выкрикнул его имя) and it was lost in a confusion of echoes (и оно было потеряно в неразберихе эхо), in the rush and the roar of the underground river (в напоре и реве подземной воды). Then I heard a third shot (затем я услышал третий выстрел).

Martins told me later (Мартинс рассказал мне позже): "I walked upstream to find Harry (я шел вверх по течению, чтобы найти Гарри), but I must have missed him in the dark (но я, должно быть, пропустил его в темноте = прошел мимо него). I was afraid to lift the torch (я боялся: «был испуган» поднимать фонарь): I didn't want to tempt him to shoot again (я не хотел искушать его выстрелить снова). He must have been struck by my bullet just at the entrance of a side passage (он, должно быть, был поражен моей пулей прямо у входа в боковой коридор; to strike — бить; поражать). Then I suppose he crawled up the passage to the foot of the iron stairs (затем, /как/ я предполагаю, он пополз вверх по коридору к подножью железной лестницы). Thirty feet above his head was the manhole (в тридцати футах над его головой был люк; feet — мн. ч. от foot — нога /ступня/; фут), but he wouldn't have had the strength to lift it (но у него не было силы, чтобы поднять его), and even if he had succeeded (и даже если он бы преуспел) the police were waiting above (полицейские ждали наверху). He must have known all that (он, должно быть, знать все это), but he was in great pain (но он был в большой боли = испытывал большую боль), and just as an animal creeps into the dark to die (и точно так же, как животное ползет в темноту, чтобы умереть), so I suppose a man makes for the light (так, я полагаю, человек стремится к свету). He wants to die at home (он хочет умереть дома), and the darkness is never home to us (а темнота никогда не является для нас домом). He began to pull himself up the stairs (он начал подтягивать себя вверх по лестнице), but then the pain took him (но тогда боль охватила его) and he couldn't go on (и он не смог двигаться дальше). What made him whistle that absurd scrap of a tune I'd been fool enough to believe he had written himself (что заставило его просвистеть этот абсурдный ошметок мелодии, которую я был дурак достаточно, чтобы верить, он написал сам = которую, как я по глупости думал…)? Was he trying to attract attention (пытался ли он привлечь внимание), did he want a friend with him (хотел ли он друга с собой = чтобы с ним рядом был друг), even the friend who had trapped him (даже друга, который заманил его/в ловушку/), or was he delirious (или был он исступленный/находящийся в бреду; delirium — делирий, бред, расстройство сознания /сопровождаемое галлюцинациями, обычно зрительными/) and had he no purpose at all (и не имел никакой цели вообще)? Anyway I heard his whistle (во всяком случае, я услышал его свист) and came back (и пошел назад) along the edge of the stream (вдоль края потока), and felt the wall end (и ощупал конец стены; to feel) and found my way up the passage where he lay (и нашел мой путь по коридору: «вверх по коридору», где он лежал; to find — найти, to lie — лежать). I said, 'Harry,' and the whistling stopped (и свист остановился), just above my head (прямо над моей головой). I put my hand on an iron handrail and climbed (я положил руку на железный поручень и полез): I was still afraid he might shoot (я был все еще боялся, что он может выстрелить). Then, only three steps up (затем, только три ступеньки вверх), my foot stamped down on his hand (моя нога наступила на его руку), and he was there (и он был там). I shone my torch on him (я посветил моим фонарем на него): he hadn't got a gun (у него не было пистолета): he must have dropped it (он, должно быть, уронил его) when my bullet hit him (когда моя пуля попала его). For a moment (на какое-то мгновение) I thought he was dead (я подумал, что он мертв), but then he whispered with pain (но затем он /что-то/ прошептал от боли). I said, 'Harry,' and he swivelled his eyes with a great effort to my face (и он повернул свои глаза с большим усилием к моему лицу; swivel — вертлюг, шарнирное соединение; to swivel — поворачивать). He was trying to speak (он пытался говорить), and I bent down to listen (и я наклонился, чтобы слушать). 'Bloody fool (проклятый дурак),' he said—that was all (это было все): I don't know whether he meant that for himself (я не знаю, подразумевал ли он это для себя = имел ли он при этом в виду себя)—some sort of act of contrition however inadequate (что-то вроде акта раскаяния, хотя и недостаточного; inadequate — неадекватный; не отвечающий требованиям; недостаточный) (he was a Catholic (он был католиком))—or was it for me (или было это для меня)—with my thousand a year taxed (с моей тысячей в год, обложенной налогами) and my imaginary cattle rustlers (и моими воображаемыми угонщиками скота; cattle — скот; rustler — человек, занимающийся кражей и клеймением чужого скота) who couldn't even shoot a rabbit clean (который не мог даже чисто = ловко/умело пристрелить кролика). Then he began to whimper again (затем он начал скулить снова; to whimper — хныкать). I couldn't bear it any more (я не мог выносить это сколько-нибудь больше) and I put a bullet through him (и я пустил: «положил» пулю сквозь него = выпустил в него пулю)."

"Well forget that bit (ну, забудь этот кусочек/отрывок = а об этой детали лучше забыть)," I said.

Martins said, "I never shall (я никогда не смогу /забыть это/)."

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Martins stood at the outer edge of the searchlight beam, staring down stream: he had his gun in his hand now, and he was the only one of us who could fire with safety. I thought I saw a movement and called out to him, "There. There. Shoot." He lifted his gun and fired, just as he had fired at the same command all those years ago on Brickworth Common, fired as he did then inaccurately. A cry of pain came tearing back like calico down the cavern: a reproach, an entreaty. "Well done," I called and halted by Bates' body. He was dead. His eyes remained blankly open as we turned the searchlight on him: somebody stooped and dislodged the carton and threw it in the river which whirled it on—a scrap of yellow Gold Flake: he was certainly a long way from the Tottenham Court Road.

I looked up and Martins was out of sight in the darkness: I called his name and it was lost in a confusion of echoes, in the rush and the roar of the underground river. Then I heard a third shot.

Martins told me later: "I walked upstream to find Harry, but I must have missed him in the dark. I was afraid to lift the torch: I didn't want to tempt him to shoot again. He must have been struck by my bullet just at the entrance of a side passage. Then I suppose he crawled up the passage to the foot of the iron stairs. Thirty feet above his head was the manhole, but he wouldn't have had the strength to lift it, and even if he had succeeded the police were waiting above. He must have known all that, but he was in great pain, and just as an animal creeps into the dark to die, so I suppose a man makes for the light. He wants to die at home, and the darkness is never home to us. He began to pull himself up the stairs, but then the pain took him and he couldn't go on. What made him whistle that absurd scrap of a tune I'd been fool enough to believe he had written himself? Was he trying to attract attention, did he want a friend with him, even the friend who had trapped him, or was he delirious and had he no purpose at all? Anyway I heard his whistle and came back along the edge of the stream, and felt the wall end and found my way up the passage where he lay. I said, 'Harry,' and the whistling stopped, just above my head. I put my hand on an iron handrail and climbed: I was still afraid he might shoot. Then, only three steps up, my foot stamped down on his hand, and he was there. I shone my torch on him: he hadn't got a gun: he must have dropped it when my bullet hit him. For a moment I thought he was dead, but then he whispered with pain. I said, 'Harry,' and he swivelled his eyes with a great effort to my face. He was trying to speak, and I bent down to listen. 'Bloody fool,' he said— that was all: I don't know whether he meant that for himself—some sort of act of contrition however inadequate (he was a Catholic)—or was it for me—with my thousand a year taxed and my imaginary cattle rustlers who couldn't even shoot a rabbit clean. Then he began to whimper again. I couldn't bear it any more and I put a bullet through him."

"Well forget that bit," I said.

Martins said, "I never shall."

17

A THAW SET IN that night (оттепель началась той ночью; to set in — вставлять, вкладывать /что-л. во что-л./; начинаться, наступать, устанавливаться), and all over Vienna the snow melted (и повсюду в Вене снег растаял), and the ugly ruins came to light again (и уродливые развалины появились на свет снова): steel rods hanging like stalactites (стальные брусья, висящие, как сталактиты) and rusty girders thrusting like bones through the grey slush (и ржавые балки, торчащие, как кости, сквозь серую слякоть; to thrust — пронзать). Burials were much simpler (погребение было много проще) than they had been a week before (чем оно было неделей раньше) when electric drills had been needed (когда были нужны электрические дрели) to break the frozen ground (чтобы пробить замерзшую землю). It was almost as warm as a spring day (было почти так тепло, как /в/ весенний день) when Harry Lime had his second funeral (когда Гарри Лайм получил свои вторые похороны). I was glad to get him under earth again (я был рад загнать его снова под землю): but it had taken two men's deaths (но это потребовало: «взяло» смерти двух человек). The group by the grave was smaller now (группа у могилы была меньше теперь): Kurtz wasn't there (Куртца не было там), nor Winkler (не было и Винклера)—only the girl and Rollo Martins and myself (только девушка, Ролло Мартинс и я сам). And there weren't any tears (и не было никаких слез).

After it was over (после того, как это было закончено) the girl walked away without a word to either of us (девушка ушла прочь без единого слова к кому-либо из нас = не сказав…) down the long avenue of trees (по длинной аллее деревьев) that led to the main entrance and the tram stop (которая вела к главному входу и трамвайной остановке), splashing through the melted snow (шлепая через растаявший снег). I said to Martins, "I've got transport (у меня есть транспорт = машина). Can I give you a lift (могу я подвезти вас; lift — поднятие, подъем; услуга, состоящая в том, что какого-л. пешехода подвозят на короткое расстояние)?"

"No," he said, "I’ll take a tram back (я возьму трамвай назад = поеду обратно на трамвае)."

"You win (вы выигрываете = выиграли), you've proved me a bloody fool (вы выставили меня чертовым дураком; to prove — доказывать, подтвердить)."

"I haven't won (я не выиграл)," he said. "I've lost (я проиграл; to lose — терять; проигрывать)." I watched him striding off on his overgrown legs after the girl (я наблюдал, как он шагал прочь на своих непомерно длинных ногах за девушкой; overgrown — переросший, выросший очень большим). He caught her up (он догнал ее; to catch up — догнать, нагнать) and they walked side by side (и они пошли бок о бок). I don't think he said a word to her (я не думаю, что он ей что-то сказал): it was like the end of a story (это было как конец истории = похоже на конец истории). He was a very bad shot (он был очень плохой стрелок) and a very bad judge of character (и очень плохой знаток характеров: «судья характера»), but he had a way with Westerns (но ему удавались вестерны: «он имел некий путь/способ с вестернами») (a trick of tension (трюк напряжения)) and with girls (и с девушками) (I wouldn't know what (я не знал бы что = даже не знаю, в чем тут было дело)). And Crabbin (а Крэббин)? Oh, Crabbin is still arguing with the British Cultural Relation Society (о, Крэббин все еще спорит с Обществом Британских Культурных Связей) about Dexter's expenses (насчет расходов Декстера). They say they can't pass simultaneous payments in Stockholm and Vienna (они говорят, что они не могут проводить одновременные платежи в Стокгольме и Вене). Poor Crabbin (бедный Крэббин)... Poor all of us (бедные все мы) when you come to think of it (если задуматься).

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A THAW SET IN that night, and all over Vienna the snow melted, and the ugly ruins came to light again: steel rods hanging like stalactites and rusty girders thrusting like bones through the grey slush. Burials were much simpler than they had been a week before when electric drills had been needed to break the frozen ground. It was almost as warm as a spring day when Harry Lime had his second funeral. I was glad to get him under earth again: but it had taken two men's deaths. The group by the grave was smaller now: Kurtz wasn't there, nor Winkler—only the girl and Rollo Martins and myself. And there weren't any tears.

After it was over the girl walked away without a word to either of us down the long avenue of trees that led to the main entrance and the tram stop, splashing through the melted snow. I said to Martins, "I've got transport. Can I give you a lift?"

"No," he said, "I’ll take a tram back."

"You win, you've proved me a bloody fool."

"I haven't won," he said. "I've lost." I watched him striding off on his overgrown legs after the girl. He caught her up and they walked side by side. I don't think he said a word to her: it was like the end of a story. He was a very bad shot and a very bad judge of character, but he had a way with Westerns (a trick of tension) and with girls (I wouldn't know what). And Crabbin? Oh, Crabbin is still arguing with the British Cultural Relation Society about Dexter's expenses. They say they can't pass simultaneous payments in Stockholm and Vienna. Poor Crabbin ... Poor all of us when you come to think of it.