"The moment for which I had waited so long had at last come (тот момент, которого я так долго ждал, наконец наступил). I had my enemies within my power (мои враги были в моей власти). Together they could protect each other (вместе они могли защитить друг друга), but singly they were at my mercy (но по отдельности они были в моей милости). I did not act, however, with undue precipitation (но я не стал действовать с неуместной поспешностью). My plans were already formed (мой план уже созрел: «мои планы были уже сформированы»). There is no satisfaction in vengeance (в мести не найти удовлетворения) unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him (если у обидчика нет времени осознать, кто наносит ему удар), and why retribution has come upon him (и почему возмездие настигло его). I had my plans arranged by which I should have the opportunity (по моему плану у меня должна была быть возможность; to arrange — организовывать, подготавливать) of making the man who had wronged me (заставить человека, который причинил мне зло) understand that his old sin had found him out (понять, что он расплачивается за старые грехи: «что его прошлый грех нашел его»). It chanced that some days before (случилось так, что несколько дней назад) a gentleman who had been engaged in looking over some houses in the Brixton Road (джентльмен, который осматривал несколько домов по Брикстон-роуд) had dropped the key of one of them in my carriage (обронил ключ от одного из них у меня в кебе). It was claimed that same evening, and returned (он пришел за ним в тот же вечер и получил его обратно; to claim — требовать; заявлять о своих правах на что-либо; to return — возвращать); but in the interval I had taken a moulding of it (но за это время я успел снять с него слепок; interval — интервал, промежуток), and had a duplicate constructed (и мне с него изготовили дубликат). By means of this I had access to at least one spot in this great city (теперь: «посредством этого» у меня был доступ к хотя бы одному месту в этом огромном городе) where I could rely upon being free from interruption (где я мог быть уверен в том, что нам не помешают: «где я мог положиться на то, что буду свободен от помех»). How to get Drebber to that house was the difficult problem which I had now to solve (как доставить Дреббера в этот дом, было трудной проблемой, которую мне теперь надо было решить).

vengeance ['venns], carriage ['kaer], access ['aekss]

"The moment for which I had waited so long had at last come. I had my enemies within my power. Together they could protect each other, but singly they were at my mercy. I did not act, however, with undue precipitation. My plans were already formed. There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him. I had my plans arranged by which I should have the opportunity of making the man who had wronged me understand that his old sin had found him out. It chanced that some days before a gentleman who had been engaged in looking over some houses in the Brixton Road had dropped the key of one of them in my carriage. It was claimed that same evening, and returned; but in the interval I had taken a moulding of it, and had a duplicate constructed. By means of this I had access to at least one spot in this great city where I could rely upon being free from interruption. How to get Drebber to that house was the difficult problem which I had now to solve.