"When I had him fairly inside my cab (когда я заполучил его к себе в кеб; fairly — должным образом; явно), my heart jumped so with joy (мое сердце так запрыгало от радости) that I feared lest at this last moment my aneurism might go wrong (что я испугался, как бы мой аневризм в этот решающий момент не сыграл бы со мной плохой шутки; last — последний; завершающий; to go wrong — выйти из строя; обернуться не так, как планировалось). I drove along slowly (я медленно ехал по улице), weighing in my own mind what it was best to do (взвешивая у себя в уме, как мне было лучше поступить). I might take him right out into the country (я мог бы вывезти его из города), and there in some deserted lane have my last interview with him (а там, в каком-нибудь пустынном переулке побеседовать с ним в последний раз; lane — узкая улочка, переулок). I had almost decided upon this (я почти склонился к этому; to decide — решать), when he solved the problem for me (когда он решил за меня мою проблему). The craze for drink had seized him again (жажда выпить снова охватила его), and he ordered me to pull up outside a gin palace (и он приказал мне остановиться возле сверкающей яркими огнями пивной; gin palace — уст., броское питейное заведение). He went in, leaving word that I should wait for him (он вошел внутрь, сказав мне: «оставив слово» подождать его). There he remained until closing time (там он оставался, пока они не закрылись: «до времени закрытия»), and when he came out he was so far gone that I knew the game was in my own hands (и когда он вышел, он настолько нагрузился, что я знал, что дичь сама идет мне в руки: «дичь была в моих собственных руках»; far gone — далеко зашедший, дошедший до крайней точки).

quarter ['kw:t], shove [v], deserted [d'z:td]

"That's better," he said. "Well, I waited for a quarter of an hour, or more, when suddenly there came a noise like people struggling inside the house. Next moment the door was flung open and two men appeared, one of whom was Drebber, and the other was a young chap whom I had never seen before. This fellow had Drebber by the collar, and when they came to the head of the steps he gave him a shove and a kick which sent him half across the road. ‘You hound,’ he cried, shaking his stick at him; ‘I'll teach you to insult an honest girl!’ He was so hot that I think he would have thrashed Drebber with his cudgel, only that the cur staggered away down the road as fast as his legs would carry him. He ran as far as the corner, and then, seeing my cab, he hailed me and jumped in. ‘Drive me to Halliday's Private Hotel,’ said he.

"When I had him fairly inside my cab, my heart jumped so with joy that I feared lest at this last moment my aneurism might go wrong. I drove along slowly, weighing in my own mind what it was best to do. I might take him right out into the country, and there in some deserted lane have my last interview with him. I had almost decided upon this, when he solved the problem for me. The craze for drink had seized him again, and he ordered me to pull up outside a gin palace. He went in, leaving word that I should wait for him. There he remained until closing time, and when he came out he was so far gone that I knew the game was in my own hands.