It was quite pretty to hear them (было очень приятно слушать их).

We lit our pipes, and sat, looking out on the quiet night, and talked (мы зажгли трубки и сидели, выглядывая /из-под брезента/ на тихую ночь, и разговаривали).

George said why could not we be always like this (Джордж спросил, почему мы не можем всегда быть такими) — away from the world, with its sin and temptation (вдали от мира, с его грехами и искушениями), leading sober, peaceful lives, and doing good (вести умеренную, спокойную жизнь и творить добро). I said it was the sort of thing I had often longed for myself (я сказал, что часто сам очень этого хотел; to long — очень хотеть, страстно желать; стремиться); and we discussed the possibility of our going away, we four (и мы /стали/ обсуждать возможность нашего ухода, нас четверых), to some handy, well-fitted desert island, and living there in the woods (на какой-нибудь удобный, хорошо обставленный необитаемый остров и проживания там в лесу).

Harris said that the danger about desert islands, as far as he had heard (Гаррис сказал, что опасность необитаемых островов, насколько он слышал), was that they were so damp (состоит в том, что они очень сырые): but George said no, not if properly drained (но Джордж сказал «нет», если они хорошенько осушены).

fault [f:lt] desert ['dezt]

And George said: "Not at all;" that it was his fault; and Harris said no, it was his.

It was quite pretty to hear them.

We lit our pipes, and sat, looking out on the quiet night, and talked.

George said why could not we be always like this — away from the world, with its sin and temptation, leading sober, peaceful lives, and doing good. I said it was the sort of thing I had often longed for myself; and we discussed the possibility of our going away, we four, to some handy, well-fitted desert island, and living there in the woods.

Harris said that the danger about desert islands, as far as he had heard, was that they were so damp: but George said no, not if properly drained.

And then we got on to drains (затем мы заговорили про осушение; to get on to — заниматься; приниматься за; drain — дренажная канава, система осушения), and that put George in mind of a very funny thing that happened to his father once (и это напомнило Джорджу об одном очень забавном случае, который произошел однажды с его отцом). He said his father was travelling with another fellow through Wales (что его отец путешествовал с одним человеком по Уэльсу), and, one night, they stopped at a little inn (и однажды вечером они остановились в маленькой гостинице), where there were some other fellows, and they joined the other fellows (где были другие люди = постояльцы, и они присоединились к ним), and spent the evening with them (и провели с ними вечер; to spend).