"Oh, well, we can't help it (ну, ничего не поделаешь). We must rough it (мы должны пойти на неудобство; rough — грубый, жесткий; суровый, лишенный комфорта). You must give us a shake-down in the billiard-room (вы должны устроить нас в бильярдной; to shake down — постилать /на полу — одеяло, солому и др./, устраивать постель)."

Harris said, "Oh, yes;" he thought George and I could sleep in one bed very easily.

"Very sorry, sir," again repeated the landlord: "but we really haven't got a bed vacant in the whole house. In fact, we are putting two, and even three gentlemen in one bed, as it is."

This staggered us for a bit.

But Harris, who is an old traveller, rose to the occasion, and, laughing cheerily, said:

"Oh, well, we can't help it. We must rough it. You must give us a shake-down in the billiard-room."

"Very sorry, sir. Three gentlemen sleeping on the billiard-table already, and two in the coffee-room (трое джентльменов уже спят на бильярдном столе, а двое — в столовой). Can't possibly take you in to-night (не можем никак вас принять сегодня /вечером/; possibly — возможно; как только возможно /для усиления/)."

We picked up our things, and went over to the Manor House (мы взяли наши вещи и пошли в «Помещичий дом»). It was a pretty little place (это было славное местечко). I said I thought I should like it better than the other house (я сказал, думаю, он мне понравится больше, чем тот дом /«Олень»/); and Harris said, "Oh, yes," it would be all right, and we needn't look at the man with the red hair (Гаррис сказал: «О да, все будет прекрасно, и нам не нужно смотреть на человека с рыжими волосами»); besides, the poor fellow couldn't help having red hair (кроме того, бедняга не виноват, что рыжий).

Harris spoke quite kindly and sensibly about it (Гаррис говорил об этом весьма доброжелательно и разумно; to speak).

thought [:t] sensibly ['sensbl]

"Very sorry, sir. Three gentlemen sleeping on the billiard-table already, and two in the coffee-room. Can't possibly take you in to-night."

We picked up our things, and went over to the Manor House. It was a pretty little place. I said I thought I should like it better than the other house; and Harris said, "Oh, yes," it would be all right, and we needn't look at the man with the red hair; besides, the poor fellow couldn't help having red hair.

Harris spoke quite kindly and sensibly about it.

The people at the Manor House did not wait to hear us talk (персонал в «Помещичьем доме» не стал дожидаться, пока мы заговорим; to wait — ждать; обслуживать). The landlady met us on the doorstep with the greeting (хозяйка встретила нас на пороге и поприветствовала /заявлением/) that we were the fourteenth party she had turned away within the last hour and a half (что мы четырнадцатая компания, /которую/ она не пускает за последние полтора часа; to turn away — отворачивать/ся/, не пускать, прогонять). As for our meek suggestions of stables (что касается наших кротких = робких намеков на конюшни), billiard-room, or coal-cellars (бильярдную или подвалы для хранения угля), she laughed them all to scorn (то она высмеяла их; scorn — презрение; насмешка): all these nooks had been snatched up long ago (все эти уголки уже давно расхватали).

Did she know of any place in the whole village where we could get shelter for the night (не знает ли она какое-нибудь место во всем селении, где бы мы могли найти приют на ночь; village — деревня, селение, поселок; shelter — приют, кров, убежище)?