"And if not (а если спит)?" I queried; but we dismissed that train of thought (спросил я, но мы прогнали /от себя/ эту мысль: «такой ход мыслей»).

We shouted when we came opposite the first island, but there was no response (мы крикнули, когда встали напротив = поравнялись с первым островом, но ответа не было); so we went to the second, and tried there, and obtained the same result (тогда мы пошли ко второму, попробовали /крикнуть/ здесь и получили тот же результат).

shouted ['autd] response [r'spns]

"You don't happen to remember which of the islands it was, do you?"

"No," I replied, beginning to grow thoughtful too, "I don't. How many are there?"

"Only four," answered George. "It will be all right, if he's awake."

"And if not?" I queried; but we dismissed that train of thought.

We shouted when we came opposite the first island, but there was no response; so we went to the second, and tried there, and obtained the same result.

"Oh! I remember now (я теперь вспомнил)," said George; "it was the third one (это третий остров)."

And we ran on hopefully to the third one, and hallooed (и мы с надеждой побежали к третьему и громко крикнули).

No answer (никакого ответа)!

The case was becoming serious (дело становилось серьезным). It was now past midnight (теперь /уже/ было за полночь). The hotels at Shiplake and Henley would be crammed (гостиницы в Шиплейке и Хенли наверняка переполнены); and we could not go round, knocking up cottagers and householders in the middle of the night (мы не могли ходить кругом, будя жителей посреди ночи; to knock up — поднять, разбудить стуком; cottager — обитатель хижины, коттеджа; крестьянин; householder — съемщик дома или квартиры; глава семьи; домовладелец), to know if they let apartments (чтобы узнать, не сдадут ли они комнаты)! George suggested walking back to Henley and assaulting a policeman (Джордж предложил вернуться в Хенли и напасть на полисмена), and so getting a night's lodging in the station-house (и таким образом получить ночлег в полицейском участке). But then there was the thought (но затем возникла мысль), "Suppose he only hits us back and refuses to lock us up (предположим = а вдруг он просто даст нам сдачи и откажется арестовать нас; to lock up — запирать, сажать в тюрьму)!"

We could not pass the whole night fighting policemen (мы не могли провести всю ночь, сражаясь с полисменами). Besides, we did not want to overdo the thing and get six months (кроме того, мы не хотели переборщить и получить шесть месяцев /тюрьмы/; to overdo — заходить слишком далеко, переусердствовать).

cottager ['kt] assaulting ['s:lt]

"Oh! I remember now," said George; "it was the third one."

And we ran on hopefully to the third one, and hallooed.

No answer!

The case was becoming serious. It was now past midnight. The hotels at Shiplake and Henley would be crammed; and we could not go round, knocking up cottagers and householders in the middle of the night, to know if they let apartments! George suggested walking back to Henley and assaulting a policeman, and so getting a night's lodging in the station-house. But then there was the thought, "Suppose he only hits us back and refuses to lock us up!"

We could not pass the whole night fighting policemen. Besides, we did not want to overdo the thing and get six months.