Английский язык с Энтони Хоупом. Узник Зенды / Anthony Hope. The Prisoner Of Zenda

Then, as we hoped, Michael, in fury, would rush out of his apartments opposite, and fall alive into the hands of Sapt. Still the cries would go on; and my men would let down the drawbridge; and it would be strange if Rupert, hearing his name thus taken in vain, did not descend from where he slept and seek to cross. De Gautet might or might not come with him: that must be left to chance.

And when Rupert set his foot on the drawbridge? There was my part: for I was minded for another swim in the moat; and, lest I should grow weary, I had resolved to take with me a small wooden ladder, on which I could rest my arms in the water – and my feet when I left it. I would rear it against the wall just by the bridge; and when the bridge was across, I would stealthily creep on to it – and then if Rupert or De Gautet crossed in safety, it would be my misfortune, not my fault.

They dead, two men only would remain (/если/ они /будут/ мертвы, останется всего лишь двое); and for them we must trust to the confusion we had created and to a sudden rush (и тут мы должны положиться на замешательство, которое /до этого/ создали, и на внезапность натиска). We should have the keys of the door that led to the all-important rooms (нам нужно будет заполучить ключи от двери, что ведет ко всем интересующим нас комнатам; all-important – крайне важный). Perhaps they would rush out (возможно, они выскочат наружу). If they stood by their orders, then the King’s life hung on the swiftness (если бы они четко соблюдали полученные инструкции, тогда жизнь короля зависела бы от быстроты) with which we could force the outer door (с которой мы могли бы взломать наружную дверь); and I thanked God that not Rupert Hentzau watched, but Detchard (и я благодарил Бога, что дежурил не Руперт Хенцо, а Дэтчард). For though Detchard was a cool man, relentless, and no coward (потому что, хоть Дэтчард и был человеком хладнокровным, безжалостным и не трусом), he had neither the dash nor the recklessness of Rupert (у него не было ни решительности, ни безрассудства Руперта). Moreover, he, if any one of them, really loved Black Michael (кроме того, если кто из них и вправду любил Черного Михаэля, то это был он), and it might be that he would leave Bersonin to guard the King (и могло так случиться, что он оставит Берзонина стеречь короля), and rush across the bridge to take part in the affray on the other side (а /сам/ бросится через мост, чтобы принять участие в стычке на другой стороне).

They dead, two men only would remain; and for them we must trust to the confusion we had created and to a sudden rush. We should have the keys of the door that led to the all-important rooms. Perhaps they would rush out. If they stood by their orders, then the King’s life hung on the swiftness with which we could force the outer door; and I thanked God that not Rupert Hentzau watched, but Detchard. For though Detchard was a cool man, relentless, and no coward, he had neither the dash nor the recklessness of Rupert. Moreover, he, if any one of them, really loved Black Michael, and it might be that he would leave Bersonin to guard the King, and rush across the bridge to take part in the affray on the other side.