“Hang Black Michael (черт с ним, с Черным Михаэлем)! Isn’t the princess enough for him (разве принцессы ему недостаточно)? Is he to have everything (разве у него должно быть все)? What the devil do you see in Black Michael (что вы, черт возьми, увидели в Черном Михаэле)?”
“If I told him what you say – ” she began (если я расскажу ему, что вы /тут/ говорите, – начала она).
“Well, tell him,” said Rupert, carelessly (что ж, расскажите ему, – беспечно сказал Руперт); and, catching her off her guard, he sprang forward and kissed her, laughing, and crying (и, застав ее врасплох, прыгнул вперед и поцеловал ее, /затем/, засмеявшись, воскликнул;
“Gently, gently!” I murmured. “You’re too soon, my boy!”
His head was close to hers. I suppose he whispered to her, for I saw her point to the moat, and I heard her say, in slow and distinct tones:
“I had rather throw myself out of this window!”
He came close up to the window and looked out.
“It looks cold,” said he. “Come, Antoinette, are you serious?”
She made no answer so far as I heard; and he smiting his hand petulantly on the window-sill, went on, in the voice of some spoilt child:
“Hang Black Michael! Isn’t the princess enough for him? Is he to have everything? What the devil do you see in Black Michael?”
“If I told him what you say – ” she began.
“Well, tell him,” said Rupert, carelessly; and, catching her off her guard, he sprang forward and kissed her, laughing, and crying, “There’s something to tell him!”
If I had kept my revolver with me (если бы при мне был мой револьвер), I should have been very sorely tempted (соблазн был бы слишком велик для меня;
“Though, faith,” said Rupert, “it’s little he cares (хотя, честное слово, это его мало заботит). He’s mad about the princess, you know (он сходит с ума по принцессе, знаете ли). He talks of nothing but cutting the play-actor’s throat (он не говорит ни о чем /другом/, кроме /того, как/ перерезать глотку тому лицедею).”
Didn’t he, indeed (неужели;
“And if I do it for him, what do you think he’s promised me (и если я это сделаю для него, как вы думаете, что он мне пообещал)?”
The unhappy woman raised her hands above her head, in prayer or in despair (несчастная женщина воздела руки над головой в молитве либо в отчаянии).
“But I detest waiting,” said Rupert (но я ненавижу ждать, – сказал Руперт); and I saw that he was about to lay his hand on her again (и я увидел, что он намерен снова распустить руки: «положить свою руку на нее»), when there was a noise of a door in the room opening, and a harsh voice cried (когда послышался шум открывающейся двери, и грубый голос крикнул):
“What are you doing here, sir (что вы здесь делаете, сэр)?”
Rupert turned his back to the window, bowed low (Руперт, повернувшись спиной к окну, низко поклонился), and said, in his loud, merry tones (и сказал своим громким веселым тоном): “Apologizing for your absence, sir (извиняюсь за ваше отсутствие, сэр). Could I leave the lady alone (мог ли я оставить даму одну)?”
If I had kept my revolver with me, I should have been very sorely tempted. Being spared the temptation, I merely added this new score to his account.
“Though, faith,” said Rupert, “it’s little he cares. He’s mad about the princess, you know. He talks of nothing but cutting the play-actor’s throat.”
Didn’t he, indeed?
“And if I do it for him, what do you think he’s promised me?”
The unhappy woman raised her hands above her head, in prayer or in despair.
“But I detest waiting,” said Rupert; and I saw that he was about to lay his hand on her again, when there was a noise of a door in the room opening, and a harsh voice cried:
“What are you doing here, sir?”
Rupert turned his back to the window, bowed low, and said, in his loud, merry tones: “Apologizing for your absence, sir. Could I leave the lady alone?”
The newcomer must be Black Michael (новоприбывшим был, должно быть, Черный Михаэль). I saw him directly, as he advanced towards the window (я тотчас же увидел его, когда он подошел к окну;
“The moat would hold more than the King!” said he, with a significant gesture (этот ров может вместить не только короля! – сказал он, /сделав/ многозначительный жест;