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

It was night, and I was in the cell wherein the King had lain in the Castle of Zenda (был вечер, и я находился в темнице замка Зенда, где до этого держали короля; to lie). The great pipe that Rupert of Hentzau had nicknamed “Jacob’s Ladder” was gone (огромную трубу, которую Руперт Хенцо прозвал «лестницей Иакова», убрали), and the lights in the room across the moat twinkled in the darkness (и огни в комнате по ту сторону рва мерцали в темноте). All was still; the din and clash of strife were gone (все было тихо; больше не слышно было грохота и лязга боя; strife – борьба; столкновение; to go /зд./ – проходить, исчезать). I had spent the day hidden in the forest (я провел день, прячась в лесу), from the time when Fritz had led me off, leaving Sapt with the princess (с того момента, когда Фриц увел меня, оставив Сэпта с принцессой). Under cover of dusk, muffled up, I had been brought to the Castle (под покровом темноты закутанного /с ног до головы/ меня привели в замок) and lodged where I now lay (и разместили там, где я теперь находился). Though three men had died there – two of them by my hand (хоть там и умерли три человека – двое из них от моей руки) – I was not troubled by ghosts (привидения меня не беспокоили). I had thrown myself on a pallet by the window (я бросился на соломенный тюфяк у окна; to throw), and was looking out on the black water (и смотрел на темную воду); Johann, the keeper, still pale from his wound (лесничий Иоганн, все еще бледный от /полученной/ раны), but not much hurt besides, had brought me supper (но в остальном: «кроме того» не сильно пострадавший, принес мне ужин). He told me that the King was doing well, that he had seen the princess (он рассказал мне, что король чувствует себя хорошо, что он уже виделся с принцессой); that she and he, Sapt and Fritz, had been long together (что она, он, Сэпт и Фриц долго находились = что-то обсуждали вместе). Marshal Strakencz was gone to Strelsau (маршал Штракенц уехал в Стрелсо); Black Michael lay in his coffin, and Antoinette de Mauban watched by him (Черный Михаэль лежит в гробу, а Антуанетта де Мобан дежурит возле него; to watch – наблюдать, следить; караулить, сторожить, охранять); had I not heard, from the chapel, priests singing mass for him (не слышал ли я, как священники отпевали его в часовне)?

It was night, and I was in the cell wherein the King had lain in the Castle of Zenda. The great pipe that Rupert of Hentzau had nicknamed “Jacob’s Ladder” was gone, and the lights in the room across the moat twinkled in the darkness. All was still; the din and clash of strife were gone. I had spent the day hidden in the forest, from the time when Fritz had led me off, leaving Sapt with the princess. Under cover of dusk, muffled up, I had been brought to the Castle and lodged where I now lay. Though three men had died there – two of them by my hand – I was not troubled by ghosts. I had thrown myself on a pallet by the window, and was looking out on the black water; Johann, the keeper, still pale from his wound, but not much hurt besides, had brought me supper. He told me that the King was doing well, that he had seen the princess; that she and he, Sapt and Fritz, had been long together. Marshal Strakencz was gone to Strelsau; Black Michael lay in his coffin, and Antoinette de Mauban watched by him; had I not heard, from the chapel, priests singing mass for him?

Outside there were strange rumours afloat (за стенами замка ходили удивительные слухи; outside – наружная часть; внешний мир; afloat – на воде, на плаву; в /полном/ разгаре). Some said that the prisoner of Zenda was dead (кое-кто говорил, что узник /замка/ Зенды мертв); some, that he had vanished yet alive (кто-то – что он исчез, но все еще жив); some, that he was a friend who had served the King well in some adventure in England (одни – будто он был другом короля и здорово ему помог во время какого-то приключения в Англии; to serve – служить; оказывать помощь); others, that he had discovered the Duke’s plots (другие – будто он раскрыл планы герцога; to discover – открывать, делать открытие; раскрывать; plot – заговор, интрига), and had therefore been kidnapped by him (поэтому тот его и похитил). One or two shrewd fellows shook their heads (некоторые проницательные люди качали головами; to shake) and said only that they would say nothing (и говорили лишь то, что они ничего не хотят сказать), but they had suspicions that more was to be known than was known (но у них есть подозрения, что многое бы прояснилось: «что больше было бы известно, чем было известно»), if Colonel Sapt would tell all he knew (если бы полковник Сэпт рассказал все, что знает).