Thus Johann chattered till I sent him away (Иоганн болтал до тех пор, пока я не отослал его) and lay there alone, thinking, not of the future, but (и /не остался/ лежать там в одиночестве, размышляя, но не о будущем) – as a man is wont to do when stirring things have happened to him (что человек обычно делает, когда с ним происходит нечто волнующее) – rehearsing the events of the past weeks (а воссоздавая /в памяти/ события минувших недель;
Outside there were strange rumours afloat. Some said that the prisoner of Zenda was dead; some, that he had vanished yet alive; some, that he was a friend who had served the King well in some adventure in England; others, that he had discovered the Duke’s plots, and had therefore been kidnapped by him. One or two shrewd fellows shook their heads and said only that they would say nothing, but they had suspicions that more was to be known than was known, if Colonel Sapt would tell all he knew.
Thus Johann chattered till I sent him away and lay there alone, thinking, not of the future, but – as a man is wont to do when stirring things have happened to him – rehearsing the events of the past weeks, and wondering how strangely they had fallen out. And above me, in the stillness of the night, I heard the standards flapping against their poles, for Black Michael’s banner hung there half-mast high, and above it the royal flag of Ruritania, floating for one night more over my head. Habit grows so quick, that only by an effort did I recollect that it floated no longer for me.
Presently Fritz von Tarlenheim came into the room (вскоре в комнату вошел Фриц фон Тарленхайм). I was standing then by the window (я тогда стоял возле окна); the glass was opened, and I was idly fingering the cement (окно: «стекло» было открыто, и я лениво ковырял пальцем цемент;
The King was lying there in bed (король там лежал на кровати); our doctor from Tarlenheim was in attendance on him (при нем находился наш доктор из Тарленхайма;
I took the King’s ring from my finger and placed it on his (я снял со своего пальца королевский перстень и надел ему).
“I have tried not to dishonour it, sire (я старался не опозорить его, сир),” said I.