Here is the plan I had made (вот какой план я придумал). A strong party under Sapt’s command (сильный отряд под командованием Сэпта) was to steal up to the door of the château (должен /незаметно/ подобраться ко входу в замок). If discovered prematurely, they were to kill anyone who found them – with their swords (если их преждевременно обнаружат, они убьют любого, кто им попадется – своими мечами), for I wanted no noise of firing (так как я не хотел шума от стрельбы). If all went well, they would be at the door when Johann opened it (если все пройдет хорошо, они будут у двери, когда Иоганн откроет ее). They were to rush in and secure the servants (они ворвутся внутрь и свяжут слуг;
“Moreover,” I went on, “I have been an impostor for the profit of another, but I will not be one for my own; and if the King is not alive and on his throne before the day of betrothal comes, I will tell the truth, come what may.”
“You shall go, lad,” said Sapt.
Here is the plan I had made. A strong party under Sapt’s command was to steal up to the door of the château. If discovered prematurely, they were to kill anyone who found them – with their swords, for I wanted no noise of firing. If all went well, they would be at the door when Johann opened it. They were to rush in and secure the servants if their mere presence and the use of the King’s name were not enough. At the same moment – and on this hinged the plan – a woman’s cry was to ring out loud and shrill from Antoinette de Mauban’s chamber. Again and again she was to cry: “Help, help! Michael, help!” and then to utter the name of young Rupert Hentzau.
Then, as we hoped, Michael, in fury, would rush out of his apartments opposite (тут, как мы надеялись, Михаэль в ярости выскочит из своей комнаты напротив), and fall alive into the hands of Sapt (и живьем попадет в руки Сэпта = и окажется целиком во власти Сэпта). Still the cries would go on (крики будут все еще продолжаться); and my men would let down the drawbridge (а мои люди опустят мост); and it would be strange if Rupert, hearing his name thus taken in vain (и будет странно, если бы Руперт, услышав, что его имя упоминают без оснований;
And when Rupert set his foot on the drawbridge (а когда Руперт вступит на мост)? There was my part: for I was minded for another swim in the moat (тут /уже/ мое дело =