He sprang out, and, his wet pajamas scattering a heavy trickle of water behind him (он выскочил из ванны и, /в то время как/ его мокрая пижама разбрасывала позади него тяжелые струи воды), ran for the aquamarine door which he knew led out into the ivory landing of the second floor (побежал к аквамариновой двери, которая, как он знал, вела на отделанную слоновой костью лестничную площадку второго этажа;
aquamarine ["xkwqmq'rJn], appalled [q'pLld], contour ['kOntVq]
With a sudden movement of fright or resolution John pressed the button by his bedside, and the next moment he was sitting in the green sunken bath of the adjoining room, waked into alertness by the shock of the cold water which half filled it.
He sprang out, and, his wet pajamas scattering a heavy trickle of water behind him, ran for the aquamarine door which he knew led out into the ivory landing of the second floor. The door opened noiselessly. A single crimson lamp burning in a great dome above lit the magnificent sweep of the carved stairways with a poignant beauty. For a moment John hesitated, appalled by the silent splendor massed about him, seeming to envelop in its gigantic folds and contours the solitary drenched little figure shivering upon the ivory landing.
Then simultaneously two things happened (и тут одновременно произошли две вещи). The door of his own sitting-room swung open (дверь его собственной гостиной распахнулась), precipitating three naked negroes into the hall (выбросив в холл/коридор трех голых негров;
On the instant the three negroes (в тот же миг три негра) — John had never seen any of them before (никогда не видел ни одного из них прежде), and it flashed through his mind that they must be the professional executioners (и в мыслях у него пронеслось, что это, должно быть, профессиональные палачи) — paused in their movement toward John (замерли в своем движении к Джону), and turned expectantly to the man in the lift (и выжидающе повернулись к мужчине в лифте), who burst out with an imperious command (который выкрикнул властную команду):
"Get in here (сюда: «забирайтесь/садитесь сюда»)! All three of you! Quick as hell (живо;
simultaneously ["sImql'teInIqslI], precipitate [prI'sIpIteIt], imperious [im'pIqrIqs]
Then simultaneously two things happened. The door of his own sitting-room swung open, precipitating three naked negroes into the hall — and, as John swayed in wild terror toward the stairway, another door slid back in the wall on the other side of the corridor, and John saw Braddock Washington standing in the lighted lift, wearing a fur coat and a pair of riding boots which reached to his knees and displayed, above, the glow of his rose-colored pajamas.
On the instant the three negroes — John had never seen any of them before, and it flashed through his mind that they must be the professional executioners — paused in their movement toward John, and turned expectantly to the man in the lift, who burst out with an imperious command:
"Get in here! All three of you! Quick as hell!"