John slid off the boulder (соскользнул с валуна) and ran down the side of the mountain to the clump of trees (побежал вниз по склону горы к зарослям деревьев), where the two girls were awake and waiting for him (где обе девушки /уже/ проснулись и ждали его). Kismine sprang to her feet (вскочила на ноги), the jewels in her pockets jingling (ее карманах зазвенели драгоценные камни), a question on her parted lips (вопрос /был/ на ее раскрытых губах), but instinct told John (но инстинкт говорил =
angel ['eInGql], behind [bI'haInd], peacock ['pJkOk]
For another moment John watched the triumph of the day. Then, turning, he saw a flutter of brown down by the lake, then another flutter, then another, like the dance of golden angels alighting from the clouds. The aeroplanes had come to earth.
John slid off the boulder and ran down the side of the mountain to the clump of trees, where the two girls were awake and waiting for him. Kismine sprang to her feet, the jewels in her pockets jingling, a question on her parted lips, but instinct told John that there was no time for words. They must get off the mountain without losing a moment. He seized a hand of each, and in silence they threaded the tree-trunks, washed with light now and with the rising mist. Behind them from the valley came no sound at all, except the complaint of the peacocks far away and the pleasant undertone of morning.
When they had gone about half a mile (когда они прошли около полумили), they avoided the park land (они обошли стороной парк;
Clear against the sky (четко /вырисовываясь/ на фоне неба) a broken, white-haired man was slowly descending the steep slope (сломленный седовласый человек медленно спускался по крутому склону), followed by two gigantic and emotionless negroes (за ним следовали два громадных и невозмутимых негра), who carried a burden between them (которые несли между собой ношу) which still flashed and glittered in the sun (все так же вспыхивающую и сверкающую на солнце). Half-way down two other figures joined them (на полпути вниз к ним присоединились две другие фигуры) — John could see that they were Mrs. Washington and her son (разглядел, что это была миссис Вашингтон с сыном), upon whose arm she leaned (на чью руку она опиралась). The aviators had clambered from their machines (авиаторы /уже/ вылезли из своих машин/аппаратов) to the sweeping lawn in front of the ch^ateau (на широкий луг перед замком), and with rifles in hand were starting up the diamond mountain in skirmishing formation (с винтовками в руках стали подниматься цепью по алмазной горе;
avoid [q'vOId], ground [graund], skirmishing ['skWmISIN]