Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах (ASCII-IPA)

creature ['kri:tS@], halt [hO:lt], anxious ['&N(k)S@s], genuine ['dZenjuIn], oath [@uT]

"Oh, I don't mind telling a story against myself. That creature had gone a little way when she began to limp and show every sign of being foot-sore. Presently she came to a halt, and hailed a four-wheeler which was passing. I managed to be close to her so as to hear the address, but I need not have been so anxious, for she sang it out loud enough to be heard at the other side of the street, `Drive to 13, Duncan Street, Houndsditch,' she cried. This begins to look genuine, I thought, and having seen her safely inside, I perched myself behind. That's an art which every detective should be an expert at. Well, away we rattled, and never drew rein until we reached the street in question. I hopped off before we came to the door, and strolled down the street in an easy, lounging way. I saw the cab pull up. The driver jumped down, and I saw him open the door and stand expectantly. Nothing came out though. When I reached him he was groping about frantically in the empty cab, and giving vent to the finest assorted collection of oaths that ever I listened to. There was no sign or trace of his passenger, and I fear it will be some time before he gets his fare. On inquiring at Number 13 we found that the house belonged to a respectable paperhanger, named Keswick, and that no one of the name either of Sawyer or Dennis had ever been heard of there."

"You don't mean to say," I cried, in amazement (неужели вы хотите сказать, — вскричал я изумленно: «в изумлении»; to mean — намереваться, иметь в виду), "that that tottering, feeble old woman was able to get out of the cab while it was in motion (что эта хромая, немощная старушка смогла выскочить из движущегося кеба: «из кеба, пока он был в движении»; to totter — идти неверной, дрожащей походкой, ковылять; to get out — выбираться, сбегать), without either you or the driver seeing her (так что ни вы, ни кебмен ее не заметили)?"

"Old woman be damned!" said Sherlock Holmes, sharply (старушка, как же: «да будет проклята»! — резко сказал Шерлок Холмс; to damn — проклинать; посылать к черту). "We were the old women to be so taken in (это мы оказались старушками, что так попались; to take in — обманывать). It must have been a young man (это наверняка был молодой человек), and an active one, too, besides being an incomparable actor (и тренированный к тому же, не считая того, что он непревзойденный актер; active — активный; живой). The get-up was inimitable (переодевание было неподражамым; get-up — стиль, фасон /одежды, обмундирования; одежда/; to imitate — копировать, подражать; имитировать). He saw that he was followed, no doubt (несомненно, он увидел, что за ним следят), and used this means of giving me the slip (и использовал этот способ, чтобы ускользнуть от меня; to give somebody the slip — ускользнуть, улизнуть от кого-либо; to slip — скользить, ускользать, исчезать). It shows that the man we are after is not as lonely as I imagined he was (это показывает, что человек, на которого мы охотимся, не так одинок, как я представлял; after — в поисках, за, указывает на цель поисков), but has friends who are ready to risk something for him (но имеет друзей, который готовы чем-то рискнуть ради него). Now, Doctor, you are looking done-up (ну, доктор, вы выглядите измученным; done-up — физически истощенный, выбившийся из сил). Take my advice and turn in (последуйте моему совету и ложитесь спать)."