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

incoherent [,Ink@u'hI@r(@)nt], terrify ['terIfaI], trouble [trVbl]

" ‘My heart grew light when I saw him drive away. My son is on leave just now, but I did not tell him anything of all this, for his temper is violent, and he is passionately fond of his sister. When I closed the door behind them a load seemed to be lifted from my mind. Alas, in less than an hour there was a ring at the bell, and I learned that Mr. Drebber had returned. He was much excited, and evidently the worse for drink. He forced his way into the room, where I was sitting with my daughter, and made some incoherent remark about having missed his train. He then turned to Alice, and before my very face, proposed to her that she should fly with him. "You are of age," he said, "and there is no law to stop you. I have money enough and to spare. Never mind the old girl here, but come along with me now straight away. You shall live like a princess." Poor Alice was so frightened that she shrunk away from him, but he caught her by the wrist and endeavoured to draw her towards the door. I screamed, and at that moment my son Arthur came into the room. What happened then I do not know. I heard oaths and the confused sounds of a scuffle. I was too terrified to raise my head. When I did look up I saw Arthur standing in the doorway laughing, with a stick in his hand. "I don't think that fine fellow will trouble us again," he said. "I will just go after him and see what he does with himself." With those words he took his hat and started off down the street. The next morning we heard of Mr. Drebber's mysterious death.’

"This statement came from Mrs. Charpentier's lips with many gasps and pauses (это признание прозвучало с губ миссис Шарпентье со многим вздохами и паузами; statement — показания; дача показаний; gasp — судорожный вдох). At times she spoke so low that I could hardly catch the words (временами она говорила так тихо, что я едва мог разобрать ее слова; to catch — уловить, схватить, понять). I made shorthand notes of all that she said, however (однако я делал стенографические заметки того, что она говорила), so that there should be no possibility of a mistake (так что вряд ли тут возможна ошибка)."

"It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn (захватывающий рассказ: «это совершенно захватывающе», — зевнув, сказал Шерлок Холмс). "What happened next (что случилось дальше)?"

"When Mrs. Charpentier paused," the detective continued (когда миссис Шарпентье замолчала, — продолжал детектив; to pause — делать паузу, останавливаться), "I saw that the whole case hung upon one point (я понял, что все дело зависело от одного обстоятельства; to hang on — зависеть от; point — пункт, момент). Fixing her with my eye in a way (пристально посмотрев ей в глаза тем особенным манером; to fix — фиксировать; устремлять /взгляд/) which I always found effective with women (который, я всегда считал, безотказно действует на женщин: «я всегда находил эффективным с женщинами»), I asked her at what hour her son returned (я спросил ее, в каком часу вернулся ее сын).

" ‘I do not know,’ she answered (я не знаю, — ответила она).

" ‘Not know (не знаете)?’

gasp [gA:sp], pause [pO:z], effective [I'fektIv], women ['wImIn]

"This statement came from Mrs. Charpentier's lips with many gasps and pauses. At times she spoke so low that I could hardly catch the words. I made shorthand notes of all that she said, however, so that there should be no possibility of a mistake."

"It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn. "What happened next?"

"When Mrs. Charpentier paused," the detective continued, "I saw that the whole case hung upon one point. Fixing her with my eye in a way which I always found effective with women, I asked her at what hour her son returned.

"`I do not know,' she answered.

"`Not know?'