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

"Upon this one point your whole faith shall be tested — so it has been decided in the Sacred Council of Four. The girl is young, and we would not have her wed grey hairs, neither would we deprive her of all choice. We Elders have many heifers, but our children must also be provided. Stangerson has a son, and Drebber has a son, and either of them would gladly welcome your daughter to their house. Let her choose between them. They are young and rich, and of the true faith. What say you to that?"

Ferrier remained silent for some little time with his brows knitted (Феррьер помолчал: «оставался молчалив» какое-то время, насупив брови; to knit one's brows — нахмурить брови, насупиться).

"You will give us time," he said at last (дайте нам время, — наконец сказал он). "My daughter is very young — she is scarce of an age to marry (моя дочь очень молода — едва ли ее можно считать достигшей брачного возраста: «она едва ли возраста, чтобы вступать в брак»)."

"She shall have a month to choose," said Young, rising from his seat (у нее есть месяц на то, чтобы выбрать, — сказал Янг, поднимаясь со своего места). "At the end of that time she shall give her answer (к концу этого срока она даст нам свой ответ)."

He was passing through the door, when he turned (он был в дверях: «проходил через дверь», когда он обернулся), with flushed face and flashing eyes (его лицо покраснело, глаза сверкали). "It were better for you, John Ferrier," he thundered (и было бы лучше для тебя, Джон Феррьер, — прогремел он), "that you and she were now lying blanched skeletons upon the Sierra Blanco (чтобы ты и она лежали теперь побелевшими скелетами на Сьерра-Бланко), than that you should put your weak wills against the orders of the Holy Four (чем если вы попытаетесь противопоставить свою жалкую волю приказам Священных четырех; weak — слабый)!"

With a threatening gesture of his hand (угрожающе взмахнув рукой: «с угрожающим жестом руки»), he turned from the door (он вышел: «он повернулся от двери»), and Ferrier heard his heavy step scrunching along the shingly path (и Феррьер услышал, как заскрипел гравий на дорожке под его тяжелой поступью; to scrunch = to crunch — скрипеть, хрустеть; shingly — покрытый галькой).

brow [brau], knit [nIt], scarce [ske@s], gesture ['dZestS@]

Ferrier remained silent for some little time with his brows knitted.

"You will give us time," he said at last. "My daughter is very young — she is scarce of an age to marry."

"She shall have a month to choose," said Young, rising from his seat. "At the end of that time she shall give her answer."

He was passing through the door, when he turned, with flushed face and flashing eyes. "It were better for you, John Ferrier," he thundered, "that you and she were now lying blanched skeletons upon the Sierra Blanco, than that you should put your weak wills against the orders of the Holy Four!"

With a threatening gesture of his hand, he turned from the door, and Ferrier heard his heavy step scrunching along the shingly path.