During the whole of that day they struggled on through the defiles (весь этот день они пробирались по ущельям; to struggle — бороться; делать усилия; стараться изо всех сил; пробиваться), and by evening they calculated that they were more than thirty miles from their enemies (и к вечеру они подсчитали, что от врагов их отделяло более тридцати миль). At night-time they chose the base of a beetling crag (при наступлении ночи они выбрали место под навесом скалы; base — подножие; to beetle — нависать, выдаваться), where the rocks offered some protection from the chill wind (где скалы в какой-то мере защищали: «предлагали какую-то защиту» от пронизывающего ветра), and there huddled together for warmth, they enjoyed a few hours' sleep (и там, прижавшись друг к другу для тепла, они насладились несколькими часами сна; to huddle — жаться друг к другу). Before daybreak, however, they were up and on their way once more (однако до рассвета они опять были на ногах и снова в пути; to be up — проснуться, встать с постели). They had seen no signs of any pursuers (они не заметили никаких признаков погони: «преследователей»; to pursue — преследовать), and Jefferson Hope began to think that they were fairly out of the reach of the terrible organization (и Джефферсон Хоуп начал думать, что они явно были за пределами досягаемости той ужасной организации) whose enmity they had incurred (чей гнев они вызвали; enmity — вражда; to incur — навлекать на себя). He little knew how far that iron grasp could reach (он и не подозревал: «он мало знал», как далеко простирается их железная хватка), or how soon it was to close upon them and crush them (и как скоро она стиснет и сокрушит их; to close — подходить близко; прищемить, придавить; to crush — давить; сокрушить).
spectacle ['spekt@kl], energy ['en@dZI], inexorable [I'neks(@)r@bl]
As the sun rose slowly above the eastern horizon, the caps of the great mountains lit up one after the other, like lamps at a festival, until they were all ruddy and glowing. The magnificent spectacle cheered the hearts of the three fugitives and gave them fresh energy. At a wild torrent which swept out of a ravine they called a halt and watered their horses, while they partook of a hasty breakfast. Lucy and her father would fain have rested longer, but Jefferson Hope was inexorable. "They will be upon our track by this time," he said. "Everything depends upon our speed. Once safe in Carson we may rest for the remainder of our lives."
During the whole of that day they struggled on through the defiles, and by evening they calculated that they were more than thirty miles from their enemies. At night-time they chose the base of a beetling crag, where the rocks offered some protection from the chill wind, and there huddled together for warmth, they enjoyed a few hours' sleep. Before daybreak, however, they were up and on their way once more. They had seen no signs of any pursuers, and Jefferson Hope began to think that they were fairly out of the reach of the terrible organization whose enmity they had incurred. He little knew how far that iron grasp could reach, or how soon it was to close upon them and crush them.