`Aye, promised Corum. `And one that will avenge his people if he is given the opportunity.
`No (нет). Glandyth put his hands on his hips (Гландит подбоченился;
`You say you hate our sorcery (ты говоришь, /что/ ненавидишь наше колдовство). But we have no sorcery (но у нас нет = мы не занимаемся колдовством). Just a little knowledge, a little second sight (всего лишь немного знаний, /немного/ второго зрения) …
`Ha! We have seen your castles and the evil contraptions they contain (мы видели ваши замки и зловещие штуковины в них;
Corum wetted his lips (Корум облизал губы;
knowledge ['nl] contraption [kn'traep n] couple ['kp l]
`No. Glandyth put his hands on his hips. `He will not be.
`You say you hate our sorcery. But we have no sorcery. Just a little knowledge, a little second sight…
`Ha! We have seen your castles and the evil contraptions they contain. We saw that one, back there — the one we took a couple of nights ago. Full of sorcery!
Corum wetted his lips.
`Yet even if we did have such sorcery (даже если бы мы действительно обладали подобным колдовством), that would be no reason for destroying us (это не было бы причиной = это не повод, чтобы уничтожать нас). We have offered you no harm (мы не причиняли вам никакого зла/вреда;
`I know (знаю). You call us half-beasts (вы называете нас полуживотными). I care not what you think now, Vadhagh (мне плевать, что ты сейчас думаешь, вадаг;
The youth sprang back (юноша отпрыгнул назад).
Corum swayed, but did not fall (Корум качнулся, но не упал). He continued to stare in contempt at Glandyth-a-Krae (он продолжал презрительно: «в презрении» смотреть на Гландита-а-Краэ;
resisting [r'zst] youth [ju] swayed [swed] contempt [kn'tempt]
`Yet even if we did have such sorcery, that would be no reason for destroying us. We have offered you no harm. We have let you come to our land without resisting you. I think you hate us because you hate something in yourselves. You are — unfinished — creatures.
`I know. You call us half-beasts. I care not what you think now, Vadhagh. Not now that your race is gone. He spat on the ground and waved his hand at the youth. `Let him go.
The youth sprang back.
Corum swayed, but did not fall. He continued to stare in contempt at Glandyth-a-Krae.
`You and your race are insane, Earl (ты и твой народ — безумны, граф). You are like a canker (вы — словно /моровая/ язва;
Earl Glandyth spat again (Гландит сплюнул снова). This time he spat straight into Corum's face (на этот раз он плюнул прямо в лицо Коруму).