However, one night, while the family were at dinner
(однако однажды ночью, в то время как семья ужинала), he slipped into Mr. Otis's bedroom and carried off the bottle (он проник: «проскользнул» в комнату мистера Отиса и унес бутылочку). He felt a little humiliated at first (сначала он чувствовал себя несколько униженным; to humiliate — унижать), but afterwards was sensible enough (но позже оказался достаточно разумным) to see that there was a great deal to be said for the invention (чтобы увидеть, что многое можно было сказать в пользу этого изобретения), and, to a certain degree, it served his purpose (и, до определенной степени, оно служило его цели). Still in spite of everything (и все-таки, несмотря ни на что) he was not left unmolested (он не был оставлен в покое; to molest — приставать; досаждать). Strings were continually being stretched across the corridor (веревки были постоянно натягиваемы в коридоре), over which he tripped in the dark (за которые он постоянно запинался в темноте), and on one occasion (а в одном случае), while dressed for the part of "Black Isaac, or the Huntsman of Hogley Woods (когда он был одет для роли «Черного Исаака, или Охотника Лесов Хогли»," he met with a severe fall (он сильно упал: «встретился с суровым падением»), through treading on a butter-slide (наступив на смазанную маслом дорожку; slide — скольжение; дорожка с залитым льдом; каток), which the twins had constructed (которая была устроена близнецами) from the entrance of the Tapestry Chamber to the top of the oak staircase (от входа в Гобеленовую комнату до верха дубовой лестницы).
humiliated [
hju:`milieitid] afterwards [`α:ftəwədz] enough [i`nλf]
However, one night, while the family were at dinner, he slipped into Mr. Otis's bedroom and carried off the bottle. He felt a little humiliated at first, but afterwards was sensible enough to see that there was a great deal to be said for the invention, and, to a certain degree, it served his purpose. Still in spite of everything he was not left unmolested. Strings were continually being stretched across the corridor, over which he tripped in the dark, and on one occasion, while dressed for the part of "Black Isaac, or the Huntsman of Hogley Woods," he met with a severe fall, through treading on a butter-slide, which the twins had constructed from the entrance of the Tapestry Chamber to the top of the oak staircase.