Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Собака Баскервилей (ASCII-IPA)

"Yes, sir, my name was Selden (да, сэр, у меня была фамилия Сэлдэн), and he is my younger brother (и он мой младший брат). We humoured him too much when he was a lad (мы слишком баловали его в детстве: «когда он был мальчиком»), and gave him his own way in everything (и разрешали делать все, что ему в голову взбредет; one’s own way — по-своему, как заблагорассудится) until he came to think that the world was made for his pleasure (пока он не пришел к мысли, что мир создан для его удовольствия), and that he could do what he liked in it (и что он может делать в нем все, что ему нравится). Then, as he grew older (потом, когда он стал старше; to grow — расти; становиться), he met wicked companions (он встретил плохих товарищей = попал в дурную компанию), and the devil entered into him (и дьявол/бес вселился: «вошел» в него) until he broke my mother's heart (пока он не разбил материнское сердце) and dragged our name in the dirt (и не вывалял наше имя в грязи; to drag — тащить, волочить). From crime to crime he sank lower and lower (от преступления к преступлению он опускался все ниже и ниже; to sink — тонуть; опускаться, падать), until it is only the mercy of God which has snatched him from the scaffold (и только милость Божия уберегла его от виселицы; to snatch — хватать; похитить); but to me, sir, he was always the little curly-headed boy (но для меня, сэр, он был всегда маленьким кудрявым мальчиком) that I had nursed and played with (с которым я нянчилась и играла), as an elder sister would (как это обычно /делает/ старшая сестра). That was why he broke prison, sir (вот почему он убежал из тюрьмы; to break — ломать; преодолевать). He knew that I was here (он знал, что я /живу/ здесь) and that we could not refuse to help him (и что мы не откажемся ему помочь).

expedition [,ekspI'dIS(@)n], notorious [n@(u)'tO:rI@s], prison [prIzn]

This, then, was the explanation of the stealthy expeditions at night and the light at the window. Sir Henry and I both stared at the woman in amazement. Was it possible that this stolidly respectable person was of the same blood as one of the most notorious criminals in the country?

"Yes, sir, my name was Selden, and he is my younger brother. We humoured him too much when he was a lad, and gave him his own way in everything until he came to think that the world was made for his pleasure, and that he could do what he liked in it. Then, as he grew older, he met wicked companions, and the devil entered into him until he broke my mother's heart and dragged our name in the dirt. From crime to crime he sank lower and lower, until it is only the mercy of God which has snatched him from the scaffold; but to me, sir, he was always the little curly-headed boy that I had nursed and played with, as an elder sister would. That was why he broke prison, sir. He knew that I was here and that we could not refuse to help him.