“You are trying to frighten me (вы пытаетесь меня запугать)
. It is not a very manly thing, Mr. Holmes (это не очень благородно, мистер Холмс; manly — мужественный, смелый; подобающий мужчине), to come here and browbeat a woman (прийти сюда запугивать и женщину). You say that you know something (вы говорите, что знаете кое-что). What is it that you know (что вы знаете)?”“Pray sit down, madam (пожалуйста, сядьте, мадам)
. You will hurt yourself there if you fall (вы ушибетесь, если упадете). I will not speak until you sit down (я не буду говорить, пока вы не сядете). Thank you (благодарю вас).”
figure ['fIg@], defiant [dI'faI@nt], browbeat ['braubi:t]
“Do not ring, Lady Hilda. If you do, then all my earnest efforts to avoid a scandal will be frustrated. Give up the letter and all will be set right. If you will work with me I can arrange everything. If you work against me I must expose you.”
She stood grandly defiant, a queenly figure, her eyes fixed upon his as if she would read his very soul. Her hand was on the bell, but she had forborne to ring it.
“You are trying to frighten me. It is not a very manly thing, Mr. Holmes, to come here and browbeat a woman. You say that you know something. What is it that you know?”
“Pray sit down, madam. You will hurt yourself there if you fall. I will not speak until you sit down. Thank you.”
“I give you five minutes, Mr. Holmes (даю вам пять минут, мистер Холмс)
.”“One is enough, Lady Hilda (достаточно одной, леди Хильда)
. I know of your visit to Eduardo Lucas (я знаю о вашем посещении Эдуардо Лукаса), of your giving him this document (знаю, что вы отдали ему этот документ), of your ingenious return to the room last night (о вашем хитроумном возвращении в его комнату вчера вечером; ingenious — изобретательный, находчивый, искусный; хитроумный), and of the manner in which you took the letter from the hiding-place under the carpet (и каким образом вы взяли письмо из тайника под ковром).”She stared at him with an ashen face (она изумленно смотрела на него с мертвенно-бледным лицом; ashen — пепельный, пепельного цвета; мертвенно-бледный; ash — пепел)
and gulped twice before she could speak (и дважды у нее перехватило дыхание, прежде чем она смогла заговорить; to gulp — быстро глотать /пищу/; ловить воздух, вдыхать воздух; задохнуться, захлебнуться /при рыдании, изумлении, испуге/).“You are mad, Mr. Holmes — you are mad (вы сошли с ума, мистер Холмс, вы сошли с ума)
!” she cried, at last (наконец воскликнула она).He drew a small piece of cardboard from his pocket (он вытащил маленький кусочек картона из кармана)
. It was the face of a woman cut out of a portrait (на нем было изображено лицо женщины, вырезанное из портрета = из фотографии).“I have carried this because I thought it might be useful (я принес ее, потому что подумал, что она может пригодиться: «быть полезной»)
,” said he. “The policeman has recognized it (полисмен узнал ее).”
ingenious [In'dZi:nI@s], cardboard ['kA:dbO:d], recognized ['rek@gnaIzd]
“I give you five minutes, Mr. Holmes.”
“One is enough, Lady Hilda. I know of your visit to Eduardo Lucas, of your giving him this document, of your ingenious return to the room last night, and of the manner in which you took the letter from the hiding-place under the carpet.”
She stared at him with an ashen face and gulped twice before she could speak.
“You are mad, Mr. Holmes — you are mad!” she cried, at last.
He drew a small piece of cardboard from his pocket. It was the face of a woman cut out of a portrait.
“I have carried this because I thought it might be useful,” said he. “The policeman has recognized it.”