"Without aid it is so (без помощи — да). But suppose you had a friend up here (но, предположим, у вас есть друг здесь наверху) who lowered you this good stout rope which I see in the corner (который спустил вам эту добрую прочную веревку, которую я вижу в углу), securing one end of it to this great hook in the wall (закрепив один конец ее на этом большом крюке в стене; to secure — охранять; обеспечивать; закреплять). Then, I think, if you were an active man (тогда, я думаю, если вы тренированный человек; active — активный; живой; деятельный), you might swarm up, wooden leg and all (вы могли бы забраться наверх, даже с деревянной ногой; to swarm — лезть, карабкаться). You would depart, of course, in the same fashion (уйдете вы, конечно, таким же образом; to depart — отправляться; уходить), and your ally would draw up the rope (а ваш сообщник затянет обратно веревку; to draw рисовать; чертить; тащить; тянуть), untie it from the hook (отвяжет ее от крюка; to tie — завязывать), shut the window (закроет окно), snib it on the inside (запрет его изнутри), and get away in the way that he originally came (и уйдет так, как он первоначально и пришел). As a minor point it may be noted," he continued, fingering the rope (как несущественную деталь можно добавить, — продолжал он, перебирая веревку; minor — незначительный, несущественный; point — точка; пункт, момент; to note — отметить; to finger — трогать, дотрагиваться, осязать), "that our wooden-legged friend, though a fair climber (что наш друг с деревянной ногой, хотя и неплохо лазает; fair — красивый; хороший; to climb — взбираться, влезать), was not a professional sailor (не является профессиональным моряком). His hands were far from horny (его руки далеко не мозолистые; horn — мозоль). My lens discloses more than one blood-mark (моя лупа показывает немало следов крови: «более, чем один след крови»; to disclose — выявлять, обнаруживать), especially towards the end of the rope (особенно к концу веревки), from which I gather that he slipped down with such velocity that he took the skin off his hand (из чего я заключаю, что он соскользнул по ней с такой скоростью, что ободрал руку; to gather — собираться; делать вывод; to slip — скользить; to take off — снимать; удалять; skin — кожа)."
shone [SOn], lower ['l@u@], stout [staut], climber ['klaIm@]
I looked out of the open window. The moon still shone brightly on that angle of the house. We were a good sixty feet from the ground, and, look where I would, I could see no foothold, nor as much as a crevice in the brick-work.
"It is absolutely impossible," I answered.
"Without aid it is so. But suppose you had a friend up here who lowered you this good stout rope which I see in the corner, securing one end of it to this great hook in the wall. Then, I think, if you were an active man, you might swarm up, wooden leg and all. You would depart, of course, in the same fashion, and your ally would draw up the rope, untie it from the hook, shut the window, snib it on the inside, and get away in the way that he originally came. As a minor point it may be noted," he continued, fingering the rope, "that our wooden-legged friend, though a fair climber, was not a professional sailor. His hands were far from horny. My lens discloses more than one blood-mark, especially towards the end of the rope, from which I gather that he slipped down with such velocity that he took the skin off his hand."