“For that matter,” cried Galloway, “it was but my beard that she touched. I will have every hair of it off before morning.”
“Dolts that we are!” the surgeon shouted, beating his head with-his hand. “Tainted or no, we shall never know a moment’s peace till the year is up and the time of danger past. ‘Fore God, that merchant skipper has left his mark on us, and pretty fools we were to think that such a maid would be quarantined for the cause he gave.
It is easy to see now that her corruption broke forth in the journey
(теперь нетрудно понять, что болезнь начала прогрессировать уже во время плавания; corruption – порча, разложение; to break forth – разразиться, бурно начинаться), and that save throwing her over they had no choice but to board her up (и что выбора у них не было, кроме как бросить ее за борт или запереть в каюте; to board up – заколачивать досками) until they should come to some port with a lazarette (пока они не придут в какой-нибудь порт, /где имеется/ лепрозорий).”Sharkey had sat leaning back in his chair with a ghastly face
(с побледневшим лицом Шарки сидел, откинувшись в кресле; ghastly – призрачный; мертвенно-бледный) while he listened to the surgeon’s words (и слушая слова доктора). He mopped himself with his red handkerchief (он утирался красным носовым платком), and wiped away the fatal dust with which he was smeared (смахивая /с себя/ смертоносную пыль, которой был усыпан; fatal – неминуемый, роковой; губительный; to smear – намазывать; размазывать; марать, пачкать, загрязнять).
It is easy to see now that her corruption broke forth in the journey, and that save throwing her over they had no choice but to board her up until they should come to some port with a lazarette.”
Sharkey had sat leaning back in his chair with a ghastly face while he listened to the surgeon’s words. He mopped himself with his red handkerchief, and wiped away the fatal dust with which he was smeared.
“What of me?” he croaked
(а что со мной? – прохрипел он; to croak – каркать; квакать; издавать хриплые звуки). “What say you, Baldy Stable? Is there a chance for me (что скажешь, Лысый Стэйбл, есть шанс, что я не заразился: «шанс для меня»)? Curse you for a villain! speak out (черт тебя возьми, негодяй, говори), or I will drub you within an inch of your life (или я изобью тебя так, что останется лишь дюйм живого места), and that inch also (а /потом пройдусь/ и по нему тоже)! Is there a chance for me, I say (есть у меня шанс, я спрашиваю: «я говорю»)!”