Английский с А. Конан Дойлем. Пиратские истории

 “There were a mother and two sons among the passengers. Maybe that will bring it back to your mind.”

Captain Sharkey leant back in thought, with his huge thin beak of a nose jutting upwards. Then he burst suddenly into a high treble, neighing laugh. He remembered it, he said, and he added details to prove it.

“But burn me if it had not slipped from my mind!” he cried. “How came you to think of it?”

“It was of interest to me,” said Copley Banks, “for the woman was my wife and the lads were my only sons.”

Sharkey stared across at his companion (Шарки уставился через /стол/ на своего товарища), and saw that the smouldering fire which lurked always in his eyes (и увидел, что огонь, всегда скрывавшийся в /глубине/ его глаз, /ранее/ только тлевший; to lurk – скрываться, оставаться незамеченным) had burned up into a lurid flame (/теперь/ разгорелся в смертоносное пламя; lurid – мертвенно-бледный; зловещий, угрожающий). He read their menace (он прочитал в них угрозу; to read), and he clapped his hands to his empty belt (и хлопнул руками по пустому поясу). Then he turned to seize a weapon (потом повернулся, чтобы схватить оружие), but the bight of a rope was cast round him (но наброшенная веревка кольцом обхватила его; bight – излучина /реки/; бухта /троса/), and in an instant his arms were bound to his side (и через мгновение его руки оказались прикрученными к бокам; bound – связанный). He fought like a wild cat and screamed for help (он дрался, как дикая кошка, и кричал о помощи; to fight).

“Ned!” he yelled (Нэд! – вопил он). “Ned! Wake up (Нэд, проснись)! Here’s damned villainy (здесь подлая измена; damned – чертовски, дьявольски; villainy – злодейство; подлость)! Help, Ned, help (на помощь, Нэд)!”

But the three men were far too deeply sunk in their swinish sleep (но /остальные/ трое были слишком погружены в свой свинский сон; to sink) for any voice to wake them (чтобы проснуться от его криков: «чтобы какой-нибудь голос разбудил их»).

 Sharkey stared across at his companion, and saw that the smouldering fire which lurked always in his eyes had burned up into a lurid flame. He read their menace, and he clapped his hands to his empty belt. Then he turned to seize a weapon, but the bight of a rope was cast round him, and in an instant his arms were bound to his side. He fought like a wild cat and screamed for help.

“Ned!” he yelled. “Ned! Wake up! Here’s damned villainy! Help, Ned, help!”

But the three men were far too deeply sunk in their swinish sleep for any voice to wake them.