Английский с А. Конан Дойлем. Пиратские истории

 It was natural that this Evanson should do the Governor willing service, since the one was the victim of the vile Sharkey, and the other was his avenger. One could see that it was a pleasure to the big American to lend his arm to the invalid, and at night he would stand with all respect behind his chair in the cabin and lay his great stub-nailed forefinger upon the card which he should play.

Between them there was little in the pockets either of Captain Scarrow or of Morgan, the first mate (как у капитана Скарроу, так и у первого помощника Моргана, денег в карманах уже почти не осталось), by the time they sighted the Lizard (к тому времени, когда показался мыс Лизард; to sight – заметить, различить; Lizard /зд./ = Lizard Head – мыс Лизард).

And it was not long before they found (а незадолго до того они обнаружили = убедились) that all they had heard of the high temper of Sir Charles Ewan fell short of the mark (что все, слышанное ими ранее о крутом нраве сэра Чарльза Эвана, сильно преуменьшено; high – высокий; сердитый, гневный; to fall short of – не достигать; mark – знак метка; предел, рубеж /уст./). At a sign of opposition or a word of argument (при /малейших/ признаках несогласия или противоречия; sign – знак; признак; opposition – противоположность; противодействие; word – слово; argument – спор, дискуссия) his chin would shoot out from his cravat (его подбородок выпячивался из шарфа; to shoot out – выдаваться вперед; выпячивать/ся/), his masterful nose would be cocked at a higher and more insolent angle (его властный нос задирался еще выше и еще более надменно: «и под более надменным углом»), and his bamboo cane would whistle up over his shoulder (а его бамбуковая трость со свистом /взлетала/ вверх «над его плечом»).

 Between them there was little in the pockets either of Captain Scarrow or of Morgan, the first mate, by the time they sighted the Lizard.

And it was not long before they found that all they had heard of the high temper of Sir Charles Ewan fell short of the mark. At a sign of opposition or a word of argument his chin would shoot out from his cravat, his masterful nose would be cocked at a higher and more insolent angle, and his bamboo cane would whistle up over his shoulder.