Close to them was the little dinghy
(к ним приближался: «совсем рядом с ними находился» маленький ялик), dipping and lifting over the shining swell (ныряя и вновь взмывая над сияющими волнами;“They are dead men!” cried the captain
(они /все уже/ покойники! – воскликнул капитан). “A shout all together, boys, to warn them of their danger (крикнем-ка все вместе, ребята, чтобы предупредить их об опасности).”But it was too late
(но было слишком поздно).At that very moment the dinghy shot into the shadow of the fishing-boat
(в тот самый момент ялик скользнул в тень от рыбацкого судна;“They are dead men!” cried the captain. “A shout all together, boys, to warn them of their danger.”
But it was too late.
At that very moment the dinghy shot into the shadow of the fishing-boat. There were two rapid pistol-shots, a scream, and then another pistol-shot, followed by silence. The clustering fishermen had disappeared. And then, suddenly, as the first puffs of a land-breeze came out from the Sussex shore, the boom swung out, the mainsail filled, and the little craft crept out with her nose to the Atlantic.
II
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock
(Как капитан Шарки со Стивеном Крэддоком поменялись ролями: «Как капитан Шарки имел дела со Стивеном Крэддоком»[2]
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