Английский с Г. К. Честертоном. Рассказы об отце Брауне

 John Crook, journalist, had heard of that eminent City magnate; and it was not his fault if the City magnate had not heard of him; for in certain articles in The Clarion or The New Age Sir Leopold had been dealt with austerely. But he said nothing and grimly watched the unloading of the motor-car, which was rather a long process. A large, neat chauffeur in green got out from the front, and a small, neat manservant in grey got out from the back, and between them they deposited Sir Leopold on the doorstep and began to unpack him, like some very carefully protected parcel. Rugs enough to stock a bazaar, furs of all the beasts of the forest, and scarves of all the colours of the rainbow were unwrapped one by one, till they revealed something resembling the human form; the form of a friendly, but foreign-looking old gentleman, with a grey goat-like beard and a beaming smile, who rubbed his big fur gloves together.

Long before this revelation was complete the two big doors of the porch had opened in the middle (задолго до окончания этого процесса: «раскрытия» две большие двери веранды при входе в дом отворились посередине; revelation – открытие; раскрытие /тайны и т. п./; complete – полный; завершенный; porch – крыльцо; веранда /при входе в дом/; in the middle – посередине; middle – середина), and Colonel Adams (father of the furry young lady) had come out himself to invite his eminent guest inside (и полковник Адамс (отец молодой леди в шубке: «меховой молодой леди») появился сам, чтобы пригласить в дом: «внутрь» высокопоставленного гостя; come out – выйти, выходить; to invite – приглашать; invitation – приглашение; eminent – видный; выдающийся; inside – внутренний; внутрь). He was a tall, sunburnt, and very silent man (он был высоким, загорелым и очень молчаливым человеком; sunburnt – загорелый; to burn – гореть; silent – безмолвный; молчаливый), who wore a red smoking-cap like a fez (он был в красном колпаке, напоминающем феску; to wear – носить; smoking-cap – колпак /защищающий волосы от запаха дыма при курении/; fez – феска), making him look like one of the English Sirdars or Pashas in Egypt (что делало его похожим на одного из английских сардаров или египетских пашей; sirdar – сардар /фарси/, командующий армией /ист./; pasha – паша /ист./).

 Long before this revelation was complete the two big doors of the porch had opened in the middle, and Colonel Adams (father of the furry young lady) had come out himself to invite his eminent guest inside. He was a tall, sunburnt, and very silent man, who wore a red smoking-cap like a fez, making him look like one of the English Sirdars or Pashas in Egypt.