Some seven minutes later the island was occupied by an invasion of townsfolk and police, and the latter had put their hands on the victorious duellist, ritually reminding him that anything he said might be used against him.
“I shall not say anything,” said the monomaniac, with a wonderful and peaceful face. “I shall never say anything more. I am very happy, and I only want to be hanged.”
Then he shut his mouth as they led him away
(потом, когда его стали уводить, он не проронил ни слова; to shut mouth – закрыть рот, замолчать; to lead away – увести), and it is the strange but certain truth (и, как ни странно, но это истинная правда; certain – точный, определенный; верный, бесспорный) that he never opened it again in this world (он никогда больше: «снова» не раскрыл рта; to open – открывать, раскрывать; in this world – на этом свете; употребляется для усиления высказывания), except to say “Guilty” at his trial (кроме как на суде, когда сказал: «/Я/ виновен»).Father Brown had stared at the suddenly crowded garden
(отец Браун /молча/ взирал на то, как внезапно наполнился людьми сад; to stare – пристально смотреть, уставиться; crowded – переполненный, набитый битком; crowd – толпа, скопление людей), the arrest of the man of blood (как арестовывали убийцу; man of blood – убийца; blood – кровь), the carrying away of the corpse after its examination by the doctor (как уносили труп после освидетельствования его врачом; examination – осмотр, обследование), rather as one watches the break-up of some ugly dream (/он походил/ на человека, который видит концовку какого-то ужасного сна; rather – скорее, вернее; to watch – наблюдать, смотреть; break-up – развал, разрушение; ugly – безобразный, мерзкий; ужасный); he was motionless, like a man in a nightmare (он был не в состоянии сдвинуться /с места/, как бывает в ночных кошмарах: «как человек в кошмаре»; motion – движение). Then he shut his mouth as they led him away, and it is the strange but certain truth that he never opened it again in this world, except to say “Guilty” at his trial.
Father Brown had stared at the suddenly crowded garden, the arrest of the man of blood, the carrying away of the corpse after its examination by the doctor, rather as one watches the break-up of some ugly dream; he was motionless, like a man in a nightmare.