Английский с Оскаром Уайльдом. Кентервильское привидение / Oscar Wilde. The Canterville Ghost

For some days after this he was extremely ill and hardly stirred out of his room at all, except to keep the blood-stain in proper repair. However, by taking great care of himself, he recovered, and resolved to make a third attempt to frighten the United States Minister and his family. He selected Friday, August 17th, for his appearance, and spent most of that day in looking over his wardrobe, ultimately deciding in favour of a large slouched hat with a red feather, a winding-sheet frilled at the wrists and neck, and a rusty dagger.

Towards evening a violent storm of rain came on (к вечеру разыгралась страшная буря; to come on – появляться; разразиться), and the wind was so high (и ветер был таким сильным) that all the windows and doors in the old house shook and rattled (что все окна и двери в старом доме тряслись и трещали; to shake). In fact, it was just such weather as he loved (на самом деле, это была как раз такая погода, которую он любил). His plan of action was this (его план действий был таким). He was to make his way quietly to Washington Otis’s room (он должен был тихонько подойти к комнате Вашингтона Отиса), gibber at him from the foot of the bed (пробормотать что-то невнятное у подножия кровати), and stab himself three times in the throat (и вонзить себе в горло кинжал три раза) to the sound of low music (под звуки тихой музыки). He bore Washington a special grudge (он особенно был обижен на Вашингтона; to bear smb. a grudge – иметь зуб на кого-либо: «нести кому-либо недовольство, злобу, обиду»), being quite aware (будучи совершенно уверен), that it was he who was in the habit of removing the famous Canterville blood-stain by means of Pinkerton’s Paragon Detergent (что это он имел привычку уничтожать знаменитое кентервильское пятно крови с помощью моющего средства «Идеал» Пинкертона).

Towards evening a violent storm of rain came on, and the wind was so high that all the windows and doors in the old house shook and rattled. In fact, it was just such weather as he loved. His plan of action was this. He was to make his way quietly to Washington Otis’s room, gibber at him from the foot of the bed, and stab himself three times in the throat to the sound of low music. He bore Washington a special grudge, being quite aware that it was he who was in the habit of removing the famous Canterville blood-stain by means of Pinkerton’s Paragon Detergent.