Английский с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда

Poole stamped on the flags of the corridor. “He must be buried here,” he said, hearkening to the sound.

“Or he may have fled,” said Utterson, and he turned to examine the door in the by-street. It was locked; and lying near by on the flags, they found the key already stained with rust.

“This does not look like use,” observed the lawyer.

“Use!” echoed Poole. “Do you not see, sir, it is broken? much as if a man had stamped on it.”

“Ah,” continued Utterson (продолжил Аттерсон), “and the fractures too, are rusty (и места разлома тоже покрыты ржавчиной; fracture – перелом; излом, поверхность излома).” The two men looked at each other with a scare (мужчины испуганно переглянулись; scare – внезапный испуг; паника).

“This is beyond me, Poole (Пул, это выше моего понимания; beyond – зд. указывает на выход за пределы, границы, рамки чего-либо: выше, сверх, вне),” said the lawyer. “Let us go back to the cabinet (давайте вернемся в кабинет).”

They mounted the stair in silence (они молча поднялись по лестнице), and still, with an occasional awestruck glance at the dead body (и вновь, /бросая/ иногда преисполненный страха /перед чем-то мистическим/ взгляд на мертвое тело; occasional – нерегулярный; awestruck – проникнутый, охваченный благоговением, благоговейным страхом; awe – страх, трепет, благоговение; to strike – ударять, поражать), proceeded more thoroughly to examine the contents of the cabinet (продолжили более тщательно осматривать содержимое кабинета = все, что находилось в кабинете). At one table, there were traces of chemical work (на одном столе остались следы химического опыта; work – работа, труд), various measured heaps of some white salt being laid on glass saucers (отмеренные кучки какой-то белой соли были разложены на стеклянных блюдцах; to measure – измерять, мерить; отмерять, отсчитывать), as though for an experiment (словно для какого-то опыта/эксперимента) in which the unhappy man had been prevented (который несчастному помешали /провести/; to prevent – предотвращать; мешать, препятствовать).

“Ah,” continued Utterson, “and the fractures too, are rusty.” The two men looked at each other with a scare.

“This is beyond me, Poole,” said the lawyer. “Let us go back to the cabinet.”

They mounted the stair in silence, and still, with an occasional awestruck glance at the dead body, proceeded more thoroughly to examine the contents of the cabinet. At one table, there were traces of chemical work, various measured heaps of some white salt being laid on glass saucers, as though for an experiment in which the unhappy man had been prevented.