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

“But I have studied the place for myself,” continued Mr. Enfield. “It seems scarcely a house. There is no other door, and nobody goes in or out of that one, but, once in a great while, the gentleman of my adventure. There are three windows looking on the court on the first floor; none below; the windows are always shut, but they’re clean. And then there is a chimney, which is generally smoking; so somebody must live there. And yet it’s not so sure; for the buildings are so packed together about that court, that it’s hard to say where one ends and another begins.”

The pair walked on again for a while in silence; and then (приятели еще некоторое время продолжали идти молча: «в молчании», а затем; pair – пара, парные предметы; пара, партнеры) – “Enfield,” said Mr. Utterson, “that’s a good rule of yours (это ваше правило превосходно).”

“Yes, I think it is (да, думаю что так),” returned Enfield.

“But for all that (но все же /несмотря на него/),” continued the lawyer (продолжил адвокат), “there’s one point I want to ask (есть один момент, о котором я хотел бы спросить): I want to ask the name of that man who walked over the child (я хочу спросить у вас фамилию того человека, который наступил на /упавшего/ ребенка/прошел по ребенку).”

“Well,” said Mr. Enfield, “I can’t see what harm it would do (не вижу в этом никакого вреда). It was a man of the name of Hyde (это был некто по фамилии Хайд).”

“Hm,” said Mr. Utterson. “What sort of a man is he to see (как он выглядит)?”

The pair walked on again for a while in silence; and then – “Enfield,” said Mr. Utterson, “that’s a good rule of yours.”

“Yes, I think it is,” returned Enfield.

“But for all that,” continued the lawyer, “there’s one point I want to ask: I want to ask the name of that man who walked over the child.”

“Well,” said Mr. Enfield, “I can’t see what harm it would do. It was a man of the name of Hyde.”

“Hm,” said Mr. Utterson. “What sort of a man is he to see?”