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

“Here, thank you,” said the lawyer; and he drew near and leaned on the tall fender. This hall, in which he was now left alone, was a pet fancy of his friend the doctor’s; and Utterson himself was wont to speak of it as the pleasantest room in London. But tonight there was a shudder in his blood; the face of Hyde sat heavy, on his memory; he felt (what was rare with him) a nausea and distaste of life; and in the gloom of his spirits, he seemed to read a menace in the flickering of the firelight on the polished cabinets and the uneasy starting of the shadow on the roof. He was ashamed of his belief, when Poole presently returned to announce that Dr. Jekyll was gone out.

“I saw Mr. Hyde go in by the old dissecting-room door, Poole (Пул, я видел, как мистер Хайд вошел в дом через дверь старой секционной комнаты),” he said. “Is that right, when Dr. Jekyll is from home (это нормально, /что он приходит/, когда доктора Джекила нет дома)?”

“Quite right, Mr. Utterson, sir (совершенно нормально, мистер Аттерсон; quite – вполне, совершенно),” replied the servant (ответил слуга). “Mr. Hyde has a key (у мистера Хайда есть ключ).”

“Your master seems to repose a great deal of trust in that young man, Poole (Пул, кажется, ваш хозяин очень полагается на этого молодого человека; trust – доверие; to repose – наделять /кого-либо чем-либо/; возлагать /что-либо на кого-либо/; вручать полномочия /кому-либо/),” resumed the other, musingly (задумчиво продолжил гость; to muse – погружаться в размышления; задумываться).

“Yes, sir, he do indeed (да, сэр, это действительно так),” said Poole. “We have all orders to obey him (мы все получили приказание подчиняться ему).”

“I do not think I ever met Mr. Hyde (не думаю, что я когда-либо встречал мистера Хайда)?” asked Utterson.

“I saw Mr. Hyde go in by the old dissecting-room door, Poole,” he said. “Is that right, when Dr. Jekyll is from home?”

“Quite right, Mr. Utterson, sir,” replied the servant. “Mr. Hyde has a key.”

“Your master seems to repose a great deal of trust in that young man, Poole,” resumed the other, musingly.

“Yes, sir, he do indeed,” said Poole. “We have all orders to obey him.”

“I do not think I ever met Mr. Hyde?” asked Utterson.

“O, dear no, sir (ни в коем случае, сэр). He never dines here (он никогда не обедает здесь),” replied the butler (ответил дворецкий). “Indeed, we see very little of him on this side of the house (по правде, мы очень редко видим его в этой части дома); he mostly comes and goes by the laboratory (обычно он приходит и уходит через лабораторию).”

“Well, good-night, Poole (что ж, доброй ночи, Пул).”

“Good-night, Mr. Utterson.”