Английский с улыбкой. Брет Гарт, Стивен Ликок. Дефективный детектив / Bret Harte, Stephen Leacock

He paused for a moment, and then suddenly changing back to his usual pitiless, analytical style, he said: “When I say these are trifles, they are so in comparison to an affair that is now before me. A crime has been committed, – and, singularly enough, against myself. You start,” he said. “You wonder who would have dared to attempt it. So did I; nevertheless, it has been done. I have been ROBBED!”

“YOU robbed! You, Hemlock Jones, the Terror of Peculators (вас обокрали! вас, Хемлока Джонса, Грозу растратчиков и воров; terror – сильный страх, ужас; to peculate – присваивать, растрачивать /чужие деньги/)!” I gasped in amazement, arising and gripping the table as I faced him (уставившись на него и задыхаясь от изумления, я поднялся, ухватившись за /край/ стола; to face – находиться лицом к; смотреть в лицо).

“Yes! Listen (да! слушайте). I would confess it to no other (я бы не признался в этом никому другому). But YOU who have followed my career, who know my methods (но вам, который следил за моими успехами, которому известны мои методы; to follow – следовать, идти за /кем-л./; следить, интересоваться); you, for whom I have partly lifted the veil (вам, пред которым я слегка приподнял завесу; partly – частично; отчасти, до некоторой степени; veil – вуаль; завеса, покров) that conceals my plans from ordinary humanity (скрывающую мои помыслы от обычных людей; plan – карта, план; замысел, намерение; humanity – человечество), —

“YOU robbed! You, Hemlock Jones, the Terror of Peculators!” I gasped in amazement, arising and gripping the table as I faced him.

“Yes! Listen. I would confess it to no other. But YOU who have followed my career, who know my methods; you, for whom I have partly lifted the veil that conceals my plans from ordinary humanity, —