Three hours later, he heard heavy footsteps outside the door. When he saw the large figure of Front-de-Boeuf standing in the doorway in front of him, Isaac started to shake with terror.
"I want a thousand pounds of silver
(я хочу тысячу фунтов серебром;"Have mercy on me, noble knight
(пощадите меня, благородный рыцарь;pound [paʋnd], scale [skeɪl], release [rɪ'li:s], mercy ['mǝ:sɪ]
"I want a thousand pounds of silver," Front-de-Boeuf said with a deep voice. Slowly, the Knight came closer to the old man, and threw a scale at his feet. "Otherwise you will never be released from my dungeon."
"Have mercy on me, noble knight!" exclaimed Isaac. "I am old and poor and helpless."
"You may be old
(ты, может быть, и стар), but everyone knows that you are rich (но каждый знает, что ты богат)! Prisoners who were ten thousand times more important than you (пленники, которые были в десять тысяч раз важнее, чем ты;thousand ['θaʋz(ə)nd], important [ɪm'pɔ:t(ə)nt], lie down ['laɪ'daʋn]
"You may be old, but everyone knows that you are rich! Prisoners who were ten thousand times more important than you have died here in this dungeon. Can you see those iron bars over the fire in that corner? If you refuse to bring me the money, the guards will make you lie down on them as if it were a bed!"
Isaac looked over at the fire
(Исаак взглянул на огонь) and back at the Norman knight (и затем снова на рыцаря-норманна)."That is impossible
(это невозможно)! The good God never made a heart so cruel (милосердный Бог никогда не создавал сердца настолько жестокого;"Don't be so sure, Isaac
(не будь столь уверен, Исаак)," said the Norman with a cold smile (сказал норманн с холодной улыбкой;Front-de-Boeuf's guards came in
(стражники Фрон-де-Бёфа вошли) and started to drag Isaac towards the fire (и начали тащить =impossible [ɪm'pɔsəb(ə)l], cruel ['kru:əl], cold [kǝʋld]
Isaac looked over at the fire and back at the Norman knight. "That is impossible! The good God never made a heart so cruel!"
"Don't be so sure, Isaac," said the Norman with a cold smile. "Guards! Grab him!"
Front-de-Boeuf's guards came in and started to drag Isaac towards the fire.