The Templar was not prepared for this at all
(тамплиер не был готов к этому совершенно;ledge [ledʒ], god [ɡɔd], prepared [prɪ'peəd]
"Stand back! Take your religion? With you as the best knight, what kind of religion can that be?"
As she spoke, Rebecca jumped up onto the window ledge and looked down into the courtyard far below.
"God has given me a way to escape from this!"
The Templar was not prepared for this at all and had no time to stop her.
He hesitated at first
(он замешкался сперва;"Come down
(спускайся;"I cannot trust you, Templar
(я не могу доверять тебе, рыцарь храма;hesitate ['hezɪteɪt], admire [ǝd'maɪǝ], earth [ǝ:θ], sky [skaɪ], harm [hɑ:m]
He hesitated at first, afraid that she might jump if he came closer, but also because he admired how bravely she had jumped up onto the ledge.
"Come down," he said, "and I promise by the earth, the sea and the sky, that I will not harm you."
"I cannot trust you, Templar!"
"I promise by my sword
(я обещаю ="I will trust you
(я поверю вам) — for now (на данный момент) — but stay away from me (но держитесь от меня подальше;Rebecca stepped down off the window ledge
(Ревекка спустилась: «сделала шаг вниз» с подоконника;broken ['brǝʋkən], law [lɔ:], powerful ['paʋəf(ə)l]
"I promise by my sword, my name and my cross, I will not harm a hair on your head! I have broken many laws, but never my word. If not yourself, then think of your father! He will need a powerful friend in this castle."
"I will trust you — for now — but stay away from me."
Rebecca stepped down off the window ledge, keeping her back to the window.
"Let there be peace between us
(пусть будет мир меж нас = помиримся)," said the Templar. "Don't be afraid (не бойся).""I don't need to be afraid
(мне не нужно бояться), as long as I have this window behind me (пока у меня есть это окно за моей спиной;