Зверобой

"Come, Deerslayer, fall to, and prove that you have a Delaware stomach, as you say you have had a Delaware edication," cried Hurry, setting the example by opening his mouth to receive a slice of cold venison steak that would have made an entire meal for a European peasant; "fall to, lad, and prove your manhood on this poor devil of a doe with your teeth, as you've already done with your rifle." "Nay, nay, Hurry, there's little manhood in killing a doe, and that too out of season; though there might be some in bringing down a painter or a catamount," returned the other, disposing himself to comply. "The Delawares have given me my name, not so much on account of a bold heart, as on account of a quick eye, and an actyve foot. There may not be any cowardyce in overcoming a deer, but sartain it is, there's no great valor." "The Delawares themselves are no heroes," muttered Hurry through his teeth, the mouth being too full to permit it to be fairly opened, "or they would never have allowed them loping vagabonds, the Mingos, to make them women."	- Эй, Зверобой, принимайся за дело и докажи, что у тебя делаварский13 не превратили бы их в баб.
"That matter is not rightly understood--has never been rightly explained," said Deerslayer earnestly, for he was as zealous a friend as his companion was dangerous as an enemy; "the Mengwe fill the woods with their lies, and misconstruct words and treaties.	- Этого никто толком не знает и не понимает, -сказал серьезно Зверобой, который мог быть таким же надежным другом, как его товарищ -опасным врагом. - Минги наполнили леса своей ложью и кривотолками.
I have now lived ten years with the Delawares, and know them to be as manful as any other nation, when the proper time to strike comes."	Я прожил с делаварами десять лет и знаю, что, если дойдет до драки, они не уступят в храбрости любому другому народу.
"Harkee, Master Deerslayer, since we are on the subject, we may as well open our minds to each other in a man-to-man way; answer me one question; you have had so much luck among the game as to have gotten a title, it would seem, but did you ever hit anything human or intelligible: did you ever pull trigger on an inimy that was capable of pulling one upon you?"	- Слушай, мастер Зверобой, раз уж мы об этом заговорили, то почему бы нам не открыться друг другу, как мужчина мужчине? Ответь мне на один вопрос. Тебе так везло на охоте, что ты даже прославился. Но подстрелил ли ты хоть разок человека? Случалось ли тебе целиться во врага, который тоже способен спустить курок на тебя?
This question produced a singular collision between mortification and correct feeling, in the bosom of the youth, that was easily to be traced in the workings of his ingenuous countenance.	Этот вопрос вызвал в груди юноши своеобразную борьбу между желанием побахвалиться и честностью. Чувства эти отразились на его простодушной физиономии.
The struggle was short, however; uprightness of heart soon getting the better of false pride and frontier boastfulness.	Борьба длилась, впрочем, недолго. Сердечная прямота восторжествовала над ложной гордостью.
"To own the truth, I never did," answered Deerslayer; "seeing that a fitting occasion never offered.	- По совести говоря, ни разу, - ответил Зверобой, -для этого не представлялось подходящего случая.
The Delawares have been peaceable since my sojourn with 'em, and I hold it to be onlawful to take the life of man, except in open and generous warfare."	Делавары жили в мире со всеми соседями, пока я гостил у них, а я считаю, что человека можно лишить жизни только во время открытой и законной войны.