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But that was by no means the worst of it; for after a day or two at sea he

began to appear on deck with hazy eye, red cheeks, stuttering tongue, and

other marks of drunkenness. Time after time he was ordered below in

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disgrace. Sometimes he fell and cut himself; sometimes he lay all day long in

his little bunk at one side of the companion; sometimes for a day or two he

would be almost sober and attend to his work at least passably.

1. In the meantime (тем временем), we could never make out where he got the

drink (мы никогда = никак не могли понять, где он берет выпивку). That was

the ship's mystery (это была тайна корабля = весь корабль ломал над этим

голову). Watch him as we pleased (как ни следили мы за ним), we could do

nothing to solve it (но ничего не узнали: «могли сделать ничего, чтобы решить

эту /проблему/»); and when we asked him to his face (когда спрашивали его

напрямик: «в лицо»), he would only laugh, if he were drunk (он лишь смеялся,

если был пьян), and if he were sober, deny solemnly that he ever tasted anything

but water (а если был трезвым, то отрицал торжественно = божился, что

никогда не пил ничего, кроме воды; to taste — пробовать, отведывать).

2. He was not only useless as an officer (он был не только бесполезным как

штурман; officer — офицер, первый помощник капитана), and a bad influence

amongst the men (и /оказывал/ плохое влияние на: «среди» матросов: «/был/

плохим влиянием»), but it was plain that at this rate he must soon kill himself

outright (было ясно, что при таких условиях он вскоре убьет себя; outright —

прямо,сразу); so nobody was much surprised, nor very sorry (так что никто

сильно не удивился и не опечалился), when one dark night, with a head sea

(когда одной темной ночью, при встречных волнах), he disappeared entirely

and was seen no more (он исчез совсем и никто его больше не видел).

3. 'Overboard (/свалился/ за борт)!' said the captain. 'Well, gentlemen, that saves

the trouble of putting him in irons (что ж, джентльмены, это избавляет нас от

необходимости заковывать его в кандалы; trouble — тревога; забота).'

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mystery [`mIstqrI] solemnly [`sOlqmlI] useless [`jHslIs] deny [dI`naI] influence

[`Influqns]

1. In the meantime, we could never make out where he got the drink. That

was the ship's mystery. Watch him as we pleased, we could do nothing to solve

it; and when we asked him to his face, he would only laugh, if he were drunk,

and if he were sober, deny solemnly that he ever tasted anything but water.

2. He was not only useless as an officer, and a bad influence amongst the men,

but it was plain that at this rate he must soon kill himself outright; so nobody

was much surprised, nor very sorry, when one dark night, with a head sea, he

disappeared entirely and was seen no more.

3. 'Overboard!' said the captain. 'Well, gentlemen, that saves the trouble of

putting him in irons.'

1. But there we were, without a mate (там мы были = остались без штурмана);

and it was necessary, of course, to advance one of the men (было необходимо,

конечно, выдвинуть /на эту должность/ одного из матросов). The boatswain,

Job Anderson, was the likeliest man aboard (боцман, Джоб Андерсон, был

самым подходящим человеком на борту), and, though he kept his old title, he

served in a way as mate (и, хотя он сохранил прежнее звание, он служил =

исполнял обязанности штурмана в некотором отношении). Mr. Trelawney had

followed the sea (мистер Трелони следовал раньше морю = был опытным

моряком), and his knowledge made him very useful (и его опыт сделал его

очень полезным; knowledge — знание, эрудиция, опыт), for he often took a