another to take a ship and murder a number of innocent men (и совсем другое —
захватить корабль и убить множество невиновных людей).
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2. At last, however, the party was made up (наконец, как бы то ни было,
команда была готова;
to stay on board (шесть человек оставалось на борту), and the remaining
thirteen, including Silver, began to embark (а остальные тринадцать, включая
Сильвера, начали садиться в шлюпки;
rebellious [rI`beljqs] disaffected [dIsq`fektId] ringleaders [`rINlJdqz]
1. The captain was too bright to be in the way. He whipped out of sight in a
moment, leaving Silver to arrange the party; and I fancy it was as well he did
so. Had he been on deck, he could no longer so much as have pretended not to
understand the situation. It was as plain as day. Silver was the captain, and a
mighty rebellious crew he had of it. The honest hands — and I was soon to see
it proved that there were such on board — must have been stupid fellows. Or,
rather, I suppose the truth was this, that all hands were disaffected by the
example of the ringleaders — only some more, some less: and a few, being
good fellows in the main, could neither be led nor driven any further. It is one
thing to be idle and skulk, and quite another to take a ship and murder a
number of innocent men.
2. At last, however, the party was made up. Six fellows were to stay on board,
and the remaining thirteen, including Silver, began to embark.
1. Then it was that there came into my head the first of the mad notions (затем мне
в голову пришла первая из тех безрассудных идей;
способствовала так сильно спасению наших жизней). If six men were left by
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Silver (если шесть человек было оставлено Сильвером), it was plain our party
could not take and fight the ship (было ясно, что наша команда не могла
захватить и отстоять корабль); and since only six were left (а поскольку только
шестерых оставили), it was equally plain that the cabin party had no present need
of my assistance (также было ясно = это значило, что каютная команда =
джентльмены из каюты не имели текущей потребности в моей помощи = я
сейчас был не нужен;
once to go ashore (мне сразу же пришло в голову сойти на берег). In a jiffy I
had slipped over the side (в два счета я перелез через борт;
boat (и свернулся в клубок в носовой опалубке = в носу ближайшей шлюпки),
and almost at the same moment she shoved off (и почти в тот же миг она
отчалила;
2. No one took notice of me (никто не обратил внимания на меня), only the bow
oar saying, 'Is that you, Jim? Keep your head down (только передний гребец
сказал: «Это ты, Джим? Не поднимай головы;
if that were me (но Сильвер, из другой шлюпки, всмотрелся внимательно и
окликнул меня, чтобы убедиться, что это /действительно/ я;
(и с того момента я начал жалеть, что сделал это = что не остался на судне).
notion [`nquSn] nearest [`nIqrIst] bow [bau] sharply [`SRplI]
1. Then it was that there came into my head the first of the mad notions that