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meat, in case of any distress; and at last, one fine morning, we weighed

anchor, which was about all that we could manage, and stood out of North

Inlet, the same colours flying that the captain had flown and fought under at

the palisade.

1. The three fellows must have been watching us closer than we thought for (трое

парней = разбойников, должно быть, следили за нами гораздо внимательнее,

чем мы думали), as we soon had proved (как мы вскоре убедились; to prove —

доказывать, удостоверять, подтверждать). For, coming through the narrows,

we had to lie very near the southern point (потому что, проходя через узкий

пролив, нам пришлось держаться очень близко к южной оконечности

/острова/), and there we saw all three of them kneeling together on a spit of sand

(и там мы увидели всех троих, стоявших вместе на коленях на песчаной

косе), with their arms raised in supplication (с поднятыми в мольбе руками). It

went to all our hearts, I think, to leave them in that wretched state (всем нам было

тяжело: «это вошло в наши сердца», думаю, оставлять их в этом жалком

положении; wretched — несчастный, жалкий, обездоленный; state —

состояние, положение); but we could not risk another mutiny (но мы не могли

рисковать /поднятием/ нового мятежа); and to take them home for the gibbet

would have been a cruel sort of kindness (и доставить их домой для виселицы

было бы жестоким видом доброты). The doctor hailed them and told them of the

stores we had left (доктор окликнул их и рассказал о припасах, которые мы

оставили), and where they were to find them (и где они могут их найти). But

they continued to call us by name (но они продолжали называть нас по

именам), and appeal to us, for God's sake, to be merciful (и взывали к нам,

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/умоляли/ ради Бога, быть милосердными), and not leave them to die in such a

place (и не оставлять их умирать в таком месте).

2. At last, seeing the ship still bore on her course (наконец, видя, что корабль по-

прежнему идет своим курсом; to bear on — двигаться в заданном

направлении), and was now swiftly drawing out of earshot (и теперь

стремительно уносится от них; to draw out — вытаскивать; уходить вперед

/отсоперника/; earshot — пределслышимости,близкоерасстояние), one of

them — I know not which it was (один из них — не знаю, который) — leapt to

his feet with a hoarse cry (вскочил на ноги с хриплым криком), whipped his

musket to his shoulder (резко поднял к плечу мушкет; to whip — хлестать,

действовать быстро), and sent a shot whistling over Silver's head and through

the mainsail (и выпустил пулю, просвистевшую над головой Сильвера и

/пролетевшую/ через = продырявившую грот).

supplication [sAplI`keISn] wretched [`retSId] gibbet [`GIbIt] earshot [`IqSOt]

1. The three fellows must have been watching us closer than we thought for, as

we soon had proved. For, coming through the narrows, we had to lie very

near the southern point, and there we saw all three of them kneeling together

on a spit of sand, with their arms raised in supplication. It went to all our

hearts, I think, to leave them in that wretched state; but we could not risk

another mutiny; and to take them home for the gibbet would have been a

cruel sort of kindness. The doctor hailed them and told them of the stores we

had left, and where they were to find them. But they continued to call us by

name, and appeal to us, for God's sake, to be merciful, and not leave them to

die in such a place.

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2. At last, seeing the ship still bore on her course, and was now swiftly