As for the scheme I had in my head
(что касается плана, который был в моей голове), it was not a bad one in itself (он не был плохим, в сущности). I was to go down the sandy spit (я должен был спуститься к песчаной косе) that divides the anchorage on the east from the open sea (что отделяет якорную стоянку /шхуны/ на востоке от открытого моря), find the white rock I had observed last evening (найти белую скалу, которую я заметил прошлым вечером), and ascertain whether it was there or not that Ben Gunn had hidden his boat (и выяснить, не там ли Бен Ганн спрятал свою лодку;precautions [prɪ`kɔ:ʃnz] starving [`stɑ:vɪŋ] scheme [ski:m] leave [li:v]
I was a fool, if you like, and certainly I was going to do a foolish, over-bold act; but I was determined to do it with all the precautions in my power. These biscuits, should anything befall me, would keep me, at least, from starving till far on in the next day.
The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder-horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.
As for the scheme I had in my head, it was not a bad one in itself. I was to go down the sandy spit that divides the anchorage on the east from the open sea, find the white rock I had observed last evening, and ascertain whether it was there or not that Ben Gunn had hidden his boat; a thing quite worth doing, as I still believe. But as I was certain I should not be allowed to leave the enclosure, my only plan was to take French leave, and slip out when nobody was watching; and that was so bad a way of doing it as made the thing itself wrong. But I was only a boy, and I had made my mind up.
Well, as things at last fell out
(как вещи, наконец, выпали = все сложилось так), I found an admirable opportunity (/что/ я обрел замечательный удобный случай /для бегства/). The squire and Gray were busy helping the captain with his bandages (сквайр и Грей были заняты тем, что помогали капитану с его бинтами = делали капитану перевязку); the coast was clear (берег был безлюден: «ясен»); I made a bolt for it over the stockade and into the thickest of the trees (я быстро перелез через частокол и бросился в самую гущу леса;This was my second folly
(это было моим вторым глупым поступком/безумством), far worse than the first (намного хуже, чем первый), as I left but two sound men to guard the house (потому что я оставил только двух здоровых человек охранять дом); but like the first, it was a help towards saving all of us (но как и первый, он помог спасти всех нас).