Английский язык с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ

With my arms before me I walked steadily in (/держа/ руки перед собой, я вошел размеренно внутрь). I should lie down in my own place (I thought, with a silent chuckle) (я лягу на свое место, подумал я с беззвучным смехом; chuckle — довольный смех, хихиканье, смех про себя) and enjoy their faces when they found me in the morning (и наслажусь = потешусь над их лицами, когда они обнаружат меня утром).

infamous [`ɪnfəməs] guard [gɑ:d] distinguish [dɪs`tɪŋgwɪʃ] occasional [ə`keɪʒənəl]

In the meantime, there was no doubt of one thing; they kept an infamous bad watch. If it had been Silver and his lads that were now creeping in on them, not a soul would have seen daybreak. That was what it was, thought I, to have the captain wounded; and again I blamed myself sharply for leaving them in that danger with so few to mount guard.

By this time I had got to the door and stood up. All was dark within, so that I could distinguish nothing by the eye. As for sounds, there was the steady drone of the snorers, and a small occasional noise, a flickering or pecking that I could in no way account for.

With my arms before me I walked steadily in. I should lie down in my own place (I thought, with a silent chuckle) and enjoy their faces when they found me in the morning.

My foot struck something yielding (моя нога запнулась о что-то мягкое; to strike — ударять) — it was a sleeper’s leg (то была нога спящего); and he turned and groaned, but without awaking (он повернулся /на другой бок/ и простонал, но не проснулся).

And then, all of a sudden, a shrill voice broke forth out of the darkness (и затем, неожиданно, пронзительный голос закричал в темноте; to break forth — вырваться, разразиться

):

“Pieces of eight (пиастры)! pieces of eight (пиастры)! pieces of eight (пиастры)! pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!” and so forth, without pause or change like the clacking of a tiny mill (и так далее, без остановки или изменения /голоса/, как шум крошечной мельницы; to clack — болтать, трещать, щелкать).

Silver’s green parrot, Captain Flint (зеленый попугай Сильвера, Капитан Флинт)! It was she whom I had heard pecking at a piece of bark (это его я слышал, когда он долбил клювом кусочек коры)

; it was she, keeping better watch than any human being (это он нес вахту лучше, чем любой часовой; human being — человек, человеческое существо), who thus announced my arrival with her wearisome refrain (изъявил о моем приходе своим утомительным криком; refrain — припев, рефрен).

tiny [`taɪnɪ] bark [bɑ:k] human [`hju:mən] announced [ə`naunst] wearisome [`wɪərɪsəm]

My foot struck something yielding — it was a sleeper’s leg; and he turned and groaned, but without awaking.

And then, all of a sudden, a shrill voice broke forth out of the darkness:

“Pieces of eight! pieces of eight! pieces of eight! pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!” and so forth, without pause or change like the clacking of a tiny mill.

Silver’s green parrot, Captain Flint! It was she whom I had heard pecking at a piece of bark; it was she, keeping better watch than any human being, who thus announced my arrival with her wearisome refrain.

I had no time left me to recover (у меня не было времени прийти в себя). At the sharp, clipping tone of the parrot (при резком, звонком крике попугая; clipping — острый, резкий), the sleepers awoke and sprang up (спящие проснулись и вскочили); and with a mighty oath, the voice of Silver cried (и с сильный ругательством, голос Сильвер закричал): —

“Who goes (кто идет)?”