Английский язык с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ

“That comed — as you call it — of being arrant asses,” retorted the doctor, “and not having sense enough to know honest air from poison, and the dry land from a vile, pestiferous slough. I think it most probable — though, of course, it’s only an opinion — that you’ll all have the deuce to pay before you get that malaria out of your systems. Camp in a bog, would you? Silver, I’m surprised at you. You’re less of a fool than many, take you all round; but you don’t appear to me to have the rudiments of a notion of the rules of health.”

“Well (итак),” he added, after he had dosed them round (добавил он, после того как раздал им лекарства; to dose — дать дозу лекарства)

, and they had taken his prescriptions, with really laughable humility (и они глотали их с действительно забавной покорностью; prescription — предписание, рекомендация, рецепт /лекарственный/; to laugh — смеяться), more like charity school-children than blood-guilty mutineers and pirates (скорее /как/ ученики благотворительной школы, чем /как/ виновные в убийстве бунтовщики и пираты) — “well, that’s done for to-day (ну, на сегодня хватит). And now I should wish to have a talk with that boy, please (а теперь, я хотел бы поговорить с этим мальчишкой, пожалуйста = если позволите).”

And he nodded his head in my direction carelessly (и он кивнул головой в моем направлении небрежно).

George Merry was at the door, spitting and spluttering over some bad-tasted medicine (Джордж Мерри стоял в дверях, отплевываясь после какого-то противного: «с неприятным вкусом» лекарства; to spit — плевать, фыркать, выплевывать; to splutter — лопотать, разбрызгивать; плеваться); but at the first word of the doctor’s proposal (но при первом слове предложения доктора)

he swung round with a deep flush, and cried “No!” and swore (он повернулся, густо покраснев, крикнул «нет!» и выругался; flush — поток, прилив, приступ, краска /на лице/, румянец).

Silver struck the barrel with his open hand (Сильвер ударил по бочке ладонью: «раскрытой рукой»).

dosed [dəust] prescriptions [prɪ`skrɪpʃnz] laughable [`lɑ:fəbl] humility [hju:`mɪlɪtɪ]

“Well,” he added, after he had dosed them round, and they had taken his prescriptions, with really laughable humility, more like charity school-children than blood-guilty mutineers and pirates — “well, that’s done for to-day. And now I should wish to have a talk with that boy, please.”

And he nodded his head in my direction carelessly.

George Merry was at the door, spitting and spluttering over some bad-tasted medicine; but at the first word of the doctor’s proposal he swung round with a deep flush, and cried “No!” and swore.

Silver struck the barrel with his open hand.