It was certainly the end for both of us, I thought
(это был, несомненно, конец для нас обоих, подумал я). How I cursed the cowardice of the neighbours (как проклинал я трусость соседей); how I blamed my poor mother for her honesty and her greed (как винил я мою бедную мать за ее честность и жадность), for her past foolhardiness and present weakness (за ее прошедшую безрассудную храбрость и теперешнюю слабость)!We were just at the little bridge, by good fortune
(мы были как раз на маленьком мостике, по счастливой случайности); and I helped her, tottering as she was (я помог ей, шедшей шатающейся походкой: «шатающейся, каковой она была»), to the edge of the bank (/сойти/ к кромке берега), where, sure enough, she gave a sigh and fell on my shoulder (где, действительно, она вздохнула и упала = прислонилась к моему плечу;сursed [`kə:st] honesty [`ɔnɪstɪ] bridge [brɪʤ] strength [streŋθ] earshot [`ɪəʃət]
“My dear,” said my mother suddenly, “take the money and run on. I am going to faint.”
It was certainly the end for both of us, I thought. How I cursed the cowardice of the neighbours; how I blamed my poor mother for her honesty and her greed, for her past foolhardiness and present weakness!
We were just at the little bridge, by good fortune; and I helped her, tottering as she was, to the edge of the bank, where, sure enough, she gave a sigh and fell on my shoulder. I do not know how I found the strength to do it at all, and I am afraid it was roughly done; but I managed to drag her down the bank and a little way under the arch. Farther I could not move her, for the bridge was too low to let me do more than crawl below it so there we had to stay — my mother almost entirely exposed and both of us within earshot of the inn.
Chapter V (глава 5)
The Last of the Blind Man (конец слепого)
My curiosity, in a sense
(мое любопытство, до известной степени), was stronger than my fear (было сильнее, чем мой страх); for I could not remain where I was (и потому я не мог оставаться, где я был = на месте), but crept back to the bank again (выполз снова обратно к берегу), whence, sheltering my head behind a bush of broom (откуда, пряча голову за кустом ракитника;