I leaped to my feet and hailed the riders
(я вскочил на ноги и окликнул всадников; to leap — прыгать, вскакивать; to hail — приветствовать, окликать). They were pulling up, at any rate (они остановились, во всяком случае), horrified at the accident (напуганные = потрясенные несчастным случаем); and I soon saw what they were (я вскоре увидел, чем они были = узнал их). One, tailing out behind the rest (один, /скакавший/ в хвосте позади остальных), was a lad this had gone from the hamlet to Dr Livesey’s (был пареньком, который отправился из деревушки к доктору Ливси); the rest were revenue officers (остальные были таможенными инспекторами), whom he had met by the way (которых он повстречал по пути; to meet — встречать), and with whom he had had the intelligence to return at once (и с которыми он имел смышленость = догадался вернуться сразу же). Some news of the lugger in Kitt’s Hole had found its way to Supervisor Dance (кое-какие известия о люггере в Киттовой Дыре дошли: «нашли свой путь» до /таможенного/ надзирателя Данса), and set him forth that night in our direction (и /заставили/ его отправиться в ту ночь в нашем направлении), and to that circumstance my mother and I owe our preservation from death (и тому обстоятельству = счастливой случайности моя мать и я обязаны нашим спасением от гибели; preservation — сохранение, защита).
trample [`træmpl] accident [`æksɪdənt] revenue [`revɪnju:] circumstance [`sə:kəmstæns]
The rider tried to save him, but in vain. Down went Pew with a cry that rang high into the night; and the four hoofs trampled and spurned him and passed by. He fell on his side then gently collapsed upon his face, and moved no more.
I leaped to my feet and hailed the riders. They were pulling up, at any rate, horrified at the accident; and I soon saw what they were. One, tailing out behind the rest, was a lad this had gone from the hamlet to Dr Livesey’s; the rest were revenue officers, whom he had met by the way, and with whom he had had the intelligence to return at once. Some news of the lugger in Kitt’s Hole had found its way to Supervisor Dance, and set him forth that night in our direction, and to that circumstance my mother and I owe our preservation from death.
Pew was dead, stone dead
(Пью был мертв, совершенно мертв). As for my mother (что касается моей матери), when we had carried her up to the hamlet (когда мы перевезли ее в деревушку), a little cold water and salts (немного холодной воды и /нюхательная/ соль) and that soon brought her back again (и при том вскоре вернули ее снова /в сознание/; to bring back — вернуть, возвратить), and she was none the worse for her terror (и она, несмотря на /перенесенный/ страх; none the worse for — как ни в чем не бывало), though she still continued to deplore the balance of the money (по-прежнему = вновь продолжила оплакивать остаток денег /которые не успела взять/).