In the meantime the supervisor rode on
(тем временем надзиратель поскакал дальше;supervisor [`s(j)u:pəvaɪzə] dismount [dɪs`maunt] ambushes [`æmbuʃɪz] bullet [`bulɪt]
Pew was dead, stone dead. As for my mother, when we had carried her up to the hamlet, a little cold water and salts and that soon brought her back again, and she was none the worse for her terror, though she still continued to deplore the balance of the money.
In the meantime the supervisor rode on, as fast as he could, to Kitt’s Hole but his men had to dismount and grope down the dingle leading, and sometimes supporting, their horses, and in continual fear of ambushes; so it was no great matter for surprise that when they got down to the Hole the lugger was already under way, though still close in. He hailed her. A voice replied, telling him to keep out of the moonlight or he would get some lead in him, and at the same time bullet whistled close by his arm.
Soon after, the lugger doubled the point and disappeared
(вскоре после этого люггер обогнул мыс и исчез;Mr. Dance stood there as he said
(мистер Данс стоял там, как он /сам/ говорил), “like a fish out of water (точно рыба, вынутая из воды = на песке),” and all he could do was to despatch a man to B—— to warn the cutter (и все, что он мог сделать, /так это/ послать человека в Б…, чтобы предупредить = послать на перехват /сторожевой/ катер). “And that,” said he, “is just about as good as nothing (это все равно что ничего = это напрасно). They’ve got off clean (они удрали совершенно: «чисто»), and there’s an end (и конец = и все тут). Only,” he added, “I’m glad I trod on Master Pew’s corns (я лишь рад, добавил он, что наступил господину Пью на мозоли);” for by this time he had heard my story (так как к этому времени он /уже/ слышал мою историю).