Английский с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда / Robert Louis Stevenson. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

“I would say nothing of this paper (я, пожалуй, /никому/ ничего не скажу об этих бумагах). If your master has fled or is dead (если ваш хозяин бежал или мертв; to flee), we may at least save his credit (мы можем, во всяком случае, спасти его доброе имя; credit – вера; репутация /особ. хорошая/

). It is now ten (сейчас десять часов); I must go home and read these documents in quiet (я должен отправиться домой и спокойно прочитать эти бумаги; quiet – тишина; покой, спокойствие); but I shall be back before midnight (но до полуночи я вернусь), when we shall send for the police

(и тогда мы пошлем за полицией).”

They went out, locking the door of the theatre behind them (они вышли и заперли за собой дверь операционной); and Utterson, once more leaving the servants gathered about the fire in the hall (и Аттерсон, снова оставив слуг, собравшихся в прихожей у камина), trudged back to his office to read the two narratives (устало отправился к себе домой: «в свой офис» чтобы прочитать два рассказа; to trudge – идти с трудом, устало тащиться; narrative – повествовательный; рассказ, повествование

) in which this mystery was now to be explained (в которых должна была теперь быть объяснена эта тайна).

”There was a third enclosure?” asked Utterson.

“Here, sir,” said Poole, and gave into his hands a considerable packet sealed in several places.

The lawyer put it in his pocket.

“I would say nothing of this paper. If your master has fled or is dead, we may at least save his credit. It is now ten; I must go home and read these documents in quiet; but I shall be back before midnight, when we shall send for the police.”

They went out, locking the door of the theatre behind them; and Utterson, once more leaving the servants gathered about the fire in the hall, trudged back to his office to read the two narratives in which this mystery was now to be explained.

IX

Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative

(Письмо/рассказ доктора Лэньона)