Английский с Шерлоком Холмсом. Человек с рассеченной губой / Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes

“Good heavens (Боже мой)! I thought it was Wednesday (я думал, среда). It is Wednesday. What d'you want to frighten the chap for (зачем вы хотите напугать парня; d'you = do you)?” He sank his face onto his arms and began to sob in a high treble key (он закрыл лицо ладонями: «руками» и начал рыдать /в высоком ключе/; treble – тройной; дискантовый).

“My God! It's Watson,” said he. He was in a pitiable state of reaction, with every nerve in a twitter. “I say, Watson, what o'clock is it?”

“Nearly eleven.”

“Of what day?”

“Of Friday, June 19th.”

“Good heavens! I thought it was Wednesday. It is Wednesday. What d'you want to frighten the chap for?” He sank his face onto his arms and began to sob in a high treble key.

“I tell you that it is Friday, man (я говорю вам, что сегодня пятница; man – обращение к знакомому). Your wife has been waiting these two days for you (ваша жена ждет вас /уже/ эти два дня). You should be ashamed of yourself (вам должно быть стыдно /за себя/)!”

“So I am (я и стыжусь). But you've got mixed, Watson

(но вы что-то путаете: «вы смешаны = сбиты с толку», Ватсон), for I have only been here a few hours (так как я здесь только несколько часов), three pipes (три трубки), four (четыре) pipes – I forget how many (я забыл, сколько). But I'll go home with you (но я отправлюсь домой с вами). I wouldn't frighten Kate (я не хочу пугать Кейт) – poor little Kate (бедная маленькая Кейт). Give me your hand (дайте мне вашу руку)! Have you a cab

(у вас есть кэб)?”

“I tell you that it is Friday, man. Your wife has been waiting these two days for you. You should be ashamed of yourself!”

“So I am. But you've got mixed, Watson, for I have only been here a few hours, three pipes, four pipes – I forget how many. But I'll go home with you. I wouldn't frighten Kate – poor little Kate. Give me your hand! Have you a cab?”

“Yes, I have one waiting (да, у меня есть один = кэб, ждущий /у дверей/).”

“Then I shall go in it (тогда мне следует отправиться в нем). But I must owe something (но я, видимо, что-то должен /им/; to owe – задолжать

). Find what I owe, Watson (выясните, что: «сколько» я должен, Ватсон). I am all off color (я себя плохо чувствую; off color – дефектный, нездорового вида). I can do nothing for myself (я не могу сам ничего сделать).”

owe [], color ['kl]

“Yes, I have one waiting.”

“Then I shall go in it. But I must owe something. Find what I owe, Watson. I am all off color. I can do nothing for myself.”