Клайв Льюис - Племянник чародея with W_cat

[ 228 228 – Раз-два-три – плюх! ] “One—Two—Three—Go!” said Digory. And they jumped.

[ 230 230 На сей раз волшебство подействовало. Пролетев сначала сквозь воду, а потом через тьму, они увидали непонятные очертания каких-то предметов. Ноги их ощутили твердую поверхность, расплывчатая мгла сменилась четкими линиями, и Дигори воскликнул: – Ничего себе местечко! ] THERE was no doubt about the Magic this time. Down and down they rushed, first through darkness and then through a mass of vague and whirling shapes which might have been almost anything. It grew lighter. Then suddenly they felt that they were standing on something solid. A moment later everything came into focus and they were able to look about them.

“What a queer place!” said Digory.

[ 231 231 – Страшно противное, – вздрогнула Полли. ] “I don’t like it,” said Polly with something like a shudder.

[ 232 232 Первым делом они заметили свет, непохожий ни на солнечный, ни на газовый, ни на пламя свечей – вообще ни на что не похожий. Был он тусклый, мрачный, багряно-бурый, очень ровный. Стояли дети на мостовой среди каких-то зданий, может быть – на мощеном внутреннем дворе. Небо над ними было темно-синим, почти черным, и они не могли понять, откуда идет свет. ] What they noticed first was the light. It wasn’t like sunlight, and it wasn’t like electric light, or lamps, or candles, or any other light they had ever seen. It was a dull, rather red light, not at all cheerful. It was steady and did not flicker. They were standing on a flat paved surface and buildings rose all around them. There was no roof overhead; they were in a sort of courtyard. The sky was extraordinarily dark—a blue that was almost black. When you had seen that sky you wondered that there should be any light at all.

[ 233 233 – Экая странная погода, – сказал Дигори. ] “It’s very funny weather here,” said Digory. “I wonder if we’ve arrived just in time for a thunderstorm; or an eclipse.”

[ 234 234 – Мерзкая, – откликнулась Полли. ] “I don’t like it,” said Polly.

[ 235 235 – То ли гроза будет, то ли затмение. Говорили они почему-то шепотом, все еще держась за руки. ] Both of them, without quite knowing why, were talking in whispers. And though there was no reason why they should still go on holding hands after their jump, they didn’t let go.

The walls rose very high all round that courtyard. They had many great windows in them, windows without glass, through which you saw nothing but black darkness. Lower down there were great pillared arches, yawning blackly like the mouths of railway tunnels. It was rather cold.

[ 236 236 Вокруг них на высоких стенах зияло множество незастекленных окон, черных, словно дыры. Под ними чернели арки, похожие на входы в туннели. Погода стояла довольно холодная. Красновато-бурый камень арок и стен был совсем древний, а может, просто казался старым из-за странного освещения. Камень мостовой сплошь покрывали трещины. Стертые булыжники лежали неровно, а одну из арок наполовину заваливал щебень.Дети медленно оглядывались, страшась кого-нибудь увидеть в оконном проеме. ] The stone of which everything was built seemed to be red, but that might only be because of the curious light. It was obviously very old. Many of the flat stones that paved the courtyard had cracks across them. None of them fitted closely together and the sharp corners were all worn off. One of the arched doorways was half filled up with rubble. The two children kept on turning round and round to look at the different sides of the courtyard. One reason was that they were afraid of somebody—or something—looking out of those windows at them when their backs were turned.

[ 237 237 – Ты как думаешь, здесь живут? – прошептал Дигори. ] “Do you think anyone lives here?” said Digory at last, still in a whisper.

[ 238 238 – Нет, – сказала Полли. – Это,… ну как их, руины. Слышишь, как тихо. ] “No,” said Polly. “It’s all in ruins. We haven’t heard a sound since we came.”

[ 239 239 – Давай еще послушаем, – предложил Дигори. ] “Let’s stand still and listen for a bit,” suggested Digory.

[ 240 240 Прислушавшись, они услыхали разве что биение собственных сердец. Тихо было, как в лесу, только совсем по-другому. Там была тишина теплая, полная жизни, даже казалось, что слышно, как растут деревья. А здешняя была злая, пустая и холодная. И расти тут вряд ли что вообще могло. ] They stood still and listened, but all they could hear was the thump-thump of their own hearts. This place was at least as quiet as the Wood between the Worlds. But it was a different kind of quietness. The silence of the Wood had been rich and warm (you could almost hear the trees growing) and full of life: this was a dead, cold, empty silence. You couldn’t imagine anything growing in it.

[ 241 241 – Пошли-ка домой, – сказала Полли. ] “Let’s go home,” said Polly.

[ 242 242 – Да мы еще не видели ничего.Давай хоть оглядимся. ] “But we haven’t seen anything yet,” said Digory. “Now we’re here, we simply must have a look round.”

[ 243 243 – И оглядываться нечего. ] “I’m sure there’s nothing at all interesting here.”

[ 244 244 – Ну, если ты боишься… ] “There’s not much point in finding a magic ring that lets you into other worlds if you’re afraid to look at them when you’ve got there.”

[ 245 245 – Кто это боится? – Полли выпустила его руку. ] “Who’s talking about being afraid?” said Polly, letting go of Digory’s hand.

[ 246 246 – Смотреть-то ты не хочешь. ] “I only thought you didn’t seem very keen on exploring this place.”

[ 247 247 – Ладно, пойдем. ] “I’ll go anywhere you go.”

[ 248 248 – Не понравится – сразу исчезнем, – сказал Дигори. – Давай зеленые колечки снимем и положим в правый карман, а желтые так и останутся в левом. Только захотим, тронем кольцо левой рукой, и пожалуйста! ] “We can get away the moment we want to,” said Digory. “Let’s take off our green rings and put them in our right-hand pockets. All we’ve got to do is to remember that our yellow are in our left-hand pockets. You can keep your hand as near your pocket as you like, but don’t put it in or you’ll touch your yellow and vanish.”