Arthur Conan Doyle - Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах (ASCII-IPA)

debt [det], indoors [,In'dO:z], dawn [dO:n]

"That was how Enoch Drebber came to his end. All I had to do then was to do as much for Stangerson, and so pay off John Ferrier's debt. I knew that he was staying at Halliday's Private Hotel, and I hung about all day, but he never came out. I fancy that he suspected something when Drebber failed to put in an appearance. He was cunning, was Stangerson, and always on his guard. If he thought he could keep me off by staying indoors he was very much mistaken. I soon found out which was the window of his bedroom, and early next morning I took advantage of some ladders which were lying in the lane behind the hotel, and so made my way into his room in the grey of the dawn. I woke him up and told him that the hour had come when he was to answer for the life he had taken so long before. I described Drebber's death to him, and I gave him the same choice of the poisoned pills. Instead of grasping at the chance of safety which that offered him, he sprang from his bed and flew at my throat. In self-defence I stabbed him to the heart. It would have been the same in any case, for Providence would never have allowed his guilty hand to pick out anything but the poison.

"I have little more to say (мне немногое осталось рассказать) , and it's as well, for I am about done up (и хорошо, так как силы мои на исходе; done up — физически истощен) . I went on cabbing it for a day or so (я продолжал заниматься извозом день-другой) , intending to keep at it until I could save enough to take me back to America (намереваясь заниматься этим, пока я не накоплю достаточно денег, чтобы вернуться в Америку) . I was standing in the yard when a ragged youngster asked (я стоял на хозяйском дворе, когда какой-то оборванец спросил; ragged — оборванный, одетый в лохмотья; youngster — юноша; ребенок) if there was a cabby there called Jefferson Hope (нет ли здесь кебмена по имени Джефферсон Хоуп) , and said that his cab was wanted by a gentleman at 221B, Baker Street (и сказал, что его кеб нужен джентльмену по адресу Бейкер-стрит, 221Б) . I went round, suspecting no harm (я отправился по вызову, ничего не подозревая) , and the next thing I knew, this young man here had the bracelets on my wrists (и тут вдруг этот молодой человек надевает мне браслеты на запястья; next thing I knew — не успел я опомниться) , and as neatly shackled as ever I saw in my life (да так ловко, что ловчее я и не видал в своей жизни; to shackle — заковывать в кандалы) . That's the whole of my story, gentlemen (вот и вся моя история, джентльмены) . You may consider me to be a murderer (вы можете считать меня убийцей) ; but I hold that I am just as much an officer of justice as you are (но я считаю, что я такой же служитель закона, как и вы; justice — справедливость; правосудие, юстиция) ."

So thrilling had the man's narrative been (его повествование было столь захватывающим) , and his manner was so impressive (а рассказывал он так выразительно: «а его манера /рассказывать/ столь впечатляющей») that we had sat silent and absorbed (что мы сидели молча, захваченные рассказом; absorbed — поглощенный, увлеченный; to absorb — всасывать, впитывать; абсорбировать; поглощать) . Even the professional detectives (даже профессиональные сыщики) , blasé as they were in every detail of crime (какими бы пресыщенными они ни были преступлениями во всех их видах; blasé — /фр./ пресыщенный; опытный, искушенный) , appeared to be keenly interested in the man's story (казались глубоко заинтересованными рассказом) . When he finished we sat for some minutes in a stillness (когда он закончил, мы некоторое время сидели в тишине) which was only broken by the scratching of Lestrade's pencil (которую нарушал лишь скрип карандаша Лестрейда) as he gave the finishing touches to his shorthand account (заканчивавшего свою стенографическую запись: «придававшего окончательную отделку своей стенографической записи») .

narrative ['n&r@tIv], absorb [@b'zO:b], detail ['di:teIl]

"I have little more to say, and it's as well, for I am about done up. I went on cabbing it for a day or so, intending to keep at it until I could save enough to take me back to America. I was standing in the yard when a ragged youngster asked if there was a cabby there called Jefferson Hope, and said that his cab was wanted by a gentleman at 221B, Baker Street. I went round, suspecting no harm, and the next thing I knew, this young man here had the bracelets on my wrists, and as neatly shackled as ever I saw in my life. That's the whole of my story, gentlemen. You may consider me to be a murderer; but I hold that I am just as much an officer of justice as you are."

So thrilling had the man's narrative been, and his manner was so impressive that we had sat silent and absorbed. Even the professional detectives, blasé as they were in every detail of crime, appeared to be keenly interested in the man's story. When he finished we sat for some minutes in a stillness which was only broken by the scratching of Lestrade's pencil as he gave the finishing touches to his shorthand account.

"There is only one point on which I should like a little more information (только по поводу одного момента мне бы хотелось /получить/ немного больше информации) ," Sherlock Holmes said at last (сказал, наконец, Шерлок Холмс) . "Who was your accomplice who came for the ring which I advertised (кто был ваш сообщник, который пришел за кольцом по объявлению; to advertise — помещать объявление) ?"

The prisoner winked at my friend jocosely (пленник шутливо подмигнул моему другу) . "I can tell my own secrets (я могу раскрыть: «рассказать» свои собственные секреты) ," he said, "but I don't get other people into trouble (но я не вовлекаю в неприятности других) . I saw your advertisement (я увидел ваше объявление) , and I thought it might be a plant (и я подумал, что это может быть ловушкой) , or it might be the ring which I wanted (или это может быть то кольцо, которое мне нужно) . My friend volunteered to go and see (мой друг вызвался сходить и посмотреть) . I think you'll own he did it smartly (я полагаю, вы признаете, что он ловко это сделал) ."