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Thank you kindly, sir,' replied Long John, again saluting.
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- At the second trial, the aim was better, and the ball descended inside the stockade, scattering a cloud of sand, but doing no further damage.
- Then I skirted among the woods until I had regained the rear, or shoreward side, of the stockade, and was soon warmly welcomed by the faithful party.
- From time to time the doctor came to the door for a little air and to rest his eyes, which were almost smoked out of his head; and whenever he did so, he had a word for me.
- First ship that ever I lost,' said Captain Smollett.
- Long John answered for himself.
- This little whiff of temper seemed to cool Silver down. He had been growing nettled before, but now he pulled himself together.
- Not a man among us moved. Growling the foulest imprecations, he crawled along the sand till he got hold of the porch and could hoist himself again upon his crutch. Then he spat into the spring.
- The doctor's watch were all back at their loopholes, the rest were busy loading the spare muskets, and every one with a red face, you may be certain, and a flea in his ear, as the saying is.
- The iron fire-basket was carried bodily out by Mr. Trelawney, and the embers smothered among sand.
- And just at that moment came the first news of the attack.
- Did you hit your man?' asked the captain.
- The head of Job Anderson, the boatswain, appeared at the middle loophole.
- Have they run?' asked Mr. Smollett.
- My own accidental cut across the knuckles was a flea-bite. Dr. Livesey patched it up with plaster, and pulled my ears for me into the bargain.
- The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder-horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.
- Soon after the jolly-boat shoved off and pulled for shore, and the man with the red cap and his comrade went below by the cabin companion.
- At last the breeze came; the schooner sidled and drew nearer in the dark; I felt the hawser slacken once more, and with a good, tough effort, cut the last fibres through.
- The endless ballad had come to an end at last, and the whole diminished company about the camp fire had broken into the chorus I had heard so often: —
- There was a great, smooth swell upon the sea. The wind blowing steady and gentle from the south, there was no contrariety between that and the current, and the billows rose and fell unbroken.
- Clumsy fellows,' said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' And I thought how Captain Smollett would have set them skipping.
- For the last little while I had even lost; but now, redoubling my efforts, I began once more to overhaul the chase.
- This had nearly tossed me off into the sea; and now I lost no time, crawled back along the bowsprit, and tumbled head foremost on the deck.
- At the same time, I observed around both of them, splashes of dark blood upon the planks, and began to feel sure that they had killed each other in their drunken wrath.
- Why, yes,' says I, 'with all my heart, Mr. Hands. Say on.' And I went back to my meal with a good appetite.
- I'm not strong enough, and I don't like the job; and there he lies, for me,' said I.
- For the life of me, I could not think what it might be.
- And one of the men left the log-house, and presently returned with a lighted brand.
- Silver took a whiff or two of his pipe with great composure, and then ran on again.
- And now you are to choose, and you may lay to that,' said Silver.
- He drew some cognac from the cask into a tin cannikin.
- But here the long man with the yellow eyes struck in.
- Silver paused, and I could see by the faces of George and his late comrades that these words had not been said in vain.
- It'll do to kiss the book on still, won't it?' growled Dick, who was evidently uneasy at the curse he had brought upon himself.
- The doctor stopped outright, although he did not speak, and it was some seconds before he seemed able to move on.
- I readily gave the pledge required.
- Why, John, you're not afraid?' asked Dr. Livesey.
- Rapidly I described to him my adventures, and he heard me out in silence.
- Silver's face was radiant. 'You couldn't say more, I'm sure, sir, not if you was my mother,' he cried.
- Thus he kept running on, with his mouth full of the hot bacon: thus he restored their hope and confidence, and, I more than suspect, repaired his own at the same time.
- Tall tree, Spy-glass shoulder, bearing a point to the N. of N.N.E.
- It was done. The body pointed straight in the direction of the island, and the compass read duly E.S.E. and by E.
- I saw him dead with these here dead-lights,' said Morgan. 'Billy took me in. There he laid with penny-pieces on his eyes.
- Silver, as he sat, took certain bearings with his compass.
- Still, Silver was unconquered. I could hear his teeth rattle in his head; but he had not yet surrendered.
- Dick alone still held his Bible, and looked around him as he went, with fearful glances; but he found no sympathy, and Silver even joked him on his precautions.
- And he passed me a double-barrelled pistol.
- At last, Merry seemed to think a speech might help matters.
- Not a thought,' replied Doctor Livesey, cheerily.
- Thank you kindly, sir,' replied Long John, again saluting.
- Come back to my dooty, sir,' returned Silver.
4. 'I dare you to thank me!' cried the squire. 'It is a gross dereliction of my duty. Stand back.'
And thereupon we all entered the cave (после этого мы все вошли в пещеру). It was a large, airy place, with a little spring and a pool of clear water, overhung with ferns (это было большое просторное место с небольшим источником и озерком чистой воды, с нависшими над ним папоротниками; pool — лужа, запруда, бассейн; to overhang — нависать, выступать над, выдаваться). The floor was sand (пол был песчаным). Before a big fire lay Captain Smollett (перед большим костром лежал капитан Смоллетт); and in a far corner, only duskily flickered over by the blaze (в дальнем углу, мерцающие тусклым светом), I beheld great heaps of coin and quadrilaterals built of bars of gold (я увидел огромные груды монет и штабеля: «четырехугольники», построенные из слитков золота). That was Flint's treasure that we had come so far to seek (это были сокровища Флинта, ради которых нам пришлось проделать такой долгий /путь/; to seek — искать, стремиться к чему-л.), and that had cost already the lives of seventeen men from the Hispaniola (и которые уже стоили жизни семнадцати матросам с Испаньолы). How many it had cost in the amassing (сколько это стоило при /их/ собирании; to amass — собирать, накапливать), what blood and sorrow, what good ships scuttled on the deep (сколько крови и горя, сколько славных кораблей, потопленных в море; /the/ deep — глубокое место, открытое море, океан), what brave men walking the plank blindfold (сколько храбрых людей, прошедших по доске в открытое море с завязанными глазами), what shot of cannon, what shame and lies and cruelty (сколько пушечных выстрелов, сколько позора, лжи и жестокости), perhaps no man alive could tell (наверное, никто из живущих не смог бы сказать). Yet there were still three upon that island (однако на острове все еще находились трое) — Silver, and old Morgan, and Ben Gunn (Сильвер, старый Морган и Бен Ганн) — who had each taken his share in these crimes (каждый из которых принимал участие в этих преступлениях), as each had hoped in vain to share in the reward (и каждый надеялся тщетно принять участие в награждении = получить свою долю богатства).
guadrilateral [kwOdrI`letrql] blindfold [`blaIndfquld] cruelty [`krHqltI] reward [rI`wLd]
And thereupon we all entered the cave. It was a large, airy place, with a little spring and a pool of clear water, overhung with ferns. The floor was sand. Before a big fire lay Captain Smollett; and in a far corner, only duskily flickered over by the blaze, I beheld great heaps of coin and quadrilaterals built of bars of gold. That was Flint's treasure that we had come so far to seek, and that had cost already the lives of seventeen men from the Hispaniola. How many it had cost in the amassing, what blood and sorrow, what good ships scuttled on the deep, what brave men walking the plank blindfold, what shot of cannon, what shame and lies and cruelty, perhaps no man alive could tell. Yet there were still three upon that island — Silver, and old Morgan, and Ben Gunn — who had each taken his share in these crimes, as each had hoped in vain to share in the reward.
1. 'Come in, Jim (войди, Джим),' said the captain (сказал капитан). 'You're a good boy in your line, Jim (ты по-своему неплохой мальчик, Джим); but I don't think you and me'll go to sea again (но не думаю, что мы с тобой снова выйдем в море). You're too much of the born favourite for me (ты прирожденный любимчик). Is that you, John Silver (это ты, Джон Сильвер)? What brings you here, man (что привело тебя сюда)?'
2. 'Come back to my dooty, sir (вернулся к /исполнению/ своих обязанностей, сэр),' returned Silver (ответил Сильвер).
3. 'Ah (ах)!' said the captain; and that was all he said (сказал капитан, и это было все, что он сказал).
4. What a supper I had of it that night, with all my friends around me (какой /славный/ ужин был у меня в тот вечер, со всеми друзьями вокруг = окруженного всеми своими друзьями); and what a meal it was, with Ben Gunn's salted goat (что за еда это была = какой вкусной мне показалась соленая козлятина Бена Ганна), and some delicacies and a bottle of old wine from the Hispaniola (лакомства и бутылка старинного вина с Испаньолы). Never, I am sure, were people gayer or happier (никогда /еще/, я уверен, не былo людей веселее и счастливее /нас/). And there was Silver, sitting back almost out of the firelight (Сильвер сидел почти вне света от костра = позади всех), but eating heartily, prompt to spring forward when anything was wanted (но ел охотно, проворно кидался вперед, когда что-нибудь требовалось /подать/), even joining quietly in our laughter (даже присоединялся спокойно к нашему смеху = смеялся вместе с нами) — the same bland, polite, obsequious seaman of the voyage out (/был/ тем же ласковым, вежливым, услужливым моряком, /что и/ во время плавания; obsequious — исполнительный).
favourite [`feIvqrIt] salted [`sLltId] delicacies [`delIkqsIz] obsequious [qb`sJkwIqs]
1. 'Come in, Jim,' said the captain. 'You're a good boy in your line, Jim; but I don't think you and me'll go to sea again. You're too much of the born favourite for me. Is that you, John Silver? What brings you here, man?'
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