Фрэнсис Фитцджеральд - Английский язык с Ф. Скоттом Фитцджеральдом. Алмаз величиной в отель «Риц» / Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The Diamond As Big As The Ritz

The door of her sitting-room was open and the lamps were lighted (дверь ее гостиной была распахнута, /внутри/ горел свет). Kismine, in an angora kimono, stood near the window of the room in a listening attitude (Кисмин в кимоно из шерсти ангорской козы стояла у окна и к чему-то прислушивалась; attitude — позиция; поза; осанка ), and as John entered noiselessly, she turned toward him (когда Джон беззвучно вошел, она обернулась к нему).

assistance [q'sIstqns], suite [swJt], attitude ['xtItjHd]

He heard a faint whir of air as the lift whizzed up again, and then, a moment later, as it descended. It was probable that Percy was hurrying to his father's assistance, and it occurred to John that this was his opportunity to join Kismine and plan an immediate escape. He waited until the lift had been silent for several minutes; shivering a little with the night cool that whipped in through his wet pajamas, he returned to his room and dressed himself quickly. Then he mounted a long flight of stairs and turned down the corridor carpeted with Russian sable which led to Kismine's suite.

The door of her sitting-room was open and the lamps were lighted. Kismine, in an angora kimono, stood near the window of the room in a listening attitude, and as John entered noiselessly, she turned toward him.

"Oh, it's you!" she whispered, crossing the room to him (а, это ты, — прошептала она, идя к нему через комнату). "Did you hear them (ты их слышал)?"

"I heard your father's slaves in my (я слышал рабов твоего отца в моей…) — "

"No," she interrupted excitedly (возбужденно прервала она его). "Aeroplanes!" "Aeroplanes? Perhaps that was the sound that woke me (возможно, это был тот звук, который разбудил меня; to wake )."

"There're at least a dozen (их по меньшей мере дюжина). I saw one a few moments ago dead against the moon (я только что видела один /аэроплан/ прямо против = на фоне луны). The guard back by the cliff fired his rifle (часовой там около утеса выстрелил из винтовки) and that's what roused father (и это разбудило отца). We're going to open on them right away (мы сейчас откроем по ним /огонь/)."

"Are they here on purpose (они прилетели специально; purpose — намерение, цель; замысел )?"

"Yes — it's that Italian who got away (конечно, это /все/ тот итальянец, который сбежал…) —"

rifle [raIfl], rouse [raVz], purpose ['pWpqs]

"Oh, it's you!" she whispered, crossing the room to him. "Did you hear them?"

"I heard your father's slaves in my —"

"No," she interrupted excitedly. "Aeroplanes!" "Aeroplanes? Perhaps that was the sound that woke me."

"There're at least a dozen. I saw one a few moments ago dead against the moon. The guard back by the cliff fired his rifle and that's what roused father. We're going to open on them right away."

"Are they here on purpose?"

"Yes — it's that Italian who got away —"

Simultaneously with her last word (одновременно с ее последним словом), a succession of sharp cracks tumbled in through the open window (ряд резких /орудийных/ хлопков ввалился = ворвался /в комнату/ через открытое окно). Kismine uttered a little cry (Кисмин вскрикнула: «издала маленький крик»; to utter — издавать звук ), took a penny with fumbling fingers from a box on her dresser (выхватила неловкими пальцами монетку из коробочки на туалетном столе; to fumble — нащупывать; теребить /что-л./; возиться, неумело обращаться /с чем-л./ ), and ran to one of the electric lights (и бросилась к одной из электрических ламп). In an instant the entire château was in darkness (в одно мгновение весь замок погрузился во тьму) — she had blown out the fuse (она пережгла пробки; fuse — плавка; плавкий предохранитель, пробка; to blow out a fuse — сделать короткое замыкание; пережечь предохранитель ).

"Come on!" she cried to him. "We'll go up to the roof garden, and watch it from there (поднимемся в сад на крышу, будем смотреть оттуда)!"

Drawing a cape about her (закутавшись в плащ), she took his hand, and they found their way out the door (она взяла Джона за руку, и они /ощупью/ выбрались за дверь). It was only a step to the tower lift (до башенного лифта был всего один шаг), and as she pressed the button that shot them upward (и, когда она нажала кнопку и они взлетели кверху; to shoot — выстрелить ) he put his arms around her in the darkness and kissed her mouth (обвил ее руками и поцеловал в губы). Romance had come to John Unger at last (наконец-то для Джона Ангера настал романтический момент). A minute later they had stepped out upon the star-white platform (минуту спустя они ступили на белую = серебристую от света звезд площадку).

succession [sqk'seSqn], blown [blqVn], romance [rq'mxns, 'rqV-]

Simultaneously with her last word, a succession of sharp cracks tumbled in through the open window. Kismine uttered a little cry, took a penny with fumbling fingers from a box on her dresser, and ran to one of the electric lights. In an instant the entire château was in darkness — she had blown out the fuse.

"Come on!" she cried to him. "We'll go up to the roof garden, and watch it from there!"

Drawing a cape about her, she took his hand, and they found their way out the door. It was only a step to the tower lift, and as she pressed the button that shot them upward he put his arms around her in the darkness and kissed her mouth. Romance had come to John Unger at last. A minute later they had stepped out upon the star-white platform.

Above, under the misty moon (в высоте, под тусклой луной), sliding in and out of the patches of cloud that eddied below it (скользя меж клочьев облаков, клубящихся ниже нее), floated a dozen dark-winged bodies in a constant circling course (плыла в непрерывном кружении дюжина темнокрылых объектов; to circle — кружиться, двигаться по кругу; course — курс, направление движения ). From here and there in the valley flashes of fire leaped toward them (то тут, то там из долины в их сторону вскакивали = взлетали вспышки огня), followed by sharp detonations (сопровождаемые резкими взрывами). Kismine clapped her hands with pleasure (захлопала в ладоши от радости), which a moment later, turned to dismay (которая тут же сменилась испугом) as the aeroplanes at some prearranged signal (когда аэропланы по какому-то заранее установленному сигналу), began to release their bombs (начали сбрасывать бомбы) and the whole of the valley became a panorama of deep reverberate sound and lurid light (и вся долина превратилась в панораму глухого раскатистого звука и зловеще полыхающего света; lurid — мертвенно-бледный; зловещий, угрожающий; цвет пламени сквозь дым или туман ).

Before long the aim of the attackers became concentrated upon the points (скоро усилия атакующих сконцентрировались на /тех/ точках; aim — намерение, цель; прицел; мишень, цель; прицеливание ) where the anti-aircraft guns were situated (где были расположены зенитные орудия), and one of them was almost immediately reduced to a giant cinder (и почти сразу же одно из них превратилось в гигантскую головню; cinder — обуглившийся предмет, частично сгоревшее топливо /полено, уголь/; шлак ) to lie smouldering in a park of rose bushes (тлеющую в саду розовых кустов).

prearranged ["prJq'reInGd], bomb [bOm], lurid ['l(j)VqrId]

Above, under the misty moon, sliding in and out of the patches of cloud that eddied below it, floated a dozen dark-winged bodies in a constant circling course. From here and there in the valley flashes of fire leaped toward them, followed by sharp detonations. Kismine clapped her hands with pleasure, which a moment later, turned to dismay as the aeroplanes at some prearranged signal, began to release their bombs and the whole of the valley became a panorama of deep reverberate sound and lurid light.

Before long the aim of the attackers became concentrated upon the points where the anti-aircraft guns were situated, and one of them was almost immediately reduced to a giant cinder to lie smouldering in a park of rose bushes.

"Kismine," begged John (позвал Джон; to beg — просить, умолять ), "you'll be glad when I tell you (ты будешь рада услышать) that this attack came on the eve of my murder (что атака началась как раз перед тем, как меня собирались убить). If I hadn't heard that guard shoot off his gun back by the pass (если бы я не услышал, как тот часовой выстрелил из ружья там у перевала) I should now be stone dead (я был бы сейчас точно мертв: «совершенно мертв»…)—"

"I can't hear you!" cried Kismine, intent on the scene before her (я тебя не слышу! — прокричала Кисмин, целиком поглощенная происходящим). "You'll have to talk louder (говори громче)!"

"I simply said," shouted John (я просто = только сказал, — закричал Джон), "that we'd better get out before they begin to shell the Château (что нам лучше уходить отсюда, пока они не начали бомбить замок)!"

Suddenly the whole portico of the negro quarters cracked asunder (внезапно вся галерея с жилищами негров раскололась на части), a geyser of flame shot up from under the colonnades (столб пламени вырвался из-под колоннады), and great fragments of jagged marble were hurled as far as the borders of the lake (и огромные неровные куски мрамора швырнуло до самого озера; jagged — зубчатый, зазубренный; неровно оторванный; jag — острый выступ, зубец; to jag — делать зазубрины, вырезать зубцами; кромсать ).