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Stand by to go about,' the parrot would scream.
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- But what is the black spot, Captain?' I asked.
- Once, for instance, to our extreme wonder, he piped up to a different air, a kind of country love-song, that he must have learned in his youth before he had begun to follow the sea.
- And he gave it, as he spoke, a wrench that made me cry out.
- We both obeyed him to the letter, and I saw him pass something from the hollow of the hand that held his stick into the palm of the captain's, which closed upon it instantly.
- I LOST no time, of course, in telling my mother all that I knew, and perhaps should have told her long before, and we saw ourselves at once in a difficult and dangerous position.
- Give me the key,' said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.
- I'll take what I have,' she said, jumping to her feet.
- Here, you below there, is it on Bill?' cried the blind man again.
- These, in their turn, cursed back at the blind miscreant, threatened him in horrid terms, and tried in vain to catch the stick and wrest it from his grasp.
- Just then the noise of horses topped the rise, and four or five riders came in sight in the moonlight, and swept at full gallop down the slope.
- I thought, perhaps, Dr Livesey — — ' I began.
- Mr. Dance told me to jump down and knock, and Dogger gave me a stirrup to descend by. The door was opened almost at once by the maid.
- At last Mr. Dance finished the story.
- And now, squire,' said the doctor.
- That was all; but brief as it was, and, to me, incomprehensible, it filled the squire and Dr. Livesey with delight.
- Dear Livesey, — as I do not know whether you are at the Hall or still in London, I send this in double to both places.
- At that I gave up all attempt at commentary, and read straight on: —
- Long John even got rid of two out of the six or seven had already engaged. He showed me in a moment that they were just the sort of fresh-water swabs we had to fear in an adventure of importance.
- P.P.S. — Hawkins may stay one night with his mother.
- And then, as Morgan rolled back to his seat, Silver added to me in a confidential whisper, that was very flattering, as I thought: —
- This last was a sharp-looking man, who seemed angry with everything on board, and was soon to tell us why, for we had hardly got down into the cabin when a sailor followed us.
- Livesey, that must have been you or Hawkins,' cried the squire.
- And with that he took his leave.
- The old one,' cried another.
- Yet some of the men who had sailed with him before expressed their pity to see him so reduced.
- Stand by to go about,' the parrot would scream.
- The squire, at this, would turn away and march up and down the deck, chin in air.
- Well, it aint much use, after all,' said the young seaman.
- Dick's square,' said Silver.
- Why, we're all seamen aboard here, I should think,' said the lad Dick.
- Terrified as I was, I could not help thinking to myself that this must have been how Mr. Arrow got the strong waters that destroyed him.
- The anchorage is on the south, behind an islet, I fancy?' asked the captain.
- And clapping me in the friendliest way upon the shoulder he hobbled off forward and went below.
- The cheer followed — that was a matter of course; but it rang out so full and hearty, that I confess I could hardly believe these same men were plotting for our blood.
- As upon myself,' declared the squire.
- I thought this was a very bad sign; for, up to that day, the men had gone briskly and willingly about their business; but the very sight of the island had relaxed the cords of discipline.
- We held a council in the cabin.
- At last, however, the party was made up. Six fellows were to stay on board, and the remaining thirteen, including Silver, began to embark.
- I WAS so pleased at having given the slip to Long John, that I began to enjoy myself and look around me with some interest on the strange land that I was in.
- The sun beat full upon them. Silver had thrown his hat beside him on the ground, and his great, smooth, blond face all shining with heat, was lifted to the other man's in a kin' of appeal.
- And at this poor Tom flashed out like a hero.
- At that I once more stopped.
- I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.
- Ah,' said he, 'so you would.' And he seemed very much relieved.
- Another pause, and then, not a quarter of a mile in front of me, I beheld the Union Jack flutter in the air above a wood.
- I had not gone a hundred yards when I reached the stockade.
- By good fortune Hunter pulled a good oar. We made the water fly; and the boat was soon alongside, and I aboard the schooner.
- And the head popped back again; and we heard no more, for the time, of these six very faint-hearted seamen.
- The captain made us trim the boat, and we got her to lie a little more evenly. All the same, we were afraid to breathe.
- Look astern, doctor,' replied the captain.
Ah, she's a handsome craft, she is,' the cook would say, and give her sugar from his pocket, and then the bird would peck at the bars and swear straight on, passing belief for wickedness. 'There,' John would add, 'you can't touch pitch and not be mucked, lad. Here's this poor old innocent bird o' mine swearing blue fire, and none the wiser, you may lay to that. She would swear the same, in a manner of speaking, before chaplain.' And John would touch his forelock with a solemn way he had, that made me think he was the best of men.
In the meantime (между тем), the squire and Captain Smollett were still on pretty distant terms with one another (сквайр и капитан Смоллетт были все еще в довольно натянутых отношениях друг с другом). The squire made no bones about the matter; he despised the captain (сквайр не скрывал, что презирает капитана; to make no bones about something — не стесняясь, делать что-то; bone — кость). The captain, on his part, never spoke but when he was spoken to (капитан, в свою очередь, никогда не разговаривал /со сквайром/, кроме как когда /тот/ к нему обращался), and then sharp and short and dry, and not a word wasted (и тогда /отвечал/ резко, коротко, сухо, без лишних слов; to waste — тратить впустую). He owned, when driven into a corner (он признался, когда был прижат в угол), that he seemed to have been wrong about the crew (что, кажется, ошибся в отношении команды), that some of them were as brisk as he wanted to see (что некоторые из матросов были настолько проворными, как он и хотел видеть), and all had behaved fairly well (и все вели себя совершенно хорошо = работали образцово). As for the ship, he had taken a downright fancy to her (что касается корабля, то он просто влюбился в него; downright — прямой, откровенный, попросту; to take a fancy — полюбить, привязаться; fancy — иллюзия; каприз; склонность, вкус к чему-л., пристрастие). 'She'll lie a point nearer the wind than a man has a right to expect of his own married wife, sir (она лучше слушается руля: «лежит круче к ветру», чем жена слушается мужа: «чем мужчина имеет право ожидать /покорности/ от своей собственной жены»; point — точка, место; near the wind — круто к ветру; a point near the wind — положение круто к ветру — это значит, плыть почти против ветра, с очень малым углом между ветром и ее /шхуны/ курсом). But,' he would add (но, — добавлял он), 'all I say is we're not home again, and I don't like the cruise (все, что я говорю — мы не дома снова = мы еще не вернулись домой, и мне не нравится плавание).'
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In the meantime, the squire and Captain Smollett were still on pretty distant terms with one another. The squire made no bones about the matter; he despised the captain. The captain, on his part, never spoke but when he was spoken to, and then sharp and short and dry, and not a word wasted. He owned, when driven into a corner, that he seemed to have been wrong about the crew, that some of them were as brisk as he wanted to see, and all had behaved fairly well. As for the ship, he had taken a downright fancy to her. 'She'll lie a point nearer the wind than a man has a right to expect of his own married wife, sir. But,' he would add, 'all I say is we're not home again, and I don't like the cruise.'
1. The squire, at this, would turn away and march up and down the deck, chin in air (сквайр, при этих /словах/, отворачивался и шагал взад-вперед по палубе, /задрав/ подбородок кверху).
2. 'A trifle more of that man (еще один пустяк от этого человека = еще немного),' he would say, 'and I shall explode (и я взорвусь = выйду из терпения).'
3. We had some heavy weather (у нас была тяжелая погода = пришлось перенести бурю), which only proved the qualities of the Hispaniola (что только подтвердило достоинства Испаньолы). Every man on board seemed well content (каждый на борту казался вполне удовлетворенным), and they must have been hard to please if they had been otherwise (и им было бы, видимо, трудно угодить, если бы они были бы другими = недовольными; otherwise — иначе, иным способом; иным образом; по-другому; в противном случае); for it is my belief there was never a ship's company so spoiled since Noah put to sea (так как, по моему мнению, никогда не было такой избалованной корабельной команды, с тех пор как Ной вышел в море). Double grog was going on the least excuse (двойная /порция/ грога случалась = выдавалась /матросам/ при малейшем предлоге); there was duff on odd days (был пудинг /с ягодами/ по нечетным дням), as, for instance, if the squire heard it was any man's birthday (так же, например, если сквайр слышал, что у кого-то из матросов день рождения); and always a barrel of apples standing broached in the waist (и всегда бочка с яблоками стояла открытая на шкафуте; waist — талия, средняя часть; шкафут /средняя часть — от бака до шканцев — верхней палубы корабля/) for anyone to help himself that had a fancy (чтобы каждый угощался, кто захочет; fancy — прихоть, склонность).
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