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I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.
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- 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.
- Who's the best shot?' asked the captain.
- But it was plain that they meant nothing should delay their shot. They had never so much as looked at their fallen comrade, though he was not dead, and I could see him trying to crawl away.
- After reloading, we walked down the outside of the palisade to see the fallen enemy. He was stone dead — shot through the heart.
- The squire dropped down beside him on his knees and kissed his hand, crying like a child.
- 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.
1. 'Ay, but you see (да, но видишь ли),' returned Ben Gunn (ответил Бен Ганн), 'I didn't mean giving me a gate to keep, and a suit of livery clothes, and such (я не имел в виду /чтобы мне/ дали ворота, чтобы присматривать = мне не нужно место привратника, или лакейская ливрея и тому подобное; suit — костюм, комплект); that's not my mark, Jim (не это моя цель; mark — метка, знак; ориентир, цель). What I mean is, would he be likely to come down to the toon of, say, one thousand pounds out of money that's as good as a man's own already (я имею в виду, не согласится ли он дать мне, скажем, /хотя бы/ одну тысячу фунтов из тех денег, которые и без того мои; to come down to — снизойти, дойти)?'
2. 'I am sure he would (я уверен, что согласился бы),' said I. 'As it was, all hands were to share (все матросы должны были получить долю; as it is — итак, фактически; to share — разделить, иметь долю).'
3. ' And a passage home (и /он отвезет меня/ домой; passage — проезд, рейс, путь?' he added, with a look of great shrewdness (добавил он со взглядом сильной проницательности = глядя испытующим взором; shrewd — пронизывающий, сильный, жестокий /о ветре, погоде/; проницательный, прозорливый).
4. 'Why (ну да!),' I cried, 'the squire's a gentleman (сквайр — /настоящий/ джентльмен). And, besides, if we got rid of the others (и, кроме того, если бы мы избавились от остальных = от пиратов), we should want you to help work the vessel home (мы бы нуждались в вас = вы нам поможете довести судно до дома; to work — работать, управлять, направлять движение).'
livery [`lIvqrI] shrewdness [`SrHdnIs] vessel [`vesl]
1. 'Ay, but you see,' returned Ben Gunn, 'I didn't mean giving me a gate to keep, and a suit of livery clothes, and such; that's not my mark, Jim. What I mean is, would he be likely to come down to the toon of, say one thousand pounds out of money that's as good as a man's own already?'
2. 'I am sure he would,' said I. 'As it was, all hands were to share.'
3. ' And a passage home?' he added, with a look of great shrewdness.
4. 'Why,' I cried, 'the squire's a gentleman. And, besides, if we got rid of the others, we should want you to help work the vessel home.'
1. 'Ah,' said he, 'so you would (значит, вы /и вправду/ возьмете меня).' And he seemed very much relieved (и он, казалось, весьма успокоился; to relieve — облегчить, успокоить).
2. 'Now, I'll tell you what (а теперь вот что я тебе скажу),' he went on (продолжал он). 'So much I'll tell you, and no more (вот что я расскажу тебе, и больше ничего). I were in Flint's ship when he buried the treasure (я был на корабле Флинта, когда он зарыл сокровища); he and six along-six strong seamen (он и шесть здоровенных: «около шести /футов роста/» моряков). They were ashore nigh on a week (они были на берегу почти с неделю), and us standing off and on in the old Walrus (а мы дрейфовали у берега на старом Морже; to stand off — держаться на расстоянии; to stand off and on — ходить переменным курсом от берега к берегу). One fine day up went the signal (в один прекрасный день раздался сигнал = выстрел; to go up — подниматься, раздаваться), and here come Flint by himself in a little boat (и приплыл Флинт один, в маленькой лодке), and his head done up in a blue scarf (а его голова повязана синим платком). The sun was getting up (солнце всходило), and mortal white he looked about the cut-water (и мертвенно бледным он выглядел, /стоя/ на водорезе). But, there he was, you mind, and the six all dead (но он там был /один/, заметь, а все шестеро — мертвы) — dead and buried (мертвы: «убиты и похоронены»). How he done it, not a man aboard us could make out (как он это сделал, никто из нас на борту не мог понять). It was battle, murder, and sudden death (/была ли там/ драка, убийство, или внезапная смерть), leastways — him — ainst six (по крайней мере, он — /один/ против шестерых; ainst = against). Billy Bones was the mate (Билли Бонс был помощником капитана); Long John, he was quartermaster (Долговязый Джон был квартирмейстером) and they asked him where the treasure was (и они спросили его, где сокровища). "Ah,'' say he, "you can go ashore, if you like, and stay (вы можете ступать на берег, если хотите, и остаться),'' he says "but as for the ship, she'll beat up for more, by thunder (но что до корабля, то он пойдет против ветра за бóльшим = не станет вас ждать, /клянусь/ громом; to beat up — /мор./ продвигаться против ветра, против течения)!'' That's what he said (вот что он сказал).
walrus [`wLlrqs] scarf [skRf] treasure [`treZq] thunder [`TAndq]
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