Английский язык с Энтони Хоупом. Узник Зенды / Anthony Hope. The Prisoner Of Zenda - Энтони Хоуп

“If he’s red, he’s right!” whereat I laughed and took off my helmet (“если он рыжий, он прав!”, при этом я засмеялся и снял шлем) that she might see that I was of the right colour (чтобы она могла видеть, что я = мои волосы надлежащего цвета; right – правый, справедливый; надлежащий) and they cheered me again at that (и при этом меня снова /стали/ приветствовать).

Sapt laid his hand on my arm. I shook him off. The Marshal hesitated.

“Am I not understood?” said I; and, biting his moustache again, he gave the orders. I saw old Sapt smiling into his beard, but he shook his head at me. If I had been killed in open day in the streets of Strelsau, Sapt’s position would have been a difficult one.

Perhaps I ought to say that I was dressed all in white, except my boots. I wore a silver helmet with gilt ornaments, and the broad ribbon of the Rose looked well across my chest. I should be paying a poor compliment to the King if I did not set modesty aside and admit that I made a very fine figure. So the people thought; for when I, riding alone, entered the dingy, sparsely decorated, sombre streets of the Old Town, there was first a murmur, then a cheer, and a woman, from a window above a cookshop, cried the old local saying:

“If he’s red, he’s right!” whereat I laughed and took off my helmet that she might see that I was of the right colour and they cheered me again at that.

It was more interesting riding thus alone (так ехать одному было намного интереснее), for I heard the comments of the crowd (поскольку я слышал, о чем говорят в толпе; comment – комментарий; толки, пересуды).

“He looks paler than his wont,” said one (он выглядит бледнее, чем обычно; to wont – иметь обыкновение).

“You’d look pale if you lived as he does (ты бы выглядел бледным, если б жил, как живет он),” was the highly disrespectful retort (был = последовал весьма невежливый ответ; respect – уважение, почтение).

“He’s a bigger man than I thought,” said another (а он здоровее, чем я думал, – сказал другой; big – большой, крупный).

“So he had a good jaw under that beard after all,” commented a third (значит у него все-таки хорошие челюсти под этой бородой, – заметил третий; beard – борода; лицо /редко/; after all – в конце концов; все же; to comment – комментировать, объяснять; высказываться).

“The pictures of him aren’t handsome enough (а на портретах он не так: «недостаточно» красив),” declared a pretty girl, taking great care that I should hear (заявила хорошенькая девушка, очень стараясь, чтобы я /это/ услышал; to take care – заботиться). No doubt it was mere flattery (несомненно, это была просто лесть).

But, in spite of these signs of approval and interest (но несмотря на все эти знаки одобрения и интереса), the mass of the people received me in silence and with sullen looks (множество людей встречало меня молчанием и угрюмыми взглядами; mass – масса; множество, большое количество), and my dear brother’s portrait ornamented most of the windows (и лик моего дорогого братца украшал большинство окон; portrait – портрет; изображение) – which was an ironical sort of greeting to the King (что было насмешливой: «иронической» манерой приветствия короля; sort – род, сорт; образ /действия/, манера). I was quite glad that he had been spared the unpleasant sight (я был весьма рад, что он = король был избавлен от этого неприятного зрелища; to spare – беречь, сберегать; щадить, избавлять /от чего-л./). He was a man of quick temper (он был человеком горячим; quick temper – вспыльчивость, горячность; temper – нрав, характер), and perhaps he would not have taken it so placidly as I did (и, вероятно, не воспринял бы это столь спокойно, как я; placid – спокойный, мирный).

It was more interesting riding thus alone, for I heard the comments of the crowd.

“He looks paler than his wont,” said one.

“You’d look pale if you lived as he does,” was the highly disrespectful retort.

“He’s a bigger man than I thought,” said another.

“So he had a good jaw under that beard after all,” commented a third.

“The pictures of him aren’t handsome enough,” declared a pretty girl, taking great care that I should hear. No doubt it was mere flattery.

But, in spite of these signs of approval and interest, the mass of the people received me in silence and with sullen looks, and my dear brother’s portrait ornamented most of the windows – which was an ironical sort of greeting to the King. I was quite glad that he had been spared the unpleasant sight. He was a man of quick temper, and perhaps he would not have taken it so placidly as I did.

At last we were at the Cathedral (наконец, мы были у собора). Its great grey front, embellished with hundreds of statues (его огромный серый фасад, украшенный сотнями статуй) and boasting a pair of the finest oak doors in Europe (и являющийся обладателем красивейших в Европе дубовых дверей; to boast – хвастаться; гордиться, быть счастливым обладателем; a pair – пара), rose for the first time before me (впервые предстал передо мной; to rise – восходить; возвышаться), and the sudden sense of my audacity almost overcame me (и внезапное ощущение моей дерзости почти захлестнуло меня; to overcome – побороть, превозмочь; охватить, обуять /о чувстве/). Everything was in a mist as I dismounted (все было в тумане, когда я спешился). I saw the Marshal and Sapt dimly (я смутно видел маршала и Сэпта), and dimly the throng of gorgeously robed priests who awaited me (и смутно – множество облаченных в великолепные /ризы/ священников, ожидающих меня; throng – толпа, толчея; масса, множество). And my eyes were still dim as I walked up the great nave (и мои глаза еще плохо /различали предметы/, когда я проходил по огромному нефу; dim – тусклый, неясный; слабый /о зрении/), with the pealing of the organ in my ears (а в ушах гремел орган; to peal – греметь, трезвонить). I saw nothing of the brilliant throng that filled it (я не видел блестяще /разодетой/ толпы, наполнявшей его = собор), I hardly distinguished the stately figure of the Cardinal (я едва разглядел преисполненную достоинства фигуру кардинала) as he rose from the archiepiscopal throne to greet me (когда он поднялся с архиепископского трона, чтобы приветствовать меня; to rise). Two faces only stood out side by side clearly before my eyes (только два лица ясно стояли рядом перед моими глазами; to stand out – выделяться, выступать) – the face of a girl, pale and lovely, surmounted by a crown of the glorious Elphberg hair (лицо девушки, бледное и прекрасное, обрамленное венцом из восхитительных волос Эльфбергов) (for in a woman it is glorious (потому что у женщины они восхитительны)), and the face of a man, whose full-blooded red cheeks, black hair, and dark deep eyes told me (и лицо мужчины, чьи полнокровные красные щеки, черные волосы и глубоко посаженные темные глаза подсказали мне) that at last I was in presence of my brother, Black Michael (что, наконец-то, я нахожусь в присутствии своего брата, Черного Михаэля). And when he saw me his red cheeks went pale all in a moment (и когда он увидел меня, его красные щеки вмиг побледнели), and his helmet fell with a clatter on the floor (а его шлем с грохотом упал на пол; to fall). Till that moment I believe that he had not realized (до этой самой минуты, я полагаю, он не представлял себе; to believe – верить; думать, полагать) that the King was in very truth come to Strelsau (что король и в самом деле приехал в Стрелсо; in very truth – поистине).

At last we were at the Cathedral. Its great grey front, embellished with hundreds of statues and boasting a pair of the finest oak doors in Europe, rose for the first time before me, and the sudden sense of my audacity almost overcame me. Everything was in a mist as I dismounted. I saw the Marshal and Sapt dimly, and dimly the throng of gorgeously robed priests who awaited me. And my eyes were still dim as I walked up the great nave, with the pealing of the organ in my ears. I saw nothing of the brilliant throng that filled it, I hardly distinguished the stately figure of the Cardinal as he rose from the archiepiscopal throne to greet me. Two faces only stood out side by side clearly before my eyes – the face of a girl, pale and lovely, surmounted by a crown of the glorious Elphberg hair (for in a woman it is glorious), and the face of a man, whose full-blooded red cheeks, black hair, and dark deep eyes told me that at last I was in presence of my brother, Black Michael. And when he saw me his red cheeks went pale all in a moment, and his helmet fell with a clatter on the floor. Till that moment I believe that he had not realized that the King was in very truth come to Strelsau.

Of what followed next I remember nothing (о том, что последовало дальше, я ничего не помню). I knelt before the altar and the Cardinal anointed my head (я преклонил колени перед алтарем, и кардинал помазал мне голову миром; to kneel; knee – колено; to anoint – смазывать /рану/; миропомазывать). Then I rose to my feet, and stretched out my hand (потом я встал: «поднялся на ноги», протянул руку) and took from him the crown of Ruritania and set it on my head (взял у него корону Руритании, надел ее себе на голову), and I swore the old oath of the King (и поклялся древней клятвой Короля; to swear); and (if it were a sin, may it be forgiven me) (и (если это был грех, да будет он мне прощен)) I received the Holy Sacrament there before them all (я причастился там перед всеми ними; to receive the Holy Sacrament – приобщаться Святых Тайн). Then the great organ pealed out again (потом снова загремел огромный орган), the Marshal bade the heralds proclaim me (маршал приказал герольдам восславить меня; to proclaim – провозглашать; превозносить, воздавать хвалу; to bid – предлагать цену; приказывать), and Rudolf the Fifth was crowned King (и Рудольф Пятый стал коронованным королем); of which imposing ceremony an excellent picture hangs now in my dining-room (эта впечатляющая церемония /отображена/ на превосходной картине, которая висит теперь в моей столовой). The portrait of the King is very good (король на ней вышел очень удачно: «портрет короля очень хорош»).

Then the lady with the pale face and the glorious hair (и вот, дама с бледным лицом и прекрасными волосами), her train held by two pages (со шлейфом, поддерживаемым двумя пажами; train – поезд; шлейф, трен /платья/), stepped from her place and came to where I stood (сошла со своего места и подошла туда, где я стоял). And a herald cried (а герольд выкрикнул):

“Her Royal Highness the Princess Flavia (ее королевское высочество принцесса Флавия)!”

Of what followed next I remember nothing. I knelt before the altar and the Cardinal anointed my head. Then I rose to my feet, and stretched out my hand and took from him the crown of Ruritania and set it on my head, and I swore the old oath of the King; and (if it were a sin, may it be forgiven me) I received the Holy Sacrament there before them all. Then the great organ pealed out again, the Marshal bade the heralds proclaim me, and Rudolf the Fifth was crowned King; of which imposing ceremony an excellent picture hangs now in my dining-room. The portrait of the King is very good.

Then the lady with the pale face and the glorious hair, her train held by two pages, stepped from her place and came to where I stood. And a herald cried: