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enliven [In`laIv(q)n] dismal [`dIzm(q)l] undisguised [,AndIs`gaIzd]

At first, when he got in, he determined to undress and go to bed again; but when he thought of the redressing and re-washing, and the having of another bath, he determined he would not, but would sit up and go to sleep in the easy-chair.

But he could not get to sleep: he never felt more wakeful in his life; so he lit the lamp and got out the chess-board, and played himself a game of chess. But even that did not enliven him: it seemed slow somehow; so he gave chess up and tried to read. He did not seem able to take any sort of interest in reading either, so he put on his coat again and went out for a walk.

It was horribly lonesome and dismal, and all the policemen he met regarded him with undisguised suspicion, and turned their lanterns on him and followed him about, and this had such an effect upon him at last that he began to feel as if he really had done something, and he got to slinking down the by-streets and hiding in dark doorways when he heard the regulation flip-flop approaching.

Of course, this conduct made the force only more distrustful of him than ever (конечно, это = такое поведение делало полицейских только еще подозрительнее /по отношению/ к нему; force — сила; the force — полиция), and they would come and rout him out and ask him what he was doing there (и они подходили, вылавливали его = задерживали его и спрашивали, что он тут делает; to rout out — искать, разыскивать; вытаскивать); and when he answered, "Nothing," he had merely come out for a stroll (а когда он отвечал, что ничего, что просто вышел прогуляться; stroll — прогулка) (it was then four o'clock in the morning) (было четыре часа утра), they looked as though they did not believe him (они выглядели так, словно не верят ему = явно не поверили ему), and two plain-clothes constables came home with him to see if he really did live where he had said he did (а двое констеблей в штатском отправились с ним домой, чтобы выяснить, действительно ли он живет там, где сказал). They saw him go in with his key (они увидели, что он входит со своим ключом = что у него есть ключ), and then they took up a position opposite and watched the house (и затем заняли позицию напротив и /стали/ наблюдать за домом).

He thought he would light the fire when he got inside (он решил зажечь камин, когда попал в дом), and make himself some breakfast, just to pass away the time (и приготовить себе завтрак, просто чтобы убить время; to pass away — исчезать, проходить; умирать); but he did not seem able to handle anything from a scuttleful of coals to a teaspoon without dropping it or falling over it (но, казалось, он не может взять в руки ничего, начиная от ведерка с углями и заканчивая чайной ложкой, чтобы не уронить или не опрокинуть это; to handle — брать руками, держать в руках; обращаться с; scuttle — металлическое ведерко или ящик для угля), and making such a noise that he was in mortal fear (и /при этом/ он производил такой шум, что смертельно боялся) that it would wake Mrs. G. up, and that she would think it was burglars and open the window and call "Police!" (что он разбудит миссис Г., она подумает, что это воры, откроет окно и крикнет: «Полиция!»; burglar — вор-взломщик, ночной грабитель) and then these two detectives would rush in and handcuff him (и эти два сыщика ворвутся в дом, наденут на него наручники; handcuff: hand — рука /кисть/; cuff — манжета; браслет), and march him off to the police-court (и отведут его в полицейский суд; police-court — полицейский суд /рассматривал дела о мелких преступлениях, существовал до 1949 г./).

rout [raut] police-court [pq`lJskLt]

Of course, this conduct made the force only more distrustful of him than ever, and they would come and rout him out and ask him what he was doing there; and when he answered, "Nothing," he had merely come out for a stroll (it was then four o'clock in the morning), they looked as though they did not believe him, and two plain-clothes constables came home with him to see if he really did live where he had said he did. They saw him go in with his key, and then they took up a position opposite and watched the house.

He thought he would light the fire when he got inside, and make himself some breakfast, just to pass away the time; but he did not seem able to handle anything from a scuttleful of coals to a teaspoon without dropping it or falling over it, and making such a noise that he was in mortal fear that it would wake Mrs. G. up, and that she would think it was burglars and open the window and call "Police!" and then these two detectives would rush in and handcuff him, and march him off to the police-court.

He was in a morbidly nervous state by this time (Джордж был в болезненно-нервном состоянии к этому времени), and he pictured the trial, and his trying to explain the circumstances to the jury (и он представлял суд, и как он пытается объяснить обстоятельства /дела/ присяжным), and nobody believing him, and his being sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude (и что никто не верит ему, и его приговаривают к двадцати годам каторжных работ; penal — уголовный, карательный; штрафной; servitude — рабство, неволя; каторга), and his mother dying of a broken heart (и его мать умирает от разбитого сердца; to break — ломаться, разбиваться). So he gave up trying to get breakfast (поэтому он бросил пытаться приготовить завтрак), and wrapped himself up in his overcoat and sat in the easy-chair (и завернулся в свое пальто, и просидел в мягком кресле) till Mrs. G. came down at half-past seven (пока миссис Г. не спустилась в полвосьмого).

He said he had never got up too early since that morning (он сказал, что никогда не вставал слишком рано после того утра): it had been such a warning to him (это было таким предупреждением ему = послужило ему хорошим уроком).

We had been sitting huddled up in our rugs while George had been telling me this true story (мы сидели, завернувшись в пледы, пока Джордж рассказывал мне эту правдивую историю; to huddle — сваливать в кучу; прижиматься, съеживаться; набрасывать одежду), and on his finishing it I set to work to wake up Harris with a scull (и когда он закончил ее, я принялся будить Гарриса веслом; to set to — браться за, приступать). The third prod did it (третий толчок разбудил его): and he turned over on the other side (и он повернулся на другой бок), and said he would be down in a minute (и сказал, что спустится сию минуту), and that he would have his lace-up boots (и что хотел бы получить свои штиблеты: «ботинки на шнурках»). We soon let him know where he was, however, by the aid of the hitcher (однако мы скоро дали ему знать = понять, где он находится, с помощью багра), and he sat up suddenly, sending Montmorency (и он сел прямо внезапно, отбрасывая Монморенси), who had been sleeping the sleep of the just right on the middle of his chest, sprawling across the boat (который спал сном праведника прямо на его груди, через всю лодку; to sprawl — растянуться, развалиться; раскидывать; to send one sprawling — сбивать кого-либо с ног).

penal [pJnl] sprawling [`sprLlIN]

He was in a morbidly nervous state by this time, and he pictured the trial, and his trying to explain the circumstances to the jury, and nobody believing him, and his being sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude, and his mother dying of a broken heart. So he gave up trying to get breakfast, and wrapped himself up in his overcoat and sat in the easy-chair till Mrs. G. came down at half-past seven.

He said he had never got up too early since that morning: it had been such a warning to him.

We had been sitting huddled up in our rugs while George had been telling me this true story, and on his finishing it I set to work to wake up Harris with a scull. The third prod did it: and he turned over on the other side, and said he would be down in a minute, and that he would have his lace-up boots. We soon let him know where he was, however, by the aid of the hitcher, and he sat up suddenly, sending Montmorency, who had been sleeping the sleep of the just right on the middle of his chest, sprawling across the boat.

Then we pulled up the canvas (потом мы подняли парусину/брезент), and all four of us poked our heads out over the off-side (и все четверо высунули головы за правый борт), and looked down at the water and shivered (и посмотрели на воду, и вздрогнули). The idea, overnight, had been that we should get up early in the morning (мысль, /бывшая у нас/ накануне вечером, состояла в том, чтобы нам подняться рано утром), fling off our rugs and shawls (сбросить пледы и платки/шали = одеяла), and, throwing back the canvas, spring into the river with a joyous shout (и, откидывая парусину, броситься в воду с радостным криком), and revel in a long delicious swim (и наслаждаться долгим восхитительным плаванием). Somehow, now the morning had come, the notion seemed less tempting (почему-то теперь, /когда/ наступило утро, эта идея представлялась менее заманчивой; tempting — заманчивый, привлекательный, соблазнительный; to tempt — соблазнять). The water looked damp and chilly (вода казалась сырой и прохладной): the wind felt cold (ветер был: «ощущался» холодным).

"Well, who's going to be first in (ну, кто собирается прыгнуть первым)?" said Harris at last.

There was no rush for precedence (стремления к первенству не было = никто не хотел быть первым). George settled the matter so far as he was concerned by retiring into the boat and pulling on his socks (что касается Джорджа, он решил этот вопрос, удалившись в лодку и натянув носки). Montmorency gave vent to an involuntary howl (Монморенси дал выход невольному завыванию = невольно взвыл; vent — отдушина), as if merely thinking of the thing had given him the horrors (будто одна только мысль об этой вещи /о купании/ внушила ему ужас/отвращение); and Harris said it would be so difficult to get into the boat again (а Гаррис сказал, что будет очень трудно снова влезть в лодку), and went back and sorted out his trousers (и вернулся, и занялся своими брюками; to sort out — распределять по сортам, разбирать).

delicious [dI`lISqs] precedence [`presId(q)ns]

Then we pulled up the canvas, and all four of us poked our heads out over the off-side, and looked down at the water and shivered. The idea, overnight, had been that we should get up early in the morning, fling off our rugs and shawls, and, throwing back the canvas, spring into the river with a joyous shout, and revel in a long delicious swim. Somehow, now the morning had come, the notion seemed less tempting. The water looked damp and chilly: the wind felt cold.

"Well, who's going to be first in?" said Harris at last.

There was no rush for precedence. George settled the matter so far as he was concerned by retiring into the boat and pulling on his socks. Montmorency gave vent to an involuntary howl, as if merely thinking of the thing had given him the horrors; and Harris said it would be so difficult to get into the boat again, and went back and sorted out his trousers.

I did not altogether like to give in, though I did not relish the plunge (мне не совсем хотелось сдаваться, хотя я не был в восторге от погружения; to relish — получать удовольствие, наслаждаться; любить). There might be snags about, or weeds, I thought (я подумал, там могут быть коряги или водоросли). I meant to compromise matters by going down to the edge and just throwing the water over myself (я решил пойти на компромисс — спуститься к кромке /воды/ и просто вылить на себя воды = облиться; to mean; to throw — бросать, кидать); so I took a towel and crept out on the bank (так что я взял полотенце и вылез на берег) and wormed my way along on to the branch of a tree that dipped down into the water (и пробрался к ветке дерева, которая погружалась в воду; to worm — ползти, продираться, проникать).

It was bitterly cold (было очень холодно; bitterly — горько, мучительно; резко, сильно). The wind cut like a knife (ветер резал, словно нож). I thought I would not throw the water over myself after all (я решил, что, все-таки, не буду обливаться). I would go back into the boat and dress (вернусь в лодку и оденусь); and I turned to do so (и я повернулся, чтобы сделать это); and, as I turned, the silly branch gave way (и, когда я повернулся, глупая ветка подломилась; to give way — отступать; поддаться), and I and the towel went in together with a tremendous splash (и я с полотенцем упал в воду с громким плеском; tremendous — страшный, жуткий; огромный, потрясающий), and I was out mid-stream with a gallon of Thames water inside me before I knew what had happened (и я был в середине реки с галлоном воды Темзы внутри меня = в желудке, прежде чем понял, что произошло).

"By Jove (вот тебе на/Боже милостивый)! old J.'s gone in (старина Джей /все-таки/ вошел в воду)," I heard Harris say, as I came blowing to the surface (услышал я, как сказал Гаррис, когда всплыл, отдуваясь, на поверхность; to blow — дуть; пыхтеть, тяжело дышать). "I didn't think he'd have the pluck to do it (я не думал, что у него хватит храбрости сделать это; pluck — дерганье, рывок; смелость, отвага). Did you (а ты)?"

knife [naïf] tremendous [trI`mendqs]

I did not altogether like to give in, though I did not relish the plunge. There might be snags about, or weeds, I thought. I meant to compromise matters by going down to the edge and just throwing the water over myself; so I took a towel and crept out on the bank and wormed my way along on to the branch of a tree that dipped down into the water.

It was bitterly cold. The wind cut like a knife. I thought I would not throw the water over myself after all. I would go back into the boat and dress; and I turned to do so; and, as I turned, the silly branch gave way, and I and the towel went in together with a tremendous splash, and I was out mid-stream with a gallon of Thames water inside me before I knew what had happened.

"By Jove! old J.'s gone in," I heard Harris say, as I came blowing to the surface. "I didn't think he'd have the pluck to do it. Did you?"

"Is it all right (ну как, хорошо)?" sung out George (крикнул Джордж; to sing out).

"Lovely (чудесно)," I spluttered back (ответил я, отплевываясь; to splutter — говорить быстро и бессвязно, лопотать; фыркать, шипеть). "You are duffers not to come in (вы глупцы, что не пошли /в воду/). I wouldn't have missed this for worlds (я бы ни за что на свете не пропустил этого = не отказался от этого). Why won't you try it (почему бы вам не попробовать)? It only wants a little determination (для этого лишь нужно немного решительности)."

But I could not persuade them (но я не смог их убедить).

Rather an amusing thing happened while dressing that morning (довольно забавная история случилась, когда я одевался в то утро). I was very cold when I got back into the boat (мне было очень холодно, когда я залез обратно в лодку), and, in my hurry to get my shirt on, I accidentally jerked it into the water (и, торопясь надеть рубашку, я случайно уронил ее в воду). It made me awfully wild, especially as George burst out laughing (это ужасно разозлило меня, особенно когда Джордж залился смехом). I could not see anything to laugh at, and I told George so (я не видел ничего смешного: «чтобы смеяться над», и сказал об этом Джорджу), and he only laughed the more (а он только еще больше засмеялся). I never saw a man laugh so much (никогда не видел, чтобы кто-нибудь так /много/ смеялся). I quite lost my temper with him at last (наконец, я совсем рассердился на него/вышел из себя), and I pointed out to him what a drivelling maniac of an imbecile idiot he was (и высказал ему, какой он сумасшедший болван и слабоумный идиот; to point out — указывать, обращать внимание; drivelling idiot — круглый дурак; imbecile — слабоумный; идиот, болван, тупица); but he only roared the louder (но он лишь громче захохотал). And then, just as I was landing the shirt (а затем, как раз когда я вытаскивал рубашку), I noticed that it was not my shirt at all, but George's (я заметил, что это вовсе не моя рубашка, а Джорджа), which I had mistaken for mine (которую я по ошибке принял за свою; to mistake); whereupon the humour of the thing struck me for the first time, and I began to laugh (после чего комизм этой ситуации поразил меня = дошел до меня, наконец, и /уже/ я начал смеяться; for the first time — впервые; to begin). And the more I looked from George's wet shirt to George, roaring with laughter (и чем больше я смотрел то на мокрую рубашку Джорджа, то на самого Джорджа, покатывающегося со смеху), the more I was amused, and I laughed so much that I had to let the shirt fall back into the water again (тем больше я веселился, и я так засмеялся, что мне пришлось позволить рубашке снова упасть в воду = я снова уронил рубашку в воду).

laughing [`lRfIN] drivelling [`drIvlIN] imbecile [`ImbqsJl]

"Is it all right?" sung out George.

"Lovely," I spluttered back. "You are duffers not to come in. I wouldn't have missed this for worlds. Why won't you try it? It only wants a little determination."

But I could not persuade them.

Rather an amusing thing happened while dressing that morning. I was very cold when I got back into the boat, and, in my hurry to get my shirt on, I accidentally jerked it into the water. It made me awfully wild, especially as George burst out laughing. I could not see anything to laugh at, and I told George so, and he only laughed the more. I never saw a man laugh so much. I quite lost my temper with him at last, and I pointed out to him what a drivelling maniac of an imbecile idiot he was; but he only roared the louder. And then, just as I was landing the shirt, I noticed that it was not my shirt at all, but George's, which I had mistaken for mine; whereupon the humour of the thing struck me for the first time, and I began to laugh. And the more I looked from George's wet shirt to George, roaring with laughter, the more I was amused, and I laughed so much that I had to let the shirt fall back into the water again.

"Ar'n't you — you — going to get it out (ты не собираешься вытаскивать ее; ar'n't = aren`t)?" said George, between his shrieks (сказал Джордж между /приступами/ смеха).

I could not answer him at all for a while, I was laughing so (я вообще не мог ответить ему некоторое время), but, at last, between my peals I managed to jerk out (но, наконец, в паузах между моими приступами смеха, мне удалось выпалить; peal — звон колоколов; раскат /грома/; взрыв /смеха/):

"It isn't my shirt — it's yours (это не моя рубашка — это твоя)!"

I never saw a man's face change from lively to severe so suddenly in all my life before (никогда прежде за всю свою жизнь я не видел, чтобы лицо человека изменилось из веселого на суровое так внезапно).

"What!" he yelled, springing up (вскрикнул он, вскакивая /на ноги/). "You silly cuckoo (глупый ты разиня)! Why can't you be more careful what you're doing (почему ты не можешь быть внимательнее к тому, что делаешь)? Why the deuce don't you go and dress on the bank (почему, черт возьми, ты не идешь и не одеваешься на берегу)? You're not fit to be in a boat, you're not (тебе не место в лодке; fit — подходящий, пригодный). Gimme the hitcher (дай сюда багор; gimme = give me)."

"Ar'n't you — you — going to get it out?" said George, between his shrieks.

I could not answer him at all for a while, I was laughing so, but, at last, between my peals I managed to jerk out:

"It isn't my shirt — it's yours!"

I never saw a man's face change from lively to severe so suddenly in all my life before.

"What!" he yelled, springing up. "You silly cuckoo! Why can't you be more careful what you're doing? Why the deuce don't you go and dress on the bank? You're not fit to be in a boat, you're not. Gimme the hitcher."

I tried to make him see the fun of the thing, but he could not (я попытался объяснить ему забавность/юмор этого = как это смешно, но он не смог /понять/). George is very dense at seeing a joke sometimes (Джордж очень плохо понимает шутку иногда; dense — плотный, густой; тупой).

Harris proposed that we should have scrambled eggs for breakfast (Гаррис предложил яичницу-болтунью на завтрак). He said he would cook them (он сказал, что приготовит ее). It seemed, from his account, that he was very good at doing scrambled eggs (получалось, по его словам, что у него очень хорошо получается делать яичницу-болтунью; account — счет, расчет; доклад, сообщение). He often did them at picnics and when out on yachts (он часто делал ее на пикниках и во время /прогулок/ на яхтах). He was quite famous for them (он весьма славился ею; famous — знаменитый, известный). People who had once tasted his scrambled eggs (люди, которые однажды попробовали его яичницу-болтунью), so we gathered from his conversation (как мы поняли из его речи; to gather — собирать/ся/, накоплять; делать умозаключение; conversation — разговор, беседа; речевое общение), never cared for any other food afterwards (никогда после этого не питали интереса ни к какой другой еде), but pined away and died when they could not get them (а чахнули и умирали, если не могли получить ее).

It made our mouths water to hear him talk about the things (от его разговора об этих вещах у нас слюнки потекли; to water — мочить, орошать; поить; выделять воду), and we handed him out the stove and the frying-pan (и мы выдали ему спиртовку и сковородку) and all the eggs that had not smashed and gone over everything in the hamper, and begged him to begin (и все яйца, которые не разбились и не залили все в корзине, и попросили его начать).

yacht [jOt] account [q`kaunt]

I tried to make him see the fun of the thing, but he could not. George is very dense at seeing a joke sometimes.

Harris proposed that we should have scrambled eggs for breakfast. He said he would cook them. It seemed, from his account, that he was very good at doing scrambled eggs. He often did them at picnics and when out on yachts. He was quite famous for them. People who had once tasted his scrambled eggs, so we gathered from his conversation, never cared for any other food afterwards, but pined away and died when they could not get them.

It made our mouths water to hear him talk about the things, and we handed him out the stove and the frying-pan and all the eggs that had not smashed and gone over everything in the hamper, and begged him to begin.

He had some trouble in breaking the eggs (у него были некоторые хлопоты с разбиванием яиц) — or rather not so much trouble in breaking them exactly as in getting them into the frying-pan when broken (или, вернее, не столько трудности с их разбиванием, сколько с тем, чтобы вылить их разбитые на сковороду), and keeping them off his trousers (и не попасть ими на штаны: «удерживать их вне штанов»), and preventing them from running up his sleeve (и не допустить попадания на рукав); but he fixed some half-a-dozen into the pan at last (но он выпустил около полудюжины яиц на сковороду, наконец), and then squatted down by the side of the stove and chivied them about with a fork (а потом сел на корточки около спиртовки и раздавил их вилкой).

It seemed harassing work, so far as George and I could judge (это казалось изнурительной работой, насколько мы с Джорджем могли судить). Whenever he went near the pan he burned himself (всякий раз, когда он подходил к сковороде, он обжигался), and then he would drop everything and dance round the stove (и тогда он ронял все и танцевал вокруг спиртовки), flicking his fingers about and cursing the things (щелкая пальцами и проклиная яйца; to flick — хлестнуть, щелкнуть, стегнуть). Indeed, every time George and I looked round at him he was sure to be performing this feat (в самом деле, каждый раз, /когда/ мы с Джорджем оглядывались на него, он неизменно исполнял этот трюк). We thought at first that it was a necessary part of the culinary arrangements (мы подумали сначала, что это необходимая часть кулинарных приготовлений).

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He had some trouble in breaking the eggs — or rather not so much trouble in breaking them exactly as in getting them into the frying-pan when broken, and keeping them off his trousers, and preventing them from running up his sleeve; but he fixed some half-a-dozen into the pan at last, and then squatted down by the side of the stove and chivied them about with a fork.

It seemed harassing work, so far as George and I could judge. Whenever he went near the pan he burned himself, and then he would drop everything and dance round the stove, flicking his fingers about and cursing the things. Indeed, every time George and I looked round at him he was sure to be performing this feat. We thought at first that it was a necessary part of the culinary arrangements.

We did not know what scrambled eggs were (мы не знали, что такое яичница-болтунья), and we fancied that it must be some Red Indian or Sandwich Islands sort of dish (и полагали, что это, должно быть, какое-то блюдо краснокожих индейцев или /жителей/ Сандвичевых островов) that required dances and incantations for its proper cooking (которое требовало танцев и заклинаний для правильного приготовления). Montmorency went and put his nose over it once (Монморенси один раз подошел и сунул свой нос в сковороду), and the fat spluttered up and scalded him, and then he began dancing and cursing (и жир брызнул и ошпарил его, и тогда он /тоже/ начал плясать и ругаться). Altogether it was one of the most interesting and exciting operations I have ever witnessed (в общем, это было одно из самых интересных и захватывающих действий, что я когда-либо видел). George and I were both quite sorry when it was over (мы с Джорджем оба были весьма огорчены, когда оно закончилось).

The result was not altogether the success that Harris had anticipated (результат отнюдь не был тем успехом, которого ожидал Гаррис; to anticipate — ожидать, предвидеть; предвкушать). There seemed so little to show for the business (было так мало, чтобы показать для дела = смотреть было особо не на что). Six eggs had gone into the frying-pan (шесть яиц вылили на сковороду), and all that came out was a teaspoonful of burnt and unappetizing looking mess (а все, что получилось — чайная ложка горелой и неаппетитно выглядящей бурды; mess — похлебка, месиво, варево).

Harris said it was the fault of the frying-pan (Гаррис сказал, что это вина сковороды), and thought it would have gone better if we had had a fish-kettle and a gas-stove (думает, было бы лучше, если бы у нас были котелок для варки рыбы и газовая плита); and we decided not to attempt the dish again until we had those aids to housekeeping by us (и мы решили не пытаться готовить это блюдо снова, пока у нас не будет этих вспомогательных средств = принадлежностей для домашнего хозяйства).

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We did not know what scrambled eggs were, and we fancied that it must be some Red Indian or Sandwich Islands sort of dish that required dances and incantations for its proper cooking. Montmorency went and put his nose over it once, and the fat spluttered up and scalded him, and then he began dancing and cursing. Altogether it was one of the most interesting and exciting operations I have ever witnessed. George and I were both quite sorry when it was over.

The result was not altogether the success that Harris had anticipated. There seemed so little to show for the business. Six eggs had gone into the frying-pan, and all that came out was a teaspoonful of burnt and unappetizing looking mess.

Harris said it was the fault of the frying-pan, and thought it would have gone better if we had had a fish-kettle and a gas-stove; and we decided not to attempt the dish again until we had those aids to housekeeping by us.

The sun had got more powerful by the time we had finished breakfast (солнце стало сильнее = стало припекать к тому времени, когда мы закончили завтрак/ать/; powerful — крепкий, мощный, могучий), and the wind had dropped, and it was as lovely a morning as one could desire (ветер стих, и утро было таким очаровательным, какое /только/ можно желать). Little was in sight to remind us of the nineteenth century (мало что в поле зрения напоминало нам о девятнадцатом веке); and, as we looked out upon the river in the morning sunlight (и, выглядывая /из-под брезента/ на реку в утреннем солнечном свете), we could almost fancy that the centuries between us and that ever-to-be-famous June morning of 1215 had been drawn aside (мы почти могли вообразить, что века между нами и тем незабываемым июньским утром 1215 года отошли в сторону; to draw aside), and that we, English yeomen's sons in homespun cloth, with dirk at belt (и что мы, сыновья английских йоменов в /одежде/ из домотканой материи, с кинжалом за поясом; yeomen — йомены /свободные крестьяне в Англии 14-18 веков, которые вели самостоятельное хозяйство на земле, являвшейся их наследственным наделом/), were waiting there to witness the writing of that stupendous page of history (ждем здесь, чтобы увидеть, как пишется эта чрезвычайно важная страница истории), the meaning whereof was to be translated to the common people some four hundred and odd years later (значение которой должен был объяснить простым людям четыре с лишним столетия спустя) by one Oliver Cromwell, who had deeply studied it (Оливер Кромвель, который глубоко/основательно изучил ее).

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