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weary ['wIqrI], stomach ['stAmqk], sign [saIn]

He shook his head that he did not understand the speech Ivan put at him, and made that he was very weary and sick, and wished only to sit down and rest, pointing the while to his stomach in sign of his sickness, and shivering fiercely. But Ivan had with him a man from Pastolik who talked the speech of Negore, and many and vain were the questions they asked him concerning his tribe, till the man from Pastolik, who was called Karduk, said:

"It is the word of Ivan that thou shalt be lashed (Иван обещает, что тебя будут пороть; word — слово; обещание) till thou diest if thou dost not speak (пока ты не умрешь, если ты не будешь говорить). And know, strange brother (и знай, незнакомый брат), when I tell thee the word of Ivan is the law (когда я говорю тебе, что слово Ивана — закон), that I am thy friend and no friend of Ivan (то я твой друг, а не друг Ивана). For I come not willingly from my country by the sea (ибо я пришел не по своей воле из моей страны у моря; willingly — охотно, с готовностью), and I desire greatly to live (и я очень хочу жить); wherefore I obey the will of my master (ради чего я повинуюсь воле моего хозяина) — as thou wilt obey, strange brother (как будешь повиноваться и ты, незнакомый брат), if thou art wise, and wouldst live (если ты благоразумен и хотел бы жить)."

"Nay, strange brother (нет, незнакомый брат)," Negore answered (ответил Негор), "I know not the way my people are gone (я не знаю дороги, по которой ушел мой народ), for I was sick (ибо я был болен), and they fled so fast my legs gave out from under me (а они убегали так быстро, что мои ноги подогнулись подо мной; to give out — иссякать, кончаться /о запасах, силах и т. п./), and I fell behind (и я отстал; to fall behind — отставать)."

law [lL], desire [dI'zaIq], obey [q'beI]

"It is the word of Ivan that thou shalt be lashed till thou diest if thou dost not speak. And know, strange brother, when I tell thee the word of Ivan is the law, that I am thy friend and no friend of Ivan. For I come not willingly from my country by the sea, and I desire greatly to live; wherefore I obey the will of my master — as thou wilt obey, strange brother, if thou art wise, and wouldst live."

"Nay, strange brother," Negore answered, "I know not the way my people are gone, for I was sick, and they fled so fast my legs gave out from under me, and I fell behind."

Negore waited while Karduk talked with Ivan (Негор ждал, пока Кардук говорил с Иваном). Then Negore saw the Russian's face go dark (потом Негор увидел, как потемнело лицо русского), and he saw the men step to either side of him (и увидел солдат, которые шагнули по обе стороны его), snapping the lashes of their whips (щелкая ремнями своих кнутов). Whereupon he betrayed a great fright (после чего он показал сильный страх; to betray — выдавать, открывать), and cried aloud (и громко закричал) that he was a sick man and knew nothing (что он больной человек и ничего не знает), but would tell what he knew (но расскажет, что знает). And to such purpose did he tell (и он договорился до того /результата/), that Ivan gave the word to his men to march (что Иван отдал приказ солдатам выступать в походном порядке), and on either side of Negore marched the men with the whips (а по обе стороны Негора шли солдаты с кнутами), that he might not run away (чтобы он не убежал). And when he made that he was weak of his sickness (а когда он показывал знаками, что он ослабел от болезни), and stumbled and walked not so fast as they walked (и спотыкался, и шел не так быстро, как /шли/ они), they laid their lashes upon him (они секли его) till he screamed with pain and discovered new strength (пока он не визжал от боли и не обнаруживал новые силы). And when Karduk told him all would be well with him (и когда Кардук сказал ему, что с ним все будет хорошо) when they had overtaken his tribe (когда они догонят его племя; to overtake — нагнать, догнать), he asked (он спросил), "And then may I rest and move not (а тогда можно мне будет отдохнуть и не двигаться)?"

fright [fraIt], purpose ['pWpqs], move [mHv]

Negore waited while Karduk talked with Ivan. Then Negore saw the Russian's face go dark, and he saw the men step to either side of him, snapping the lashes of their whips. Whereupon he betrayed a great fright, and cried aloud that he was a sick man and knew nothing, but would tell what he knew. And to such purpose did he tell, that Ivan gave the word to his men to march, and on either side of Negore marched the men with the whips, that he might not run away. And when he made that he was weak of his sickness, and stumbled and walked not so fast as they walked, they laid their lashes upon him till he screamed with pain and discovered new strength. And when Karduk told him all would be well with him when they had overtaken his tribe, he asked, "And then may I rest and move not?"

Continually he asked (он непрерывно спрашивал), "And then may I rest and move not (а тогда можно мне будет отдохнуть и не двигаться)?"

And while he appeared very sick and looked about him with dull eyes (и пока он выглядел очень больным и смотрел вокруг унылыми глазами; to appear — выглядеть, иметь вид; dull — глупый; унылый), he noted the fighting strength of Ivan's men (он обратил внимание на бойцовскую силу солдат Ивана; to note — замечать, обращать внимание), and noted with satisfaction that Ivan did not recognize him as the man he had beaten before the gates of the fort (и заметил с удовольствием, что Иван не признал в нем человека, которого он бил перед воротами форта). It was a strange following his dull eyes saw (это было странное сборище, которое увидел его понурый взгляд; following — последователи, приверженцы; сторонники; поклонники). There were Slavonian hunters, fair-skinned and mighty-muscled (там были славяне-охотники, светлокожие и с мощной мускулатурой); short, squat Finns, with flat noses and round faces (низкорослые, приземистые и коренастые финны с плоскими носами и круглыми лицами; squat — сидящий на корточках; приземистый и коренастый); Siberian half-breeds, whose noses were more like eagle-beaks (сибирские метисы, носы которых были больше похожи на орлиные клювы); and lean, slant-eyed men (и худощавые, узкоглазые люди), who bore in their veins the Mongol and Tartar blood as well as the blood of the Slav (которые несли в своих венах монголо-татарскую кровь, а также кровь славян).

mighty ['maItI], squat [skwOt], blood [blAd]

Continually he asked, "And then may I rest and move not?"

And while he appeared very sick and looked about him with dull eyes, he noted the fighting strength of Ivan's men, and noted with satisfaction that Ivan did not recognize him as the man he had beaten before the gates of the fort. It was a strange following his dull eyes saw. There were Slavonian hunters, fair-skinned and mighty-muscled; short, squat Finns, with flat noses and round faces; Siberian half-breeds, whose noses were more like eagle-beaks; and lean, slant-eyed men, who bore in their veins the Mongol and Tartar blood as well as the blood of the Slav.

Wild adventurers they were, forayers and destroyers from the far lands beyond the Sea of Bering (они = это были дикие искатели приключений, мародеры и разрушители из далеких земель за Беринговым морем), who blasted the new and unknown world with fire and sword (которые уничтожали новый и неизведанный мир огнем и мечом; to blast — взрывать/ся/; поражать) and clutched greedily for its wealth of fur and hide (и жадно хватались за его богатство из мехов и шкур). Negore looked upon them with satisfaction (Негор с удовлетворением посмотрел на них), and in his mind's eye he saw them crushed and lifeless at the passage up the rocks (и мысленным взглядом он увидел их сокрушенных и безжизненных у прохода в скалах; mind's eye — духовное око, мысленный взгляд; to crush — давить, дробить, толочь; сокрушить, уничтожить). And ever he saw (и он все время видел), waiting for him at the passage up the rocks, the face and the form of Oona (лицо и фигуру Уны, ждущей его у прохода в скалах), and ever he heard her voice in his ears (и все время он слышал в ушах ее голос) and felt the soft, warm glow of her eyes (и ощущал нежный, теплый блеск ее глаз; glow — свет; блеск). But never did he forget to shiver (но никогда он не забывал трястись), nor to stumble where the footing was rough (ни спотыкаться там, где дорога была ухабистой; footing — грунт; опора для ноги), nor to cry aloud at the bite of the lash (ни громко кричать при ударе плети; bite — укус; врезание; to bite — кусать/ся/; жалить; колоть, рубить /любым холодным оружием/). Also, he was afraid of Karduk (к тому же он боялся Кардука), for he knew him for no true man (ибо он знал его как неискреннего человека). His was a false eye (у него был притворный взгляд), and an easy tongue (и беспечная манера говорить) — a tongue too easy (слишком беспечная манера), he judged (счел он), for the awkwardness of honest speech (для затруднительности = затруднительного честного разговора).

foray ['fOreI], sword [sLd], rough [rAf]

Wild adventurers they were, forayers and destroyers from the far lands beyond the Sea of Bering, who blasted the new and unknown world with fire and sword and clutched greedily for its wealth of fur and hide. Negore looked upon them with satisfaction, and in his mind's eye he saw them crushed and lifeless at the passage up the rocks. And ever he saw, waiting for him at the passage up the rocks, the face and the form of Oona, and ever he heard her voice in his ears and felt the soft, warm glow of her eyes. But never did he forget to shiver, nor to stumble where the footing was rough, nor to cry aloud at the bite of the lash. Also, he was afraid of Karduk, for he knew him for no true man. His was a false eye, and an easy tongue — a tongue too easy, he judged, for the awkwardness of honest speech.

All that day they marched (весь тот день они шли). And on the next (а на следующий), when Karduk asked him at command of Ivan (когда Кардук спросил его по распоряжению Ивана), he said he doubted (он сказал, что сомневается) they would meet with his tribe till the morrow (что они встретятся с его племенем до завтрашнего дня). But Ivan, who had once been shown the way by Old Kinoos (но Иван, которому уже однажды показал дорогу Старый Кинус), and had found that way to lead through the white water and a deadly fight (и он обнаружил, что эта дорога ведет через пенный прибой и смертельный бой), believed no more in anything (больше ни во что не верил). So when they came to a passage up the rocks (поэтому, когда они подошли к проходу в скалах), he halted his forty men (он остановил своих сорок солдат), and through Karduk demanded if the way were clear (и через Кардука спросил, свободен ли путь; clear — свободный; свободный, беспрепятственный /о проходе, дороге и т. п./).