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1. In the meantime the captain, whom I had observed to be wonderfully

swollen about the chest and pockets, had turned out a great many various

stores — the British colours, — Bible, a coil of stoutish rope, pen, ink, the log-

book, and pounds of tobacco. He had found a longish fir-tree lying felled and

trimmed in the enclosure, and, with the help of Hunter, he had set it up at the

corner of the log-house where the trunks crossed and made an angle. Then,

climbing on the roof, he had with his own hand bent and run up the colours.

2. This seemed mightily to relieve him. He re-entered the log-house, and set

about counting up the stores, as if nothing else existed. But he had an eye on

Tom's passage for all that; and as soon as all was over, came forward with

another flag, and reverently spread it on the body.

1. 'Don't you take on, sir (не огорчайтесь так сильно, сэр; to take on — сильно

волноваться, расстраиваться),' he said, shaking the squire's hand (сказал он,

пожимая руку сквайра; to shake — трясти). 'All's well with him (все хорошо с

ним); no fear for a hand that's been shot down in his duty to captain and owner

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(/не стоит/ опасаться за /душу/ матроса, которого застрелили при исполнении

долга перед капитаном и хозяином; fear — страх, испуг, опасение). It mayn't

be good divinity, but it's a fact (это, быть может, не хорошая теология = я не

силен в теологии, но это факт; divinity — божественность; богословие).'

2. Then he pulled me aside (затем он отвел меня в сторону).

3. 'Dr. Livesey,' he said, 'in how many weeks do you and squire expect the consort

(через сколько недель вы со сквайром ожидаете /прибытия/ корабля

сопровождения = помощи)?'

4. I told him it was a question, not of weeks, but of months (я сказал ему, что это

вопрос не недель, а месяцев); that if we were not back by the end of August (что

если мы не вернемся к концу августа), Blandly was to send to find us (Блендли

вышлет /помощь/, чтобы найти нас); but neither sooner nor later (но не раньше

и не позже). 'You can calculate for yourself (можете сами подсчитать),' I said.

5. 'Why, yes (ну, да),' returned the captain, scratching his head (ответил капитан,

почесывая голову = затылок; to scratch — царапать, чесать), 'and making a

large allowance, sir, for all the gifts of Providence (и учитывая возможность =

даже если положиться на все дары провидения; to make an allowance for —

принимать во внимание, делать поправку на), I should say we were pretty close

hauled (полагаю, нам придется нелегко: «мы пошли в крутой бейдевинд»).'

divinity [dI`vInItI] August [`LgAst] allowance [q`lauqns] hauled [hLld]

1. 'Don't you take on, sir,' he said, shaking the squire's hand. 'All's well with

him; no fear for a hand that's been shot down in his duty to captain and

owner. It mayn't be good divinity, but it's a fact.'

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2. Then he pulled me aside.

3. 'Dr. Livesey,' he said, 'in how many weeks do you and squire expect the

consort?'

4. I told him it was a question, not of weeks, but of months; that if we were not

back by the end of August, Blandly was to send to find us; but neither sooner

nor later. 'You can calculate for yourself,' I said.

5. 'Why, yes,' returned the captain, scratching his head, 'and making a large

allowance, sir, for all the gifts of Providence, I should say we were pretty close

hauled.'

1. 'How do you mean (что вы имеете в виду; to mean — иметь в виду,

подразумевать)?' I asked.

2. 'It's a pity, sir, we lost that second load (жаль, сэр, что мы потеряли тот

второй груз = груз второго рейса; load — груз, ноша, партия груза). That's

what I mean (вот что я подразумеваю),' replied the captain (ответил капитан).

'As for powder and shot, we'll do (что касается боеприпасов: «пороха и дроби»,

их у нас достаточно; to do — делать, удовлетворять требованиям, быть

достаточным). But the rations are short, very short (но провизии мало, очень

мало; rations — продовольствие, провизия, паек) — so short, Dr. Livesey, that