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(тусклый и темный, как умбра /коричневая краска/).

dodging [`dOGIN] ruffians [`rAfIqnz] pattern [`pxtn] obscure [qb`skjuq]

1. 'Come aboard, Mr. Hands,' I said ironically.

2. He rolled his eyes round heavily; but he was too far gone to express

surprise. All he could do was to utter one word, 'Brandy.'

3. It occurred to me there was no time to lose; and, dodging the boom as it

once more lurched across the deck, I slipped aft, and down the companion-

stairs into the cabin.

4. It was such a scene of confusion as you can hardly fancy. All the lock-fast

places had been broken open in quest of the chart. The floor was thick with

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mud, where ruffians had sat down to drink or consult after wading in the

marshes round their camp. The bulkheads, all painted in clear white, and

beaded round with gilt, bore a pattern of dirty hands. Dozens of empty bottles

clinked together in corners to the rolling of the ship. One of the doctor's

medical books lay open on the table, half of the leaves gutted out, I suppose,

for pipelights. In the midst of all this the lamp still cast a smoky glow, obscure

and brown as umber.

1. I went into the cellar (я вошел в погреб); all the barrels were gone (все бочки

исчезли), and of the bottles a most surprising number had been drunk out and

thrown away (и очень удивительное = невероятное количество бутылок было

выпито и выброшено). Certainly, since the mutiny began, not a man of them

could ever have been sober (определенно, с того времени, когда начался мятеж,

ни один /человек/ из них не был трезвым).

2. Foraging about (шаря кругом; to forage — добывать продовольствие,

искать), I found a bottle with some brandy left, for Hands (я нашел бутылку, где

осталось немного бренди, для Хендса); and for myself I routed out some biscuits

(для себя я нашел сухари; to rout out — находить, доставать), some pickled

fruits (маринованные фрукты), a great bunch of raisins (большой куль изюму;

bunch — связка, пучок, пачка), and a piece of cheese (и кусок сыру). With these

I came on deck (с этими /вещами/ я поднялся на палубу), put down my own

stock behind the rudder-head (положил свои запасы позади головы руля; stock

— запас, сырье; ассортимент, наличность), and well out of the coxswain's

reach (и вне пределов досягаемости = подальше от рулевого), went forward to

the water-breaker (подошел к бочонку с водой), and had a good, deep drink of

water (и напился вдоволь: «имел хороший глубокий глоток воды»), and then,

and not till then, gave Hands the brandy (и затем, только после этого, дал

Хендсу бренди).

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3. He must have drunk a gill before he took the bottle from his mouth (он, должно

быть, выпил четверть пинты /0,142 л/, прежде чем оторвал бутылку ото рта).

сellar [`selq] mutiny [`mjHtInI] gill [GIl] mouth [mauT]

1. I went into the cellar; all the barrels were gone, and of the bottles a most

surprising number had been drunk out and thrown away. Certainly, since the

mutiny began, not a man of them could ever have been sober.

2. Foraging about, I found a bottle with some brandy left, for Hands; and for

myself I routed out some biscuits, some pickled fruits, a great bunch of

raisins, and a piece of cheese. With these I came on deck, put down my own

stock behind the rudder-head, and well out of the coxswain's reach, went

forward to the water-breaker, and had a good, deep drink of water, and then,

and not till then, gave Hands the brandy.

3. He must have drunk a gill before he took the bottle from his mouth.

1. 'Aye (да),' said he, 'by thunder, but I wanted some o' that (/клянусь/ громом, я

хотел этого = это-то и было мне нужно)!'

2. I had sat down already in my own corner and begun to eat (я уже сел в свой

угол и начал есть).

3. 'Much hurt (сильно ранены)?' I asked him (спросил я его).

4. He grunted, or, rather I might say, he barked (он промычал, вернее, пролаял).

5. 'If that doctor was aboard (если бы тот доктор был на борту),' he said, 'I'd be