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Silver doubled his pace, digging away with the foot of his crutch like one

possessed; and next moment he and I had come also to a dead halt.

4. Before us was a great excavation, not very recent, for the sides had fallen in

and grass had sprouted on the bottom. In this were the shaft of a pick broken

in two and the boards of several packing-cases strewn around. On one of these

boards I saw, branded with a hot iron, the name Walrus — the name of Flint's

ship.

5. All was clear to probation. The cache had been found and rifled: the seven

hundred thousand pounds were gone!

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Chapter XXXIII (глава 33)

The Fall of a Chieftain (падение главаря; chieftain — вождь, атаман, глава)

THERE never was such an overturn in this world (никогда не было такого

крушения /планов/ в этом мире; overturn — поражение, свержение). Each of

these six men was as though he had been struck (каждый из этих шести = все

шестеро стояли, словно пораженные /молнией/). But with Silver the blow

passed almost instantly (но у Сильвера потрясение прошло почти мгновенно).

Every thought of his soul had been set full-stretch, like a racer, on that money

(каждая мысль его души шла на полной скорости, словно гоночная яхта, к

этим деньгам = он всей душой стремился к этим деньгам; to be set — быть

установленным; stretch — вытягивание, напряжение, участок дистанции,

этап соревнований; racer — гонщик, скаковая лошадь, гоночная яхта); well,

he was brought up in a single second, dead (он окаменел на секунду; to bring up

— поднимать; неожиданно остановить; стать на якорь); and he kept his

head, found his temper (но сохранил присутствие духа: «голову», овладел

собой; temper — нрав, характер; самообладание), and changed his plan before

the others had had time to realise the disappointment (и изменил свой план

прежде, чем остальные успели осознать постигшую их беду; disappointment

— разочарование, обманутая надежда).

'Jim (Джим),' he whispered (прошептал он), 'take that, and stand by for trouble

(возьми это и приготовься; trouble — тревога, беда, неприятность).'

And he passed me a double-barrelled pistol (и он передал мне двуствольный

пистолет).

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At the same time he began quietly moving northward (в то же время он начал

тихо двигаться к северу), and in a few steps had put the hollow between us two

and the other five (и через несколько шагов расположил котлован между нами

обоими и остальными пятью). Then he looked at me and nodded, as much as to

say (затем он посмотрел на меня и кивнул, словно говоря), 'Here is a narrow

corner (тут узкий угол = положение нелегкое),' as, indeed, I thought it was (и

действительно, я /тоже/ так думал). His looks were now quite friendly (его

взгляды были теперь весьма дружелюбны); and I was so revolted at these

constant changes (и меня так возмутили эти постоянные перемены = двуличие;

to revolt — восставать, вызывать отвращение, отталкивать), that I could

not forbear whispering (что я не мог удержаться от /того, чтобы сказать/

шепотом; to forbear — быть терпеливым, воздерживаться), 'So you've

changed sides again (так значит вы снова перешли на другую сторону:

«поменяли стороны»).'

racer [`reIsq] trouble [trAbl] barrelled [`bxrqld] forbear [fL`beq]

THERE never was such an overturn in this world. Each of these six men was

as though he had been struck. But with Silver the blow passed almost

instantly. Every thought of his soul had been set full-stretch, like a racer, on

that money; well, he was brought up in a single second, dead; and he kept his

head, found his temper, and changed his plan before the others had had time

to realise the disappointment.

'Jim,' he whispered, 'take that, and stand by for trouble.'

And he passed me a double-barrelled pistol.

At the same time he began quietly moving northward, and in a few steps had