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еще близко /от берега/). He hailed her (он окликнул судно). A voice replied

(голос ответил), telling him to keep out of the moonlight (сказавший избегать

ему лунного света = выходить на свет) or he would get some lead in him (иначе

он получит /хорошую порцию/ свинца), and at the same time bullet whistled

close by his arm (и в то же время пуля просвистела рядом с его плечом).

supervisor [`s(j)HpqvaIzq] dismount [dIs`maunt] ambushes [`xmbuSIz] bullet

[`bulIt]

1. Pew was dead, stone dead. As for my mother, when we had carried her up

to the hamlet, a little cold water and salts and that soon brought her back

again, and she was none the worse for her terror, though she still continued to

deplore the balance of the money.

2. In the meantime the supervisor rode on, as fast as he could, to Kitt's Hole

but his men had to dismount and grope down the dingle leading, and

sometimes supporting, their horses, and in continual fear of ambushes; so it

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was no great matter for surprise that when they got down to the Hole the

lugger was already under way, though still close in. He hailed her. A voice

replied, telling him to keep out of the moonlight or he would get some lead in

him, and at the same time bullet whistled close by his arm.

1. Soon after, the lugger doubled the point and disappeared (вскоре после этого

люггер обогнул мыс и исчез; to double — удвоить; сделать петлю; point —

точка; мыс).

2. Mr. Dance stood there as he said (мистер Данс стоял там, как он /сам/

говорил), 'like a fish out of water (точно рыба, вынутая из воды = на песке),'

and all he could do was to despatch a man to B — — to warn the cutter (и все, что

он мог сделать, /так это/ послать человека в Б…, чтобы предупредить =

послать на перехват /сторожевой/ катер). 'And that,' said he, 'is just about as

good as nothing (это все равно что ничего = это напрасно). They've got off

clean (они удрали совершенно: «чисто»), and there's an end (и конец = и все

тут). Only,' he added, 'I'm glad I trod on Master Pew's corns (я лишь рад, добавил

он, что наступил господину Пью на мозоли);' for by this time he had heard my

story (так как к этому времени он /уже/ слышал мою историю).

3. I went back with him to the 'Admiral Benbow' (я вернулся с ним в «Адмирал

Бенбоу»), and you cannot imagine a house in such a state of smash (вы

представить себе не можете в каком беспорядке /находился/ дом; state —

состояние, ситуация; smash — внезапное падение; шум, грохот; гибель,

катастрофа); the very clock had been thrown down by these fellows (даже часы

были сброшены /со стены/ этими парнями) in their furious hunt after my mother

and myself (во время их неистовых поисков моей матери и меня; hunt —

охота, ловля); and though nothing had actually been taken away (и хотя ничего

фактически не было унесено) except the captain's money-bag and a little silver

from the till (кроме денежной сумки капитана и нескольких серебряных

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/монет/ из кассы), I could see at once that we were ruined (я мог видеть с

первого взгляда, что мы были разорены). Mr. Dance could make nothing of the

scene (мистер Данс не мог ничего понять там; scene — место происшествия,

зрелище).

doubled [`dAbld] furious [`fjuqrIqs] ruined [`rHInd] scene [sJn]

1. Soon after, the lugger doubled the point and disappeared.

2. Mr. Dance stood there as he said, 'like a fish out of water,' and all he could

do was to despatch a man to B — — to warn the cutter. 'And that,' said he, 'is

just about as good as nothing. They've got off clean, and there's an end. Only,'

he added, 'I'm glad I trod on Master Pew's corns;' for by this time he had

heard my story.

3. I went back with him to the 'Admiral Benbow,' and you cannot imagine a

house in such a state of smash; the very clock had been thrown down by these

fellows in their furious hunt after my mother and myself; and though nothing

had actually been taken away except the captain's money-bag and a little

silver from the till, I could see at once that we were ruined. Mr. Dance could

make nothing of the scene.

1. 'They got the money, you say (они взяли деньги, говоришь)? Well, then,