“Your grandfather, ” said the wizard slowly and grimly, “gave the map to his son for safety before he went to the mines of Moria. Your father went away to try his luck with the map after your grandfather was killed; and lots of adventures of a most unpleasant sort he had, but he never got near the Mountain. How he got there I don’t know, but I found him a prisoner in the dungeons of the Necromancer. ”
“Whatever were you doing there (что же вы там делали)?” asked Thorin with a shudder (спросил Торин с содроганием), and all the dwarves shivered (и все гномы поежились).
“Never you mind (это мое дело). I was finding things out (я /пытался/ разузнать кое-что), as usual (как обычно); and a nasty dangerous business it was (и это было довольно отвратительным и опасным делом). Even I, Gandalf, only just escaped (даже я, Гэндальф, еле-еле смог сбежать). I tried to save your father (я пытался спасти вашего отца), but it was too late (но было уже слишком поздно). He was witless and wandering (он был безумен и бредил;
“We have long ago paid the goblins of Moria (мы уже давно расквитались с гоблинами Мории
“Don’t be absurd (не будьте глупым;
shudder ['d] shiver ['v] witless ['wtls] absurd [b's: d]
“Whatever were you doing there?” asked Thorin with a shudder, and all the dwarves shivered.
“Never you mind. I was finding things out, as usual; and a nasty dangerous business it was. Even I, Gandalf, only just escaped. I tried to save your father, but it was too late. He was witless and wandering, and had forgotten almost everything except the map and the key. ”
“We have long ago paid the goblins of Moria, ” said Thorin; “we must give a thought to the Necromancer. ”
“Don’t be absurd! He is an enemy quite beyond the powers of all the dwarves put together, if they could all be collected again from the four corners of the world. The one thing your father wished was for his son to read the map and use the key. The dragon and the Mountain are more than big enough tasks for you!”
“Hear, hear (правильно, правильно;
“Hear what (правильно что)?” they all said (сказал все они) turning suddenly towards him (поворачиваясь внезапно к нему), and he was so flustered (и он был так взволнован) that he answered (что он ответил) “Hear what I have got to say (послушайте, что я имею сказать)!”
“What’s that (что такое)?” they asked (спросили они).