Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит

That turned the conversation, and they all began discussing dragon-slayings historical, dubious, and mythical, and the various sorts of stabs and jabs and undercuts, and the different arts, devices and stratagems by which they had been accomplished. The general opinion was that catching a dragon napping was not as easy as it sounded, and the attempt to stick one or prod one asleep was more likely to end in disaster than a bold frontal attack. All the while they talked the thrush listened, till at last when the stars began to peep forth, it silently spread its wings and flew away. And all the while they talked and the shadows lengthened Bilbo became more and more unhappy and his foreboding grew.

At last he interrupted them. “I am sure we are very unsafe here, ” he said, “and I don’t see the point of sitting here. The dragon has withered all the pleasant green, and anyway the night has come and it is cold. But I feel it in my bones that this place will be attacked again. Smaug knows now how I came down to his hall, and you can trust him to guess where the other end of the tunnel is. He will break all this side of the Mountain to bits, if necessary, to stop up our entrance, and if we are smashed with it the better he will like it. ”

“You are very gloomy, Mr. Baggins (вы уж что-то слишком угрюмы, мистер Бэггинс; gloomy — темный, мрачный; угрюмый; удручающий; приводящий в уныние, наводящий тоску)!” said Thorin. “Why has not Smaug blocked the lower end, then (почему тогда Смауг не завалил нижний конец), if he is so eager to keep us out (если он так стремится не допустить нас /в зал/; to keep out — держать вне)? He has not (он не завалил), or we should have heard him (или мы бы его услышали). ”

“I don’t know (я не знаю), I don’t know — because at first he wanted to try and lure me in again (потому что поначалу он хотел попытаться и завлечь /внутрь/ меня снова; to lure — привлекать, соблазнять, искушать), I suppose (я полагаю), and now perhaps because he is waiting till after tonight’s hunt (а сейчас, возможно, потому что он ждет до конца: «до после» ночной охоты), or because he does not want to damage his bedroom (или потому, что он не хочет повредить свою спальню) if he can help it (если он может этого избежать) — but I wish you would not argue (но как бы мне хотелось, чтобы вы не спорили). Smaug will be coming out at any minute now (Смауг теперь уж вылетит в любую минуту), and our only hope is to get well in the tunnel (и наша единственная надежда — спуститься: «влезть хорошо/глубоко» в туннель) and shut the door (и закрыть дверь). ”