Английский язык с Э. Р. Берроузом. Принцесса Марса / Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars

"She taught me rapidly the language and customs of my kind, and one night she told me the story I have told to you up to this point, impressing upon me the necessity for absolute secrecy and the great caution I must exercise after she had placed me with the other young Tharks to permit no one to guess that I was further advanced in education than they, nor by any sign to divulge in the presence of others my affection for her, or my knowledge of my parentage; and then drawing me close to her she whispered in my ear the name of my father.

"And then a light flashed out upon the darkness of the tower chamber (а затем свет озарил тьму башенной комнаты), and there stood Sarkoja (и там стояла Саркоджа), her gleaming, baleful eyes fixed in a frenzy of loathing and contempt upon my mother (ее сверкающие, злобные глаза пристально смотрели на мою мать с бешеным отвращением и презрением; baleful — злобный, мрачный; frenzy — безумие, неистовство). The torrent of hatred and abuse she poured out upon her (тот поток ненависти и брани, который она обрушила на нее; abuse — брань, оскорбления) turned my young heart cold in terror (заставил мое юное сердце похолодеть от ужаса). That she had heard the entire story was apparent (то, что она слышала всю историю, было очевидно), and that she had suspected something wrong (и то, что она подозревала что-то дурное) from my mother's long nightly absences from her quarters (из-за длительных ночных отлучек моей матери из своего жилья) accounted for her presence there on that fateful night (объясняло ее присутствие там в эту роковую ночь).

loathing ['louDIN], abuse [q'bju: s], quarters ['kwO: tqz]

"And then a light flashed out upon the darkness of the tower chamber, and there stood Sarkoja, her gleaming, baleful eyes fixed in a frenzy of loathing and contempt upon my mother. The torrent of hatred and abuse she poured out upon her turned my young heart cold in terror. That she had heard the entire story was apparent, and that she had suspected something wrong from my mother's long nightly absences from her quarters accounted for her presence there on that fateful night.

"One thing she had not heard, nor did she know (одну вещь она не слышала и не знала), the whispered name of my father (произнесенное шепотом имя моего отца). This was apparent from her repeated demands upon my mother (это было очевидно из ее повторяющихся требований к моей матери; demand — требование; вопрос) to disclose the name of her partner in sin (раскрыть имя ее сообщника в грехе), but no amount of abuse or threats could wring this from her (но никакое количество оскорблений или угроз не могло вырвать это у нее; to wring — выкручивать), and to save me from needless torture she lied (и, чтобы спасти меня от бессмысленных пыток, она солгала; need — нужда), for she told Sarkoja that she alone knew (так как она сказала Саркодже, что только она знала /об этом/) nor would she even tell her child (и никогда не сказала бы ребенку).