Turning suddenly toward Tardos Mors as I still clasped my dying love to my breast I cried,
"A flier, Jeddak! Quick! Order your swiftest flier to the palace top. I can save Barsoom yet."
He did not wait to question (он не стал терять времени на расспросы), but in an instant a guard was racing to the nearest dock (но через мгновение караульный уже мчался к ближайшему доку) and though the air was thin and almost gone at the rooftop (и хотя воздух был разреженным и почти исчез на уровне крыши) they managed to launch the fastest one-man, air-scout machine (им все-таки удалось запустить самую быструю одноместную машину воздушной разведки;
Kissing Dejah Thoris a dozen times (поцеловав Дежу Торис множество раз;
launch [lO: ntS], bound [baund], goal [goul]
He did not wait to question, but in an instant a guard was racing to the nearest dock and though the air was thin and almost gone at the rooftop they managed to launch the fastest one-man, air-scout machine that the skill of Barsoom had ever produced.
Kissing Dejah Thoris a dozen times and commanding Woola, who would have followed me, to remain and guard her, I bounded with my old agility and strength to the high ramparts of the palace, and in another moment I was headed toward the goal of the hopes of all Barsoom.
I had to fly low to get sufficient air to breathe (мне пришлось лететь низко, чтобы получать достаточно воздуха для дыхания), but I took a straight course across an old sea bottom (но я избрал прямой путь через старое морское дно) and so had to rise only a few feet above the ground (и поэтому мог подниматься над землей всего на несколько футов).