Английский язык с Э. Р. Берроузом. Принцесса Марса

Removing the saddle trappings, I hid them just within the rear doorway of the building through which we had entered the court, and, turning the beasts loose, quickly made my way across the court to the rear of the buildings upon the further side, and thence to the avenue beyond. Waiting in the doorway of the building until I was assured that no one was approaching, I hurried across to the opposite side and through the first doorway to the court beyond; thus, crossing through court after court with only the slight chance of detection which the necessary crossing of the avenues entailed, I made my way in safety to the courtyard in the rear of Dejah Thoris' quarters.

Here, of course, I found the beasts of the warriors (здесь я, конечно же, обнаружил животных тех воинов) who quartered in the adjacent buildings (которые квартировали в соседних зданиях), and the warriors themselves I might expect to meet within if I entered (и я мог ожидать, что я встречу и самих воинов внутри /здания/, если я войду); but, fortunately for me, I had another and safer method of reaching the upper story (но, к счастью для меня, у меня был другой и более безопасный способ добраться до верхнего этажа) where Dejah Thoris should be found (где можно было найти Дежу Торис), and, after first determining as nearly as possible which of the buildings she occupied (и после того, как вначале я определил настолько точно, насколько возможно, какое из зданий она занимала), for I had never observed them before from the court side (так как никогда до этого я не рассматривал их со стороны двора; to observe — наблюдать, следить), I took advantage of my relatively great strength and agility (я воспользовался преимуществом моей относительно большой силы и ловкости) and sprang upward until I grasped the sill of a second-story window (и /стал/ подпрыгивать вверх, пока не ухватился за подоконник окна второго этажа) which I thought to be in the rear of her apartment (которое, как я думал, находилось в задней части ее апартаментов). Drawing myself inside the room (подтянувшись и /попав/ внутрь комнаты) I moved stealthily toward the front of the building (я стал осторожно продвигаться к передней части здания), and not until I had quite reached the doorway of her room (и только когда я почти добрался до двери ее комнаты) was I made aware by voices that it was occupied (я понял по /звуку/ голосов, что в ней кто-то был; to be aware — сознавать).

adjacent [q'dZeIs(q)nt], fortunately ['fO: tS(q)nqtlI], relatively ['relqtIvlI]

Here, of course, I found the beasts of the warriors who quartered in the adjacent buildings, and the warriors themselves I might expect to meet within if I entered; but, fortunately for me, I had another and safer method of reaching the upper story where Dejah Thoris should be found, and, after first determining as nearly as possible which of the buildings she occupied, for I had never observed them before from the court side, I took advantage of my relatively great strength and agility and sprang upward until I grasped the sill of a second-story window which I thought to be in the rear of her apartment. Drawing myself inside the room I moved stealthily toward the front of the building, and not until I had quite reached the doorway of her room was I made aware by voices that it was occupied.