Английский язык с Э. Р. Берроузом. Принцесса Марса

But the sight that froze me with apprehension was that of Dejah Thoris and Sola standing there before him, and the fiendish leer of him as he let his great protruding eyes gloat upon the lines of her beautiful figure. She was speaking, but I could not hear what she said, nor could I make out the low grumbling of his reply. She stood there erect before him, her head high held, and even at the distance I was from them I could read the scorn and disgust upon her face as she let her haughty glance rest without sign of fear upon him. She was indeed the proud daughter of a thousand jeddaks, every inch of her dear, precious little body; so small, so frail beside the towering warriors around her, but in her majesty dwarfing them into insignificance; she was the mightiest figure among them and I verily believe that they felt it.

Presently Tal Hajus made a sign that the chamber be cleared (вскоре Тал Хаджус сделал знак, чтобы зал очистили), and that the prisoners be left alone before him (и чтобы пленников оставили с ним наедине). Slowly the chieftains, the warriors and the women melted away into the shadows of the surrounding chambers (медленно вожди, воины и женщины растворились в тенях окружающих комнат; to melt — таять; to melt away — растаять; исчезнуть), and Dejah Thoris and Sola stood alone before the jeddak of the Tharks (и Дежа Торис с Солой стояли одни перед джеддаком тарков).

One chieftain alone had hesitated before departing (только один вождь заколебался, прежде чем уйти); I saw him standing in the shadows of a mighty column (я видел, как он стоит в тени большой колонны), his fingers nervously toying with the hilt of his great-sword (его пальцы нервно теребили рукоятку его большого меча; to toy — играть; вертеть в руках; toy — забава, игрушка) and his cruel eyes bent in implacable hatred upon Tal Hajus (а его жестокие глаза были устремлены на Тала Хаджуса с /выражением/ неукротимой ненависти; to bend — обратить взор; implacable — неумолимый; implacable hatred — неукротимая ненависть). It was Tars Tarkas, and I could read his thoughts (это был Тарс Таркас, и я мог читать его мысли) as they were an open book for the undisguised loathing upon his face (как будто это была открытая книга, по неприкрытому отвращению на его лице). He was thinking of that other woman (он думал о той другой женщине) who, forty years ago, had stood before this beast (которая сорок лет назад стояла перед этим животным), and could I have spoken a word into his ear at that moment (и если бы я мог в этот момент сказать хоть слово ему по секрету; a word in somebody’s ear — по секрету; на ушко) the reign of Tal Hajus would have been over (то с царствованием Тала Хаджуса было бы покончено); but finally he also strode from the room (но в конце концов он тоже вышел из комнаты; to stride — шагать/большими шагами/), not knowing that he left his own daughter at the mercy of the creature he most loathed (не зная, что он оставил свою собственную дочь на милость существа, которое он больше всего ненавидел).

mighty ['maItI],nervously ['nWvqslI], implacable [Im'plxkqbl], undisguised ["AndIs'gaIzd]

Presently Tal Hajus made a sign that the chamber be cleared, and that the prisoners be left alone before him. Slowly the chieftains, the warriors and the women melted away into the shadows of the surrounding chambers, and Dejah Thoris and Sola stood alone before the jeddak of the Tharks.