"The Picts had fallen back across Black River (пикты отступили за Черную реку). Something must have broken their nerve, though only the devil who made them knows what (что-то, должно быть, подорвало их уверенность, хотя только дьявол, который создал их, знает что)."
The woodsman glanced at his bandaged arm and sighed (лесной житель посмотрел на /его/ перевязанную руку и вздохнул).
"They say there were no bodies worth disposing of (/они/ говорят, /там/ не было тел, стоящих убирания =
fallen [f: ln], worth [w: ], shook [k]
"The Picts had fallen back across Black River. Something must have broken their nerve, though only the devil who made them knows what."
The woodsman glanced at his bandaged arm and sighed. "They say there were no bodies worth disposing of."
Conan shook his head. "Ashes. The Picts had piled them in the fort and set fire to the fort before they crossed the river. Their own dead and the men of Valannus."
"Valannus was killed among the last — in the hand-to-hand fighting when they broke the barriers (Валаннус был убит среди последних — в рукопашном бою, когда они сломали ограждения). They tried to take him alive, but he made them kill him (они попытались взять его живым, но он заставил их убить его). They took ten of the rest of us prisoners when we were so weak from fighting we could fight no more (они взяли десять из нас оставшихся в плен, когда мы были так слабы от боя, /что/ мы больше не могли сражаться). They butchered nine of us then and there (они забили девятерых из нас тогда и там). It was when Zogar Sag died that I got my chance to break free and run for it (это /было/, когда умер Зогар Саг, /что/ я получил свой шанс освободиться =
"Zogar Sag's dead?" ejaculated Conan (Зогар Саг мертв? — воскликнул Конан).
among ['m], weak [wi: k], ejaculate ['aekjulet]
"Valannus was killed among the last — in the hand-to-hand fighting when they broke the barriers. They tried to take him alive, but he made them kill him. They took ten of the rest of us prisoners when we were so weak from fighting we could fight no more. They butchered nine of us then and there. It was when Zogar Sag died that I got my chance to break free and run for it."
"Zogar Sag's dead?" ejaculated Conan.
"Aye (да =
comrade ['kmrd], roast [rust], confusion [kn'fju: n]
"Aye. I saw him die That's why the Picts didn't press the fight against Velitrium as fiercely as they did against the fort. It was strange. He took no wounds in battle.