Английский язык с Марком Твеном. Принц и нищий / Mark Twain. The Prince and the Pauper

One of the blind men got up (один из слепых людей встал; to get up — вставать), and made ready (и сделал готовым = приготовился) by casting aside the patches (отбросив пластыри; to cast aside — бросать в сторону) that sheltered his excellent eyes (которые прикрывали его прекрасные = здоровые глаза), and the pathetic placard (и жалостную картонку; placard — плакат, объявление) which recited the cause of his calamity (которая излагала причину его беды). Dot-and-go-One disencumbered himself (Колченогий освободился) of his timber leg (от своей деревянной ноги) and took his place (и занял свое место; to take — брать), upon sound and healthy limbs (на твердых и здоровых членах = ногах), beside his fellow-rascal (рядом со своим товарищем-жуликом); then they roared out (затем они загорланили) a rollicking ditty (разухабистую песенку), and were reinforced by the whole crew (и были поддержаны всей шайкой), at the end of each stanza (в конце каждой строфы), in a rousing chorus (бурным хором). By the time the last stanza was reached (ко времени, когда последняя строфа была достигнута = когда дошли до…), the half-drunken enthusiasm had risen to such a pitch (полупьяный энтузиазм поднялся до такого уровня) that everybody joined in (что все присоединились) and sang it clear (и пропели ее целиком; to sing — петь) through from the beginning (целиком от начала; through — через, сквозь, от начала до конца), producing a volume of villainous sound (произведя массу мерзкого звука; villain — /ист./ виллан, крепостной; злодей, негодяй) that made the rafters quake (который заставлял стропила дрожать; to make — делать, заставлять). These were the inspiring words (вот какие были вдохновляющие слова):

'Bien Darkmans then,

Bouse Mort and Ken,

The bien Coves bings awast,

On Chates to trine by Rome Coves dine

For his long lib at last.

Bing'd out bien Morts and toure, and toure,

Bing out of the Rome vile bine,

And toure the Cove that cloy'd your duds,

Upon upon the Chates to trine.'

(/песня на воровском жаргоне той эпохи/ Притон, прощай, не забывай, Уходим в путь далекий. Прощай, земля, нас ждет петля И долгий сон, глубокий. Нам предстоит висеть в ночи, Качаясь над землею, А нашу рухлядь палачи Поделят меж собою).

shiver [`Sıvə], foul [faul], inspiring [ın`spaıərıŋ]

Hobbs and Hugo fell to talking together, in low voices, and the king removed himself as far as he could from their disagreeable company. He withdrew into the twilight of the farther end of the barn, where he found the earthen floor bedded a foot deep with straw. He lay down here, drew straw over himself in lieu of blankets, and was soon absorbed in thinking. He had many griefs, but the minor ones were swept almost into forgetfulness by the supreme one, the loss of his father. To the rest of the world the name of Henry VIII brought a shiver, and suggested an ogre whose nostrils breathed destruction and whose hand dealt scourgings and death; but to this boy the name brought only sensations of pleasure, the figure it invoked wore a countenance that was all gentleness and affection. He called to mind a long succession of loving passages between his father and himself, and dwelt fondly upon them, his unstinted tears attesting how deep and real was the grief that possessed his heart. As the afternoon wasted away, the lad, wearied with his troubles, sunk gradually into a tranquil and healing slumber.