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

'Searched you well? — but it boots not to ask that. It doth seem passing strange. Little things, trifles, slip out of one's ken, and one does not think it matter for surprise; but how a so bulky thing as the Seal of England can vanish away and no man be able to get track of it again — a massy golden disk —'

Tom Canty, with beaming eyes, sprang forward and shouted:

'Hold, that is enough! Was it round? — and thick? — and had it letters and devices graved upon it? — Yes? Oh, now I know what this Great Seal is that there's been such worry and pother about! An ye had described it to me, ye could have had it three weeks ago. Right well I know where it lies; but it was not I that put it there — first.'

'Who, then, my liege?' asked the Lord Protector.

'He that stands there — the rightful king of England. And he shall tell you himself where it lies — then you will believe he knew it of his own knowledge. Bethink thee, my king — spur thy memory — it was the last, the very last thing thou didst that day before thou didst rush forth from the palace, clothed in my rags, to punish the soldier that insulted me.'

A silence ensued (тишина последовала), undisturbed by a movement or a whisper (ненарушаемая ни движением, ни шепотом), and all eyes were fixed upon the new-comer (и все глаза были устремлены на новопришедшего), who stood (который стоял; to stand — стоять), with bent head (со склоненной головой; to bend — склонять) and corrugated brow (и сморщенным лбом), groping in his memory (нащупывая в своей памяти) among a thronging multitude of valueless recollections (среди несметного множества бесполезных воспоминаний; to throng — толпиться) for one single little elusive fact (один единственный маленький ускользающий факт), which found (который, будучи найден; to find — найти), would seat him upon a throne (посадил бы его на трон) — unfound (не найденный), would leave him as he was (оставил бы его как он был = в том же состоянии), for good and all (навсегда) — a pauper and an outcast (нищим и отверженным). Moment after moment passed (секунда за секундой проходила) — the moments built themselves into minutes (секунды выстраивались в минуты; to build — строить) — still the boy struggled silently on (и все еще мальчик боролся молча дальше), and gave no sign (и не подавал никакого знака; to give — давать). But at last he heaved a sigh (но наконец он испустил вздох), shook his head slowly (покачал головой медленно; to shake — трясти), and said (и сказал), with a trembling lip (с дрожащей губой) and in a despondent voice (и унылым голосом):

'I call the scene back (я вспоминаю эту сцену: «призываю назад») — all of it (всю ее) — but the Seal hath no place in it (но Печать не имеет места в ней).' He paused (он помедлил), then looked up (затем взглянул вверх), and said with gentle dignity (и сказал с мягким достоинством), 'My lords and gentlemen (милорды и джентльмены), if ye will rob your rightful sovereign (если вы лишите вашего законного властителя) of his own (его собственного = того, что ему принадлежит) for lack of this evidence (за отсутствием этого свидетельства) which he is not able to furnish (которое он не способен предоставить), I may not stay ye (я не могу остановить вас), being powerless (будучи бессильным). But (но) —'