Английский язык с Р. Э. Говардом

"Well, I'm damned!" muttered Conan. "A priest who honestly believes in his oracle, and can not be bribed. Crom! I wonder if it was Zargheba who banged that gong. Did he know I was here? Could he have known about that rotten flagging? Where is he now, girl?"

"Hiding in a thicket of lotus trees, near the ancient avenue that leads from the south wall of the cliffs to the palace," she answered. Then she renewed her importunities. "Oh, Conan, have pity on me! I am afraid of this evil, ancient place. I know I have heard stealthy footfalls padding about me — oh, Conan, take me away with you! Zargheba will kill me when I have served his purpose here — I know it! The priests, too, will kill me if they discover my deceit.

"He is a devil (он дьявол) — he bought me from a slave-trader who stole me out of a caravan bound through southern Koth (он купил меня у работорговца, который выкрал меня из каравана, направлявшегося через южный Коф; to buy — покупать;to steal — красть; bound — направляющийся), and has made me the tool of his intrigues ever since (и с тех пор сделал меня орудием своих интриг; ever since — с тех самых пор; to make). Take me away from him (забери меня у него)! You can not be as cruel as he (не может быть, чтобы ты был таким /же/ жестоким, как он). Don't leave me to be slain here (не оставляй меня, чтобы меня убили здесь; to slay — убивать)! Please (прошу)! Please (пожалуйста)!"

She was on her knees (она стояла на коленях), clutching at Conan hysterically (истерически хватаясь за Конана), her beautiful tear-stained face upturned to him (/при этом/ ее прекрасное, залитое слезами лицо /было/ обращено вверх к нему; tear-stained — со следами слез, заплаканный; stain — пятно; to upturn — направлять вверх), her dark silken hair flowing in disorder over her white shoulders (/а/ ее темные шелковистые волосы струились в беспорядке по ее белым плечам; to flow — струиться, течь). Conan picked her up and set her on his knee (Конан поднял ее и посадил ее на /свое/ колено; to pick up — поднимать; to set — ставить; садить).

"Listen to me (послушай меня). I'll protect you from Zargheba (я защищу тебя от Зархебы). The priests shall not know of your perfidy (жрецы не узнают о твоем вероломстве). But you've got to do as I tell you (но ты должна поступить так, как я тебе скажу; to do — делать; поступать)."

devil [devl], southern ['sdn], perfidy ['p:fd]

"He is a devil — he bought me from a slave-trader who stole me out of a caravan bound through southern Koth, and has made me the tool of his intrigues ever since. Take me away from him! You can not be as cruel as he. Don't leave me to be slain here! Please! Please!"

She was on her knees, clutching at Conan hysterically, her beautiful tear-stained face upturned to him, her dark silken hair flowing in disorder over her white shoulders. Conan picked her up and set her on his knee.

"Listen to me. I'll protect you from Zargheba. The priests shall not know of your perfidy. But you've got to do as I tell you."

She faltered promises of explicit obedience (она промямлила обещания о точномповиновении = о точном выполнении /его приказов/; to falter — спотыкаться; мямлить;explicit — подробный; точный; to obey — повиноваться; подчиняться команде; выполнять /приказы, команды/), clasping his corded neck as if seeking security from the contact (обнимая его мускулистую шею, словно ища безопасности от соприкосновения = в соприкосновении; to clasp — скреплять; обнимать; сдавливать, сжимать; крепко схватить; corded — перевязанный веревкой; мускулистый, в веревках мускулов).