"Oh, John, John, have I brought you to this (о, Джон, я довела тебя до этого)? It is my doing, Sir Henry — all mine (это все моя вина, сэр Генри; doing — действие, деятельность). He has done nothing except for my sake (он сделал это все ради меня), and because I asked him (и потому что я его просила)."
"Speak out, then! What does it mean (тогда расскажите, что /все/ это значит)?"
"My unhappy brother is starving on the moor (мой несчастный брат умирает с голоду на болотах). We cannot let him perish at our very gates (мы не можем позволить ему погибнуть у самых наших ворот = у нашего порога). The light is a signal to him that food is ready for him (свет — это сигнал ему, что еда для него готова), and his light out yonder is to show the spot (а он своим светом должен показать место) to which to bring it (куда ее принести)."
"Then your brother is (значит, ваш брат) ——"
"The escaped convict, sir — Selden, the criminal (беглый каторжник, убийца Сэлдэн)."
"That's the truth, sir (это правда, сэр)," said Barrymore. "I said that it was not my secret (я говорил, что это не моя тайна) and that I could not tell it to you (и что я не могу ее вам рассказать = раскрыть). But now you have heard it (но сейчас вы все услышали), and you will see that if there was a plot (и вы видите, что если и был заговор) it was not against you (то не против вас)."
except [Ik'sept], signal [sIgnl], perish ['perIS]
"We have to go, Eliza. This is the end of it. You can pack our things," said the butler.
"Oh, John, John, have I brought you to this? It is my doing, Sir Henry — all mine. He has done nothing except for my sake, and because I asked him."
"Speak out, then! What does it mean?"
"My unhappy brother is starving on the moor. We cannot let him perish at our very gates. The light is a signal to him that food is ready for him, and his light out yonder is to show the spot to which to bring it."
"Then your brother is ——"
"The escaped convict, sir — Selden, the criminal."
"That's the truth, sir," said Barrymore. "I said that it was not my secret and that I could not tell it to you. But now you have heard it, and you will see that if there was a plot it was not against you."
This, then, was the explanation of the stealthy expeditions at night (вот это и было объяснением тайных хождений по ночам) and the light at the window (и света в окне). Sir Henry and I both stared at the woman in amazement (мы с сэром Генри оба уставились на женщину в изумлении). Was it possible that this stolidly respectable person (могло ли такое быть, что эта флегматичная, почтенная особа) was of the same blood (была тех же кровей) as one of the most notorious criminals in the country (что и один из самых отъявленных преступников в графстве)?