"In Worcestershire the life of a man seems a great and a sacred thing (в Вустершире жизнь человека считается священной и неприкосновенной: «кажется великой и священной вещью»); but it is very different when there is fire and blood all round you and you have been used to meeting death at every turn (но на это смотришь совсем иначе: «но это совсем по-другому», когда кругом огонь и кровь, а ты привык встречать смерть на каждом углу: «на каждом повороте»). Whether Achmet the merchant lived or died was a thing as light as air to me (будет жить купец Ахмет или умрет, не заботило меня нисколько: «было вещью для меня столь же легкой, как воздух»), but at the talk about the treasure my heart turned to it (но разговор о сокровищах задел мое сердце: «при разговоре о сокровищах мое сердце встрепенулось = обратилось к ним»; to turn — поворачивать/ся/; обращаться), and I thought of what I might do in the old country with it (и я подумал, что бы я смог с ними сделать на родине; old country — родина иммигранта), and how my folk would stare when they saw their ne'er-do-weel coming back with his pockets full of gold moidores (и как бы таращились мои родные, когда увидели бы, что их гадкий утенок вернулся с карманами, полными золота; folk — люди, определенная группа людей; родственники, родня; ne'er-do-weel = never-do-well — бездельник; никчемный человек; moidore — португальская золотая монета). I had, therefore, already made up my mind (то есть, я уже решился; to make up one's mind — принять решение, решиться). Abdullah Khan, however, thinking that I hesitated, pressed the matter more closely (но Абдулла Хан, думая, что я колебался, попытался меня склонить еще настойчивее; to press — жать, надавливать; оказывать давление; торопить, требовать немедленных действий; closely — близко; вплотную; тесно).
merchant ['m@:tS(@)nt], companion [k@m'p&nj@n], sacred ['seIkrId]
"'This pretended merchant, who travels under the name of Achmet, is now in the city of Agra, and desires to gain his way into the fort. He has with him as travelling-companion my foster-brother Dost Akbar, who knows his secret. Dost Akbar has promised this night to lead him to a side-postern of the fort, and has chosen this one for his purpose. Here he will come presently, and here he will find Mahomet Singh and myself awaiting him. The place is lonely, and none shall know of his coming. The world shall know of the merchant Achmet no more, but the great treasure of the rajah shall be divided among us. What say you to it, Sahib?'
"In Worcestershire the life of a man seems a great and a sacred thing; but it is very different when there is fire and blood all round you and you have been used to meeting death at every turn. Whether Achmet the merchant lived or died was a thing as light as air to me, but at the talk about the treasure my heart turned to it, and I thought of what I might do in the old country with it, and how my folk would stare when they saw their ne'er-do-weel coming back with his pockets full of gold moidores. I had, therefore, already made up my mind. Abdullah Khan, however, thinking that I hesitated, pressed the matter more closely.