Текст книги "Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит"

Автор книги: Джон Рональд Руэл Толкин

Соавторы: Илья Франк
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Chapter 6. Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire
(Глава 6. Из огня да в полымя)

frying-pan – сковорода с ручкой; to fry – жарить (ся); fire – огонь, пламя)

Bilbo had escaped the goblins (Бильбо ускользнул от гоблинов), but he did not know where he was (но он не знал, где он находится). He had lost hood (он потерял капюшон), cloak (плащ), food (пропитание), pony (пони), his buttons (свои пуговицы) and his friends (и своих друзей). He wandered on and on (он все продолжал брести и брести), till the sun began to sink westwards (до того самого времени, пока солнце не начало клониться к западу; to sink (sank, sunk) – тонуть, утопать, погружаться) – behind the mountains (за горы). Their shadows fell across Bilbo’s path (их тени падали на тропинку Бильбо), and he looked back (и он оглянулся). Then he looked forward (затем он посмотрел вперед) and could see before him only ridges (и смог увидеть перед собой только горные хребты) and slopes falling towards lowlands (и склоны, спускавшиеся к долинам: «низменностям») and plains glimpsed occasionally between the trees (и равнины, иногда мелькавшие между деревьями).

“Good heavens (Боже мой; heaven – небо, рай)!” he exclaimed (воскликнул он). “I seem to have got (я, кажется, добрался) right to the other side of the Misty Mountains (прямо до оборотной стороны Мглистых гор), right to the edge of the Land Beyond (прямо до края Страны, лежащей за ними)! Where and O, where (куда же, о, куда же) can Gandalf and the dwarves have got to (могли подеваться Гэндальф и гномы)? I only hope to goodness (я только уповаю на Бога) they are not still back there (что они не все еще там) in the power of the goblins (во власти гоблинов)!”

wander [ˈwɔndǝ] westwards [ˈwestwǝdz] occasionally [ǝˈkeɪʒ (ǝ) nǝlɪ]

Bilbo had escaped the goblins, but he did not know where he was. He had lost hood, cloak, food, pony, his buttons and his friends. He wandered on and on, till the sun began to sink westwards – behind the mountains. Their shadows fell across Bilbo’s path, and he looked back. Then he looked forward and could see before him only ridges and slopes falling towards lowlands and plains glimpsed occasionally between the trees.

“Good heavens!” he exclaimed. “I seem to have got right to the other side of the Misty Mountains, right to the edge of the Land Beyond! Where and O where can Gandalf and the dwarves have got to? I only hope to goodness they are not still back there in the power of the goblins!”

He still wandered on (он все еще брел вперед), out of the little high valley (из маленькой высокой долины), over its edge (через ее края), and down the slopes beyond (и вниз, по склонам за ними); but all the while (но все это время) a very uncomfortable thought (очень неприятная мысль) was growing inside him (росла в нем). He wondered (он раздумывал) whether he ought not (стоит ли ему или не стоит), now he had the magic ring (теперь, когда у него было волшебное кольцо), to go back into the horrible, horrible, tunnels (вернуться: «пойти назад» в те ужасные, ужасные туннели) and look for his friends (и поискать своих друзей). He had just made up his mind (он как раз принял решение) that it was his duty (что это было его долгом), that he must turn back (что он должен вернуться) – and very miserable he felt about it (и он чувствовал себя из-за этого очень несчастным) – when he heard voices (когда он услышал голоса). He stopped and listened (он остановился и стал слушать). It did not sound like goblins (это не было похоже на гоблинов: «это не звучало, как гоблины»); so he crept forward carefully (так что он пополз вперед осторожно; tocreep). He was on a stony path (он двигался: «был на» по каменистой тропе) winding downwards (вьющейся вниз) with a rocky wall on the left hand (и скалистая стена была слева: «по его левой руке»); on the other side (с другой стороны) the ground sloped away (земля отлого опускалась) and there were dells below the level of the path (и там были лощины, ниже уровня тропы) overhung with bushes and low trees (над которыми нависали кусты и низкие деревья). In one of these dells (в одной из этих лощин) under the bushes (под кустами) people were talking (разговаривали люди).

edge [edʒ] beyond [bɪˈjɔnd] overhung [ǝʋvǝˈhʌŋ]

He still wandered on, out of the little high valley, over its edge, and down the slopes beyond; but all the while a very uncomfortable thought was growing inside him. He wondered whether he ought not, now he had the magic ring, to go back into the horrible, horrible, tunnels and look for his friends. He had just made up his mind that it was his duty, that he must turn back – and very miserable he felt about it – when he heard voices. He stopped and listened. It did not sound like goblins; so he crept forward carefully. He was on a stony path winding downwards with a rocky wall on the left hand; on the other side the ground sloped away and there were dells below the level of the path overhung with bushes and low trees. In one of these dells under the bushes people were talking.

He crept still nearer (он подполз еще поближе), and suddenly he saw (и внезапно он увидел) peering between two big boulders (выглядывавшую между двумя большими валунами) a head with a red hood on (голову в красном капюшоне): it was Balin doing look-out (это был Балин, который вел наблюдение). He could have clapped (он мог бы захлопать в ладоши) and shouted for joy (и закричать от радости), but he did not (но он этого не сделал). He had still got the ring on (у него все еще было надето кольцо /на пальце/), for fear of meeting something unexpected and unpleasant (от страха, что /он мог/ встретить кого-либо или что-либо неожиданное или неприятное), and he saw that Balin was looking straight at him (и он увидел, что Балин смотрел прямо на него) without noticing him (и не замечал его).

“I will give them all a surprise (я устрою им всем сюрприз), ” he thought (подумал он), as he crawled into the bushes (когда он вполз в кусты) at the edge of the dell (на краю лощины). Gandalf was arguing with the dwarves (Гэндальф спорил с гномами). They were discussing all that had happened to them in the tunnels (они обсуждали все, что случилось с ними в туннелях), and wondering and debating (и размышляли, и обсуждали) what they were to do now (что же им следовало теперь делать). The dwarves were grumbling (гномы ворчали; to grumble), and Gandalf was saying (а Гэндальф говорил) that they could not possibly go on with their journey (что они не могут, в любом случае, продолжать свое путешествие; possibly – возможно; может быть; /усил. / любым путем, как только возможно) leaving Mr. Baggins in the hands of the goblins (оставляя мистера Бэггинса в руках гоблинов), without trying to find out (не попытавшись даже выяснить) if he was alive or dead (был ли он жив или мертв), and without trying to rescue him (и не попытавшись выручить его).

unexpected [ʌnɪkˈspektɪd] surprise [sǝˈpraɪz] rescue [ˈreskju:]

He crept still nearer, and suddenly he saw peering between two big boulders a head with a red hood on: it was Balin doing look-out. He could have clapped and shouted for joy, but he did not. He had still got the ring on, for fear of meeting something unexpected and unpleasant, and he saw that Balin was looking straight at him without noticing him.

“I will give them all a surprise, ” he thought, as he crawled into the bushes at the edge of the dell. Gandalf was arguing with the dwarves. They were discussing all that had happened to them in the tunnels, and wondering and debating what they were to do now. The dwarves were grumbling, and Gandalf was saying that they could not possibly go on with their journey leaving Mr. Baggins in the hands of the goblins, without trying to find out if he was alive or dead, and without trying to rescue him.

“After all he is my friend (все же, он мой друг), ” said the wizard (сказал волшебник), “and not a bad little chap (и совсем не плохой малый: «маленький парень»). I feel responsible for him (я чувствую себя ответственным за него). I wish to goodness you had not lost him (как же я хотел бы, чтобы вы не потеряли его; goodness – доброта, любезность; используется в качестве междометиядлявыраженияудивления, изумления, потрясения: My goodness! – Боже мой!). ”

The dwarves wanted to know (гномы же хотели узнать) why he had ever been brought at all (почему его вообще взяли /в путешествие/), why he could not stick to his friends (почему он не мог держаться своих друзей) and come along with them (и идти вместе с ними), and why the wizard had not chosen someone with more sense (и почему волшебник не выбрал кого-то более смышленого; sense – чувство; восприятие; рассудок).

“He has been more trouble than use so far (от него было больше проблем, чем пользы, до сих пор), ” said one (сказал один). “If we have got to go back now (если нам придется вернуться сейчас) into those abominable tunnels (в те гнусные туннели) to look for him (чтобы найти его), then drat him, I say (то пропади он пропадом, вот что я скажу). ”

Gandalf answered angrily (Гэндальф ответил сердито): “I brought him (я взял его с собой), and I don’t bring things that are of no use (а я не беру вещи, которые не приносят никакой пользы). Either you help me to look for him (или вы мне помогаете искать его), or I go and leave you here (или я иду /один/ и оставляю вас здесь) to get out of the mess (выбираться из этой заварушки; mess – беспорядок, кутерьма) as best you can yourselves (на свое усмотрение: «самым лучшим образом, как только вы сможете»). If we can only find him again (если только нам удастся снова найти его), you will thank me before all is over (вы будете благодарить меня, до того, как все это закончится). Whatever did you want to go and drop him for, Dori (и чего это ради вы взяли да и сбросили его, Дори; to go and do smth. – пойти и сделать что-либо)?”

“You would have dropped him (вы сами бы его сбросили), ” said Dori, “if a goblin had suddenly grabbed your leg (если бы гоблин внезапно схватил вас за ногу) from behind in the dark (из-за спины, в темноте), tripped up your feet (поставил бы вам подножку; to trip – спотыкаться; ставить подножку), and kicked you in the back (и пнул бы вас в спину)!”

“Then why didn’t you pick him up again (тогда почему же вы не подняли его снова)?”

responsible [rɪˈspɔnsǝb (ǝ) l] abominable [ǝˈbɔmɪnǝb (ǝ) l] yourselves [jǝˈselvz]

“After all he is my friend, ” said the wizard, “and not a bad little chap. I feel responsible for him. I wish to goodness you had not lost him. ”

The dwarves wanted to know why he had ever been brought at all, why he could not stick to his friends and come along with them, and why the wizard had not chosen someone with more sense. “He has been more trouble than use so far, ” said one. “If we have got to’ go back now into those abominable tunnels to look for him, then drat him, I say. ”

Gandalf answered angrily: “I brought him, and I don’t bring things that are of no use. Either you help me to look for him, or I go and leave you here to get out of the mess as best you can yourselves. If we can only find him again, you will thank me before all is over. Whatever did you want to go and drop him for, Dori?”

“You would have dropped him, ” said Dori, “if a goblin had suddenly grabbed your leg from behind in the dark, tripped up your feet, and kicked you in the back!”

“Then why didn’t you pick him up again?”

“Good heavens (Боже милостивый; heaven – небо; heavens – небеса)! Can you ask (вы еще спрашиваете)! Goblins fighting and biting in the dark (гоблины дерутся и кусаются со всех сторон), everybody falling over bodies (все падают друг на друга; body – тело) and hitting one another (и колотят друг друга; to hit – ударять, ранить)! You nearly chopped off my head with Glamdring (вы чуть не снесли мне голову Глемдрингом; to chop – рубить), and Thorin was stabbing here there and everywhere with Orcrist (и Торин наносил удары Оркристом и здесь, и там, и повсюду; to stab – наносить /колющий/ удар, закалывать). All of a sudden (совсем внезапно) you gave one of your blinding flashes (вы сделали одну из ваших слепящих вспышек), and we saw the goblins running back yelping (и мы увидели, как гоблины бегут на нас: «назад» = возвращаются к нам, визжа). You shouted ‘follow me everybody!’ (вы закричали «все следуйте за мной!») and everybody ought to have followed (и все и должны были за вами следовать). We thought everybody had (мы подумали, что все и последовали). There was no time to count (не было времени, что бы вести подсчеты), as you know quite well (как вы знаете совершенно хорошо), till we had dashed through the gate-guards (пока мы не прорвались сквозь стражников ворот; to dash – наносить сокрушающий удар, разбивать вдребезги; бросаться, ринуться), out of the lower door (из той низкой двери), and helter-skelter down here (и в суматохе свалились сюда; helter-skelter – беспорядочно, как попало, кое-как). And here we are (и вот мы здесь) – without the burglar (без взломщика), confusticate him (черт его побери)!”

“And here’s the burglar (а вот и взломщик)!” said Bilbo stepping down into the middle of them (сказал Бильбо, вступая в самый центр между ними; middle – середина), and slipping off the ring (и снимая кольцо).

heaven [ˈhev (ǝ) n] yelping [ˈjelpɪŋ] helter-skelter [heltǝˈskeltǝ]

“Good heavens! Can you ask! Goblins fighting and biting in the dark, everybody falling over bodies and hitting one another! You nearly chopped off my head with Glamdring, and Thorin Was stabbing here there and everywhere with Orcrist. All of a sudden you gave one of your blinding flashes, and we saw the goblins running back yelping. You shouted ‘follow me everybody!’ and everybody ought to have followed. We thought everybody had. There was no time to count, as you know quite well, till we had dashed through the gate-guards, out of the lower door, and helter-skelter down here. And here we are – without the burglar, confusticate him!”

“And here’s the burglar!” said Bilbo stepping down into the middle of them, and slipping off the ring.

Bless me, how they jumped (Боже мой, как они все подпрыгнули; to bless – благословлять)! Then they shouted with surprise and delight (затем они закричали с удивлением и восторгом). Gandalf was as astonished as any of them (Гэндальф был также удивлен, как и любой из них), but probably more pleased than all the others (но возможно, он был более доволен, чем все остальные). He called to Balin (он окликнул Балина) and told him what he thought of a look – out man (и сказал ему, что он думает о таком впередсмотрящем) who let people walk right into them like that (который позволяет кому угодно: «людям» появляться среди них вот таким вот образом; to walk into – выйти, войти) without warning (без предупреждения). It is a fact (факт остается фактом: «это факт») that Bilbo’s reputation (но репутация Бильбо) went up a very great deal (значительно выросла; to go (went, gone) up – подниматься, строиться) with the dwarves after this (в /глазах/ гномов после этого). If they had still doubted (если они до этого все еще сомневались) that he was really a first-class burglar (что он на самом деле был первоклассным взломщиком), in spite of Gandalf’s words (не обращая внимания на слова Гэндальфа), they doubted no longer (/то сейчас/ они больше не сомневались). Balin was the most puzzled of all (Балин был озадачен больше всех); but everyone said it was a very clever bit of work (но все сказали, что это была очень искусная работа; bit – кусочек, частица). Indeed Bilbo was so pleased with their praise (на самом деле, Бильбо был так доволен их похвалами) that he just chuckled inside (что он только хихикнул про себя: «внутри») and said nothing whatever about the ring (и не сказал ничего о кольце); and when they asked him how he did it (и когда они спросили его, как он это сделал), he said: “O, just crept along, you know (о, просто прокрался, знаете ли) – very carefully and quietly (очень осторожно и тихо). ” “Well, it is the first time (ну, не было случая: «это в первый раз») that even a mouse has crept along carefully and quietly (когда даже мышь проползла осторожно и тихо) under my very nose (под самым моим носом) and not been spotted (и не была замечена), ” said Balin, “and I take off my hood to you (и я снимаю свой капюшон перед вами). ” Which he did (что он и сделал).

“Balin at your service (Балин к вашим услугам), ” said he.

“Your servant, Mr. Baggins (ваш слуга, мистер Бэггинс), ” said Bilbo.

astonish [ǝˈstɔnɪʃ] warning [ˈwɔ: nɪŋ] carefully [ˈkeǝf (ǝ) lɪ]

Bless me, how they jumped! Then they shouted with surprise and delight. Gandalf was as astonished as any of them, but probably more pleased than all the others. He called to Balin and told him what he thought of a look-out man who let people walk right into them like that without warning. It is a fact that Bilbo’s reputation went up a very great deal with the dwarves after this. If they had still doubted that he was really a first-class burglar, in spite of Gandalf’s words, they doubted no longer. Balin was the most puzzled of all; but everyone said it was a very clever bit of work.

Indeed Bilbo was so pleased with their praise that he just chuckled inside and said nothing whatever about the ring; and when they asked him how he did it, he said: “O, just crept along, you know – very carefully and quietly. ”

“Well, it is the first time that even a mouse has crept along carefully and quietly under my very nose and not been spotted, ” said Balin, “and I take off my hood to you. ” Which he did.

“Balin at your service, ” said he.

“Your servant, Mr. Baggins, ” said Bilbo.

Then they wanted to know all about his adventures (затем они захотели узнать все о его приключениях) after they had lost him (после того, как они потеряли его), and he sat down and told them everything (и он присел и рассказал им все) – except about the finding of the ring (за исключением находки кольца) (“not just now (не сейчас) ” he thought (подумал он)). They were particularly interested in the riddle-competition (они особенно заинтересовались /его/ соревнованиями в загадках), and shuddered most appreciatively (и содрогнулись, боле чем понимающе) at his description of Gollum (при его описании Голлума).

“And then I couldn’t think (и тогда я не мог придумать) of any other question (ни одного вопроса) with him sitting beside me (когда он сидел рядом со мной), ” ended Bilbo (закончил Бильбо); “so I said (и тогда я сказал) ‘what’s in my pocket (что в моем кармане)?’ And he couldn’t guess in three goes (и он не смог угадать за три захода). So I said (тогда я сказал): ‘what about your promise (как насчет твоего обещания)? Show me the way out (покажи мне путь отсюда)!’ But he came at me to kill me (но он подошел ко мне, чтобы убить меня), and I ran (и я побежал), and fell over (и упал), and he missed me in the dark (и он не заметил меня в темноте; to miss – зд. промахнуться, пропустить). Then I followed him (затем я последовал за ним), because I heard him talking to himself (потому что я слышал, как он разговаривал сам с собой). He thought I really knew the way out (он думал, что я на самом деле знаю выход), and so he was making for it (и поэтому он двинулся к нему). And then he sat down in the entrance (и тогда он присел у входа), and I could not get by (и я не мог пройти мимо /него/). So I jumped over him (и тогда я прыгнул на него) and escaped (и ускользнул), and ran down to the gate (и побежал вниз, к воротам). ”

“What about guards (а как же стражники)?” they asked (спросили они). “Weren’t there any (разве там их не было)?”

“O yes! lots of them (о да, кучи /их/); but I dodged ‘em (но я увернулся от них). I got stuck in the door (я застрял в двери), which was only open a crack (которая была только приоткрыта; crack – трещина), and I lost lots of buttons (и я потерял кучи пуговиц), ” he said sadly looking at his torn clothes (сказал он печально смотря на свою разорванную одежду). “But I squeezed through all right (но я протиснулся) – and here I am (и вот я здесь). ”

appreciative [ǝˈpri: ʃǝtɪv] entrance [ˈentrǝns] squeeze [skwi: z]

Then they wanted to know all about his adventures after they had lost him, and he sat down and told them everything – except about the finding of the ring (“not just now” he thought). They were particularly interested in the riddle-competition, and shuddered most appreciatively at his description of Gollum.

“And then I couldn’t think of any other question with him sitting beside me, ” ended Bilbo; “so I said ‘what’s in my pocket?’ And he couldn’t guess in three goes. So I said: ‘what about your promise? Show me the way out!’ But he came at me to kill me, and I ran, and fell over, and he missed me in the dark. Then I followed him, because I heard him talking to himself. He thought I really knew the way out, and so he was making for it. And then he sat down in the entrance, and I could not get by. So I jumped over him and escaped, and ran down to the gate. ”

“What about guards?” they asked. “Weren’t there any?”

“O yes! lots of them; but I dodged ‘em. I got stuck in the door, which was only open a crack, and I lost lots of buttons, ” he said sadly looking at his torn clothes. “But I squeezed through all right – and here I am. ”

The dwarves looked at him (гномы смотрели на него) with quite a new respect (с совершенно новым уважением), when he talked about dodging guards (когда он говорил о том, как увернулся от стражников), jumping over Gollum (перепрыгнул через Голлума), and squeezing through (и протиснулся сквозь /дверь/), as if it was not very difficult or very alarming (как если бы это не было слишком трудным или тревожащим).

“What did I tell you (что же я вам говорил)?” said Gandalf laughing (сказал Гэндальф, смеясь). “Mr. Baggins has more about him (у мистера Бэггинса с собой: «вокруг него» есть больше = имеет больше способностей) than you guess (чем вы можете предположить). ” He gave Bilbo a queer look (он странно поглядел на Бильбо) from under his bushy eyebrows (из под своих кустистых бровей; bush – куст), as he said this (когда он говорил это), and the hobbit wondered (и хоббит задумался) if he guessed at the part of his tale (догадался ли тот о той части его истории) that he had left out (которую он не упомянул; to leave (left) out – пропускать, не включать).

Then he had questions of his own to ask (затем у него появились собственные вопросы, которые он хотел задать), for if Gandalf had explained it all by now to the dwarves (так как если Гэндальф и объяснил их все к этому моменту гномам), Bilbo had not heard it (то Бильбо не слышал этого). He wanted to know (он хотел знать) how the wizard had turned up again (как это волшебник появился снова; toturnup—подниматьвверх, загибать; внезапно появляться), and where they had all got to now (и куда они все сейчас попали). The wizard, to tell the truth (волшебник, сказать по правде), never minded explaining his cleverness more than once (никогда не возражал против объяснения своей мудрости по нескольку раз: «больше чем один раз»; cleverness – ум, одаренность), so now he had told Bilbo (так что теперь он рассказал Бильбо) that both he and Elrond had been well aware (что они оба – он и Элронд были хорошо осведомлены) of the presence of evil goblins in that part of the mountains (о присутствии гоблинов в этих частях гор). But their main gate (но их главные ворота) used to come out on a different pass (раньше выходил на другую тропу), one more easy to travel by (такую, по которой было легче путешествовать), so that they often caught people (так, что они часто ловили людей; to catch) benighted near their gates (остановившихся на ночлег рядом с их воротами; benighted – находящийся во мраке, застигнутый темнотой). Evidently people had given up going that way (очевидно, что люди забросили ходить по той дороге), and the goblins must have opened their new entrance (и гоблинам, должно быть, пришлось открыть новый вход) at the top of the pass (на вершине того прохода) the dwarves had taken (который выбрали гномы), quite recently (и причем довольно недавно), because it had been found quite safe (потому как он /проход/ считался довольно безопасным) up to now (до сих пор).

alarming [ǝˈlɑ: mɪŋ] eyebrow [ˈaɪbraʋ] presence [ˈprez (ǝ) ns]

The dwarves looked at him with quite a new respect, when he talked about dodging guards, jumping over Gollum, and squeezing through, as if it was not very difficult or very alarming.

“What did I tell you?” said Gandalf laughing. “Mr. Baggins has more about him than you guess. ” He gave Bilbo a queer look from under his bushy eyebrows, as he said this, and the hobbit wondered if he guessed at the part of his tale that he had left out.

Then he had questions of his own to ask, for if Gandalf had explained it all by now to the dwarves, Bilbo had not heard it. He wanted to know how the wizard had turned up again, and where they had all got to now. The wizard, to tell the truth, never minded explaining his cleverness more than once, so now he had told Bilbo that both he and Elrond had been well aware of the presence of evil goblins in that part of the mountains. But their main gate used to come out on a different pass, one more easy to travel by, so that they often caught people benighted near their gates. Evidently people had given up going that way, and the goblins must have opened their new entrance at the top of the pass the dwarves had taken, quite recently, because it had been found quite safe up to now.

“I must see (я должен посмотреть) if I can’t find a more or less decent giant (смогу ли я найти более или менее порядочного великана) to block it up again (чтобы снова завалить его; to block – преграждать, блокировать), ” said Gandalf, “or soon there will be no getting over the mountains at all (или вскоре вообще не пройдешь через горы). ”

As soon as Gandalf had heard Bilbo’s yell (как только Гэндальф услышал вопль Бильбо) he realized what had happened (он понял, что произошло). In the flash which killed the goblins that were grabbing him (вспышкой убив гоблинов, которые вцепились в него) he had nipped inside the crack (он протиснулся в расщелину), just as it snapped to (как раз тогда, когда она захлопывалась). He followed after the drivers and prisoners (он следовал за надсмотрщиками и пленниками) right to the edge of the great hall (прямо до начала: «края» огромного зала), and there he sat down (и там он присел) and worked up the best magic (и сотворил самое лучшее волшебство; to work up – обрабатывать, разжигать) he could in the shadows (которое смог во тьме).

“A very ticklish business, it was (это было очень рискованное дело; ticklish – деликатный, щекотливый; to tickle – щекотать), ” he said. “Touch and go (все висело на волоске; to touch – касаться, трогать)!” But, of course (но, конечно же), Gandalf had made a special study (Гэндальф специально изучал) of bewitchments with fire and lights (колдовство с огнем и светом) (even the hobbit had never forgotten the magic fireworks (даже хоббит никогда не смог забыть те волшебные фейерверки) at Old Took’s midsummer-eve parties (на праздниках у Старого Тука, в канун летнего солнцестояния), as you remember (как вы помните). The rest we all know (оставшееся мы все знаем) – except that Gandalf knew all about the back-door (за исключением того, что Гэндальф знал все о задней двери), as the goblins called the lower gate (как гоблины называли нижние ворота), where Bilbo lost his buttons (где Бильбо потерял свои пуговицы). As a matter of fact (на самом-то деле) it was well known to anybody (о ней было хорошо известно любому) who was acquainted with this part of the mountains (кто был знаком с этим районом гор); but it took a wizard (но нужен был волшебник) to keep his head in the tunnels (чтобы сохранить голову = не потерять голову в /этих/ туннелях) and guide them in the right direction (и направлять их по правильному пути: «направлению»).

decent [ˈdi: s (ǝ) nt] ticklish [ˈtɪklɪʃ] bewitchment [bɪˈwɪtʃmǝnt]

“I must see if I can’t find a more or less decent giant to block it up again, ” said Gandalf, “or soon there will be no getting over the mountains at all. ”

As soon as Gandalf had heard Bilbo’s yell he realized what had happened. In the flash which killed the goblins that were grabbing him he had nipped inside the crack, just as it snapped to. He followed after the drivers and prisoners right to the edge of the great hall, and there he sat down and worked up the best magic he could in the shadows.

“A very ticklish business, it was, ” he said. “Touch and go!” But, of course, Gandalf had made a special study of bewitchments with fire and lights (even the hobbit had never forgotten the magic fire works at Old Took’s midsummer-eve parties, as you remember). The rest we all know – except that Gandalf knew all about the back-door, as the goblins called the lower gate, where Bilbo lost his buttons. As a matter of fact it was well known to anybody who was acquainted with this part of the mountains; but it took a wizard to keep his head in the tunnels and guide them in the right direction.

“They made that gate ages ago (они сделали эти ворота много веков назад), ” he said, “partly for a way of escape (частично как путь к отступлению: «побегу»), if they needed one (если им таковой понадобился бы); partly as a way out into the lands beyond (и частично как путь, ведущий наружу, к землям, лежащим за /горами/), where they still come in the dark (куда они все еще являлись в темноте) and do great damage (и наносили громадный ущерб). They guard it always (они всегда охраняли его) and no one has ever managed to block it up (и никому так никогда и не удалось заблокировать его). They will guard it doubly after this (они удвоят охрану: «они будут охранять его вдвойне» после этого), ” he laughed (засмеялся он). All the others laughed too (все остальные тоже засмеялись). After all they had lost a good deal (в конце концов, они потеряли многое), but they had killed the Great Goblin (но они убили Великого Гоблина) and a great many others besides (и очень много других, кроме того), and they had all escaped (и всем им удалось сбежать), so they might be said (так что они, можно было сказать) to have had the best of it (взяли верх; to have the best of it – победить, одолеть, извлечь наибольшую выгоду) so far (пока). But the wizard called them to their senses (но волшебник привел: «призвал» их в чувства).