Текст книги "Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. На окраине империи. Рассказы"

Автор книги: Уильям Моэм

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dismissal [dIs`mIsl], stumble [stAmbl], loneliness [`lqunlInqs]

Mr. Warburton gave him a little nod of dismissal. Cooper flushed, did not for a moment know what to say or do, turned on his heel and stumbled out of the room. Mr. Warburton watched him go with an icy smile on his lips. He had done his duty. But what would he have thought had he known that when Cooper got back to his bungalow, so silent and cheerless, he threw himself down on his bed and in his bitter loneliness on a sudden lost all control of himself? Painful sobs tore his chest and heavy tears rolled down his thin cheeks.

After this Mr. Warburton seldom saw Cooper, and never spoke to him (после этого мистер Уорбертон редко видел Купера и ни разу не говорил с ним). He read his Times every morning (он читал свою «Таймс» каждое утро), did his work at the office (выполнял свою работу в канцелярии), took his exercise (совершал прогулку: «брал упражнение/ходьбу»), dressed for dinner (переодевался к обеду), dined and sat by the river smoking his cheroot (обедал и сидел у реки, выкуривая свою сигару). If by chance he ran across Cooper he cut him dead (если случайно он сталкивался с Купером, он полностью игнорировал его; to run across – /случайно/ встретиться с кем-либо; столкнуться с кем-либо). Each, though never for a moment unconscious of the propinquity, acted as though the other did not exist (каждый, хотя никогда ни на мгновение не забывал о соседстве другого: «ни на мгновение не осознающий соседства», действовал, словно того не существовало). Time did nothing to assuage their animosity (время не сделало ничего, чтобы успокоить их враждебность = отнюдь не успокоило их враждебность; to assuage– успокаивать /гнев и т. п./; облегчать, смягчать /горе, боль/). They watched one another`s actions and each knew what the other did (они следили за действиями друг друга, и каждый знал, чем занимался другой: «что делал другой»). Though Mr. Warburton had been a keen shot in his youth (хотя мистер Уорбертон был острым = метким стрелком в своей молодости; shot– пуля, выстрел; стрелок), with age he had acquired a distaste for killing the wild things of the jungle (с возрастом у него появилось: «он приобрел» отвращение к убийству диких существ/животных джунглей; thing– вещь, предмет; живое существо), but on Sundays and holidays Cooper went out with his gun (но по воскресеньям и праздникам Купер выходил со своим оружием/ружьем): if he got something it was a triumph over Mr. Warburton (если он приходил с добычей: «получил/поймал что-то», это было триумфом/торжеством над мистером Уорбертоном); if not, Mr. Warburton shrugged his shoulders and chuckled (в ином случае мистер Уорбертон пожимал плечами и подхихикивал/смеялся про себя). These counter-jumpers trying to be sportsmen (/ох уж/ эти приказчики, пытающиеся быть спортсменами; counter-jumper /презр./ = counterman – приказчик, продавец; counter – конторка, прилавок; jumper – прыгун)! Christmas was a bad time for both of them (Рождество было тягостным моментом/временем для них обоих;bad time – тяжелые времена; тягостный момент): they ate their dinners alone, each in his own quarters (они обедали: «ели свои обеды» одни = в одиночестве, каждый в своем собственном доме: «жилище»), and they got deliberately drunk (и они сознательно/нарочно напились: «сознательно стали пьяными»). They were the only white men within two hundred miles (они были единственными белыми в пределах двухсот миль) and they lived within shouting distance of each other (а они жили на расстоянии крика = коротком расстоянии/в двух шагах друг от друга; shouting distance– короткое расстояние).

propinquity [prq'pINkwItI], assuage [q'sweIG], animosity [xnI'mOsItI], acquired [q'kwaIqd], triumph ['traIqmf]

After this Mr. Warburton seldom saw Cooper, and never spoke to him. He read his Times every morning, did his work at the office, took his exercise, dressed for dinner, dined and sat by the river smoking his cheroot. If by chance he ran across Cooper he cut him dead. Each, though never for a moment unconscious of the propinquity, acted as though the other did not exist. Time did nothing to assuage their animosity. They watched one another`s actions and each knew what the other did. Though Mr. Warburton had been a keen shot in his youth, with age he had acquired a distaste for killing the wild things of the jungle, but on Sundays and holidays Cooper went out with his gun: if he got something it was a triumph over Mr. Warburton; if not, Mr. Warburton shrugged his shoulders and chuckled. These counter-jumpers trying to be sportsmen! Christmas was a bad time for both of them: they ate their dinners alone, each in his own quarters, and they got deliberately drunk. They were the only white men within two hundred miles and they lived within shouting distance of each other.

At the beginning of the year Cooper went down with fever (в начале года Купера свалила лихорадка: «Купер свалился с лихорадкой»; to go down with – свалиться от /какой-либо болезни/), and when Mr. Warburton caught sight of him again (и когда мистер Уорбертон увидел его снова; to catch sight of – замечать, видеть кого-либо, что-либо: «поймать вид») he was surprised to see how thin he had grown (он был удивлен увидеть, как тот исхудал: «каким худым он стал»; to grow – расти; становиться). He looked ill and worn (он выглядел больным и изнуренным/измученным; worn – изношенный, потертый, старый; изнуренный). The solitude, so much more unnatural because it was due to no necessity, was getting on his nerves (одиночество, настолько/до такой степени неестественное, поскольку оно было не из-за необходимости = не было вызвано/порождено необходимостью, действовало ему на нервы). It was getting on Mr. Warburton`s too (оно действовало также и на мистера Уорбертона), and often he could not sleep at night (и часто он не мог уснуть по ночам: «ночью»). He lay awake brooding (он лежал, размышляя; to brood – высиживать яйца; размышлять). Cooper was drinking heavily and surely the breaking point was near (Купер сильно пил, и, конечно, точка перелома/предел был близок); but in his dealings with the natives he took care to do nothing that might expose him to his chief`s rebuke (но в своих отношениях с туземцами он заботился, чтобы не сделать ничего /такого/, что могло бы подвергнуть его упреку начальника; to deal with – иметь дело с кем-либо;to expose to – подвергать). They fought a grim and silent battle with one another (они боролись жестоким и тихим сражением = вели жестокую и молчаливую войну друг с другом). It was a test of endurance (это было испытание выносливости; to endure– подвергаться /чему-либо/; выдерживать испытание временем; терпеть, сносить). The months passed, and neither gave sign of weakening (месяцы проходили, и ни один не отступал/сдавался: «не подавал ни знака ослабления»; to weaken– слабеть, ослаблять). They were like men dwelling in regions of eternal night (они походили на людей, живущих в регионах/царстве вечной ночи), and their souls were oppressed with the knowledge that never would the day dawn for them (и их души угнетало сознание того, что для них никогда не наступит рассвет; to dawn– /рас/светать, зачинаться /о рассвете/). It looked as though their lives would continue for ever in this dull and hideous monotony of hatred (казалось, будто их жизни будут продолжаться постоянно в этой глупой и отвратительной монотонности ненависти; for ever – навсегда, навечно; беспрестанно).

rebuke [rI'bju: k], endurance [In'djuqrqns], oppressed [q`prest]

At the beginning of the year Cooper went down with fever, and when Mr. Warburton caught sight of him again he was surprised to see how thin he had grown. He looked ill and worn. The solitude, so much more unnatural because it was due to no necessity, was getting on his nerves. It was getting on Mr. Warburton`s too, and often he could not sleep at night. He lay awake brooding. Cooper was drinking heavily and surely the breaking point was near; but in his dealings with the natives he took care to do nothing that might expose him to his chief`s rebuke. They fought a grim and silent battle with one another. It was a test of endurance. The months passed, and neither gave sign of weakening. They were like men dwelling in regions of eternal night, and their souls were oppressed with the knowledge that never would the day dawn for them. It looked as though their lives would continue for ever in this dull and hideous monotony of hatred.

And when at last the inevitable happened it came upon Mr. Warburton with all the shock of the unexpected (и когда наконец неизбежное случилось, оно охватило/обрушилось на мистера Уорбертона совершенно неожиданным ударом/потрясением: «со всем ударом/потрясением внезапности»; to come upon– натолкнуться на /что-либо/, неожиданно найти /что-либо/, случайно встретить /кого-либо/, охватывать /кого-либо/;to expect– ждать, ожидать). Cooper accused the boy Abas of stealing some of his clothes (Купер обвинил боя Абаса в краже какой-то/кое-какой его одежды), and when the boy denied the theft took him by the scruff of the neck and kicked him down the steps of the bungalow (и когда парень отрицал воровство/кражу, взял его за шиворот и пнул его /сбросив/ вниз со ступенек бунгало; to take by the scruff of the neck– взять за шиворот; scruff – загривок, затылок, задняя часть шеи). The boy demanded his wages (парень потребовал свое жалованье) and Cooper flung at his head every word of abuse he knew (и Купер обрушил на него все ругательства: «бросил на его голову каждое слово брани», которые он знал; a term/word of abuse – ругательство; abuse – оскорбление; брань;to abuse – злоупотреблять; оскорблять; ругать; бесчестить, поносить). If he saw him in the compound in an hour he would hand him over to the police (если он увидит его на территории /резиденции/ через час, он передаст его /в руки/ полиции; to hand over – передавать из рук в руки; передавать /кого-либо или что-либо/ в руки властей; compound – огороженная для каких-либо целей территория). Next morning the boy waylaid him outside the Fort when he was walking over to his office (на следующее утро парень подстерегал его = Купера у: «снаружи» Форта, когда он шел в канцелярию), and again demanded his wages (и снова потребовал свое жалованье). Cooper struck him in the face with his clenched fist (Купер ударил его в лицо кулаком: «сжатым кулаком»). The boy fell to the ground and got up with blood streaming from his nose (парень упал на землю и встал/поднялся с кровью, струящейся у него из носа).

accuse [q'kju: z], abuse [q`bju: s], clenched [klentSt]

And when at last the inevitable happened it came upon Mr. Warburton with all the shock of the unexpected. Cooper accused the boy Abas of stealing some of his clothes, and when the boy denied the theft took him by the scruff of the neck and kicked him down the steps of the bungalow. The boy demanded his wages and Cooper flung at his head every word of abuse he knew. If he saw him in the compound in an hour he would hand him over to the police. Next morning the boy waylaid him outside the Fort when he was walking over to his office, and again demanded his wages. Cooper struck him in the face with his clenched fist. The boy fell to the ground and got up with blood streaming from his nose.

Cooper walked on and set about his work (Купер пошел дальше и приступил к своей работе; to set about – начинать, приступать). But he could not attend to it (но он не мог сосредоточиться на ней: «уделить внимание ей»). The blow had calmed his irritation (удар успокоил его раздражение), and he knew that he had gone too far (и он знал, что зашел слишком далеко). He was worried (он был обеспокоен/встревожен). He felt ill (он чувствовал /себя/ больным), miserable and discouraged (несчастным и обескураженным). In the adjoining office sat Mr. Warburton (в соседнем кабинете сидел мистер Уорбертон; office– офис, контора, канцелярия; кабинет;adjoining – граничащий, прилегающий; соседний), and his impulse was to go and tell him what he had done (и его /первым/ порывом было пойти и рассказать ему, что он сделал); he made a movement in his chair (он сделал движение в своем кресле), but he knew with what icy scorn he would listen to the story (но он знал, с каким ледяным/холодным презрением тот будет слушать /его/ историю). He could see his patronising smile (он мог видеть = уже видел его высокомерную улыбку; to patronise – заботиться, опекать, покровительствовать; относиться свысока, снисходительно, высокомерно). For a moment he had an uneasy fear of what Abas might do (на мгновение он имел = у него появилось тревожное опасение из-за того, что Абас может сделать). Warburton had warned him all right (ведь Уорбертон предупреждал его). He sighed (он вздохнул). What a fool he had been (каким глупцом он был)! But he shrugged his shoulders impatiently (но он пожал своими плечами раздраженно; impatient– нетерпеливый, беспокойный, раздраженный). He did not care (ему наплевать: «он не заботился»); a fat lot he had to live for (больно уж есть ему для чего жить: «очень много для чего у него было жить»; fat lot – «очень сильно», «очень много» /т. е. совсем слабо, вовсе ничего/). It was all Warburton`s fault (это все было виной Уорбертона); if he hadn`t put his back up nothing like this would have happened (если бы он не вывел его из себя, ничего такого: «как это» не случилось бы; to put his back up– вывести из себя, раздражать, сердить). Warburton had made life a hell for him from the start (Уорбертон сделал жизнь адом для него с /самого/ начала). The snob. But they were all like that (но они были все такие: «как этот»): it was because he was a Colonial (это потому, что он = Купер был уроженцем колоний). It was a damned shame that he had never got his commission in the war (стыд и срам: «это было проклятым стыдом», что он не получил звания офицера на войне); he was as good as anyone else (он был ничем не хуже других: «настолько же хорош, как кто-либо еще/любой другой»). They were a lot of dirty snobs (они – сборище грязных снобов). He was damned if he was going to knuckle under now (черта с два: «он был бы проклят», если бы он уступил/признал поражение теперь; to knuckle under – подчиняться, уступать). Of course Warburton would hear of what had happened (конечно, Уорбертон услышит = узнает о том, что случилось/произошло); the old devil knew everything (старый дьявол знал = знает все). He wasn`t afraid (ему не было страшно: «он не боялся»). He wasn`t afraid of any Malay in Borneo (он не боялся никакого малайца на Борнео), and Warburton could go to blazes (и Уорбертон мог идти к черту; go to blazes– пропади все пропадом; идти к черту; blaze – яркий огонь, пламя; blazes– адский огонь, ад).

irritation [IrI`teISn], miserable [`mIzqrqbl], fault [fO: lt]

Cooper walked on and set about his work. But he could not attend to it. The blow had calmed his irritation, and he knew that he had gone too far. He was worried. He felt ill, miserable and discouraged. In the adjoining office sat Mr. Warburton, and his impulse was to go and tell him what he had done; he made a movement in his chair, but he knew with what icy scorn he would listen to the story. He could see his patronising smile. For a moment he had an uneasy fear of what Abas might do. Warburton had warned him all right. He sighed. What a fool he had been! But he shrugged his shoulders impatiently. He did not care; a fat lot he had to live for. It was all Warburton`s fault; if he hadn`t put his back up nothing like this would have happened. Warburton had made life a hell for him from the start. The snob. But they were all like that: it was because he was a Colonial. It was a damned shame that he had never got his commission in the war; he was as good as anyone else. They were a lot of dirty snobs. He was damned if he was going to knuckle under now. Of course Warburton would hear of what had happened; the old devil knew everything. He wasn`t afraid. He wasn`t afraid of any Malay in Borneo, and Warburton could go to blazes.

He was right in thinking that Mr. Warburton would know what had happened (он был прав в суждении = он не ошибся в том, что мистер Уорбертон узнает о случившемся: «о том, что случилось»). His head-boy told him when he went in to tiffin (его старший бой рассказал ему /об этом/, когда он пришел завтракать; tiffin – второй завтрак).

"Where is your nephew now (где твой племянник сейчас)?"

"I do not know, Tuan (я не знаю, туан). He has gone (он ушел)."

Mr. Warburton remained silent (мистер Уорбертон оставался молчаливым = ничего не сказал). After luncheon as a rule he slept a little (после завтрака он, как правило/обычно, спал немного), but to-day he found himself very wide awake (но сегодня он оказался: «нашел себя» очень бодрствующим; wide awake – бодрствующий). His eyes involuntarily sought the bungalow where Cooper was now resting (его глаза невольно поискали бунгало, где Купер сейчас отдыхал; voluntarily – добровольно, свободно).

luncheon ['lAntSqn], rule [ru: l], involuntarily [In'vOlqntqrIlI]

He was right in thinking that Mr. Warburton would know what had happened. His head-boy told him when he went in to tiffin.

«Where is your nephew now?»

«I do not know, Tuan. He has gone.»

Mr. Warburton remained silent. After luncheon as a rule he slept a little, but to-day he found himself very wide awake. His eyes involuntarily sought the bungalow where Cooper was now resting.

The idiot (идиот)! Hesitation for a little was in Mr. Warburton`s mind (сомнения на некоторое время охватили мистера Уорбертона: «были в мыслях/уме мистера Уорбертона»). Did the man know in what peril he was (знал = понимал ли /этот/ человек, в какой опасности он был/находился)? He supposed he ought to send for him (он подумал, что он должен = следовало бы послать за ним). But each time he had tried to reason with Cooper, Cooper had insulted him (но каждый раз, /когда/ он пробовал договориться с Купером = вразумить Купера, Купер, оскорблял его; to reason with– уговаривать; договориться). Anger, furious anger welled up suddenly in Mr. Warburton`s heart (гнев, неистовый гнев закипел внезапно в сердце мистера Уорбертона), so that the veins on his temples stood out and he clenched his fists (так, что вены на его висках выступили, и он сжал свои кулаки). The cad had had his warning (/этот/ наглец получил свое предупреждение). Now let him take what was coming to him (теперь пусть получает по заслугам: «позвольте ему получить то, что шло к нему»). It was no business of his, and if anything happened it was not his fault (это его не касалось: «было не его дело», и если что-нибудь случится, это не его вина). But perhaps they would wish in Kuala Solor that they had taken his advice and transferred Cooper to another station (но, возможно, в Куала-Солор пожалеют, что не прислушались к его совету и не перевели Купера на другую станцию: «пожелали бы, чтобы приняли /ранее/ его совет и перевели»).

He was strangely restless that night (он был странно обеспокоен/встревожен в тот вечер: «той ночью»). After dinner he walked up and down the verandah (после обеда он ходил взад и вперед по веранде). When the boy went away to his own quarters (когда бой уходил в свое жилище), Mr. Warburton asked him whether anything had been seen of Abas (мистер Уорбертон спросил его, было ли что-то слышно: «видно» об Абасе).

hesitation [hezI`teISn], peril [`perIl], warning [`wO: nIN]

The idiot! Hesitation for a little was in Mr. Warburton`s mind. Did the man know in what peril he was? He supposed he ought to send for him. But each time he had tried to reason with Cooper, Cooper had insulted him. Anger, furious anger welled up suddenly in Mr. Warburton`s heart, so that the veins on his temples stood out and he clenched his fists. The cad had had his warning. Now let him take what was coming to him. It was no business of his, and if anything happened it was not his fault. But perhaps they would wish in Kuala Solor that they had taken his advice and transferred Cooper to another station.

He was strangely restless that night. After dinner he walked up and down the verandah. When the boy went away to his own quarters, Mr. Warburton asked him whether anything had been seen of Abas.

"No, Tuan (нет, туан), I think maybe he has gone to the village of his mother`s brother (он, наверное, пошел в деревню брата = к брату своей матери)."

Mr. Warburton gave him a sharp glance (мистер Уорбертон посмотрел на него пронзительным взглядом: «дал ему острый взгляд»), but the boy was looking down (но бой смотрел вниз/не поднимал глаз), and their eyes did not meet (и их глаза = взгляды не встретились). Mr. Warburton went down to the river and sat in his arbour (мистер Уорбертон спустился к реке и посидел в своей беседке). But peace has denied him (но ему не было покоя: «мир/покой отрекся от его»). The river flowed ominously silent (река текла зловеще тихая). It was like a great serpent gliding with sluggish movement towards the sea (она была похожа на огромную змею, скользящую с вялым движением = лениво к морю; sluggish– вялый; медленный, неторопливый; ленивый). And the trees of the jungle over the water were heavy with a breathless menace (и деревья джунглей по воде были тяжелы от затаившей дыхание угрозы). No bird sang (никакая/ни одна птица не пела). No breeze ruffled the leaves of the cassias (никакой ветерок не трепал листвы кассий). All around him it seemed as though something waited (все вокруг него, казалось, как будто бы чего-то ждало).

sluggish [`slAgIS], ominously [`OmInqslI], cassia ['kxsIq]

«No, Tuan, I think maybe he has gone to the village of his mother`s brother.»

Mr. Warburton gave him a sharp glance, but the boy was looking down, and their eyes did not meet. Mr. Warburton went down to the river and sat in his arbour. But peace was denied him. The river flowed ominously silent. It was like a great serpent gliding with sluggish movement towards the sea. And the trees of the jungle over the water were heavy with a breathless menace. No bird sang. No breeze ruffled the leaves of the cassias. All around him it seemed as though something waited.

He walked across the garden to the road (он шел через сад к дороге). He had Cooper`s bungalow in full view from there (ему оттуда было хорошо видно бунгало Купера: «он имел бунгало Купера в полном обзоре оттуда»). There was a light in his sitting-room (в его гостиной горел свет), and across the road floated the sound of rag-time (и через дорогу доносился звук = долетали звуки рэгтайма; to float – плыть; проплывать, проноситься; распространяться; ragtime – регтайм/синкопированный танцевальный ритм/). Cooper was playing his gramophone (Купер играл = завел свой граммофон). Mr. Warburton shuddered (мистер Уорбертон вздрогнул); he had never got over his instinctive dislike of that instrument (он никогда не /мог/преодолеть своей подсознательный неприязни/отвращения к этому инструменту; to get over – перейти, переправиться; преодолеть). But for that he would have gone over and spoken to Cooper (если бы не это /граммофон/, он пошел бы и поговорил с Купером; but for that – если бы не). He turned and went back to his own house (он повернулся и пошел к себе домой). He read late into the night, and at last he slept (он читал до поздней ночи, и наконец он уснул). But he did not sleep very long (но спал он не очень долго), he had terrible dreams (его мучили страшные сны), and he seemed to be awakened by a cry (и его, казалось, разбудил крик). Of course that was a dream too (конечно, это тоже был /только/ сон), for no cry – from the bungalow for instance – could be heard in his room (ибо никакого крика – от бунгало, например, – не было бы слышно в его комнате). He lay awake till dawn (он не уснул: «лежал проснувшимся» до рассвета). Then he heard hurried steps and the sound of voices (затем он услышал торопливые шаги и голоса: «звук голосов»), his head-boy burst suddenly into the room without his fez (его старший бой внезапно ворвался в комнату без своей фески), and Mr. Warburton`s heart stood still (и сердце мистера Уорбертона остановилось/замерло).

float [flqut], gramophone [`grotesque], instinctive [In`stinkpot]

He walked across the garden to the road. He had Cooper`s bungalow in full view from there. There was a light in his sitting-room, and across the road floated the sound of rag-time. Cooper was playing his gramophone. Mr. Warburton shuddered; he had never got over his instinctive dislike of that instrument. But for that he would have gone over and spoken to Cooper. He turned and went back to his own house. He read late into the night, and at last he slept. But he did not sleep very long, he had terrible dreams, and he seemed to be awakened by a cry. Of course that was a dream too, for no cry – from the bungalow for instance – could be heard in his room. He lay awake till dawn. Then he heard hurried steps and the sound of voices, his head-boy burst suddenly into the room without his fez, and Mr. Warburton`s heart stood still.

«Tuan, Tuan (туан, туан).»

Mr. Warburton jumped out of bed (мистер Уорбертон выпрыгнул из кровати).

"I`ll come at once (я сейчас приду)."

He put on his slippers, and in his sarong and pyjama-jacket walked across his compound and into Cooper`s (он надел свои тапочки и в саронге и пижамной куртке прошел через свой участок к /дому/ Купера). Cooper was lying in bed (Купер лежал на кровати), with his mouth open (с открытым ртом: «его рот был открыт»), and a kris sticking in his heart (и с крисом, вонзенным в его сердце). He had been killed in his sleep (он был убит во сне). Mr. Warburton started, but not because he had not expected to see just such a sight (мистер Уорбертон вздрогнул, но не потому, что он не ожидал увидеть именно такое зрелище; to start – начинать; отправляться; вздрагивать), he started because he felt in himself a sudden glow of exultation (он вздрогнул, потому что он почувствовал в себе внезапный жар ликования). A great burden had been lifted from his shoulders (огромное бремя было снято = свалилось с его плеч).

exultation [egzAl'teISqn], burden [bq: dn]

«Tuan, Tuan.»

Mr. Warburton jumped out of bed.

«I`ll come at once.»

He put on his slippers, and in his sarong and pyjama-jacket walked across his compound and into Cooper`s. Cooper was lying in bed, with his mouth open, and a kris sticking in his heart. He had been killed in his sleep. Mr. Warburton started, but not because he had not expected to see just such a sight, he started because he felt in himself a sudden glow of exultation. A great burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

Cooper was quite cold (Купер /уже/ был совсем холодным). Mr. Warburton took the kris out of the wound (мистер Уорбертон вынул/вытащил крис из раны), it had been thrust in with such force that he had to use an effort to get it out (его вонзили с такой силой, что он должен был использовать/применить усилие, чтобы его вытащить; to thrust in– втыкать, всовывать; вонзать), and looked at it (и посмотрел на него).

He recognized it (он узнал его). It was a kris that a dealer had offered him some weeks before (это был крис, который торговец предлагал ему несколько недель назад), and which he knew Cooper had bought (и, который, он знал = ему было известно, Купер купил).

"Where is Abas (где Абас)?" he asked sternly (он спросил строго; stern – строгий).

"Abas is at the village of his mother`s brother (Абас в деревне у брата своей матери)."

The sergeant of the native police was standing at the foot of the bed (сержант туземной полиции стоял в ногах кровати).

"Take two men and go to the village and arrest him (возьмите двух человек, пойдите в деревню и арестуйте его)."

quite [kwaIt], wound [wu: nd], sergeant [`sQ: dZqnt]

Cooper was quite cold. Mr. Warburton took the kris out of the wound, it had been thrust in with such force that he had to use an effort to get it out, and looked at it.

He recognized it. It was a kris that a dealer had offered him some weeks before, and which he knew Cooper had bought.

«Where is Abas?» he asked sternly.

«Abas is at the village of his mother`s brother.»

The sergeant of the native police was standing at the foot of the bed.

«Take two men and go to the village and arrest him.»

Mr. Warburton did what was immediately necessary (мистер Уорбертон сделал то, что было самым необходимым данном случае: «что было немедленно необходимым»). With set face he gave orders (с неподвижным лицом он отдавал приказания). His words were short and peremptory (его слова были короткими и властными). Then he went back to the Fort (потом он вернулся в Форт). He shaved and had his bath (он побрился и принял ванну; to have a bath – принять ванну), dressed and went into the dining-room (оделся и вышел в столовую). By the side of his plate The Times in its wrapper lay waiting for him (возле края его тарелки лежала «Таймс» в обертке, ожидая его). He helped himself to some fruit (он положил себе немного фруктов: «угостился несколькими фруктами»; to help– помогать; раздавать, угощать, сравните: help yourself – берите, пожалуйста /сами/). The head-boy poured out his tea while the second handed him a dish of eggs (старший бой наливал ему чаю, в то время как другой подавал ему яичницу: «блюдо из яиц»). Mr. Warburton ate with a good appetite (мистер Уорбертон ел = завтракал с хорошим аппетитом). The head-boy waited (старший бой ждал).

"What is it (что случилось: «что это»)?" asked Mr. Warburton (спросил мистер Уорбертон).

"Tuan, Abas, my nephew, was in the house of his mother`s brother all night (туан, Абас, мой племянник, был = провел в доме брата своей матери всю ночь). It can be proved (это можно доказать: «может быть доказано»). His uncle will swear that he did not leave the kampong (его дядя присягнет, что он не покидал поселка)."

Mr. Warburton turned upon him with a frown (мистер Уорбертон повернулся к нему, хмурясь: «с хмурым взглядом»).

"Tuan Cooper was killed by Abas (туан Купер был убит Абасом). You know it as well as I know it (ты знаешь это не хуже меня: «так же, как я знаю это»). Justice must be done (правосудие должно свершиться: «быть сделано»)."