Английский язык с В. Ирвингом. Рип ван Винкль - [22]
"Judith Gardenier (Джудит Гарденир)."
"And your father's name (а имя твоего отца)?"
The by-standers began now to look at each other, nod, wink significantly, and tap their fingers against their foreheads. There was a whisper, also, about securing the gun, and keeping the old fellow from doing mischief, at the very suggestion of which the self-important man in the cocked hat retired with some precipitation. At this critical moment a fresh comely woman pressed through the throng to get a peep at the gray-bearded man. She had a chubby child in her arms, which, frightened at his looks, began to cry. "Hush, Rip," cried she, "hush, you little fool; the old man won't hurt you." The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman?" asked he.
"Judith Gardenier."
"And your father's name?"
"Ah, poor man (ах, бедняга), Rip Van Winkle was his name (Рип ван Винкль было его имя), but it's twenty years since (но уже двадцать лет с тех пор, как) he went away from home with his gun (он ушел из дому со своим ружьем), and never has been heard of since (и ничего: «никогда» о нем не было слышно с тех пор) — his dog came home without him (его собака пришла домой без него); but whether he shot himself (но или он застрелил себя; to shoot — стрелять), or was carried away by the Indians (или был унесен = уведен индейцами), nobody can tell (никто не может сказать). I was then but a little girl (я была тогда всего лишь маленькой девочкой)."
"Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since — his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl."
Rip had but one question more to ask (у Рипа был еще один вопрос, который надо было задать: «спросить»); but he put it with a faltering voice (но он задал его дрожащим голосом; to falter [‘f O:ltq] — спотыкаться; ковылять; заикаться; колебаться):
"Where's your mother (где твоя мать)?"
"Oh, she too had died (о, она тоже умерла) but a short time since (спустя короткое время = вскоре после этого); she broke a blood-vessel (у нее лопнул кровеносный сосуд) in a fit of passion (в разгаре вспышки гнева; passion [‘pxS(q)n] — страсть; взрыв чувств; вспышка гнева) at a New-England peddler (на торговца из Новой Англии; peddler [‘pedlq] — коробейник; разносчик; розничный торговец)."
Rip had but one question more to ask; but he put it with a faltering voice:
"Where's your mother?"
"Oh, she too had died but a short time since; she broke a blood-vessel in a fit of passion at a New-England peddler."
There was a drop of comfort, at least (по крайне мере, там была капля утешения), in this intelligence (в этой новости; intelligence [In’telIG(q)ns] — интеллект; сообразительность; информация, сведения). The honest man could contain himself no longer (честный человек не смог себя больше сдерживать). He caught his daughter and her child in his arms (он поймал: «заключил» свою дочь и ее ребенка в объятья). "I'm your father (я твой отец)!" cried he (вскрикнул он) — "Young Rip Van Winkle once (однажды молодой Рип ван Винкль) — old Rip Van Winkle now (старый Рип ван Винкль сейчас)! — Does nobody know poor Rip Van Winkle (разве никто не знает бедного Рипа ван Винкля)?"
There was a drop of comfort, at least, in this intelligence. The honest man could contain himself no longer. He caught his daughter and her child in his arms. "I'm your father!" cried he — "Young Rip Van Winkle once — old Rip Van Winkle now! — Does nobody know poor Rip Van Winkle?"
All stood amazed (все стояли ошеломленные), until an old woman (пока одна старушка: «старая женщина»), tottering out from among the crowd (дрожащей походкой вышедшая из толпы), put her hand to her brow (/не/ приложила руку к глазам: «бровям»), and peering under it in his face for a moment (и вглядываясь из-под нее в его лицо некоторое время), exclaimed (воскликнула), "Sure enough (точно достаточно = это точно так)! it is Rip Van Winkle (это Рип ван Винкль) — it is himself (это он сам)! Welcome home again (добро пожаловать опять домой), old neighbor (старый сосед) — Why, where have you been these twenty long years (ну, где же ты был эти двадцать долгих лет)?"
