circumstances ['sɜ:kəmstənsɪz], loudly ['laʊdlɪ], cottage ['kɒtɪʤ]
“No one,” he shouted in answer, for he felt that he could never explain that he had let his old comrade slip back into the sea, and at the very place and under the very circumstances in which that comrade had saved his own life. He hoped by one bold lie to set the matter at rest for ever. There was no one to bear witness – and if he should have to carry that still white face in his eyes and that despairing cry in his ears for evermore – at least none should know of it. “No one,” he cried, more loudly still. “I slipped on the rock, and the rope fell into the sea!” So saying he left them, and, rushing down the steep path, gained his own cottage and locked himself within.
The remainder of that night he passed lying on his bed (остаток той ночи он провел, лежа на кровати; to remain – оставаться) – dressed and motionless staring upwards (одетый и неподвижный, уставившись вверх = в потолок; motion – движение; to stare – пристально смотреть, уставиться), and seeming to see through the darkness a pale face gleaming wet in the lightning (и, казалось, он видит сквозь тьму бледное мокрое лицо, блестящее при свете молнии; to gleam – светиться; блестеть; wet – мокрый), with its glad recognition turning to ghastly despair (и его радостное узнавание = радость Абеля от того, что он узнал друга, обращается в ужасное отчаяние; ghastly – наводящий ужас, жуткий, страшный), and to hear a cry which never ceased to echo in his soul (и Эрик слышит крик, который не стихает, а все звучит в его душе).
In the morning the storm was over and all was smiling again (утром шторм прекратился, и все снова было мирным; to smile – улыбаться; приятно выглядеть /о чем-л./), except that the sea was still boisterous with its unspent fury (не считая того, что море по-прежнему было бурным, кипя неизрасходованной яростью; unspent – неистраченный; неизрасходованный; to spend – тратить, расходовать). Great pieces of wreck drifted into the port (огромные куски разбитого судна принесло течением в порт; wreck – крушение, авария; обломки разбитого судна, самолета), and the sea around the island rock was strewn with others (и море вокруг одинокой скалы было усеяно другими /кусками/; to strew – разбрасывать; усыпать, покрывать /поверхность/). Two bodies also drifted into the harbour (два тела также принесло в гавань) – one the master of the wrecked ketch (одно – хозяина потерпевшего крушение кеча), the other a strange seaman whom no one knew (другое – какого-то моряка, которого никто не знал; strange – чужой; незнакомый, неизвестный).
motionless ['məʊʃ(ə)nləs], ghastly ['gɑ:stlɪ], boisterous ['bɔɪst(ə)rəs]
The remainder of that night he passed lying on his bed – dressed and motionless staring upwards, and seeming to see through the darkness a pale face gleaming wet in the lightning, with its glad recognition turning to ghastly despair, and to hear a cry which never ceased to echo in his soul.
In the morning the storm was over and all was smiling again, except that the sea was still boisterous with its unspent fury. Great pieces of wreck drifted into the port, and the sea around the island rock was strewn with others. Two bodies also drifted into the harbour – one the master of the wrecked ketch, the other a strange seaman whom no one knew.
Sarah saw nothing of Eric till the evening (Сара не видела Эрика до вечера), and then he only looked in for a minute (а потом он зашел всего на минуту). He did not come into the house (он не вошел в дом), but simply put his head in through the open window (а просто просунул голову в открытое окно).
“Well, Sarah,” he called out in a loud voice (ну что, Сара, – обратился он громким голосом), though to her it did not ring truly (хотя ей обращение показалось неискренним; to ring – звенеть; звучать, казаться), “is the wedding dress done (готово свадебное платье)? Sunday week, mind! Sunday week (в воскресенье через неделю, не