Эмили Бронте – Грозовой перевал: метод параллельного погружения (страница 27)

He got through, and the doctor affirmed it was in a great measure owing to me, and praised me for my care. I was vain of his commendations, and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them, and thus Hindley lost his last ally: still I couldn’t dote on Heathcliff, and I wondered often what my master saw to admire so much in the sullen boy; who never, to my recollection, repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. He was not insolent to his benefactor, he was simply insensible; though knowing perfectly the hold he had on his heart, and conscious he had only to speak and all the house would be obliged to bend to his wishes. As an instance, I remember Mr. Earnshaw once bought a couple of colts at the parish fair, and gave the lads each one. Heathcliff took the handsomest, but it soon fell lame, and when he discovered it, he said to Hindley—

“You must exchange horses with me: (– Ты должен поменяться со мной лошадьми; to exchange – поменяться) I don’t like mine; (– мне моя не нравится;) and if you won’t I shall tell your father of the three thrashings you’ve given me this week, (и если ты не согласишься, я расскажу отцу о трёх порках, которые ты мне дал на этой неделе; thrashing – порка, взбучка) and show him my arm, which is black to the shoulder.” (и покажу ему свою руку, которая почернела до плеча; to be black to the shoulder – покрыться синяком до плеча) Hindley put out his tongue, (Хиндли высунул язык,) and cuffed him over the ears. (и шлёпнул его по ушам; to cuff – шлёпнуть, дать по уху) “You’d better do it at once,” he persisted, escaping to the porch (– Тебе лучше сделать это сразу, – настоял он, убегая на крыльцо; to persist – настаивать; porch – крыльцо) (they were in the stable): (они были в конюшне:) “you will have to: and if I speak of these blows, you’ll get them again with interest.” (– тебе придётся; и если я расскажу об этих ударах, ты получишь их снова с лихвой; blow – удар; with interest – с лихвой, с запасом) “Off, dog!” cried Hindley, (– Сгинь, собака! – воскликнул Хиндли,) threatening him with an iron weight used for weighing potatoes and hay. (угрожая ему железным грузом, которым взвешивали картошку и сено; iron weight – тяжёлый груз/гиря) “Throw it,” he replied, standing still, (– Брось его, – ответил тот, стоя неподвижно,) “and then I’ll tell how you boasted that you would turn me out of doors as soon as he died, (– и тогда я расскажу, как ты хвастался, что выставишь меня на улицу, как только он умрёт; to boast – хвастаться; to turn out (of doors) – выгонять на улицу) and see whether he will not turn you out directly.” (– и посмотрим, не вышвырнет ли он тебя сразу же; directly – немедленно, сразу)

“You must exchange horses with me: I don’t like mine; and if you won’t I shall tell your father of the three thrashings you’ve given me this week, and show him my arm, which is black to the shoulder.” Hindley put out his tongue, and cuffed him over the ears. “You’d better do it at once,” he persisted, escaping to the porch (they were in the stable): “you will have to: and if I speak of these blows, you’ll get them again with interest.” “Off, dog!” cried Hindley, threatening him with an iron weight used for weighing potatoes and hay. “Throw it,” he replied, standing still, “and then I’ll tell how you boasted that you would turn me out of doors as soon as he died, and see whether he will not turn you out directly.”

Hindley threw it, hitting him on the breast, (Хиндли бросил его, попав ему в грудь.) and down he fell, (и он упал,) but staggered up immediately, breathless and white; (но сразу вскочил, без дыхания и бледный,) and, had not I prevented it, (и если бы я этого не предотвратила,) he would have gone just so to the master, (он бы так и пошёл прямо к хозяину,) and got full revenge by letting his condition plead for him, (и добился бы полного возмездия, позволяя своему состоянию говорить за него,) intimating who had caused it. (намекая, кто это причинил.) “Take my colt, Gipsy, then!” said young Earnshaw. (– Тогда возьми моего жеребёнка, цыган! – сказал молодой Эрншо; Gipsy – цыган.) “And I pray that he may break your neck: (– И я молюсь, чтобы он сломал тебе шею:) take him, and be damned, you beggarly interloper! (возьми его, и да пропадёшь ты, нищенский незваный гость!; beggarly – нищенский; interloper – незваный гость, самозванец) and wheedle my father out of all he has: (и вымогай у моего отца всё, что у него есть; wheedle – упрашивать, выманивать) only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan.— (только потом покажи ему, кто ты такой, бесёнок сатаны; imp – бесёнок, чертёнок) And take that, I hope he’ll kick out your brains!” (– И возьми это, надеюсь, он выбьет у тебя мозги!)

Hindley threw it, hitting him on the breast, and down he fell, but staggered up immediately, breathless and white; and, had not I prevented it, he would have gone just so to the master, and got full revenge by letting his condition plead for him, intimating who had caused it. “Take my colt, Gipsy, then!” said young Earnshaw. “And I pray that he may break your neck: take him, and be damned, you beggarly interloper! and wheedle my father out of all he has: only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan.—And take that, I hope he’ll kick out your brains!”

Heathcliff had gone to loose the beast, and shift it to his own stall; (Хитклифф пошёл отвязать животное и переставить его в свой стойло;) he was passing behind it, when Hindley finished his speech by knocking him under its feet, (он проходил позади, когда Хиндли закончил свою речь, столкнув его под ноги лошади,) and without stopping to examine whether his hopes were fulfilled, ran away as fast as he could. (и не задерживаясь, чтобы проверить, исполнились ли его надежды, убежал так быстро, как только мог.) I was surprised to witness how coolly the child gathered himself up, (Я была поражена, увидев, как спокойно мальчик поднялся,) and went on with his intention; (и продолжил своё намерение;) exchanging saddles and all, (поменяв седла и всё остальное,) and then sitting down on a bundle of hay to overcome the qualm which the violent blow occasioned, (а потом усевшись на вязанку сена, чтобы преодолеть тошноту, вызванную сильным ударом; qualm – дурнота, приступ слабости, тошнота) before he entered the house. (прежде чем войти в дом.) I persuaded him easily to let me lay the blame of his bruises on the horse: (Я легко уговорила его позволить мне свалить вину за его синяки на лошадь;) he minded little what tale was told since he had what he wanted. (ему было почти всё равно, какую историю расскажут, раз он получил то, что хотел.) He complained so seldom, indeed, of such stirs as these, (Он действительно так редко жаловался на подобные стычки; stir – переполох, стычка) that I really thought him not vindictive: (что я по-настоящему считала его не злопамятным; vindictive – мстительный) I was deceived completely, as you will hear. (Я была полностью обманута, как вы вскоре услышите.)

Heathcliff had gone to loose the beast, and shift it to his own stall; he was passing behind it, when Hindley finished his speech by knocking him under its feet, and without stopping to examine whether his hopes were fulfilled, ran away as fast as he could. I was surprised to witness how coolly the child gathered himself up, and went on with his intention; exchanging saddles and all, and then sitting down on a bundle of hay to overcome the qualm which the violent blow occasioned, before he entered the house. I persuaded him easily to let me lay the blame of his bruises on the horse: he minded little what tale was told since he had what he wanted. He complained so seldom, indeed, of such stirs as these, that I really thought him not vindictive: I was deceived completely, as you will hear.

CHAPTER V (ГЛАВА V)

In the course of time Mr. Earnshaw began to fail. (Со временем мистер Эрншо начал слабеть.) He had been active and healthy, yet his strength left him suddenly; (Он был деятельным и здоровым, но силы внезапно оставили его;) and when he was confined to the chimney-corner he grew grievously irritable. (и когда он оказался прикованным к камину, он стал ужасно раздражительным; chimney-corner – место у камина; grievously – тяжело, мучительно) A nothing vexed him; (Его раздражала любая мелочь;) and suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him into fits. (и подозрение на малейшее пренебрежение к его авторитету чуть не ввергало его в припадки; slight – пренебрежение, оскорбление) This was especially to be remarked if any one attempted to impose upon, or domineer over, his favourite: (Это особенно проявлялось, если кто-нибудь пытался обидеть или властвовать над его любимцем; to impose upon – притеснять; to domineer – властвовать) he was painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to him; (он был болезненно ревнив, опасаясь, что скажут хоть слово неладное ему; amiss – неправильно, дурно) seeming to have got into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn. (и, казалось, вбил себе в голову мысль, что раз он любит Хитклиффа, то все остальные его ненавидят и жаждут причинить ему зло; ill-turn – дурной поступок, зло) It was a disadvantage to the lad; (Для мальчика это было невыгодно;) for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; (ибо самые добрые из нас не хотели тревожить хозяина, и мы потакали его пристрастности; to humour – потакать, уступать; partiality – пристрастие) and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child’s pride and black tempers. (а это потакание было богатой пищей для гордости мальчика и его мрачных нравов; temper – характер, нрав) Still it became in a manner necessary; (Тем не менее это стало в каком-то смысле необходимым;) twice, or thrice, Hindley’s manifestation of scorn, while his father was near, (дважды или трижды проявление презрения Хиндли в присутствии отца,) roused the old man to a fury: (приводило старика в ярость; to rouse – возбуждать, приводить в состояние) he seized his stick to strike him, (он хватал свою палку, чтобы ударить его,) and shook with rage that he could not do it. (и дрожал от такой ярости, что не мог этого сделать.)