It. You poisoned that guy for us."

Spade laughed (Спейд засмеялся). "You mean a couple of high-class

sleuths (ты имеешь в виду, пара ищеек высокого класса) like you and

Dundy (как ты и Данди) worked on that lily-of-the-valley all night

(работали над этим ландышем всю ночь) and couldn't crack him (и не

смогли расколоть его)?"

"What do you mean (что ты имеешь в виду) — all night (всю ночь)?"

Polhaus protested (Полхауз запротестовал). "We worked on him (мы

работали над ним) for less than a couple of hours (меньше пары часов). We

saw (мы видели) we wasn't getting nowhere (что мы ничего не добьемся:

«никуда не придем»), and let him go (и отпустили его)."

Spade laughed again (Спейд засмеялся снова) and looked at his watch (и

посмотрел на свои часы). He caught John's eye (он уловил взгляд Джона)

and asked for the check (и попросил чек). "I've got a date (у меня

свидание) with the D. A. (с окружным прокурором; D. A. = District

Attorney) this afternoon (сегодня вечером)," he told Polhaus (сказал он

Полхаузу) while they waited for his change (пока они ждали его сдачи).

sleuth [slu:T] valley ['vxlI] nowhere ['nqVweq]

Spade laughed. "You mean a couple of high-class sleuths like you and

Dundy worked on that lily-of-the-valley all night and couldn't crack

him?"

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"What do you mean — all night?" Polhaus protested. "We worked on

him for less than a couple of hours. We saw we wasn't getting nowhere,

and let him go."

Spade laughed again and looked at his watch. He caught John's eye

and asked for the check. "I've got a date with the D. A. this afternoon,"

he told Polhaus while they waited for his change.

"He sent for you (он послал за тобой)?"

"Yes."

Polhaus pushed his chair back (Полхауз подвинул свой стул назад) and

stood up (и встал), a barrel-bellied tall man (высокий, с толстым:

«бочкообразным» животом мужчина), solid and phlegmatic (солидный и

флегматичный). "You won't be doing me any favor (ты не окажешь мне

никакой любезности)," he said, "by telling him (рассказывая ему) I've

talked to you like this (о том, что я с тобой так разговаривал)."

phlegmatic [fleg'mxtIk] by [baI] talked [tO:kt]

"He sent for you?"

"Yes."

Polhaus pushed his chair back and stood up, a barrel-bellied tall man,

solid and phlegmatic. "You won't be doing me any favor," he said, "by

telling him I've talked to you like this."

A lathy youth (долговязый парень; lath — планка, рейка; lathy —

похожий на жердь, долговязый; худой) with salient ears (с

оттопыренными ушами; salient — выдающийся, выступающий) ushered

Spade into the District Attorney's office (проводил Спейда в кабинет

окружного прокурора). Spade went in smiling easily (Спейд вошел, легко

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= беспечно улыбаясь), saying easily (легко = по-свойски, просто говоря):

"Hello, Bryan (привет, Брайан)!"

District Attorney Bryan (окружной прокурор Брайан) stood up and held

his hand out across his desk (встал и протянул свою руку через свой стол).

He was a blond man (он был блондином) of medium stature (среднего

телосложения), perhaps forty-five years old (вероятно, сорока пяти лет),

with aggressive blue eyes (с агрессивными голубыми глазами) behind

black-ribboned nose-glasses (за очками с черными дужками /на носу/;

ribbon — лента, тесьма, узкая полоска), the over-large mouth of an orator

(с огромным: «сверх-широким/крупным» ртом оратора), and a wide

dimpled chin (и широким подбородком с ямочкой). When he said (когда

он сказал), "How do you do, Spade (как дела, Спейд)?" his voice was

resonant (его голос был звучащим: «резонировал») with latent power

(скрытой силой).

lathy ['lQ:TI] salient ['seIlIqnt] resonant ['rezqnqnt]

A lathy youth with salient ears ushered Spade into the District

Attorney's office. Spade went in smiling easily, saying easily: "Hello,

Bryan!"

District Attorney Bryan stood up and held his hand out across his

desk. He was a blond man of medium stature, perhaps forty-five years

old, with aggressive blue eyes behind black-ribboned nose-glasses, the

over-large mouth of an orator, and a wide dimpled chin. When he said,

"How do you do, Spade?" his voice was resonant with latent power.

They shook hands and sat down (они пожали руки и сели).

The District Attorney (окружной прокурор) put his finger on one of the

pearl buttons (положил свой палец на одну из жемчужных кнопок) in a

battery of four on his desk (в комплекте из четырех кнопок на своем

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столе; battery — батарея, аккумулятор, группа одинаковых предметов),

said to the lathy youth (сказал долговязому парню) who opened the door

again (который открыл дверь снова), "Ask Mr. Thomas and Healy to come

in (попроси мистера Томаса и Хили войти)," and then (а потом), rocking

back in his chair (откинувшись в своем кресле), addressed Spade pleasantly

(добродушно обратился к Спейду): "You and the police (ты и полиция)

haven't been hitting it off so well, have you (не в хороших отношениях, не

так ли; to hit off — зд. гармонировать, соответствовать)?"

pearl [pq:l] battery ['bxt(q)rI] ask [Q:sk]

They shook hands and sat down.

The District Attorney put his finger on one of the pearl buttons in a

battery of four on his desk, said to the lathy youth who opened the door

again, "Ask Mr. Thomas and Healy to come in," and then, rocking back