- •In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole,
- •It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny
- •Is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which
- •Is curly); have long clever brown fingers, good-natured faces, and laugh deep
- •It was a dwarf with a blue beard tucked into a golden belt, and very bright
- •Inside, just as if he had been expected. He hung his hooded cloak on the
- •In their gold and silver belts to join the others. Already it had almost become a
- •Important dwarf, in fact no other than the great Thorin Oakenshield himself,
- •I hope there is something left for the late-comers to eat and drink! What’s
- •Into his house. By the time he had got all the bottles and dishes and knives and
- •In the dim light it made him look strange and sorcerous. Bilbo stood still and
- •Into dark lands under strange moons, far over The Water and very far from
- •In places deep, where dark things sleep,
- •In hollow halls beneath the fells.
- •In the fender, knocking over the poker and shovel with a crash.
- •Ingenious wizard Gandalf) may never return. It is a solemn moment. Our
- •Interrupted. Poor Bilbo couldn’t bear it any longer. At may never return he
- •If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realise that this was only
- •In the meanwhile, however, Bullroarer’s gentler descendant was reviving in
- •It is all very well for Gandalf to talk about this hobbit being fierce, but one
- •I assure you there is a mark on this door — the usual one in the trade, or used
- •In him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself. You
- •It in red ink.
- •Isn’t it?”
- •Interrupted Gandalf.
- •Ideas or suggestions.” He turned with mock-politeness to Bilbo.
- •Immensely rich and famous, and my grandfather was King under the
- •If you sit on the doorstep long enough, I daresay you will think of something.
- •Indeed he was really relieved after all to think that they had all gone without
- •Inhabited by decent folk, with good roads, an inn or two, and now and then a
- •Inns, and the roads grew steadily worse. Not far ahead were dreary hills,
- •I wish I was at home in my nice hole by the fire, with the kettle just beginning
- •It began to get dark. Wind got up, and the willows along the river-bank bent
- •If he was in the adventure or merely keeping them company for a while. He
- •If all is well. If not, come back if you can! It you can’t, hoot twice like a barn-
- •It —, pinched the very mutton off the spite, purloined the beer, and walked off
- •Is a beginning!” It was! Trolls’ purses are the mischief, and this was no
- •In William’s eye.
- •Into the light than he gave an awful howl. Trolls simply detest the very sight of
- •In a heap, and Oin and Gloin and Bifur and Bofur and Bombur piled
- •It was just then that Gandalf came back. But no one saw him. The trolls had
- •Idea, and after a lot of argument they had all agreed to it.
- •It must have fallen out of his pocket, very luckily, before he was turned to
- •It and fitted it into the key-hole. Then the stone door swung back with one big
- •Very near to them. Already they I seemed only a day’s easy journey from the
- •In June
- •Isn’t it delicious!”
- •It. His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-
- •I wish I had time to tell you even a few of the tales or one or two of the songs
- •Invented them and wrote them with silver pens, as your friends could tell you.
- •In the mountains were seldom unoccupied.
- •It seemed quite a fair size, but not too large and mysterious. It had a dry
- •Idea, and the goblins did not wait to find out. It was deep, deep, dark, such as
- •Very rough, and pinched unmercifully, and chuckled and laughed in their
- •It sounded truly terrifying. The walls echoed to the clap, snap! and the crush,
- •In front of them; and more than one of the dwarves were already yammering
- •I am afraid that was the last they ever saw of those excellent little ponies,
- •Including a jolly sturdy little white fellow that Elrond had lent to Gandalf,
- •Ingenious devices for killing large numbers of people at once, for wheels and
- •Into a tower of blue glowing smoke, right up to the roof, that scattered
- •It. The sparks were burning holes in the goblins, and the smoke that now fell
- •It flashed in the dark by itself. It burned with a rage that made it gleam if
- •In confusion, and most of them were hustling back the way they had come.
- •It was quite a long while before any of them dared to turn that corner. By
- •Very slowly he got up and groped about on all fours, till he touched the wall
- •It, as he wore it inside his breeches.
- •It seemed like all the way to tomorrow and over it to the days beyond.
- •In their beginnings to ages before the goblins, who only widened them and
- •I don’t know where he came from, nor who or what he was. He was Gollum
- •I don’t know where I am; and “I don’t want to know, if only I can get ,away.”
- •Is taller than trees,
- •Voiceless it cries,
- •It does.”
- •It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
- •It lies behind stars and under hills,
- •It comes first and follows after,
- •It was not really the right time for this riddle, but Bilbo was in a hurry.
- •It’s got in its nassty little pocketses?”
- •It because it was a ring of power, and if you slipped that ring on your finger,
- •Idea how to find his way out alone.
- •In a moment Gollum was on him. But before Bilbo could do anything,
- •It. When we came this way last, when we twisted that nassty young squeaker.
- •It’ll just keep it in its pocketses. It doesn’t know, and it can’t go far. It’s lost
- •Itself, the nassty nosey thing. It doesn’t know the way out It said so.”
- •It does. We shan’t ever be safe again, never, gollum! One of the goblinses will
- •Invisible! He had heard of such things, of course, in old old tales; but it was
- •It was still ajar, but a goblin had pushed it nearly to. Bilbo struggled but he
- •Inside him. He wondered whether he ought not, now he had the magic ring, to
- •Indeed Bilbo was so pleased with their praise that he just chuckled inside
- •I really knew the way out, and so he was making for it. And then he sat down
- •In the entrance, and I could not get by. So I jumped over him and escaped,
- •Very difficult or very alarming.
- •In the flash which killed the goblins that were grabbing him he had nipped
- •Inside the crack, just as it snapped to. He followed after the drivers and
- •Valleys below. Some caught hold of the trunks and swung themselves into
- •It was answered by another away to the right and a good deal nearer to
- •Imitate it to frighten him. To hear it out in the forest under the moon was too
- •Infested mountains, over the Edge of the Wild on the borders of the unknown.
- •I will tell you what Gandalf heard, though Bilbo did not understand it. The
- •In spite of the dangers of this far land bold men had of late been making
- •In cinders lie
- •Imagine how his head swam now, when he looked down between his dangling
- •In his eyrie at night!
- •It seemed that Bilbo was not going to be eaten after all. The wizard and the
- •It all. But cropping out of the ground, right in the path of the stream which
- •In the river, which was shallow and clear and stony at the ford. When they
- •Is very strong, and he is a skin-changer.”
- •Intelligent faces; then off they galloped to the buildings.
- •Veranda propped on wooden posts made of single tree-trunks. It faced south
- •Into it, and fell golden on the garden full of flowers that came right up to the
- •Very part of the mountains that Gandalf was describing. He nodded and he
- •Impression, “I did the best I could. There we were with the wolves going mad
- •Introduce them before, but here they are.”
- •In came Bifur and Bofur. “And me!” gasped Bombur pulling up behind. He
- •Inside the hall it was now quite dark. Beorn clapped his hands, and in
- •Into talk. They went out again and soon came back carrying torches in their
- •In his hall, and he probably had them low like the tables for the convenience
- •Verses were like this, but there were many more, and their singing went on for
- •Its whistling voices were released.
- •It passed the lonely Mountain bare
- •It left the world and took its flight
- •It was full morning when he awoke. One of the dwarves had fallen over him
- •In the shadows where he lay, and had rolled down with a bump from the
- •Inside us,” answered the other dwarves who were moving around the hall;
- •I followed these as far as the Carrock. There they disappeared into the river,
- •In the courtyard. Then he woke up when everyone else was asleep, and he
- •Indeed he seemed to be in a splendidly good humour and set them all laughing
- •I am sure it is true. You must forgive my not taking your word. If you lived
- •I will give you some bows and arrows. But I doubt very much whether
- •Is open to you, if ever you come back this way again.”
- •In front. But in the evening when the dusk came on and the peaks of the
- •Its outer trees. Their trunks were huge and gnarled, their branches twisted,
- •I have told you before that he has more about him than you guess, and you
- •I expect we shall all wish our packs heavier, when the food begins to run
- •In the morning as at night, and very secret: “a sort of watching and waiting
- •Into the forest.
- •It was not long before they grew to hate the forest as heartily as they had
- •In, felt he was being slowly suffocated. The nights were the worst. It then
- •In another place. And sometimes they would gleam down from the branches
- •In his hand, balanced it for a moment, and then flung it across the stream.
- •In this way they were all soon on the far bank safe across the enchanted
- •In the end he poked his head above the roof of leaves, and then he found
- •If Bilbo had had the sense to see it, the tree that he had climbed, though it was
- •Vanished. They were lost in a completely lightless dark and they could not
- •In the end he made as good a guess as he could at the direction from which
- •In time.
- •Very soon the hobbit would be caught in a thick fence of them all round him
- •I am far more sweet than other meat,
- •In your cobwebs crazy.
- •I don’t suppose he would have managed it, if a spider had not luckily left a
- •In this way they rescued Kili, Bifur, Bofur, Dori and Nori. Poor old Bombur
- •It, but it could not be helped.
- •It was difficult to get them to understand, what with their dizzy heads, and
- •Very much, and had begun to have a great respect for him (as Gandalf had
- •In fact they praised him so much that Bilbo began to feel there really was
- •Into uncomfortable sleep full of horrible dreams, as evening wore to black
- •In the West. There the Light-elves and the Deep-elves and the Sea-elves went
- •In a great cave some miles within the edge of Mirkwood on its eastern side
- •It was also the dungeon of his prisoners. So to the cave they dragged Thorin
- •In ancient days they had had wars with some of the dwarves, whom they
- •Inclined to tell the truth, even if he waits a hundred years.”
- •In which the hobbit again showed his usefulness.
- •If they were right. Such day as there ever was in the forest was fading once
- •Impossible; and he soon realized that if anything was to be done, it would have
- •It a portcullis could be dropped right to the bed of the river to prevent anyone
- •Into the water as a protection against enemies of all sorts, and especially
- •I shall be hard at work tonight clearing the cellars of the empty wood, so let us
- •It is fit for the king’s table. There is a feast tonight and it would not do to send
- •Very soon the chief guard nodded his head, then he laid it on the table and
- •Very soon the chief guard had no keys, but Bilbo was trotting as fast as he
- •Imprisonment. Bilbo’s heart thumped every time one of them bumped into
- •It had not been a-bit too soon. Only a minute or two after Balin’s lid had
- •If I fall asleep from weariness!”
- •Instead of the empty ones, if there is anything in weight.”
- •It was just at this moment that Bilbo suddenly discovered the weak point in
- •It was really empty, and floated light as a cork. Though his ears were full of
- •Very soon a grey patch came up in the darkness ahead. He heard the creak
- •Into the main current Then he found it quite as difficult to stick on as he had
- •Its rocky feet like an inland cliff the deepest stream had flowed lapping and
- •Information they let fall, he soon realized that he was very fortunate ever to
- •Imprisonment and unpleasant as was his position (to say nothing of the poor
- •Inclined to attribute to the dragon — alluding to him chiefly with a curse and
- •Imprisoned without cause as we journeyed back to our own land,” answered
- •In two days going they rowed right up the Long Lake and passed out into
- •Indeed their stores had no need of any guard, for all the land was desolate and
- •It was a weary journey, and a quiet and stealthy one. There was no laughter
- •It might be a very horrible end. The land about them grew bleak and barren,
- •Imagine so from the smoke,” said the hobbit.
- •In parties searching for paths up the mountain-side. If the map was true,
- •In the meanwhile some of them explored the ledge beyond the opening and
- •Into their boots; and yet they would not give it up and go away.
- •In and down.
- •Inside Information
- •It was at this point that Bilbo stopped. Going on from there was the bravest
- •Its mind to start eruptions once again. The door behind them was pulled
- •It to an ounce as a rule, especially after long possession; and Smaug was no
- •Into the huge passages of the mountain-palace and up towards the Front Gate.
- •It was not a pleasant thought! They crept further down the tunnel, and there
- •It was no good giving up their quest yet. Nor could they get away just now, as
- •Very noon — then if ever Smaug ought to be napping — and see what he is up
- •In the tunnel. The light from the door, almost closed, soon faded as he went
- •It is also an awkward fact that they keep half an eye open watching while
- •In his young days had been called Esgaroth.
- •I kill where I wish and none dare resist. I laid low the warriors of old and
- •In the hollow of his left breast as bare as a snail out of its shell!” After he had
- •It was an unfortunate remark, for the dragon spouted terrific flames after
- •In: he picked up a stone and threw it at the thrush, which merely fluttered
- •Is a very old bird indeed, and is maybe the last left of the ancient breed that
- •In again, I suppose, and now perhaps because he is waiting till after tonight’s
- •In the meanwhile, the dwarves sat in darkness, and utter silence fell about
- •I will risk a third visit when I am no longer sure. Anyway the only way out is
- •In the floor, and screamed out light!’ at the top of his thrill voice, Thorin gave
- •It, shut his eyes, and put it in his deepest pocket.
- •It was. A bitter easterly breeze blew with a threat of oncoming winter. It
- •Into a rock-hewn chamber that was made here as a guardroom. There were
- •In the rock-chamber there would have been room for a hundred, and there
- •In all their talk they came perpetually back to one thing: where was
- •Its high peak could they see in clear weather, and they looked seldom at it, for
- •It was ominous and dreary even in the light of morning. Now it was lost and
- •In the town was filled with water, every warrior was armed, every arrow and
- •If he plunged into it, a vapour and a steam would arise enough to cover all the
- •Imagined equalled the sights that night. At the twanging of the bows and the
- •Into the night. Another swoop and another, and another house and then
- •It told him of tidings up in the Mountain and of all that it had heard. Then
- •Into bending pillars and hurrying clouds and drove it off to the West to scatter
- •In tattered shreds over the marshes before Mirkwood. Then the many boats
- •Is lost!”
- •Imperishable songs. But, why o People?” — and here the Master rose to his
- •In return for the Elvenking’s aid.
- •If a battle were afoot!”
- •Immediately flew away.
- •I do not forget what my father told me. Now I am the chief of the great ravens
- •In places deep, where dark things sleep,
- •In hollow halls beneath the fells.
- •In the past days Thorin had spent in the treasury, and the lust of it was heavy
- •If the stone was found — wrapped in an old bundle of tattered oddments that
- •In a rag. Then he climbed to the top of the wall. Only Bombur was there, for it
- •Is mighty cold!” said Bombur. “I wish we could have a fire up here as they
- •I would give a good deal for the feel of grass at my toes.”
- •Inner chamber to the left, not far away.”
- •Interest in this matter — one fourteenth share, to be precise, according to a
- •In the dreadful dwarf and goblin wars, of which you have no doubt heard.
- •I ought to leave my friends like this, after all we have gone through together.
- •If you don’t like my Burglar, please don’t damage him. Put him down, and
- •It came from the North, like a vast cloud of birds, so dense that no light could
- •It is plain that he had not expected this sudden assault.
- •Itself, and so attack them also from behind and above; but there was no time
- •Voice shook like a horn in the valley.
- •In the rocks below. He rubbed his eyes. Surely there was a camp still in the
- •Voice was last heard in this place. I have been sent to look here for the last
- •Voice was hoarse. He was a kindly little soul. Indeed it was long before he had
- •In the nick of time. They it was who dislodged the goblins from the mountain-
- •In his wrath. The roar of his voice was like drums and guns; and he tossed
- •Victory had been assured before the fall of night, but the pursuit was still on
- •In many warm blankets.
- •It is mine; though old agreements cannot stand, since so many have a claim in
- •Its winning and defence. Yet even though you were willing to lay aside all your
- •I thought, don’t you know,” said Bilbo rather confused, “that, er, some little
- •I name you elf-friend and blessed. May your shadow never grow less (or
- •It was spring, and a fair one with mild weathers and a bright sun, before
- •It was on May the First that the two came back at last to the brink of the
- •Valley of Rivendell, where stood the Last (or the First) Homely House.
- •In this age of the world, or for many after.”
- •In that house, and he had many a merry jest and dance, early and late, with
- •Very edge of the borderland of the Wild, and to the ford beneath the steep
- •If their own furniture would fit. In short Bilbo was “Presumed Dead,” and not
- •Indeed Bilbo found he had lost more than spoons — he had lost his
- •It to a Museum). His gold and silver was largely spent in presents, both useful
- •Very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only
It was spring, and a fair one with mild weathers and a bright sun, before
Bilbo and Gandalf took their leave at last of Beorn, and though he longed for
home. Bilbo left with regret, for the flowers of the gardens of Beorn were in
springtime no less marvellous than in high summer. At last they came up the
long road, and reached the very pass where the goblins had captured them
before. But they came to that high point at morning, and looking backward
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they saw a white sun shining over the out-stretched lands. There behind lay
Mirkwood, blue in the distance, and darkly green at the nearer edge even in
the spring. There far away was the Lonely Mountain on the edge of eyesight.
On its highest peak snow yet unmelted was gleaming pale. “So comes snow
after fire, and even dragons have their ending!” said Bilbo, and he turned his
back on his adventure. The Tookish part was getting very tired, and the
Baggins was daily getting stronger. “I wish now only to be in my own arm-
chair!” he said.
Chapter 19
The Last Stage
(Глава 19. Последний этап; stage — фаза, период, стадия)
It was on May the First (было Первого Мая) that the two came back at last
(когда эти двое вернулись, наконец) to the brink of the valley of Rivendell (к
краю долины Ривенделл; brink — край /обрыва, пропасти/; берег; грань),
where stood the Last (or the First) Homely House (где стояло Последнее (или
Первое) Домашнее Жилище).
Again it was evening (снова был вечер), their ponies were tired (их пони
устали), especially the one that carried the baggage (особенно тот, что вез
багаж); and they all felt in need of rest (и все они чувствовали необходимость
отдыха). As they rode down the steep path (когда они ехали вниз по крутой
тропе), Bilbo heard the elves still singing in the trees (Бильбо услыхал, как
эльфы все еще пели меж деревьев), as if they had not stopped since he left
(словно они и не переставали /петь/ с того самого момента, как он покинул
/этот дом/); and as soon as their riders came down into the lower glades of the
wood (и как только всадники спустились в более нижние полянки в лесу) they
burst into a song (они /эльфы/ запели песню; to burst into smth. — внезапно или
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бурно начинать что-либо, разразиться чем-либо) of much the same kind as
before (очень похожую на ту же песню, что и раньше: «почти такого же
рода»; kind — сорт, класс, вид).
This is something like it (вот пример похожей /песни/):
first [fq:st] especially [I'speS(q)lI] glade [gleId]
It was on May the First that the two came back at last to the brink of the
Valley of Rivendell, where stood the Last (or the First) Homely House.
Again it was evening, their ponies were tired, especially the one that carried
the baggage; and they all felt in need of rest. As they rode down the steep
path, Bilbo heard the elves still singing in the trees, as if they had not stopped
since he left; and as soon as their riders came down into the lower glades of
the wood they burst into a song of much the same kind as before.
This is something like it:
The dragon is withered (дракон уничтожен; to wither — вянуть, сохнуть;
губить, лишать силы, уничтожать),
His bones are now crumbled (его кости теперь раздроблены; to crumble —
крошить(ся), раздроблять);
His armour is shivered (броня его разбита вдребезги; to shiver — трепетать;
разбивать(ся) вдребезги),
His splendour is humbled (сверкание/блеск = величие его померкло; to humble
— смирять, унижать)!
Though sword shall be rusted (хотя меч заржавеет; to rust — ржаветь,
покрываться ржавчиной),
And throne and crown perish (престол и венец погибают; to perish —
погибать;исчезать)
With strength that men trusted (от силы, которой люди доверяли)
And wealth that they cherish (и богатства, которым они дорожат; to cherish —
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лелеять, питать; высоко ценить, дорожить),
Here grass is still growing (здесь трава все еще растет),
And leaves are yet swinging (и листья все еще качаются),
The white water flowing (белая вода струится; to flow — течь, литься, бить
струей),
And elves are yet singing (и эльфы все еще поют)
Come (возвращайтесь)! Tra-la-la-lally (тра-ля-ля-ля-ли)!
Come back to the valley (возвращайтесь в долину)!
withered ['wIDqd] tra-la-la [trqlq'lQ:] perish ['perIS] cherish ['tSerIS]
The dragon is withered,
His bones are now crumbled;
His armour is shivered,
His splendour is humbled!
Though sword shall be rusted,
And throne and crown perish
With strength that men trusted
And wealth that they cherish,
Here grass is still growing,
And leaves are yet swinging,
The white water flowing,
And elves are yet singing
Come! Tra-la-la-lally!
Come back to the valley!
The stars are far brighter (звезды гораздо ярче)
Than gems without measure (чем самоцветы бесчисленные: «без меры»;
measure — мера),
The moon is far whiter (луна гораздо белее)
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Than silver in treasure (чем серебро в сокровищах):
The fire is more shining (костер сверкает ярче: «больше»)
On hearth in the gloaming (в домашнем очаге, в сумерках)
Than gold won by mining (чем золото добытое в рудниках: «горными
работами»; to win (won) — выиграть; победить; заслужить; добывать /руду,
уголь/),
So why go a-roaming (тогда зачем же ходить, скитаясь; to roam —
странствовать, бродить, скитаться)?
O! Tra-la-la-lally (о, тра-ля-ля-ля-ли)
Come back to the Valley (возвращайтесь в Долину).
gem [dZem] hearth [hQ:T] gloaming ['glqVmIN]
The stars are far brighter
Than gems without measure,
The moon is far whiter
Than silver in treasure:
The fire is more shining
On hearth in the gloaming
Than gold won by mining,
So why go a-roaming?
O! Tra-la-la-lally
Come back to the Valley.
O! Where are you going (о, куда же вы идете),
So late in returning (так поздно возвращаясь)?
The river is flowing (река течет),
The stars are all burning (все звезды горят)!
O! Whither so laden (о, куда же, такие нагруженные),
So sad and so dreary (такие печальные и такие мрачные)?
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Here elf and elf-maiden (здесь эльфы и феи; maiden — девица, девушка)
Now welcome the weary (сейчас же приветствуют уставших)
With Tra-la-la-lally (/пением/ тра-ля-ля-ля-ли)
Come back to the Valley (возвращайтесь в Долину),
Tra-la-la-lally (тра-ля-ля-ля-ли)
Fa-la-la-lally (тра-ля-ля-ля-ли)
Fa-la (тра-ля)!
whither ['wIDq] maiden [meIdn] fa la la [fQ:'lQ:lQ:]
O! Where are you going,
So late in returning?
The river is flowing,
The stars are all burning!
O! Whither so laden,
So sad and so dreary?
Here elf and elf-maiden
Now welcome the weary
With Tra-la-la-lally
Come back to the Valley,
Tra-la-la-lally
Fa-la-la-lally
Fa-la!”
Then the elves of the valley came out (затем эльфы из долины вышли) and
greeted them (и поприветствовали их; to greet — здороваться, кланяться,
приветствовать, встречать /возгласами и т.п./) and led them across the water
(и провели их через реку) to the house of Elrond (к дому Элронда). There a
warm welcome was made them (там им устроили теплый прием), and there were
many eager ears that evening (и тем вечером было там множество
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нетерпеливых слушателей: «ушей»; eager — страстно стремящийся,
жаждущий; нетерпеливый) to hear the tale of their adventures (/которые
жаждали/ услышать историю их приключений). Gandalf it was who spoke
(рассказывал именно Гэндальф; to speak (spoke, spoken)), for Bilbo was fallen
quiet and drowsy (так как Бильбо охватило: «был охвачен» спокойствие и
сонливость; to fall (fell, fallen) — /зд. употребляется как глагол-связка/
становиться, перейти в определенное состояние). Most of the tale he knew
(бульшую часть истории он знал), for he had been in it (так как он был в ней
сам), and had himself told much of it to the wizard (и сам рассказал большую ее
часть волшебнику) on their homeward way (на их пути домой) or in the house
of Beorn (а также в доме у Беорна); but every now and again he would open one
eye (и все же, время от времени, он открывал один глаз), and listen (и
слушал), when a part of the story which he did not yet know came in (когда дело
касалось той части истории, которую он еще не знал). It was in this way
(именно таким образом) that he learned where Gandalf had been to (он узнал,
где побывал Гэндальф; to have been (to) — посещать, бывать); for he
overheard the words of the wizard to Elrond (так как он нечаянно услышал
слова волшебника, обращенные к Элронду; to overhear (overheard) —
подслушивать, нечаянно услышать). It appeared that Gandalf (оказалось, что
Гэндальф) had been to a great council of the white wizards (был на большом
собрании добрых волшебников; white — белый /зд. имеется в виду белая
магия/), masters of lore and good magic (магистров традиционных
практических знаний и доброй магии); and that they had at last driven the
Necromancer (и что они наконец-то выгнали Некроманта; to drive (drove,
driven)) from his dark hold in the south of Mirkwood (из его мрачного логова на
юге Мрачного Леса).
drowsy ['draVzI] overheard ["qVvq'hq:d] lore [lO:] necromancer
['nekrqmxnsq]
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Then the elves of the valley came out and greeted them and led them across
the water to the house of Elrond. There a warm welcome was made them, and
there were many eager ears that evening to hear the tale of their adventures.
Gandalf it was who spoke, for Bilbo was fallen quiet and drowsy. Most of the
tale he knew, for he had been in it, and had himself told much of it to the
wizard on their homeward way or in the house of Beorn; but every now and
again he would open one eye, and listen, when a part of the story which he did
not yet know came in. It was in this way that he learned where Gandalf had
been to; for he overheard the words of the wizard to Elrond. It appeared that
Gandalf had been to a great council of the white wizards, masters of lore and
good magic; and that they had at last driven the Necromancer from his dark
hold in the south of Mirkwood.
“Ere long now (теперь уже скоро),” Gandalf was saying (говорил Гэндальф),
“The Forest will grow somewhat more wholesome (Лес станет гораздо более
благодатным; wholesome — полезный; здоровый, крепкий). The North will be
freed (Север будет освобожден) from that horror for many long years (от того
ужаса на многие долгие годы), I hope (я надеюсь). Yet I wish (и все же мне бы
очень хотелось) he were banished from the world (чтобы его выслали из этого
мира; to banish — изгонять, высылать)!”
“It would be well indeed (это было бы действительно хорошо),” said Elrond;
“but I fear (но я боюсь) that will not come about (что этого не случится; to come
about — происходить, случаться) in this age of the world (в эту эпоху этого
мира), or for many after (или во многие последующие /эпохи/).”
When the tale of their journeyings was told (когда история их путешествий
была рассказана), there were other tales (были /рассказаны/ другие истории),
and yet more tales (и еще больше историй), tales of long ago (истории давно
прошедших дней), and tales of new things (и истории о новых событиях), and
tales of no time at all (и истории, которых вовсе никогда и не было: «истории
не какого-либо времени вообще»; time — время), till Bilbo’s head fell forward
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on his chest (/до тех пор/, когда уже голова Бильбо упала вперед на грудь), and
he snored comfortably in a corner (и он уютно захрапел в углу).
He woke to find himself in a white bed (он проснулся и обнаружил, /что
лежит/ в белой постели), and the moon shining through an open window (и луна
светит сквозь открытое окно). Below it many elves were singing loud and clear
(под ним множество эльфов пели громко и чисто) on the banks of the stream
(на берегах реки).
wholesome ['hqVls(q)m] horror ['hOrq] banish ['bxnIS]
“Ere long now,” Gandalf was saying, “The Forest will grow somewhat more
wholesome. The North will be freed from that horror for many long years, I
hope. Yet I wish he were banished from the world!”
“It would be well indeed,” said Elrond; “but I fear that will not come about