- •I. Spade & Archer
- •In a shiny boyish face. She finished shutting the door behind her, leaned
- •Is Mr. Archer, my partner."
- •I'm so afraid of what might happen to Corinne. I'm afraid of him. Could
- •II. Death in the Fog
- •Voice said: "Hello... Yes, speaking... Dead? ... Yes... Fifteen minutes.
- •In through two open windows, bringing with it half a dozen times a
- •Its hands at five minutes past two.
- •4500, And ordered a taxicab. He put on a green-striped white shirt, a soft
- •In an all-night drug-store on the corner of Bush and Taylor Streets,
- •It... That's a good girl... And keep her away from the office... Tell her I'll
- •Is murder and don't you forget it."
- •In front of his hotel just thirty-five minutes after you left Burritt Street."
- •Voice: "Tom says you were in too much of a hurry to even stop for a look
- •If you did or you didn't you'll get a square deal out of me, and most of
- •III. Three Women
- •Voice low.
- •Impromptu air. Having spoken, she stepped back from the door and
- •Iva came quickly to him, raising her sad face for his kiss. Her arms
- •In black slippers whose smallness and heel-height were extreme. "Be
- •Iva," bowed her out, shut the door, and returned to his desk. He took
- •Voice, "how did you and the widow make out?"
- •Voice. "But there was a time."
- •I'd be a louse too if it would give me a body like hers — "
- •I'll be back in an hour, or phone you."
- •IV.The Black Bird
- •If necessary."
- •I would rather die. Can't you, Mr. Spade?"
- •I know I've no right to ask you to trust me if I won't trust you. I do
- •I do trust you, but — I trusted Floyd and — I've nobody else, nobody
- •Voice when you say things like 'Be generous, Mr. Spade.'"
- •I do want it, and need it, so much. And the lie was in the way I said it,
- •In Geary Street, I think it was, for supper and to dance, and came back
- •Idea of what it's all about. For instance, I've got to have some sort of a
- •It last night, but I know he never wears an overcoat without it."
- •Is hopeless, and useless, I suppose." She stretched out her right hand. "I
- •Implacable.
- •Immense desk on which bales of paper were heaped. The small man
- •Idea that if Miles would go off and die somewhere we'd stand a better
- •Very glossy. His features were Levantine. A square-cut ruby, its sides
- •Interesting figure." The sound of the corridor-door's closing behind Effie
- •Inner pocket. "You will please," he said, "clasp your hands together at
- •V.The Levantine
- •In his chair, intertwined the fingers of his two hands behind his head. His
- •It's done?"
- •In an honest and lawful way."
- •VI.The Undersized Shadow
- •Into the wastebasket, put on his hat and overcoat, turned off the lights,
- •Into the vestibule of a tall brown apartment-building. He pressed three
- •Into, so you won't expect me to drop it entirely, will you?"
- •Iva spoke quickly: "I've got to talk to you, Sam. Can't I come in?" Her
- •Iva clicked her teeth together and asked sharply: "Who is she?"
- •VII. G in the Air
- •In his bedroom that was a living-room now the wall-bed was up,
- •In a padded rocking chair, and telephoned the Hotel Belvedere. Cairo
- •It had happened.
- •Interested in it, her curiosity more engaged with his purpose in telling the
- •In order, though there were enough loose ends to indicate that he had not
- •In his immediate possession at the time of his going. His habits for
- •It was not, primarily, the injustice of it that disturbed him: he
- •It seemed reasonable enough to him. I don't think he even knew he had
- •I to understand from that, Mr. Spade? I came here in good faith, with no
- •It except through him."
- •In, Cairo, There's no use standing here talking for all the neighbors."
- •Into the passageway. Spade shut the corridor-door behind him and they
- •Impatience.
- •Intentionally or not, a blunt forefinger pointed at Spade.
- •In. What do you want to do about it? Try to get in? Or do your talking
- •Idea that I knocked Thursby off because he'd killed Miles falls apart if
- •It over."
- •VIII. Horse Feathers
- •In front of him. His lips were working spasmodically, but no coherent
- •Indignation in his manner had been replaced by caution. "He said he
- •I wouldn't touch it. Then he pulled a gun — well, never mind that unless
- •It comes to a point of laying charges against each other.
- •I could get something out of him about Miles's and Thursby's killings, so
- •I asked him to come up here. Maybe we put the questions to him a little
- •Into the eyes of anyone there.
- •It's one of mine." He laughed. "Too bad it's only a thirty-two, or maybe
- •Immediately with a dreamy quality added. He steadied himself with a
- •In touch with Miss o'Shaughnessy through me."
- •In a voice that aped casualness, "Well, is that all?" and taking a step
- •IX. Brigid
- •It's coming out bit by bit anyhow. There's a lot of it I don't know, but
- •Indignation had darkened her eyes to violet. "And that's why I came to
- •It worth all that money?" he demanded. "You must have some idea, at
- •X. The Belvedere Divan
- •In the girl's apartment he switched on all the lights. He searched the
- •In a polychrome box in a locked dressing-table-drawer.
- •Into his mouth.
- •Visible in the vicinity of the Coronet when the taxicab arrived there.
- •Into a brown paper curved to catch it.
- •It was twenty-one minutes past eleven by the clock over the elevator
- •If you've been standing up under a police-storm all night. See you later."
- •Vestibule-register, hunting for you under an alias."
- •I'm ever going to make heads or tails of it." He put an arm around her
- •XI. The Fat Man
- •Ingratiating and so was his purring voice. "You could say, then, that the
- •Visible. "Mr. Spade, have you any conception of how much money can be
- •Impression?"
- •I know where it is. That's why we're here."
- •I know, but you will not tell me what you know. That is hardly equitable,
- •Voice: "Think again and think fast. I told that punk of yours that you'd
- •I can get along without you. God damn you! Maybe you could have got
- •Violent temper."
- •XII. Merry-Go-Round
- •Its trembling by the time he had sat down. He ate hungrily without haste,
- •It. She followed Miles long enough to make sure he was shadowing the
- •Vestibule to examine it out of the wind.
- •In the doorway of Spade's office-building he came face to face with
- •Voice of one in physical pain: "Keep on riding me and you're going to be
- •XIII. The Emperor's Gift
- •Immeasurable, wealth of the Order at that time?"
- •In j. Delaville Le Roulx's Les Archives de l'Ordre de Saint-Jean there is
- •It to Charles, who was in Spain. He sent it in a galley commanded by a
- •Voice dropped to a whisper again. "It never reached Spain." He smiled
- •It was there and it came into the possession there of Victor Amadeus II
- •Vouched for it.
- •It actually was. I got wind of it and finally forced most of the history out
- •In London and read that his establishment had been burglarized and him
- •I don't know about that. But I did know I wanted it and I was afraid this
- •I will give you twenty-five thousand dollars when you deliver the falcon
- •I will give you one quarter — twenty-five per cent — of what I realize on
- •In maximum as he said it.
- •Inside his coat over his heart. The corners of his mouth twitched.
- •XIV. La Paloma
- •Visiting, was fed knockout-drops, and came to twelve hours later all
- •I'd die. He'd know I'd be up and around in ten or twelve hours. So
- •Inside, the page that held financial and shipping news, the weather,
- •Into the torn part of the Call. The fit at the sides was exact, but between
- •Inch was missing, sufficient space to have held announcement of six or
- •It with the page taken from Cairo's wastebasket. The missing portion had
- •In that field, but the names and dates are all right, and at least none of
- •It if it's phoney."
- •XV. Every Crackpot
- •It, and asked: "You say you've seen them before: where was that at?" He
- •It. You poisoned that guy for us."
- •In his chair, addressed Spade pleasantly: "You and the police haven't
- •In it without knowing what it was. That could — "
- •I'm dumb."
- •Impressive key and his words came out spaced and distinct — "you made
- •Identity or information that would lead to his apprehension."
- •Into an ashtray on the desk. He spoke carelessly: "I don't know anything
- •Information that will enable us to determine the category."
- •XVI. The Third Murder
- •I'll take the police down there." Her voice trembled, broke, and was thin
- •Inquisitively.
- •It's hard to get anything out of the crew, but they had a row and
- •I haven't been able to get hold of the Custom-House-men who were on
- •In the rear basement — late this morning. The chances are it got started
- •It's the — "
- •It. Then the man's knees bent and he bent at the waist and his thin body
- •It, but no more blood came from it, and all his long body was as still as
- •Its polish was not dulled by wood-dust and fragments of excelsior.
- •XVII. Saturday Night
- •In a shimmering yellow dressing-gown — a small girl whose face was
- •It. Across its back was a thin red scratch an inch and a half or more in
- •Impatiently and went out, leaving the suite's outer door unlocked.
- •In front of the second house from the corner Spade halted. On one of
- •In blue: Key at 31.
- •Voice: "If Ma says anything to you, Sam, be nice to her. She's all up in
- •XVIII. The Fall-Guy
- •In. Cairo stopped in the doorway. The boy put away one of his pistols and
- •Is actual money, genuine coin of the realm, sir. With a dollar of this you
- •Inexpert help."
- •I'm trying to tell you. The way to handle them is to toss them a victim,
- •I never forget that when the day of reckoning comes I want to be all set
- •Information about the falcon. Then you'll have to duck for cover with it
- •Information about the falcon? And, on the other hand, wouldn't you say
- •It's bound to be something astonishing."
- •Innocent if he could scrape up, or twist into shape, proof of their guilt. To
- •If he starts fooling around trying to gather up everybody he's going to
- •I don't see how even this District Attorney of yours can link Thursby and
- •Indescribably vicious — and inhuman — turn to the white-hot hatred
- •In it seemed genuine and unalloyed.
- •Importance to these things. You — "
- •It, and I don't think you can." He frowned at Gutman. "Let's get this
- •Interest lies and let their emotions carry them away."
- •Influenced by the guns these pocket-edition desperadoes are waving."
- •In a voice choked horribly by emotion the boy cried, "All right!" and
- •Incoherent speech — "right ... Go ... Bastard ... Smoke" — Gutman's
- •XIX. The Russian's Hand
- •Its breathing — altogether corpselike to the eye. Joel Cairo sat beside the
- •If the answer is out we'll give you to the police with your boy-friend."
- •In or he'll go in. We can't have a lot of loose ends hanging around."
- •Voice, like his smile, was frankly rueful. "You are an uncommonly
- •I suppose Thursby returned immediately after killing your partner. Be
- •Into the street, and then up to join us — and very fortunate he was, sir,
- •Indeed to lose you, and I want you to know that I couldn't be any fonder
- •It's possible to get another — and there's only one Maltese falcon."
- •Very well know." His smile was broad and jovial and triumphant.
- •Into it. Spade counted the money — nine thousand-dollar bills — and
- •Very courteous of you, to threaten us in this manner. You must know that
- •In the bathroom Brigid o'Shaughnessy found words. She put her
- •It with fingers as well as eyes. He did not find the thousand-dollar bill.
- •Into the passageway, to the closet there. He opened the door, put the
- •In his trousers-pocket, and went to the kitchen door.
- •It — for the bundle we got yesterday. Will you get the bundle and bring it
- •Valuable and he found out how valuable and made a duplicate for us! No
- •I must say you're a swell lot of thieves!"
- •I heave you the rara avis on the table as a little memento."
- •XX. If They Hang You
- •Into the telephone-directory hanging from a corner of the shelf. He
- •It too — Gutman's daughter." He described Rhea Gutman. "Watch
- •In this with you and you're not going to gum it. Talk. He sent you to
- •Incredulity joined astonishment in the girl's face.
- •In an instant she was out of his arms, back against the table,
- •Voice: "You're not — " She could get no other words out.
- •It, after the talking those birds will do. They'd hang me sure. You're
- •I couldn't have gone for a gun if I'd had one on me and couldn't have
- •I've known you? I should trust you? No, no, darling. I wouldn't do it
- •I can't help you now. And I wouldn't if I could."
- •In again she shut it behind her.
4500, And ordered a taxicab. He put on a green-striped white shirt, a soft
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white collar, a green necktie, the grey suit he had worn that day, a loose
tweed overcoat, and a dark grey hat. The street-door-bell rang as he
stuffed tobacco, keys, and money into his pockets.
Where Bush Street roofed Stockton (там, где Буш-стрит нависает над
Стоктон-стрит; to roof — настилать крышу) before slipping downhill to
Chinatown (прежде чем плавно перейти вниз под уклон к Чайнатауну;
Chinatown — китайский квартал), Spade paid his fare and left the taxicab
(Спейд оплатил стоимость проезда и покинул такси). San Francisco's
night-fog (ночной туман Сан-Франциско), thin, clammy, and penetrant
(бледный, липкий и пронизывающий), blurred the street (расплылся по
улице; to blur — пачкать, делать неясным). A few yards from where
Spade had dismissed the taxicab (в нескольких ярдах от места, где Спейд
отпустил такси) a small group of men stood looking up an alley (стояла
небольшая группа людей, что-то высматривая в узкой улочке; yard —
ярд — мера длины, равная 3 футам или 91,44 см). Two women stood with
a man on the other side of Bush Street (две женщины стояли с мужчиной
на другой стороне Буш-стрит), looking at the alley (глядя на ту же
улочку). There were faces at windows (в окнах были лица).
penetrant ['penItrqnt] blurred [blq:d] alley ['xlI]
Where Bush Street roofed Stockton before slipping downhill to
Chinatown, Spade paid his fare and left the taxicab. San Francisco's
night-fog, thin, clammy, and penetrant, blurred the street. A few yards
from where Spade had dismissed the taxicab a small group of men stood
looking up an alley. Two women stood with a man on the other side of
Bush Street, looking at the alley. There were faces at windows.
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Spade crossed the sidewalk (Спейд пересек тротуар) between iron-railed
hatchways (между обнесенными железными перилами люками) that
opened above bare ugly stairs (которые выходили на: «открывались над»
истертые: «голые» уродливые ступеньки), went to the parapet (подошел к
парапету), and, resting his hands on the damp coping (и, положив руки на
влажные парапетные плиты; to rest — отдыхать, покоиться), looked
down into Stockton Street (посмотрел вниз на Стоктон-стрит). An
automobile popped out of the tunnel beneath him (автомобиль выскочил из
туннеля под ним; to pop — хлопать, стрелять) with a roaring swish (с
грохочущим свистом), as if it had been blown out (словно был выдут
оттуда), and ran away (и уехал; to run (ran, run) — бежать). Not far from
the tunnel's mouth (недалеко от входа в туннель; mouth — рот, уста) a
man was hunkered on his heels (мужчина сидел на корточках /на своих
пятках/) before a billboard (перед рекламным щитом) that held
advertisements of a moving picture (содержащим /рекламное/ объявление
кинофильма; moving picture = motion picture) and a gasoline (и /перед/
бензиновой колонкой; gasoline = gasoline, зд. = gasolene-station) across
the front of a gap between two store-buildings (через промежуток между
двумя складскими помещениями).
ugly ['AglI] beneath [bI'ni:T] advertisement [qd'vq:tIsmqnt]
Spade crossed the sidewalk between iron-railed hatchways that
opened above bare ugly stairs, went to the parapet, and, resting his
hands on the damp coping, looked down into Stockton Street. An
automobile popped out of the tunnel beneath him with a roaring swish,
as if it had been blown out, and ran away. Not far from the tunnel's
mouth a man was hunkered on his heels before a billboard that held
advertisements of a moving picture and a gasoline across the front of a
gap between two store-buildings.
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The hunkered man's head (голова сидящего на корточках мужчины)
was bent almost to the sidewalk (была наклонена почти к тротуару) so he
could look under the billboard (так, что он мог смотреть под рекламный
щит). A hand flat on the paving (рука плашмя /лежащая/ на мостовой:
«дорожном покрытии»), a hand clenched on the billboard's green frame
(рука сжимающая зеленую раму рекламного щита), held him in this
grotesque position (удерживали его в таком нелепом положении). Two
other men stood awkwardly together (двое других мужчин стояли
неуклюже вместе) at one end of the billboard (на одном конце рекламного
щита), peeping through the few inches of space (заглядывая через
несколько сантиметров пространства) between it and the building at that
end (между ним и зданием в том конце). The building at the other end
(здание с другой стороны) had a blank grey sidewall (имело бледно-серую
боковую стену) that looked down on the lot behind the billboard (которая
смотрела вниз, на участок земли за рекламным щитом; lot — жребий,
судьба). Lights flickered on the sidewall (на боковой стене сверкали огни),
and the shadows of men moving among lights (и тени людей, движущихся
между огнями).
grotesque [grqV'tesk] awkwardly ['O:kwqdlI] together [tq'geDq]
The hunkered man's head was bent almost to the sidewalk so he could
look under the billboard. A hand flat on the paving, a hand clenched on
the billboard's green frame, held him in this grotesque position. Two
other men stood awkwardly together at one end of the billboard, peeping
through the few inches of space between it and the building at that end.
The building at the other end had a blank grey sidewall that looked down
on the lot behind the billboard. Lights flickered on the sidewall, and the
shadows of men moving among lights.
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Spade turned from the parapet (Спейд отвернулся от парапета) and
walked up Bush Street (и пошел вверх по Буш-стрит) to the alley where
men were grouped (к узкой улочке, где сгруппировались = столпились
мужчины). A uniformed policeman (полицейский в униформе) chewing
gum (жующий жвачку; gum — смола, клей, резина) under an enameled sign
(под эмалированным знаком) that said Burritt St. in white against dark blue
(на котором было написано белым /шрифтом/ на темно-синем /фоне/:
Бурритт-стрит; to say — говорить, гласить) put out an arm and asked
(вытянул руку и сказал): "What do you want here (что вам здесь нужно)?"
"I'm Sam Spade (я Сэм Спейд). Tom Polhaus phoned me (Том Полхауз
позвонил мне)."
"Sure you are (конечно, это вы)." The policeman's arm went down (рука
полицейского опустилась: «пошла вниз»). "I didn't know you at first (я вас
сначала не узнал). Well, they're back there (они там сзади)." He jerked a
thumb over his shoulder (он дернул большим пальцем через плечо). "Bad
business (плохое дело = грустная история)."
enameled [I'nxm(q)ld] sign [saIn] first [fq:st]
Spade turned from the parapet and walked up Bush Street to the alley
where men were grouped. A uniformed policeman chewing gum under an
enameled sign that said Burritt St. in white against dark blue put out an
arm and asked: "What do you want here?"
"I'm Sam Spade. Tom Polhaus phoned me."
"Sure you are." The policeman's arm went down. "I didn't know you
at first. Well, they're back there." He jerked a thumb over his shoulder.
"Bad business."
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"Bad enough (довольно плохое)," Spade agreed (согласился Спейд),
and went up the alley (и пошел вверх по улице). Half-way up it (на
полдороге), not far from the entrance (недалеко от входа), a dark
ambulance stood (стояла темная машина скорой помощи). Behind the
ambulance, to the left (позади машины скорой помощи, слева), the alley
was bounded by a waist-high fence (улица была ограждена оградой на
уровне талии; to bound — ограничивать, служить границей), horizontal
strips of rough boarding (горизонтальными планками из грубых досок).
From the fence (от ограды) dark ground fell away steeply (темная земля
спускалась круто) to the billboard on Stockton Street below (к рекламному
щиту, внизу , на Стоктон-стрит). A ten-foot length of the fence's top rail
(верхняя планка ограды длиной в десять футов: «десятифутовая длина
самой высокой планки ограды») had been torn from a post at one end
(была оторвана от столба с одной стороны) and hung dangling from the
other (и свисала, болтаясь, с другой).
entrance ['entrqns] rough [rAf] boarding ['bO:dIN]
"Bad enough," Spade agreed, and went up the alley. Half-way up it,
not far from the entrance, a dark ambulance stood. Behind the
ambulance, to the left, the alley was bounded by a waist-high fence,
horizontal strips of rough boarding. From the fence dark ground fell
away steeply to the billboard on Stockton Street below. A ten-foot length
of the fence's top rail had been torn from a post at one end and hung
dangling from the other.
Fifteen feet down the slope (в пятнадцати футах вниз по склону) a flat
boulder stuck out (торчал плоский валун). In the notch between boulder and
slope (в расселине между валуном и склоном) Miles Archer lay on his
back (лежал Майлз Арчер на спине). Two men stood over him (двое
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мужчин стояли над ним). One of them held the beam of an electric torch
(один из них держал луч света от ручного фонаря; electric —
электрический) on the dead man (на мертвеце; dead — мертвый,
умерший). Other men with lights (другие мужчины с фонариками:
«огнями») moved up and down the slope (двигались вверх и вниз по
склону).
One of them hailed Spade (один из них окликнул: «приветствовал»
Спейда), "Hello, Sam (привет, Сэм)," and clambered up to the alley (и
вскарабкался /со склона/ на улицу), his shadow running up the slope before
him (его тень бежала вверх по склону перед ним). He was a barrel-bellied
tall man (он был толстобрюхим высоким человеком; barrel-bellied: barrel
— бочка, belly — живот) with shrewd small eyes (с проницательными
маленькими глазами), a thick mouth (крупным : «толстым» ртом) and
carelessly shaven dark jowls (и небрежно выбритыми темными щеками).
lights [laIts] shrewd [Sru:d] jowl [dZaVl]
Fifteen feet down the slope a flat boulder stuck out. In the notch
between boulder and slope Miles Archer lay on his back. Two men stood
over him. One of them held the beam of an electric torch on the dead
man. Other men with lights moved up and down the slope.
One of them hailed Spade, "Hello, Sam," and clambered up to the
alley, his shadow running up the slope before him. He was a barrel-
bellied tall man with shrewd small eyes, a thick mouth and carelessly
shaven dark jowls.
His shoes (его туфли), knees (колени), hands (руки), and chin were
daubed with brown loam (и подбородок были измазаны глиной). "I figured
you'd want to see it before we took him away (я полагал, вы захотите это
увидеть, прежде чем мы его заберем; to figure — изображать
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графически, представлять)," he said as he stepped over the broken fence
(сказал он, когда он шагнул = шагнув через сломанную ограду).
"Thanks, Tom (спасибо, Том)," Spade said. "What happened (что
произошло: « случилось»)?" He put an elbow on a fence-post (он положил
локоть на стойку ограды) and looked down at the men below (и посмотрел
вниз, на мужчин внизу), nodding to those who nodded to him (кивая тем,
кто кивал ему).
Tom Polhaus poked his own left breast (Том Полхаус ткнул свою левую
грудь) with a dirty finger (грязным пальцем).
daub [dO:b] figured ['fIgqd] dirty ['dq:tI]
His shoes, knees, hands, and chin were daubed with brown loam. "I
figured you'd want to see it before we took him away," he said as he
stepped over the broken fence.
"Thanks, Tom," Spade said. "What happened?" He put an elbow on a
fence-post and looked down at the men below, nodding to those who
nodded to him.
Tom Polhaus poked his own left breast with a dirty finger.
"Got him right through the pump (/пуля/ попала ему прямо в сердце;
pump — насос, помпа; разг. сердце) — with this (из этого)." He took a fat
revolver from his coat-pocket (он достал сальный револьвер из кармана
своего пальто) and held it out to Spade (и протянул его Спейду). Mud
inlaid the depressions (грязь выстилала впадины) in the revolver's surface
(на поверхности револьвера). "A Webley («Уэбли»). English, ain't it
(английский, не так ли)?"
Spade took his elbow from the fence-post (Спейд убрал: «взял» свой
локоть со стойки ограды) and leaned down to look at the weapon (и
наклонился, чтобы посмотреть на оружие), but he did not touch it (но он
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не коснулся его). "Yes," he said, "Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver
(«Уэбли-фосбери», автоматический револьвер). That's it (это он). Thirty-
eight, eight shot (калибр 3,8 миллиметра: «тридцать восьмой», восьми-
зарядный: «восемь выстрелов»). They don't make them any more (они их
больше не делают). How many gone out of it (сколько из него вышло
/пуль/)?"
inlaid ["In'leId] weapon ['wepqn] gone [gOn]
"Got him right through the pump — with this." He took a fat
revolver from his coat-pocket and held it out to Spade. Mud inlaid the
depressions in the revolver's surface. "A Webley. English, ain't it?"
Spade took his elbow from the fence-post and leaned down to look at
the weapon, but he did not touch it. "Yes," he said, "Webley-Fosbery
automatic revolver. That's it. Thirty-eight, eight shot. They don't make
them any more. How many gone out of it?"
"One pill (одна пуля; pill — пилюля, таблетка; воен. жарг. ядро)."
Tom poked his breast again (Том снова ткнул свою грудь). "He must've
been dead (он, должно быть, был уже мертв) when he cracked the fence
(когда он разломал ограду; to crack — щелкать, трескаться)." He raised
the muddy revolver (он поднял грязный револьвер). "Ever seen this before
(видел когда-нибудь это раньше)?"
Spade nodded (Спейд кивнул). "I've seen Webley-Fosberys (я видел
/револьверы/ «Уэбли-фосбери»)," he said without interest (сказал он без
интереса), and then spoke rapidly (а потом быстро произнес): "He was shot
up here, huh (он был застрелен здесь, а)? Standing where you are (стоя, где
ты), with his back to the fence (спиной к ограде). The man that shot him
stands here (человек, который застрелил его, стоит здесь)".
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muddy ['mAdI] rapidly ['rxpIdlI] fence [fens]
"One pill." Tom poked his breast again. "He must've been dead when
he cracked the fence." He raised the muddy revolver. "Ever seen this
before?"
Spade nodded. "I've seen Webley-Fosberys," he said without interest,
and then spoke rapidly: "He was shot up here, huh? Standing where you
are, with his back to the fence. The man that shot him stands here.
He went around in front of Tom (он прошелся перед Томом) and raised a
hand breast-high (и поднял руку на уровень груди) with leveled forefinger
(с нацеленным /как оружие/ указательным пальцем). "Lets him have it
(допустим, он выстрелил) and Miles goes back (и Майлз опрокидывается:
«отходит назад»), taking the top off the fence (снося верхушку ограды)
and going on through (и дальше, сквозь /нее/; to go on — идти дальше,
продолжать) and down till the rock catches him (и вниз, пока камень не
задержал его; to catch — поймать, схватить). That it (так)?"
"That's it (так)," Tom replied slowly (медленно ответил Том), working
his brows together (перемещая брови вместе = сдвигая брови; to work —
работать, трудиться; приводить в движение). "The blast burnt his coat
(дульное пламя прожгло его пальто; blast — поток, гудок, взрыв)."
"Who found him (кто его нашел)?"
forefinger ['fO:"fINgq] through [Tru:] brow [braV]
"He went around in front of Torn and raised a hand breast-high with
leveled forefinger. "Lets him have it and Miles goes back, taking the top
off the fence and going on through and down till the rock catches him.
That it?"
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"That's it," Tom replied slowly, working his brows together. "The
blast burnt his coat."
"Who found him?"
"The man on the beat, Shilling (участковый полицейский, Шиллинг;
beat — удар, ритм; дозор, обход). He was coming down Bush (он шел
вниз по Буш-стрит), and just as he got here (и когда он дошел сюда) a
machine turning threw headlights up here (поворачивающая машина
бросила свет фар сюда, наверх), and he saw the top off the fence (он
увидел оторванную верхушку ограды; off — зд. указывает на отделение
части от целого). So he came up to look at it (так он пришел наверх,
чтобы посмотреть на нее), and found him (и нашел его)."
"What about the machine (что насчет машины) that was turning around
(которая поворачивала)?"
"Not a damned thing about it, Sam (ни одной проклятой зацепки:
«вещи» по ней, Сэм). Shilling didn't pay any attention to it (Шиллинг не
обратил никакого внимания на нее; to pay — платить), not knowing
anything was wrong then (не зная, что что-то было не так).
beat [bi:t] machine [mq'Si:n] attention [q'tenS(q)n]
"The man on the beat, Shilling. He was coming down Bush, and just
as he got here a machine turning threw headlights up here, and he saw
the top off the fence. So he came up to look at it, and found him."
"What about the machine that was turning around?"
"Not a damned thing about it, Sam. Shilling didn't pay any attention
to it, not knowing anything was wrong then.
He says nobody didn't come out of here (он говорит, что никто не
выходил отсюда) while he was coming down from Powell (пока он
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спускался с Пауэлл-стрит) or he'd've seen them (или он бы их увидел;
he'd've = he would have). The only other way out (единственный другой
путь отсюда) would be under the billboard on Stockton (будет под
рекламным щитом на Стоктон). Nobody went that way (никто не прошел
той дорогой). The fog's got the ground soggy (туман сделал землю
мокрой), and the only marks are (и единственные следы там; mark — знак,
штамп, ориентир) where Miles slid down (где Майлз сполз вниз) and
where this here gun rolled (и куда покатился этот пистолет)."
"Didn't anybody hear the shot (разве никто не слышал выстрела)?"
while [waIl] billboard ['bIlbO:d] hear [hIq]
He says nobody didn't come out of here while he was coming down
from Powell or he'd've seen them. The only other way out would be
under the billboard on Stockton. Nobody went that way. The fog's got the
ground soggy, and the only marks are where Miles slid down and where
this here gun rolled."
"Didn't anybody hear the shot?"
"For the love of God, Sam (ради Бога, Сэм), we only just got here (мы
только что прибыли сюда). Somebody must've heard it (кто-нибудь
должен был слышать), when we find them (если мы их найдем)." He
turned and put a leg over the fence (он повернулся и поставил ногу на
ограду). "Coming down for a look at him (пойдешь вниз, чтобы
посмотреть на него) before he's moved (прежде чем его увезут)?"
Spade said (Спейд сказал): "No (нет)."
Tom halted astride the fence (Том задержался на ограде; astride —
верхом на чем-либо) and looked back at Spade with surprised small eyes (и
посмотрел назад на Спейда удивленными маленькими глазами).
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Spade said: "You've seen him (вы видели его). You'd see everything I
could (вы уже увидели все, что увидел бы я)."
halt [hO:lt] astride [q'straId] surprise [sq'praIz]
"For the love of God, Sam, we only just got here. Somebody must've
heard it, when we find them." He turned and put a leg over the fence.
"Coming down for a look at him before he's moved?"
Spade said: "No."
Tom halted astride the fence and looked back at Spade with surprised
small eyes.
Spade said: "You've seen him. You'd see everything I could."
Tom, still looking at Spade (Том, все-еще глядя на Спейда), nodded
doubtfully (с сомнением кивнул) and withdrew his leg over the fence (и
перенес свою ногу /обратно/ через ограду; to withdraw — отдергивать,
забирать, брать назад). "His gun was tucked away on his hip (его
пистолет был спрятан /в кобуре/ на /его/ бедре)," he said. "It hadn't been
fired (из него не стреляли; to fire — зажигать, воодушевлять). His
overcoat was buttoned (его пальто было застегнуто). There's a hundred and
sixty-some bucks in his clothes (в его одежде было сто шестьдесят с чем-
то баксов). Was he working, Sam (он работал, Сэм)?"
Spade, after a moment's hesitation, nodded (Спейд кивнул, после
минутного колебания).
Tom asked (Том спросил): "Well (ну)?"
doubtful ['daVtf(q)l] withdraw [wID'drO:] hesitation ["hezI'teIS(q)n]
Tom, still looking at Spade, nodded doubtfully and withdrew his leg
over the fence. "His gun was tucked away on his hip," he said. "It hadn't
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been fired. His overcoat was buttoned. There's a hundred and sixty-some
bucks in his clothes. Was he working, Sam?"
Spade, after a moment's hesitation, nodded.
Tom asked: "Well?"
"He was supposed to be tailing a fellow named Floyd Thursby (он
должен был следить за парнем по имени Терсби; to tail — приделывать
хвост; неотступно следовать)," Spade said, and described Thursby as
Miss Wonderly had described him (и описал Терсби так, как описала его
мисс Уондерли).
"What for (для чего)?"
Spade put his hands into his overcoat-pockets (Спейд сунул руки в
карманы своего пальто) and blinked sleepy eyes at Tom (и помигал Тому
сонными глазами). Tom repeated impatiently (Том нетерпеливо повторил):
"What for (для чего)?"
supposed [sq'pqVzd] tailing ['teIlIN] impatient [Im'peIS(q)nt]
"He was supposed to be tailing a fellow named Floyd Thursby,"
Spade said, and described Thursby as Miss Wonderly had described him.
"What for?"
Spade put his hands into his overcoat-pockets and blinked sleepy eyes
at Tom. Tom repeated impatiently: "What for?"
"He was an Englishman, maybe (он, может быть, был англичанином). I
don't know what his game was, exactly (я точно не знаю, какие у него были
планы; game — игра, состязание; замысел). We were trying to find out
where he lived (мы пытались выяснить, где он живет)." Spade grinned
faintly (Спейд слабо улыбнулся) and took a hand from his pocket (и достал
руку из своего кармана) to pat Tom's shoulder (чтобы похлопать Тома по
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плечу). "Don't crowd me (не дави на меня; to crowd — толпиться,
переполнять)" He put the hand in his pocket again (он снова сунул руку в
карман). "I'm going out to break the news to Miles's wife (я ухожу, чтобы
сообщить новость жене Майлза)." He turned away (он отвернулся).
exactly [Ig'zxktlI] shoulder ['SqVldq] crowd [kraVd]
"He was an Englishman, maybe. I don't know what his game was,
exactly. We were trying to find out where he lived." Spade grinned
faintly and took a hand from his pocket to pat Tom's shoulder. "Don't
crowd me" He put the hand in his pocket again. "I'm going out to break
the news to Miles's wife." He turned away.
Tom, scowling, opened his mouth (Том, нахмурившись, открыл рот),
closed it without having said anything (закрыл его, не сказав ни слова),
cleared his throat (прочистил горло), put the scowl off his face (убрал
хмурый вид со своего лица), and spoke with a husky sort of gentleness (и
сказал с сиплым видом/родом мягкости = с сиплой мягкостью): "It's
tough, him getting it like that (жестоко, что его вот так вот подстрелили:
«он получил это так»). Miles had his faults same as the rest of us (у Майлза
были свои недостатки, как и у всех остальных нас = как у всех у нас), but
I guess he must've had some good points too (но я думаю, у него должны
были быть некоторые хорошие черты; point — точка, место)."
"I guess so (я так думаю: « подозреваю, предполагаю»)," Spade agreed
in a tone (согласился Спейд тоном) that was utterly meaningless (который
был крайне невыразительным: «бессмысленным»), and went out of the
alley (и вышел с улочки).
In an all-night drug-store (в дежурной аптеке; all-night — ночной,
работающий всю ночь) on the corner of Bush and Taylor Streets (на углу
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Буш и Тэйлор-стрит), Spade used a telephone (Спейд воспользовался
телефоном).
scowling ['skaVlIN] throat [TrqVt] utterly ['AtqlI]
Tom, scowling, opened his mouth, closed it without having said
anything, cleared his throat, put the scowl off his face, and spoke with a
husky sort of gentleness: "It's tough, him getting it like that. Miles had
his faults same as the rest of us, but I guess he must've had some good
points too."
"I guess so," Spade agreed in a tone that was utterly meaningless, and
went out of the alley.