“‘We will see what the doctor says (посмотрим, что скажет врач),’ I answered (ответил я). “You must stop work now (вы должны прекратить работать), and when you go downstairs just say that I wish to see Brunton (а когда пойдете вниз, скажите, что я желаю видеть Брантона).”
“‘The butler is gone (дворецкий пропал),’ said she.
“‘Gone! Gone where (куда пропал)?”
“‘He is gone (он пропал). No one has seen him (никто его не видел). He is not in his room (в комнате его нет). Oh, yes, he is gone, he is gone (о да, он пропал, пропал)!’ She fell back against the wall with shriek after shriek of laughter (она прислонилась к стене и начала истерически хохотать; to shriek — пронзительно кричать, орать; визжать; громко, истерически хохотать; laughter — cмех, хохот), while I, horrified at this sudden hysterical attack (а я, напуганный этим внезапным истерическим припадком), rushed to the bell to summon help (бросился к колокольчику, чтобы позвать на помощь; to summon — вызвать, позвать). The girl was taken to her room (девушку увели в ее комнату), still screaming and sobbing (все еще хохочущую и рыдающую), while I made inquiries about Brunton (а я тем временем стал расспрашивать о Брантоне; to make inquiries about — расспрашивать, наводить справки). There was no doubt about it that he had disappeared (несомненно, он исчез). His bed had not been slept in (его постель оказалась нетронутой: «в постели никто не спал»), he had been seen by no one since he had retired to his room the night before (его никто не видел с тех пор, как он ушел к себе в комнату накануне вечером), and yet it was difficult to see how he could have left the house (однако трудно было понять, как он вышел из дома), as both windows and doors were found to be fastened in the morning (потому что как окна, так и двери оказались запертыми утром).
laughter ['lA:ft@], hysterical [hI'sterIk(@)l], doubt [daut], fastened ['fA:s(@)nd]
“‘We will see what the doctor says,’ I answered. “You must stop work now, and when you go downstairs just say that I wish to see Brunton.’
“‘The butler is gone,’ said she.
“‘Gone! Gone where?”
“‘He is gone. No one has seen him. He is not in his room. Oh, yes, he is gone, he is gone!’ She fell back against the wall with shriek after shriek of laughter, while I, horrified at this sudden hysterical attack, rushed to the bell to summon help. The girl was taken to her room, still screaming and sobbing, while I made inquiries about Brunton. There was no doubt about it that he had disappeared. His bed had not been slept in, he had been seen by no one since he had retired to his room the night before, and yet it was difficult to see how he could have left the house, as both windows and doors were found to be fastened in the morning.
“‘His clothes (его одежда), his watch (часы), and even his money were in his room (и даже деньги были в его комнате), but the black suit which he usually wore was missing (но черного костюма, который он обычно носил, не было). His slippers, too, were gone (его комнатные туфли тоже пропали), but his boots were left behind (но ботинки остались: «были оставлены»). Where then could butler Brunton have gone in the night (куда же мог деться дворецкий Брантон ночью), and what could have become of him now (и что с ним стало теперь)?
