“He is at the landing-stage,” said the woman faintly. “He is – he is – signalling for help.”
“Mrs. Anthony,” said Father Brown seriously, “there is no time for nonsense. My friend has his boat down the river fishing. Your son’s boat is guarded by your son’s men. There is only this one canoe; what is Mr. Paul doing with it?”
“Santa Maria! I do not know,” she said (Санта Мария! я не знаю, – сказала она); and swooned all her length on the matted floor (и упала в обморок, /растянувшись/ во весь рост: «во всю длину» на покрытом циновками полу;
Father Brown lifted her to a sofa (отец Браун поднял ее на диван), flung a pot of water over her, shouted for help (плеснул на нее воды из кувшина, позвал на помощь;
“I will save my master (я спасу хозяина),” he cried, his eyes blazing maniacally (кричал он с бешено горящими глазами). “I will save him yet (я еще /успею/ спасти его)!”
Father Brown lifted her to a sofa, flung a pot of water over her, shouted for help, and then rushed down to the landing-stage of the little island. But the canoe was already in mid-stream, and old Paul was pulling and pushing it up the river with an energy incredible at his years.
“I will save my master,” he cried, his eyes blazing maniacally. “I will save him yet!”
Father Brown could do nothing but gaze after the boat (отцу Брауну ничего не оставалось, кроме как смотреть вслед челноку;
