| Judith, who appeared to understand all her father's schemes of defence, and who had the spirit to take no unimportant share in the execution of them, explained all these details to the young man, who was thus saved much time and labor in making his investigations. | Джудит, знавшая все оборонительные планы отца и достаточно смелая, чтобы принимать участие в их выполнении, рассказала Зверобою о них во всех подробностях и тем избавила его от напрасной траты сил и времени на личный осмотр. |
| Little was to be apprehended during the day. | Днем бояться было нечего. |
| In possession of the canoes and of the ark, no other vessel was to be found on the lake. | Помимо пирог и ковчега, на всем озере не было видно ни единого судна. |
| Nevertheless, Deerslayer well knew that a raft was soon made, and, as dead trees were to be found in abundance near the water, did the savages seriously contemplate the risks of an assault, it would not be a very difficult matter to find the necessary means. | Правда, плот можно было построить довольно быстро - у самой воды валялось множество деревьев. |
| The celebrated American axe, a tool that is quite unrivalled in its way, was then not very extensively known, and the savages were far from expert in the use of its hatchet-like substitute; still, they had sufficient practice in crossing streams by this mode to render it certain they would construct a raft, should they deem it expedient to expose themselves to the risks of an assault. | Однако, если бы дикари серьезно решились на штурм, им вряд ли удалось бы до наступления темноты Подготовить необходимые средства переправы. |
| The death of their warrior might prove a sufficient incentive, or it might act as a caution; but Deerslayer thought it more than possible that the succeeding night would bring matters to a crisis, and in this precise way. | Тем не менее недавняя гибель одного из воинов могла придать им прыти, и Зверобой полагал, что наступающая ночь будет решающей. |
| This impression caused him to wish ardently for the presence and succor of his Mohican friend, and to look forward to the approach of sunset with an increasing anxiety. | Поэтому юноша очень хотел, чтобы его друг-могиканин прибыл поскорее. С нетерпением поджидал он солнечного заката. |
| As the day advanced, the party in the castle matured their plans, and made their preparations. | В течение дня обитатели "замка" продумали план обороны и закончили необходимые для этого приготовления. |
| Judith was active, and seemed to find a pleasure in consulting and advising with her new acquaintance, whose indifference to danger, manly devotion to herself and sister, guilelessness of manner, and truth of feeling, had won rapidly on both her imagination and her affections. | Джудит была очень оживлена, и, видимо, ей было приятно совещаться обо всем с новым знакомым. Его равнодушие к опасности, мужественная преданность и невинное простодушие заинтересовали и пленили ее. |
| Although the hours appeared long in some respects to Deerslayer, Judith did not find them so, and when the sun began to descend towards the pine-clad summits of the western hills, she felt and expressed her surprise that the day should so soon be drawing to a close. | Зверобою казалось, что время идет очень медленно, но Джудит не замечала этого, и, когда солнце начало склоняться к лесистым вершинам западных холмов, она выразила удивление, что день кончился так скоро. |
| On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. | Зато Хетти была задумчива и молчалива. |
