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chose — then she went out of the room and gave her children a sign to follow after. The king muttered:

'Another English king had a commission like to this, in a bygone time — it is nothing against my dignity to undertake an office which the great Alfred stooped to assume. But I will try to better serve my trust than he; for he let the cakes burn.'

The intent was good, but the performance was not answerable to it; for this king, like the other one, soon fell into deep thinkings concerning his vast affairs, and the same calamity resulted — the cookery got burned. The woman returned in time to save the breakfast from entire destruction; and she promptly brought the king out of his dreams with a brisk and cordial tongue-lashing. Then, seeing how troubled he was over his violated trust, she softened at once and was all goodness and gentleness toward him.

The boy made a hearty and satisfying meal, and was greatly refreshed and gladdened by it. It was a meal which was distinguished by this curious feature, that rank was waived on both sides; yet neither recipient of the favor was aware that it had been extended. The goodwife had intended to feed this young tramp with broken victuals in a corner, like any other tramp, or like a dog; but she was so remorseful for the scolding she had given him, that she did what she could to atone for it by allowing him to sit at the family table and eat with his betters, on ostensible terms of equality with them; and the king, on his side, was so remorseful for having broken his trust, after the family had been so kind to him, that he forced himself to atone for it by humbling himself to the family level, instead of requiring the woman and her children to stand and wait upon him while he occupied their table in the solitary state due his birth and dignity. It does us all good to unbend sometimes. This good woman was made happy all the day long by the applauses she got out of herself for her magnanimous condescension to a tramp; and the king was just as selfcomplacent over his gracious humility toward a humble peasant woman.

When breakfast was over (когда завтрак был закончен), the housewife told the king to wash up the dishes (хозяйка сказала королю помыть блюда = посуду; to tell — сказать). This command was a staggerer (это распоряжение было сильным ударом) for a moment (на минуту), and the king came near rebelling (и

король был готов взбунтоваться; to come near — подойти близко; to rebel —

бунтовать); but then he said to himself (но затем он сказал себе), 'Alfred the Great watched the cakes (Альфред Великий присматривал за пирогами); doubtless he would have washed the dishes, too (без сомнения, он бы помыл посуду тоже) — therefore will I essay it (следовательно, я попробую это).' He made a sufficiently poor job of it (он сделал достаточно плохую работу из этого); and to his surprise, too (и к своему удивлению к тому же), for the cleaning of wooden spoons and trenchers (ибо очистка деревянных ложек и подносов) had seemed an easy thing to do (казалась легким делом: «легкой вещью чтобы сделать»). It was a tedious and troublesome piece of work (это была нудная и трудная работа), but he finished it at last (но он закончил ее наконец). He was becoming impatient (он становился нетерпеливым = ему не терпелось) to get away on his journey now (отправиться в свое путешествие сейчас; to get away — удрать, уйти, отправиться); however he was not to lose (однако ему не было суждено лишиться; to lose — терять) this thrifty dame's society (общества этой хозяйственной дамы) so easily (так легко). She

furnished him some little odds and ends of employment (она снабжала его всякой мелкой работой; odds and ends — всякая всячина), which he got through with (через которые он продирался) after a fair fashion (на добросовестный манер) and with some credit (и с некоторой честью = успехом). Then she set him and the little girls to paring some winter apples (затем она приставила его и маленьких девочек к очищению каких-то зимних яблок); but he was so awkward at this service (но он был так неловок на этой службе) that she retired him from it (что она уволила его от нее) and gave him a butcher-knife to grind (и

дала ему мясницкий нож — наточить). Afterward she kept him (после она удерживала его = поручила ему; to keep — хранить) carding wool (чесать

шерсть) until he began to think (пока он не начал думать) he had laid the good King Alfred about far enough in the shade (что положил = оставил Короля Альфреда достаточно далеко в тени) for the present (пока что: «для настоящего времени»), in the matter of showy menial heroisms (в деле показного лакейского героизма = подвигов) that would read picturesquely in story-books and histories (которые будут читаться колоритно в книгах сказок и исторических трудах), and so he was half minded to resign (и поэтому он был наполовину настроен уйти в отставку). And when, just after the noonday dinner (и когда сразу после полуденного обеда), the goodwife gave him a basket of kittens to drown (хозяйка дала ему корзинку котят — утопить), he did resign (он действительно уволился: «сделал уволиться»). At least he was just going to resign (по крайней мере, он как раз собирался удалиться; to be going to —

собираться сделать что-то) — for he felt that he must draw the line somewhere (ибо он чувствовал, что должен провести черту = положить предел где-то; to feel — чувствовать), and it seemed to him (и казалось ему) that to draw it at kitten-drowning (что провести ее = черту на затоплении котят) was about the right thing (было примерно то что надо: «правильная вещь») — when there was an interruption (когда появилось препятствие). The interruption was John Canty (препятствием был Джон Кэнти) — with a peddler's pack on his back (с коробом разносчика на спине) — and Hugo (и Хьюго)!

The king discovered these rascals (король обнаружил этих негодяев) approaching the front gate (приближающимися к передним воротам) before they had had a chance to see him (прежде чем они имели шанс увидеть его); so he said nothing about drawing the line (так что он не сказал ничего о том, чтобы провести черту), but took up his basket of kittens (но подхватил свою корзинку с котятами) and stepped quietly out the back way (и вышел тихо наружу через заднюю дверь), without a word (без единого слова). He left the creatures in an outhouse (он оставил этих созданий = котят в сарае; to leave — оставлять,

покидать), and hurried on (и поспешил дальше) into a narrow lane at the rear (по узкому переулку сзади).

глухими, и таинственными), that they seemed not to be real sounds (что они,

казалось, не были настоящими звуками: «они казались не быть…»), but only the moaning and complaining ghosts of departed ones (но только стенающими и жалобными призраками былых; to depart — уходить). So the sounds were yet more dreary (так что эти звуки были еще более тоскливыми) than the silence which they interrupted (чем тишина, которую они нарушали).

It was his purpose (это было его намерением), in the beginning (в начале), to stay where he was (пробыть, где он находился), the rest of the day (остаток дня); but a chill soon invaded his perspiring body (но холод скоро вошел в его вспотевшее тело), and he was at last obliged (и он был наконец вынужден) to resume movement (возобновить движение) in order to get warm (с тем чтобы согреться: «сделаться теплым»). He struck straight through the forest (он направился напрямую через лес; to strike — бить; направляться), hoping to pierce to a road presently (надеясь пробиться к дороге вскоре; to pierce —

пронзать), but he was disappointed in this (но он был разочарован в этом =

безуспешно). He traveled on and on (он продвигался дальше и дальше); but the farther he went (но чем дальше он шел; to go — идти), the denser the wood became (тем гуще становился лес; to become — становиться; dense), apparently (очевидно = как казалось). The gloom began to thicken, by and by (мрак начал сгущаться вскоре), and the king realized (и король осознал) that the night was coming on (что ночь приближалась). It made him shudder (это заставило его вздрогнуть) to think of spending it (подумать о том чтобы провести ее = ночь) in such an uncanny place (в таком жутком месте); so he tried to hurry faster (так что он старался поспешать быстрее), but he only made the less speed (но он лишь сделал меньше скорость = двигался медленнее), for he could not now see well enough (так как он не мог теперь видеть достаточно хорошо) to choose his steps judiciously (чтобы выбирать свои шаги благоразумно); consequently he kept tripping over roots and tangling himself in vines and briers (следовательно, он и то и дело спотыкался о корни, запутывался во вьющихся стеблях и терновнике).

And how glad he was (и как рад он был) when at last he caught the glimmer of a light (когда наконец он уловил мерцание света; to catch — ловить)! He approached it warily (он приблизился к нему опасливо), stopping often (останавливаясь часто) to look about him (чтобы осмотреться: «посмотреть вокруг себя») and listen (и прислушаться). It came from an unglazed windowopening (он = свет исходил из незастекленного оконного отверстия; to open —

открывать) in a little hut (в маленькой хижине). He heard a voice now (он услышал какой-то голос теперь; to hear — слышать), and felt a disposition to run and hide (и почувствовал расположение = желание убежать и спрятаться; to feel — чувствовать); but he changed his mind at once (но он изменил свои мысли = передумал сразу), for his voice was praying, evidently (так как его голос молился очевидно). He glided to the one window of the hut (он скользнул к единственному окну хижины), raised himself on tiptoe (поднял себя = поднялся на цыпочки), and stole a glance within (и украл взгляд = украдкой заглянул внутрь; to steal — красть). The room was small (комната была маленькой); its floor was the natural earth (ее пол был естественной землей), beaten hard by use (утрамбованной жестко использованием; to beat — бить); in a corner was a bed of rushes (в углу была постель из камыша) and a ragged blanket or two (и истрепанного одеяла или двух); near it was a pail, a cup, a basin (возле нее было ведро, чашка, миска), and two or three pots and pans (и

два или три горшка и кастрюли); there was a short bench (там была короткая скамья) and a three-legged stool (и трехногий табурет); on the hearth (в очаге) the remains of a fagot fire (остатки огня из вязанки дров) were smoldering (дымились); before a shrine (перед распятием), which was lighted by a single candle (которое было освещено единственной свечой), knelt an aged man (стоял на коленях пожилой человек; to kneel — стоять на коленях), and on an old wooden box (а на старой деревянной коробке) at his side (у его бока = рядом с ним) lay an open book and a human skull (лежала открытая книга и человеческий череп; to lie — лежать). The man was of large, bony frame (этот человек был большого и костистого телосложения); his hair and whiskers (его

волосы и борода) were very long and snowy white (были очень длинными и снежно-белыми); he was clothed in a robe of sheepskins (он был одет в рясу из овечьих шкур) which reached from his neck to his heels (которая доставала от его шеи до пят).

hermit [`hə:mıt], consequently [`kOnsıkwəntlı], human [`hju:mən]

THE high hedge hid him from the house now; and so, under the impulse of a deadly fright, he let out all his forces and sped toward a wood in the distance. He never looked back until he had almost gained the shelter of the forest; then he turned and descried two figures in the distance. That was sufficient; he did not wait to scan them critically, but hurried on, and never abated his pace till he was far within the twilight depths of the wood. Then he stopped; being persuaded that he was now tolerably safe. He listened intently, but the stillness was profound and solemnawful, even, and depressing to the spirits. At wide intervals his straining ear did detect sounds, but they were so remote, and hollow, and mysterious, that they seemed not to be real sounds, but only the moaning and complaining ghosts of departed ones. So the sounds were yet more dreary than the silence which they interrupted.

It was his purpose, in the beginning, to stay where he was, the rest of the day; but a chill soon invaded his perspiring body, and he was at last obliged to resume movement in order to get warm. He struck straight through the forest, hoping to pierce to a road presently, but he was disappointed in this. He traveled on and on; but the farther he went, the denser the wood became, apparently. The gloom began to thicken, by and by, and the king realized that the night was coming on. It made him shudder to think of spending it in such an uncanny place; so he tried to hurry faster, but he only made the less speed, for he could not now see well enough to choose his steps judiciously; consequently he kept tripping over roots and tangling himself in vines and briers.

And how glad he was when at last he caught the glimmer of a light! He approached it warily, stopping often to look about him and listen. It came from an unglazed window-opening in a little hut. He heard a voice now, and felt a disposition to run and hide; but he changed his mind at once, for his voice was praying, evidently. He glided to the one window of the hut, raised himself on tiptoe, and stole a glance within. The room was small; its floor was the natural earth, beaten hard by use; in a corner was a bed of rushes and a ragged blanket or two; near it was a pail, a cup, a basin, and two or three pots and pans; there was a short bench and a three-legged stool; on the hearth the remains of a fagot fire were smoldering; before a shrine, which was lighted by a single candle, knelt an aged man, and on an old wooden box at his side lay an open book and a human skull. The man was of large, bony frame; his hair and whiskers were very long and snowy white; he was clothed in a robe of sheepskins which reached from his neck to his heels.

'A holy hermit (святой отшельник)!' said the king to himself (сказал король себе); 'now am I indeed fortunate (теперь я действительно удачлив = мне повезло).'

The hermit rose from his knees (отшельник поднялся с колен; to rise — вставать); the king knocked (король постучал). A deep voice responded (низкий голос ответил):

'Enter (войдите)! — but leave sin behind (но оставьте грех позади = снаружи), for the ground whereon thou shalt stand is holy (ибо земля, на которой ты будешь стоять, священна)!'

The king entered, and paused (король вошел и остановился). The hermit turned a pair of gleaming, unrestful eyes upon him (отшельник повернул пару блестящих беспокойных глаз), and said (и сказал):

'Who art thou (кто ты)?'

'I am the king (я король),' came the answer (пришел = был ответ), with placid simplicity (со спокойной простотой).

'Welcome, king (добро пожаловать, король)!' cried the hermit (вскричал отшельник), with enthusiasm (с воодушевлением). Then (затем), bustling about with feverish activity (суетясь вокруг в лихорадочной деятельности), and constantly saying (и постоянно говоря) 'Welcome, welcome (добро пожаловать),' he arranged his bench (он поставил свою скамейку), seated the king on it (усадил короля на нее), by the hearth (у очага), threw some fagots on the fire (подбросил немного хвороста в огонь; to throw — кидать), and finally fell to pacing the floor (и наконец принялся измерять шагами комнату; to fall to

— приниматься что-то делать: «упасть к»; to pace — шагать), with a nervous stride (нервной походкой).

'Welcome (добро пожаловать)! Many have sought sanctuary here (многие искали прибежища здесь), but they were not worthy (но они не были достойны), and were turned away (и были изгнаны: «обращены прочь»). But a king who casts his crown away (но король, который отбрасывает свою корону прочь), and despises the vain splendors of his office (и презирает суетные красоты своей службы), and clothes his body in rags (и одевает свое тело в лохмотья), to devote his life to holiness (чтобы посвятить свою жизнь святости) and the mortification of the flesh (и умерщвлению плоти) — he is worthy (он достоин), he is welcome (он желанен)! — here shall he abide all his days (здесь пребудет он все свои дни) till death come (пока смерть не придет).' The king hastened to interrupt and explain (король поспешил прервать и объяснить), but the hermit paid no attention to him (но отшельник не обращал никакого внимания на него; to pay attention — обращать внимание: «платить внимание») — did not even hear him apparently (даже не слышал его,

очевидно), but went right on with his talk (но просто продолжал со своей речью

= свою речь), with a raised voice and a growing energy (повышенным голосом и растущей энергией). 'And thou shalt be at peace here (и ты пребудешь в мире здесь). None shall find out thy refuge (никто не обнаружит твое убежище) to disquiet thee (чтобы беспокоить тебя) with supplications to return to that empty and foolish life (мольбами вернуться к той пустой и глупой жизни) which God