). It had been originally meant that the captain, Mr. Arrow (первоначально они предназначались для капитана, мистера Эрроу), Hunter, Joyce the doctor, and the squire, were to occupy these six berths (они должны были занять эти шесть кают). Now, Redruth and I were to get two of them (теперь же Редрут и я должны были взять две из них), and Mr. Arrow and the captain were to sleep on deck in the companion (а мистер Эрроу и капитан — спать на палубе, в сходном тамбуре; companion — деревянный козырек над лестницей, ведущей к каютам и в трюм), which had been enlarged on each side till you might almost have called it a round-house (который был расширен с обеих сторон, так что его можно было назвать кормовой рубкой). Very low it was still, of course (он был все же, конечно, слишком маленьким); but there was room to swing two hammocks (но там было место, чтобы повесить два гамака), and even the mate seemed pleased with the arrangement (и даже штурман, казалось, был доволен таким размещением; arrangement — расположение, переделка). Even he, perhaps, had been doubtful as to the crew (даже он, быть может, сомневался насчет = не доверял команде), but that is only guess (но это только предположение); for, as you shall hear, we had not long the benefit of his opinion (так как, как вы вскоре узнаете, мы не долго имели милость его мнения = он недолго находился на шхуне; benefit — выгода, польза, преимущество; opinion — мнение, суждение, отзыв).
1. 'Silver, if you like, cried the squire; 'but as for the intolerable humbug, I declare I think his conduct unmanly, unsailorly, and downright un-English.
2. 'Well, says the doctor, 'we shall see.
3. When we came on deck, the men had begun already to take out the arms and powder, you-ho- ho-ing at their work, while the captain and Mr. Arrow stood by superintending.
4. The new arrangement was quite to my liking. The whole schooner had been overhauled; six berths had been made astern, out of what had been the afterpart of the main hold and this set of cabins was only joined to the galley and forecastle by a sparred passage on the port side. It had been originally meant that the captain, Mr. Arrow, Hunter, Joyce the doctor, and the squire, were to occupy these six berths. Now, Redruth and I were to get two of them, and Mr. Arrow and the captain were to sleep on deck in the companion, which had been enlarged on each side till you might almost have called it a round-house. Very low it was still, of course; but there was room to swing two hammocks, and even the mate seemed pleased with the arrangement. Even he, perhaps, had been doubtful as to the crew, but that is only guess; for, as you shall hear, we had not long the benefit of his opinion.