) из могилы). Now, Mr Bones —
2. 'That's not my name (это не мое имя), he interrupted (он перебил).
3. 'Much I care (много я забочусь = неважно), returned the doctor (ответил доктор). 'It's the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance (это имя одного моего знакомого пирата; acquaintance — знакомство); and I call you by it for the sake of shortness (называю вас им для краткости; for the sake of — ради, во имя), and what I have to say to you is this (что я должен сказать вам, так это /следующее/): one glass of rum won't kill you (один стакан рому не убьет вас; won't = will not), but if you take one you'll take another and another (но если вы выпьете один, вы выпьете еще и еще), and I stake my wig (ручаюсь моим париком; to stake — ставить, держать пари) if you don't break off short (если не прекратите резко = немедленно /пить/), you'll die (вы умрете) — do you understand that (вы понимаете это)? — die, and go to your own place (умрете, отправитесь к вашему собственному месту = где вам уготовано место), like the man in the Bible (как человек /отправляется/ = как сказано в Библии). Come, now, make an effort (ну же, попытайтесь: «сделайте усилие»). I'll help you to your bed for once (я помогу вам /добраться/ до кровати на этот раз; I'll = I will).
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1. 'There is no Black Dog here, said the doctor, 'except what you have on your own back. You have been drinking rum; you have had a stroke, precisely as I told you; and I have just, very much against my own will, dragged you head-foremost out of the grave. Now, Mr Bones —
2. 'That's not my name, he interrupted.
3. 'Much I care, returned the doctor. 'It's the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness, and what I have to say to you is this: one glass of rum won't kill you, but if you take one you'll take another and another, and I stake my wig if you don't break off short, you'll die — do you understand that? — die, and go to your own place, like the man in the Bible. Come, now, make an effort. I'll help you to your bed for once.
1. Between us (между нами = вместе), with much trouble (с большим трудом), we managed to hoist him upstairs (мы сумели поднять его наверх), and laid him on his bed (уложили его на кровать), where his head fell back on the pillow (где его голова упала на подушку; to fall), as if he were almost fainting (как если бы он был почти без чувств; to faint — падать в обморок).