| In Pitt's hut, which he shared with five other rebels-convict, all of whom were to join in this bid for liberty, a ladder had been constructed in secret during those nights of waiting. With this they were to surmount the stockade and gain the open. The risk of detection, so that they made little noise, was negligible. Beyond locking them all into that stockade at night, there was no great precaution taken. Where, after all, could any so foolish as to attempt escape hope to conceal himself in that island? The chief risk lay in discovery by those of their companions who were to be left behind. It was because of these that they must go cautiously and in silence. | В хижине Питта, где он жил вместе с пятью заключенными, согласившимися участвовать в смелой попытке Блада, в течение этих томительных ночей ожидания была сплетена лестница, чтобы с ее помощью перебраться через палисад. |
| The day that was to have been their last in Barbados was a day of hope and anxiety to the twelve associates in that enterprise, no less than to Nuttall in the town below. | Со страхом и нетерпением ожидали участники побега наступления следующего дня, который должен был стать последним днем их страшной жизни на Барбадосе. |
| Towards sunset, having seen Nuttall depart to purchase and fetch the sloop to the prearranged moorings at the wharf, Peter Blood came sauntering towards the stockade, just as the slaves were being driven in from the fields. | Вечером, перед закатом солнца, убедившись, что Нэтталл отправился за лодкой, Блад медленно подошел к лагерю, куда надсмотрщики загоняли невольников, только что возвратившихся с плантаций. |
| He stood aside at the entrance to let them pass, and beyond the message of hope flashed by his eyes, he held no communication with them. | Он молча стоял у ворот, пропуская мимо себя изможденных, смертельно уставших людей, но посвященным был понятен огонек надежды, горевший в его глазах. |
| He entered the stockade in their wake, and as they broke their ranks to seek their various respective huts, he beheld Colonel Bishop in talk with Kent, the overseer. The pair were standing by the stocks, planted in the middle of that green space for the punishment of offending slaves. | Войдя в ворота вслед за невольниками, тащившимися к своим убогим хижинам, он увидел полковника Бишопа. Плантатор с тростью в руках разговаривал с надсмотрщиком Кентом, стоя около колодок, предназначенных для наказания провинившихся рабов. |