)." He said, "I'll be getting back to England (я возвращаюсь назад в Англию)."
"I'd rather you didn't (я бы предпочел, чтобы вы не делали /этого/; ’d = would — бы; rather — скорее) just yet (именно в данный момент: «только/именно пока»). The Austrian police would make an issue (австрийская полиция заведет дело) if you tried to leave Vienna at the moment (если вы попытаетесь покинуть Вену в настоящий момент). You see (видите ли), Cooler's sense of duty (чувство долга Кулера) made him call them up too (заставило его позвонить им тоже)."
"I see (понятно)," he said hopelessly (сказал он безнадежно).
"When we've found the third man (когда мы найдем третьего человека)..." I said.
"I'd like to hear him squeal (хотел бы я услышать, как он пищит = как он расколется)," he said. "The bastard (ублюдок). The bloody bastard (проклятый ублюдок; bloody — окровавленный; кровавый; проклятый)."
doublecross ['dAbl'krOs], arrest [q'rest], curious ['kjuqrIqs], issue ['ISu:], contradict ["kOntrq'dIkt], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], ['], [']
He said slowly, "Are you certain that he was the real boss?"
"It's as far back as we have got so far."
"You see he was always apt to jump before he looked."
I didn't contradict him, though that wasn't the impression he had before given of Lime. He was searching round for some comfort.
"Suppose," he said, "someone had got a line on him, forced him into this racket, as you forced Harbin to doublecross ..."
"It's possible."
"And they murdered him in case he talked when he was arrested."
"It's not impossible."
"I'm glad they did," he said. "I wouldn't have liked to hear Harry squeal." He made a curious little dusting movement with his hand on his knee as much as to say, "That's that." He said, "I'll be getting back to England."
"I'd rather you didn't just yet. The Austrian police would make an issue if you tried to leave Vienna at the moment. You see, Cooler's sense of duty made him call them up too."
"I see," he said hopelessly.
"When we've found the third man ..." I said.
"I'd like to hear him squeal," he said. "The bastard. The bloody bastard."
11
AFTER HE left me (после того, как он покинул меня/ушел от меня), Martins went straight off (Мартинс пошел сразу же; straight off — сразу, не обдумав: «прямо прочь») to drink himself silly (чтобы напиться до одури: «чтобы пить себя глупым»). He chose the Oriental to do it in (он выбрал Ориенталь, чтобы сделать это), the dreary smoky little night club (унылый, дымный, маленький ночной клуб;