"No. I lost my temper too soon (я потерял мое самообладание слишком скоро; to lose — терять)."
"Has it occurred to you (приходило ли вам в голову)," Kurtz said gently (сказал Куртц мягко), "that you might dig up something (что вы могли бы раскопать что-то; to dig up — выкопать наружу: «вверх»)—well, discreditable to Harry (ну, дискредитирующее Гарри)?"
"I’ll risk that (я рискну этим = я готов к этому)."
"It will take a bit of time—and money (это займет некоторое время — и потребует некоторого количества денег; bit — кусочек; частица, небольшое количество; a bit — немного, чуть-чуть)."
"I've got time (у меня есть время) and you were going to lend me some money (и вы собирались одолжить мне немного денег), weren't you (не правда ли)?"
"I'm not a rich man (я не богатый человек)," Kurtz said. "I promised Harry to see you were all right (я обещал Гарри позаботиться, чтобы у вас было все хорошо) and that you got your plane back (и чтобы вы получили ваш самолет /чтобы улететь/ назад)..."
"You needn't worry about the money (вы не должны беспокоиться о деньгах)—or the plane (или о самолете)," Martins said. "But I’ll make a bet with you (но я заключу пари с вами)—in pounds sterling (в фунтах стерлингов)—five pounds against two hundred schillings (пять фунтов против двухсот шиллингов)—that there's something queer about Harry's death (что есть что-то странное в смерти Гарри; about — около; зд. — значение наличия каких-л. предметов, свойств у человека, ситуации и т. п.: в, у)."
cable ['keIbl], inquest ['INkwest], notion ['nquS(q)n], mean [mi:n], meant [ment], chauffeur ['Squfq], concern [kqn'sq:n], suspect /глагол/ [sqs'pekt], discreditable [dIs'kredItqbl]
"But why didn't you cable to stop me?"
"We did, but the cable must have missed you. What with censorship and the zones, cables can take anything up to five days."
"There was an inquest?"
"Of course."
"Did you know that the police have a crazy notion that Harry was mixed up in some racket?"
"No. But everyone in Vienna is. We all sell cigarettes and exchange schillings for Bafs and that kind of thing."
"The police meant something worse than that."
"They get rather absurd ideas sometimes," the man with the toupee said cautiously.
"I'm going to stay here till I prove them wrong."
Kurtz turned his head sharply and the toupee shifted very very slightly. He said, "What's the good? Nothing can bring Harry back."
"I'm going to have that police officer run out of Vienna."
"I don't see what you can do."
"I'm going to start working back from his death. You were there and this man Cooler and the chauffeur. You can give me their addresses."