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THERE never was such an overturn in this world. Each of these six men was as though he had been struck. But with Silver the blow passed almost instantly. Every thought of his soul had been set full-stretch, like a racer, on that money; well, he was brought up in a single second, dead; and he kept his head, found his temper, and changed his plan before the others had had time to realise the disappointment.

“Jim,” he whispered, “take that, and stand by for trouble.”

And he passed me a double-barrelled pistol.

At the same time he began quietly moving northward, and in a few steps had put the hollow between us two and the other five. Then he looked at me and nodded, as much as to say, “Here is a narrow corner,” as, indeed, I thought it was. His looks were now quite friendly; and I was so revolted at these constant changes, that I could not forbear whispering, “So you’ve changed sides again.”

There was no time left for him to answer in (ему не дали времени ответить: «не было времени оставлено для него, чтобы ответить»). The buccaneers, with oaths and cries, began to leap, one after another, into the pit (пираты, ругаясь и крича, начали прыгать один за другим в яму), and to dig with their fingers, throwing the boards aside as they did so (и копать пальцами = руками, разбрасывая доски в разные стороны при этом). Morgan found a piece of gold (Морган нашел золотую монету). He held it up with a perfect spout of oaths (он показал ее, /изрыгая/ мощный поток брани; to hold up — выставлять, показывать, поддерживать; spout — столб воды, поток, фонтан). It was a two-guinea piece (это была монета в две гинеи), and it went from hand to hand among them for a quarter of a minute (и она переходила из рук в руки среди них некоторое время: «четверть минуты»).

“Two guineas (две гинеи)!” roared Merry, shaking it at Silver (заревел Морган, тряся ей перед Сильвером; to shake — трясти/сь/, дрожать, потрясать). “That’s your seven hundred thousand pounds, is it (это и есть твои семьсот тысяч фунтов)? You’re the man for bargains, aint you (ты любитель сделок, да)? You’re him that never bungled nothing, you wooden-headed lubber (ты тот, кто никогда ничего не портил = по-твоему, тебе всегда все удается, тупой: «деревянноголовый» ты увалень)!”

“Dig away, boys (копайте, ребята),” said Silver, with the coolest insolence (сказал Сильвер с холоднейшей надменностью); “you’ll find some pig-nuts and I shouldn’t wonder (вы найдете пару земляных каштанов, не сомневаюсь; to wonder — желать знать; удивляться).”

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There was no time left for him to answer in. The buccaneers, with oaths and cries, began to leap, one after another, into the pit, and to dig with their fingers, throwing the boards aside as they did so. Morgan found a piece of gold. He held it up with a perfect spout of oaths. It was a two-guinea piece, and it went from hand to hand among them for a quarter of a minute.

“Two guineas!” roared Merry, shaking it at Silver. “That’s your seven hundred thousand pounds, is it? You’re the man for bargains, aint you? You’re him that never bungled nothing, you wooden-headed lubber!”

“Dig away, boys,” said Silver, with the coolest insolence; “you’ll find some pig-nuts and I shouldn’t wonder.”

“Pig-nuts (земляных каштанов)!” repeated Merry, in a scream (повторил Мерри, взвизгивая). “Mates, do you hear that (ребята, вы слышите это)? I tell you, now, that man there knew it all along (говорю вам, что он знал все заранее; all along — все время, всегда). Look in the face of him, and you’ll see it wrote there (посмотрите на его лицо, и увидите, там это /ясно/ написано).”

“Ah, Merry (эх, Мерри),” remarked Silver (заметил Сильвер), “standing for cap’n again (метишь снова в капитаны)? You’re a pushing lad, to be sure (ты напористый малый, бес сомнений).”

But this time everyone was entirely in Merry’s favour (но на этот раз все были решительно на стороне Мерри; entirely — полностью, совершенно, исключительно; in favour — в защиту, в пользу, за). They began to scramble out of the excavation, darting furious glances behind them (они стали вылезать из ямы, метая бешенные взгляды назад = на нас; to scramble — карабкаться, протискиваться). One thing I observed, which looked well for us (одну вещь я заметил, которая выглядела хорошо для нас = кое-что нам помогло): they all got out upon the opposite side from Silver (все они вылезли на противоположной стороне от Сильвера; to get out — выбраться, вылезать, высадиться).

Well, there we stood, two on one side (так мы стояли — двое на одной стороне), five on the other the pit between us (пятеро на другой стороне ямы между нами = разделявшей нас), and nobody screwed up high enough to offer the first blow (и никто не решался нанести первый удар; to screw up — завинчивать; подтягивать /струны/, приободряться; to offer — предлагать; пытаться; пробовать). Silver never moved (Сильвер совсем не двигался); he watched them very upright on his crutch (он наблюдал за ними, /стоя/ во весь рост, /опершись/ на костыль; upright — вертикально, прямо), and looked as cool as ever I saw him (и выглядел таким же хладнокровным, каким я всегда его видел). He was brave, and no mistake (он был храбрым, это точно = был действительно смелым человеком).

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“Pig-nuts!” repeated Merry, in a scream. “Mates, do you hear that? I tell you, now, that man there knew it all along. Look in the face of him, and you’ll see it wrote there.”

“Ah, Merry,” remarked Silver, “standing for cap’n again? You’re a pushing lad, to be sure.”

But this time everyone was entirely in Merry’s favour. They began to scramble out of the excavation, darting furious glances behind them. One thing I observed, which looked well for us: they all got out upon the opposite side from Silver.

Well, there we stood, two on one side, five on the other the pit between us, and nobody screwed up high enough to offer the first blow. Silver never moved; he watched them very upright on his crutch, and looked as cool as ever I saw him. He was brave, and no mistake.

At last, Merry seemed to think a speech might help matters (наконец, Мерри, кажется, подумал, что речь поможет делу).

“Mates (друзья),” says he, “there’s two of them alone there (их здесь только двое); one’s the old cripple that brought us all here and blundered us down to this (один — старый калека, который привел нас всех сюда и провалил все; blunder — грубая ошибка; промах, просчет; to blunder — плохо справляться с чем-л.; испортить; напутать); the other’s that cub that I mean to have the heart of (другой — щенок, у которого я хочу вырезать сердце; cub — щенок, неопытный юнец). Now, mates— (итак, друзья)”

He was raising his arm and his voice (он поднял руку и повысил голос), and plainly meant to lead a charge (очевидно, намереваясь продолжить обвинения; to lead a charge — поддерживать обвинение). But just then — crack! crack! crack! (но вдруг — пафф! пафф! пафф!) — three musket-shots flashed out of the thicket (три мушкетных выстрела грянули из чащи; to flash out — вспыхнуть, вспылить). Merry tumbled head foremost into the excavation (Мерри полетел головой вниз в яму; to tumble — рушиться, бросаться, опрокидываться); the man with the bandage spun round like a teetotum (матрос с повязкой /на голове/ закрутился волчком; to spin — прясть, сучить /шерсть/; плести /о пауке/; крутиться, кружиться), and fell all his length upon his side, where he lay dead, but still twitching (и упал во всю длину на бок = растянулся во весь рост на боку, и лежал мертвый, но все еще подергиваясь); and the other three turned and ran for it with all their might (трое остальных развернулись и пустились в бегство что есть мочи; might — мощь, энергия).