). Yet for all his vapouring and his violence he was so good a companion (и все же, несмотря на все его бахвальство и жестокость, он был интересным: «хорошим» попутчиком; to vapour – испарять/ся/; хвастать, бахвалиться; vapour – пар; пары; испарения; violence – насилие; жестокость), with such a stream of strange anecdote and reminiscence (с таким /неиссякаемым/ потоком забавных анекдотов и /собственных/ воспоминаний; strange – чужой, чуждый; удивительный, необыкновенный), that Scarrow and Morgan had never known a voyage pass so pleasantly (что для Скарроу и Моргана еще ни одно плавание не проходило так приятно).


 “Give me a knife and a bucket!” he cried with an oath, and could hardly be withheld from setting forth alone to deal with the spokesman of the seamen.

Captain Scarrow had to remind him that though he might be only answerable to himself at St. Kitt’s, killing became murder upon the high seas. In politics he was, as became his official position, a stout prop of the House of Hanover, and he swore in his cups that he had never met a Jacobite without pistolling him where he stood. Yet for all his vapouring and his violence he was so good a companion, with such a stream of strange anecdote and reminiscence, that Scarrow and Morgan had never known a voyage pass so pleasantly.

And then at length came the last day, when, after passing the island (и вот, наконец, наступил последний день, когда, миновав остров), they had struck land again at the high white cliffs at Beachy Head (они снова направились к земле у высоких белых скал мыса Бичи-Хэд; to strike – ударять; направляться). As evening fell the ship lay rolling in an oily calm (когда наступил вечер, ветер упал, и судно покачивалось в маслянистом /тумане/; to fall – падать; спускаться, наступать /о темноте, ночи/; to lie – лежать; находиться /в каком-л. состоянии, положении/; to roll – катиться; качаться; oily – масляный, маслянистый; calm – спокойствие; штиль, безветрие), a league off from Winchelsea (примерно в лиге от Уинчелси), with the long dark snout of Dungeness jutting out in front of her (с выдававшимся вперед длинным темным хоботом мыса Данджнесс). Next morning they would pick up their pilot at the Foreland (на следующее утро в Форленде они примут на борт лоцмана; to pick up – поднимать, подбирать; pilot – летчик, пилот; лоцман), and Sir Charles might meet the king’s ministers at Westminster before the evening (и сэр Чарльз сможет встретиться с королевскими министрами в Вестминстере).


 And then at length came the last day, when, after passing the island, they had struck land again at the high white cliffs at Beachy Head. As evening fell the ship lay rolling in an oily calm, a league off from Winchelsea, with the long dark snout of Dungeness jutting out in front of her. Next morning they would pick up their pilot at the Foreland, and Sir Charles might meet the king’s ministers at Westminster before the evening.

The boatswain had the watch (боцман стоял на вахте), and the three friends were met for a last turn of cards in the cabin (а три друга сошлись в каюте в последний раз перекинуться в карты; to meet; turn – вращение; поворот; тур, партия), the faithful American still serving as eyes to the Governor (преданный американец по-прежнему служил губернатору в качестве глаз). There was a good stake upon the table (на столе = на кону была крупная ставка; good – хороший; большой, изрядный; stake – ставка /в азартных играх/), for the sailors had tried on this last night