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Роберт Льюис Стивенсон
“That’s not my name (это не мое имя),” he interrupted (он перебил).
“Much I care (много я забочусь = неважно),” returned the doctor (ответил доктор). “It’s the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance (это имя одного моего знакомого пирата;
except [Ik`sept] precisely [prI`saIslI] grave [greIv] acquaintance [q`kweIntqns] Bible [baIbl]
“There is no Black Dog here,” said the doctor, “except what you have on your own back. You have been drinking rum; you have had a stroke, precisely as I told you; and I have just, very much against my own will, dragged you head-foremost out of the grave. Now, Mr Bones — ”
“That’s not my name,” he interrupted.
“Much I care,” returned the doctor. “It’s the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness, and what I have to say to you is this: one glass of rum won’t kill you, but if you take one you’ll take another and another, and I stake my wig if you don’t break off short, you’ll die — do you understand that? — die, and go to your own place, like the man in the Bible. Come, now, make an effort. I’ll help you to your bed for once.”
Between us (между нами = вместе), with much trouble (с большим трудом), we managed to hoist him upstairs (мы сумели поднять его наверх), and laid him on his bed (уложили его на кровать), where his head fell back on the pillow (где его голова упала на подушку;
“Now, mind you (итак, помните),” said the doctor, “I clear my conscience (я очищаю мою совесть = говорю по чистой совести) — the name of rum for you is death (имя рома для вас — смерть = «ром» и «смерть» для вас — одно и то же).”
And with that he went off to see my father (с такими словами он ушел = отправился смотреть моего отца), taking me with him by the arm (беря меня с собой за руку).