| - А почему? |
| I sprang from my bed, wrapped a shawl round me, and rushed into the corridor. | - Я, кажется, уже упомянула, что у доктора жили гепард и павиан. |
| As I opened my door I seemed to hear a low whistle, such as my sister described, and a few moments later a clanging sound, as if a mass of metal had fallen. | Мы чувствовали себя в безопасности лишь тогда, когда дверь была закрыта на ключ. |
| As I ran down the passage, my sister's door was unlocked, and revolved slowly upon its hinges. | - Понимаю. |
| I stared at it horror-stricken, not knowing what was about to issue from it. | Прошу продолжать. |
| By the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the opening, her face blanched with terror, her hands groping for help, her whole figure swaying to and fro like that of a drunkard. | - Ночью я не могла уснуть. |
| I ran to her and threw my arms round her, but at that moment her knees seemed to give way and she fell to the ground. | Смутное ощущение какого-то неотвратимого несчастья охватило меня. |
| She writhed as one who is in terrible pain, and her limbs were dreadfully convulsed. | Мы близнецы, а вы знаете, какими тонкими узами связаны столь родственные души. |
| At first I thought that she had not recognised me, but as I bent over her she suddenly shrieked out in a voice which I shall never forget, | Ночь была жуткая: выл ветер, дождь барабанил в окна. |
| ' Oh, my God! | И вдруг среди грохота бури раздался дикий вопль. |
| Helen! | То кричала моя сестра. |
| It was the band! | Я спрыгнула с кровати и, накинув большой платок, выскочила в коридор. |
| The speckled band!' | Когда я открыла дверь, мне показалось, что я слышу тихий свист, вроде того, о котором мне рассказывала сестра, а затем что-то звякнуло, словно на землю упал тяжелый металлический предмет. |
| There was something else which she would fain have said, and she stabbed with her finger into the air in the direction of the doctor's room, but a fresh convulsion seized her and choked her words. | Подбежав к комнате сестры, я увидела, что дверь тихонько колышется взад и вперед. |
| I rushed out, calling loudly for my stepfather, and I met him hastening from his room in his dressing-gown. | Я остановилась, пораженная ужасом, не понимая, что происходит. |
| When he reached my sister's side she was unconscious, and though he poured brandy down her throat and sent for medical aid from the village, all efforts were in vain, for she slowly sank and died without having recovered her consciousness. |
