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| There are persons whose mere look is sufficient to repel such a suspicion. | Есть люди, коих одна наружность удаляет таковые подозрения. |
| But an unexpected incident occurred which astounded us all. | Нечаянный случай всех нас изумил. |
| One day, about ten of our officers dined with Silvio. | Однажды человек десять наших офицеров обедали у Сильвио. |
| They drank as usual, that is to say, a great deal. After dinner we asked our host to hold the bank for a game at faro. | Пили по-обыкновенному, то есть очень много; после обеда стали мы уговаривать хозяина прометать нам банк. |
| For a long time he refused, for he hardly ever played, but at last he ordered cards to be brought, placed half a hundred ducats upon the table, and sat down to deal. | Долго он отказывался, ибо никогда почти не играл; наконец велел подать карты, высыпал на стол полсотни червонцев и сел метать. |
| We took our places round him, and the play began. | Мы окружили его, и игра завязалась. |
| It was Silvio's custom to preserve a complete silence when playing. He never disputed, and never entered into explanations. | Сильвио имел обыкновение за игрою хранить совершенное молчание, никогда не спорил и не объяснялся. |
| If the punter made a mistake in calculating, he immediately paid him the difference or noted down the surplus. | Если понтёру случалось обсчитаться, то он тотчас или доплачивал достальное, или записывал лишнее. |
| We were acquainted with this habit of his, and we always allowed him to have his own way; but among us on this occasion was an officer who had only recently been transferred to our regiment. | Мы уж это знали и не мешали ему хозяйничать по-своему; но между нами находился офицер, недавно к нам переведенный. |
| During the course of the game, this officer absently scored one point too many. | Он, играя тут же, в рассеянности загнул лишний угол. |
| Silvio took the chalk and noted down the correct account according to his usual custom. | Сильвио взял мел и уравнял счет по своему обыкновению. |
| The officer, thinking that he had made a mistake, began to enter into explanations. | Офицер, думая, что он ошибся, пустился в объяснения. |
| Silvio continued dealing in silence. | Сильвио молча продолжал метать. |
| The officer, losing patience, took the brush and rubbed out what he considered was wrong. | Офицер, потеряв терпение, взял щетку и стер то, что казалось ему напрасно записанным. |
| Silvio took the chalk and corrected the score again. | Сильвио взял мел и записал снова. |
| The officer, heated with wine, play, and the laughter of his comrades, considered himself grossly insulted, and in his rage he seized a brass candlestick from the table, and hurled it at Silvio, who barely succeeded in avoiding the missile. |
