| The few passengers huddled together for warmth, exclaiming in unison when the coach sank into a heavier rut than usual, and one old fellow, who had kept up a constant complaint ever since he had joined the coach at Truro, rose from his seat in a fury, and, fumbling with the window sash, let the window down with a crash, bringing a shower of rain in upon himself and his fellow passengers. | Пассажиры жались друг к другу, пытаясь согреться, и дружно вскрикивали, когда карета накренялась особенно сильно. Подсевший в Труро пожилой мужчина беспрестанно жаловался на тряску. Вдруг он в ярости вскочил со своего места и, дернув за шнур, с треском открыл окно. Внутрь сразу хлынул дождь, изрядно обдав и его самого, и попутчиков. |
| He thrust his head out and shouted up to the driver, cursing him in a high petulant voice for a rogue and a murderer; that they would all be dead before they reached Bodmin if he persisted in driving at breakneck speed; they had no breath left in their bodies as it was, and he for one would never travel by coach again. | Высунув голову из окна, он принялся кричать на кучера высоким раздраженным голосом, называя его негодяем и убийцей. Он орал, что им не добраться до Бодмина живыми, если тот будет продолжать мчать их с такой бешеной скоростью - они и так уже еле дышат. А что до него самого, то уж он-то никогда больше и не сядет в карету. |
| Whether the driver heard him or not was uncertain; it seemed more likely that the stream of reproaches was carried away in the wind, for the old fellow, after waiting a moment, put up the window again, having thoroughly chilled the interior of the coach, and, settling himself once more in his corner, wrapped his blanket about his knees and muttered in his beard. | Неизвестно, слышал ли его кучер. Скорее всего, слова относило ветром назад. Во всяком случае, старик закрыл окно, успев основательно напустить холоду. Потом он уселся в углу, укутал колени пледом и принялся бормотать что-то себе под нос. |
| His nearest neighbour, a jovial red-faced woman in a blue cloak, sighed heavily in sympathy, and, with a wink to anyone who might be looking and a jerk of her head towards the old man, she remarked for at least the twentieth time that it was the dirtiest night she ever remembered, and she had known some; that it was proper old weather and no mistaking it for summer this time; and, burrowing into the depths of a large basket, she brought out a great hunk of cake and plunged into it with strong white teeth. |
