Having swallowed a stiff glass of the whisky, he went carefully through the medicine chest, now and again putting aside, with definite purpose, certain bottles and vials. Then he set to work on the food, attempting a crude analysis. He had not been unused to the laboratory in his college days and was possessed of sufficient imagination to achieve results with his limited materials. The condition of tetanus, which had marked his paroxysms, simplified matters, and he made but one test. The coffee yielded nothing; nor did the beans. To the biscuits he devoted the utmost care. Amos, who knew nothing of chemistry, looked on with steady curiosity. But Jees Uck, who had boundless faith in the white man's wisdom, and especially in Neil Bonner's wisdom, and who not only knew nothing but knew that she knew nothing watched his face rather than his hands.
Step by step he eliminated possibilities (шаг за шагом он исключал возможности), until he came to the final test (пока не подошел к окончательной проверке). He was using a thin medicine vial for a tube, and this he held between him and the light (он пользовался пузырьком от лекарства из тонкого стекла вместо пробирки, и его он держал между собой и светом), watching the slow precipitation of a salt through the solution contained in the tube (наблюдая за медленным выпадением соли сквозь раствор, содержавшийся в пробирке). He said nothing (он ничего не сказал), but he saw what he had expected to see (но он увидел то, что он ожидал увидеть). And Jees Uck, her eyes riveted on his face (и Джиз Ак с глазами, прикованными к его лицу), saw something too (тоже что-то увидела), — something that made her spring like a tigress upon Amos (нечто, что заставило ее прыгнуть, как тигрица, на Амоса), and with splendid suppleness and strength bend his body back across her knee (и с превосходной гибкостью и силой отклонить =
Step by step he eliminated possibilities, until he came to the final test. He was using a thin medicine vial for a tube, and this he held between him and the light, watching the slow precipitation of a salt through the solution contained in the tube. He said nothing, but he saw what he had expected to see. And Jees Uck, her eyes riveted on his face, saw something too, — something that made her spring like a tigress upon Amos, and with splendid suppleness and strength bend his body back across her knee. Her knife was out of its sheaf and uplifted, glinting in the lamplight. Amos was snarling; but Bonner intervened ere the blade could fall.
'That's a good girl, Jees Uck (это =
She dropped the man obediently (она покорно бросила мужчину), though with protest writ large on her face (хотя с протестом, ясно выраженным у нее на лице;
'Get up, Amos (вставай, Амос)!' he commanded (скомандовал он). 'You've got to pack an outfit yet to-night and hit the trail (ты должен уложить снаряжение еще сегодня вечером и свалить;
'You don't mean to say (ты /же/ не хочешь сказать) — ' Amos blurted savagely (зло выпалил Амос;
'That's a good girl, Jees Uck. But never mind. Let him go!'
She dropped the man obediently, though with protest writ large on her face; and his body thudded to the floor. Bonner nudged him with his moccasined foot.
'Get up, Amos!' he commanded. 'You've got to pack an outfit yet to-night and hit the trail.'
'You don't mean to say — ' Amos blurted savagely.
'I mean to say that you tried to kill me (я хочу сказать, что ты попытался убить меня),' Neil went on in cold, even tones (продолжал Нил холодным, ровным тоном). 'I mean to say that you killed Birdsall (я хочу сказать, что ты убил Бердсэла), for all the Company believes he killed himself (хотя Компания считает, что он убил себя сам;
'I mean to say that you tried to kill me,' Neil went on in cold, even tones. 'I mean to say that you killed Birdsall, for all the Company believes he killed himself. You used strychnine in my case. God knows with what you fixed him. Now I can't hang you. You're too near dead as it is. But Twenty Mile is too small for the pair of us, and you've got to mush. It's two hundred miles to Holy Cross. You can make it if you're careful not to over-exert. I'll give you grub, a sled, and three dogs. You'll be as safe as if you were in jail, for you can't get out of the country. And I'll give you one chance. You're almost dead. Very well. I shall send no word to the Company until the spring. In the meantime, the thing for you to do is to die. Now MUSH!'
'You go to bed (ты ложись в постель)!' Jees Uck insisted (настаивала Джиз Ак), when Amos had churned away into the night towards Holy Cross (когда Амос /уже/ потрясся /на санях/ прочь в ночь к Святому Кресту). 'You sick man yet, Neil (Нил, ты еще больной человек).'
'And you're a good girl, Jees Uck (а ты хорошая девушка, Джиз Ак),' he answered (ответил он). 'And here's my hand on it (и вот моя рука в том;
'You don't like me (ты меня не любишь = я тебе не нравлюсь),' she said simply (сказала она простодушно).
