"I beg your pardon, I hope you will forgive the liberty that we (прошу прощения, надеюсь, вы простите бесцеремонность, которую мы; liberty — свобода; бесцеремонность, вольность; дерзость) — perfect strangers in the neighbourhood (совсем чужие люди в этих краях) — are taking, but my friend here and myself would be so much obliged (позволяем себе, но вот мой приятель и я сам были бы очень благодарны) if you would tell us how you caught that trout up there (если бы вы рассказали нам, как поймали вон ту форель)."

"Why, who told you I caught that trout (а кто вам сказал, что я поймал эту форель)!" was the surprised query (был удивленный вопрос).

We said that nobody had told us so (мы сказали, что никто нам этого не говорил), but somehow or other we felt instinctively that it was he who had done it (но мы каким-то образом инстинктивно чувствуем, что именно он это сделал).

solemn ['sOl@m] query ['kwI@rI] instinctively [In'stINktIvlI]

Five minutes afterwards, a third man came in, and described how he had caught it early one morning, with bleak; and then he left, and a stolid, solemn-looking, middle-aged individual came in, and sat down over by the window.

None of us spoke for a while; but, at length, George turned to the new-comer, and said:

"I beg your pardon, I hope you will forgive the liberty that we — perfect strangers in the neighbourhood — are taking, but my friend here and myself would be so much obliged if you would tell us how you caught that trout up there."

"Why, who told you I caught that trout!" was the surprised query.

We said that nobody had told us so, but somehow or other we felt instinctively that it was he who had done it.

"Well, it's a most remarkable thing — most remarkable (удивительная вещь — совершенно удивительная)," answered the stolid stranger, laughing (ответил невозмутимый незнакомец, смеясь); "because, as a matter of fact, you are quite right (потому что на самом деле вы совершенно правы). I did catch it (я действительно поймал ее). But fancy your guessing it like that (но подумать /только/ — как это вы так угадали). Dear me, it's really a most remarkable thing (ей-богу — в высшей степени удивительная вещь; dear me — Боже мой! вот те на!)."

And then he went on, and told us how it had taken him half an hour to land it, and how it had broken his rod (и затем он продолжил и рассказал нам, как у него ушло полчаса, чтобы вытащить ее, и как она сломала его удилище). He said he had weighed it carefully when he reached home (он сказал, что тщательно взвесил ее, когда добрался до дома), and it had turned the scale at thirty-four pounds (и весы показали тридцать четыре фунта; to turn the scale — склонить чашу весов; решить исход дела).

He went in his turn, and when he was gone, the landlord came in to us (он /тоже/, в свою очередь, удалился, и когда ушел, к нам вошел хозяин трактира). We told him the various histories we had heard about his trout (мы рассказали ему различные истории, которые услышали о его форели), and he was immensely amused, and we all laughed very heartily (это его чрезвычайно позабавило, и мы все посмеялись от души).

guessing ['gesIN] history ['hIst(@)rI]

"Well, it's a most remarkable thing — most remarkable," answered the stolid stranger, laughing; "because, as a matter of fact, you are quite right. I did catch it. But fancy your guessing it like that. Dear me, it's really a most remarkable thing."

And then he went on, and told us how it had taken him half an hour to land it, and how it had broken his rod. He said he had weighed it carefully when he reached home, and it had turned the scale at thirty-four pounds.

He went in his turn, and when he was gone, the landlord came in to us. We told him the various histories we had heard about his trout, and he was immensely amused, and we all laughed very heartily.

"Fancy Jim Bates and Joe Muggles and Mr. Jones and old Billy Maunders all telling you that they had caught it (подумать только — Джим Бейтс, и Джо Магглс, и мистер Джонс, и Билли Маундерс — все говорят вам, что это они ее поймали). Ha! ha! ha! Well, that is good (вот здорово)," said the honest old fellow, laughing heartily (сказал честный старик, весело смеясь). "Yes, they are the sort to give it me, to put up in my parlour (да, такие они люди, чтобы отдать ее мне, чтобы повесить ее в моем зале), if they had caught it, they are (если они /сами/ ее поймали)! ha! ha! ha!"