Harrigan — Page 5
There were lights in the after-cabin and he guessed that the ship, in a small way, carried both freight and passengers.
C'erano luci nella cabina di poppa e intuì che la nave, in piccola misura, trasportava sia merci che passeggeri.
At last McTee came down the steps to the deck and as he passed Harrigan snapped: "Follow me."
Alla fine McTee scese i gradini fino al ponte e mentre passava accanto a Harrigan scattò: «Seguimi».
He led the way aft and up another flight of steps to the after-cabin, unlocked a door, and showed Harrigan into the captain's room.
Lo precedette verso poppa e su un'altra rampa di scalini fino alla cabina di poppa, aprì una porta con la chiave e introdusse Harrigan nella cabina del capitano.
Here he took one chair and Harrigan dropped easily into another.
Qui si sedette su una sedia e Harrigan si lasciò cadere comodamente su un'altra.
"Now, what 'n hell was your line of thinkin', McTee," he began, "when you told me to--"
«Allora, che diavolo stavi pensando, McTee,» cominciò, «quando mi hai detto di--»
"Stand up!" said McTee.
«Alzati!» disse McTee.
"What?"
«Cosa?»
"Stand up!"
«Alzati!»
Harrigan rose very slowly.
Harrigan si alzò molto lentamente.
His jaw was setting harder and harder, and his face became grim.
La sua mascella si irrigidiva sempre di più, e il suo viso diventò cupo.
"Harrigan, you took a chance and came with me."
«Harrigan, hai rischiato e sei venuto con me.»
"Yes."
«Sì.»
"I didn't ask you to come."
«Non ti ho chiesto di venire.»
"Sure you didn't, but if you think you can treat me like a swine and get away with it--"
«Certo che no, ma se pensi di potermi trattare come un porco e farla franca--»
It was wonderful to see the eyes of McTee grow small.
Era straordinario vedere gli occhi di McTee rimpicciolirsi.
They seemed to retreat until they became points of light shining from the deep shadow of his brow.
Sembravano ritirarsi finché non diventarono punti di luce che brillavano dalla profonda ombra della sua fronte.
They were met by the cold, incurious light of Harrigan's stare.
Furono incontrati dalla luce fredda e indifferente dello sguardo fisso di Harrigan.
"You're a hard man, Harrigan."
«Sei un uomo duro, Harrigan.»
He made no answer, but listened to the deep thrum of the engines.
Non rispose, ma ascoltò il profondo ronzio dei motori.
It seemed to him that the force which drove the ship was like a part of McTee's will, a thing of steel.
Gli sembrò che la forza che spingeva la nave fosse come una parte della volontà di McTee, una cosa d'acciaio.
"And I'm a hard man, Harrigan. On this ship I'm king.
«E anch'io sono un uomo duro, Harrigan. Su questa nave sono il re.
Vocabulary
- erano
- Were; past tense plural of essere.
- luci
- Lights; plural of luce.
- nella
- In the; contraction of in and la.
- cabina
- Cabin; small room on a ship or aircraft.
- di
- Of; preposition indicating possession or relation.
- intuì
- Sensed; past tense of intuire.
- che
- That; relative pronoun or conjunction.
- la
- The; feminine singular article or pronoun.
- nave
- Ship; large vessel for sea transport.
- in
- In; preposition indicating location or time.
- piccola
- Small; feminine form of piccolo.
- misura
- Measure; size or extent of something.
- trasportava
- Transported; past tense of trasportare.
- sia
- Both; used to correlate two items.
- merci
- Merchandise; goods or cargo for trade.
- passeggeri
- Passengers; people traveling on a vehicle.
- Alla
- To the; contraction of a and la.
- fine
- End; conclusion or termination of something.
- scese
- Descended; past tense of scendere.
- gradini
- Steps; individual stairs or steps.
- fino
- Until; preposition indicating extent or limit.
- al
- To the; contraction of a and il.
- ponte
- Bridge or deck; upper structure of ship.
- mentre
- While; during the time that.
- passava
- Passed; past tense of passare.
- accanto
- Beside; next to or alongside someone.
- scattò
- Sprang; past tense of scattare.
- Seguimi
- Follow me; imperative form of seguire.
- Lo
- Him; masculine singular object pronoun.
- precedette
- Preceded; past tense of precedere.
- verso
- Toward; preposition indicating direction.
- su
- Up; preposition or adverb of direction.
- un
- A or one; indefinite masculine singular article.
- altra
- Other; feminine form of altro.
- rampa
- Ramp; sloped passage or inclined plane.
- scalini
- Steps; plural of scalino, small stairs.
- alla
- To the; contraction of a and la.
- aprì
- Opened; past tense of aprire.
- una
- A or one; indefinite feminine singular article.
- porta
- Door; entrance or exit to room.
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or instrument.
- chiave
- Key; object used to open locks.
- introdusse
- Introduced; past tense of introdurre.
- del
- Of the; contraction of di and il.
- capitano
- Captain; leader of ship or military unit.
- Qui
- Here; at this location or place.
- si
- Himself or herself; reflexive pronoun.
- sedette
- Sat; past tense of sedere.
- sedia
- Chair; seat with backrest and legs.
- lasciò
- Let or allowed; past tense of lasciare.
- cadere
- Fall; to drop or descend downward.
- comodamente
- Comfortably; in a comfortable manner.
- Allora
- Then or well; at that time or point.
- diavolo
- Devil; used as mild exclamation or curse.
- stavi
- Were you; past tense of stare.
- pensando
- Thinking; present participle of pensare.
- cominciò
- Began; past tense of cominciare.
- quando
- When; at what time or occasion.
- mi
- Me; first person singular object pronoun.
- hai
- Have; second person singular of avere.
- detto
- Said; past participle of dire.
- Alzati
- Get up; imperative form of alzarsi.
- disse
- Said; past tense of dire.
- Cosa
- What; interrogative pronoun or thing.
- alzò
- Raised; past tense of alzare.
- molto
- Very or much; adverb of degree.
- lentamente
- Slowly; in a slow manner.
- sua
- His or her; feminine singular possessive adjective.
- mascella
- Jaw; bone structure of face.
- irrigidiva
- Stiffened; past tense of irrigidire.
- sempre
- Always; at all times constantly.
- più
- More; comparative degree of quantity.
- il
- The; masculine singular definite article.
- suo
- His or her; masculine singular possessive adjective.
- viso
- Face; front of head with features.
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