Treasure Island — Page 10
The doctor never so much as moved.
Le docteur ne bougea pas d'un pouce.
He spoke to him as before, over his shoulder and in the same tone of voice, rather high, so that all the room might hear, but perfectly calm and steady: "If you do not put that knife this instant in your pocket, I promise, upon my honour, you shall hang at the next assizes."
Il lui parla comme auparavant, par-dessus son épaule et du même ton de voix, assez élevé pour que toute la salle pût entendre, mais parfaitement calme et posé : « Si vous ne remettez pas ce couteau immédiatement dans votre poche, je vous promets, sur mon honneur, que vous serez pendu à la prochaine session des assises. »
Then followed a battle of looks between them, but the captain soon knuckled under, put up his weapon, and resumed his seat, grumbling like a beaten dog.
S'ensuivit alors un duel du regard entre eux, mais le capitaine céda bientôt, rangea son arme et reprit sa place, en grognant comme un chien battu.
"And now, sir," continued the doctor, "since I now know there's such a fellow in my district, you may count I'll have an eye upon you day and night.
« Et maintenant, monsieur, » continua le docteur, « puisque je sais désormais qu'il existe un tel individu dans mon district, sachez que je vous surveillerai jour et nuit.
I'm not a doctor only; I'm a magistrate; and if I catch a breath of complaint against you, if it's only for a piece of incivility like tonight's, I'll take effectual means to have you hunted down and routed out of this.
Je ne suis pas seulement médecin ; je suis magistrat ; et si le moindre motif de plainte vient à ma connaissance, ne serait-ce que pour une incivilité comme celle de ce soir, je prendrai les mesures nécessaires pour vous faire traquer et chasser d'ici.
Let that suffice."
Que cela vous suffise. »
Soon after, Dr. Livesey's horse came to the door and he rode away, but the captain held his peace that evening, and for many evenings to come.
Peu après, le cheval du Dr Livesey fut amené à la porte et il s'en alla, mais le capitaine garda le silence ce soir-là, et pendant bien d'autres soirées encore.
II
II
Black Dog Appears and Disappears
Chien Noir apparaît et disparaît
It was not very long after this that there occurred the first of the mysterious events that rid us at last of the captain, though not, as you will see, of his affairs.
Ce n'est pas très longtemps après cela que survint le premier des événements mystérieux qui nous débarrassèrent enfin du capitaine, bien que pas, comme vous le verrez, de ses affaires.
Vocabulary
- docteur
- A person with a medical or doctoral degree
- bougea
- Past tense of bouger: moved
- pouce
- Thumb; also an old unit of length like an inch
- parla
- Past tense of parler: spoke
- auparavant
- Before, previously, as before
- par-dessus
- Over, above, on top of something
- épaule
- The shoulder joint and surrounding body part
- même
- Same; also used as even or itself
- ton
- Tone of voice; also your (informal possessive)
- voix
- Voice, the sound produced when speaking or singing
- assez
- Enough, sufficiently, rather, quite
- élevé
- Raised, high, elevated in pitch or level
- salle
- A large room, hall, or public space
- pût
- Imperfect subjunctive of pouvoir: could, was able to
- entendre
- To hear, to listen to, to understand
- parfaitement
- Perfectly, completely, absolutely
- calme
- Calm, quiet, composed, peaceful
- posé
- Steady, composed, measured in manner or tone
- remettez
- You put back, replace, or hand over something
- couteau
- A knife used for cutting food or as a weapon
- immédiatement
- Immediately, at once, without delay
- poche
- A pocket in clothing for storing small items
- promets
- I promise; from promettre: to promise
- honneur
- Honor, integrity, moral reputation or dignity
- serez
- Future tense of être: you will be
- pendu
- Hanged, executed by hanging; past participle of pendre
- prochaine
- Next, upcoming, nearest in time or space
- session
- A scheduled sitting or meeting of a court or body
- assises
- Assize court; a periodic criminal court session
- ensuivit
- Past tense of s'ensuivre: followed, ensued, resulted
- alors
- Then, at that moment, so, therefore
- duel
- A duel; a direct contest or confrontation between two
- regard
- A look, gaze, or act of looking at someone
- capitaine
- A captain, leader of a ship or military unit
- céda
- Past tense of céder: gave in, yielded, surrendered
- bientôt
- Soon, before long, shortly
- rangea
- Past tense of ranger: put away, stowed, tidied
- arme
- A weapon used for attack or defense
- reprit
- Past tense of reprendre: resumed, took back, retook
- place
- A place, seat, position, or public square
- grognant
- Growling, grumbling, muttering in displeasure
- chien
- A dog, domestic canine animal
- battu
- Beaten, struck, defeated; past participle of battre
- maintenant
- Now, at this moment, currently
- monsieur
- Mister, sir, a polite form of address for men
- continua
- Past tense of continuer: continued, went on speaking
- puisque
- Since, given that, seeing that (causal conjunction)
- sais
- I know; first person singular present of savoir
- désormais
- From now on, henceforth, hereafter
- existe
- Exists, is present; third person of exister
- tel
- Such, such a, of this kind or nature
- individu
- An individual, person, often with negative connotation
- district
- A defined geographic or administrative district area
- sachez
- Know (imperative of savoir): be aware, take note
- surveillerai
- Future of surveiller: I will watch over, monitor
- jour
- Day, daytime, a 24-hour period
- nuit
- Night, the dark period between sunset and sunrise
- seulement
- Only, merely, just, no more than
- médecin
- A medical doctor, physician
- magistrat
- A magistrate, judicial or civil authority officer
- moindre
- Slightest, least, smallest amount or degree
- motif
- A reason, motive, grounds for action or complaint
- plainte
- A complaint, formal grievance, or legal complaint
- vient
- Comes; third person singular present of venir
- connaissance
- Knowledge, awareness, acquaintance with someone or something
- serait-ce
- Even if it were; conditional of être with ce
- incivilité
- Rudeness, incivility, an act of disrespectful behavior
- celle
- That one, the one (feminine demonstrative pronoun)
- soir
- Evening, the latter part of the day
- prendrai
- Future of prendre: I will take, undertake measures
- mesures
- Measures, steps, actions taken to achieve a goal
- nécessaires
- Necessary, required, essential for a purpose
- faire
- To do, to make, to cause something to happen
- traquer
- To track down, hunt, pursue relentlessly
- chasser
- To drive out, expel, hunt, or chase away
- ici
- Here, in this place
- cela
- That, that thing (demonstrative pronoun)
- suffise
- Subjunctive of suffire: let that be enough, suffice
- Peu
- Little, few, not much, a small amount
- après
- After, afterwards, later in time
- cheval
- A horse, a large domesticated riding animal
- fut
- Past historic of être: was, had been
- amené
- Brought, led to a place; past participle of amener
- porte
- A door, gate, or entrance to a building
- alla
- Past tense of aller: went, left, departed
- garda
- Past tense of garder: kept, maintained, preserved
- silence
- Silence, absence of sound or speech
- soir-là
- That evening, on that particular evening
- pendant
- During, for a period of time, while
- bien
- Well, very, quite, much (intensifier or adverb)
- soirées
- Evenings; also evening social gatherings or parties
- encore
- Still, yet, again, more, even
- Noir
- Black (color); masculine form of the adjective noir
- apparaît
- Appears, shows up; third person present of apparaître
- disparaît
- Disappears, vanishes; third person present of disparaître
- longtemps
- A long time, for a long while
- survint
- Past tense of survenir: occurred, arose suddenly
- premier
- First, foremost; masculine form of premier
- événements
- Events, occurrences, happenings of significance
- mystérieux
- Mysterious, strange, unexplained in nature
- débarrassèrent
- Past tense of débarrasser: rid, freed us of something
- enfin
- Finally, at last, in the end
- verrez
- Future of voir: you will see
- affaires
- Affairs, business, belongings, matters of concern
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