Приключения Шерлока Холмса / The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (сборник)

“ ‘Tell me, Helen,’ said she, ‘have you ever heard anyone whistle at night?’

“ ‘Never. But why?’ said I.

“ ‘Because during the last few nights I have always, about three in the morning, heard a low, clear whistle. I cannot tell where it came from – perhaps from the next room, perhaps from the park. I thought that I would ask you whether you had heard it.’

‘No, I have not. It must be those gypsies in the park[10 - It must be those gypsies in the park. – Должно быть, это свистели цыгане в парке.].’

“ ‘Very likely.

And if it were in the park, it is strange that you did not hear it also.’

“ ‘Ah, but I do not hear anything when I am asleep.’

She smiled back at me, closed my door, and a few moments later I heard her key turn in the lock.”

“Did you always lock yourselves in at night?” asked Holmes.

“Always.”

“And why?”

“I think that I said that the doctor kept a cheetah and a baboon. We had no feeling of security if our doors were not locked.”

“I see. But forgive me for interrupting you.

Please continue your story.”

Exercises

1. Answer the questions:

1. What did you learn about the Roylotts of Stoke Moran?

2. Why did Dr. Roylott return to England from India a gloomy and disappointed man?

3. How did it happen that Dr. Roylott lived in Stoke Moran with his two stepdaughters?

4. Who else lived in the house?

5. What were the relations between Dr. Roylott and other people in the village?

6. Why weren’t Julia and Helen happy?

7.

 How did it happen that Julia became engaged to be married?

8. What did you learn about the house where Julia’s tragic death occurred?

9. What did the sisters speak about before Julia’s death?

10. Why did the sisters lock their bedrooms?

Think and say

1. Was Dr. Roylott a good doctor? Would you like him to be your family doctor? Why do you think so?

2. Was it easy for the sisters to marry? Why do you think so?

2. Find the following phrases in the text and reproduce situations from the text with them.

Give Russian equivalents.

1. to be left

2. to leave smth to smb

3. to make friends with smb

4. to be / become engaged to smb

engagement (to smb)

5. to open out on / upon / into

3. Paraphrase the underlined parts of the sentences so as to use the phrases above.

1. Tony is a very sociable boy, he can become the friend of anybody.

2. How long before the wedding did they agree to get married?

3.