). And my eyes were still dim as I walked up the great nave (и мои глаза еще плохо /различали предметы/, когда я проходил по огромному нефу;
dim – тусклый, неясный; слабый /
о зрении/), with the pealing of the organ in my ears (а в ушах гремел орган;
to peal – греметь, трезвонить). I saw nothing of the brilliant throng that filled it (я не видел блестяще /разодетой/ толпы, наполнявшей его = собор), I hardly distinguished the stately figure of the Cardinal (я едва разглядел преисполненную достоинства фигуру кардинала) as he rose from the archiepiscopal throne to greet me (когда он поднялся с архиепископского трона, чтобы приветствовать меня;
to rise). Two faces only stood out side by side clearly before my eyes (только два лица ясно стояли рядом перед моими глазами;
to stand out – выделяться, выступать) – the face of a girl, pale and lovely, surmounted by a crown of the glorious Elphberg hair (лицо девушки, бледное и прекрасное, обрамленное венцом из восхитительных волос Эльфбергов) (for in a woman it is glorious (потому что у женщины они восхитительны)), and the face of a man, whose full-blooded red cheeks, black hair, and dark deep eyes told me (и лицо мужчины, чьи полнокровные красные щеки, черные волосы и глубоко посаженные темные глаза подсказали мне) that at last I was in presence of my brother, Black Michael (что, наконец-то, я нахожусь в присутствии своего брата, Черного Михаэля). And when he saw me his red cheeks went pale all in a moment (и когда он увидел меня, его красные щеки вмиг побледнели), and his helmet fell with a clatter on the floor (а его шлем с грохотом упал на пол;
to fall). Till that moment I believe that he had not realized (до этой самой минуты, я полагаю, он не представлял себе;
to believe – верить; думать, полагать) that the King was in very truth come to Strelsau (что король и в самом деле приехал в Стрелсо;
in very truth – поистине).
At last we were at the Cathedral. Its great grey front, embellished with hundreds of statues and boasting a pair of the finest oak doors in Europe, rose for the first time before me, and the sudden sense of my audacity almost overcame me. Everything was in a mist as I dismounted. I saw the Marshal and Sapt dimly, and dimly the throng of gorgeously robed priests who awaited me. And my eyes were still dim as I walked up the great nave, with the pealing of the organ in my ears. I saw nothing of the brilliant throng that filled it, I hardly distinguished the stately figure of the Cardinal as he rose from the archiepiscopal throne to greet me. Two faces only stood out side by side clearly before my eyes – the face of a girl, pale and lovely, surmounted by a crown of the glorious Elphberg hair (for in a woman it is glorious), and the face of a man, whose full-blooded red cheeks, black hair, and dark deep eyes told me that at last I was in presence of my brother, Black Michael. And when he saw me his red cheeks went pale all in a moment, and his helmet fell with a clatter on the floor. Till that moment I believe that he had not realized that the King was in very truth come to Strelsau.
Of what followed next I remember nothing (о том, что последовало дальше, я ничего не помню). I knelt before the altar and the Cardinal anointed my head (я преклонил колени перед алтарем, и кардинал помазал мне голову миром;
