-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Артур Конан Дойл
-
- Затерянный мир
-
- Стр. 94/139
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
"
We
heard
a
row
,
as
if
your
foot
had
slipped
.
What
was
it
?
"
I
was
so
shocked
at
the
sudden
and
strange
appearance
of
this
ape-man
that
I
hesitated
whether
I
should
not
climb
down
again
and
tell
my
experience
to
my
companions
.
But
I
was
already
so
far
up
the
great
tree
that
it
seemed
a
humiliation
to
return
without
having
carried
out
my
mission
.
After
a
long
pause
,
therefore
,
to
recover
my
breath
and
my
courage
,
I
continued
my
ascent
.
Once
I
put
my
weight
upon
a
rotten
branch
and
swung
for
a
few
seconds
by
my
hands
,
but
in
the
main
it
was
all
easy
climbing
.
Gradually
the
leaves
thinned
around
me
,
and
I
was
aware
,
from
the
wind
upon
my
face
,
that
I
had
topped
all
the
trees
of
the
forest
.
I
was
determined
,
however
,
not
to
look
about
me
before
I
had
reached
the
very
highest
point
,
so
I
scrambled
on
until
I
had
got
so
far
that
the
topmost
branch
was
bending
beneath
my
weight
.
There
I
settled
into
a
convenient
fork
,
and
,
balancing
myself
securely
,
I
found
myself
looking
down
at
a
most
wonderful
panorama
of
this
strange
country
in
which
we
found
ourselves
.
The
sun
was
just
above
the
western
sky-line
,
and
the
evening
was
a
particularly
bright
and
clear
one
,
so
that
the
whole
extent
of
the
plateau
was
visible
beneath
me
.
It
was
,
as
seen
from
this
height
,
of
an
oval
contour
,
with
a
breadth
of
about
thirty
miles
and
a
width
of
twenty
.
Its
general
shape
was
that
of
a
shallow
funnel
,
all
the
sides
sloping
down
to
a
considerable
lake
in
the
center
.
This
lake
may
have
been
ten
miles
in
circumference
,
and
lay
very
green
and
beautiful
in
the
evening
light
,
with
a
thick
fringe
of
reeds
at
its
edges
,
and
with
its
surface
broken
by
several
yellow
sandbanks
,
which
gleamed
golden
in
the
mellow
sunshine
.
A
number
of
long
dark
objects
,
which
were
too
large
for
alligators
and
too
long
for
canoes
,
lay
upon
the
edges
of
these
patches
of
sand
.
With
my
glass
I
could
clearly
see
that
they
were
alive
,
but
what
their
nature
might
be
I
could
not
imagine
.
From
the
side
of
the
plateau
on
which
we
were
,
slopes
of
woodland
,
with
occasional
glades
,
stretched
down
for
five
or
six
miles
to
the
central
lake
.
I
could
see
at
my
very
feet
the
glade
of
the
iguanodons
,
and
farther
off
was
a
round
opening
in
the
trees
which
marked
the
swamp
of
the
pterodactyls
.
On
the
side
facing
me
,
however
,
the
plateau
presented
a
very
different
aspect
.
There
the
basalt
cliffs
of
the
outside
were
reproduced
upon
the
inside
,
forming
an
escarpment
about
two
hundred
feet
high
,
with
a
woody
slope
beneath
it
.
Along
the
base
of
these
red
cliffs
,
some
distance
above
the
ground
,
I
could
see
a
number
of
dark
holes
through
the
glass
,
which
I
conjectured
to
be
the
mouths
of
caves
.
At
the
opening
of
one
of
these
something
white
was
shimmering
,
but
I
was
unable
to
make
out
what
it
was
.
I
sat
charting
the
country
until
the
sun
had
set
and
it
was
so
dark
that
I
could
no
longer
distinguish
details
.
Then
I
climbed
down
to
my
companions
waiting
for
me
so
eagerly
at
the
bottom
of
the
great
tree
.
For
once
I
was
the
hero
of
the
expedition
.
Alone
I
had
thought
of
it
,
and
alone
I
had
done
it
;
and
here
was
the
chart
which
would
save
us
a
month
's
blind
groping
among
unknown
dangers
.
Each
of
them
shook
me
solemnly
by
the
hand
.
But
before
they
discussed
the
details
of
my
map
I
had
to
tell
them
of
my
encounter
with
the
ape-man
among
the
branches
.
"
He
has
been
there
all
the
time
,
"
said
I.
"
How
do
you
know
that
?
"
asked
Lord
John
.
"
Because
I
have
never
been
without
that
feeling
that
something
malevolent
was
watching
us
.
I
mentioned
it
to
you
,
Professor
Challenger
.
"
