Old Italian Masters. Catalogue of photographs. Being a record of Italian art of the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and contained . . . collection of A. A. Hopkins, Esq. , N. Y. city

There was such a ring of conviction in his voice (в его голосе звучала такая уверенность; ring колокольный звон; отзвук, отголосок /чего-либо в голосе/) that I glanced up in surprise (что я с удивлением взглянул на него). master ['mA:st@], curly ['k@:lI], glance [glA:ns] "And the dog?" "Has been in the habit of carrying this stick behind his master. Being a heavy stick the dog has held it tightly by the middle, and the marks of his teeth are very plainly visible. The dog's jaw, as shown in the space between these marks, is too broad in my opinion for a terrier and not broad enough for a mastiff. It may have been yes, by Jove, it is a curly-haired spaniel." He had risen and paced the room as he spoke. Now he halted in the recess of the window. There was such a ring of conviction in his voice that I glanced up in surprise. "My dear fellow (мой дорогой друг), how can you possibly be so sure of that (как только вы можете быть так в этом уверены; possibly возможно; часто служит для усиления)?" "For the very simple reason (по той простой причине) that I see the dog himself on our very doorstep (что я вижу собаку у самого нашего порога; very тот самый; самый /используется для точного указания/), and there is the ring of its owner (а вот и звонок ее хозяина) ...»