Translation for "двенадцать-история" to english
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Море было спокойно, на небе ни облачка, так что все, за исключением рулевого, собрались на палубе. До порта назначения было еще далеко, и времени, чтобы выслушать все двенадцать историй, к которым приговорил его капитан, у нас было достаточно. Выпив одним духом добрый стакан кипрского вина, чтобы прояснить себе мозги и промочить горло, старый моряк неторопливо набил свою трубку и, оглядев собравшихся суровым взглядом и дождавшись полной тишины, начал глухим, замогильным голосом:
The Indian Ocean was so calm that it allowed everyone - except the helmsman - to take part in those interesting and wonderful narratives. A light wind that came from the coasts of Africa pushed the ship towards the East, to that strange land called India, and from which we were still far away, so much so that we could hear all the twelve stories requested by our amiable captain. Master Tar, after having claimed with a gesture and a glance a scrupulous silence from the whole audience, gulped down a large glass of old Cipro to clear his brain, broke with his long yellow old teeth mouse an excellent Havana cigar that the captain handed him, lit it with visible satisfaction, then said in a big voice and from beyond the grave:
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