Английский детектив. Джон Бакен. Тридцать девять ступеней / John Buchan. The Thirty-Nine Steps - стр. 6
That afternoon I had been worrying my brokers about investments to give my mind something to work on, and on my way home I turned into my club – rather a pot-house, which took in Colonial members. I had a long drink, and read the evening papers. They were full of the row in the Near East, and there was an article about Karolides, the Greek Premier. I rather fancied the chap. From all accounts he seemed the one big man in the show; and he played a straight game too, which was more than could be said for most of them.
I gathered that they hated him pretty blackly in Berlin and Vienna (я пришел к выводу, что его совершенно по-черному ненавидели в Берлине и Вене; to gather – собирать; делать вывод, приходить к заключению), but that we were going to stick by him (но мы = англичане собирались поддержать его; to stick by smb. – быть лояльным к кому-л.; to stick – приклеивать; липнуть; приклеиваться; держаться, придерживаться; оставаться верным), and one paper said that he was the only barrier between Europe and Armageddon (а одна газета сообщила, что он – единственный барьер между Европой и армагеддоном[3]). I remember wondering if I could get a job in those parts (я, помню, задавал себе вопрос о том, смогу ли я найти работу в тех краях; part – часть, доля; край, местность