Английский с Эдгаром По. Падение дома Ашеров

His action was alternately vivacious and sullen. His voice varied rapidly from a tremulous indecision (when the animal spirits seemed utterly in abeyance) to that species of energetic concision – that abrupt, weighty, unhurried, and hollow-sounding enunciation – that leaden, self-balanced and perfectly modulated guttural utterance, which may be observed in the lost drunkard, or the irreclaimable eater of opium, during the periods of his most intense excitement.

It was thus that he spoke of the object of my visit (это было так, что = именно так он говорил о цели моего приезда)

, of his earnest desire to see me (о своем серьезном желании увидеться со мной), and of the solace he expected me to afford him (и об утешении, которое, как он ожидал, я ему принесу: «утешение, /которое/ он ожидал меня предоставить ему»). He entered, at some length, into what he conceived to be the nature of his malady (он вошел, с некоторой длиной = углубился довольно многословно

в /тему/ того, что он считал природой своего недуга). It was, he said, a constitutional and a family evil (он был, сказал он, органическим и семейным бичом: «злом»), and one for which he despaired to find a remedy (бичом, от которого он отчаялся найти лекарство) – a mere nervous affection, he immediately added (простое нервное расстройство, немедленно добавил он)

, which would undoubtedly soon pass off (которое несомненно скоро пройдет).

It was thus that he spoke of the object of my visit, of his earnest desire to see me, and of the solace he expected me to afford him. He entered, at some length, into what he conceived to be the nature of his malady. It was, he said, a constitutional and a family evil, and one for which he despaired to find a remedy – a mere nervous affection, he immediately added, which would undoubtedly soon pass off.

It displayed itself in a host of unnatural sensations

(оно проявляло себя в целом множестве неестественных ощущений). Some of these, as he detailed them, interested and bewildered me (некоторые из них, когда он описал их в подробностях: «детализировал», заинтересовали и смутили меня); although, perhaps, the terms, and the general manner of the narration had their weight (хотя, возможно, /сами/ слова и общая манера изложения имели свой вес = воздействие).

It displayed itself in a host of unnatural sensations. Some of these, as he detailed them, interested and bewildered me; although, perhaps, the terms, and the general manner of the narration had their weight.