“To this, of course, I assented (разумеется, я согласился: «на это, конечно, я согласился»; to assent — дать согласие, соглашаться), and the young man withdrew (и молодой человек удалился). The patient and I then plunged into a discussion of his case (а мы с пациентом приступили к обсуждению его болезни; to plunge — нырять; погружаться), of which I took exhaustive notes (и я сделал исчерпывающие записи /о ней/; to exhaust — исчерпывать). He was not remarkable for intelligence (он не был выдающимся интеллектом = это был заурядный человек), and his answers were frequently obscure (его ответы часто были нечеткими), which I attributed to his limited acquaintance with our language (что я приписал плохому знанию нашего языка: «ограниченному знакомству с нашим языком»). Suddenly, however, as I sat writing (вдруг, когда я сидел и записывал), he ceased to give any answer at all to my inquiries (он перестал отвечать на мои расспросы), and on my turning towards him I was shocked to see (и, повернувшись к нему, я с ужасом увидел) that he was sitting bolt upright in his chair (что он сидит на стуле очень прямо), staring at me with a perfectly blank and rigid face (и смотрит на меня, а лицо его совершенно бледное и неподвижное; rigid — жесткий, негнущийся, негибкий). He was again in the grip of his mysterious malady (его снова одолел /приступ/ загадочной болезни; to grip — схватить; сжать; овладеть; mystery — тайна, загадка).

seizure ['si:], exhaustive ['z:stv], acquaintance ['kwentns], rigid ['rd]

“‘Not for the world,’ he cried with a gesture of horror. ‘It is more painful to me than I can express. If I were to see my father in one of these dreadful seizures I am convinced that I should never survive it. My own nervous system is an exceptionally sensitive one. With your permission, I will remain in the waiting-room while you go into my father’s case.’

“To this, of course, I assented, and the young man withdrew. The patient and I then plunged into a discussion of his case, of which I took exhaustive notes. He was not remarkable for intelligence, and his answers were frequently obscure, which I attributed to his limited acquaintance with our language. Suddenly, however, as I sat writing, he ceased to give any answer at all to my inquiries, and on my turning towards him I was shocked to see that he was sitting bolt upright in his chair, staring at me with a perfectly blank and rigid face. He was again in the grip of his mysterious malady.