Finally he reached the corner of the passage (наконец он достиг конца коридора), that led to luckless Washington’s room (который вел к комнате несчастного Вашингтона; to lead). For a moment he paused there (на некоторое мгновение он остановился там), the wind blowing his long grey locks about his head (/и/ ветер развевал его длинные седые локоны вокруг его головы), and twisting into grotesque and fantastic folds the nameless horror of the dead man’s shroud (и завертывал фантастическими складками /способный вызвать/ неописуемый ужас саван мертвеца). Then the clock struck the quarter (затем часы пробили четверть часа), and he felt the time was come (и он почувствовал, что время пришло). He chuckled to himself (он самодовольно хихикнул; to himself – «сам себе»), and turned the corner (и завернул за угол); but no sooner had he done so (но не успел он сделать это; no sooner – не раньше) than, with a piteous wail of terror (как, с жалким воем ужаса; pity – жалость), he fell back (он отшатнулся; to fall back – отступать), and hid his blanched face in his long, bony hands (и закрыл свое бледное лицо своими длинными, костлявыми руками; to hide – прятать).
Finally he reached the corner of the passage that led to luckless Washington’s room. For a moment he paused there, the wind blowing his long grey locks about his head, and twisting into grotesque and fantastic folds the nameless horror of the dead man’s shroud. Then the clock struck the quarter, and he felt the time was come. He chuckled to himself, and turned the corner; but no sooner had he done so than, with a piteous wail of terror, he fell back, and hid his blanched face in his long, bony hands.