I found him standing before the fire, with that look upon his face
(я застал его стоящим у камина с тем выражением на лице; look – взгляд; выражение лица) which I had seen only once or twice in our acquaintance (которое я наблюдал только лишь один или два раза за /все время/ нашего знакомства) – a look which I may call an absolute concatenation of inductive and deductive ratiocination (выражение, которое я могу назвать абсолютной взаимосвязью индуктивного и дедуктивного мышлений: «рассуждений») – from which all that was human, tender, or sympathetic was absolutely discharged (из которого все, что было человечного, чуткого или доброго, было полностью удалено; tender – мягкий, нежный; внимательный, чуткий; sympathetic – близкий по духу; благожелательный; to discharge – разгружать; выбрасывать). He was simply an icy algebraic symbol (он стал просто равнодушным алгебраическим символом; icy – ледяной; холодный, безучастный; ice – лед)!
I found him standing before the fire, with that look upon his face which I had seen only once or twice in our acquaintance – a look which I may call an absolute concatenation of inductive and deductive ratiocination – from which all that was human, tender, or sympathetic was absolutely discharged. He was simply an icy algebraic symbol!
Indeed, his whole being was concentrated to that extent
(и правда, все его существо было сосредоточено до такой степени; extent – протяженность; степень, мера) that his clothes fitted loosely (что одежда свободно на нем болталась; to fit – соответствовать, подходить), and his head was absolutely so much reduced in size by his mental compression (а его голова настолько «полностью» уменьшилась в размере от уплотнения мыслей; compression – сжатие) that his hat tipped back from his forehead and literally hung on his massive ears (что шляпа сползла назад со лба и буквально висела на его массивных ушах; to tip /зд./ – наклонять; to hang).After I had entered he locked the doors, fastened the windows
(после того, как я вошел, он запер двери, окна; to lock – запирать на замок; to fasten – связывать, скреплять; to fasten the window – запирать окно /на шпингалет/), and even placed a chair before the chimney (и даже приставил стул к камину: «поставил стул перед камином»; to place – ставить, помещать; chimney – труба /дымовая или вытяжная/; дымоход; /устар./ камин).
Indeed, his whole being was concentrated to that extent that his clothes fitted loosely, and his head was absolutely so much reduced in size by his mental compression that his hat tipped back from his forehead and literally hung on his massive ears.
After I had entered he locked the doors, fastened the windows, and even placed a chair before the chimney.