, обращенный на пришельца)
. Out of the black shadows there glimmered little red circles of light (от темных теней =
среди тьмы мерцали маленькие красные кружки света = огоньки)
, now bright, now faint (то яркие, то тусклые)
, as the burning poison waxed or waned in the bowls of the metal pipes (в зависимости от того, прибавлялся или кончался сжигаемый яд в цилиндрах: «чашках» металлических трубок)
. The most lay silent (большинство лежали молча)
, but some muttered to themselves (но некоторые бормотали /что-то/ себе /под нос/)
, and others talked together in a strange, low, monotonous voice (а другие разговаривали друг с другом странным, низким, монотонным голосом)
, their conversation coming in gushes (их разговор вырывался стремительными потоками /слов/)
, and then suddenly tailing off into silence (и затем внезапно замирал до тишины;
to tail off – истощаться, умолкнуть)
, each mumbling out his own thoughts (каждый бормотал свои собственные мысли)
and paying little heed to the words of his neighbor (и обращал мало внимания на слова своего соседа)
. At the farther end was a small brazier of burning charcoal (в самом дальнем конце была маленькая жаровня с пылающим /древесным/ углем)
, beside which on a three-legged wooden stool (возле которой на трехногом деревянном стуле)
there sat a tall, thin old man (сидел высокий худой старик: «старый человек»)
, with his jaw resting upon his two fists (со своей челюстью, покоящейся на =
опустив подбородок на кулаки)
, and his elbows upon his knees, staring into the fire (/положив/ локти на колени, уставившись в огонь).
waned [weɪnd], muttered ['mʌtəd], farther ['fɑ:ðə], brazier ['breɪzjə]
Through the gloom one could dimly catch a glimpse of bodies lying in strange fantastic poses, bowed shoulders, bent knees, heads thrown back, and chins pointing upward, with here and there a dark, lack-lustre eye turned upon the newcomer. Out of the black shadows there glimmered little red circles of light, now bright, now faint, as the burning poison waxed or waned in the bowls of the metal pipes. The most lay silent, but some muttered to themselves, and others talked together in a strange, low, monotonous voice, their conversation coming in gushes, and then suddenly tailing off into silence, each mumbling out his own thoughts and paying little heed to the words of his neighbor. At the farther end was a small brazier of burning charcoal, beside which on a three-legged wooden stool there sat a tall, thin old man, with his jaw resting upon his two fists, and his elbows upon his knees, staring into the fire.
