Английский с улыбкой. Брет Гарт, Стивен Ликок. Дефективный детектив / Bret Harte, Stephen Leacock - Андреевский Сергей Аркадьевич 4 стр.

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.

As I watched these significant precautions with absorbing interest (пока я следил за этими серьезными мерами предосторожности с возрастающим интересом; significant – значительный, важный; to absorb – поглощать, впитывать; поглощать, захватывать /внимание/), he suddenly drew a revolver (он вдруг вытащил револьвер; to draw) and, presenting it to my temple, said in low, icy tones (и, приставив его к моему виску, негромко сказал ледяным тоном; to present – представлять; направлять, устанавливать в определенное положение; low – низкий, невысокий; тихий):