Showhouse Review. An Expose of Interior Decorating Events

I explained, however, the importance of my errand, and promised faithfully to call and report any progress which we might make with the case. As we drove away I stole a glance back, and I still seem to see that little group on the step, the two graceful, clinging figures, the half-opened door, the hall light shining through stained glass, the barometer, and the bright stair-rods. It was soothing to catch even that passing glimpse of a tranquil English home in the midst of the wild, dark business which had absorbed us. And the more I thought of what had happened (чем больше я думал о том, что случилось), the wilder and darker it grew (тем более диким и темным оно казалось; to grow расти вырастать; становиться). I reviewed the whole extraordinary sequence of events (я вспомнил всю последовательность необычных событий; to review обозревать, осматривать) as I rattled on through the silent gas-lit streets (в то время как кеб грохотал по тихим улицам, освещенными газовыми фонарями; to rattle трещать, грохотать; to light освещать) ...»