The Last Vampire Vol.2: Red Dice & Phantom

And after all this (и после всего этого) some wretched modern Americans were to come (должны были появиться какие-то жуткие современные американцы) and offer him the Rising Sun Lubricator (и предложить ему машинное масло «Встающее солнце»), and throw pillows at his head (и бросать подушки ему в голову; to throw)! It was quite unbearable (это было совершенно невыносимо). Besides, no ghost in history had ever been treated in this manner (кроме того, ни с одним привидением за всю историю не обращались таким образом). Accordingly, he determined to have vengeance (соответственно, он решил отомстить), and remained till daylight in an attitude of deep thought (и до восхода солнца находился в состоянии глубокого раздумья). еnthusiastic [in"hju:zi`–stik] egotism [e`g utizm] vengeance [`vendf ns] With the enthusiastic egotism of the true artist, he went over his most celebrated performances, and smiled bitterly to himself as he recalled to mind his last appearance as "Red Reuben, or the Strangled Babe," his d™but as "Guant Gibeon, the Blood-sucker of Bexley Moor," and the furore he had excited one lovely June evening by merely playing ninepins with his own bones upon the lawn-tennis ground ...»