The Neopolitan was ensconced in an armchair which he had had brought near the fire . He was groaning aloud , and was speaking more to himself than to the twenty dumbfounded German peasants who surrounded him .
Неополитанец устроился в кресле, которое он поднес к огню. Он громко стонал и говорил больше сам с собой, чем с двадцатью ошеломленными немецкими крестьянами, окружавшими его.