The current was shooting through Galt ’ s chest and the beating was coming in irregular spurts , as if it were racing and stumbling — when suddenly his body fell still , relaxing : the beating had stopped .
Ток пронзил грудь Галта, и избиение наступало неравномерными рывками, как будто оно мчалось и спотыкалось, — как вдруг его тело замерло, расслабившись: избиение прекратилось.