As he was was thus thus speaking speaking , , he he had had risen from from bed bed with with great great difficulty difficulty , , holding holding to to my my shoulder shoulder with with a a grip grip that almost almost made made me me cry cry out out , , and and moving moving his his legs legs like like so much much dead dead weight weight . . His words , spirited as they were in meaning , contrasted sadly with the weakness of the voice in which they were uttered . He paused paused when when he he had had got got into into a a sitting sitting position position on on the the edge edge . .
Говоря это, он с большим трудом поднялся с постели, держась за мое плечо так, что я чуть не вскрикнула, и двигая ногами, как мертвым грузом. Его слова, какими бы одухотворенными они ни были по смыслу, печально контрастировали со слабостью голоса, которым они были произнесены. Он остановился, когда принял сидячее положение на краю.