Late in the afternoon my horse, which had been standing with dragging rein before the cave, started slowly down the trail, evidently in search of food and water, and I was left alone with my mysterious unknown companion and the dead body of my friend, which lay just within my range of vision upon the ledge where I had placed it in the early morning.
From then until possibly midnight all was silence (с этого /времени/ и, возможно, до полуночи, все было тихо), the silence of the dead (тишина смерти; dead — мертвый, связанный со смертью); then, suddenly, the awful moan of the morning broke upon my startled ears (затем внезапно ужасный стон, как утром, достиг моего встревоженного слуха; to startle — испугать, встревожить), and there came again from the black shadows the sound of a moving thing (и вновь из черных теней донесся звук движущегося существа), and a faint rustling as of dead leaves (и слабое шуршание сухих листьев; to rustle — шелестеть, шуршать). The shock to my already overstrained nervous system was terrible in the extreme (это потрясение для моих уже перенапряженных нервов стало в высшей степени ужасным; to overstrain — переутомлять, перенапрягать; to strain — напрягать), and with a superhuman effort (и с нечеловеческим усилием) I strove to break my awful bonds (я попытался разорвать свои ужасные оковы; to strive — стараться, прилагать усилия; bonds — узы, оковы). It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular (это было усилие разума, воли, нервов, но не мускулов: «не мускульное»; nerve — нерв; мускул, сухожилие: to strain every nerve — напрягать все силы; приложить все усилия), for I could not move even so much as my little finger (так как я не мог пошевелить даже мизинцем; little finger — мизинец), but none the less mighty for all that (но от этого /усилие/ не /было/ менее громадным: «тем не менее, усилие было громадным»). And then something gave (а затем что-то подалось), there was a momentary feeling of nausea (было мгновенное чувство тошноты), a sharp click as of the snapping of a steel wire (резкий щелчок как от рвущейся стальной проволоки; to snap — щелкать, лязгать, хлопать; /резко/ ломаться, рваться), and I stood with my back against the wall of the cave facing my unknown foe (и я стоял, прислонившись спиной к стене пещеры, лицом к лицу с моим неизвестным врагом).
overstrain ["ouvq'streIn], nausea ['nLsjq], foe [fou], startle [stQ: tl]
From then until possibly midnight all was silence, the silence of the dead; then, suddenly, the awful moan of the morning broke upon my startled ears, and there came again from the black shadows the sound of a moving thing, and a faint rustling as of dead leaves. The shock to my already overstrained nervous system was terrible in the extreme, and with a superhuman effort I strove to break my awful bonds. It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular, for I could not move even so much as my little finger, but none the less mighty for all that. And then something gave, there was a momentary feeling of nausea, a sharp click as of the snapping of a steel wire, and I stood with my back against the wall of the cave facing my unknown foe.