2. "Was it?" he asks again,
seeming to distance himself from his former self.
“是吗?”他又问了一遍,仿佛要与从前的自己保持距离。
3. It describes the fire smoldering in the hearth, mysteriously
seeming to suck every bit of warmth out of the bleak, dank room.
描绘出似乎将凄凉、阴湿的房间里的每一点温暖都不可思议地吸走了的壁炉里闷燃着的火。