Он, хотя и человек со способностями и вовсе не "какой-нибудь бедный", казался всем почему-то чудаком, полюбившим уединение и сверх того говорившим "надменно".
Though he was a man of some ability, and by no means very poor, he somehow seemed to every one an eccentric fellow who was fond of solitude, and, what's more, "stuck up in conversation."