Стук в оконную раму, хотя и продолжался настойчиво, но совсем не так громко, как сейчас только мерещилось ему во сне, напротив, очень сдержанно.
The knocking on the window frame went on persistently, but it was by no means so loud as it had seemed in his dream; on the contrary, it was quite subdued.