He had taken this legend which I have read you exceedingly to heart--so much so that, although he would walk in his own grounds, nothing would induce him to go out upon the moor at night.
Se había tomado tan excesivamente en serio la leyenda que acabo de leerle que, si bien paseaba por los jardines de su propiedad, nada le habría impulsado a salir al páramo durante la noche.