Почему тут Past Perfect, а не Past Simple The innkeeper finally recognized the stranger's accent. He was Rivian. I'll pay.' The outsider spoke quietly, as if unsure, and the whole nasty affair began. A pockmarked beanpole of a man who, from the moment the outsider had entered had not taken his gloomy eyes from him, got up and approached the counter. Two of his companions rose behind him, no more than two paces away.
In this sentence, the Past Perfect is used because the recognition of the stranger's accent by the innkeeper had occurred before the action of the outsider speaking and the whole nasty affair beginning. The Past Perfect is used to show the sequence of events in the past.
In this sentence, the Past Perfect is used because the recognition of the stranger's accent by the innkeeper had occurred before the action of the outsider speaking and the whole nasty affair beginning. The Past Perfect is used to show the sequence of events in the past.