請教：如何理解這句，謝了！

特別是that he had little to say後跟那個冒號是印錯了嗎還是如何理解那個冒號？(Chapter 4 )

I had talked with him perhaps half a dozen times in the past month and found, to my disappointment, that he had little to say: So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the  proprietor of an elaborate road-house next door. 在過去一個月內我與他交談有5，6次之多，但讓我失望的是，我發現他的話較少，他給我的第一印象由一個來曆不明的人，漸漸變成為一個精心經營隔壁客棧的老板。

 fade 如何理解？謝過各位大牛人！   

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• I seldom do novel reading,not to mention intensive reading -sportwoman- ♀ (131 bytes) () 09/16/2012 postreply 15:05:37

• I just found some intensive reading techniques, wellcome to add -sportwoman- ♀ (8785 bytes) () 09/16/2012 postreply 15:52:22

• 有可能是印錯了。 -onceuponatime- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/16/2012 postreply 16:42:58

• 謝過once君,如果我能堅持讀完然後能做一個presentation複述我就請我那些朋友吃自助餐 -sportwoman- ♀ (73 bytes) () 09/16/2012 postreply 16:50:48

• faded是說first impression的 -doyouknowme- ♀ (211 bytes) () 09/16/2012 postreply 17:31:27

• 謝過MM！他給我的第一印象由一個來曆不明的人，漸漸變成為一個精心經營隔壁客棧的老板。 -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/16/2012 postreply 17:46:26

• 如果要細致的追究的話 -doyouknowme- ♀ (160 bytes) () 09/16/2012 postreply 18:42:39

• 漸漸變成為隔壁那間精心設計過的客棧的老板：） -sportwoman- ♀ (58 bytes) () 09/16/2012 postreply 19:11:08

• lol ：） -doyouknowme- ♀ (75 bytes) () 09/16/2012 postreply 19:49:01

• you are great! I focused on somewhere else, my eyes were swollen -sportwoman- ♀ (9 bytes) () 09/16/2012 postreply 17:50:07