请教:如何理解这句,谢了!

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特别是that he had little to say后跟那个冒号是印错了吗还是如何理解那个冒号?(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. 在过去一个月内我与他交谈有5,6次之多,但让我失望的是,我发现他的话较少,他给我的第一印象由一个来历不明的人,渐渐变成为一个精心经营隔壁客栈的老板。

 fade 如何理解?谢过各位大牛人!