I do not know what there was in the way he told me this that extraordinarily suggested the violence of his desire. It was disconcerting and rather horrible. His life was strangely divorced from material things, and it was as though his body at times wreaked a fearful revenge on his spirit. The satyr in him suddenly took possession, and he was powerless in the grip of an instinct which had all the strength of the primitive forces of nature. It was an obsession so complete that there was no room in his soul for prudence or gratitude.

没看懂第一句话I do not know what there was in the way he told me this that extraordinarily suggested the violence of his desire.

尤其是what there was in the way he told me this that extraordinarily suggested the violence of his desire. 这里的in the way是引导方式状语吗？

there was 是什么？suggested 是谓语吗？麻烦老师帮我分析一下句子结构成分，谢谢！