The news came like a dynamite charge of the heaviest sort, with shock and stopping of ears. The village folk were overcome with grief. Some blamed Geissler; 'twas Geissler, that devil of a man, who had tricked them once more.
这个消息就像最重的炸药一样传来,震惊和耳朵停止。村民悲痛欲绝。有人指责盖斯勒;是盖斯勒,那个恶魔般的人,又一次欺骗了他们。