Then, still in a half-whisper, he proceeded to tell me that it all happened through the agency of a single joint from the vertebra of a sea-serpent.

然后，他仍然在半耳语中继续告诉我， 这一切都是通过海蛇脊椎的一个关节的作用而发生的。

Others contended that the stigma had not been produced until a long time subsequent, when old Roger Chillingworth, being a potent necromancer, had caused it to appear, through the agency of magic and poisonous drugs.

其他人则争辩说， 这种耻辱直到很长一段时间后才产生，当时老罗杰齐灵渥斯是一个强大的死灵法师，通过魔法和有毒药物的作用使它出现。

The Baudus, however, despite their determination not to change anything in the system of The Old Elbeuf, tried to sustain the competition. Customers no longer coming to them, they sought to reach the customers through the agency of travellers.

然而，尽管 Baudus 决心不改变旧 Elbeuf 系统中的任何内容，但他们仍试图维持竞争。客户不再来找他们，他们试图通过旅行者的代理来接触客户。

But even so, it will still be possible for communal saving through the agency of the State to be maintained at a level which will allow the growth of capital up to the point where it ceases to be scarce.

但即便如此，仍有可能通过国家机构将公共储蓄维持在一定水平，从而使资本增长到不再稀缺的程度。