An appalling plash within two yards of him was followed by a loud, rushing sound, diminuendo, which seemed to travel back through the air to the fort and died in an explosion which stirred the very river to its deeps!

• 距离他两码的位置发出可怕的激溅声，随后响亮急速的声音渐渐微弱，声音似乎是向后穿过天空到达堡垒并在爆炸声后平息，它的威力足以震惊整条河。