As the soldiers assisted me across the court the stillness was so profound that if I had been blindfolded I should have supposed I was in a solitude.

• 兵士们扶着我从庭院中走过去，这时候可真是四边寂静，万籁无声，假如蒙着眼睛的话，我早就以为这是一片旷野荒郊了。