No need of the as yet undreamed-of telegraph;the tale flew from man to man, from group to group, from house to house, with little less than telegraphic speed.

• 根本用不着什么电报（当时人们连做梦都想不到这玩意），这消息一传十，十传百，以电报的速度就传开了，弄得家喻户晓，人人皆知。