Perhaps this would not have been so had it been possible to get rid of M. de Villefort; but, like the feudal barons who rebelled against their sovereign, he dwelt in an impregnable fortress.

• 要是人们能除掉维尔福先生的话，情形或许就不会象现在这个样子，但他就象那些敢于违抗国王的封建诸侯一样，住在一个无法攻陷的堡垒里。