Under Louis XI., this sea of houses was seen to be pierced at intervals by several groups of ruined towers, from the ancient wall, like the summits of hills in an inundation,--like archipelagos of the old Paris submerged beneath the new.

• 在路易十一时代，随处可见在这片房屋海洋中有旧城廓若干正在坍塌的钟楼群露了出来，好比是洪水中冒出水面来的山巅，也仿佛是淹没在新巴黎城中的老巴黎城露出来的若干群岛。