He consigned his unknown persecutors to the most horrible tortures he could imagine, and found them all insufficient, because after torture came death, and after death, if not repose, at least the boon of unconsciousness.

• 他用他所能想象得出的种种最可怕的酷刑来惩罚这些不明的迫害者，但觉得一切酷刑都不够厉害，因为在酷刑之后接着就是死亡，而死了以后，即使不是安息，至少也是近于安息的那种麻木状态。