The whole assembly were dumb with astonishment at the revelation and confession which had produced a catastrophe so different from that which had been expected during the last fortnight by the Parisian world.

• 全场的人都因吃惊而哑口无言，这次开庭审判使半月来轰动巴黎社会的那一连串可怕的事情达到了最高峰。