His heart almost ceased to beat as he quite naturally placed the most direful explanation upon the scene.

他心脏几乎停止跳动， 很自然地对现场做出了最可怕解释。

'He who accepts his state's reproach, Is hailed therefore its altars' lord; To him who bears men's direful woes They all the name of King accord.'

“之垢，是谓社稷主。之不详，是谓天下王。”

Miserable I am, and must be for a time; for the catastrophe which drove me from a house I had found a paradise was of a strange and direful nature.

我很痛苦，且必须有一段时间；因为这场灾难让我离开了我找到了天堂，它具有一种奇怪可怕性质。

But, less inexorable than iron, steel, and brass, it brought its varying seasons even into that wilderness of smoke and brick, and made the only stand that ever was made in the place against its direful uniformity.

但是，它不像铁、钢和黄铜那样冷酷无情，它甚至将其变化季节带入了烟雾和砖块荒野，并成为该地区有史以来唯一反对其可怕统一性立场。