It was a strange jargon—the Lord's Prayer repeated backwards—the incantation usual in proceedings for obtaining unhallowed assistance against an enemy.

念的是种奇怪的咒语——倒过来念的“主祷文”——这种咒语在乞求邪魔帮助来对付敌人的仪式常使用。

A dozen blazing piles now shed their lurid brightness on the place, which resembled some unhallowed and supernatural arena, in which malicious demons had assembled to act their bloody and lawless rites.

十几熊熊燃烧的火堆现在在这地方散发出可怕的光芒，这就不洁的超自然的竞技场，邪恶的恶魔聚集在那里进行他们血腥和无法无天的仪式。