说完这篇斟字酌句演讲以后，维尔福环顾了一下四周，以观察他演说词的效果好象他此刻是在法庭上对旁听席讲话似的。

• Having made this well-turned speech, Villefort looked carefully around to mark the effect of his oratory, much as he would have done had he been addressing the bench in open court.