Edmond stiffened himself in orderto play the part of a dead man, and then the party, lighted by the man with the torch, who went first, ascended the stairs.

• 爱德蒙为了装得象个死人，故意把自己挺得硬棒棒地，于是由那举火把的人引路，这一队人就开始走上楼梯。