The hoarse messenger, uncomfortably seated on a form after taking that refection, had dropped into a doze, when a loud murmur and a rapid tide of people setting up the stairs that led to the court, carried him along with them.

• 那沙喉咙的信使吃完便餐便在长凳上很不舒服地坐下，打起盹来。 这时一阵高声的嗡嗡和一股疾走的人潮挤向法庭和楼梯，也把他席卷而去。