The honorable functionary had scarcely expressed himself thus, in that intonation which is peculiar to brigadiers of the gendarmerie, when a loud scream, accompanied by the violent ringing of a bell, resounded through the court of the hotel.

• 这位敬的官员刚才用宪兵团长所特有的一阵那种抑扬顿挫的腔调说完这番话，就听得一声长长的惊叫，伴随着猛烈的铃声，传到旅馆的院子里。