They heard the thud of a horse trotting along the line of hussars, and there suddenly sprang up out of the night mist, looking huge as an elephant, the figure of a sergeant of hussars.

• 骠骑兵的全线都能听见疾速前进的骑士的马蹄声，一名骠骑兵士官的身躯俨如一头巨象忽然从黑夜的雾霭中闪现出来了。