For, the footsteps had become to their minds as the footsteps of a people, tumultuous under a red flag and with their country declared in danger, changed into wild beasts, by terrible enchantment long persisted in.

• 因为那种声音在他们心里已成了一个民族的脚步声，它在一面红色旗帜之下奔腾激荡，宣布他们的国家处于危急之中，并被一种旷日持久的魔法变作了疯狂的野兽。