The conversation was serious, and Julien acquitted himself very well, apart from a few moments of silence during which he was cudgelling his brains.

谈话很严肃，除了在绞尽脑汁的片刻沉默之外，于连表现得很好。

In his delight he lifted up his voice and brayed, but then everyone knew him, and his owner came up and gave him a sound cudgelling for the fright he had caused.

由于太高兴，他发出了声音并开心得大叫，但这让大家认出了他，他的主人出现并用木棒打他，因为他之前引起的慌乱。