The news came like a dynamite charge of the heaviest sort, with shock and stopping of ears. The village folk were overcome with grief. Some blamed Geissler; 'twas Geissler, that devil of a man, who had tricked them once more.

这个消息就像最重的炸药一样传来，震惊和耳朵停止。村民悲痛欲绝。有人指责盖斯勒；是盖斯勒，那个恶魔般的人，又一次欺骗了他们。