Meanwhile the suit progressed slowly, with interminable examinations of witnesses and marshallings of evidence.

与此同时，诉讼进展缓慢， 没完没了地询问证人和整理证据。

He then narrated at length the various thefts, swindles and forgeries charged against Lupin. Sometimes he questioned the prisoner, but the latter simply grunted or remained silent. The examination of witnesses commenced.

然后，他详尽地讲述了卢平被指控的各种盗窃、诈骗和伪造行为。有时他问囚犯，但囚犯只是咕哝一声或保持沉默。对证人的询问开始了。

However, the more I thought of it, the plainer it grew to me that no amount of examination of witnesses, who had witnessed nothing but the ill-blood between the two rivals, would have done anything to clear up the case.

然而，我想得越多，我就越明白，对证人进行再多的审问也无济于事，因为他们只目睹了两个竞争对手之间的仇恨。