This spectacle lent the secretary wings; and he did not relax his pace until he had gained the Bayswater road, and plunged at random into an unfrequented by-street.

这种奇观使秘书长了翅膀；直到他到达了贝斯沃特路，他才放松了脚步，然后随意地跳进了一条人迹罕至的小街。