I knew what would happen if they did: a bloodbath that would make the Little Rock Central High crisis look like a Sunday afternoon picnic.

• 我知道如果放行，就会造成血流成河的后果。与这样的后果比起来，小石城中心中学所遭遇的危机就仿佛是星期天下午的一场野餐会，不值一提。