Suddenly, the silence was shattered by an uproar which flooded outwards from some distant storm-centre and swept over the group at the edge of the pond: it was the angry voice of Wu Sun-fu raging and storming in the house.

• 忽然沉默破裂了！ 一个风暴的中心，从远处来，像波纹似的渐渐扩展到这池子边，到这四个人中间了。 这是那边屋子里传了来的吴荪甫的怒声喝骂。