Then an unknown hand put it into an oven, and fires were kindled about it --- fierce and penetrating --- hotter than all the heats of summer that had ever brooded upon the bank of the river.

• 然后一只陌生的手把它透进炉灶，周围烈火熊熊---真是痛心刺骨---那灼热程度远比盛夏时节河边的艳阳要厉害得多。