They were stern enough to look upon her death, had that been the sentence, without a murmur at its severity, but had none of the heartlessness of another social state, which would find only a theme for jest in an exhibition like the present.

• 如果她被判死刑，他们会冷冷地看着她死去，而不会咕哝一句什么过于严苛； 但他们谁也不会像另一种社会形态中的人那样，把眼前的这种示众只当作笑柄。