To the gazers from the windows, the square in front of the Palais, packed as it was with people, presented the aspect of a lake into which five or six streets, like so many river mouths, were each moment pouring fresh floods of heads.

• 家家户户挤在窗口看热闹的人往下一望，只见挤满人群的司法宫广场，犹如汹涌的大海，通往广场的五、六条街道各似河口，每时每刻都涌出一股股澎湃的人流来。