In Wahrheit hatten sie Lust, es überhaupt nicht zu sprechen, aber sie hatten doch Furcht, soweit vom Wege abzuirren, um nicht ein plötzliches, speziell für sie bestimmtes Donnerwetter vom Himmel herabzubeschwören.
They said their prayers inwardly, and lying down, since there was nobody there with authority to make them kneel and recite aloud; in truth, they had a mind not to say them at all, but they were afraid to proceed to such lengths as that, lest they might call down a sudden and special thunderbolt from heaven.