El discurs fou continuat tot seguit, pero anava tot estropellat i ranquejant, perduda ja tota possibilitat d'impressionar; perque adhuc els més greus sentiments eren acollits a cada pas amb un endolcit esclat d'alegria profana, sota l'abric d'algun llunya respatller de banc, com si el pobre clergue hagués dit alguna cosa estranyament faceciosa.
The discourse was resumed presently, but it went lame and halting, all possibility of impressiveness being at an end; for even the gravest sentiments were constantly being received with a smothered burst of unholy mirth, under cover of some remote pew-back, as if the poor parson had said a rarely facetious thing.