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.
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.