He muttered between his teeth. It was as though he had received a galvanic shock. "What is this?"

这一下好象是触着电似的，“这是什么东西？”他咬紧牙齿说。

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All this was as instantaneous as a galvanic shock the moment he had recognized-let us not say Ida, but this evidence that she was no more.

这瞬间像是触电一样，他认出来了——先不要说艾达，她也有这样的感觉。

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