This whole train of reasoning was clear and instantaneous; so that, without giving time to the Inquisitor to recover from his surprise, he ran him through the body, and laid him by the side of the Jew.
Ce raisonnement fut net et rapide; et, sans donner le temps à l'inquisiteur de revenir de sa surprise, il le perce d'outre en outre, et le jette à côté du Juif.