The joy at seeing him appear thus in the pillory had been universal; and the harsh punishment which he had just suffered, and the pitiful condition in which it had left him, far from softening the populace had rendered its hatred more malicious by arming it with a touch of mirth.
La joie avait été universelle de le voir paraître au pilori ; et la rude exécution qu’il venait de subir et la piteuse posture où elle l’avait laissé, loin d’attendrir la populace, avaient rendu sa haine plus méchante en l’armant d’une pointe de gaieté.