The nearness of that torture, and the throng of victims arrayed for death already, filled his soul with fear and terror. All this seemed to him dreadful, and a hundred times more ghastly than the bloodiest battle in which he had ever taken part.
Mindezt együtt ijesztőbbnek és sokkal rettenetesebbnek látta, mint a legvéresebb ütközetet, amelyben valaha is részt vett. A rossz levegő meg a hőség fojtogatta.