The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace'.

“几百级台阶通向环绕总统的高墙。

the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a pictured with as dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue.'

佛罗伦萨人为他举行了国葬，并为他画像以纪念这位"骁勇无比的战士、杰出的领袖乔凡尼。阿库托先生。

I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.

我刚下船，就被一个人截住，他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。

Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother.

当时的读者却愉快地接受这样一些事实，一个低贱的女佣实际上是主人公的母亲；

When he denied the train's existence,

他说根本没有这趟车。

Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple.

事实上，修理工作远不是那么简单。