This bright panoply was not meant for mere idle show, but had been worn by the Governor on many a solemn muster and draining field, and had glittered, moreover, at the head of a regiment in the Pequod war.

• 这套明晃晃的盔甲，可不只是摆设，总督确曾穿着它多次在庄严的阅兵式表演武场上耀武扬威，而且，更重要的，也确曾穿着它在皮廓德之战中冲锋陷阵。