When the Attorney-General ceased, a buzz arose in the court as if a cloud of great blue-flies were swarming about the prisoner, in anticipation of what he was soon to become.

• 检察长发言一停，法庭里便扬起一片嗡嗡的声音，仿佛有一大群绿头苍蝇正围着囚犯乱飞，等着看他马上变成就要变成的东西。