Your horses got as far as ranelagh , when they darted forward like mad things , and galloped away at so fearful a rate , that there seemed no other prospect for myself and my poor edward but that of being dashed to pieces against the first object that impeded their progress , when a strange - looking man , - an arab , a negro , or a nubian , at least a black of some nation or other - at a signal from the count , whose domestic he is , suddenly seized and stopped the infuriated animals , even at the risk of being trampled to death himself ; and certainly he must have had a most wonderful escape . the count then hastened to us , and took us into his house , where he speedily recalled my poor edward to life 你必须知道，我亲爱的朋友，当我驾着你的马跑到达兰拉大街的时候，它们突然象发了疯似的向前直冲，以致只要有什么东西在前面挡住它们的去路，我和我那可怜的爱德华一定会撞得粉身碎骨，当时我觉得一切都完了，突然一个相貌古怪的人，或者说一个阿拉伯人或努比亚人，总之，是一个黑人，在伯爵的一个手势之下他原是伯爵的仆人，突然上前来抓住了那匹暴怒的马，甚至冒着他自己被踩死的危险，使之免于死，实在是一个真正的奇迹。
