His listeners expected to hear how he bad been all on fire with excitement , had forgotten himself , had flown like a tempest on the enemys square , had cut his way into it , hewing men down right and left , how a sabre had been thrust into his flesh , how he had fallen unconscious , and so on 他们指望能听到这样的故事：他忘我地赴汤蹈火，就像在烈火中燃烧，就像一阵暴风袭击敌人的方阵，他杀入腹地，左一刀右一刀砍杀敌人，军刀已经饱尝人肉的滋味，他精疲力竭，从战马上摔下来，等等。他把这一切讲给他们听了。
He felt that at one word from that man all that vast mass and he , an insignificant atom bound up with it would rush through fire and water , to crime , to death , or to the grandest heroism , and so he could not but thrill and tremble at the sight of the man who was the embodiment of that word 他感觉到，这个人只要说出一句话，这支庞大的军队他自己虽是微不足道的一粒砂，但是他和这支军队息息相关就要去赴汤蹈火，去犯罪，去拼死，或者去建立伟大而英勇的业绩，所以一知道这个人就要说出这句话，他不能不颤栗，不能不为之心悸。
