经典！《喀尔巴阡古堡，牛博士》让无数读者意犹未尽！(19)

这时，药剂师指出，只有歼敌五千人才能获得荣誉，而弗盖门小镇只有三千多人，全部杀完也不够。
他的话还没说完，便被人们推出去打了一顿。这时，有人表示要杀敌五千五百个，有人表示要杀六千六；甜点师吕埃表示要杀敌七千人，最后，吕埃成了魁宽东军队的总指挥。
In Which The Quiquendonians Make An Heroic Resolution
We have seen to what a deplorable state the people of Quiquendone were reduced. Their heads were in a ferment. They no longer knew or recognised themselves. The most peaceable citizens had become quarrelsome. If you looked at them askance, they would speedily send you a challenge. Some let their moustaches grow, and several - the most belligerent - turned them up at the ends.
This being their condition, the administration of the town and the maintenance of order in the streets became very difficult, for the government had not been organised for such a state of things. The burgomaster- that worthy Van Tricasse whom we have seen, so placid, so dull, so incapable of coming to any decisionthe burgomaster was in a continual temper. His house resounded with the sharpness of his voice. He made twenty decisions a day. scolding his officials, and himself enforcing the regulations of his administration.