He called the minister of the interior and, lo and behold, within about an hour, the prisoners were released.

他给内政部长打了个电话，结果你看，不到一个钟头囚犯就给释放了。

I looked and lo! every one of the fifteen men who had been standing with me had disappeared.

我一看，哎哟！原来那15个和我站一起的家伙全没了踪影。