Thus was every night filled with the sound of cannon blasts hurling lead balls into the air, the shots landing randomly.
因此每晚都充斥着开炮的声音，并且发射到空中的炮弹随意落在某处。
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As he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon — then all is darkness and silence!