Out went gold ormolu, in came modesty, the cult of nature.

告别了金碧辉煌，随之而来的是谦逊质朴，对大自然的崇拜。

There was a silence during which the tick of the monumental ormolu clock on the white marble mantelpiece grew as loud as the boom of a minute-gun.

一片寂静，白色大理石壁炉架上那座巨大的欧莫鲁钟的滴答声变得像分钟枪的轰鸣声一样响亮。