Audiobook Dictation: “Is there a providence of demons…”

Is there a providence of demons as well as of God? We put the question without answering it.

既有上帝的天意，是否也有魔鬼的天意？我们只提出问题，不作解答。

Gwynplaine was a mountebank.

格温普兰是个江湖艺人。

He showed himself on the platform.

他在台上露面。

No such effect had ever before been produced.

此前从未有过这样的效果。

Hypochondriacs were cured by the sight of him alone.

忧郁症患者只要看他一眼便痊愈了。

He was avoided by folks in mourning, because they were compelled to laugh when they saw him, without regard to their decent gravity.

服丧的人都躲着他，因为一见到他，他们便不顾应有的庄重，忍不住笑出声来。

One day the executioner came, and Gwynplaine made him laugh.

有一天，刽子手来了，格温普兰也把他逗笑了。

Every one who saw Gwynplaine held his sides; he spoke, and they rolled on the ground.

凡是见到格温普兰的人都捧腹大笑；他一开口，众人便笑得满地打滚。

He was removed from sadness as is pole from pole. Spleen at the one; Gwynplaine at the other.

他与悲伤相距之远，犹如南北两极。一极是忧郁；另一极是格温普兰。

Thus he rose rapidly in the fair ground and at the cross roads to the very satisfactory renown of a horrible man.

就这样，他在集市和街头巷口迅速声名鹊起，赢得了“可怕之人”这一颇令人满意的名号。