One of the parties had evidently been repulsed; but the mere lookers–on could not tell whether Mandiboy or Camerfield had gained the upper hand.

骚动的人群走近了福克先生站的那个台阶，而且已经涌上台阶的头几层了！虽然现在敌对双方，有一方面已经被迫后退。但是旁观的人们却分辨不出到底是曼迪拜占了上风，还是卡梅尔菲尔德取得了优势。