The bullet had struck her on the shoulder, and, astonishing to relate, had ricocheted from off the shoulder bone (which it had, however, broken) against a gothic pillar, from which it had loosened an enormous splinter of stone.

子弹击中了她的肩膀，而且，说来令人吃惊，它从肩骨（它已经折断）弹射到一根哥特式柱子上，从柱子上松开了一块巨大的石头碎片。