You've been a pleasant change from the armed robberies and the blackmail and the confidence tricks'.

从持械抢劫、敲诈勒索和骗局中， 你是一个令人愉快的转变。

You might think this sounds like a bit of a confidence trick, Voltaire certainly did, but this idea did find widespread acceptance in the 18th century.

你可能认为这听起来有点像骗人的把戏， 伏尔泰确实如此，但这个想法在 18 世纪确实得到了广泛接受。

The confidence trick at the heart of the social order was violently laid bare: it turns out that if sufficient numbers of criminals want to create havoc on the streets, they can.

原来，如果意图在街头制造大破坏的罪犯足够多，那么他们就能达到目的。