In the same moment, notwithstanding the efforts of the soldiers, their line was broken through; men and women rushed upon the scaffold, the blood was wiped up to the last drop with handkerchiefs; the chair upon which Sand had sat was broken and divided into pieces, and those who could not obtain one, cut fragments of bloodstained wood from the scaffold itself.英文原著 · 《Karl Ludwig Sand》
They climbed up on to the wooden scaffolding and organised a game of their own, an utterly childish game, which consisted of one boy throwing some dried horse chestnuts from the top of the scaffolding into the mouth of the boy at the bottom. They soon became engrossed in their occupation, and were thoroughly enjoying themselves, when one of the masters, Mr. Whitehead by name, came towards them with a face like thunder, biting his knuckles, a thing which he did when he was very angry.英文原著 · 《Orpheus in Mayfair and Other》
Ah, he has cleverly deceived me, for even now it seems impossible that the man who abandoned me to Pille-Miche should sink to such back-stair tricks. It is so base to deceive a loving woman, for it is so easy. He might have killed me if he chose, but lie to me! to me, who held him in my thoughts so high! The scaffold! the scaffold! could I only see him guillotined! Am I cruel?英文原著 · 《The Chouans》
Thus he celebrated his downfall in a ballad that has the true Newgate ring, and verily in his own eyes he was a hero who carried to the scaffold a dauntless spirit unstained by treachery.英文原著 · 《A Book of Scoundrels》
But he set out for the gallows with a firm step and a rigorous demeanour. He offered a prayer of his own composing, and `O Lord,' he said, `I lament that I know so little of Thee.' The patronage and the confession are alike characteristic. As he drew near the scaffold, the model of which he had given to his native city a few years since, he stepped with an agile briskness; he examined the halter, destined for his neck, with an impartial curiosity.英文原著 · 《A Book of Scoundrels》
The mob testified its affectionate admiration by dubbing him `Charley,' and remembered with effusion his last grim pleasantry. `What is the scaffold?' he asked with sublime earnestness. And the answer came quick and sanctimonious: `A short cut to Heaven!'英文原著 · 《A Book of Scoundrels》
DR: In fact, it was as if this was going to be window-washing scaffolding. DR: In fact, it was as if this was going to be window-washing scaffolding.演讲 · 《A memorial at Ground Zero ~ David Rockwell》