and it did.

事实的确如此
An anarchist writer outraged public opinion by

一个无政府主义作家让公众感到愤怒
provocatively stating, "What do the victims

他言词激烈的写道 "受害者的生命
matter if the gesture is beautiful?"

又算得了什么如果姿态是美丽的"
the beau geste.

美丽的姿态[同名小说]
A veritable psychosis took hold of Paris with people of

严重的精神分裂征服了巴黎
means afraid to go to good restaurants or the theater

有钱人不敢去好餐馆和剧院
and in nice neighborhoods people fearing

富人区的人们不敢把房子租给行政长官
to rent to magistrates for fear of les dynamiteurs, the dynamiters.

出于对炸弹的惧怕和炸弹投放者们
Nearly twenty Parisian dailies

巴黎接近二十家报社
carried each installment of anarchist attack

报道了无政府主义者的历次袭击
this is a bomb, this is called a marmite,

这是炸弹这是一口锅