12.The phrase " help will arrive shortly" was absurdly officious, as though, even when faced with the dire consequences of his own savage irrationality, he was maintaining a performance of sensible authority.
“援助很快就会到” 这句话仿佛荒谬
正式官话,好像即使面对自己野蛮非理性
可怕后果,他仍在维持一种明智权威
表现。