Out went gold ormolu, in came modesty, the cult of nature.

告别了金碧辉煌，随之是谦逊质朴，对自然崇。

There was a silence during which the tick of the monumental ormolu clock on the white marble mantelpiece grew as loud as the boom of a minute-gun.

一片寂静，白色壁炉架上那座巨欧莫鲁钟滴答声变得像分钟枪轰鸣声一样响亮。