The ever-swelling waves of this multitude broke against the angles of the houses, which projected here and there, like promontories, into the irregular basin of the Place. 廣場(chǎng)形如參差不齊的一片水域,而四周這兒那兒突出來(lái)的墻角,宛若一個(gè)個(gè)海岬,那不斷擴大的人流,浪濤洶涌,一陣陣沖擊著(zhù)這些岬角。