After several persons had been let in and let out of the minister's room by the adjutant, an officer was admitted at the dreadful door, whose abject and panic-stricken face had struck Prince Andrey.

当副官把这几个人从大臣办公室领进来又把他们领出去以后，有人让一个军官走进一扇可怕的房门里来，军官那低首下心的惊惶的样子使安德烈公爵大为愕异。

Usually, the people immediatly stricken have the greatest strength to face their calamity. Helpers who are not immediatly struck have lesser strength.

通常，刚刚蒙难的人最有力量去面对他们的厄运；未直接蒙难的救助者力量相对较小。