And in the midst of this great void, Hutin and Favier were running through the counterfoils of their debit-notes, calculating their commission, and still short of breath from the struggle.

在这巨大的空虚之中，Hutin 和 Favier 正在翻阅他的借方票据存根，计算他的佣金，但为挣扎而气喘吁吁。