Indeed, the skill with which Culwin had contrived to stimulate his curiosities without robbing them of their young bloom of awe seemed to me a sufficient answer to Murchard's ogreish metaphor.

上，在我看来，Culwin 设法激发他的好奇心而不剥夺他们年轻的敬畏之心的技巧答 Murchard 食人魔般的比喻。