Authorities sent gendarmes and police to disperse the demonstrators .

当局出动宪兵和警察驱散示威者。

The gendarmes released jean valjean , who recoiled .

警察释放了冉阿让，他向后退了几步。

On this bench , illuminated by several candles , sat a man between two gendarmes .

那条凳被几支烛照着，在两个法警间坐着一个人。

Terrified , they flattened themselves on the ground , hoping the gendarmes were heading elsewhere .

他们非常害怕,把身子贴在地上,希望宪兵是到别处去的.

An enraged crowd of four thousand people marched on this office and were shot upon by gendarmes in full sight of the american consulate .

接着有四千名被激怒的群众到铁路局示威，就在美国领事馆完全看得见的地方遭到宪兵枪击。