Proprieties among sovereign countries come second to the imperative of survival .

主权国家间的礼节让位于当下必要的生存。

As the hour of two approached the friends began to arrive and after offering such consolation to the stricken relatives as the proprieties of the occasion required , solemnly seated themselves about the room with an augmented consciousness of their importance in the scheme funereal .

两点钟到了，朋友们开始到来，按照葬礼的礼仪要求的那样对悲恸的亲人们表示了哀悼后，怀着一种对自己在这个井井有条的葬礼上的重要性的夸大的感觉，在房间里庄严地就座。