Then suddenly their lordships up at the mine take it into their heads that the thing isn't paying, and close down.

然后，突然间，他们在矿山上的领主意识到这东西不赚钱， 于是关闭了。

This was just the kind of weather, he reflected, when wolves might take it into their heads to enter Paris again; and a lone man in these deserted streets would run the chance of something worse than a mere scare.

正是这种天气，他想，狼群可能会再次进入巴黎。在这些荒凉的街道上，一个孤独的人可能会遇到比单纯的恐慌更糟糕的事情。