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.

事实，看来，Culwin 设法激发他好奇心而不剥夺他们年轻敬畏之心足以回答 Murchard 食人魔般比喻。