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| 81. | After a time,Mr.Carr was shaking his head in agreement with what she was saying. "Of course, " he said, "I don't want to be cruel. I' 11 tell you what I' 11 do. Tell your son not to come back here again and let it go at that. How is that?" |
| 过了一会儿，卡尔先生摇了摇头，表示赞同她的看法。“当然，”他说，“我不想太残忍。我来告诉你我的打算。告诉你的儿子别再到店里来了，这事就这样了结了。怎么样?” |
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| 82. | One may feel a certain indifference to the death penalty, one may refrain from pronouncing upon it, from saying yes or no, so long as one has not seen a guillotine with one's own eyes: but if one encounters one of them, the shock is violent; one is forced to decide, and to take part for or against. |
| 在我们不曾亲眼见过断头台前，我们对死刑多少还能漠然视之，不表示自己的意见，不置可否；但是，如果我们见到了一座，那种惊骇真是强烈，我们非作出决定，非表示赞同或反对不可。 |
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