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Have you imagination enough to see what a fearful tragedy it was for me to have come across your family? What a tragedy it would have been for anyone at all, who had a great position, a great name, anything of importance to lose[145a]? There is hardly one of the elders of you family—with the exception of Percy, who is really a good fellow—who did not in some way contribute to my ruin.
不知你的想象力够不够让你明白，碰上你一家人，对我是多么可怕的一个悲剧？ 不管对谁，只要他有地位，有名声，有任何重要的什么需要爱惜[145a]，这都会是一个什么样的悲剧啊！你家族年长的人当中——除了珀西，他可真是个好人——有谁不是促成我毁灭的一分子？
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