It is the same as if all these traps were buckled to a man's belt, and he could not move over the rough country where our lines are cast without dragging them—dragging his trap. He was a lucky fox that left his tail in the trap.The muskrat will gnaw his third leg off to be free.No wonder man has lost his elasticity. How often he is at a dead set!“Sir, if I may be so bold, what do you mean by a dead set?”
就像如果把所有这些圈套都扣到一个人的腰带上,然后他经过我们撒下绳索而不拽着绳索的荒野——拽着他的圈套,他就动弹不得。他是一只侥幸的狐狸,只是把尾巴留在了陷阱里。麝鼠会咬断它的第三条腿来逃掉。人类失去他的灵活性就不足为怪了。他多久去一次鬼门关!“先生,恕我冒昧,你说的鬼门关是什么意思?”
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