Gillian wrote a report of how he spent the thousand dollars: "Paid by Robert Gillian, one thousand dollars on account of the eternal happiness, owed by Heaven to the best and dearest woman on earth."

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You sort of expect something like, "In the beginning, God created heaven and earth," Like this was the first thing to happen in time.

你会猜想这样的事情，比如，“开始的时候，上帝创造了天和地“,就好像这是最初发生的事情。

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And the epic opens before the formation of heaven and earth.

史诗开始叙述的是天地还未成形之前。

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