It seems that Lawes himself actually played the role of the attendant spirit, that beneficent, slightly frightening figure who hovers over the entire landscape of the mask.

看起来好像,劳斯自己扮演了跟班精神，那善行微妙地,让那些参与《面具》创作的人员产生了恐惧。

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This is after the man from the filling station has given Haze some gas and not charged him for it, a very unusual act of kindness in this novel.

这是在一个加油站男人给了海斯一些汽油后,且没有向他要钱，这是在这部小说中非常少见的善行。

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Is virtuous behavior repaid with some kind of ultimate good?

善行总有善报么？

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That slavery may have its bad aspects but it has been the engine of good, it has been the engine of empires, the engine of wealth, the engine of greatness.

奴隶制本身也有不好的方面,但是它曾是一切善行的起源,帝国崛起的推动力,是一切财富的来源,伟大事物的起源

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