“最亲爱的尼娜”，信的开始这样写道。

'Dearest Nina', the letter began.

《牛津词典》

他给娜奥米寄了封信，邀请她来参加他就任部落酋长的仪式。

He sent a letter inviting Naomi to attend his installation as chief of his tribe.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

小蕾娜说：“妈咪，那使我想起金博士和他的《来自伯明翰监狱的信》。”

Little Raina says, "Mommy, that puts me in mind of Dr. King and his Letter From Birmingham Jail."

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Now that everything is did not live), it all seems a long time ago, though practically I still bear traces of the paint." Again, that parenthetical elides the death of the child.

这是莫娜的信：“现在一切都结束了,太可惜了，没能活下来！），一切似乎已经遥远，尽管自己至今,还在脸上留着残妆，“又一次的，这则附言草草提及孩子的死。

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