They told him it was a red brick building some little way further on. Also that the gentleman himself had just passed along the street not five minutes before.

人家跟他说再往前走一点，看见红砖房子，就是他家了。那位先生不到五分钟之前才走过那条街。

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And unfortunately, I and others who warned at the time, who said, let the inspectors finish their work, you know, do not wage a preemptive war, use diplomacy, were just talking to a brick wall.

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