Sometimes I would think about staying up late at night, so I could see him leave them there, but just like with Santa Claus, I didn't want to ruin the magic for fear that he would never do it again.

有时我曾经想熬夜藏在一边，以看到他把它们留在那里。但就像对待圣诞老人的传说那样，我不想破坏掉这种神奇幻想，更害怕他再也不会继续。

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"Indeed hath he," answered the magistrate, "and hath adduced such arguments, that we will even leave the matter as it now stands; so long, at least, as there shall be no further scandal in the woman.

“确实不错，”那长官回答，“并且还引证了这些论据，我们只好让事情依旧如此喽，至少，只要没有人说这女人的闲话就行。

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He and the Don had solved many a knotty problem in this room, and so when he saw the Godfather leave the festivities and enter the house, he knew, wedding or no, there would be a little work this day.

他和堂在这间屋子里解决了许多棘手的问题，因此，当他看到教父离开庆典进入那所房子时，他知道，婚礼与否，这天会有一点事情。

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And he took leave of him there. So Jacob named the place Peniel, meaning, "I have seen a divine being face to face, yet my life has been preserved."

便在那里跟雅各告别，雅各便给那地方起名叫毗努伊勒，意思说，“我面对面见了神，我的性命仍得保全，“

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