她出生的秘密是这样的：有个塑造天主堂屋顶水沟瓦档上饕餮头像的哥特人，一天早晨，象皮格马利翁①那样，忽然爱上了那些塑像中最可怕的一个。

This is the secret of her birth: a Gothic Pygmalion, who was making gargoyles for cathedrals, fell in love with one of them, the most horrible, one fine morning.

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她出生的秘密是这样的：有个塑造天主堂屋顶水沟瓦档上饕餮头像的哥特人，一天早晨，象皮格马利翁①那样，忽然爱上了那些塑像中最可怕的一个。

This is the secret of her birth: a Gothic Pygmalion, who was making gargoyles for cathedrals, fell in love with one of them, the most horrible, one fine morning.

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