For Milton then, at least at that point in his career, his literary career, such a trip without a guide may well have seemed unthinkable.

对于弥尔顿，至少这一点在他的文学职业生涯中,这一趟没有向导指引的旅途是无法想象的。

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The Lady's first line in the mask is, in fact, about the music that Comus is producing that she hears: "This way the noise was, if mine ear be true, / my best guide now."

事实上小姐在《面具》里的第一句台词就是，她听到的关于Comus创作的音乐：,如果我听到的是真是的，这个响声就是我最后的向导“

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