Milton, of course, is instructing the muse to explain first, before she gets around to explaining anything else, what caused Adam and Eve to fall.

弥尔顿当然是在让缪斯先说，在她说其他事情之前，是什么让亚当夏娃堕落的。

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She says, "What? I haven't heard such a thing." "Are you kidding?"

她说，“什么？我从没听过有这种事，你在开玩笑对吗？”

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She says nothing after this encounter, remaining silent or speechless for the rest of the mask, but Milton clearly finds, I think, something threatening here.

在这次相遇中她什么都没说，在接下来中也保持着沉默寡言，可我认为弥尔顿在这里找到了一些威胁。

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