He wants to know if they are the same men who so callously broke their father's heart by selling Joseph, his father's favorite, so many years ago.

他想知道他们是否还是老样子,就像他们曾经卖了约瑟夫，伤了他们父亲的心，多年前，约瑟夫最受父亲宠爱。

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He is not a gentleman. But how magically his singing violin can conjure up a tendresse, a compassion for Lolita that makes us entranced with the book while abhorring its author.

他不是绅士，但神奇地他的小提琴声,能召唤出对Lolita的宠爱和同情,那让我们对这本书着迷，同时却在憎恨着作者。

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