Before long the speaker realizes that this fantasy is starting to sound a little extreme or maybe a little dangerous.

不久之后诗歌发言者意识到,这个幻景,开始听起来有点过头或危险了。

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And he began to write back, first to his fiancee who quickly became his wife, Mary, and he was really worried about all the slaves he owned.

随后他就开始写回信,首先给他的未婚妻玛丽,不久便结婚了,并且他对他所拥有的奴隶充满忧虑

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Before long, the U.K. copied it.

不久，英国也开始效仿。

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