On 267, this is in one of these parenthetical passages where the narrator is commenting on what he's just given account of in his experience.

67页，这是一段插叙,叙事者在评论,他诉说过的经历。

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But in fact, in his own way, he's talking about his inability ; to keep his child alive there; in a kind of metaphorical way, speaking of his failure to build a fence to last.

但事实上，以他自己的方式，他在诉说自己的无能,不能让孩子活下来;,以一种象征性的方式，谈论自己不能制作出一个一直在那的栅栏。

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His generosity was legend, but so was his cruelty.

他的仁慈和残忍都被人们当传奇一样诉说

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