I was braver now than last year, and there deciding what to do with my little concubine who was now 60 inches tall and weighed 90 pounds."

我现在比去年勇敢多了，到了那儿再决定拿这个小老婆,怎么办，她现在60英寸高，90磅重，“

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Now we may assume, having read only that much of the simile, that Satan's spear is as tall as the mast of the ship, not a small spear.

简单的读了一下这个比喻，我们可能猜想，撒旦的长矛如同兵舰的桅杆一样高。

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