For a shirt verminously busy Yon soldier tore from his throat, with oaths Godhead might shrink at, but not the lice.

衬衫上满是虫,士兵用诅咒撕开他的喉咙,上帝可能会退缩而不是虱子。

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So he curses existence, curses God at having made him so impotent that he can't change the fact that two plus two equals four.

所以他诅咒生存，诅咒上帝让他如此无能,无能到无法改变二加二等于四的事实。

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