They've just heard a report from a reconnaissance team that scoped out the land, and that they think that the chances of conquering the Promised Land are very, very slim.

他们刚从侦探小组,那里收到一份侦查地形的报告，他们认为征服应许之地的,希望，非常，非常的渺茫。

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And he's talking with Mississippi Gene. This is at the bottom of 26: There is something so indubitably reminiscent of Big Slim Hazard in Mississippi Gene's demeanor that I said, "Do you happen to have met a fellow called Big Slim Hazard somewhere?"

他在和密西西比的吉恩讲话，在26页下面：,现在，密西西比的吉恩的行为举止有些地方真切地,让我想起关于细杆的哈查德的往事，我问：“你是否在那里碰巧遇到过一个叫细杆哈查德的人“

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