As I groped toward the dead kitten, my mother lingered behind me unseen in the dark, her disembodied voice egging me on.

在黑暗中，我向死猫走去，母亲以一种难以言表的威慑，于黑暗中催促着我，“

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He left England with many of the royal families, the aristocratic families, who were threatened by the republican armies organized by Cromwell and that had executed the King.

他和许多皇室家庭一起离开了英国，那些贵族家庭，被克伦威尔领导的共和军队所威慑,正是克伦威尔处决了国王。

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