我记起在我二哥的某封信里，他用某种梵语的措辞向父亲抱怨说他忙得焦头烂额，连脖子都快要被工作套住了。

I am reminded of how in one of my second brother's letters he was complaining in somewhat sanscritised phraseology of being worked to death tied by the neck to his post of duty.

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总爱迷惑的爱丽丝说：”我能肯定我的记忆是单向的……我不能记起还未发生的事情。

Alice, always puzzled, says "I'm sure mine only works one way...I can't remember things before they happen."

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她也记起来了，我曾说过的一个日期：今年。

She also remembered I had given a date: this year.

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