Eventually, more as a last hope than with any real confidence in a result, a sub-committee was formed to try to reconcile differences between them.

最后，成立了一个小组，试图调解他们之间的分歧。这是最后一点希望，其实大家对其结果并无真正信心。

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As I pronounced the words, I looked into the eyes of a mother right next to me. Her last hope was gone.

当我说出这些话的时候，我看到旁边还在等待消息的另一个母亲，她最后的希望也破灭了。

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It is true, as I take a last look at the bay and its light, that what Wells up in me is not the hope of better days but a serene and primitive indifference to everything and to myself.

我最后看一眼海湾和海上的灯光：的确，在我心中升起的不是对于美好未来的憧憬，而是一种静谧而原始的淡漠，对万事万物淡漠，也对我自己淡漠。

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