To propose too much, wouldbe to put this man's head under the axe, and, as he himself said, nothing worse could happen to him if he were denounced.

要求过高会连他的脑袋也放到斧头下面去的。 那就正如他所说的，即使叫人揭发了，也不会比这更糟糕了。

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"Well, well," he said to himself as he hurriedly changed his coat, "what's to do now?"

“好了，好了，”他一边匆匆换衣服，一边自言自语，“出什么事了？”

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He shuddered, and said to himself, "Alack, they are not gone free, as I had thought."

他打了个寒颤，自言自语道：“唉，她们并没有像我想的那样，已经自由了。”

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