To avoid the jeering laughter he expected, he sneaked out in the dead of night to mail his first manuscript.

为避免可能遭到别人耻笑，他半夜里悄悄溜出去寄第一次文稿。

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The two of them led on, both covered in mail, against the party in the shadow of the house, among whom were now seven unharmed and two dead by crossbow bolts.

他们两人身穿盔甲就倾身碰到躲在房影下的人，他们当中有七人未受伤，二人中箭死了。

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But today, whenever there is an unanticipated short silence -- cell service goes temporarily dead, e-mail or text messaging or social networks cease to function because of an electronic burp somewhere -- it gives us the occasion to reflect upon how quickly we have gotten used to the new way, with our messages coming in and going out continually and seamlessly, day and night.

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"If I had taken one more knock, I would have ended up paralysed, or even dead, " he told the Mail on Sunday.

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It involves scam artists - often masquerading as corrupt officials or sons and daughters of dead dictators - offering people via e-mail or faxes shares in hidden fortunes in exchange for simple administrative assistance.

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