My DEAR HARRIET, — you will laugh when you know where I am gone, and I cannot help laughing myself at your surprise tomorrow morning, as soon as I am missed.

亲爱的海丽，明天一大早你发现我失了踪，一定会大为惊奇；等你弄明白了我上什么地方去，你一定又会发笑。我想到这里，自己也禁不住笑出来了。

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That is why I laugh at myself and shatter my secret in jest.

因此我嘲笑自己，把我的秘密在玩笑中打碎。

youdao

One day I will pass by this familiar lane, and then will laugh at myself, was so silly.

总有一天我会经过这熟悉的小巷，那时会嘲笑自己，当初那么傻。

youdao

And then at sometimes I would think this and then I laugh at myself.

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