Today you, the host, ran away without paying the bill, and we guests didn't bring any money with us. Now we're held in custody here in the coffee shop until you come rescue us!

今天你作主人，没付帐就跑，我们做客人的身上没带钱，扣在咖啡馆里等你来救命呢！

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The heated debates have spilled over onto the pavement outside the coffee shop, which now resembles Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park.

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She was part of the cast of the backstage scene now, a recruit to the family of actors in the coffee shop at lunch, privy to their gossip, their bantering with the actor-director who drew so much from them, rousing their eager talent.

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