Other times, he seemed full of regret, explaining his failure to surrender or escape as his way of fulfilling "a moral obligation to stay" with the colonel before adding, "My courage failed me."

其他时候，上校看来满怀悔疚，他解释由于要覆行“道义上留下来的承诺”，不能投降或逃亡，之前还补上一句：“我的勇气害了我。”

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Other times, he seemed full of regret, explaining his failure to surrender or escape as his way of fulfilling "a moral obligation to stay" with the colonel before adding, "My courage failed me.

其他时候，上校看来满怀悔疚，他解释由于要覆行「道义上留下来的承诺」，不能投降或逃亡，之前还补上一句：「我的勇气害了我。

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