“Amber, are you there?” I asked softly, afraid of what might happen.

我重新摆弄起占写板，轻轻地问，生怕发生什么：“安布尔，你在吗？”

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I asked him why he thought he'd lived longer than his friends and he thought for a while before saying softly: "One never does know."

我问他什么会认为他比他的朋友命长。良久，他轻轻地回答：“一个人永远都不会知道。”

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SO on that recent morning, when Madeleine was still clutching the egg that I had asked her to throw, I leaned across the counter toward her and softly said: “Just throw it, Madeleine.

所以最近几个早晨，当Madeleine手里还紧紧抓着我让扔过来的鸡蛋时，我会朝向她倚靠在柜台上，轻轻地说：“尽管扔过来，Madeleine。

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