Just before the lights turned dark, I saw my father rush into the hall and take the seat beside my mother.

就在灯变暗之前，我看见我的父亲冲进大厅，坐在我的母亲旁边。

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I turned to run, but before I could somegirl jumped out of a room down the hall.

我还没来得及跑开，一个女生跳出来，“你是找可爱女孩的吗？”

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This evening, when I arrived in these parts, I went to an inn, and they turned me out, because of my yellow passport, which I had shown at the town-hall.

天黑时才到这地方，我到过一家客店，只因为我在市政厅请验了黄护照，就被人赶了出来。那又是非请验不可的。

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Rather then run to the lodge's triad of decks with camera in tow, I turned down the hall toward my room.

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