"I'm frankly glad to hear that," Merrie said.

老实说，我很高兴听到你这句明白话。

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Merrie shook her head. "I don't think they've figured out yet how to live."

梅里摇摇头：“我觉得他们还没弄明白活着是怎么回事呐。”

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"Theft, exactly," Merrie said. "Poor innocent blameless Joey, stolen away by that little intellectual powerhouse next door."

“偷走，真是的，”梅里说：“可怜的乔伊，天真无邪，被邻居家那个聪明的小能人偷走了。”

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Even the Paulsens lost interest in the Berglunds, now that Merrie was running for city council.

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Not since the late 1970s have I come to an England that has so very little reason to be merrie.

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Merrie, who was ten years older than Patty and looked every year of it, had formerly been active with the S.D.

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