I profess, I have never seen the like, since my days of vanity, in old King James' time, when I was wont to esteem it a high favour to be admitted to a court mask!

我敢说，自从我在老王詹姆斯时代荣获恩宠，时常被召进宫中参加假面舞会、大出风头的岁月以来，我还从来没见过这样的小家伙呢。

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She gave me my first mask when I was two years old. She turned her face away from me every time I came near her.

当我2岁的时候，她给了我第一个面罩。每次我走近她，她都把脸从我那儿转开去。

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This time it included me and three weeks later I found myself on Liverpool Street station, clutching my gas mask and case and sporting a large tag tied to my buttonhole.

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