Long ago, British children believed that every year they were entitled to one lawless night of pranks they could not be punished for, and this was called Mischief Night.

从前，英国的孩子相信，他们每年都有权力在一个晚上随心所欲，恣意妄为，并且做什么都不会被惩罚。 他们还把这一晚美其名曰“淘气之夜”。

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One night not long ago, she told me she had cancer.

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Remember that one glorious night not too long ago when you were pumped full of champagne and big ideas?

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Not long ago we lucked into one of the enormous royal suites for the night, named the Kipling Suite: polished wood floors, canopy bed, towering floor-to-ceiling windows lighting the plush parlor area.

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