He had often read of such things, and had thought they must be terrible, but now that the thing was upon him, he only sat and looked into the past.

可是现在这种事落到了他自己的头上，他却只是坐在这里，缅怀着过去。

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I have only sat in a bamboo chair on the balcony waiting for it to come back.

我只有坐在阳台的竹椅上等待它回来。

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