It was a prayer she had learnt as a child.

这是她儿时就学会了的祈祷文。

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Those in the barricade heard a low and rapid whisper, like the murmur of a priest who is despatching a prayer in haste.

人们从街垒里听到一阵低微、急促、象个牧师匆匆念诵祈祷文似的声音。

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Above the door of the refectory this prayer, which was called the white Paternoster, and which possessed the property of bearing people straight to paradise, was inscribed in large black letters.

在食堂门的上面，有一篇用大黑字写的祈祷文，叫做《白色主祷文》，据说有指引正直的人进入天堂的法力。

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