One recent morning, a different note—fainter than the root note, but easily discernible—pealed distinctly in the middle of my right ear, a lone stalactite hanging in a cave.

最近一个早上，我听到了一个不同的调——比根音要弱一点，可还是容易辨别——在我的右耳里鸣着，像一个洞穴里的钟乳石一样贮在那儿。

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Rather, they conclude that "Oscar Wilde died of meningoencephalitis secondary to chronic right middle-ear disease".

BBC: Oscar Wilde 'died from ear infection'