"Provided only that he comes!" he muttered, then he returned to his chair.

他嘴里嘟囔着：“只要他真肯来！”随后他又回到椅子边。

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The wife then muttered, "Thank God he didn't ask about the other three.

妻子暗自嘀咕，“谢天谢地，他问的不是那三个。”

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not a feather then he fluttered -- Till I scarcely more than muttered, "Other friends have flown before - On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."

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"I think they do something like that at the church, " the woman muttered, then scooped up her child and hurried off, his head bobbing as he looked back at us over his mother's shoulder.

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