Most nights her dad went back to work after dinner to meet with the poor people he was defending in court for little or no money.

很多个晚上，帕蒂的爸爸吃完晚饭后还要回去工作，和他的穷人当事人们会面，他收取很少费用或者干脆免费为他们打官司。

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They'd ruled for some years, defending the land against invaders, building a peaceful kingdom, then went to sleep in their soft bed one night and woke up on the hillside above the gateway.

他们统治了若干年，抵御侵略者，保卫国土，建立了一个和平的王国。然后有天夜里他们在柔软的床上睡去，醒来时却在入口上方的山坡上。

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