狄更斯感到必须返回舞台作最后的告别。
Dickens felt compelled to return to the stage for a final goodbye.
我们倒因为缺少一番送行告别的热闹，不无失望之感。 不过我们都相信他此去是为了迎娶爱米丽小姐作一番准备，或者是让她有个机会打发走两个堂姐妹。
We were a little disappointed that there was not a public blowing-off, but we believed that he had gone on to prepare for Miss Emily's coming, or to give her a chance to get rid of the cousins.
我想这样我就成了我这个特别届别的毕业生中作告别演讲的不二人选。我是失败者中最为成功的。
I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class. I did the best of everyone who failed.
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