泰勒给接待员出示了马拉的图书证，并在电报上签了马拉的名字，然后喊道，是啊，有时候男人也叫马拉，然后那个接待员就忙着干别的去了。

Tyler had showed the clerk Marla's library card and signed Marla's name to the telegram order, and yelled, yes, Marla can be a guy's name sometimes, and the clerk could just mind his own business.

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She'd think he did it! It would be better to be the boyfriend, and act outraged, and tear the funhouse apart. Not act; be.

她还会以为就是他干的呢，当那个男朋友就更好了，可以做出受了侮辱的样子，把开心馆闹个天翻地覆。

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