琼同意了，于是他们几个月里一向通着信。

Joan agreed, and they wrote for several months.

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他双手哆嗦着把信打开。

He opened the letter with trembling hands.

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她坐在那儿，凝视着面前的那封信。

She sat and stared at the letter in front of her.

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Bishops at this time,especially of major cities, would sometimes send around what we call a paschal letter, an Easter letter. In which they'd give instructions or different kinds of things to their churches.

当时的主教，特别是主要城市的主教，会发出所谓的复活节书信，信里写着给其他教会的指示,或者其他事情。

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