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answer."

“她会有一个月的时间来选择，”扬说着就站了起来，“一个月

后，她就要给我答复。”

He was passing through the door, when he turned, with
flushed face and flashing eyes. "It were better for you, John

Ferrier," he thundered, "that you and she were now lying
blanched skeletons upon the Sierra Blanco, than that you
should put your weak wills against the orders of the Holy

Four!"

他走过门口时，突然回过头来，脸涨得通红，目露凶光。“约翰·
费里尔，”他厉声说，“如果你和她现已化为谢拉布兰卡山上的白骨，

那也比你胆敢违抗四圣的命令下场好！”

With a threatening gesture of his hand, he turned from

the door, and Ferrier heard his heavy step scrunching along
the shingly path.

他做了一个恐吓的手势，掉头而去。费里尔听得见，他沉重的脚

步踏在门前砂石小径上，发出沙沙的声音。

He was still sitting with his elbows upon his knees,
considering how he should broach the matter to his
daughter when a soft hand was laid upon his, and looking

up, he saw her standing beside him. One glance at her pale,
frightened face showed him that she had heard what had
passed.

他用肘支在膝头上，一直坐在那里，考虑着究竟如何对女儿说这

件事才好。这时，忽然有一只柔软的手握住了他的手，他抬头一看，
只见他的女儿站在他的身旁。一瞧见她那苍白、惊恐的脸，他就明

白，她已经听见了刚才那一番谈话。

"I could not help it," she said, in answer to his look. "His

voice rang through the house. Oh, father, father, what shall
we do?"