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With that he seized my hair in both his hands, and tugged until I yelled with the pain.
他兩只手緊緊地揪住我的頭發，使勁地拔，我痛得喊了出來，他才撒手。
'There is water in your eyes,' said he as he released me.
他撒手后對我說，'你眼淚都流出來啦。
'I perceive that all is as it should be. But we have to be careful,
我清楚地看到，一切都很理想。可是我必須謹慎小心，
for we have twice been deceived by wigs and once by paint.
因為我們曾兩次被帶假發的家伙、一次被染頭發的家伙騙了。
I could tell you tales of cobbler's wax which would disgust you with human nature.'
我可以告訴你一些有關鞋蠟的故事，你聽了會感覺惡心的。'
He stepped over to the window and shouted through it at the top of his voice that the vacancy was filled.
他走到窗戶那里聲嘶力竭地高喊，'已經有人填補空缺了。'
A groan of disappointment came up from below, and the folk all trooped away in different directions
窗戶下面傳來一陣大失所望的嘆息聲，人們成群結隊地朝四面八方散開。
until there was not a red-head to be seen except my own and that of the manager.
他們走后，除我自己和那個干事外，再見不到一個紅頭發的人了。
'My name,' said he, 'is Mr. Duncan Ross, and I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor.
他說，'我名叫鄧肯·羅斯先生。我自己就是一個我們高貴的施主遺留基金的養老金領取者。
Are you a married man, Mr. Wilson? Have you a family?'
威爾遜先生，你是不是已經結婚了？你成家了嗎？'
I answered that I had not. His face fell immediately.
我回答說，'我沒有。'他立即把臉一沉。
'Dear me!' he said gravely, 'that is very serious indeed! I am sorry to hear you say that.
他嚴肅地說，'哎唷！這可是非同小可的事啊！你所說的情況使我感到遺憾。
The fund was, of course, for the propagation and spread of the red-heads as well as for their maintenance.
當然，設立這筆基金的目的既是為了維護，也是為了生育更多紅頭發的人。
It is exceedingly unfortunate that you should be a bachelor.'
你竟然是個未婚的單身漢，那真是太不幸了。'
