To our shock and horror, my sister-in-law and I realized we had each been married nearly 50 years. “That's a long time,” I observed. “A long, long time,” she agreed. Then she smiled. “Something just occurred to me.” “What's that?” “If I had killed your brother the first time I felt like it, I'd be out of jail by now.”
我和我的嫂子既震驚又恐懼地意識(shí)到,我們都已經(jīng)結(jié)婚快50年了。我說(shuō):“這是一段漫長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間?!彼胶驼f(shuō):“非常非常長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間?!比缓笏α恕!拔也畔肫鹨患?。”“什么事?”“如果當(dāng)時(shí)按我心里想的把你哥哥殺了,現(xiàn)在我該可以從監(jiān)獄里放出來(lái)了。”