A Real Bargain | 真划算

English Original

A Dublin lawyer died in poverty, and a fund was raised for his funeral. When the Lord Chief Justice of Orbury was asked to contribute a shilling, he exclaimed, "Only a shilling to bury an attorney? Here's a guinea; go and bury twenty more of them."


中文翻译

一位都柏林的律师在贫困中去世,人们为他筹集葬礼资金。当奥伯里的首席大法官被请求捐助一先令时,他惊呼道:“一先令就想埋掉一个律师?这里是一几尼,去再埋二十个吧。”

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