A Real Bargain | 真划算

English Original

A Dublin lawyer died in poverty, and many people donated to a fund for his funeral. The Lord Chief Justice of Orbury was asked to donate a shilling. "Only a shilling?" said the Justice, "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,许多人捐款资助他的葬礼。奥伯里的首席大法官被请求捐赠一先令。"只要一先令?"大法官说道,"一先令就够埋葬一位律师了?这里是一几尼;拿去再埋二十个吧。"

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