The Oath | 誓言

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fiction intermediate irony life short-story tragic

English Original

"If you refuse to marry me," he swore, "I shall die."

She refused him.

Sixty years later, he died.

中文翻译

“如果你拒绝嫁给我，”他发誓道，“我就会死。”

她拒绝了他。

六十年后，他死了。

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