In Church

‘For the Pen,’ said the Vicar; and in the sententious pause which followed I felt that I would offer any gifts of gold to avert or postpone the solemn, inevitable, and yet, as it seemed to me,perfectly appalling statement that ‘the Pen is mightier than the Sword.’

教堂礼拜

“因为笔——”牧师说道；接着是一个句间停顿，这时我觉得我愿以一切金银财宝作为献礼来挡住、来延缓那庄严的、肯定要说的，然而我觉得根本是耸人听闻的一句话：“笔比刀剑更强大。”