‘I mean that you paid us more than if you’d been telling the truth,’ he explained blandly, ‘and enough more to make it all right.’

  • -- Dashiell Hammett 达希尔·哈密特

“我的意思是说,你付给我们的钱比你说实话时要多,”他温和地解释说,“而且多得足以使我们和好如常。”