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I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.

我拒绝了爱默生善意的帮助，因为我知道他的努力将仅限于把家具搬到错误的地方，并要求这个过程需要多长时间。

— Elizabeth Peters 伊丽莎白·彼得斯