It was effaced as easily as it had been evoked by an allocution from mr candidate mulligan in that vein of pleasantry which none better than he knew know to affect , postulating as the supremest object of desire a nice clean old man 因候补者穆利根先生比任何人均了解开玩笑所能引起之效果，乃面谕曰“如要发泄淫欲，宜寻一干净可爱之老臾。 ”遂使方才那番感动顿然消失。
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But he said it warn t no use , nothing but to be dead and done with it all could do him any good ; though he said it often made him feel easier and better for a while if people treated him according to his rights , and got down on one knee to speak to him , and always called him " your majesty , " and waited on him first at meals , and didn t set down in his presence till he asked them 不过他说，这于事无补，除非人死了，一了百了。不过他又说，要是人家按他的名分对待他，对他说话时，双膝跪下，并且总是称呼他“皇上” ，吃饭时第一件事是侍奉他，在他面前非经面谕，不敢坐下。如果那样的话，他总会感觉到舒服一些，好过一些。
