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III,The manservant, Rogers, had been moistening his lips and twisting his hands. He said now in a,low deferential ¹ voice:,“If I might just say a word, sir.”,Lombard said:,“Go ahead, Rogers. ”,“There was a mention, sir, of me and Mrs. Rogers. And of Miss Brady. There isn’t a word,of truth in it, sir. My wife and I were with Miss Brady till she died. She was always in poor,health, sir, always from the time we came to her. There was a storm, sir, that night—the night,she was taken bad. The telephone was out of order. We couldn’t get the doctor to her. I went for,him, sir, on foot. But he got there too late. We’d done everything possible for her, sir. Devoted ²,I am deferential and respectful in the presence of artists.我一向恭敬、尊重艺术家。,He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生 。