Two sisters kept up a feud¹ for 30 years. On Matilda's 70th birthday, Alice felt pang² of remorse³, but it passed.

 

Yet later, when she heard Matilda was ill, she felt compelled to visit her. Matilda looked sternly at her younger sister.

 

At last she said in a faint voice, "The doctors say I'm seriously ill, Alice. If I pass away, I want you to know you've forgiven. But if I pull through, things stay as they are!"

 

一对姐妹关系不和长达三十年。在玛蒂尔达70岁生日时，爱丽丝感到非常后悔，不过这种想法很快就过去了。

 

后来，当她听到玛蒂尔达生病的时候，她觉得应该去看望玛蒂尔达。玛蒂尔达严肃地盯着她的妹妹。

 

最后她用微弱的声音说道：“医生说我病得很严重，爱丽丝。如果我离开人世，我想让你知道你已经被原谅了，但是如果我挺过去了，那么我们就还像原来一样。”

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