She tried to console herself with the thought that a score of other persons, men and women, were equally tremulous concerning the outcome of their efforts, but she could not disassociate the general danger from her own individual liability.

• 她竭力安慰自己说，还有二十来个别的人，有男有女，也在为演出的结果紧张得发抖。 可是这没有用。 她想到总体失败的可能性就不能不想到她个人失败的可能性。