硬着头皮走完

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"But he hasn't got anything on!" “可他身上明明什么都没穿呀！”

the whole town cried at last. 全镇的人终于忍不住齐声喊道。

The Emperor shivered, because he suspected they were right. 皇帝打了个寒颤，因为他也暗自觉得大家说得没错。

But he thought to himself, "The procession must go on." 但他心想：“游行绝不能停。”

So he held himself even more proudly than before, 于是他昂着头，摆出一副比刚才还要傲气的架势，

and walked on as if nothing had happened. 跟没事人一样继续往前走。

Behind him, the chamberlains held on even tighter to the train that wasn't there. 跟在后面的侍从们更是把那截根本不存在的衣摆托得紧紧的。

Nobody noticed the two weavers, 谁也没注意到那两个织工，

who had long since packed up their gold and slipped quietly out of town. 他们早就收拾好金子，悄悄溜出城去了。

The Emperor had lost his clothes, his dignity, and a fortune. 皇帝没了衣服，丢了尊严，还搭进去一大笔钱。

The one thing he refused to lose was the pretense. 可他唯一不肯放下的，就是那副硬撑着的架子。

Pride can survive almost anything, except admitting a mistake. 死要面子的人什么都能扛，除了低头认错。

And so, with the whole town laughing, 就这样，在全城人的哄笑声中，

the Emperor marched on to the very end of the street. 皇帝硬是一路走到了街道的最尽头。