道德绑架

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They agreed to wear her down gently, 他们商量好，要慢慢磨掉她的坚持，

so she would never suspect a thing. 好让她一点都不起疑心。

At lunch, the ladies began telling stories from history, 吃午饭的时候，夫人们开始讲起历史故事，

about noble women who had given themselves to enemy generals to save their cities. 讲那些为了拯救自己的城市，甘愿献身给敌将的高尚女性。

Every tale ended the same way: 每个故事的结局都一样：

with a woman sacrificing herself for the greater good. 都是女人为了顾全大局而牺牲了自己。

Then the Countess turned to the old nun and asked, quite casually, 接着，伯爵夫人转向那位老修女，看似不经意地问道，

whether a sin could be forgiven if it was committed for a good cause. 如果犯下罪过是为了善意的大义，那能不能得到宽恕。

"Of course," the nun replied. “当然可以，”修女回答道，

"An act that would be wrong in itself can be made worthy by the purpose behind it." “哪怕事情本身不对，只要背后的动机崇高，那也是有功德的。”

Nobody needed to say what they were really talking about. 谁也不用明说大家真正指的是什么。

The cruelest pressure is the kind that sounds like kindness. 最残忍的逼迫，往往听上去最温柔体贴。

That afternoon, the Count took Boule de Suif for a walk, 那天下午，伯爵带羊脂球去散步，

and spoke to her in a warm, fatherly voice. 用一种慈父般温暖的口吻同她聊着天。