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岁过生日时，爱丽丝感到很后悔，不过这种想法非常快就过去了。
后来，当她听到玛蒂尔达生病的时候，她感觉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：大夫说我病得非常紧急，爱丽丝。假如我离开人世，我想叫你了解你已经被原谅了，但假如我挺过去了，那样大家就还像原来一样。
