True, it is August, when plenty of Wall Street players skulk away from muggy Manhattan for their share of sun and sand in the Hamptons.

不错，现在是8月，许多华尔街的交易员都逃离闷热的曼哈顿，前往长岛汉伯顿享受阳光和沙滩了。

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At midnight, when there was a moon, I sometimes met with hounds in my path prowling about the woods, which would skulk out of my way, as if afraid, and stand silent amid the bushes till I had passed.

在有月亮的午夜，有时候我路上碰到了许多的猎犬，它们奔窜在树林中，从我面前的路上躲开，好像很怕我而静静地站在灌木丛中，直到我走过了再出来。

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There was always gossip at the water cooler about what office people wouldn't change the water cooler when it was empty horrible people who would pretend not to notice and skulk away, like they'd just doored a Benz in the parking lot.

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