Andre Bauer,who is accused of spreading the rumor, took a polygraph test to prove he did not.

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There had been a rumor that female incendiaries, had been setting fire to fancy houses and had been burning down the Bank of France.

有传言说女纵火犯们,到处放火焚烧妓院,还烧毁了法兰西银行

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Indeed. The rumor has it that there were poker games that my dad lost a lot of money to professor Katz.

是的，据说人们还在那里打扑克,我爸就输给Katz教授很多钱。

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