How could Melly have been so — so — Well, there was no word for Melanie's action in taking in this old ruffian and not telling her friends he was a jailbird.

她不这个老无赖，还不告诉朋友们他是个杀人。

You say your father was a con man, an occasional fantasist, an occasional jailbird, a crisis addict, a performance addict, a delusional enchanter who wrecked a lot of people's lives.

你说你的父亲是个骗子，个偶尔的幻想家，个偶尔的囚，个危机成瘾者，个表演成瘾者，个毁掉了很多人生活的妄想魔法师。

So very short. At the crucial point the Trust President is on the stand, a potential criminal needing but one push to be a jailbird, scorned by the upright for leagues around. Let him be acquitted—and in a year all is forgotten.

所以很短。在关键时刻，Trust President 出庭，名潜在的罪只需要轻轻推就可以成为名囚，受到周围联盟正直人士的蔑视。让他被无罪释放——年之内，切都将被遗忘。