她自己把所有这些都带到了自己身上，因此从某种意义上说，她得到了她应得的。但是，即便如此，MMA Ramotswe提醒自己，她像其他所有人一样拥有一个灵魂，甚至不应该为那些值得被击败的人的失败而乌鸦。那是危险的，因为那样您自己可能会得到您应得的陶醉于另一个人的不幸。
(She had brought all of this on herself, and so she had, in a sense, got what she deserved. But, even so, Mma Ramotswe reminded herself, she had a soul like everyone else, and one should not crow over the defeat even of those who richly deserve to be defeated. That was dangerous, because then you yourself might get what you deserve for reveling in the misfortunes of another.)