她认为，过去对过去的兴趣太大了。人们永远在挖掘很久以前发生的事件。如果效果仅仅是为了毒死现在，那就这样做了什么呢？
(There was far too much interest in the past, she thought. People were forever digging up events that had taken place a long time ago. And what was the point in doing this if the effect was merely to poison the present?)