The sombre tones of Chopin’s funeral march is the soundscape to the gathering scores of people, some in suits, most in jeans and trainers, in a room on the fringes of the City of London. At the front, a tall wiry man in a dog-collar speaks to the assembled crowd. “Dearly beloved, we are here today … to show our sympathy and to give our comfort to those who feel the loss most and for ourselves to meditate on the brevity of life.”
伴隨著肖邦葬禮進行曲陰沉的調子,人羣逐漸聚集在倫敦金融城(City of London)邊上的一個房間裏,其中有些人身著西裝,絕大多數人則穿著牛仔褲和運動鞋。一個高瘦結實、圍著牧師式白色硬領的男子站在前面,向聚集起來的人羣發表講話。「親愛的各位,今天我們來到這裏……以表達我們的感同身受,並將我們的安慰帶給那些因爲它的離去而承受了最大傷痛的人,這也將促使我們自己沉思人生的短暫。」
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