此刻是九点多，报馆里也许已经不肯接收论前广告，可是我们这报丧的告白非要明天见报不行。只好劳驾去办一次交涉。

• It's now gone nine and the newspapers may not be willing to accept our obituary notice as late as this, but it must appear tomorrow morning without fail, so I wonder if you'd be good enough to go and arrange it?