I admit my responsibility to you, twelve-year-old girl, he thought, since at that time I jumped into the water without a single misgiving, carefree as a little duck, not yet knowing how to understand and care about the suffering in this world.

• 他想起了那姑娘对黄河的形容。 我愿对你承担责任，十二岁的小姑娘。 他想，既然当时我像只小鸭子一样毫无顾忌地跳下河水，既然我那时不懂得关心和感受世界上的痛苦。