Without assuming the supererogatory task of entering into a discussion of the comparative merits of national courtesy, Duncan cheerfully assented to supply the place of the veteran in the approaching interview.

邓肯没有承担讨论国家礼貌的比较优点的超级任务，而是欣然同意在即将到来的采访中提供老兵的位置。

'That you proposed it in a supererogatory spirit does not lessen your obligation, having once put yourself under that obligation. St. Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews, says, " An oath for confirmation is an end of all strife" .

“你以过分的精神提出它并没有减轻你的义务，因为你曾经让自己承担过这项义务。圣保罗在他写给希伯来人的书信中说：“坚振誓言是一切纷争的终结”。