Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash!

可以想像他们发现一只煮得很好看的钱包，钞票已化成灰时的沮丧心情。

She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late.

她说了声“是我，别怕！”然后想进行一番解释，但已来不及了。

It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.

直到1790年他们第3次对垒，门多萨才终于击败汉弗莱斯，成了全英拳击冠军。

No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.

谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。

Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.

不过，在现实生活中，有时确实会出现一些巧合，这些巧合除了19世纪小说家外谁也不会相信。

as my wife and I discovered during a tour through the Balkans.

我与妻子在一次周游巴尔干半岛时对此深有体会。