because I read a long time ago a book

是因为我在很久以前读过一本书
written by my late and much-missed friend,

这本书是由我非常思念的一位
charles Tilley,

叫查尔斯·迪利的朋友写的
called The Vendee

在这本名叫《旺代》的书中
which sought to explain, and did explain,

他试图去解释也确实解释了一个问题
and really hasn't been nuanced very much over the decades,

数十年过去了那些理论依旧成立
why some people opposed the revolution, taking big-time chances.

那就是为什么一些人会不惜血本反对革命
Other people who didn't live that far away

而其他一些住得比较近的人
supported the revolution.

却支持着这场革命
What he found--he studied an area,

他发现了什么他对一个地方进行了研究
it doesn't matter where,

具体在哪不重要
but sort of the north of that dark area,

但就是在那块深色标记区域的北边