When Jessica heard the true-banter in his voice, she allowed herself a faint hope.

当杰西卡听到他声音中真正的玩笑时，她给自己带来了微弱的希望。

As long as no one said Ashley was dead, there persisted in her heart a faint hope that he lived, but she felt that if she heard the words pronounced, in that moment he would die.

只要没有人说艾希礼已经死了，她心里就总怀有一丝希望，相信他仍然活着，可是她觉得要是她听到别人说出那个死字，艾希礼便会在这一瞬间死掉的。