I can assure you that as long as you stay at home, you're safe.
我可向你保证,只要你呆在家里就会很安全。
I swear I'll never tell anyone.
我发誓不告诉任何人。
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.