He couldn't return to Ireland, as he wasno longer underprotection of the law and could have been killed with impunity.
他不能再回到爱尔兰,因为他不再受到那里的法律保护,可以被人任意杀死。
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Michael also knew that it can take awhile to arrange new identities for people underprotection, so the sheriff would have to spend a long time cooped up in a hotel far away from home.