The feeling, said Sarah Burns of her sister’s last days, is one of overwhelming(压倒性的，难以抗拒的) guilt.
莎拉·伯恩斯谈到姐姐临终的日子时说，那种感觉是难以承受的内疚。
“You feel really guilty, and helpless,” she says. “Because we knew what she wanted. We really did know. But we couldn’t do anything.”
“你会感到非常内疚和无助，”她说，“因为我们知道她想要什么。我们确实知道。但我们无能为力。”
When time eventually ran out for Elise Burns, a 52-year-old woman who worked in publishing, the circumstances were “absolutely her worst nightmare”. Initially treated for breast cancer and subsequently diagnosed with terminal secondary cancer, which had spread to her liver, lungs and bones, Elise had campaigned passionately for the assisted dying bill, daring the peers who ensured it ran out of time to “look me in the eye”.(伊莉斯曾热情为法案奔走，并挑战导致法案失败的贵族们。)
当时间最终耗尽时，伊莉斯·伯恩斯——一位在出版业工作的52岁女性——的处境“绝对是她最可怕的噩梦”。她最初因乳腺癌接受治疗，随后被诊断出患有已扩散到肝脏、肺部和骨骼的终末期继发性癌症。伊莉斯曾热情地为协助死亡法案奔走，甚至敢于让那些导致法案未能及时通过的贵族们“看着我的眼睛”。