I had the appointment written on my calendar and was looking forward to the occasion.
我早已把这个约会写在我的日历上而且一直期待着这一时刻。
Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.
不过,在现实生活中,有时确实会出现一些巧合,这些巧合除了19世纪小说家外谁也不会相信。