اگر پاسخ نه می‌بود، مطمئناً بدین خاطر بود که خویشتن پیرتر او مرده بود و این بدان معنا بود که من از او تاریخ مرگش را سؤال کرده باشم.
If the answer was no, it was surely because his older self was dead, and I would be asking him if he knew the date of his death.