<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishLakini hakukuwa na faida ya kujaribu kuepuka jaribio hilo, na Kentuckian hakuwa amewahi kuwa mmoja wa kuahirisha jambo lisiloepukika kwa matumaini ya kwamba kitu fulani kingetokea kumokoa.  <response>: But there was no use trying to duck the ordeal, and the Kentuckian had never been one to put off the inevitable with a pallid hope that something would turn up to save him. 