> 「おまえ、よく命が続いとるなあ」  
>  「これが生き甲斐でござる」  
>  「とりあえず酒でも飲め。いや、呆れたもんだよ」店主が言った。  
>  「奢ってくれるかい？」  
>  「奢るとも」

> “You, よく命が続いとるなあ”  
>  “This is what I live for.”  
>  “Anyway, let’s have a drink. いや、呆れたもんだよ” said the owner.  
>  “Is it on the house?”  
>  “Of course.”

The extract is from Morimi Tomihiko's novel, _The Eccentric Family_.
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What does this conversation from a novel mean? 「よく命が続いとるなあ」 「いや、呆れたもんだよ」
I suspect you're getting tripped up by the verb. 続いとる is a contraction of
続いておる. ~~I've been told that ～て・おる is a somewhat Kansai-ish version of the
～て・いる construction found in eastern Japanese.~~ ← Striking based on feedback
from Chocolate.
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Looks like the guy who said 生き甲斐でござる did (or told) something risky and amazing
in front of this 店主, whatever it is.

> よく命が続いとるなあ  
>  It's surprising you're still alive! / How did you survive?

  * よく is an adverb you can use to say "How dare you ～!" See: [善くも as opposed to よく](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5651/5010)
  * 命が続く is a set phrase, "to survive", "to keep being alive".
  * とる is a [contraction of ておる](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/18159/5010), which is [the same as ている](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/26091/5010) here. See also: [Meaning of とる in 迷惑かけとる](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/34641/5010)
  * な (なぁ) is a exclamatory sentence-end particle.

> いや、呆れたもんだよ  
>  Oh well, I'm shocked / you amazed me / it's unbelievable.

  * いや is just another way of saying "oh" here. 
  * 呆れる is "to be amazed", "to be shocked", etc.
  * ものだ is used to express exclamation. See: [Function of に and meaning of ものだ in this sentence](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/17616/5010)
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