Chapter xxxiii

Lady Susan to Mrs. Johnson

Upper Seymour Street.

This eclaircissement is rather provoking¹. How unlucky that you should have been from home! I thought myself sure of you at seven! I am undismayed however. Do not torment² yourself with fears on my account; depend on it, I can make my story good with Reginald. Mainwaring is just gone; he brought me the news of his wife’s arrival. Silly woman, what does she expect by such manoeuvres? Yet I wish she had stayed quietly at Langford. Reginald will be a little enraged³ at first, but by to-morrow’s dinner, everything will be well again.

Adieu!

S. V.

1 provoking   

a.激怒人的，刺激人的

参考例句：

• These are thought-provoking questions. 这些问题可以诱导大家去思考。
• The remarks are meaningful and thought-provoking. 语颇隽永，耐人寻味。

2 torment   

n.折磨；令人痛苦的东西(人)；vt.折磨；纠缠

参考例句：

• He has never suffered the torment of rejection.他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
• Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each other.没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。

3 enraged   

使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 )； 歜； 激愤

参考例句：

• I was enraged to find they had disobeyed my orders. 发现他们违抗了我的命令，我极为恼火。
• The judge was enraged and stroke the table for several times. 大法官被气得连连拍案。