" Well, " returned Mr. Beresford provokingly. " Which is your favourite picture" ?

“好吧，” 贝雷斯福德先生挑衅地回答。“你最喜欢哪张照片” ？

Mary was sewing swiftly, and seemed provokingly mistress of the situation.

玛丽正在迅速地缝纫， 似乎是这种情况的女主人。

" Ah, yes: one of your secret committee, " said Mrs. Cadwallader, provokingly.

“啊，是的：你的一个秘密委员会，”卡德瓦拉德夫人挑衅地说。

" Well, because it is provokingly wrong. I am a sort of negation of it" .

“好吧，因为它是错误的。我是对它的一种否定” 。

Looking up from the quilt she pouted provokingly: " If it hadn't been for that, perhaps I would have gone on to the Temperance Hotel, after all, as you proposed; for I was beginning to think I did belong to you" !

她从被子里抬起头来，挑衅地噘嘴：“要不是这样，也许我会按照你的提议去节制旅馆，因为我开始觉得我确实属于你”！