Little Women - Chapter 8

"Girls, where are you going?" asked Amy, coming into their room one Saturday afternoon, and finding them getting ready to go out with an air of secrecy ¹ which excited her curiosity., ,"Never mind. Little girls shouldn't ask questions," returned Jo sharply., ,Now if there is anything mortifying ² to our feelings when we are young, it is to be told that, and to be bidden to "run away, dear" is still more trying to us. Amy bridled ³ up at this insult, and determined ⁴ to find out the secret, if she teased for an hour. Turning to Meg, who never refused her anything very long, she said coaxingly ⁵, "Do tell me! I should think you might let me go, too, for Beth is fussing over her piano, and I haven't got anything to do, and am so lonely.", , ,"You are going somewhere with Laurie, I know you are. You were whispering and laughing together on the sofa last night, and you stopped when I came in. Aren't you going with him?", ,"Yes, we are. Now do be still, and stop bothering.", ,Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行
。,I've said I did not love her, and rather relished mortifying her vanity now and then. 我已经说过我不爱她
，而且时时以伤害她的虚荣心为乐。 来自辞典例句