Tuppence smiled, gratified at the success of her efforts.

塔彭丝微笑着，为自己的努力取得成功而感到欣慰。

But believe me, I never would have started if I didn't know that there was something emotionally gratifying enough at the end of the story.

但请相信我，如果我不知道故事的结尾有足够让人满足的情感，我永远也不会开始。

She repeated these by request at intervals throughout the evening with such frank conviviality that Anthony, far from being annoyed, was gratified at this fresh source of entertainment.

整个晚上，她不时应要求重复这些，坦率而愉快，安东尼非但没有生气，反而对这种新鲜的娱乐方式感到满意。

It was not strange that he should so heartlessly have betrayed his friends' confidence, nor that he hesitated not at all to gratify a whim at the cost of another's misery. That was in his character.

他毫无心肝地辜负了朋友对他的信任，为了自己一时兴之所至，给别人带来莫大的痛苦，这都不足为奇，因为这都是他性格的一部分。