" No, I dare say not, " said the professor with asperity.

“不，我敢说不是， ” 教授生硬地说。

" Some instinct told me so, " said the old gentleman, putting on his spectacles, and looking over them at me with asperity, while he folded his paper into a convenient shape.

“我的直觉告诉我， ” 老先生说着，戴上了眼镜， 一边用严厉的目光看着我，一边把纸折成方便的形状。

Soft scene, daring demonstration, I would not have; and I stood in peril of both: a weapon of defence must be prepared—I whetted my tongue: as he reached me, I asked with asperity, " whom he was going to marry now" ?

柔和的场景，大胆的演示，我不会；我处于两者的危险之中：必须准备好防御武器——我磨磨蹭蹭：当他走到我身边时，我生硬地问，“他现在要嫁给谁”？