But Sir John did not sport longwith the curiosity which he delighted to raise, for he had at least asmuch pleasure in telling the name, as Miss Steele had in hearing it.

约翰爵士尽管十分乐于引逗别人的好奇心，但他没有长时间地引逗下去，因为正像斯蒂尔小姐很想听到那个名字一样，他也很想当众说出来。 。

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When Miss T'ang received the box wrapped up in the paper, she opened it with considerable curiosity. It was the gold-papered box of chocolate wafers, which she had sent Hung-chien.

唐小姐收到那纸包的匣子，好奇拆开，就是自己送给鸿渐吃的夹心朱古力糖金纸匣子。

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