Were the same fair prospect to arise at present, as had flattered them a year ago, every thing, she was persuaded, would be hastening to the same vexatious conclusion.

想起了年以前，她们曾经满怀希望，沾沾自喜，如今虽然眼见得又是好事在即，然而转眼的工夫，会万事落空，丧。

Mr Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don't think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping.

希刺克厉夫和他的仆人迈着烦躁的懒洋洋的脚步，爬上了地窖的梯阶：我认为他们走得并不比平常快秒钟，虽然炉边已经给撕咬和狂吠闹得大乱。