For then his brother's bow must have given the finishing stroke to what the illhumour of his mother and sister would have begun.

因为那时他哥哥的鞠躬一定对他母亲和姐姐的暴怒进行了最后的打击。

John Brooke laughed then as he never dared to laugh afterward, and the derisive Scott smiled involuntarily as he heard the hearty peal, which put the finishing stroke to poor Meg's woe.

约翰·布鲁克当即大笑起来，事后却是再也没敢这样笑过。那个爱嘲笑人的斯科特，听到这发自内心的响亮笑声，情不自禁地微笑起来，这一来给这倒霉的梅格的不幸加上了最后一下打击。