Her mind was in a turmoil: should she tell her father straight out that she had not yet tried to find out, or should she just beat about the bush and hope she could muddle through? Or should she simply make something up to put him of?

• 她那小心里却异常忙乱：她是直说还没打听过呢，还是随随便便敷衍搪塞一下，或者竟捏出几句话来骗一骗。