"If ever," he was saying to himself, "I meddle or mar between husband and wife again, may I--" But aloud he answered quietly, "Something perhaps." The question was sudden. Her eyes were on his face. He found it impossible to prevaricate. "My husband has never spoken to me about it," she replied, breathing quickly. He bowed, having no words adapted to the situation. But he repeated his resolution (as above) more furiously. "He has never appeared even aware of it," she persisted. "Are you sure that he saw it?" He wondered at her innocence or her audacity.英文原著 · 《Andre Cornelis》
Roger Pepys did tell me the whole story of Harman, how he prevaricated, and hath undoubtedly been imposed on and wheedled; and he is like the miller's man that in Richard the Third's time was hanged for his master.英文原著 · 《The Diary of Samuel Pepys》
Raja Subichar prevaricated not a little; but presently, being hard pushed, he related everything that had happened.英文原著 · 《Vikram and the Vampire》