英文名著精选阅读:《红字》第十五章(下)
Chapter 15 HESTER AND PEARL
第十五章 海丝特和珠儿
Her final employment was to gather sea-weed, of various kinds, and make herself a scarf, or mantle, and a head-dress, and thus assume the aspect of a little mermaid. She inherited her mother's gift for devising draperyand costume. As the last touch to her mermaid garb, Pearl took some eel-grass, and imitated, as best she could, on her own bosom, the decorationwith which she was so familiar on her mother's. A letter- the letter A- but freshly green, instead of scarlet! The child bent her chin upon her breast, and contemplatedthis device with strange interest; even as if the one only thing for which she had been sent into the world was to make out its hidden import.
她最后一件事是采集各种海草,给自己做了一条围巾或披肩,还有一圈头饰,把自己打扮成一个小人鱼的模样。她倒是继承了她母亲那种制做服装衣饰的天才。珠儿拿过一片大叶藻给她那身人鱼的装束做最后的点缀:她在自己的胸前,尽力模仿着她所极熟悉的她母亲胸上的装饰,也为自己佩了一个。一个字母“A";,不过不是腥红的,而且鲜绿的!这孩子把下额抵到胸口,怀着奇妙的兴致端详着这一玩艺儿,仿佛她诞生到这个世界上的唯一目的就是弄清其隐秘的含义。
"I wonder if mother will ask me what it means?" thought Pearl.
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