"Sayest thou so?" cried the Governor. "Nay, we might have judged that such a child's mother must needs be a scarlet woman, and a worthy type of her of Babylon! But she comes at a good time; and we will look into this matter forthwith."
“你是这么说的吗?总督叫道。“不,我们满可以判断,这样一个孩子的母亲,应该是一个鲜红色的女人,而且要当之无愧是个巴比伦式的女人④。不过,她来得正好!我们就来办办这件事吧。
Governor Bellingham stepped through the window into the hall, followed by his three guests.
贝灵汉总督跨过窗户,步入大厅,后面跟着他的三位客人。
"Hester Prynne," said he, fixing his naturally sternregard on the wearer of the scarlet letter, "there hath been much question concerning thee, of late. The point hath been weightilydiscussed, whether we, that are of authority and influence, do well discharge our consciences by trusting an immortal Soul, such as there is in yonder child, to the guidance of one who hath stumbledand fallen amid the pitfallsof this world. Speak thou, the child's own mother! Were it not, thinkest thou, for thy little one's temporaland eternal welfare, that she be taken out of thy charge, and cladsoberly, and disciplined strictly, and instructed in the truths of heaven and earth? What canst thou do for the child, in this kind?"
“海丝特·白兰,他说着,把生来严峻的目光盯住这戴红字的女人,“最近,关于你的事议论得不少。我们已经郑重地讨论过,把一个不朽的灵魂,比如说那边那孩子,交付给一个跌进现世的陷阱中的人来指导,我们这些有权势的人能够心安理得吗?你说吧,孩子的母亲!你想一想吧,要是把她从你身边带走,让她穿上朴素的衣服,受到严格的训练,学会天上和人间的真理,是不是对这小家伙的目前和长远利益有好处呢?在这方面,你又能为这孩子做些什么呢?
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