如今珠儿十分清楚是谁造出了她,因为海丝特·白兰是个出身于虔诚教徒家庭的女儿,在同孩子谈过她的天父之后不久,就开始向她灌输那些真理,而一个人的心灵哪怕再不成熟,都会以热烈的兴趣来吸取这些真理的。因此,珠儿虽然年仅三岁,却已颇有造诣,完全经得起《新英格兰入门》或《西敏寺教义问答手册》初阶的测验,尽管她连这两部名著是什么样子都不知道。但一舷孩子多少都有的那种任性,小珠儿本来就甚于别的儿童十倍,而在目前这最不合时宜的当儿,更是彻底地支配了她:她不是闭口不言,就是给逼得说岔了。这孩子把手指放到嘴里,对好心肠的成尔逊先生的问题,一再粗野地拒不回答,最后居然宣称她根本不是造出来的,面是她妈妈从长在牢门边的野玫瑰丛中采下来的。
This fantasy was probably suggested by the near proximityof the Governor's red roses, as Pearl stood outside of the window; together with her recollection of the prison rose-bush, which she had passed in coming hither.
大概是由于珠儿正站在窗边,附近就有总督的红玫瑰,再加上她想起来时走过狱前见到的玫瑰丛,就受到启示,生出了这样一种奇思异想。
Old Roger Chillingworth, with a smile on his face, whispered something in the young clergyman's ear. Hester Prynne looked at the man of skill, and even then, with her fate hanging in the balance, was startledto perceive what a change had come over his features- how much uglier they were- how his dark complexionseemed to have grown duskier, and his figure more misshapen- since the days when she had familiarly known him. She met his eyes for an instant, but was immediately constrainedto give all her attention to the scene now going forward.
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