Closely following the jailer into the dismalapartment, appeared that individual of singular aspect, whose presence in the crowd had been of such deep interest to the wearer of the scarlet letter. He was lodged in the prison, not as suspected of any offence, but as the most convenient and suitable mode of disposingof him, until the magistrates should have conferred with the Indian sagamoresrespecting his ransom. His name was announced as Roger Chillingworth. The jailer, after ushering him into the room, remained a moment, marvellingat the comparative quiet that followed his entrance; for Hester Prynne had immediately become as still as death, although the child continued to moan.
那个外表奇特的陌生人紧跟在看守身后走进了凄凉的牢房,他上午在人群中露面的时候,曾经引起了红字佩戴者的深切注意。长官们后来安排他暂时栖身狱中,倒不是担心他会作出什么有害之举,而是在和印第安头人们协商他的赎身问题之前,只有如此才最为方便妥善。据称他名叫罗杰·齐灵渥斯。看守把他领进牢房之后,刚逗留了片刻,室内居然随那人的到来而安静下来,使看守颇为诧异;此时婴儿虽然依旧呻唤不止,海丝特·白兰却立刻象死去一般地僵呆了。
"Prithee, friend, leave me alone with my patient," said the practitioner. "Trust me, good jailer, you shall briefly have peace in your house; and, I promise you, Mistress Prynne shall hereafter be more amenableto just authority than you may have found her heretofore."
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