“那就喝吧,他回答着,依然冷酷如前,不动声色。“难道你这么不了解我吗,海丝特·白兰?我的目标会如此浅薄吗?即使我心里想着复仇的念头,为了达到我的目标;比起让你活着——比起给你药吃,让你解除身体的危害——以便让这灼热的耻辱可以继续烧烫你的胸膛,难道我还有什么更高明的作法吗?他一边说着,一边把长长的食指放到那红字上,那字立刻火烧火燎地象是烙进了海丝特的胸膛。他注意到她那不由自主的姿势,微微一笑。“所以说,还是活下去吧,在男男女女的眼前,——在你确曾称作丈夫的人眼前,——在这个孩子的眼前,承受你注定的命运吧!那么,为了你可以活下去,把这药吃下去。
Without further expostulationor delay, Hester Prynne drained the cup, and, at the motion of the man of skill, seated herself on the bed where the child was sleeping; while he drew the only chair which the room afforded, and took his own seat beside her. She could not but trembleat these preparations; for she felt that- having now done all that humanity, or principle, or, if so it were, a refined cruelty, impelledhim to do, for the relief of physical suffering- he was next to treat with her as the man whom she had most deeply and irreparablyinjured.
海丝特·白兰无需再听劝告,也没有再加拖延,使举杯将药一饮而尽,然后,按照这个手段高明的男人的示意,坐到了孩子睡着的床上;面他则拉过牢房中唯一的一把椅子,坐在她的旁边。她面对这种种安排,不由得局身颤栗起来;因为她感觉到——在完成这一切由人道或原则,或者,果真如此的话,由一种优雅的残忍迫使他做出这些解脱她肉体上痛苦的事情之后——下一步,他就要作为被她无可挽回地深深伤害了的人来对待她了。
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