于是她在死者的坟墓间蹦蹦跳跳,欢快雀跃地拽着她母亲走开了,她那出奇的劲头似乎说明她与那逝去并埋葬的一代毫无共同之处,也不承认她自己与他们同属一个族类。仿佛她是由新元素刚刚做成的,因此必得获准去过她自身的生活,并自有其定法,面不能将她的怪异看作是一种罪过。
"There goes a woman," resumed Roger Chillingworth, after a pause, "who, be her demeritswhat they may, hath none of that mystery of hidden sinfulnesswhich you deem so grievousto be borne. Is Hester Prynne the less miserable, think you, for that scarlet letter on her breast?"
“那边走着一个妇人,罗杰·齐灵渥斯停了一会儿后接着说,“她不论有什么过错,绝不会被你认为如此难以忍受的隐蔽着的负罪感所左右。你看,海丝特·白兰是不是胸前佩戴了那红字,就不那么痛苦了呢?
"I do verilybelieve it," answered the clergyman. "Nevertheless, I cannot answer for her. There was a look of pain in her face, which I would gladly have been spared the sight of. But still, methinks, it must needs be better for the sufferer to be free to show his pain, as this poor woman Hester is, than to cover it all up in his heart."
“我的确十分相信这一点,牧师回答说。“不过我无法为她作答。她面孔上有一种痛楚的表情,那是我不情愿看到的。话说回来,我认为,一个受折磨的人能够象这可怜的妇人海丝特这样,有自由来表达自己的痛苦,总比全都闷在心里要强。
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