Partly supported by Hester Prynne, and holding one hand of little Pearl's, the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale turned to the dignifiedand venerablerulers; to the holy ministers, who were his brethren; to the people, whose great heart was thoroughly appalled, yet overflowing with tearful sympathy, as knowing that some deep life-matter- which, if full of sin, was full of anguish and repentance likewise- was now to be laid open to them. The sun, but little past its meridian, shone down upon the clergyman, and gave a distinctnessto his figure, as he stood out from all the earth, to put in his plea of guilty at the bar of Eternal Justice.
丁梅斯代尔牧师先生一边由海丝特·白兰撑持着,一边握着小珠儿的手,转向那些年高望重的统治者;转向他的那些神圣的牧师兄弟;转向在场的黎民百姓——他们的伟大胸怀已经给彻底惊呆了,但仍然泛滥着饱含泪水的同情,因为他们明白,某种深透的人生问题——即使充满了罪孽,也同样充满了极度的痛苦与悔恨——即将展现在他们眼前。刚刚越过中天的太阳正照着牧师,将他的轮廓分明地勾勒出来,此时他正高高矗立在大地之上,在上帝的法庭的被告栏前,申诉着他的罪过。
"People of New England!" cried he, with a voice that rose over them, high, solemn, and majestic- yet had always a tremor through it, and sometimes a shriek, struggling up out of a fathomlessdepth of remorse and woe- "ye, that have loved me!- ye, that have deemed me holy- behold me here, the one sinner of the world! At last!- at last!- I stand upon the spot where, seven years since, I should have stood; here, with this woman, whose arm, more than the little strength wherewith I have crept hitherward, sustains me, at this dreadful moment, from grovelling down upon my face! Lo, the scarlet letter which Hester wears! Ye have all shuddered at it! Wherever her walk hath been- wherever, so miserably burdened, she may have hoped to find repose- it hath cast a lurid gleam of awe and horrible repugnanceround about her. But there stood one in the midst of you, at whose brand of sin and infamy ye have not shuddered!"
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