与此同时,小珠儿早已离开了她母亲的身边,随心所欲地在市场里到处玩耍。她以自己的闪烁不定的光辉,使忧郁的人群欢快起来,就象是一只长着光彩夺目的羽毛的鸟儿跳来跳去,在幽暗的时簇中时隐时现,把一棵树的枝枝叶叶全都照亮了。她行踪飘忽,时常会作出突然而意外的动作。这表明了她那永不止歇的精神活力,而今天,由于受到她母亲不平静的心情的拨弄和挑动,她那足尖舞跳得益发不知疲倦。珠儿只要看到有什么激励她的永远活跃的好奇心,就会飞到那儿,只要她愿意,我们可以说,她会把那个人或物当作自己的财产一般抓到手里;而绝不因此而稍稍控制一下自己的行动。那些看着她的清教徒们,只见到那小小的躯体发射着难以言状的美丽和古怪的魅力,并且随着她的动作而闪着光芒,他们即使笑容满面,依然不得不把这孩子说成是妖魔的后裔。她跑去紧盯着野蛮的印第安人的面孔;那人便意识到一种比他自己还要狂野的天性。然后,她出于天生的放肆,但仍然带着特有的冷漠,又飞进了那伙水手中间,这些黑脸膛的汉子犹如陆地上的印第安人一样,是海上的野蛮人,他们惊羡地瞅着珠儿,似乎她是变成小姑娘模样的海水的泡沫,被赋予了海中发光生物的灵魂,于夜晚在船下闪烁。
One of these seafaring men- the shipmaster, indeed, who had spoken to Hester Prynne- was so smitten with Pearl's aspect, that he attempted to lay hands upon her, with purpose to snatcha kiss. Finding it as impossible to touch her as to catch a humming-bird in the air, he took from his hat the gold chain that was twisted about it, and threw it to the child. Pearl immediately twined it around her neck and waist, with such happy skill, that, once seen there, it became a part of her, and it was difficult to imagine her without it.
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