那位记者被蒙着眼睛带到了一处秘密的地方。
那个满脸皱纹的学者的眼睛，亮闪闪地死盯住海丝特白兰，直逼得她用双手紧紧捂住胸口，唯恐他马上从那儿读到她的秘密。
The eyes of the wrinkled scholar glowed so intensely upon her, that Hester Prynne clasped her hands over her heart, dreading lest he should read the secret there at once.
象他这样一个得到机会和特许来从事这种探索，而且又有熟巧将其进行下去的调查人，很少有秘密能逃过他的眼睛。
Few secrets can escape an investigator, who has opportunity and license to undertake such a quest, and skill to follow it up.
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