“我不对你盘诘，出于什么原因或以何种方式，你堕入了深渊，或者宁可说，你登上了耻辱的刑台，我正是在那儿见到你的。”他说。

"I ask not wherefore, nor how, thou hast fallen into the pit, or say, rather, thou hast ascended to the pedestal of infamy, on which I found thee." He said.

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在整个这段时间，海丝特都如泥塑木雕般地僵立在刑台脚下。

During all this time, Hester stood, statue-like, at the foot of the scaffold.

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总而言之，所有的人都会磕磕绊绊地通过门槛，在刑台四周抬起惊惶的面孔。

All people, in a word, would come stumbling over their thresholds, and turning up their amazed and horror-stricken visages around the scaffold.

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