“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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然而，它的符咒的效力依旧，使那可怜的牧师死在上面的刑台和海丝特·白兰居住过的海边茅屋都令人望面生畏。

Its spell, however, was still potent, and kept the scaffold awful where the poor minister had died, and likewise the cottage by the sea-shore, where Hester Prynne had dwelt.

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