" What sent you hither" ? " I have been watching at a death-bed, " answered Hester Prynne; —" at Governor Winthrop's death-bed, and have taken his measure for a robe, and am now going homeward to my dwelling" .

“是什么让你到这里来的” ？ “我一直在临终前守望， ” 海丝特·白兰回答道。——“在温思罗普州长的临终前， 量好了长袍的尺寸，现在要回家去我的住处” 。