| 1. | But there was hester , clad in her grey robe , still standing beside the tree - trunk , which some blast had overthrown a long antiquity ago , and which time had ever since been covering with moss , so that these two fated ones , with earth s heaviest burden on them , might there sit down together , and find a single hour s rest and solace
但是海丝特就在那儿，身穿灰袍，仍然站在树干的旁边那是多年前被一阵疾风吹例的，之后年深日久就长满了青蔷，于是他们这两个承受着世上最沉重的负担的同命运的人，才得以一起坐在上面，安享那难得的一小时的休憩与慰藉。 |
