Prolonged examination of passports and character took place at either end of the bridge . 在桥的两端，开始详细验查护照，盘诘身份。
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" hester , " said he , " 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 “海丝特， ”他说， “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。
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Propounded to mr . dimmesdale by the elder ministers of boston and the deacons of his church , who , to use their own phrase , " dealt with him " on the sin of rejecting the aid which providence so manifestly 丁梅斯代尔先生一路受到波土顿的长老们如此的盘诘和他教堂中的执事们的用他们自己的话说“规劝” ：上天如此明显地伸出救援之手，拒绝是有罪的。
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Such was the young man whom the reverend mr . wilson and the governor had introduced so openly to the public notice , bidding him speak , in the hearing of all men , to that mystery of a woman s soul , so sacred even in its pollution 威尔逊牧师先生和总督大人作了公开介绍并引起大家注意的，正是这样一个年轻人。他们要他在众人当场路听的情况下，来盘诘那个女人灵魂中的秘密而她的灵魂虽然受到玷污，依然神圣不可侵犯。
