It now writhed in convulsions of pain, and was a forcible type, in its little frame, of the moral agony which Hester Prynne had borne throughout the day.

• 此时，她正在痛苦的痉挛中扭动着，那小小的身躯成了海丝特 - 白兰一天中所忍受的精神上的极度痛苦的有力的具体表现。