Others contended that the stigma had not been produced until a long time subsequent, when old Roger Chillingworth, being a potent necromancer, had caused it to appear, through the agency of magic and poisonous drugs.

• 另一些人则争论说，那烙印是经过很长时间之后，由那个有法力的巫师老罗杰 - 齐灵渥斯，靠着魔法和毒剂的力量，才把它显示出来的。