When the Black Man sees one of his own servants, signed and sealed, so shy of owning to the bond, as is the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, he hath a way of ordering matters so that the mark shall be disclosed, in open daylight, to the eyes of all the world!

• 当那个黑男人看见一个他的签过名、盖了章的仆人，像丁梅斯代尔先生那样羞怯地不敢承认有这么个盟约时，他便有一套办法，把那标记在大庭广众之中暴露在世人面前。