Thus Jaffrey Pyncheon's inward criminality, as regarded Clifford, was, indeed, black and damnable; while its mere outward show and positive commission was the smallest that could possibly consist with so great a sin.
因此,在克利福德看来,贾弗里·品钦的内在犯罪确实是阴暗可憎的;虽然它仅仅是外在的表现积极的使命是可能与如此大的罪恶相伴的最小的。