This rag of scarlet cloth—for time, and wear, and a sacrilegious moth had reduced it to little other than a rag—on careful examination, assumed the shape of a letter.

这块猩红色的破布——由于时间、磨损和一只亵渎神明的蛾子，已经把它变成了一块破布——仔细检查后，呈现出一封信的形状。