The minister's visit to the prison was not instructive. 牧师这次探监没有意义。
This, he thought, was planted in his mind in early childhood by meeting a prison visitor who consorted with the wicked inmates of Bedford jail. 他在孩童时代曾碰到过一位与关押在贝福德监狱十恶不赦的囚犯交往的探监工作者,他认为,这种关切在那时就已经扎根于心中。