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But
,
in
truth
,
Pearl
was
the
one
as
well
as
the
other
;
and
only
in
consequence
of
that
identity
had
Hester
contrived
so
perfectly
to
represent
the
scarlet
letter
in
her
appearance
.
As
the
two
wayfarers
came
within
the
precincts
of
the
town
,
the
children
of
the
Puritans
looked
up
from
their
player
what
passed
for
play
with
those
sombre
little
urchins
--
and
spoke
gravely
one
to
another
"
Behold
,
verily
,
there
is
the
woman
of
the
scarlet
letter
:
and
of
a
truth
,
moreover
,
there
is
the
likeness
of
the
scarlet
letter
running
along
by
her
side
!
Come
,
therefore
,
and
let
us
fling
mud
at
them
!
"
But
Pearl
,
who
was
a
dauntless
child
,
after
frowning
,
stamping
her
foot
,
and
shaking
her
little
hand
with
a
variety
of
threatening
gestures
,
suddenly
made
a
rush
at
the
knot
of
her
enemies
,
and
put
them
all
to
flight
.
She
resembled
,
in
her
fierce
pursuit
of
them
,
an
infant
pestilence
--
the
scarlet
fever
,
or
some
such
half-fledged
angel
of
judgment
--
whose
mission
was
to
punish
the
sins
of
the
rising
generation
.
She
screamed
and
shouted
,
too
,
with
a
terrific
volume
of
sound
,
which
,
doubtless
,
caused
the
hearts
of
the
fugitives
to
quake
within
them
.
The
victory
accomplished
,
Pearl
returned
quietly
to
her
mother
,
and
looked
up
,
smiling
,
into
her
face
.
Without
further
adventure
,
they
reached
the
dwelling
of
Governor
Bellingham
.
This
was
a
large
wooden
house
,
built
in
a
fashion
of
which
there
are
specimens
still
extant
in
the
streets
of
our
older
towns
now
moss
--
grown
,
crumbling
to
decay
,
and
melancholy
at
heart
with
the
many
sorrowful
or
joyful
occurrences
,
remembered
or
forgotten
,
that
have
happened
and
passed
away
within
their
dusky
chambers
.
Then
,
however
,
there
was
the
freshness
of
the
passing
year
on
its
exterior
,
and
the
cheerfulness
,
gleaming
forth
from
the
sunny
windows
,
of
a
human
habitation
,
into
which
death
had
never
entered
.
It
had
,
indeed
,
a
very
cheery
aspect
,
the
walls
being
overspread
with
a
kind
of
stucco
,
in
which
fragments
of
broken
glass
were
plentifully
intermixed
;
so
that
,
when
the
sunshine
fell
aslant-wise
over
the
front
of
the
edifice
,
it
glittered
and
sparkled
as
if
diamonds
had
been
flung
against
it
by
the
double
handful
.
The
brilliancy
might
have
be
fitted
Aladdin
's
palace
rather
than
the
mansion
of
a
grave
old
Puritan
ruler
.
It
was
further
decorated
with
strange
and
seemingly
cabalistic
figures
and
diagrams
,
suitable
to
the
quaint
taste
of
the
age
which
had
been
drawn
in
the
stucco
,
when
newly
laid
on
,
and
had
now
grown
hard
and
durable
,
for
the
admiration
of
after
times
.
Pearl
,
looking
at
this
bright
wonder
of
a
house
began
to
caper
and
dance
,
and
imperatively
required
that
the
whole
breadth
of
sunshine
should
be
stripped
off
its
front
,
and
given
her
to
play
with
.
"
No
,
my
little
Pearl
!
"
said
her
mother
;
"
thou
must
gather
thine
own
sunshine
.
I
have
none
to
give
thee
!
"
They
approached
the
door
,
which
was
of
an
arched
form
,
and
flanked
on
each
side
by
a
narrow
tower
or
projection
of
the
edifice
,
in
both
of
which
were
lattice-windows
,
the
wooden
shutters
to
close
over
them
at
need
.
Lifting
the
iron
hammer
that
hung
at
the
portal
,
Hester
Prynne
gave
a
summons
,
which
was
answered
by
one
of
the
Governor
's
bond
servant
--
a
free-born
Englishman
,
but
now
a
seven
years
'
slave
.
During
that
term
he
was
to
be
the
property
of
his
master
,
and
as
much
a
commodity
of
bargain
and
sale
as
an
ox
,
or
a
joint-stool
.
The
serf
wore
the
customary
garb
of
serving-men
at
that
period
,
and
long
before
,
in
the
old
hereditary
halls
of
England
.
"
Is
the
worshipful
Governor
Bellingham
within
?
"
Inquired
Hester
.
