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"
I
profess
,
I
have
never
seen
the
like
since
my
days
of
vanity
,
in
old
King
James
's
time
,
when
I
was
wont
to
esteem
it
a
high
favour
to
be
admitted
to
a
court
mask
!
There
used
to
be
a
swarm
of
these
small
apparitions
in
holiday
time
,
and
we
called
them
children
of
the
Lord
of
Misrule
.
But
how
gat
such
a
guest
into
my
hall
?
"
"
Ay
,
indeed
!
"
cried
good
old
Mr.
Wilson
.
"
What
little
bird
of
scarlet
plumage
may
this
be
?
Methinks
I
have
seen
just
such
figures
when
the
sun
has
been
shining
through
a
richly
painted
window
,
and
tracing
out
the
golden
and
crimson
images
across
the
floor
.
But
that
was
in
the
old
land
.
Prithee
,
young
one
,
who
art
thou
,
and
what
has
ailed
thy
mother
to
bedizen
thee
in
this
strange
fashion
?
Art
thou
a
Christian
child
--
ha
?
Dost
know
thy
catechism
?
Or
art
thou
one
of
those
naughty
elfs
or
fairies
whom
we
thought
to
have
left
behind
us
,
with
other
relics
of
Papistry
,
in
merry
old
England
?
"
"
I
am
mother
's
child
,
"
answered
the
scarlet
vision
,
"
and
my
name
is
Pearl
!
"
"
Pearl
?
--
Ruby
,
rather
--
or
Coral
!
--
or
Red
Rose
,
at
the
very
least
,
judging
from
thy
hue
!
"
responded
the
old
minister
,
putting
forth
his
hand
in
a
vain
attempt
to
pat
little
Pearl
on
the
cheek
.
"
But
where
is
this
mother
of
thine
?
Ah
!
I
see
,
"
he
added
;
and
,
turning
to
Governor
Bellingham
,
whispered
,
"
This
is
the
selfsame
child
of
whom
we
have
held
speech
together
;
and
behold
here
the
unhappy
woman
,
Hester
Prynne
,
her
mother
!
"
"
Sayest
thou
so
?
"
cried
the
Governor
.
"
Nay
,
we
might
have
judged
that
such
a
child
's
mother
must
needs
be
a
scarlet
woman
,
and
a
worthy
type
of
her
of
Babylon
!
But
she
comes
at
a
good
time
,
and
we
will
look
into
this
matter
forthwith
.
"
Governor
Bellingham
stepped
through
the
window
into
the
hall
,
followed
by
his
three
guests
.
"
Hester
Prynne
,
"
said
he
,
fixing
his
naturally
stern
regard
on
the
wearer
of
the
scarlet
letter
,
"
there
hath
been
much
question
concerning
thee
of
late
.
The
point
hath
been
weightily
discussed
,
whether
we
,
that
are
of
authority
and
influence
,
do
well
discharge
our
consciences
by
trusting
an
immortal
soul
,
such
as
there
is
in
yonder
child
,
to
the
guidance
of
one
who
hath
stumbled
and
fallen
amid
the
pitfalls
of
this
world
.
Speak
thou
,
the
child
's
own
mother
!
Were
it
not
,
thinkest
thou
,
for
thy
little
one
's
temporal
and
eternal
welfare
that
she
be
taken
out
of
thy
charge
,
and
clad
soberly
,
and
disciplined
strictly
,
and
instructed
in
the
truths
of
heaven
and
earth
?
What
canst
thou
do
for
the
child
in
this
kind
?
"
"
I
can
teach
my
little
Pearl
what
I
have
learned
from
this
!
"
answered
Hester
Prynne
,
laying
her
finger
on
the
red
token
.
"
Woman
,
it
is
thy
badge
of
shame
!
"
replied
the
stern
magistrate
.
"
It
is
because
of
the
stain
which
that
letter
indicates
that
we
would
transfer
thy
child
to
other
hands
.
"
