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"
Nevertheless
,
"
said
the
mother
,
calmly
,
though
growing
more
pale
,
"
this
badge
hath
taught
me
--
it
daily
teaches
me
--
it
is
teaching
me
at
this
moment
--
lessons
whereof
my
child
may
be
the
wiser
and
better
,
albeit
they
can
profit
nothing
to
myself
.
"
"
We
will
judge
warily
,
"
said
Bellingham
,
"
and
look
well
what
we
are
about
to
do
.
Good
Master
Wilson
,
I
pray
you
,
examine
this
Pearl
--
since
that
is
her
name
--
and
see
whether
she
hath
had
such
Christian
nurture
as
befits
a
child
of
her
age
.
"
The
old
minister
seated
himself
in
an
arm-chair
and
made
an
effort
to
draw
Pearl
betwixt
his
knees
.
But
the
child
,
unaccustomed
to
the
touch
or
familiarity
of
any
but
her
mother
,
escaped
through
the
open
window
,
and
stood
on
the
upper
step
,
looking
like
a
wild
tropical
bird
of
rich
plumage
,
ready
to
take
flight
into
the
upper
air
.
Mr.
Wilson
,
not
a
little
astonished
at
this
outbreak
--
for
he
was
a
grandfatherly
sort
of
personage
,
and
usually
a
vast
favourite
with
children
--
essayed
,
however
,
to
proceed
with
the
examination
.
"
Pearl
,
"
said
he
,
with
great
solemnity
,
"
thou
must
take
heed
to
instruction
,
that
so
,
in
due
season
,
thou
mayest
wear
in
thy
bosom
the
pearl
of
great
price
.
Canst
thou
tell
me
,
my
child
,
who
made
thee
?
"
Now
Pearl
knew
well
enough
who
made
her
,
for
Hester
Prynne
,
the
daughter
of
a
pious
home
,
very
soon
after
her
talk
with
the
child
about
her
Heavenly
Father
,
had
begun
to
inform
her
of
those
truths
which
the
human
spirit
,
at
whatever
stage
of
immaturity
,
imbibes
with
such
eager
interest
.
Pearl
,
therefore
--
so
large
were
the
attainments
of
her
three
years
'
lifetime
--
could
have
borne
a
fair
examination
in
the
New
England
Primer
,
or
the
first
column
of
the
Westminster
Catechisms
,
although
unacquainted
with
the
outward
form
of
either
of
those
celebrated
works
.
But
that
perversity
,
which
all
children
have
more
or
less
of
,
and
of
which
little
Pearl
had
a
tenfold
portion
,
now
,
at
the
most
inopportune
moment
,
took
thorough
possession
of
her
,
and
closed
her
lips
,
or
impelled
her
to
speak
words
amiss
.
After
putting
her
finger
in
her
mouth
,
with
many
ungracious
refusals
to
answer
good
Mr.
Wilson
's
question
,
the
child
finally
announced
that
she
had
not
been
made
at
all
,
but
had
been
plucked
by
her
mother
off
the
bush
of
wild
roses
that
grew
by
the
prison-door
.
This
phantasy
was
probably
suggested
by
the
near
proximity
of
the
Governor
's
red
roses
,
as
Pearl
stood
outside
of
the
window
,
together
with
her
recollection
of
the
prison
rose-bush
,
which
she
had
passed
in
coming
hither
.
Old
Roger
Chillingworth
,
with
a
smile
on
his
face
,
whispered
something
in
the
young
clergyman
's
ear
.
Hester
Prynne
looked
at
the
man
of
skill
,
and
even
then
,
with
her
fate
hanging
in
the
balance
,
was
startled
to
perceive
what
a
change
had
come
over
his
features
--
how
much
uglier
they
were
,
how
his
dark
complexion
seemed
to
have
grown
duskier
,
and
his
figure
more
misshapen
--
since
the
days
when
she
had
familiarly
known
him
.
She
met
his
eyes
for
an
instant
,
but
was
immediately
constrained
to
give
all
her
attention
to
the
scene
now
going
forward
.
"
This
is
awful
!
"
cried
the
Governor
,
slowly
recovering
from
the
astonishment
into
which
Pearl
's
response
had
thrown
him
.
"
Here
is
a
child
of
three
years
old
,
and
she
can
not
tell
who
made
her
!
Without
question
,
she
is
equally
in
the
dark
as
to
her
soul
,
its
present
depravity
,
and
future
destiny
!
Methinks
,
gentlemen
,
we
need
inquire
no
further
.
"
