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"
I
wonder
if
mother
will
ask
me
what
it
means
?
"
thought
Pearl
.
Just
then
she
heard
her
mother
's
voice
,
and
,
flitting
along
as
lightly
as
one
of
the
little
sea-birds
,
appeared
before
Hester
Prynne
dancing
,
laughing
,
and
pointing
her
finger
to
the
ornament
upon
her
bosom
.
"
My
little
Pearl
,
"
said
Hester
,
after
a
moment
's
silence
,
"
the
green
letter
,
and
on
thy
childish
bosom
,
has
no
purport
.
But
dost
thou
know
,
my
child
,
what
this
letter
means
which
thy
mother
is
doomed
to
wear
?
"
"
Yes
,
mother
,
"
said
the
child
.
"
It
is
the
great
letter
A.
Thou
hast
taught
me
in
the
horn-book
.
"
Hester
looked
steadily
into
her
little
face
;
but
though
there
was
that
singular
expression
which
she
had
so
often
remarked
in
her
black
eyes
,
she
could
not
satisfy
herself
whether
Pearl
really
attached
any
meaning
to
the
symbol
.
She
felt
a
morbid
desire
to
ascertain
the
point
.
"
Dost
thou
know
,
child
,
wherefore
thy
mother
wears
this
letter
?
"
"
Truly
do
I
!
"
answered
Pearl
,
looking
brightly
into
her
mother
's
face
.
"
It
is
for
the
same
reason
that
the
minister
keeps
his
hand
over
his
heart
!
"
"
And
what
reason
is
that
?
"
asked
Hester
,
half
smiling
at
the
absurd
incongruity
of
the
child
's
observation
;
but
on
second
thoughts
turning
pale
.
"
What
has
the
letter
to
do
with
any
heart
save
mine
?
"
"
Nay
,
mother
,
I
have
told
all
I
know
,
"
said
Pearl
,
more
seriously
than
she
was
wont
to
speak
.
"
Ask
yonder
old
man
whom
thou
hast
been
talking
with
--
it
may
be
he
can
tell
.
But
in
good
earnest
now
,
mother
dear
,
what
does
this
scarlet
letter
mean
?
--
and
why
dost
thou
wear
it
on
thy
bosom
?
--
and
why
does
the
minister
keep
his
hand
over
his
heart
?
"
