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Thus
the
Puritan
elders
in
their
black
cloaks
,
starched
bands
,
and
steeple-crowned
hats
,
smiled
not
unbenignantly
at
the
clamour
and
rude
deportment
of
these
jolly
seafaring
men
;
and
it
excited
neither
surprise
nor
animadversion
when
so
reputable
a
citizen
as
old
Roger
Chillingworth
,
the
physician
,
was
seen
to
enter
the
market-place
in
close
and
familiar
talk
with
the
commander
of
the
questionable
vessel
.
The
latter
was
by
far
the
most
showy
and
gallant
figure
,
so
far
as
apparel
went
,
anywhere
to
be
seen
among
the
multitude
.
He
wore
a
profusion
of
ribbons
on
his
garment
,
and
gold
lace
on
his
hat
,
which
was
also
encircled
by
a
gold
chain
,
and
surmounted
with
a
feather
.
There
was
a
sword
at
his
side
and
a
sword-cut
on
his
forehead
,
which
,
by
the
arrangement
of
his
hair
,
he
seemed
anxious
rather
to
display
than
hide
.
A
landsman
could
hardly
have
worn
this
garb
and
shown
this
face
,
and
worn
and
shown
them
both
with
such
a
galliard
air
,
without
undergoing
stern
question
before
a
magistrate
,
and
probably
incurring
a
fine
or
imprisonment
,
or
perhaps
an
exhibition
in
the
stocks
.
As
regarded
the
shipmaster
,
however
,
all
was
looked
upon
as
pertaining
to
the
character
,
as
to
a
fish
his
glistening
scales
.
After
parting
from
the
physician
,
the
commander
of
the
Bristol
ship
strolled
idly
through
the
market-place
;
until
happening
to
approach
the
spot
where
Hester
Prynne
was
standing
,
he
appeared
to
recognise
,
and
did
not
hesitate
to
address
her
.
As
was
usually
the
case
wherever
Hester
stood
,
a
small
vacant
area
--
a
sort
of
magic
circle
--
had
formed
itself
about
her
,
into
which
,
though
the
people
were
elbowing
one
another
at
a
little
distance
,
none
ventured
or
felt
disposed
to
intrude
.
It
was
a
forcible
type
of
the
moral
solitude
in
which
the
scarlet
letter
enveloped
its
fated
wearer
;
partly
by
her
own
reserve
,
and
partly
by
the
instinctive
,
though
no
longer
so
unkindly
,
withdrawal
of
her
fellow-creatures
.
Now
,
if
never
before
,
it
answered
a
good
purpose
by
enabling
Hester
and
the
seaman
to
speak
together
without
risk
of
being
overheard
;
and
so
changed
was
Hester
Prynne
's
repute
before
the
public
,
that
the
matron
in
town
,
most
eminent
for
rigid
morality
,
could
not
have
held
such
intercourse
with
less
result
of
scandal
than
herself
.
"
So
,
mistress
,
"
said
the
mariner
,
"
I
must
bid
the
steward
make
ready
one
more
berth
than
you
bargained
for
!
No
fear
of
scurvy
or
ship
fever
this
voyage
.
What
with
the
ship
's
surgeon
and
this
other
doctor
,
our
only
danger
will
be
from
drug
or
pill
;
more
by
token
,
as
there
is
a
lot
of
apothecary
's
stuff
aboard
,
which
I
traded
for
with
a
Spanish
vessel
.
"
"
What
mean
you
?
"
inquired
Hester
,
startled
more
than
she
permitted
to
appear
"
Have
you
another
passenger
?
"
"
Why
,
know
you
not
,
"
cried
the
shipmaster
,
"
that
this
physician
here
--
Chillingworth
he
calls
himself
--
is
minded
to
try
my
cabin-fare
with
you
?
Ay
,
ay
,
you
must
have
known
it
;
for
he
tells
me
he
is
of
your
party
,
and
a
close
friend
to
the
gentleman
you
spoke
of
--
he
that
is
in
peril
from
these
sour
old
Puritan
rulers
.
"
"
They
know
each
other
well
,
indeed
,
"
replied
Hester
,
with
a
mien
of
calmness
,
though
in
the
utmost
consternation
.
"
They
have
long
dwelt
together
.
"
Nothing
further
passed
between
the
mariner
and
Hester
Prynne
.
But
at
that
instant
she
beheld
old
Roger
Chillingworth
himself
,
standing
in
the
remotest
comer
of
the
market-place
and
smiling
on
her
;
a
smile
which
--
across
the
wide
and
bustling
square
,
and
through
all
the
talk
and
laughter
,
and
various
thoughts
,
moods
,
and
interests
of
the
crowd
--
conveyed
secret
and
fearful
meaning
.
