Hester Prynne

God gave her into my keeping I will not give her up! Puritan, momma to my beautiful Pearl #TheScarletTweeter

[Hester Prynne @_HesterPrynne_]

Many years later, I have returned to my same little cottage alone, still bearing the sign of my past sin, to continue my needlework.

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Upon the scaffold I again join Dimmesdale, as he makes his confession before the town. Pearl gives him a kiss, and before us all, he passes.

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Chillingworth is now bringing Dimmesdale to the ship...and everyone is staring at me. What has life started to become?

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Mistress Hibbins is a strange old woman. Does she dare suggest that the Devil is my daughter's father? Then offer her a "Witches Ride"?

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My heart breaks as I hear the Chillingworth will be joining the ship's journey. Need for a doctor? He's just a man of science, not medicine!

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Even with Pearl's shunning, I can see the change in Dimmesdale. He, too, has found happiness it seems. We shall depart in four day's time.

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Pearl refuses to accept Dimmesdale, though I have not told her he is her father. Have I allowed her to become too rebellious so young?

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I now no longer wear this stigma upon my chest. I have cast it aside and traded it for my former beauty. I can feel joy again!

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I met with Dimmesdale in the woods. He knows about Chillingworth now. We plan to escape to back to Europe to raise Pearl properly.

[Hester Prynne @_HesterPrynne_]

Where did Pearl's obsession, and with it FEAR, of the "Black Man" come from? She is but a little girl, why does she fear every man?

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Pearl is again asking about the letter upon my chest, and with even so little information as I have given her, she connects the Reverend...

[Hester Prynne @_HesterPrynne_]

When will Chillingworth stop tormenting Dimmesdale? He himself can see he is no longer the benevolent scholar of the past!

[Hester Prynne @_HesterPrynne_]

This letter can only be removed by Divine Providence, not by the words of man.

[Hester Prynne @_HesterPrynne_]

Seven long years later, I may still be the object of scorn, but I have found a new place in society. I will continue to live by helping all.

[Hester Prynne @_HesterPrynne_]

A mysterious meteor fell last night upon Boston. Could it be a heavenly sign?

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When she asks him to join us again on the scaffold at noontide, he refuses. Is he not ready to attain for his sin?

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On the way home from the Governor's passing, Pearl and I found Dimmesdale upon the scaffold, crying out in agony.

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I must hold a vigil for my sin upon the same scaffold Hester once stood. That is the only remedy for m sin.

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My guilt may make me a better preacher, but these visions are haunting me. Will my sin never stop haunting me?

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Tonight, I snuck upon Dimmesdale as he slept. What joy I have from what I saw!