Dimmesdale, on the very day when Hester Prynne first wore her ignominious badge, had begun a course of penance-which he afterwards, in so many futile methods, followed out-by inflicting a hideous torture on himself. As regarded its origin there were various explanations, all of which must necessarily have been conjectural. Most of the spectators testified to having seen, on the breast of the unhappy minister, a SCARLET LETTER-the very semblance of that worn by Hester Prynne-imprinted in the flesh. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today!Īfter many days, when time sufficed for the people to arrange their thoughts in reference to the foregoing scene, there was more than one account of what had been witnessed on the scaffold. The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser.
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