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Chapter 12
The minister went to and stood on the
same scaffold as Hester Prynne. He
released a scream which, he thought,
would bring the people of the colony to
him so he could admit his guilt.
However, it did not.
Later a laugh he sounded was
returned by another -- one from Pearl.
He asked Hester and Pearl to stand with
him on the scaffold.
Chillingworth viewed this episode,
then persuaded Dimmesdale to return
home.
The following day, Sunday, a sexton
met him at church. The sexton said two
things: he found the minister’s black
glove on the scaffold -- probably
placed there by Satan, and the A-like
trail of the meteor must have
represented "Angel" because Winthrop
had died last night.
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Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl
are together on the scaffold while
Chillingworth stands to the side.
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