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Chapter 21
The people of the colony were celebrating
the election of a new governor. The Puritans
were dressed gloomily in dark colors, and
they showed little merriment. They seemed to
have forgotten how to have a good time.
Hester was dressed in much the same way,
but she was feeling triumph, which was not
reflected on her face, because she would be
leaving soon. Pearl represented Hester’s
emotions by being dressed extravagantly.
Pearl questioned whether Dimmesdale
would greet them like he had on the scaffold
and in the forest. When Hester replied in
the negative, Pearl realized what a strange,
two-faced, sad man the minister was.
Roger Chillingworth entered the market
place with the commander of the ship on
which Hester, Dimmesdale and Pearl planned
to sail. Through a chat with the commander,
Hester learned of the physician’s intent to
travel on the very same ship.
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Hawthorne wrote of a chased golden
beaker which contents were flavored
by Hester’s seven year’s pain.
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