The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne chapter 15, narrated by Isaac Birchall As Roger Chillingworth and Hester part ways, she starts to believe that what she once felt for him has all gone and that it must all have been a delusion; now, though it is a sin, she feels nothing but hate for him. Hester goes to find Pearl down by the tide pools. Pearl has been pretending to be a mermaid and has made a letter A on her chest out of seagrass. Hester asks her if she knows why her mother is forced to wear the letter on her chest and then proceeds to explain to Pearl the meaning of the letter. Pearl then very astutely connects the letter on her mother’s chest, and how Mr Dimmesdale constantly clutches at his chest. Hester is very unnerved by this and decides that Pearl is in fact too young to know the true history of the letter. Pearl is very persistent however, and for the next few days, constantly asks the reason behind the minister’s habit of clutching at his heart. Subscribe or Join the Book Club

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