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The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter

           Hestood,atthismoment,ontheveryproudesteminenceofsuperiority,towhichthegiftsorintellect,richlore,prevailingeloquence,andareputationofwhitestsanctity,couldexaltaclergymaninNewEngland’searliestdays,whentheprofessionalcharacterwasofitselfaloftypedestal.Suchwasthepositionwhichtheministeroccupied,ashebowedhisheadforwardonthecushionsofthepulpitatthecloseofhisElectionSermon.MeanwhileHesterPrynnewasstandingbesidethescaffoldofthepillory,withthescarletletterstillburningonherbreast!

           Nowwasheardagaintheclamourofthemusic,andthemeasuredtrampofthemilitaryescortissuingfromthechurchdoor.Theprocessionwastobemarshalledthencetothetownhall,whereasolemnbanquetwouldcompletetheceremoniesoftheday.

           Oncemore,therefore,thetrainofvenerableandmajesticfatherswereseenmovingthroughabroadpathwayofthepeople,whodrewbackreverently,oneitherside,astheGovernorandmagistrates,theoldandwisemen,theholyministers,andallthatwereeminentandrenowned,advancedintothemidstofthem.Whentheywerefairlyinthemarketplace,theirpresencewasgreetedbyashout.Thisthoughdoubtlessitmightacquireadditionalforceandvolumefromthechild-likeloyaltywhichtheageawardedtoitsrulerswasfelttobeanirrepressibleoutburstofenthusiasmkindledintheauditorsbythathighstrainofeloquencewhichwasyetreverberatingintheirears.Eachfelttheimpulseinhimself,andinthesamebreath,caughtitfromhisneighbour.

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