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Hester at Her Needle

           Thevulgar,who,inthosedrearyoldtimes,werealwayscontributingagrotesquehorrortowhatinterestedtheirimaginations,hadastoryaboutthescarletletterwhichwemightreadilyworkupintoaterrificlegend.Theyaverredthatthesymbolwasnotmerescarletcloth,tingedinanearthlydye-pot,butwasred-hotwithinfernalfire,andcouldbeseenglowingallalightwheneverHesterPrynnewalkedabroadinthenight-time.AndwemustneedssayitsearedHester’sbosomsodeeply,thatperhapstherewasmoretruthintherumourthanourmodernincredulitymaybeinclinedtoadmit.

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