Another View of Hester

           InherlatesingularinterviewwithMr.Dimmesdale,HesterPrynnewasshockedattheconditiontowhichshefoundtheclergymanreduced.Hisnerveseemedabsolutelydestroyed.Hismoralforcewasabasedintomorethanchildishweakness.Itgrovelledhelplessontheground,evenwhilehisintellectualfacultiesretainedtheirpristinestrength,orhadperhapsacquiredamorbidenergy,whichdiseaseonlycouldhavegiventhem.Withherknowledgeofatrainofcircumstanceshiddenfromallothers,shecouldreadilyinferthat,besidesthelegitimateactionofhisownconscience,aterriblemachineryhadbeenbroughttobear,andwasstilloperating,onMr.Dimmesdale’swell-beingandrepose.Knowingwhatthispoorfallenmanhadoncebeen,herwholesoulwasmovedbytheshudderingterrorwithwhichhehadappealedtohertheoutcastwomanforsupportagainsthisinstinctivelydiscoveredenemy.Shedecided,moreover,thathehadarighttoherutmostaid.Littleaccustomed,inherlongseclusionfromsociety,tomeasureherideasofrightandwrongbyanystandardexternaltoherself,Hestersaworseemedtoseethattherelayaresponsibilityuponherinreferencetotheclergyman,whichsheownedtonoother,nortothewholeworldbesides.Thelinksthatunitedhertotherestofhumankindlinksofflowers,orsilk,orgold,orwhateverthematerialhadallbeenbroken.Herewastheironlinkofmutualcrime,whichneitherhenorshecouldbreak.Likeallotherties,itbroughtalongwithititsobligations.

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