In this chapter, Hester reveals the truth to Dimmesdale. She tells him that Chillingworth is her husband. After finding out this news, Dimmesdale blames Hester for his suffering. She buries his face in the "A" as if trying to show him some to the pain she has had to go through. He soon forgives her. They then plan to go to Europe as a family and raise Pearl there. Dimmesdale is worried that Chillingworth will reveal the truth about Pearl's father. Hester reassures him that he won't.
-“Then there is the broad pathway of the sea!” continued Hester. “It brought thee hither. If thou so choose, it will bear thee back again. In our native land, whether in some remote rural village or in vast London,—or, surely, in Germany, in France, in pleasant Italy,—thou wouldst be beyond his power and knowledge! And what hast thou to do with all these iron men, and their opinions? They have kept thy better part in bondage too long already!”
-In this passage, Hester is planning to leave Boston. She says that the sea brought her there and it can surely take her back. She wants the minister to come back with her. She wants to be a family.
-“Then there is the broad pathway of the sea!” continued Hester. “It brought thee hither. If thou so choose, it will bear thee back again. In our native land, whether in some remote rural village or in vast London,—or, surely, in Germany, in France, in pleasant Italy,—thou wouldst be beyond his power and knowledge! And what hast thou to do with all these iron men, and their opinions? They have kept thy better part in bondage too long already!”
-In this passage, Hester is planning to leave Boston. She says that the sea brought her there and it can surely take her back. She wants the minister to come back with her. She wants to be a family.
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