In this chapter, Hester calls Pearl over. Pearl sees that the "A" is no longer there and this frightens her. She will not come to her mother until she puts the "A" back on. After Pearl gets to her mother, she kisses her mother and the "A". Hester wants Pearl to kiss Dimmesdale too but she refuses. Hester explains to her that he loves them both and Pearl says that if he really loved them he would stand on the scaffold with them where everyone could see. When Dimmesdale said no, Pearl got upset. She got away from her mother and went to the brook to wash her forehead.
-“Dost thou know thy mother now, child?” asked she, reproachfully, but with a subdued tone. “Wilt thou come across the brook, and own thy mother, now that she has her shame upon her,—now that she is sad?”
“Yes; now I will!” answered the child, bounding across the brook, and clasping Hester in her arms. “Now thou art my mother indeed! And I am thy little Pearl!”
-This passage is when Hester realizes why Pearl won't come to her. She has to put the "A" back on to get Pearl to come over to her. Pearl says that after Hester put the "A" back on that she was her mother indeed and she was her little Pearl.
-“Dost thou know thy mother now, child?” asked she, reproachfully, but with a subdued tone. “Wilt thou come across the brook, and own thy mother, now that she has her shame upon her,—now that she is sad?”
“Yes; now I will!” answered the child, bounding across the brook, and clasping Hester in her arms. “Now thou art my mother indeed! And I am thy little Pearl!”
-This passage is when Hester realizes why Pearl won't come to her. She has to put the "A" back on to get Pearl to come over to her. Pearl says that after Hester put the "A" back on that she was her mother indeed and she was her little Pearl.
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