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lets Pearl help Liza, the caretaker of Simon's sickly mother, with the chores around Simon's house. However, Pearl has been stigmatized as the child of "the temptress," and this reputation follows her everywhere. She isn't fazed by this until Simon begins repeating things his older brother said about Hester. Upset, Pearl runs away to the graveyard to visit the grave of Simon's mother who died shortly after Pearl started helping out around the house. She talks to the minister until Doctor Devlin comes. Pearl returns to Hester, who tells her that the doctor is a "devil." One night
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while drunk. He later has an affair with the widow of an
English army general. Pearl doesn't know how to feel about this until Doctor Devlin comes. He explains to Pearl the story of her conception, and gives her the scarlet "A" that her mother wore. Soon, London experiences a great fire, which burns all of Nehemiah's trading stock. Pearl permits Nehemiah to leave her for someone with fewer traumas, before leaving for New England with Devlin and Abigail to make a new life.
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minister fathered her child because of her reaction to his death. Hester remains defiant and doesn't give in to him. However, she falls extremely depressed when she arrives home, and Pearl is forced to bring Simon's father Caleb Milton and Doctor Devlin to help Hester. Hester agrees to travel on the Milton's boat to
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of the period give additional credence to her story, and the character of Pearl is free-spirited enough to strike a chord with modern readers" and finished by saying "pacing parallels that of
Hawthorne, and her exploration of behavior as a series of good acts or acts inspired by the Devil is consistent with his". Jill Grinberg of
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Hawthorne himself". Kate Ayers of ReadingGroupGuides.com gave another positive review, saying "While
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Election Day, but instead Arthur the minister collapses and eventually dies. Hester is blamed and put in the stocks, preventing any escape by sea. Devlin comes to taunt Hester for what she has done, even asking her if the
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Nehemiah, Simon's only brother, gives his blessing to the friendship when he lets Pearl take Simon to the beach. However, Pearl learns that Simon and his family are returning to London, and Hester and she are moving to the
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