
The Scarlet Letter- Chapter 20
Phoebe Reads a Mystery
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The Reverend Mister Dimesdale's Introspection
A ship lay in the harbour, one of those questionable cruisers frequent at that day. This vessel had recently arrived from the spanish main and within days time would sail for bristol hester. Prynn, whose vocation as a self enlisted sister of charity had brought her acquainted with the captain and crew,. Would take upon herself to secure the passage of two individuals and a child with all the secrecy which circumstances rendered more than desirable. It was because on the third day from the present, he was to preach the election sermon. And as such, an occasion formed an honourable epoch in the life of a new england clergyman. He could not have chanced upon a more suitable
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