The Chain That Ounds Hester Prynne, Could Never Be Broken

Hester prynne hid this secret from herself and grew pale whenever it struggled out of her heart like a serpent from its hole. Here, she said to herself, been the scene of her guilt and here should be the scene ofHer earthly punishment. And so perchance, the torture of her daily shame would at length purge her soul and work out another purity than that which she had lost. Because as result of martyrdom, hester Prynne therefore did not flee.