I Will Not Lose the Child

Hester caught hold of pearl and drew her forcibly into her arms. She confronted the old puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression. The governor was slowly recovering from the astonish into which pearl's response had thrown him. Hester felt that she possessed indefeasible rights against the world, and was ready to defend them to the death. Hester prynne raised her voice almost to a shriek: "I will not give her up"