Hester, Come Support Me Up Yonder Scaffold

Hester prynn, slowly, as if impelled by inevitable fate and against her strongest will, likewise, drew near to the minister. At this instant, old roger chillingworth thrust himself through the crowd,. or perhaps so dark disturbed in evil was his look he rose up out of some nether region to snatch back his victim from what he sought to do. The men of rank and dignity who stood more immediately around the clergyman were so taken by surprise that they remained silent and inactive.