The Meteor - A Symbol of a Disordered Mental State

The meteor may have shown itself at that point, burning duskily through a veil of cloud. But what shall we say when an individual discovers a revelation addressed to himself alone on the same vast sheet of record? In such a case, it could only be the symptom of a highly disordered mental state. The minister appeared to see him with the same glance that discerned the miraculous letter to his features, as to all other objects. Who is that man? Hester, gasped mister dimsdale. Overcome with terror, i shiver at him. Dost thou know the man? I hate him.