Hester's Scarlet Letter

'There stood one in the midst of you, at whose brand of sin and infamy ye have not shuddered,' he said. 'The devil knew it well and fretted it con ally with the touch of his burning finger.' He threw off all assistance and stepped passionately forward before the woman and the child. It was on him. God's eye beheld it. The angels were forever pointing at it. May god forgive thee, said the minister. Thou too hast deeply sinned. And there was a sweet and gentle smile over his face, as of a spirit sinking into deep repose.