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She had not yet had time to tell him the story of the episode of the glass of milk and Hester Osborn's sudden outburst. Every moment had been given to carefully managed arrangement for the journey which was to seem so natural. Hester's cleverness had suggested every step and had supported her throughout. But for Hester she was afraid she might have betrayed herself.
They averred, that the symbol was not mere scarlet cloth, tinged in an earthly dye-pot, but was red-hot with infernal fire, and could be seen glowing all alight, whenever Hester Prynne walked abroad in the night-time. And we must needs say, it seared Hester's bosom so deeply, that perhaps there was more truth in the rumor than our modern incredulity may be inclined to admit.
But he greatly admired the Archdeacon, and made no secret of the fact that, in his opinion, he ought to have been the Bishop of the diocese. A long conversation now ensued on clerical matters, and Mr. Gresley's drooping spirits revived under a refreshing douche of compliments on "Modern Dissent." The idea flashed across his mind of asking the Archdeacon's advice regarding Hester's book.
'Maybe yo'll speak a word for him, mother, said Philip, annoyed at her silence. 'I'll do no such thing. Marriages are best made wi'out melling. How do I know but what she likes some one better? 'Our Hester's not th' lass to think on a young man unless he's been a-wooing on her.
The family agreed in considering this unhappy person as undeserving of notice or benefit. Her name was Hester Dethridge. It proved to be a great aggravation of Hester's offenses, in the eyes of Hester's relatives, when it was discovered that she possessed a life-interest in Salt Patch, and an income of two hundred a year.
"When you say them I see they are true, and I believe them, but how do you know them?" A shadow, a very slight one, fell across Hester's face. "'Love knows the secret of grief. But can Love claim that knowledge if he is asked how he came by it by one who should have known?" The question crept in between the friends and moved them apart. Hester's voice altered.
She sat down by Hester's table, and taking up the pen dipped it in the ink, and with difficulty began to put her words on paper. Her head was bent low, and her hand labored; but she did not pause, nor glance again at Hester. Minutes passed into half-hours: one two three of these went by before Bet, with a burning flush on one cheek, and the other deadly white, finished her letter.
It was the circumstances of this quiet country place, where young men of Hester's class were the rarest of apparitions, and where Philip, flying from his creditors and playing the part of a needy Don Juan amid the picturesque dilapidations of the Abbey, was gravelled day after day for lack of occupation it was these surroundings that had made the flirtation possible.
"Why?" they asked indignantly. "For two reasons," said Hester. "One is that it is, of course, 'fresh woods. Anyone ought to know that. "That doesn't matter," said Gregory. "We met a jolly decent clergyman." What Hester's great business had been Janet soon learned, for as soon as they were alone Hester slipped some sheets of paper into Janet's hand and asked her to read them very privately.
John Caldigate, as he rode home after his interview at the bank, almost felt that he had cleared away many difficulties, and that, by his perseverance, he might probably be enabled to carry out the dream of his earlier youth. Hester's Courage After that Caldigate did not allow the grass to grow under his feet, and before the end of November the two young people were engaged.
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