Robert G. Vignola

“ Arthur Dimmesdale
Hester Prynne, I beg you to speak out the name of your fellow sinner. Be not silent from any mistaken pity for him, for your silence compels him to add hypocrisy to sin, though he has not the courage to grasp it for himself. For the peace of his soul, do not deny him the comfort of an honest confession, even though he were to step down from a high place to share your shame. ”

“ Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering, then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar."
Arthur Dimmesdale
There is one who is ill and not with us this day. So let us pray that Sister Allerton may soon be well. Heavenly Father, deliver thy child who is ill and not with us this day. If it be thy will to take one of us, take me. I, who wear the black garments of the priesthood, am utterly a pollution and a lie. Spare this righteous woman and take me, the vilest of sinners, and an abomination in thy sight. ”

“ Henceforth I shall be known as Roger Chillingworth.
Hester Prynne
Why not announce yourself openly and cast me off at once?
Roger Chillingworth
Because I care not for the dishonor that follows the husband of a faithless woman. Therefore, let me be known to the world as one already dead.
Hester Prynne
I will keep your secret.
Roger Chillingworth
As you've kept his, I hope.
Roger Chillingworth
And now, Hester, I leave you alone. Alone with your infant, and your shame.
1642
1647
Sampson
It would be easier to take the wheel off if we remove the water casts. ”

“ Hester Prynne
Thank you, Master Dimmesdale.
Hester Prynne
Come, dear.
Roger Chillingworth
It is a strange child. 'Tis easy to see her mother in her. I wonder if by studying the child, one could learn who the father might be.
Roger Chillingworth
You take the burdens of your flock too much to heart. Your health won't permit it. ”

“ Roger Chillingworth
Is it at feast day?
Innkeeper
Have you not heard of the scandal in the Master Dimmesdale's church? From whence came you?
Roger Chillingworth
From the south, where I was shipwrecked, and spent two weary years among the heathens.
Innkeeper
Oh! It must gladden your heart to again be in a land where iniquity is searched out and punished.
Roger Chillingworth
Truly.
Innkeeper
Even today a gentlewoman is being punished by the magistrate for indulgement.
Roger Chillingworth
Does her husband accuse her?
Innkeeper
Oh, no. No, she's a widow. Her husband was a learned doctor. ”

“ Hester Prynne, the point has been discussed whether we do well to trust your child to the guidance of one who has stumbled and fallen. The child needs to be instructed in the truths of Heaven and Earth. ”

“ Notice does not include the copyright symbol ©, the word "Copyright", or the abbreviation "Copr."; Notice is dated more than one year later than the actual date of first publication; Notice does not include a named claimant or does not name the actual copyright holder; Notice is illegible or concealed from view; The work is a printed literary, musical, or dramatic work whose copyright notice does not include the year. A defective notice does not invalidate copyright in cases where the error is immaterial and would not mislead an infringer, such as an abbreviated name. ”

“ Roger Chillingworth
You speak, my friend, with a strange earnestness.
Governor Bellingham
We will leave the matter as it now stands, providing you send the child to Reverend Dimmesdale for proper Christian training.
Hester Prynne
It shall be done.
Sampson
Bartholomew, wouldst thou please go away?
Bartholomew
Ingrate! I am to try and do anything.
Sampson
I've done my courting these past five years without thy aid, and I do not need it now!
Bartholomew
Five years and no progress.
Sampson
'Tis well-nigh impossible to court a woman with her children always present. ”

“ Hester Prynne, a child?
Innkeeper
Aye, a little girl.
Roger Chillingworth
You mean, Hester Prynne has born a child in the past two years?
Innkeeper
I do.
Woman 1
It would be well for the public if we women had the handling of such hussies as Hester Prynne.
Woman 2
Well said, goodwife. We would teach her a pretty lesson.
Arthur Dimmesdale
Is one mad to look upon a gentlewoman's shame?
Man
But, Master Dimmesdale, Moses in the law commands that such as she be stoned.
Arthur Dimmesdale
'Twas but one greater than Moses said, "He who is without sin may first cast a stone." ”

“ Let the words of my mouth be acceptable unto thee, O God, my strength and my redeemer.
Woman 1
An inspired sermon.
Woman 2
Of Godly youth, he is indeed a saint.
Woman 3
God cannot refuse his prayers. Mistress Allerton must soon be well. ”