... sexton met him- Chapter 23, page 172: " Mr. Dimmesdale stepped forward hastily to offer his support." Chapter 23, page 173: " supported by her arm around him, approach the scaffold, and ascend its steps- Chapter 23, page 174: "He threw off all assistance, and stepped passionately forward a pace before the woman and the child." The symbol step, has some of the same ... ...

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... the platform from which he would give his sermon, he suddenly stops at the scaffold and beckons Hester and Pearl to him. He asks for their assistance to help him ascend the scaffold and together, for the first time in seven years, they are seen by all of the public eyes as a family. Dimmesdale even goes so far as to reveal ... ...

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