... a scheme of vengeance, what could I do better for my object than to let thee live--than to give thee medicines against all harm and peril of life--so that this burning shame may still blaze upon thy bosom?" Chillingworth then makes a promise with her: as long as she never reveals his identity as her old husband, he will never reveal hers ... as thou wilt with yonder man."   Meanwhile, Pearl, who always takes delight in her mother's scarlet letter, has made a green "A" at the beach and placed it on her dress. Unusually bright, the child begins to ask acute and observant questions: "What...

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