of her mark, while Dimmesdale, forced to
             bear his brand internally, becomes very much incapacitated, both mentally and physically. The face he puts
             on for public approval and the one he wears while he is alone are so completely different that they nearly
             drive him insane. He is harder on himself for committing the sin than many a court of the time would have
             been, and it tears him apart. One day, he meets Hester and Pearl while walking through the woods and,
             after talking for a short while, they decide to leave Sal
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