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It was a summer morning in the year 1642.
In the small town of Boston, an angry crowd was gathering in front of a wooden building.
Its oak door was studded with iron spikes.
The building was a prison.
The people in the crowd were Puritans, people who followed a strict religious code.
The men had beards and wore dark clothes and tall gray hats.
The women wore white capsor cloaks with hoods.
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Everyone’s eyes were glued to the door.
They were waiting to see the prisoner, Hester Prynne.
One woman in the crowd said,
Crowd
“The Reverend Dimmesdale is very upsetthat such a scandal has come upon his church.”
Crowd
“The judges have shown too much mercy,”
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said another woman.
Crowd
“We women would not have been so easy.
At the very least, they should have put the brand of a hot iron on her forehead.
As it is, he can easily cover up the mark.
And then she can walk the streets as brave as ever.”
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Yet another woman added in an angry voice,
Crowd
“Why do we talk of marks and brands?
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