In ,
whenis on the scaffold serving her public punishment, Rev. Dimmesdale offers Hester a chance to
share the name of her lover as a means of saving her own soul and somehow diminishing her guilt
and punishment. He knows, however, that her love is strong and she would never betray
him--especially since the usual punishment for the crime of adultery was death. He could have
interceded for her then she neither asked nor wanted him to do so.
The two
meet again inat the Governor's mansion, and now she is forced to ask for his intervention and
help. Hester has gone to deliver a pair of embroidered gloves, but her real mission was to
ensure that she would not lose her child. There she meets , the Rev. ,
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