Lecture 26: 11-06-08 Continuation from yesterday 119-120 Wilt thou let me be at peace, if I once tell thee? asked her mother. Yes, if thou tellest me all, answered Pearl. Once in my life I met the Black Man! said her mother. This <a href="/keyword/scarlet-letter/" >scarlet letter</a> is his mark! Consequences of lying to a child Will Pearl be shut up in a dark closet ? What is the significance of this? At Pearl approaches an age of moral discernment, what future may lie ahead? P 116-17: follow along, to this conclusion: A Noble Woman 116-117 But now the idea came strongly into Hester's mind, that Pearl, with her remarkable precocity and acuteness, might already have approached the age when she could be made a friend, and intrusted with as much of her mother's sorrows as could be imparted, without irreverence either to the parent or the child. In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging and could have been, from the very first the steadfast principles of an unflinching courage, an uncontrollable will, a sturdy pride, which might be disciplined into self-respect, and a bitter scorn of many things, which, when examined, might be found to have the taint of falsehood in them. She possessed affections, too, though hitherto acrid and disagreeable, as are the richest flavors of unripe fruit. With all these sterling attributes, thought Hester, the evil ...