-although she kept this thought hidden guiltily in her heart. Thr reason she gave herself for staying was this: 'I sinned here, and I will suffer my earthly punishment here.'
-looking our across the sea towards the forest-covered hills of the west,
-but Hester soon found that she could earn enough money to buy food and clothes for herself and her daughter
-and the scarlet letter which she wore on her bosom was a perfect example of her work that everyone could see. Soon, Hester's beautiful sewing, with its patterns in gold and silver thread, become the fashion with the rich and important people of the town. Her needlework was seen on the shirts of the Governor, on the fine dresses of the ladies, on the babies' little coats and hats, and on the burial-clothes of the dead. Hester had employment for as many hours as she wanted to work.