QUOTE	Q213	30	0	30	3	" Goodwives , "
QUOTE	Q214	30	11	34	6	" I 'll tell ye a piece of my mind . It would be greatly for the public behoof if we women , being of mature age and church-members in good repute , should have the handling of such malefactresses as this Hester Prynne . What think ye , gossips ? If the hussy stood up for judgment before us five , that are now here in a knot together , would she come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates have awarded ? Marry , I trow not . "
QUOTE	Q215	35	0	35	4	" People say , "
QUOTE	Q216	35	8	35	36	" that the Reverend Master Dimmesdale , her godly pastor , takes it very grievously to heart that such a scandal should have come upon his congregation . "
QUOTE	Q217	36	0	36	16	" The magistrates are God-fearing gentlemen , but merciful overmuch -- that is a truth , "
QUOTE	Q218	37	0	40	29	" At the very least , they should have put the brand of a hot iron on Hester Prynne 's forehead . Madame Hester would have winced at that , I warrant me . But she -- the naughty baggage -- little will she care what they put upon the bodice of her gown ! Why , look you , she may cover it with a brooch , or such like heathenish adornment , and so walk the streets as brave as ever ! "
QUOTE	Q219	41	0	41	5	" Ah , but , "
QUOTE	Q220	41	22	41	43	" let her cover the mark as she will , the pang of it will be always in her heart . "
QUOTE	Q221	42	0	42	24	" What do we talk of marks and brands , whether on the bodice of her gown or the flesh of her forehead ? "
QUOTE	Q222	44	0	46	24	" This woman has brought shame upon us all , and ought to die ; is there not law for it ? Truly there is , both in the Scripture and the statute-book . Then let the magistrates , who have made it of no effect , thank themselves if their own wives and daughters go astray . "
QUOTE	Q223	47	0	47	7	" Mercy on us , goodwife ! "
QUOTE	Q224	48	7	50	20	" is there no virtue in woman , save what springs from a wholesome fear of the gallows ? That is the hardest word yet ! Hush now , gossips for the lock is turning in the prison-door , and here comes Mistress Prynne herself . "
ATTRIB	Q213	a_hard-featured_dame_of_fifty-48
ATTRIB	Q214	a_hard-featured_dame_of_fifty-48
ATTRIB	Q215	another-403
ATTRIB	Q216	another-403
ATTRIB	Q217	a_third_autumnal_matron-54
ATTRIB	Q218	a_third_autumnal_matron-54
ATTRIB	Q219	a_young_wife-56
ATTRIB	Q220	a_young_wife-56
ATTRIB	Q221	another_female-58
ATTRIB	Q222	another_female-58
ATTRIB	Q223	a_man_in_the_crowd-62
ATTRIB	Q224	a_man_in_the_crowd-62