The Scarlet Letter
After asking whether Hetser thinks Pearl will "be glad to know" him, what does Dimmesdale admit having felt about Pearl?
chapter 18
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chapter 18
He says that he has been afraid of Pearl,
“I have long shrunk from children, because they often show a distrust,—a backwardness to be familiar with me. I have even been afraid of little Pearl!”