My child must find a father in heaven She will never know one on earth!

'I sinned here, and I will suffer my earthly punishment here.'

"Believe me, Hester," he said, "I shall know him! Although he does not wear a letter of shame on his clothes, as you do, I shall read it on his heart. I shall see it in his eyes. I shall watch him tremble, and I will feel myself tremble with him."