"I do forgive you, Hester," replied the minister, at length, with a deep utterance, out of an abyss of sadness, but no anger. "I freely forgive you now. May God forgive us both! We are not Hester, the worst sinners in the world. There is one worse than even the most polluted priest! That old man's revenge has been blacker than my sin. He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of human heart. Thou and I, Hester, never did so.
For today's post explain what this excerpt means. Who is speaking and who is he speaking about. What does it have to do with our story in The Scarlet Letter?
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