The Scarlet Letter

1. Describe the clothing of the men and women who gathered around the small wooden building.

SCARLET LETTERChapter 1 -- The Prison Door

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A throng of bearded men, in sad-coloured garments and grey steeple-crowned hats, inter-mixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes.

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The Scarlet Letter