The Scarlet Letter

At what side of the scaffold is the market place? If so what is the quotation

It seems to me that the market place is on the west side but i am not sure if it is...

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"With almost a serene deportment, therefore, Hester Prynne passed through this portion of her ordeal, and came to a sort of scaffold, at the western extremity of the market–place. It stood nearly beneath the eaves of Boston’s earliest church..."

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The Scarlet Letter