The Scarlet Letter
who does hester recognize in the crowd ? why does this shock her ?
the scarlet letter
the scarlet letter
She recognizes her husband of course! Being that he sent her to the colony ahead of him and never showed up to claim her, this is a very strange time for him to show up. That's the beauty of novels :-D. Even stranger is the fact that he motions to her to not reveal who he is............. her husbans is now Roger Chillingworth.
The Scarlet Letter (Chapter 3)