What is Hester carrying when she emerges from jail in Chapter 2? What explanation is given in Chapter 3?
These sites have the text of these first two chapters of The Scarlet Letter.
http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/nh/sl02.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/nh/sl03.html
What event has occurred prior to chapter 1 that has led to Hester's imprisonment?
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