The Scarlet Letter

Pearl, seeing the rose-bushes, began to cry for a red rose, and

would not be pacified.

"Hush, child--hush!" said her mother, earnestly. "Do not cry,

dear little Pearl! I hear voices in the garden. The Governor is

coming, and gentlemen along with him."

In fact, adown the vista of the garden avenue, a number of

persons were seen approaching towards the house. Pearl, in utter

scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch

scream, and then became silent, not from any notion of

obedience, but because the quick and mobile curiosity of her

disposition was excited by the appearance of those new

personages.