Entry 46:
"They sat together, feeling something they had not felt before, and watched Pearl walk toward them slowly. She made visible the tie that bound them. For the past seven years, she had been offered to the world as a mysterious symbol, a clue to the secret that they sought to hide."
They had the first feeling of family, and watching Peal walk towards the both of them was a dream come true. The tie that Pearl is, their sin, what linked them together, was the reason that they were together now. Her symbol was evident to them, but to the rest of the society it was still mysterious because no one knew who her father was. Hester was obviously already a sinner, but Pearl was the town's clue to her and Dimmesdale's secret. They continued to compare her features to their own, and Pearl was definitely her father's child.
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