141 : Thoughts Of Home! The Pirate Graveyard Of...

While this passed, Hester Prynne had been standing on herpedestal, still with a fixed gaze towards the stranger; so fixed agaze, that, at moments of intense absorption, all other objectsin the visible world seemed to vanish, leaving only him and her.Such an interview, perhaps, would have been more terrible thaneven to meet him as she now did, with the hot, mid-day sunburning down upon her face, and lighting up its shame; withthe scarlet token of infamy on her breast; with the sin-borninfant in her arms; with a whole people, drawn forth as to afestival, staring at the features that should have been seen onlyin the quiet gleam of the fireside, in the happy shadow of ahome, or beneath a matronly veil, at church. Dreadful as itwas, she was conscious of a shelter in the presence of thesethousand witnesses. It was better to stand thus, with so manybetwixt him and her, than to greet him, face to face, they twoalone. She fled for refuge, as it were, to the public exposure,and dreaded the moment when its protection should be withdrawnfrom her. Involved in these thoughts, she scarcely hearda voice behind her, until it had repeated her name more thanonce, in a loud and solemn tone, audible to the whole multitude.

141 : Thoughts of Home! The Pirate Graveyard of...

"O Captain, Who's Captain?" (2x36)Caduceus was visibly disturbed by the group's stealing the ship and almost drowning trying to reach the ship as it sailed away. He healed Gallan at Jester's request, but then immediately went to sit curled up alone on deck. Jester joined him, and Caduceus wondered out loud if he made a mistake by leaving his home with the Mighty Nein. It has been a long time since he has received a sign from the Wildmother. Jester reassured him that temporary silence didn't mean his god had abandoned him. She reminded him the world was much bigger than his graveyard; to complete his quest he would have to step out of his comfort zone. Caduceus calmed down after their talk and went belowdecks to further clear his head by cooking. The opportunity to experiment with new types of tropical fruit found in The Mistake galley excited him.[43] 041b061a72