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By Nathaniel Hawthorne
She is my happiness! — she is my torture, none the less!
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- The Scarlet Letter, a Romance (first edition), 1850 · Chapter VIII, "The Elf-Child and the Minister", p. 134
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- Internet Archive (Duke University Libraries scan of the first edition, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850)
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From Chapter VIII, "The Elf-Child and the Minister", of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850). Spoken by Hester Prynne about her daughter Pearl, to the Governor and the magistrates who want to take the child.