<span>Dimmesdale asks Pearl to kiss him. She does, and "a spell was broken ... her tears fell upon her father's cheek, they were the pledge that she would grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor forever do battle with the world. Towards her mother, too, Pearl's errand as a messenger of anguish was all fulfilled."</span>
The answer is C. The flashlight shines brightest of any I've seen.
No one is allowed to be arrested or exiled for no reason, or an unsensible reason.<span />
