Answer:
I think it was whether to admit his affair with Abigail or to let his wife get charged with witchcraft.
Explanation:
It's been awhile since ive read it, so may be wrong
<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>