"The sportive sunlight--feebly sportive, at best, in the predominate pensivemess of the day and scene--withdrew itself as they cam nigh, and left the spots where it had danced the drearier, because they has hoped to find them bright," (pg125-126). <Tab/>After noticing the sunlight running away from Hester, Pearl comments that it is running away from the scarlet letter; it will not run away from Pearl and she will catch …showed first 75 words of 453 total…

…showed last 75 words of 453 total…is not free because there are too many strings still attached and when Pearl makes Hester put the scarlet letter and the cap back into their proper place the sunshine disappears. "As if there were a withering spell in the sad letter, her beauty, the warmth and richness of her womanhood, departed, like a fading sunshine; and a gray shadow seemed to fall across her," (pg145). Until everything reveals itself will the sunlight come in.