…baby; and thepomp; in little; of an infant princess。 Throughout all; however; therewas a trait of passion; a certain depth of hue; which she neverlost; and if; in any of her changes; she had grown fainter or paler;she would have ceased to be herself… it would have been no longerPearl! This outward mutability indicated; and did not more than fairlyexpress; the various properties of her inner life。 Her nature appearedto possess depth; too; as well as variety; but… or else Hester's fearsdeceived her… it lacked reference and adaptation to the world intowhich she was born。 The child could not be made amenable to rules。In giving her existence; a great law had been broken; and the resultwas a being whose elements were perhaps beautiful and brilliant; butall in disorder; or with an order peculiar to themselves; amidst whichthe point of variety and arrangement was difficult or impossible to bediscovered。 Hester could only account for the child's character… andeven then most vaguely and imperfectly… by recalling what sheherself had been; during that momentous period while Pearl wasimbibing her soul from the spiritual world; and her bodily framefrom its material of earth。 The mother's impassioned state had beenthe medium through which were transmitted to the unborn infant therays of its moral Life; and; however white and clear originally;they had taken the deep stains of crimson and gold; the fierylustre; the black shadow; and the untempered light; of the interveningsubstance。 Above all; the warfare of Hester's spirit; at that epoch;was perpetuated in Pearl。 She could recognise her wild; desperate;defiant mood; the flightiness of her temper; and even some of the verycloud…shapes of gloom and despondency that had brooded in her heart。They were now illuminated by the morning radia