Journal # 9 Pg 69

Hester is talking to the doctor. The doctor is determined to find the man who brought about the degration and humilitation of one of the towns finest young ladies by getting her pregnant and leaving her to face the puritans all alone. This is shown when the doctor states, " I shall seek this man as I have sought truth in books; as I have sought gold in alchemy. There is a sympathy that will make me conscious of him."