"'Wilt thou stand here with mother and me, to-morrow noontide?,' inquired Pearl.
Nay; not so, my little Pearl!"
This shows how Dimmesdale will not show/tell the town about how he has sinned. He won't tell exactly what he has done to sin either, he only tells that he has sinned when no one is really paying attention. It shows that the scaffold has the power to control people becouse if he goes and confesses to his sin up on the scaffold then every one will judge him. If he continues to confess without the details, then it just seems like he has done something small.
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