"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 it. "The sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. Now see! There it is, playing, a good way…
