sdale finishes his sermon. As people leave the church they speak nothing but praise of the minister, who they believe is still dying. Dimmesdale was enjoying his success while Hester was still being tormented.As Dimmesdale walks from the church to town hall he appears weak and about to fall. He stops in the middle of the ceremony and calls out to Hester and Pearl. Roger tries to stop her but he can not. Dimmesdale asks Hester to help him up to the scaffold. Chillingworth follows them up. The crowd is going crazy and the other members of the procession do not know what to do.Dimmesdale told the crowd that there had been an evil among them. He pointed to the scarlet letter and them showed the crowd a stigma A on his heart. With his last words he asks for a kiss from Pearl. When she gives it to him she becomes a natural, well-behaved child. Soon afterward he dies on the scaffold. The crowd then breaks out of their silence.Chapter 24: ConclusionStories spread about the occurrences on the scaffold. While most people believed the stigma was formed by guilt, others believed it was never even really there.Roger Chillingworth soon dies, as he has nothing left to live for once he doesnt seek revenge. Before he dies he bequeathed a large amount of money to Pearl.Hester and Pearl fled Boston. It is not known if Pearl died or lived a normal life. Hester returns to Boston, wearing her scarlet letter, to live in her cottage. Women from the town come to her for advice until her death. On her tombstone reads: On a field, sable, the letter A, gules....
