We finally got to see the Reverend again the other day.  Well I did not talk to him much, but mother did.  One of the mistresses, who I heard was going to be executed soon, was telling me about someone called “the black man.” “The black man” is apparently the reason Mother wears that letter on her chest.  The reverend must of met “the black man” at some point, because he is always grabbing his chest; it is almost as if he has one of those letters on his heart, but what do I know.  So mother and I went for a walk in the forest to see him.  While I was playing with the animals, they follow me for some reason, that Reverend must have tricked mother into taking the letter off of her chest.  This was so strange because she has never taken the letter off.  I asked her “Why doth the minister sit yonder?” and she told me “He waits to welcome thee,” she said “come now and entreat his blessing! He loves thee, my little Pearl, and loves thy mother, too. Wilt thou not love him? Come he longs to greet thee!” I was pretty skeptical about him loving us so I asked mother, “Will he go back with us, hand in hand, we three together, into the town?” (Hawthorne, 167)  She said he would not today, but he will be with us in a few days.  But if he cannot even walk with us into town for the next few days, then I will not talk to him for the next few days.  Mother says that we are to leave for Europe on a ship within the next few days!  I hope that we do not have to miss Election Day; it is our only holiday of the year.  I still do not see why we cannot just stay in one of the colonies.  We could even live in the wild, on our own.  I saw this cool link on how to build a log cabin all on your own! http://tinyhouseblog.com/construction-articles/build-your-own-tiny-log-cabin-part-2/ Sadly I looked over the list of items we would need, and I do not think most of those exist.