40.)“I have a strange fancy,” observed the sensitive minister, “that this brook is the boundary between two worlds, and that thou canst never meet thy Pearl again"
Pearls side of the brook represents innocence and honesty, she has been honest about herself her entire life. She was never like all the other children she was wild and adventurous, nature was her playroom she never tried to be what the society wanted her to be. The side that Hester and Dimmesdale were on was a side of dishonesty, a hidden place. Although they were together, which felt amazing to them there connection was on the other side of the brook. In order for them to reach that side of the brook they have to admit that Dimmesdale is the father.
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