The Elf-Child and the Minister
The gentlemen in the garden meet Pearl and they are fascinated with her intelligence at such a young age. When they ask, Pearl says,"I am my mother's child, and my name is Pearl." The men they state that this wonderful child is the same child they had been meaning to debate the guardianship of. They begin to say that she need be taken from Hester, then the minister argues that god wants Pearl to stay in Hester's care. He says that if god gave the child to her in the first place, he, of course, recognizes the sin indeed, and knows what he is doing. God works in many ways, and the minister argues that this is the work of god and that they must let it be.
Do you think it's the work of God?
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