| 1 | The witnesses of Hester Prynne's disgrace had not yet passed beyond their simplicity. | |
| 2 | Will those found guilty be dragged straight from the court to the pillory? | |
| 3 | Finally they would be decapitated and dismembered; their body parts would be publicly displayed, eaten by the birds as they decomposed. | |
| 4 | They were taken from a prayer group at gunpoint and marched to the camp. | |
| 5 | "It was found, " said the sexton, "this morning, on the scaffold where evil-doers are set up to public shame. |