| 1 | And there is Master Brackett, the old jailer, nodding and smiling at me. | |
| 2 | The other members of his gang bribed a warder to spring him from jail. | |
| 3 | Preceded by the beadle, and attended by an irregular procession of stern-browed men and unkindly-visaged women, Hester Prynne set forth towards the place appointed for her punishment. |