The Scarlet Letter
Describe the people referred to as the five in the following quotation: "If the hussy stood for judgment before us five, that are now here in a knot together"?
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The five here are the matrons of the town, with broad shoulders, well-developed busts, round and ruddy. They are also very loud and they are the important women in Boston.