The Scarlet Letter
How long has Hester been in Boston waiting for her husband?
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Jill W
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Hester has been in Boston for about two years, maybe a little less.
Marry, good Sir, in some two years, or less, that the woman has been a dweller here in Boston, no tidings have come of this learned gentleman, Master Prynne; and his young wife, look you, being left to her own misguidance—"
The Scarlet Letter