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Towards the end of the story Hester begins to realize that reputation isn't as important as everyone in the city seems to think. However not all characters still feel that way, we see this in Dimesdale. Dimesdale is introduced to his daughter, pearl and even though he holds her hand in private he continues to decline Pearl's challenge to walk into the city during the day with all three of them holding hands. Even though all Pearl wants from her father is to be acknowledged in the public as his daughter, he still cannot take the significant hit to reputation that being an adulterer would cause. This shows that Dimesdale still values his reputation greatly and even more than the love of his iligitamate daughter.