Angel and Apostle is a novel written by Deborah Noyes and published in 2005. It is often viewed as a sequel to The Scarlet Letter, a novel by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, but it is more like a companion due to the overlap of events between the novels. Plot summary The story begins with Hester and Pearl in their cabin in the woods. Hester has little discipline for her child, and Pearl runs wild and free most of the time doing as little work as possible. Pearl frequently visits a blind boy named Simon who lives in a house nearby. They become friends, and Hester lets Pearl help Liza, the caretaker of Simon's sickly mother, with the chores around Simon's house. However, Pearl has been stigmatized as the child of "the temptress," and this reputation follows her everywhere. She isn't fazed by this until Simon begins repeating things his older brother said about Hester. Upset, Pearl runs away to the graveyard to visit the grave of Simon's mother who died shortly after Pearl started helping out around the house. She talks to the minister until Doctor Devlin comes. Pearl returns to Hester, who tells her that the doctor is a "devil." One night Governor Winthrop lies dying, and Hester is called to tend to him. Pearl runs away from the Governor's mansion, and finds Devlin standing on the scaffold. He invites Pearl up until the minister, Arthur, comes and takes Devlin away. Pearl grows closer to Simon, and Nehemiah, Simon's only brother, gives his blessing to the friendship when he lets Pearl take Simon to the beach. However, Pearl learns that Simon and his family are returning to London, and Hester and she are moving to the Netherlands to be with her mother's relatives. Pearl was supposed to leave the night of Election Day, but instead Arthur the minister collapses and eventually dies. Hester is blamed and put in the stocks, preventing any escape by sea. Devlin comes to taunt Hester for what she has done, even asking her if the minister fathered her child because of her reaction to his death. Hester remains defiant and doesn't give in to him. However, she falls extremely depressed when she arrives home, and Pearl is forced to bring Simon's father Caleb Milton and Doctor Devlin to help Hester. Hester agrees to travel on the Milton's boat to England, and also agrees to