"Child, what art thou?" cried the mother. "Oh, I am your little Pearl!" answered the child. But while she said it, Pearl laughed, and began to dance up and
down with the humoursome gesticulation of a little imp, whose
next freak might be to fly up the chimney. "Art thou my child, in very truth?" asked Hester.
Hester can't believe what Pearl is becoming. She sees Pearl in the way that society wants her to but she still loves the child. This could be setup as Society vs Hester since society has influenced Pearl into becoming a devil child. Pearl is much too young to understand the real meaning of Hester's question which shows her still blooming as a person/character. When Hester questions "Art though my child, in very truth?" she may be saying could this be your father's side? Or she is so shocked by Hester's imp like actions that she starts to think society, the Puritans, may be right about Pearl.
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